The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-05

COELHO AS A KAHUNA AT
BUFFALO.
As Venerable Medicine Man of Ha-
wall. He Stills the Fires of Halemau-
mau-Tobin's spiel.

Come in, walk in! See the great Ha-
wallan huia! turty people! Step in
side and see the greatest novelty in
dances ever scent"
Thus shouts the great spieler Tobin,
standing on a pedestal at the entrance
70 the Hawaiian exhibit at Buffalo. TO-
BINS eIevatlOn ~ ABOUT tive tee, from
the gruunu. he ptICnes on 1t all day
and shows vOlubiiity and lung power
WnlCn no one suspected MIN or POSSESS
ing when he was here.
1T is well known that the Hawaiian
peopie ale the most interesting in tie
racine ocean. t1ere I'VE have them,
forty in number, dancing the huia on
the Inside, uancing the famous hula,
making mats, fans and other curios.
SAY, SAY, SAY! Come in, walk in,
see the hula hula of the Hawaiian ISL
ands. The famous Hula kul of Ha-
waii. Forty Hawaiians on the insidel
See the greatest wonder of the earth,
the largest living volcano in the world!
hllaued in eruption, The finest re-
presentation ever ottered
SAY, SAY, SAY! See the Hawaiian
Kahuna or native priest! Hear the
most beautiful music on earth, the soft
sad minor strains that are waited over
the moonllt waters of Hawaii, by the
silvery voiced singers of the beautiful
iSlanus of eternal summer. You never
heard anything like it before. You may
think the HaWaiians are barbarians,
but they can sing like Mocking Birds,
led by Professor Coelho they will give
you the lovely songs they sing where
the banyan grows in the lovely land
that has just become Americas newest
territory"
lnslue where the hula dancers are, is
another spieler, who directs the spec
tators to the Volcano show. II is there
that Coelho shines The lake of Hale
maumau is illumined with deep red fire,
and Coelho is the kahuna whose duty
1t is to still the turbulent forces.
Coelho appears at an oppOytune time,
when the fiery lake seems TO be threat
enlng great destruction. de wears
long white beard and Is dress I'd in ma
tive costume. Raising one hand and
striking an impressive attitude, far
back in the gloom where the aWed
spectators can only just dimly see his
venerable figure, he begins an address
to Madame Pele in the most impressive
Hawaiian lingo. 1t works like a charm
A beautiful Hawaiian maiden comes out
over the lake of fire. sort of spirit of
, peace She also makes a few high signs
and madame's rage subsidies. The red
! fire dies out, kahuna Coelho All his
goddess are lost in the deepening gloom
| and the loud tones of u manager dIe
heard declaring that the show will be-
gin all over again in few minutes and
the start can remain for the next round
Harry Juen of Honolulu has just re-
turned from Buffalo and he says that
King Tobin is making good thing and
that all the members OF the Hawaiian
party seem to have struck a wave of
prosperity The show attracts large
crowds. Tobin's spelling is u revela-
ton and the hula is a really solI one.
There are six girls and one boy i'm line
ana player with gourd, and they go
through the hula kui in good style. 81
went in and saw Johnny Wilson and
Coelho," said Juen, "and found they
were doing fine. Wilson talked of go
ing to Europe with a show. The dan
GERS and all the performers are living
quietly and making money.
THE heat in the east was too much
FOR man from Hawaii. | couldn't
stand such atmosphere as that of New
York and don't see how the people can
put up with it year after year. ! sup
pose they are born and bred to it,"