The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-04-24
Celebration of President DOle's
Birthday by Host of Friends.
POEM READ BY CHIEF JUSTICE.
Procession Marched From Residence of
DR.. Emerson Familiar Hawaiian
Chant-Scenes En- ROute-Pleasant
Surprise and How it Was Carried Out.

Those who claim that the native
Hawaiians are the only ones thor
Ougly versed in the ms and outs OF
the ''hookupu" would have been con-
Verted to another view had they been
present at President Dole's home last
night.
Between z and o'clock DR.. y. 3.
| Emerson's yard on School street was
a scene for the painters brush. Dim
lights here and there showed a gath
ering of some seventy-fve descend
ants of the elder missionaries. at
their feet were pigs, chickens, ducks,
pigeons, pineapples, bananas, oranges,
peaches and fruits of all kinds known
to the islands, together with various
articles of native food. -
A procession was, <ormed and the
gathering with their presents set out
IA column of twos for President Dole's
residence.
The column was headed by five
young boys carrying stalks of red and
white sugar cane. The rear was
and Ed Hitchcock, each bearing two
large stalks of sugar cane arched like
q doorway. Messrs. A. +. Judd and
w. w. Hall had the honor of trans
porting lanterns, while w. o. Smith
and DR.. Emerson acted as lieutenants,
with cocoanut and a bunch of ban
anas respectively, as swords.
AS the procession neared the PreSi-
dents residence, the familiar notes of
the native oil began family and soon
swelled until the natives near by
thought they recognized their own
voices. The women shuff1ed their
feet and stopped low in the manner of
the old natives; the men continued
to chant, and the children initiated as
best they could the peculiar actions of
their elders. The true spirit of the
Hawaiian seemed to enter into the
very beings of the defendants of the
missionaries.
Reaching the steps of the Presidents
house, the five boys in advance pre-
scented sugar cane stalks and marched
up. They were met at the door by
President and Mrs. Dole, who wore ex-
pressions of complete surprise. One
of the diminutive advance guard piped
"hookupu," and the secret was out.
It was at this time that the signal
for rush was given, and President
Dole was assured of the fact that he
was fifty-one years old. A large cart
would not have been a sufficient con-
veyance for the articles that were
thrown at the Presidents feet. Among
these was good-sized live pig
with carnation leis around its
neck, and carried in on one of the
Presidents cane settees. Not at all
abashed at the suddenness of the pigs
appearance, President Dole stretched
out his hand and touched the tips of
the animals toes in gracious apprecia-
ton.
The waving of large dried squid
over the heads of the assembled friends
was signal for complete clearing in
that ragiOD. A large bird cage con-
tanning a white rooster was among the
presents. On it was a card bearing
the following piece of poetry:
This is the cock that crowed ia the
morn,
When our President, all forlorn,
Failed to shoot the game he sought,
But was at last by Hanalei caught.
The "kahuna" rooster was displayed |
in prominent place and struck terror |
to the hearts of many.
Expressions such as aloha Oe,"
"pehea la oe," sc mana mai Oe j keia |
mau mea," f'auwe, eIemakule maui
Oe" and "mai ka lima,' were used in |
congratulating the President on the
occasion of his birthday. These were
responded to in appropriate native
language.
away with bunch of nicely husked
cocoanuts, but was caught in the act
by lady who dragged him before the
President. Before he got there, how
ever, the cocoanuts were snatched by
another and another, until the chase
around the room became general. In
the scrimmage, Mr.. Armstrong Sc
cured one of the bunch of cocoanuts
and retired to a quiet corner.
A. I. Judd, after calling the gather
ing to order, read the following poem,
dedicated to Sanford B Dole:
SANFORD BALLARD DOLE.
So quiet, calm and resolute thou dost
amongst us stand,
An uncrowned prince without a state;
bulwark in our land.
No pomp, no titles, no degrees; but
chosen man of men.
For an occasion imminent when peril
called. LO then
Out from the crowd thou didst not quail
to take the dangerous place,
Right to the front, like one in mail,
upheld by unseen grace,
Danger and doubt didst face, of which
the half was unrevealed.
II.
But Ruler still thou art upheld before
the eyes of men;
a regal man undaunted, though thy
envious foes contemn.
Like grand Hawaii's snow-cIad peaks.
high raised above the storms,
Look we upon our chief, and scorn our
vain alarms.
Aloha true; we offer thee, upon thy
natal day,
Receive the fealty of friends, staunch
friends from childhoods' play,
Deem not this tribute, slight, of I'M
supported breath.
III.