The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-06-21

pun flowing in an almost endless
stream.--kaues, eaIabaahcs, books, mats, /
old.time Hawaiian seed hats, fans,
bowls, carved wall pieces representing |
papayas, brsadfrmts, aud mapgoes.
Pig For Lane > Eg' saFt Nh
An element of humot, but n part Of |
the past, was the appearance Of Robert |
w. Single and Walter MRcfarlane,
carrying a live pig to the Secretary, |
the porker tied 10 pole which was
suspended upon the shoulders Of the
men. This was the gift Of Mrs. Rob.
ert W. Shingle, and caused much merri'
ment. The Secretary almost shook
hnnds with the porker, saying sptto
VOce that the pig had become almost
a respected beast in these days Of food
conservation. = IL
Came then the Daughters and Sons
of Warriors, wearing their brilliant re.
gala which took the form Of copies
o. the ancient feather capes and robes
of royalty. This Organization was
headed by men bearing spears repre-
senting the two warrior princes who
! taught Kamehameha the arts Of war,
| and followed by a ROBBED Hawaiian
representing Kamehameha. Mrs. Wal
ter Maefarlane, regent Of the order,
marched at the head Of the members.
Following them came two HawaiiaDs
ROBBED in tapa aud carrying suspended
from pole a huge and beautifully
polished ealabash, Hawaiian won
an, similarly rohed laying 4 bunch OF
bananas at the feet of the Secretary.
A basket of eOcoanuts was brought
in and the coeOanuts being Immediate,
v opened the Secretary was RECALLED
with glass of cocOanut milk over
which he smacked his lips.
The program eoasis ted Of many Ha-
} wniian songs, the first being "The
J Wreath Of Hawaii" SING by Mrs. A.
g. NJ. Robertson and a group Of Ha.
waiiah girls dressed in white. The
same group sang later while Mrs.
Charles Hall sang the solo. Ernest
Kaai and his quartet Of musieiaus sang
one of Mrs. Kaai 8 compositions, this
heing the election campaign song of
} Prince Kuhio. A blind tr6ubadour
played the guitar NJ accompanied ia
Mrs. A. g. NJ. Robertson who rendered
5 q second group of Hawaiian melodies
Secretary Makes Speech
Secretary Lane WIS deeply i'm
a pressed with the picturesque scene
and stepping forward voiced his aPPre
ciation Of the many hOspitalities ex
tended to him and expressed the hops
that the people here would never per
| init their old traditions to die, nor Il
: 4 forget their loyalty to the Hawaiian
: of old, their chiefs of centuries ago
: for by retRinipg that loyalty the,
!, could express the same deep loyalty t.
y the United States and to the "grea
= chief, President Wilson.
:, ~ He then went into the causes OF tn
. war. He spoke again of Belgium IN
vaded when she was neutral and wa
n so atroeiobsly violated. He spoke o
: the dictatiOn of Germany TO the Unit
ed States in preventing Americ
= from maiut aiuing her freedom upon th
\, - seas, and by placing barrier acros
~ the routes from mainland to mainland
and brought the illustration to Hawa
4. when ne said that Germany, by tha
- act, placed q barrier upon the freedoI
: # the seas to the people Of Hawai-
He said the people of Hawaii In al
cieut edRys had 4baen "a lighting Peopl
y, and knew what the freedom of the Sea
- meant. He dwelt upon the mnsic {
20 Hawaii and said he would ever r.
~ ain memories of its melodies an
"a rnever would forget the scene in whic
y, ~ he was at the moment living. His AZ
~ tlress was interpreted by Rev. Stephe
AZ az Drsha, whose Incompatible TRANSLATE
y of the Secretary's words into Hawa
ian. was in itself masterpiece.
no no The "Night in Hawaii" under Il
~ monkey pod tree lasted until long a
81 81 ter ten o clock, when the guests invi
y" ed to meet the Secretary and part
%. arose and returned TO the house, whe
70 they were entertained until la'
'% hour and whore the visitors went in
~. OBSTACLES over the beautiful Hawaiii
"a 'eIics, the feather cspes and ornamen
w and the historic relics of q monarch
' now hut q memory.
~ The Flavor of Hawaii
Tn Prince and Princess Kalanianaole
entertainment was one of unusu
charm, for 1t retained the flavor
ire Hawaii mel FROM beginning to end al
les he guests Of honor never seemed
of tire Of the quickly changing feature
nj, One of the most characteristic of I
Ter songs was one in which singers in t
Dm foreground suddenly broke the melO
he off, and the Fefraiu was brought
ed the ears of the guests from afar
as. in the night, eerie, plaintive and
me pressive Of the musical soul Of Hawa
en-. for the notes wore ear haunting a
ay came ripping across the sylvan stretC
all es on the sweet tinkle of the ukul'
m and fhp deem StTam Of the guitar