The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-03
SEER AND PROPHET
GUEST At A LUAU
President Smith and Elder
Sheehy Are Entertained
a la Hawaii.

| vas given yesterday AFTERNOON at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs Henry Paoa,
in honor of President Joseph Smith
and Elder Sheehy of the Reorganized
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints. It was the first occasion of the
kind either of these gentlemen had ex-
perienced and was thoroughly enjoy
ed by them and by number of other
visitors in the islands, and by a COM
pany of at least three hundred kama
ainas of longer or shorter residence
here.
/ The guests were welcomed on enter
! ing the grounds at the Ena road, Wal
/ kiki. The grounds are ample and the
| lawn we'll kept. The luau was served
| in large tent which pleasantly broke
the somewhat strenuous trade wind.
The floor of the tent was covered with
mats about the tables and with cocoa
nut fronds elsewhere, There were six
long low tables. Two of them were
covered with yellow crepe paper, with
yellow chrysanthemums in profusion,
! for decoration. Two were in purple,
asters being the decoration. Two were
in scarlet with carnations as decora-
tions. The tables were low so that the
true Hawaiian style of seating, on lau-
hala mats, was followed, a method
provocative of many jokes and merri-
ment among those to whom it is
an unaccustomed position. President
Smith in spite of his seventy-fiye
years, adapted himself to it with grace
and cheerfulness.
The tables were loaded with the ac-
customed things of the luau, all ex-
cellently cooked or prepared The poi
was served in cocoanut poi bowls
Among those present besides the
guests of honor were Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Ingham, G. J. Waller, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. D. Willard of Los Angeles, Mr..
and Mrs. Campbell of New York, Mr..
and Mrs F'ishburn of San Diego, DR..
and Mrs. j. NJ Whitney. r. H. Trent,
Captain PiItz, DR.. w. T. Monsarrat,
Ralph S. Hosmer, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
L. Rhodes, Mrs. George Lucas, Har-
ry Winthrop Tappan of Los Angeles,
Miss Piikoi Miss Puohau, Mr.. and
Mrs. Isaac Harbottle, Mrs. Emma Gu
lick, Senator Kalauokalani, Mr.. and
Mrs Moses K. Nakuina, Mrs. Wright,
Miss Kahele, the Misses Kinney, Mrs.
Wilson, Mrs. Bittman, Mrs. Hearne.
Miss Vandenburgh, Miss Marshall,
Judge J. L. Kaulukou, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Mahuka, John w. Francis, Supervisor
Dwight, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Swinton,
D. Kalauokalani Jr. and many others.
The Hawaiian band was in attend
ance and rendered a very pleasing pro-
gram of largely Hawaiian music. Miss
PHI sang a number of songs to the
accompaniment of the band. Her sing |
ing was very much enjoyed.
Among the interesting incidents of
the occasion was the meeting of Pres
ident Smith and Mrs. J. NJ. Whitney |
1t was Mrs Whitney's father, Mr.. L. |
L. Rice, who found the long lost and |
searched for Spalding man
uscript, in Honolulu, among a quant1-
ty of neglected manuscript, the rem
nants of mass of matter that had
come to him in the purchase OF
printing office in Painesville, Ohio, |
years before Mrs. Whitney said to
President Smith, that she did not Won
der that the Latter Day Saints con-
sidered the manner of the preservation
of this manuscript providential when
it was considered that it had been
carried around by her father during
many years and many removals With
out any knowledge that it was in his
or thought that it or any
Of the manuscripts among which II
was were of great value
The SpaIding manuscript, which
was the manuscript of romance
written by one Solomon Spalding, was
claimed by the opponents of Mormon
sm to have been the original or to
have contained the ideas of the Book
IF Mormon. In other words that Joseph
Smith had Transcribed or paraphrased
his romance into the Book of Mormon.
To disprove this the manuscript was
sought everywhere by the Mormons.
md when it was thus found after !
many years the mere reading showed
hat it had nothing in common with
he Book of Mormon.
Following the luau there were short
addresses by President Smith and Ell /
Ter Sheehy. They were introduced by {
David KaIauokalani Jr. who was the {
.Iaster of Ceremonies for the occa-
ion. President Smith spoke of the
leasure it gave him to visit these is
ands and of the warm welcome he I
.ad received He had found through I
long life that men were generally ]
indy everywhere. and he took 1T as $
token of the universal brotherhood :
f man. 1t had been his happiness to r
We during the era of great material !
rogress. He had seen the develop ,
lent of transportation from the OK =
art to the locomotive and the great q
teamship, and of light from the tallow ;
in to electricity. He bore on his
ands the evidences of injury by the
rst harvester. the sickle, and he had =
cen the development up TO the self !,
hiding machine.
He believed it the privilege of the
nglo-Saxon to lead in these material =
aveIopments and thereby to be y
reat blessing to the whole human
ice.