Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-05-16
ANNALS OF mAKAPALA-BT-TH
aRA.
A WEDDING FEAST.
(By Anne NJ. Prescott.)

even "un American" out OF Mongo-
liam cloth be it of ever so fine tex
sure-soft and pliable. 1t is when,
in our conceit and self-assurance, /
we undertake to accomplish that
recreation that we find misft, |
only, on our hands. lf we can
succeed, God helping us, and we
know we can, in making good,
sound, practical everyday Chris
tian of Mongolian let us be con-
tent that he remain a Mongolian-
Christian and leave the rest to his
Creator and loving Saviour.
"Tske a little wine, it is good and
will make you strong" said a
young Chinese woman to us in
good English. Yes, that older
nation of the farthest east knows
well that little pure wine at a
time mot son a time') will make
them strong and gladden. the
heart" and that good deal will
make them drunken andprove their
ruin, for they learned that much
atleast even from Confucius, before
they had been "taught of God"
We cannot undertake to vouch
for the entire Chinese Empire, but
we will for this village and six miles
outside of it. We have yet to see
one Chinaman even, half intoxicat-
ed. Notwithstanding, every man,
woman and child of them all will
not refuse a cup of wine on oc-
casion-taking it as they take
their tea-not, however, like the
celebrated DIR. johnson of Gold
smiths, Charles and Mary Lambs,
Rasselas', Garrick's, ,Chesterfeld's,
Vicar of Wakefeld's, Madame
D'Arblay's and of all the others
of that crowd of nobodies' time
who drank sixteen cups of tea at
sitting; but, just a shallow tiny
cup now and again-no more.
We saw Chinaman give a cup
Of wine to his four-years' old son,
obviously as an everyday treat.
He glanced at us, as much as to
say: Don't be alarmed; there
must ever be fools in this world,
but they will not be in the major
ity while we, the Light of Asia,
are in existence" Do you fancy
that boy will turn up a drunkard
or squander his fathers hard
earned money in time to Gomez
Not much. Beg your pardon,
reader, you know what
the old lady said: "She
was sorry it was wicked to
swear; it was such an ornament
to speech" And we are some
times sad that even good slang is
tabu. But that law which says
NO" is as infexible as brass, and
you break it at your peril. But
how strong, how forcible, often,
that new language which is being
constantly coined and put upon
the market! And no one, how
ever wise, has been able to dis
cover the mint or destroy the dies.
A new slang expression, having,
often. its root in the classics,
Jumps out of its bed one fine
morning in London, just as "Cov-
ent garden" is opening its doors
at 2 a. M, and before midday it is
a chestnut" - worn threadbare.
Such is life. London life! We
have nothing in English more to
the point than: "She's brick
and don't you forget it."
We have had the Queen of
Feasts = Easter day; and our
Marriage of Cana in Galilee;"
and that is exactly what we start
ed in this morning to tell you all
about. But this pen of ours, a
stout stub, pretty good and will
ing jade on the whole, but with
tongue and temper all her own;
and before we are conscious, often,
(while we are sailing on Dream
land seas for minute or two)
turns up into some English lane
or down into some Irish bog like as
not and you are kept waiting.
Now then EARLY on Wednes-
day morning, April the eighth,
A. ID. 1896, the altar and the
chancel of little "St. Paul's,"
Makapala, by, the sea, North Koha-
la, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, was
crowded with lilies, striped
or rather streaked, with crimson,
and leaves of macy shades of
green, red and yellow. A thick
mat, also, of red leaves bordered