The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-08-06
SCENE ON ARLINGTON LAWN
Banquet in Dining Hall
Afterwards.
Enthusiasm in Speeches of Cap
tains Cotton and Field-"Blood is
Thicker Than Water

The petty officers of H. B. NJ S. Pen
gum gave delightful time to the cap
tain and officers of their own ship and
the captain, officers and petty officers
of the U. S. S. Philadelphia at the Arl-
ington Hotel last night.
The first part of the pleasure was out
on the rear lawn, which was prettily
decorated with strings of Japanese
lanterns crossing each other and hav-
| ing as a center a large arc light
| Chairs were set about in ring and
toward the hotel. A piano was set for
accompaniment to various songs given.
At o'clock the chairs were nearly
all filed and great many of the
guests were standing or lounging
about The program was as follows:
Song-Down in Poverty Row-Mr
Vanderveer Philadelphia).
Song-Mr. Day (Penguin).
Song-Mary-Mr Splits (Penguin).
Recitation-Mr. Vanderveer (Phila-
delphia).
Song - Sauerkraut = Mr. Lefebre
| (Philadelphia).
Recitation-How George Washing
ton Became President of the United
States-Mr. Hicks (Marion).
Song Paradise Alley-Mr. Bowers
! (Penguin).
Song-Mr Purdy (Penguin).
Song-A Pretty Girl-Mr. Marshall
philadelphia.
Song-The Midshipmite-Mr Alex
ander Penguin).
After this followed a number of 9TH
er selections by men from the Phila-
delphia, Marion and Penguin. Then
came the march into the supper rooms,
| tastefully decorated with flags, palms
and ferns, and the tables neatly set
Supper finished, the following program
was carried out:
Toast - The President - Captain
Field CPenguin).
| Song-Parson and Clerk-Mr. Bush
nell (Penguin).
Toast-The Queen-Captain Cotton
(Philadelphia).
Recitation-Miss Maloney on the
Chinese Question = Mr. Vanderveer
| (Philadelphia).
Toast-Our Guests-Mr. Bushnell
| (Penguin).
Song-Christofo Colombo-Mr. Mar
shall (Philadelphia).
Toast-Absent Friends-Mr.. Alexan-
der Penguin).
Song-Mr Hicks (Marion).
Recitation-The Samoan Hurricane
Mr.. Alexander (Penguin).
Song = Anchored Mr.. Vanderveer
(Philadelphia).
The idea of having the smoking part
of the entertainment out in the open
air was good one. The evening was a
cool one, and then there is always
more freedom out of doors than in the
confines of a hall or rooms. The men
circulated about, conversed and took
friendly glasses with one another.
After the program was about half
completed, some of the officers of the
Penguin arrived and were given seats
at the mauka side. A little later on
Captain Field of the Penguin, and Cap
tain Cotton of the Philadelphia, ar
rived on the scene Mr. Thompson of
the Penguin, chairman of the evening,
announced the two captains, who were
each given three cheers. Then came
the remainder of the program of songs
and Rotations by the men.
THE BANQUET.
The banquet hall reached, the cap
tains and officers were shown to their
places at the heads of the mauka ia
bles. When all had satisfied the inner
man, Mr.. Thompson announced Cap
tain Cotton, with the toast of "The
Queen" Captain Cotton replied as fol-
lows:
Captain Field, Mr. Chairman, Officers
and Men of the Penguin and Phila-
delphia:
"Your chairman has assigned to me
the pleasant duty of answering to a
toast to your Queen, which 1 feel in
competent and unworthy to do. (Cries
OF No, no!0 He has asked me to pro-
pose a toast which means the history
of this century. 1 regret keenly that
l find words do not come as readily as
I wish they might 1 am asked to pro-
pose the health of your Queen.
at is but short time since there
was given in your own country an ova-
ton to your honored Sovereign, who
has completed the longest reign in
modern history-longer than that of
your Elizabeth or Louis XIV of the
French. 1t has been long and glor-
ious reign, replete with all that goes
to make up great nation She has
been not only Sovereign, but a SPLEEN
did woman, and I say with all of you,
no mother in England has been her
superior.
ut would mean matter of hours
and even weeks to recount all the glor-
ious events of her reign-of the prog
ress of art, literature, science and that