The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-25


stones yesterday without cover
Ing te his feet. a feat which UP
to the presentshas not been ae-
complished locally by any other person,
Notwithstanding much talk as to the
possibility of such a thing.
His performance yesterday was di-
versified by the rivalry of ambi-
tious others and ended in a small
Patrolman Maitland acted very foolish
ly and proved himself a disgrace to the
police force. Other policemen, and
particularly Officers Hart and Trieste,
showed their disregard for the rights
of citizens and with Maitland deserve
to be expelled from the service.
Early yesterday morning the fire was
lighted and fed during the day with ten
cords of wood. The pit, which since
the last performance had been mar
rowed four feet, was filled with more
than ten tons of lava rock.
Although seats for the matinee per-
formance could be secured for a dollar,
children half price, the crowd was a
small one, numbering about two hun
dred and fifty, of which the greater
part were women.
Half an hour before Papa TIA put in
an appearance ripping waves of heat
danced over the pit and carried first
here and then there, as the wind shift
ed, brought sense of inconvenience
to the assembled spectators.
Presently half a dozen natives ap-
peared on the scene armed with long
wooden poles, with which they turned
over the topmost layer of rocks There
could be no doubt that the heat in the
furnace was intense. for at times the
wooden poles smoked from contact with
the heated boulders.
Three minutes after the rock turning
had been completed, Papa TIA arrived,
clad in red and white petticoat and
wearing around his shoulders o thin
white cloth cape. In his hand he car
ried bundle of ii leaves with stalks
interwined. With the fire. walker en-
tered Corporal Murray of the Sixth Ar
tillery, wearing no shoes and with feet
encased in pair of brown wooden
socks, of the sort known as Govern
ment.''
The proceedings commenced by one
of the managers mounting a chair and
announcing that the soldier was desir-
barefooted, and would be given a
chance to do so. Then the soldier ad-
dressed the crowd and said that what
he had said was that he would follow
directly after Papa TIA If allowed to
wear pair of Government socks.
At this the crowd jeered loudly and
Murray tried to speak again but was
hustled out of the enclosure by the
manager, who delivered a neat drop
kick at his retreating anatomy. The
soldier resented this and demanded
Manager Lewis arrest at the hands of
Officer Maitland. who was standing
near. The request evidently did not
please the patrolman, for he hit Murray
above the short ribs and Murray dis
appeared for while from the public
gaze.
Papa tia is now ready to walk
through the fiery furnace" announced
Manager Lewis, and at this the ancient
Lewa-Lewa man came up smiling.
His, first proceeding was to pedes-
trianate a time or so round the pit
uttering the while strange incantations
Then he stood still for a moment and
/ looked daggers at the ground at his
feet. This evidently did not satisfy the
old man. for uplifting his bunch OF
vegetation. he dealt Mother Earth 6
, couple of sockdolagers which fairly
made the dirt fly. After which h