Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-11
kind OF life he writes OF in
stories
Xxi" Means AL Kind Of Trouble.

stories.
Xxi" Means All Kind Of Trouble.
hawi-an words are pronounced pref,
| y much the same as Latin ones, The
language having been made a written
| one on this basis by the first mission
aI!es. There are few words useI
Than their English equivalents. main
! ~ because they seem 10 1t in so we'll.
! Pau. pronounced pow, for example, is
used for finish. stop, end-anything
| from the end OF a meal to the end OF
time. Another word, pilikia. accented
on the Xxi part, means trouble-trOu-
bic OF all sorts, be II worry over fail
ing TO get a letter. or the loss OF a
dear friend. 4 few other words are
nearly as common. Nahine for wO-
man, haO!e. pronounced hOwlie, for
white man. and malihini lmalaheeny)
for new conner as we'll as kaukau.
to eat, are heard here there, and every
where.
Captain Berger and His Band.
We get and send mail on the aver
age every four or five days, but the
schedules are OF course very irregular.
Steamer day is big day. be it COM
ing or departing boat Last winter
was in central Oregon. and at times
the stages were kept out by the snow.
The waiting in those days is the only
thing | think of that compares with
waiting for boats in the middle of the
ocean. On the last day of the year
went down to the wharf to witness
the departure of the Wilhelmina, one
OF the big Matson boats. The first
thing one meets on approaching the
wharf are the lei Oay), women with
their garlands of flowers They al
ways spot you a block away and come
ON the run, shouting, Lei, lei. mister,
buy from me, buy from me-. If you
have friend leaving. you buy a hand
full Of flowers. if not you hold your
breath and wade through the crowd
of them. At the wharf all Is excite
ment. At one end of the boat a hun
dred dirty Hawaiians and Orientals are
hosting coal into the hold Of the ship
by baskets--the method used for hoist
ing things a thousand years or more
by the OFientals. About midship stands
the big gang plank with its crowd OF
excited people going up and going
down, and up at the other end of
the ship the big brass band. that won
derful band of which little old jolly
Captain Berger has been leader for 80
years, and which is, now owned by the
territory. The captain is up there
now with his little baton, beating time
the while he talks with a friend. It
is Aud Lang Syne" they are playing
we have already listened to Dixie"
and "Old Black joe" and there is a
look of something else than laughter
on the faces of the crowd Some. few
at least are thinking of the holidays
back home, Of the sleigh bells, and
the eVergreens, and the Wreaths of
holly. And now the last basket of coal
has been lifted, the last heavy cart
rumbles away, the gang plank is low.
cred. A long blast from the whistle,
the swapping of paper streamers, a
shower of flowers from the decks. The
departing ones are covered head and
shoulders with flowers, and as the
ship begins to move they start throw
ing them back to tine friends below.
And then amid it all the big band
swings into the opening strains of AL
cha De-" Softly and pIaintively at
first, then stronger and stronger, tilT|
the chorus is reached. And with it
every voice in the crowd left behind
join in:
Aloha De, Oloha De,
lka ona ona, .noho ika hpo,
One fond embrace, a. hoi ae. au,
Until we meet again.
A wonderful song that; it is the
Aud Lang Syne," the Home. Sweet
Home the Annie. Laurie" OF Hawaii.