The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-01-20
ON
THESE ISLANDS

The Following Is from 1dNerhii'
(Mass) paper:
There was a large audience. com
pletely filling the High School hall on
Saturday evening, extra seats being
provided to accommodate the large
gathering. The attraction was the lee
ture by Mr.. Linwood o. Towne on Ha-
wall, where he spent the greater part
of the summer, and although Mr..
Towne has related some of his expe-
riences before clubs and small gather
ings, this was the first opportunity
given for the general public to hear
him. He was most warmly greeted at
the beginning of the address and APP
plauded heartily at the close. and in
cident to the talk the quartette, Al
bert Malcolm, Leon Ross, Arthur Kelly
and William Garvin, sang special mel
odies dear to the natives of the Islands.
They were most warmly received and
obliged to respond in each instance to
| encores. Mr.. Garvin, who took the
place of Edward Gerry, who was toe
i'll to appear, did so with only one re-
hearsal, and he received many compli-
ments for helping the quartette who
would have otherwise had to give VI
the songs.
| Previous to the address the audience
| listened to a piano duet by Miss Heller
Glines and Miss Alice Porter and {
violin solo by Miss Smith. Anothe
duet by Miss Anne Pingree and Mis-
Grace Spofford was also well rendered
The national hymn of Hawaii Gale,
Hawaii Ponoii, was sung by the quar-
tette, and the solemn chords and expires
sive harmony were very pleasing. On
could easily understand the love tn
people have for the hymn which car
ries so much of veneration or worsh
in the suggested sentiment of tn
words. They responded to insisten
: applause by repeating the same, an
afterwards Mr.. Towne began his tall
telling of the trip on the steamer I
Honolulu. The approach to Honolulu
was different than was expected, tn
mountains higher than any other islam
mountains in the world, some 1t,Ol
feet, and as the party came near the
seemed to stand far up above tn
clouds.
A diagram on the blackboard eX
planned the position of these islands
On one side of Honolulu are the grea
sleeps, and on the other side the prec
ipice, called the Pail, where 1000 wal
riors We're hurled to death in one c
the early wars of the chieftains. TIL
Hawaiian islands We're annexed to tn
United States in 1897. Hawaii is abor
400 miles from Honolulu. The latte
| MIA 10 lra pit hue
ness blocks, streets and stores, tn
streets lined with royal palms and dat
palms and tropical foliage. In Jul
and August the temperature is rarel
higher than So degrees, and 1t seldor
runs below 81 degrees. The growth c
the banana tree was described wit
the dark maroon blossom or bud. Nj
Towne spoke of the love of the Hawaii
ans for flowers and music, women an
men wearing flower wreaths aroun
their hat, their neck or on their hal
Besides decorative trees, one of tn
most brilliant is the golden Shove
which looks very much like our wistari;
There the night blooming cereus grow
on the stone wall, along the roadway
and there are thousands of them /
bloom. The good things to eat wer
told of, the native fruit, quite differer
from that which grows in this countr,
The palaces of the old kings We're spoil
en- of, and 1t was noted that the oil
, government was overthrown VIII,
Queen Liluokalani was deposed in 1s9
: Mr.. Towne said that Immediately c
!, the arrival of the party they were b
sieged with invitations. He spoke
u their entertainments and said that Il
dancing was not alone instruments
but the musicians sang all the tim
the music full OF charm and sent
ment, and sometimes in almost hear
4 breaking strains. Besides this, tn,
= had quicker and almost wild mus
:. in native dancing. The bathing at Il
a beach with the seven rows of breake
e was spoken of as delightful, the nati'
I canoes with outriggers described al
n the riding of the surf on boards, Il
1t natives standing on the board as
:, went over the breakers. One of Il
E, songs dear to the islanders is the EVA
= kiki Mermaid" The quartette sal
this song, which had been anglicise
be and II proved very enjoyable. I
n. young men being obliged to respol
on to an encore. Mr.. Towne gave a sple
a, did description of the early sett
rnent and the naming of the islam
n and described the Hawaiian flag. a
v. named the different islands whi
er constitute the group. The origin of I
IL people is doubtful, some believing tn,
lost tribe of Israel. The volcai
nature of the islands doubtless accour
ar. for the fact that no animallife origina
ne. existed there except what could
lin or swim. Accordingly. the islands &
to free from wild animals. reptiles, snail
IN. or yenomous insects even mosnuit,
being unknown until brought there