The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-06-21
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AT kUHBES HOME
ENTRANCES LANE
Picturesque Customs of Ancient
Days Feature Reception Ten
dered BY Princess and Prince
HooKuPU BRINGS
-. GIFTS, INCL UDiNG PIG
Hawaiians Addressed BY Secre-
,tary Who Tells Them 70 Pre-
serve Traditions OF Their Race

| GtntutH' ~ RItbI WOHhtN poN wv ~
the beautiful grounds Of Pualeilani, the
waikiki home Of Prince and Princess
Kalanianaole, Franklin K. Lane, Secre-
tary Of the interior, and Mrs. Lane
last evening enjoyed Night in Ia.
wall, rcplete with all the picturesque
setting Of customs of ancient days.
Folk-dances, and meles Of old harmo-
nized with the melodies Of modern Ha.
wall, and rare gifts were brought by
IIawaiians aud. laid at the feet of the
distinguished cabinet officer.
Thousands of people gathered at the
home ~ the Delegate to congress to
greet Secretary Lane and the members
"a his party and so charmed the visitors
that Mr.. LANE frlt inDelied 70 make
an address in which he extolled the
wealth OF hospitality with which he had
= been greeted ever since he set foot
upon the shores of the Islands, and
bafged the people to continue to nay
heed to their ancient traditions and 10
{ remember that they are desosadents OF
l | a fighting race. For today, he said, the
! people must have fire in their ,heapte
: because OF the vast conflict which the
0 parent reppblic is waging against the
I autocraey of Germany which has for
J, hidden even the people Of Hawaii to
e cross its seas in freedom.
Is Rare Surprise
i As q Hawaiian greeting the reeep-
I, ton and all the accompanying pictur-
= esdue musical and dancing Features,
I the presentation Of the gifts and the
4 revival Of customs of the monarchy,
4 was not only n rare surprise to the
d visitors FROM Washington, but even to
| :. 10, 1,u1l r.,a htsa
u such a wealth of entertainment SAVIOR
b ing entirely of Hawaii nei been given
q in Honolulu since the days of Kalalpaua
Rex.
From dusk until almost midnight the
guests of honor reviewed kaleid0seo
pic presentation of huIas, not of ths
type which are commonly supposed To
be the Hawaiian national dance, hui
- interpretive dances during which this
octette of yellow and green clad danoer'
sat upon great lauhala mat, and wifi
v gourds, small stone castanets and ham
zoos interpreted ancient dances, chant
ing throughout each set and receiving
U litbpIause not only from Mr., Lane ans
his party but from the thousands o.
Others who formed a wide circle be
meath the great electrically lighted tre'
and into the back ground of shrubbery
to Hawaiian societies came early AM
al retired to remote spots in the ground
AL keeping we'll out of the foreground tina
later on they might surprise the Secre
w tary by their numbers and Tegaha.
ut Prince Kalauianaole, wearing tn
TO- Order of Ralakana upon his breast an
er attired in white with the red sash s.
much affected during the monarchy an
IS again being revived as q part of eve
he ming dress here, reosiVed his guest
ny upon the lanai. He was aided in thi
la pleasant task by John c. Lane, Cal
w. Widemann, Senator C. Il. ChilliRgwort
M and others The guests, in addition t
lie Secretary and Mrs. Lane and Mis-
vic Nancy Lane, were Assistant Socretar
ct of the Interior and Mrs. Bradley
his Special Agent Lothrop and Mrs. Brow
in and Mr.. Glenn Shaffer.
,ed Greeted By Princess
nd. In the spacious lanai where ar
m. gathered thu rare and beautiful relic
Il and objects of art of the regime G
ion King Kalakaua and Queen KapiOlan
Tho filed with the gifts which the formt
Hawaiian monarch received fro
crowned heads during his tour of tn
word, the guests were again greete
or by Princess KalanianaOle, who was a
me sisted directly by Mrs. John c. Lar
I'm and q number of Hawaiian wOme
sof prominent in the social circles Of tOda
nee and of the monarchy of yesterday, a
en- wearing beautiful feather wrcaths u
IN on their heads or shoulders.
Within the home only the CUES
the bidden there especially to greet I'll
his Washington visitOrs passed before Il
so receiving line, In which were the no
hat and hostess and the members of M
hat Lanes party.
cir A pretty feature of bhe recePti'
rest was the placing of beautiful floral lie
upon the guests of honor by a hovy
axe charming young Hawaiian girls, ea'
ice, dressed in white.
ties The Prince escortiRg Mrs. Lane al
Mr. Lane cscorting Princess Kalanian
ole led the group into the grounds al
to garden setting beneath the gre
tree whose limbs were strung with re
white and blue electric lights, featu
which gave Mr. Lane, during his a
-. dress, an opportunity to rise to heigh
III Of oratOry in explaining the meant
of the red, white and blue in the Sta
~ aud Stripes.
Hawatians Present Gifts
While the Hawaiian Band played Fl
ms waiiun melodies, the Hawaiian PeOl
: camr forward with their gifts. T
first was from the Prince and Prince
this being valuable tapa cloth of "a
deluute pink and blue patterns, FRI
lted theSfnst disappearing store of old tap
the the art of making which is almost h
re. In modern Hawaii Small calabash
last tied, Hawaiian fashion, with bits
gain tapu, followed. The gift of John
and Lane, was a rane composed of pieces
as all the Hawaiian woods known in
islundr and surmOuuted by IL coat
the arms of Hawaii and gold plate app
pre- priatdly inscribed.
par. Followeu then u large number of
the cieties each hsariag Il gift on beh
of the Organization, usually arcC
the panied by presentation address
your the Hawaiian language. The Order
Of Knmrhumuha The Hui Kaahumanu,
this Order Of KaIHma aud many others. "a
neut wearing ITS reRali0, came two 10y T.
are howinu to the Prince aud then to