Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-22
PICTURESQUE IS
PAGEANT Telling
old LOVE STORY
Island Customs of Century Ago
Told While Modern Movie
Cameras Reel off Films


cesses, queens and kings, attended By
warriors and Ietainers. who were just
as stately In expression II not 80
gloriously costufned, gave a glimpse
oi life as II was In royal Hawaiian
court circles over century ago, when
In the Hawaiian pageant at kapioiani
Park yesterday afternoon 6S Ha-
vaIians presented The Romance u
Iwikauikaua."
The picture presented In the pa
geant, with It's characteristic costum-
ing cOlors of somber black ard pure
white, and flaming red and golden
yellow, In marked and brilliant con-
trast with the dark green natural
settings OF greensward, ferns ana
palms, was one that appealed to the
eye for its beauty rather than 10 the
intellect for the story depicted.
The romance Is Of the lo7c story al
g prince Of Hawaii. beginning about
1850, when he is refused the hand OF
his cousin In marriage by the ruling
queen, after which he rebels, TO be
later captured and banished to Oahu,
where he WEEDS another princess.
While Cameras Click
Unchecked by the modern clicking
OF the moving picture machines and
cameras and the sometimes walking
Ino the picture" OF the spectators.
the IIawaiians with studied care went
AsIeIanly along, acting out the story of
tie I,ageant. accompanied by the
Giant ef the priest, seemingly uncon.
., ions OF the inc0ngru0us surround
ihgs outside the court circle.
II was the audience. its clothing
and ali the other symbols of modern
times which appeared incongruous.
Not the actors, who might have been
the very characters portrayed. with
their stern ftres and realistic costum-
ing. ~ i
u look little imaginat ton, once the
perspective OF. the modern surround
ings was lost, to arouse feeling that
enc was actually viewing a court
fcene.. Perhaps II was the settings
and the costumine, but Il. was more
likely the realism OF the actors--fheir
certainDess Of action, and the un-
effectedf unconscious reflection OF
their thoughts that they must act and
do as salty would have done In just
ouch circumstances as In the scenesN
about which the story was built 80
crcwd enc Mostly d -vIsItors -
While the scrowd at the pageant
Lacked Tie impressive appearance OF
treat sixe. as at other previous Car.
nival events this week, Il was due to
ronle extent TO the lack OF crowding
and en- hnoccupied bleacher IN which
tie vie& was blocked. But there
could scarcely have been more than
l5G0 or 1000 persons present. possibly
due 70 The fact that Il was post.
puned event and conflicted with the
Carnival schedule of many visitors.
aud perhaps due to the few Hawaiians
niesenf: TO whom the prices Of adnis-
sion charged was nearly prohibitiye.
Almost entirely the crowd was one
Of strangers and their Honolulu guides
and hosts. The absence of kamaainas
al the pageant was nearly as notice.
able as was the absence OF the many
Hawaiians who have attended former
paeeante of like nature. Even though
the crowd was not as huge as that at
other Carnival shows. II did not in.
terfere with the appreciation OF the
tourists present. who gasped and
gased with wonder and compliments
NJ the different scenes. Although II
was sonbfsticaf8d audience. that
could laugh "a times with joy at the
EXPLANATION OF the announcer that GER
tain events had transpired which had
net uceu apparent IN the actiOn OF the