Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-12-05

ladies' Missionary union Of Bethany
church at the Parish house and explained
the scope and nature of missionary labors
in the fiowery kingdom and told what a
woman can do in Japan. Forty-two la
ides were present and at the close Of Miss
True's remarks, tea and waters were
served by Mrs. Fraser Metzger, Mrs. T..
w. Tewksbury and Miss Kate Howard,
arrayed in japanese costumes.
Miss True, who is now a licensed
preacher, has been in this country about
a year but expects to return to Japan in
March and will move her headquarters
from Toxic to place farther north. She
was fellow student OF Rev. Mr.. Metz
ger in the theological seminary ct Stam-
fordville, n. Y.
The ladies' union, which raised about
$50 for home and foreign missions last
year, held its annual meeting Tuesday
and elected Mrs. Metzger president; Mrs.
Mary Goldsbury, vice president and cor
responding secretary; Miss Kate Howard,
recording secretary, and Mrs. Z. A.
Thomas, treasurer.
Evening of Hawaiin Music.
The Honolulu students, six in number,
appeared in Chandler Music hall Monday
evening and gave an entertainment some
what out OF the ordinary line of musical
programs. The students, whose manipu-
lation of the English language had none
of the cold crispness of the North, were
evidently native Hawaiians and. though
not dark-skinned, had hair black as a
ravens wing and were becomingly as
well as picturesquely clad in white, enliv
ened by red sashes and coral necklaces.
The only lady in the troupe, Madame
Anehila, is the possessor of q powerful
contrsito voice Of peculiar quality that
makes il a very distinct-albeit a bsrmoni-
ous-member of chorus. She had a CO.
qettish little way with her and played a
native instrument that seemed to require
no more than perfunctory sweep of the
strings at regular intervals.
Another vocalist was William Holous, a
baritone singer of exceptional merit as
well as a skilful player OF the guitar. He
and Madame Anehila in the duet of a
Hawaiian love song enacted q tender
scene admirably and at the same time in a
way to suggest that moonlight and its
madness do not vary much the world
over.
Lu Thompson Keouli is an unusually
good vioiinist and his solo, "Caysleris
Rusticana." was an artistic performance.
some talent for comedy. The fiutist,
Fred Kahea, made his instrument add
not little to the orchestral effect and to
be heard with pleasure in solo.
The native music of Hawaii seems to be
in a minor key-sweet, but with the
touch OF sadness that is so often detected
in plantation melodies. Naturally the
minor strain entered especially into the
"Farwell Song" composed by Liliouka
lani, ex-queen of the islands, that was the
finale of the concert. The inconsequen-
tiai manner in which the students wan
dsred onto the stage for the different
numbers, playing their instruments as
they walked, had an odd effect that
helped to increase the impression OF
something unique and foreign about the
company.
Between the parts of the program some
really beautiful, dissolving views of Ha-
waii were shown with the advantage Of
lighting effects by an expert operator,
Frank Bean. The descendants of Boston
missionaries appear to be the dominant
class in the islands and in their troubles
with the natives succeeded in bringing
about annexation with the United States.
One curious fact was mentioned that the
palms on the islands came originally
from this country.