The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-02-05
HALE NAUA SOCIETY.

The House Of wisdom Inclineth to
Gayety-Annual Meeting and Ceie-
tration OF the Royal Scientific So
ciety.
The annual meeting and fee OF the
Hale Naua Society were held at lolani
Palace last night Proceedings of the
evening opened by the members OF the
society, of which His Majesty the King
is the founder and head, marching in
procession with regalia into the Throne
Room. round the sides OF which the
guests were seated. The retiring Secre-
tarv. Mrs. Ulukou, and Treasurer, Mrs.
Kahalewai. read their respective reports
for the past year. Hon. Antoine Rosa
delivered the annual lecture, his theme
being d" The Antiquity OF this Part OF the
Universe
His Majesty formed the Hale Naua
S0cietv-in plain English, the House
OF Wisdom''-on the model Of the Psy-
chicaI Society of London, only on some
what broader lines The London assO-
citation dcvotes itself almost exclusively
to researches in spiritual phenomena,
while the Hawaiian seeks 10 establish
amicable relations between the material
and the spiritual economies oil nature.
Therefore, the scope OF the latter en-
braces all the phenomena OF the visible
universe. should the phenomena OF
Nature in her current moods not be dem
onstrative enough to furnish subjects OF
investigation, the scientific interest OF
the membership in the Hale Naua ira
ternity may bc stimulated by demonstra-
tive or speculative lectures by one or
other Of the number. Mr.. Rosa was on
this occasion the inspiriung medium Tor
that kind of an emergency.
: Observation-Disclosures ana guests OF their
Naiesties the King and Queen on this
occasion are nearly all embraced in the
following list: Princess Lllluokalanl,
Hon. John O. Dominis, Hon. Ii. A.
Widemann and daughter, Hon. John A.
Cummins, Hon. j. s. Walker, wife and
daughter, Hon. Antoine Rosa and wife,
Revs. A . Macintosh and Chaplain On
slow of II. b. NJ. 5. Conquest, Mrs. (Hon.)
J. |. DOwsett, Sr., His Excellency u. w.
Merrill. United States Minister Resident,
and wife Hon. J. IL. Putnam, United
States COnsul-Geueral, and daughter;
Mr.. f. p. Hastings, Vice-Consuli Mrs.
!. II. WodehOuse, wife OF the British
Commissioner, and daughter Mr.;
d'Angiade, French Commissioner, and
Mr.. Bellaguet. Chancellor to the Lega-
ton; Captains OxIey, Acland and
Nichols, Lieutenauts Garden, Bedford
and Symoads OF the British Navy; Cap
taius Schoonm&ler and Green, Lieut..
Moore and wife, Lieut.. Greene, Paymas-
ter ArTnes and Heap, and Cadet An
derson, Of the United States Navy;
Majors II. F. Bertelmann and John
d. Holt, Of His Majesty's staff;
Capt. and Mrs Trip, Mrs. Noonan,
Miss Makee Mrs. T. Stevenson, Mrs.
RI. Stevenson, Mr.. Osborne, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. ID. Strong; Mrs. II. Z. Macfar-
lane. Miss Cleghorn, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gedge. Mrs. Capt. Mist, Miss Cunha,
Mr.. and Mrs. g. +. BOardman, Mr., and
Mrs. J.. J. LeVey, Mrs. S. J Leveyl Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. Aldrich, Messrs. Thos.
Curnmins, T. d. Tenney, Ed. Dowsett;
Geo. Smithies, Ed. Styles, Geo. &. Beck
ley, II. F. Poor, 4. Suhr and Carl Wide
mann.
After business and intellectual exer-
cises dancing began and was gaily sus-
tanned until about II O'Clock, when a
gnmptuous dinner was served in the state
dining room. Afterward dancing was
resumed with zeat aud maintained until
after midnight. The Royal Hawaiian
Band PLAYED choice programme
throughout the festivities, and under the
direction Of Prof. Berger furnished music
for the terpsichOrean part Of the celebra-
ton The whole event constituted a
grand entertainment.