The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-23
Patriotic Exercises


OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES *,sses *ses. *aess *sgsss *sSes
| let US join with our friends in song.
/ Song My Own United States
| Chorus by school and those on stage
| Goddess-"Uncle Sam. perhaps your
little fairy can summon a guest from
your far away possessions to join US
today
Uncle Sam-"Come her. kid. (Fairy
runs to him. Do you suppose you could
bring us someone from our dear dis
tant islands,"
IF you will excuse me, my kindly
| friends,
| TIL speedily soar to far-off lands.
To lovely Hawaii, the gem of the sea.
For lowering DER it, there's sure to be
The spirit of gentle queen.
She loved her people too well, wean.
To leave them long. but perhaps she'll
come
TO bring good will from her island
home" exit Fairy)
Songs-Aloha from Hawaii; Hawaii
Ponoi. Chorus
Enter Kaahumanu, ushered by Fairy
four kahili bearers.
Uncle Sam meets her as he did the
Goddess.
Enter American Beauty Roses. Rec
itation, "Kaahumanu.''
First Rose
TN the midst of great turmoil,
Yet secluded from its horrors,
Lived the maid Kaahumanu.
Learned she there the arts becoming
To maid of highest station,
Learned the homely arts of weaving,
From the leaves of wild pandanus,
Mats and pillows for household,
And of beating out the kappa
From the bark of the mamakf
And of wauki for her clothing.
OIona she pruned and tended,
Gathering thence the long-drawn fiber
Which upon her knee she twisted
Into cords both strong and lasting.
These she used as lines for fishing,
And for weaving into fish nets
Second Rose
Tying them with skillfu1 fingers,
Making all the meshes equal.
And from o1ona well twisted
Wove she web to serve as groundwork
For the capes and wreaths of yellow
Which she made of feathers gathered
From the 90 and mamo,
Living in the deepest forests.
Sports and games of youth she mas
tered;
Learned to play with skill konane.
Royal game of old Hawaii;
Learned to throw the uIu maika,
Sending it with aim unerring;
Learned to ride the swift ho1ua,
Dashing down the rocky hillside;
And to WELD the cruel war-club.''.
Third Rose
"As rude mountaineers descending
the forests dark and gloomy, |
Trace the brooklets that, uniting,
Make the stream that joins the ocean. /
So she, taught by priests and parents, /
Learned to trace in musfc's measure
Blood of kings and heroes might,
AS from time obscure and ancient,
the lines of Kakaulike
And keawe of Hawaii,
It descended to her bosom.
Learned she. too, to chant the stories
Of her ancestors heroic
And their deeds of grace and glory.
Thus went on her education,
Bringing out her gifts from Nature,
Strength of soul and grace of body;
Still her fame went round the island,
And men hailed Kaahumanu
Fairest maid of all Hawaii"
Fourth Rose
Then the queen Kaahumanu
Joined her husband in his warfare,
Made with him the weary marches,
Sailed with him the cruel ocean,
Bore with hi mthe brunt of battle,
Sharing dangers, winning glory.
Till at last, the foemen beaten,
Peace came down upon Hawaii,
All the islands of Hawaii.
Peace has victories far greater
Than are won on fields of battle;
And in these Kamehameha
And his queen Kaahumanu,
Making. every country wayside
Safe for helpless age and childhood,
Gained fame that cannot perish"
Fifth Rose
Farewell. o kaahumanu,
Farewell, friend of all the people,
Friend in sunshine, friend in shadow,
Friend in calm or stormy weather,
Friend in joy and friend in sorrow:
Farewell, strength of all Hawaii
SO the people walled, despairing.
Till the man of God, arising,
Hands outstretched and eyes directing
To the Power that rules above us,
While the people, bowed in silence,
Prayed that He in His great mercy
Would befriend the infant nation,
Now bereft of its great ruler.
It's beloved Kaahumanu.''
Song-Farewell. Kaahumanu: Amer.
can Beauty Roses.
Fairy-.'Now, friends, won't you join
is in our dear old song American
Song-America. Chorus
Note-The recitations on Kaahuma-
nu are selected from Mr.. Henry S.
poem.
Co.
4 JAMAICAN LADY SPEAKS HIGH
LY OF CHAMBERLAIN'S
COUGH REMEDY.