The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-09-18
EDITORS GIVEN
GENUINE LUAU
THE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
GIVEN A LUAU AT THE KAPtO-
LAM MATERNITY HOME.


Last evening on the broad lanai Of
the Kapiolani Maternity Home the Wis
iting Editorial party from Southern
California were given a genuine Ha-
walian luau. with this luau the en-
tertainment committee eliminated its
efforts to show the editors what true
Hawaiian hospitality means.
The broad lanai Of the Home proved
to be a splendid place for such an oc-
casion. There was room and to spare.
The huge tables were laid across one
end Of the lanai and on the two sides.
The whole was beautifully decorated
with flags and brilliantly lighted
throughout The tables were covered
with ii leaves and ferns. The other
decorations consisted of fruit artisu-
cally arranged.
The one hundred and fifty guests
gathered promptly at 1880 o'clock and
spent the first half hour after their ar
rival in listening to Hawaiian music
as provided by the Kaai Glee Club.
The Club which was seated at one end
of the lanai brought forth eXclama-
lions of praise from the visitors.
About o'clock every one had found
his partner and were seated at the
tables Here almost every known Ha-
waiian edible was to be found. The
visitors tried each one and the way in
which most of them were cooked
brought forth praise on every side. 1t
evidently was hard however for the
editors to eat with thei RINGERS. One
very aptIy remarked that such a method
Of eating would prove a boon to his
small boy. Every one was in jolly
spirits and the luau was great sue
cess from an edible standpoint.
After the luau was finished Toast
master Charles L. Rhodes arose and
proposed the following toast to the
President of the United States:
"The most exalted station to which
a man may be called by the free choice
of a great people; an office that in all
the shock and strife and struggle Of
national life, and in all the varying
talents of the men who have been call
ed to it. has never been ,unworthily
filled; the present incumbent, one of
whom every American is proud, in adj
miration of whom there is no honest
division except such as may come from
honest difference of views as to meth
DDS, and those differences of tempera-
ment by which it is given to some men
to hope more and to fear less than
their fellows: The President of the
United States"
The next toast proposed by the
Toastmaster was "Our Guests" 1t
was responded to by John A. McCand-
less who spoke most of the time on
steamship urging upon the editors to
get a direct steamship line between
here and San Pedro so that travel
would open up between here ansd
Southern California End bring all peo-
pie like the Editors into-closer touch
with us.
D. H. Holt was called upon to re-
spond to the toast "The Southern Cal
iforsia Editorial Association" He
confined himself to thanking the Pro-
motion Committee for the attention
that had been shown the Editors while
they have been visiting here. He stat
ed that he had been with the party to
the different expositions, but never had
they been treated as they were here.
To the toast Hawaii Mel" Judge
Dole responded. He spoke on anneXa-
ton and how all hat worked for it by
going to the coast 1t was only when
the statesmen were invited to come
here and see for themselves that an
nexation was accomplished. SO it was
in the present case. The editors should
come from the coast and then what
we want in the way of tourist crop
would not prove to be a dream.
Miss Grace Tower, one of the Edi-
torial party, responded TO a toast to
"The Press" Miss Tower gave some
equisite and clever verses of her own
composition which completely captured
the gathering. 1t pictured the hopes
of all newspaper workers.
c. L. Holland one of the party, re-
sponded to the toast california, Our
Big Brother" He spoke for a few
moments on the tie vhat binds the two
places together and stated that the
tie should be made stronger as the
years go by.
George w. Smith spoke on Hawaii,
A Review" He gave a very eloquent
short address and pictured the hopes
of Hawaii as a part of the United
States.
Mrs. Penny responded TO the toast
"The Charm of Honolulu" She stat
ed that she could and would neven
forget Honolulu with all of its beauties.
G. Ray Horton of Los Angeles spoke
on the future of the Pacific, and he
gave a very entertaining ten-minuts
talk He stated that while he was not
a prophet he could se4 that the Pacific
held the hope of the world. He was
loudly applauded as he concluded.
As an introduction to an exhibition
of the Hawaiian hula, which concluded
the evenings program, DR.. n. B. Emer-
son gave a brief but interesting dis
sertation on the hula, which he said
was essentially a song or a poem, or