The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-07-20

vilion, the powerful voices Of the solo
lists could be easily heard throughout
every part Of the pavilion. Thousands
Of people listened TO the selections on
July 4th, and at the close of the con-
cert danced away the remainder of the
holiday to the delightful strains of the
Royal band.
THE BAND AT SALTAIR
The Salt Lake Tribune of July 10
describes the bands success as fol-
lows:
The chief attraction of the Fourth at
Saltair and one Of the most popular
| features ever booked by the Saltair
management, was the Royal Hawaiian
band. The name of this musical COM
bination is somewhat misleading. In
/ stead Of being royal, the organiza ton
| Is democratic. Instead of its members
being foreigners they are citizens of
the United States and loyal subjects of
the Federal government. The band be-
longs to the First regiment of the
National Guard of Hawaii. The instru-
IltlllH llfN pay upon are lIlt property
of good old Uncle Sam and the Stars
and Stripes form their flag also. For
those reasons Wednesdays celebration
on their part was not of a perfunctory
nature. 1t was an observance that has
| become to them an established custom
| The members say that in Honolulu
more flags are floated to the breeze and
greater enthusiasm is displayed on July
than in Salt Lake.
ALL DRESS IN WHITE.
The band has an existence of thirty
| five years duration under the direction
of the present leader, Captain II. Ber-
| ger. 1t was originally and for many
years the royal band" but when that
country became a part of the United
States royalty ceased. The forty-ive
| members make a commanding appear
ance, all dressed in white. Most of
| them wear around their necks yellow
wreath, which in former times was dis
tinctively the insignia OF royalty. The
wreaths are made of yellow crepe pa
| per- in imitation of the genuine, which
| are made of feathers. The national coll
ors of the former Hawaiian Govern
ment were yellow and green. The gen.
uine wreaths were worn only by the
rulers of the islands and their wives.
Now they are worn only by the descen-
dents of those rulers. The feathers of
| which these wreaths were made came
| from bird that Is now extinct. The
bird was the 90" 1t was a bird of
green plumage, excepting two small
| and very fine yellow feathers under
each wing. From these feathers the
| wreathes were made.
WORN BY REAL PRINCESS.
One of these wreaths is worn by a
member of the company. the sweet
young lady singer, Miss Lei Lehua, who
by the rules of succession Is a real
4 princess. Lei, in the language of the
Islands means wreath: Lehua means
flowers, so that her name in full trans
lated into the language of the land of
her nativity. is Wreath of Flowers.
Those who have heard her sing and
/ witnessed her pleasing manner think
that Wreath of Flowers is not a mis-
homer. The wreath she wears is over
100 years old. II was worn first by her
Observation-Disclosures 1t is pref
ty pale golden yellow and represents
thousands of birds which explains why
the birds are extinct The wreath is
still a mark of distinction and a source
of much family pride. 1t belongs to
Miss Lei Lehua's mother, who reluct-
antly consented that her daughter, who
will eventually be its owner by inhen
itance, should wear it on the present
trip. 1t Is an heirloom the value of
which to the family can not be meas
ured by dollars and cents.
HAS CAPTIVATING VOICE.
Miss Lehua was greeted with gener-
GUS and enthusiastic applause over and
over again. Her appearance is capti- |
waiting, while her voice is clear and |
strong. She sang in her native Ian
guage only, but there is magnetism /
in her manner that was universally |
recognized and appreciated. Miss Lee
hua is well educated and talks earn
estly and entertainingly of her native
country. She attended a mission school
for six years. She states that her peo-
pie are Industrial and practical rather
than artistic. They excel in handiwork,
she states. and in support OF this
statement she boasts that she makes
all OF her own clothes. She is proud of
the advancement made by her people
in civilization within the last fifty
years, and states that such progress
was never made before by any people
NJ any nation. She gives historical .
dates readily and accurately. She is
entertaining and sincere. She
is loyal American, and says that she
is proud OF the fact that her country
is under the protection OF the greatest
nation on earth.
SEVERAL KANAKAS PRESENT.
There We're al Saltair about twenty
people from the kannka settlement In
skull valley Tooele county, They at
tended the concerts and were given re
served seats az both the afternoon and
evening performances, They were given
much attention by all the Hawaiian