Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-24
HCHJRESQUEE
PAGEANT Telling
OLD LOVE STORY
Island Customs OF Century Ago
Told While Modern Movie
Cameras Reel off Films

Stately professions Of chiefs, prin,
cesses, queens and kings, attended by
Warriors and retainers, VINO were jus.
rs stately in expression IL moi 50
glOTlously costumed, gave a glimpse
al Iiie IS II WAS in royai Hawanan
court circles over a century ago, when
In the Hawaiian pageant at kApioIani
Gark Wednesday afternoon 50 Fa-
wHilans presented The Roman. III
lNikauikaua."
Tho picture presented IN the pa
EGant, with It's characteristic cOstum-
ing colOrs Of somber black I'D pure
white, and flaming red and golden
yellow, In marked and brilliant cen.
traEl WITH the dark green natural
settings OF greensward, terms ana
palms. Was one that Appealed 10 the
eye Tor It's beauty rathe6 then 70 the
intellect for the story depicted.
The romance Is Of the Iofc story 81
3 prince Of Hawaii. beginning about
119p, whom he Is refused the hand Of
bis cousin IN marriage by the ruling
queen, after which be rgbels. to be
later captured and banished to Oahu.
where he WEEDS another princess.
Wits Cameras Click ..-
Unchecked by the modern Clicking
81 9hc moving picture machines and
cameras and the sometimes walking
into the picture" Of the spectators,
the HaEaiians with studied care wen:
solemnly along, acting out the story OF
the paBeant, accompanied by the
chant of the priest, seemingly uncoH-
sclous Of the inecngruons surround.
ings outside Tho court circle. p.
Il was the audience. itsz clothing
and all the other symbols OF modern
tines which appeared incongruous.
Not the actors, who might have been
the very characters portrayed, with
their stern faces and realistic costurn-
fng sss Ns...#
Il took little Imagination, once the
perspective OF the modern surround.
ings MAS Lost, 70 arouse q feeling that
one was actually viewing q court
scene. Perhaps Il Was the settings
and the costuming. but & was more
likely the realism Of the actors their
certainness of action, and the un.
affected. unconscious reflection Of
their thoughts that they must act and
DO a. royalty would have done IN just
such circumstances az IN the scenes
about which the story was built
crc,N1 One Mostly cf Nlsitors Il T.
While the croWd az the pageant
lacked the impressive appearance OF
great sire. as ~ other previous Car.
nival events this week, Il was due to
some extent TO the lack Of crowding
and an unoccupfed bleacher In which
the view was blocked But there
could scarcely have been more than
$500 OF 5000 persons present, possibly
due 10 the fact that Il was . post.
poned event and conflicted with the
Carnival schedule Of many visitors.
and perhaps due 70 the few HaEaiians
/, present, to whom the prices OF admss-
si0u charged was nearly prohibitiyc
Almost entirely the crowd was one
81 strangers and their Honoluln guides
ana hosts The absence OF old timers
q the pageant was nearly as notice
able % Was the absence Of the many
Hawaiians who have attended former
Pageants OF like nature Even though
the crowd was not as huge as that AZ
other Carnival shows Il did not In
ferfere with the appreciation Of the
tourists present, who gasped and
Eazed with wonde- and connpiiments
u tho diflercut scenes Although II
NeE soDliislicated audience thai
could lnuEh IT times with joy ~ the
oxplan1Iion o. the announcer that Ger
tain cronlS bad transpired which had
20 been apparent IN the action OF the
WrUEn From Real lhistory
The n1Ecnnt romance was written
49,. |I.......I...1 T~-.1~ A., A.. Af,,,,,,.l
|o|E and Mrs. Rosalie Blaisdell, two
Honolulu Authorities on Hawaiian his
tory and legends Mrs. Refs was cast
in the part Of the queen Of Oahu and
Mira BlaisdeH as one OF the court
women. David Simeona, Kameha.
meha school student. was cast as the
hero. Prince Iwikauikaua. John Spen-
Ger appeared rs the king of Oahu
and Mrs.. Keopualini Kali as Princess
Kelifkollna. David X. Kaluhilalani
appeared as the consort Of Queen Kali
kilaui Of Hawaii.
Directors Deserve Credit So
Mech OF the credit for the pageant
Is given 70 William Z. Niles and 3D.
ear Henriques. the pageant directors
end also 70 the many Hawaiians who
assisted them. Both the directors de
clare that the success was due IN
large measure 20 their two women
assistants, and especially 10 Mrs. Refs,
who supplied most Of the valuable
costumes and the kahilis.
Story Of Romance
The story Of the dramatic sketch.
The Romance Of IWikauikaua-s-
maKsualiis viii be more understand
able than is the title pronoUncesble.
Iwikauixana's romance had its be.
ginning about the year 1890. during
the middle OF the reign of Queen Ksi-
kilani,a-k ukailani Of the island Of Ha-
waif and deals with the love Of the
young prince for the hand Of his
cousin. Princess Kelifkolani. the
Oneenis daughter.
with an the form and regalia Of an
ancient Hawaiian court, the pageant
az wednesday sheYed the Prince at