Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-19
DAYS DE OLDEN
Hawaii RETURN
" TO REGAL bier
Time Moves Backward Three
Decades as Modern Fittings
of Hall of Representatives
Are Replaced BY Emblems OF
Glory in MonarchicaI Regime

! decades yesterday wher
the old throne room of the
palace, its present-day fitting:
replaced with the emblems OF
the glory of other years, formed
the setting for the wonderful
casket of polished koa and kor
wood, which, resting on a bier
Of royal yellow and guarded al
head and foot by puloulous, Oh
5tabu, sticks, sign always the
rank of ALI, hid all tthe last OF
1Iawaii's monar 81 -
Tall kahilis,. mf: of them made
from the feathers Of birds no Longer
seen nor heard by man, stood watch
over the still form, and mingled thell
exotic loneliness with the myriads o.
flowers that loving hearts had SEM
as a final offering to queen. a.
High chiefs and chiefesses of the
olden days, their garb of mourning
overtopped by the cape of royal vel
low, stood living sentinels over the
dead, while others, mindful of the
honor that must always be paid &c
royalty, stood near, and waved, with
unceasing undulation, the royal ka
hills over the bier. .....
From the black-draped entrance OF
the capitol to the most remote corner
of the throne room, there was not
one Earring note in the color scheme,
which embraced practically every
shade and shadow of shade that is
known in the world of colors.
All the decorations of the throne
room we're in the hands of Ernest
Parker, as were all the funeral dec
orations of the week. In the arrange
ment of the many kahilis, which gave
such regal loneliness to the scene,
the decorator was guided by the GUS
tom of ancient Hawaii in giving
proper place to royal standards. In
the distribution around the room OF
the countless floral offerings, he used
his own good taste, producing, withal,
AN offset of SURPRISING loneliness that
was in perfect keeping with the sol
emn grandeur of the occasion.
Little Grape Used Inside .>...1
Unlike the decorations in Kawaia-
hao church, not much Grape was used
in the throne room, only the great
portrait of Liliuokalani having the
sable drapings. The predominating
note was yellow, the color of royalty,
and Queen Liliuokalani's own choice
of shades. The pail was yellow, the
capes Of the kahili-bearers were vel
low, the capes of the kahili-wavers
were yellow, and uncounted hundreds
of the flowers were yellow. Oddly
enough all the other colprs, royal
purple, lavender, black, salmon, pink,
shades and nuanees of blue, red and
green, all seemed to blend and lend
of their beauty to bring out the color
of the royal. yellow. No other color
that might have been chosen could
have been so splendidly beautiful
and fitting.
No Seats in Room
Except for the two throne chairs
on the dais, there were no seats in
the room, all the invited guests
save the governors party, the con
eressional party, military officers OF
high rank; and high chiefs and chief
esses of the old regime-being seated
in rows of chairs on the lanais, where
they could look through the LONG
French windows into the open throne
room.
A time of wailing, such as will
probably never again be heard in the
. throne room, was followed by the
soft, sweet chanting in Hawaiian OF
Queen Liliuokalani's name-song, which
h. pyhO
name 'Liliu' was given to the baby
girl by her father.
Ceremonies Begin at 10
AS this chant died away on the
flower .perfumed air of the great
room. at 10 o'clock the clergy, con
sisting of the Rev. Henry Bond
Restarick, d. D., Rev. Leopold Knoll
pastor of the Hawaiian congregation
and Rev. Henry H. Parker, pastor
of Kawaiahao church, who were the
officiants,and the Rev. Canon Us
borne. Canon Ault, Rev. M. Merrill
and the Rev. M. Tracy entered and
took their stand at the right of the
dais, where R. Rudland Bode was
n,:sady seated at the organ. I'm
mtdiately following the clergy came
the vested choir from the Hawaiian
congre cation of the cathedral, aug
merted by eight boys from the
KaInehameha schools, by the Hawaii.
an girls who sing in the other choir
of the cathedral, by Mrs. Leopold
Knoll, Mrs. r. Rudland Bode and
Mrs. John O. Dominis, all wearing
the wells Of the Hawaiian choir.
Decorations Displayed ...... ..
Near the foot OF the casket, on
either side of the great gilt puloulou
of King Kalakaua, stood two officers
of the old regime, bearing the crown
Jewels and decorations of Liliuoka'
lani--Col. Henry F. Bertelmann on the
right and Col. John I. Baker on the
left, each wearing capes made of the
now priceless yellow feathers of roy
atty. Between them, and immediate
" behind the tabu-stick, stood Lieut.
oku, bearing the Japanese decora.
ton presented to her majesty by the
Mikado. Beside the great royal stand
ards, their yellow ahhulas adding odd
" to the weird beauty and solemnity
of the scene, stood the sentinel stand
ard -bearers, while close around the
bier. on either side, were the faith
full watchers, waving the kahilis
whose ceaseIess motion proclaimed &c
the world, and to the departed spirit
of the queen, that Liliuokalani would