The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-02-27
COLONIAL
COSTUMES

MAUI, February 23.-The February
meeting of the Makawao Literary So
ciety took place at Maunaolu Seminary,
Paia, the evening of the 10th. There
was a large attendance of people from
the villages round about and the fol-
lowing program, entitled "A Colonial
Evening" afforded much pleasure:
Chorus. Seminary Glris
Trio. Mesdames Hair and Nicoll ana
Miss Steele.
Piano Sole, Miss Sheffield
Vocal Solo. w. BALDWIN
Duet. Mrs. Randall Won Tempsky ana
Rev. Mr.. Bazata.
Vocal Solo. rev. MT. Auil
Vocal Solo. ..... Mrs. r. Won Tempsky
The last nuPber of the entertain
ment was a minuet most gracefully
danced by Misses McGowan, Leigh
Sheffield and Irene Crook, and Messrs.
Dowdle, Fleming, Reed and Peck.
The costumes of we olden time
were exceedingly becoming to both
maidens and men. Mrs. Won Tempsky
as the pianist was also in colonial
dress and chorus of Seminary girls
sang the minuet music. In the trio,
Miss Steele was dressed as Priscilla
ana MeSudHleS f1dlT hiiu 1Nlcoii 90 Soio-
NAL danes. The whole program ex-
cited unusual interest and comment.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
During Sunday, the 18th, number
of Hawaiian churches held a Sunday
school convention at Pulehuiki, kula,
in the new Mormon church recently
erected there. The edifice, which Is
now all complete excepting windows
g. it,ti ic rttfta a
church, much larger than the old
building. 1t has cost so far about
S14OO
Sunday school representatives from
the congregational churches of Paia,
Hamakuapoko, Keanae, Nahiku, HUI
elo, Honopo, Kanaio and Keokea, from
the Mormon church of Peahi and the
Christian Science church at Pauwela
were present, all bringing contribu-
tions amounting to s21420, to assist in
completing the new Mormon chapel at
Pulehuiki.
On April Sth, the Keokea (Kula)
church will be the scene of another
similar convention at which funds will
be raised to repair the old-time adobe
church building still standing there.
PORTO RICAN DUEL.
On the Goth, at the Makawao court
Pedro Castro, a Porto Rican laborer OF
Hamakuapoko, was sentenced to foul
months Imprisonment in the county
Jail on his plea of guilty of the crime
of assault and battery, the charge OF
assault with a dangerous weapon hav-
ing been withdrawn
1t seems that on the 18th sort OF
duel took place in scheduled part OF
the Japanese camp at Hamakuapoko
1t was between two Pedros, fellow
countrymen-Pedro Castro and Pedro
Avini-and all on account of woman
Avini invited Castro to go with him
to the upper camp to discuss the mat
ter and the outcome was a desperate
fight in which the weapons used were
an II. X. L." pocketknife and 6
file with a sharpened point. Latel
Castro voluntarily gave himself up tt
the police stating that he had injured
Avini with knife. The latter was
seriously wounded by an ugly gasf
down his cheek reaching to the neck
He has been an inmate Of the Paia
hospital since the battle.
Another Hamakuapoko Porto Ricar
was recently arrested, charged witt
making threats to set fire to the cane
fields.
People who have visited Porto Rice
state that the laborers imported her,
from that island are of the most dis
solute class of city denizens and tina
the bona fide Porto Rican plantation
workmen are much superior.
NOTES
The new Kahului bank will begir
business sometime between April II
and May l. Most of the shares have
been subscribed for and the furnitur,
for the establishment has already ar
rived.
DIR. F. E. Sawyer of the Queen.
Hospital in Honolulu will take charg,
of Puunene hospital about March 1.
Superintendent Carley of the tele
phone company has recently placed IL
Kahului store an er-communicatint
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