Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-01

all japanese. X is sucn pity that
one cannot reproduce the coloring, for
that is the great beauty of il all. One
float represented globe with lam
terms all around il, surmounted by the
American eagle The Japanese world
under the American flag and eagle.
kindergarten Benefit Held.
Wednesday afternoon there was d
most beautifully staged entertainment
for the benefit of the free kindergar-
ten 1t consisted of several different
numbers. but the one par excellence
was a little musical ballet called The
Peacocks." The music was from De-
Iibes' Sylvia" but the libretto was
written by l.. Young Correthers, 4
teacher in the Honolulu School for
Boys The costumes were all de-
signed and painted b. this same tai
ented young man. They were most
exquisite in coloring and artistic in
effect. The cast was so well drilled
that it might easily have been taken
for a professional troupe. II is to be
hoped that it netted the k.Sdergarten
a very good idea of the operetta.
There are so many military bands
here that music is in evidence every
where. They play splendidly and one
has a yeritable feast of music. Mr..
Priestly, who managed the pyrotech-
MICS for the Panama exposition, is
here and repeated the celebrated Edi-
sons night display, with several of
local color added.
Thursday afternoon was the day of
days when the Hawaiian pageant was
given that represented the life of the
people in the early days of the mon
archy. This was the day when one
saw plenty of local color. The peo-
pie still love the ceremony of the
days of their own remembered royalty.
Queen Liliuokalani and her attendants
occupied the royal box and the pages
waved the kahili over her just as
they were doing in the play of an
cient times.
Queen is Little, Frail Woman.
The queen is a little, frail woman
with thin and aristocratic face and
hands. She has great dignity of man
ner and locke keen and bright. have
a letter of introduction to her and
hope to be presented to her highness
very soon. This play brings out all
the old heirlooms of feather cloaks,
capes, leis and kahilis.
The kahilis are the emblems OF
royalty and are carried by pages.
Some of them are very beautiful and
rare. One, of black feathers, over a
yellow foundation, was especially So
1t was carried by very dignified
chieftain who refused to be photo
graphed before the play began. 1t
was a pageant of brilliant coloring
and many people, There were ancients
sports, such as spear throwing, hula
dancing and other athletic games.
In the evening were the army and
navy ball and the native song enter
tainment. There was the Hawaiian
music, both old and modern, that
proved one of the most popular of all
the entertainments. Everybody loves
the Hawaiian music. There is an in
describable alluring quality about it
that fascinates and appeals to the
heart. The last number was chorus,
with a woodland setting, that gave
one a very good idea of the life, or
rather the amusements, of the native
people in days gone by. The music
was written by Charles E. King, who
has written much music here and it
was a very charming number.
Old Songs Are Given, Too.
There were old songs and others
with the ever popular ukulele accom-
paniment, serenade and love songs
and in fact all the favorites of the
people. Mr. King has made study
of the old dances and gave some of
those that have not been given in
public. There are only four very old
men left in Honolulu that remember
the chants and the music necessary
for the dancers. The drum was very
interesting, being made from a Sec
ton of coconut tree followed out,
the bottom part latticed effect and
the top having shark skin stretched
over it for the drum head On this
he drums for the dancers and at the
same time chants the old descriptive
songs. The dance is slow, stately and
full of gestures. There were four
dancers wearing the old costumes of
grass skirts. IT.. II.
The public school children's festi-
val was diSO d uclISnlluI lSdluTS. .-'
They danced with so much aban-
don and joy that one soon entered
into the very spirit of it and felt all
the enthusiasm that the children
themselves were showing. There were
little tots that marched in very de-
corously and then danced simple
figure, sort Of ring7a-round-the-ros
affair. They did it all so accurately
and were dressed so prettily that they
won the favor of all at once.
The children of the next grade came
dancing in so joyousIy and. with such
light feet that one felt the impulse to
go down and dance with them First
came the little Japanese girls in their
pretty kimOnos of gray, with obs 0f
bright orange that made them all look
like butterflies on the wing.
Next cane the American and Ha-
waiian children in white dresses and
then the pretty, slender Chinese girls
in trousers and coats of silk These
children locked SO lovely to me with
their pretty oval faces that had the
delicate coloring of fine, rare porce-