The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-05-02
MAUI NEWS.

curing LLt cNClLIS NUTS u tue
18th inst, occurred the April meet
ling Of me Nakawao Literary So
ciety, a. the residence Q: Mr.. and
Ms. ". Ogg Of Paia, AL the in
teresting events Of the programme
were in eulogy Of the late poet lau-
rsate Of England, Lord Tennyson.
The opsningnumbs was . pleas
ing vocal solo, Crossing the Bar"
bv Mr.. H. Laws. Then followed
graphic resume Of the life and char
acteristics Of the poet by Rev. 7.
L. Quick. The piano solo BY Miss
! Lot-ie Alexander seemed TO delight
the audience much. The recitation
by Miss NTossman Of the verse re
Iatins 70 Lord Ronald and Lady
Glare also gave pleasure 70 her
hearers
BY some error in arrangement Of
the literary schedule two vocal
pieces came IN suecession-the solo
Late, Late, soLate2" by Mr.. Lind
sew and the quartet, Sweet and
Low" by Messrs. Dickey. Laws,
Lindsey and c. Baldwin. The re-
manning events on the list were .
series Of beautiful tabIeaux. Scenes
from Euoch Arden-Annie, En0ch
and Phillip playing in boat on
the beach the two boys quarreling
over the little wife the marriage
ceremony between Annie and En-
och the despair of Annie after
waiting ten weary years for the re-
turn Of her husband and last
wretched Enoch gazing through
the window upon the happiness Of
Phillip and Annie.
Then some Of the beautiful be-
ings mentioned by Tennyson in his
s. Dream Of Fair Women were to
be seen through the gauze curtain
under the glare Of different colored |
lights. Their names as history |
gives them are Helen Of Troy" /
" Iphigenia, Cleopatra, " Jep- /
tha's Daughter" Rosamond" and /
Joan Of Arc" The ladies taking
part in these charming representa-
tions were Mesdames Laws and B.
D. Baldwin, Misses Campbell, Greg
ory, Mossman and Dickey. It took
two ludicrous acts to properly por-
tray the tiny poem Of Skipping
Rope" In act one 3 dudish ad-
mirer speaks the opening lines to q
gay girl who skips with q rope 10
and fro across the stage she, finally /
throwing the rope at him. bids him
hang himself with 1t.
In scene two the lover is revealed .
hanging from the ceiling with the /
saucy girl in tears at his feet. This
little sketch was humorousjy rem |
dered BY Miss Mossman and Mr.. |
Lindsey. and occasioned much mer-
riment. The guests homeward
bound had the benefit Of q cool at
mo=phere and Z brilliant moon.
ANNEXATION ~ WAILUKU.
Five heavily loaded Kahului I.
r. COuuanv's cars. freighted L.
their utmost capacity with citizens
from MakaTao, SpreckelsviIle and
hahului, pulled into WaiIuku
depot during the evening Of the
I'D inst. They were bound for
The annexation meeting at the
Court house. It was S P. ". and
after when President Kalua called
The assembly to order and Secretary
Geo. Hans read the report of the
previous meeting. He also read let
.ers from L2haina and Hana-the
after declaring that the most east
I'm district Of Maui was nearly
'soIid'' for closer relations with the !
Jaited States. In the opinion OF
he secretary the club now num-
1ered fully 500 and was steadily
gaining ground.
Then followed several short
.peeches by some Of the members,
he most striking Of which were de- :
ivered BY Messrs. Helekunihi,
Dumas and KaIua. The latter gen
leman exhibiting electrifyiDg en-
huziam, and from his rapid, elo-
.usnt delivery II could be easily
cen Why he has been called ithe
.re Of Waikiki
The following gentlemen were
h0sen TO act az delegates to Homo
llu: Mes=rs. E. h Bailey, J. W.
-alua, Z. HeIekuuihi, w. F. Pogue,
~ Naplioa, C. T. Horner, Rev. :
/. Pail, and another to be selected t
y the Hama club. The meeting I
djourned a. 1920 Pm, great en- e
lusiasm having been shown a