Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-08-04
.HAWAlANS AT OMAHA

tongue and sunny smiles, a happy
crowd of twenty EIGHT native Ha-
waiians tumbled from their speci.
al car on the Union Pacific from
the west yesterday afterno on,
laden with Japanese ham pers and
valises and agrseably responded
to everything the reception COM
mittee wanted done. It was the
Hawaiian village for the exposi-
ton, the jolly crowd of musicians
hulahula dancers, native fisher
men, swimmers, divers, awa.drink-
ers, poi-eaters and represen tatives
Of Hawaiian primitive customs
generally.
But they are not primitive ma.
tives of a barbarous land. Not
much. At the head is John Fl.
Wilson, civil engineer by profess
sion, and the chsperone is Miss
Leilihus, a Hawaiian lady of ira.
vel and culture. Five OF the
party have been twice before in
America. aud speak English
fiuently; while others have travel.
ed extensively in foreign countries
and it may be said that the ma
jority have seen more of the world
and are better posted on it's ins
and outs than one in a hundred
Americans.
After seven days ocean voyage
to Vancouver; overhsulings there
by the Canadian customs
authorities, and again at Seattle
by the American health and GUS
toms authorities, and the long
ride by rail without rest, the
crowd laughed at the idea of be-
ing tired or nervous. They were
lively as cfickets when met at the
train by W. W. Umsted, the
commissioner of the exposition,
who met them in Honolulu; Dau
Logan, the Hawaiian com mission
er to the exposition; Charles Fan
ming, Thomas Il. Benton and
others Immediately interested in
the village concession. They
we're hurried to special Far
nam street motor, decorated with
banners and taken out Farnam
street, and later to the exposition,
serensding the World Herald and
other places en- route.
The airs played by the native
Hawaiians rose thrillingly from
the open trolley, and only the
view obtained of the surroundings
prevented the enchsntment OF a
southern scene possessing the de-.
lightful listeners to the too brief
concert.
Hawaiian music evidently par
takes of the nature OF the cline OF
it's composers. Its strains form a
lulling, soothing melody, dreamy,
with u lingering sense of sadness,
markedly swaying in motion like
the roll of summer sea, the
beauty of tone is profoundly indi-
cative to consciousness of feeling
characteristic of the southern
zones, while it's composition is
even, and contains nothing to an
tagonise the harmony required by
the classical ear.
The advent of this class OF music
to the already excellent features
afforded at the exposition cannot
fail to add zest to the pleasure of
the music loving element; while
the novelty attendant upon the ap-
pearance of these people Of far of
lands will undoubtedly attract and
hold the attention Of those whose
tastes do not run towards the
divine art of Apollo.
Returning down town the party
was taken to the Arcade, where a
rush was made for the bath rooms
and the barber shops, and 10 a
few hours, like people always are
who know how to take care of
themselves away from home, we're
at their ease.
They registered as Jim Shaw
wife and two childreo; John Ed
wards, wife and one child, w. b,
Jones, George P. Townsend, Mr..
and Mrs. Piol, Miss Mahailaui,
Miss Malie Kahuns, Miss Kalio,
Mrs. Keliikahuna, Miss Mele
Kaulana, Miss Leilihua, Sam Ka
malue and child, Keaha Inana,
Mr.. and Mrs. Kualii, Thomas
Hennessey, Mekia Kealakal,
Thomas Silva, W. II. Sea and
John II. Wilson.
OF them, Jim Shaw, John Ed.
words, W. B. Jones, Thomas
Hennessey and w. II. Lee are
musicians and Mr.. and Mrs. Piol