The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-05-27
The Settlement Visited by the Board
Of Health and Others.
NEW INSTRUMENTS HANDED OVER.
Captain Oochrane Received in a Most
Pleasant Manner = Speeches and
Cheers for HIm-President smith
and w. w, Hall Adjust n Difference.

The Lehua, bearing a quorum of the
Board of Health and the invited guests
mentioned in Saturdays edition, ar
rived at the leper settlement at about
1880 Saturday morning, and returned
to this port shortly after midnight
with a tired party on board.
The trip over was long and rough,
and was attended with considerable
discomfort, but everybody took it good
naturedly and enjoyed in greater de-
gree the transfer to shore and a dash
on horseback. Landing was attended
with difficulty by reason of the tide
being very low, and the water 30 shall
low In the rocky pocket used for that
purpose that the heavy surf-boat was
dropped by retiring swell on the
bottom, and was in danger OF having
its distinguished occupants spilled out
by the next wave, when some natives
jumped into the sea and dragged the
boat off the rocks. II is believed that
the expenditure of so little as hun
dred dollars would greatly improve
this landing.
The leper band and the usual crowd
of the inhabitants OF the two villages
were gathered at the landlng-place 10
welcome the visitors with music, and
the party was the signal for playing
the "Star Spangled Banner" which
was followed by three hearty cheers
Bandmaster Charles Kealakai then
introduced him to his men, who sang
"Aloha Oe" in very good English-a
graceful compliment which was much
appreciated.
In the last boat came Prof. Henry
Berger, guarding an immense box
which contained the new band instru-
ments and aroused the liveliest in
terest in the crowd. He alto was very
cordially greeted, and, after getting
the precious box hoisted out of the
tossing boat, took the band in hand
and excused himself for few hours to
break them into the new outfit.
The visitors were soon mounted and
scattered to attend to their several
missions. President Smith and Messrs.
Waterhouse, Lansing and Wood began
their inspection Of the Bishop Home
for Girls and continued until pretty
much every institution had been seen.
L
before concurred that it had never
looked so well. The former monoton-
Gus white of the cabins has been
broken by many of them being tinted
gray, pink or cream color, and the
innovation is reported pleasing.
Opinion seems almost unanimous
that the Baldwin Home for Boys is
taking the lead in the matter of care
and improvement of its grounds and
belongings, and Brother DuttOn, who
is in charge, was highly plimented
upon the results of his labOrs. Mr..
and Mrs. John Babcock (nee Miss
Fanny Harper received a numb Of
calls and congratulations as the latest
married couple. They have q comfort
able cottage, are looking well and
seem very happy.
About O'clock hunger drew the
riders to the Visitors House where an
excellent luncheon was in waiting
and greatly enjoyed. While smoking
on the spacious veranda, the guests
were serenaded and the formal pre-
sentation of the new instruments took
place. Upon invitation, Captain
CochrAne made q short address fn
English which was very Icleverly and
earnestly translated into Hawaiian
by Thos, X. Nathaniel, well known
in Honolulu. The band was arranged
in a semi-circle on the lawn, fianked
and backed by several hundred lepers,
and Captain Cochrane, standing with
in a few feet, spoke to this effect:
my Friends: When / was here
last year, upon my first visit, / went
away with the desire to do something
for you. Just how or what did not
know. A few months later, the man
Of war Philadelphia, to which / be-
long, was ordered TO California and re-
mained so long that it became doubtful
that she would return. However, she
did come and one day last March /
saw in the PACI FIC COMMERCIAL AD-
vERTIsER an editorial stating that
the leper band was greatly in need Of
new instruments and that subscrip-
tiOns would be welcomed and cared
for by that paper. After waiting a
few days, 1 asked the editor how the
subscriptions were coming in and be
said that only $50 had been received.
] thought that the opportunity bad
come for me to help TO do something
for the benefit of all of you, and told
him that if he would print some no
tices and tickets / would try to get up
two lectures with pictures and music
and he promptly agreed. / then saw
President Dole and be said we could
have the big drill shed and the Gov
ernment band, and Prof. Berger prom
ised to do all that be could TO assist.