The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-06-14
(FrOm Sundays ADVERTISER


All'Honolulu celebrated Kamehameha
Day yesterday, the weather being per
feet, and the varied program of observ-
ance in memory of the great Hawaiian
conqueror was carried out without an
incident to mar the anniversary. 1t
was the same kind of weather which
made the celebrations in monarchical
times so ecessful-days when the
ruler of the Islands joined in with the
people to give homage to the great
Napoleon of the Pacific.
The entertainments yesterday were
varied, ranging from Sunday school
picnics and yachting cruises to base.
ball, golf and polo matches during the
day and squared-circle contest in the
evening, with iuaus, replete with Hawa-
ian delicacies of imu-b baked pig and
fish and kulolo, at all hours of the day
and night. 1t was day when all Ho
nolulu seemed to be moving on pleasure
bent-a day when the street cars were
filed with patrons, and hundreds of
pleasure seekers motored into the val
leys and around the Island, while a
multitude sought recreation at the bath.
ing beaches and in the parks.
Amongst the Hawaiians the day was
begun at daylight, when the statue of
Kamehameha was decorated. Members
of Hawaii Chapter, No. l, Order of Ka.
mehameha, assembled at their hall and
marched to the judiciary building,
bearing leis and palm branches, all of
which were artistically draped about
the statue. mere was much chanting
of the genealogy and praising of the
virtues of the conqueror, the ceremony
attracting multitude of people of Ha-
waiian birth, while tourists found the
scene one of the most interesting they
have recorded by kodak. All day long
Hawaiians made pilgrimages to the
statue, depositing floral tributes at the
base of the pedestal.
The time-honored annual picnic of
Central Union Sunday school was again
feature in the grounds of Oahu Col
lege, where hundreds of young people
were entertained throughout the morn
ing and early afternoon by their elders,
when basketball and baseball and all
kinds of games were played, soda water
dispensed in unlimited quantities, a
lunch served to about twelve hundred
people and good time had by all.
Other picnics were held at Moana
Lua and Pearl Harbor, the shaded lawns
of Mr.. Damon's estate affording much
pleasure to those who visited that beau
tiful place.
The hotel and county beaches were
center of interest, and bathers and
suffers were numerous all along the fam
Gus crescent, while canoes bumped and
sagged upon the crests of the rollers.
carrying enthusiastic crews of paddlers.
During the evening the moving pic
ture theaters were crowded, and the
last cars took tired but apparently well
satisfied crowds back to their homes.
The Changing Times.
There were great contrasts between
the celebration of the former Kameha-
meha Days and the observances that
marked yesterdays anniversary. Where
the first had been blessed by salutes to
royalty, the last was marked by nothing
more startling than a pugilist getting
knocked out before bowling mob, the
majority of which proceeded TO get
uIuhh AAnheulhtoiy as NJ way Oh
drowning their sorrows or celebrating
their victory.
Near the place where the Kings and
Queens of Hawaii watched their favor
ite horses fash by the winning post
at Kapiolani Park, Representatives of
four regiments belonging to once for
eign nation played baseball with the
American flag on the grandstands;
where the elite Of the court held sway
in private boxes, surrounded by all the
delightful atmosphere Of the cultured
and refined, derbied sports and pug.
nosed newsboys yelled for the blood
of the umpire.
Began in 1873.
The descriptions Of Kamehameha
Days Is no older than The Advertiser
for In the issues Immediately follow.
ing the June lis Of 1858 and 1868,
there n no word 10 tell how the sun
shohe or the breezes blew. In 1878,
however, the description appears, IN
much the same form that Il remained
Tor twenty years Afterwards
~ that year Kamehameha Day vas
still called c0mmemorailon Day, and
npder this head The Advertiser " eat.