The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-02
New Method ofV Viewing
Festivities.
Ooings at the Seminay--The Foreign
ChurcH--Oinrer at Hind's--
An AerOnaut'S TriD.


"d00hone. an E-ray apparatus and
IN electric instrument. let us observe
some Of the more interesting events
hat occur within our range OF vision
or a few days. Our ascent is made
ter lamp-light. on the evening OF
friday. December 22d.
Having brought our rap'dly rising
'irship TO a halt, the tick-tick of the
'lectric apparatus leads us to turn our
ttcntion toward the Kohala Semi
'ary. But it is dark. and. moreover
we are not able 20 see through an iro-
COT This is where orr X-rav comes
n. The majority of the girls. it an
ears. are about to disband for the
'0Ed9y season. ard 3s Santa Clars
wishes TO meet them before they do so
10 hos made an appointment for thu
evening, and appropriate exercises
have been prepared for the occasion.
4 goOdly number of guess are pres
ent ard at the close Of the exercise
the candles in the tree over i'm the cor
ner are lighted and the principal an
1OunCes that Santa Claus is eXpecte[
| 10 come from Mahukona. and the
must wait until he arrives. We begir
20 think he MIGHT have had the grace
20 come a little earlier. though W.
1--we more th'n Uriv7te suspicion
hat the principal has made r=e Of ?
"olite fiction. But. whoop Ia, there
he old mon is at the door. and whs'
q prolonged shout and scream greet
MN aS he rr7n"es in ard among then
with his pack s!ung over his shoulde~
hid ever Won see such ph'zmahoganv
IN anyone CLAIMING 70 he Sr~ta Glove
What wonder that two or thee vorrg
sters are unable to conceal their mis-
trust and real fright. But amidst much
r'errv-making he distributes his ware
and departs.
This is quite a novel sensation. bein~
ID here in 2 balloon. ard we will ~"
Ne in 2 hurry to go down. The tell
tale click-click on Saturday evening
sets us again on the alert ard the in
7'"ators point ~ the SEINE locality ~
N"forc. This time II is the SUNDAY
-ohcol OF tho T--i0n Chu-ch Ce7~af-,,'
hat is on exhibition. And. bv the wav
r. Won w7rt ~ see p live church I'm
Nrivht. cheerful little dude room
nd q nice Surd1v school iu-- d~0-
~ ON sunday. sit through the ee~mor
'nd SEQ if Won don't go away fcnliur
clad Won came.
But let's turn orr X-ray on this in
.1-"eti~" We've n7tnrt1 IN mont a0afn.
After various other recitations. a little
'0a'd 90 possibly 10 wears Of avp f. i'm
trOduced as rooo~t arrived r-~r~
Deutschland, ard invited to tell of her
own cOrptrv and the impression made
on h.n.v -, 4 d.
Il all very cred'tahlv. ending with %
org. She hos related the tale OF the
nutch Santa Claws ard the Christmas
t~ee that walks ont from the voodv
The doors ore sid apart and. 10, what
"oveltv is this? 4 tree wallis in and
through hole cut in the side of its
'ronle trunk ppnrs the veue~7 bic Dutch
Santa Claus. His tongue hos not en-
tirely mastered the intricacies Of the
new lingo, but this. together with the
originality OF some Of his comments
rs he distributes his Christmas goods
adds tn the merriment
On Surdov evening we find our at
tention divided between two points
There is the Chinese Church. crowded
full: on the platform there is q heavily
loaded tree and cases containing the
overflow Of fruit3ge are about its base
All "a duiet and orderly Large classes
If Chinese boys and girls Of al aces
come forward in turn and recite their
long lessons I'm sing-sOng Chinese. or
~ our ears. more musical EnOlish song
the exercises being ably conducted nv
Miss Whiteman with the aid of the
Chinese assistant
Look at some of those little fellows.
knee high to a grasshopper. going
through their performances a. sedate-
" and correctly as their elders. on
whom thew keen a steady eve. Nv
how can their little brains endure the
torture Of committing so mrch to mem
DRY? There is nothing tia -trikes one
rs being particularly "unsunday'' in
these exercises. but when they are
over ard the tree is stripped Of it,
load. Hi, Chez, what bedlam Of
whistles and trumrets and rattleS, Did
ever Won hear such a performance on
Sunday? Why. every child must have
0re'
~ the japanese Church. I'm the
meantime. the celebration annears to
have taken on q more bOisterOus char
0crer ard a bysta0der remarks that
they have uuch vet 20 learn. Santa
- WIN us iaF.lN anu iN'f- NNA-t-
Uletelv hidden in some hing that take
the place Ct 2 hood. or mantle. passes
amCng the people attended by seTv-
ant. Or is IL the other way ab0ut2
Which is which, The blankets have
not been quito rs warm as they might
have been, H. here IN this wickerworE
basket. and on Monday morning We
pro astir a little egrlv. Fetch on that
N-ray and let's see what's ali this GO
Ing on AZ the old Mission Homestead.
To Judge from the number Of pe0n'a
seated about that long brelbfI-' table.
10 must be regular clearinghouse.
Now they have al gore out on the
v'rond1 and appear % De- on the qHi
rive NJ expectancy for something.
pa, ha, no wonder, Look at that
wagon driving N az The gate. niled iUll
Of stuff. with the genuine old Santa
Claus sitting in the midst. fourishiug
his whip. and Mrs. Santa Claus be-
side him ringing a bell. That is the
best get-up ever seen yet. so. az least.
says one Of the older residents, so b.