The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-09-27


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tU hiH rhUtrn Hawaiian style Some
very brilliant receptions ~rfe held
there 90 which the public was general
| ly invited with pil the official and ais.
/ tiuRushed guests who happened iu
town \ little incident may not be- out
" place here. Having received an IN.
yitntion 60 attend one OF the recep.
lions 81 King kamehameha W. n
friend and myself entered the grounds
az the maukn gate intending to pass
around and enter at the front Of the
| building. As we were passing the
bungalow "A friendly voice, somewhat
| familiar. hailed US and asked US TO
come up on the veranda. We accepted
the invitation and were welcomed by
the king himself who invited US TO
seats and cigars. While chatting up
on social events the king suddenly,
looking at his watch, said hastily,
Excuse me, gentlemen, / am due In
the throne room in fve minutes" and
disappeared within. Passing TO the
front entrance of the palace, up the
broad steps, and across the wide YER
anda to the brilliantly lighted rooms.
We found a large company gathered.
| In short time the band announced
the arrival Of His Majesty and pres
entations began. These were made by
uniform, and wit.i great formality.
When our turn came, my friend Mr..
Barlow, and myself We're escorted by
| two of the officers to the presence of
| the king. We were announced with
much formality by the stereotyped ex-
preston, Your Majesty, permit me to
present to you Mr.. Gilman" With a
formal bow on the part of both, we
passed on, as If 1t were the first time
we had ever been in the royal pres
ence, while really 1t was only few
minutes since We had been smoking
| together.
| In earlier days under the reign OF
Kamehameha Ill, an accommodating
arrangement was made by which all
! of the missionary friends who desired
were presented before the hour OF nine
| o'clock, at which time the music
struck up some lively tune, which was
an indication that dancing was about
to commence, and our good mission
| airy friends understood the hint and
retired.
| short distance from the palace was
a two-story coral house occupied by
Kekauluohi and her husband Kanaina,
who We're the parents of Lunalilo, who
afterwards came to the throne as Will
liam, the First. There was one very
modest building in the palace grounds,
of very plain construction, without a
window; the only light entering was
through a heavy door which was the
only opening. This was the tomb of
the royal family, kings and queens. 1t
was in this secluded retreat that DR..
G. p. Judd, King Kamehameha Ills
prime minister, found the only safe
and quiet place in which he could en-
ter his records of the passing events OF
| the troublous times during Lord Geo.
Paulet's reign. On the mauka borders
of the palace property was the school
| building of the Young Chiefs school,
cared for and watched over by Mr.. anu
Mrs. A. S. Cooke, formerly connected
! with the Mission.
| The building was one-story, plaster
ed adobe building, surrounding an
open court. with windows on the out
side and the doors on the inside. 1t
contained all the conveniences for
house keeping, school room, and dorm
itory in the one enclosure. The school
was organized for the purpose of ed
uCating properly the children of the
high chiefs, who presumably would
come to occupy the places of their par
ents who We're active at the times of
the second and third kamehamehas.
The three oldest boys We're the sons
of kinaul and Gov. Kekuanoa. AL
| though their children by birth, they
had each of them been adopted, the
youngest by Kamehameha III, the sec
ond Lot, by the governor of Maui,
the third and oldest, Moses, b" the
Governor of Kauai Among the other
younger boys We're, David, afterwards
Kalakaua, and his brother James, who
died young, William Lunalilo, after
wards King, and two others, grand
children of John Young. Among the
girls, We're Jane I.oeau and Abigail
Mahaha. from Kauai, Emma Rookie,
" no WIS hlltlN uiuS the NlIt OF MI
mehameha w, and Lydia Kamaka-
cha, the present eX-queen. Also a
mong the members of the school was
the Princess Victoria, younger sister
of the first three boys alluded to- With
her We're her two guardians, John Ii
and his wife Sarai Mr.. Ii was one or
the strongest men of the nation, man
of common birth, who by his own men
tai ability and absolute integrity had
raised himself with his wife TO the inn
portant position of the guardianship of
the young princess TO whom the people
looked with fond admiration, hoping
that she might come to hold the eN-
allied position Of her mother. who was
one of the rulers OF the land, as the
daughter of the old conquering king.
There was yet another scholar, Ber-
nice Pauahi, the daughter Of long
line OF the most illustrous chiefs of
the nation, and whose name and good
deeds are linked imperishably. let us
hope, with an that is high and noble
In the educational interests OF Hawaii,
4. Am D. IA. h.H