The
Pacific Commercial Advertiser. Honolulu, January 5, 1892, page 1.
THE HAWAIIAN NIGHT.
The Alameda Club of Nations celebrated an Hawaiian evening
recently at the residence of R. FrankClark.
A company of fifteen ladies and
gentlemen were present, whichincluded
several invited guests. Following is the programme: Map of Hawaiian Islands (crayon
sketch and description of country),R.
Frank Clark; Selection from Charles W. Stoddard
on "SurfRiding," ... Chronicling
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Commercial Advertiser Honolulu, February 23, 1892, page 4.
CHILDREN'S BALL.
Her Majesty
Entertains Eighty of the Young About Folks. The Throne Room the Scene of a
Unique Party The Minuet and the Spanish Dance Executed by
Little Girls.
The children's fancy dress ball which took place at the Palace
last night was one of the most delightful which eye ever
looked on in this little Kingdom.
The ball was a repetition, with additions and embellishments,
of that described in the Advertiser last week Monday.
The original intention had been to online invitations to
parents or other relatives of the children taking part in the
masquerade, but the curiosity to see this unique and charming
spectacle was so general that the lines drawn were broken
through and so many invitations issued that a large and
fashionable audience was present.
...
The following is a complete list of those who participated in
the dance, with the characters represented :
...
Willie and Charley Freeth, the two Princes in the Tower ... George D. Freeth, Jr., Zouave; ... At the upper end of the throne room, immediately below
the dais, stood Her Majesty Queen Liliuokalani, her ladies
in waiting, Mrs. Y. H. Aldrich, Mrs. C. B.Wilson, Mrs. C. B.
Clark and Mrs. J. O. Carter, being immediately to her left.
Many of the costumes were described in the Advertiser
last week. ... George Freeth was a very proud soldier-like Zouave in a
red jacket and yellow trousers. ... Among those present were His Excellency A. S. Cleghorn,
Governor of Oahu, ... Captain and Mrs. G. D. Freeth,
Notes Born on Ohau in 8 November 1883, George Douglas Freeth Jr. was eight years old at the Childrens Ball.
The Zouaves were a class of light infantry regiments of the
French Army serving between 1830 and 1962.
From 1830 to 1848 the zouave costume was closely derived from
contemporary North African clothing.which later became a
formalized uniform retaining the distinctive features of its
indigenous origins. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zouave The
Daily Bulletin. Honolulu, January 12, 1892, page 1.
HILO JOURNAL.
... There was some
fine surf-riding at Hilo on the 6th and 7th, reminding one of
old times.
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The Daily
Picayune
New Orleans , Sunday 7 August 1892, page 16.
Lahaina A
Romance of Hawaii Written
for the Picayune by Olive V. Berkley
[The description of the Kilauea
volcano here given by Miss Berkley
is based on personal observation
when she toured
the Sandwich Islands as a child actress.]
Identified by Joe Tabler in
April 2016.
Olive V.
Berkley: Lahaina- A Romance of Hawaii The Daily Picayune New Orleans , Sunday 7
August 1892, page 16.
It was far from the strife and
weary longings that throb in the pulses of life, that I
found the living represents* tire* of this little romance I
had been spending two weeks abut off from the world in the
little city of Hilo, on the Island of Hawaii,
There were few visitors in this place, but one was a
multitude in himself, an Englishman, splendidly formed,
with an open, honest face, and soft blue eyes.
Even the lulling air of the tropics could not subdue his
animal spirits.
He was traveling purely for pleasure.
"Ladies,
ladies," he cried, "this will never do.
How many have we here? One, two, three, four five; three
ladies and two gentlemen and a little half of a woman asleep
in that big bamboo chair."
"Not at all," cried I, "who could sleep when you're about to
tease?"
"Well, suppose we two wide-awakes stir those sleepy people
into life, I have engaged a small craft to sail us along the
coast of Hawaii to-morrow, and we will get back in time to
see the natives in their great sports on tho beach;
and in two days more we will start for our journey to the
volcano."
I fell asleep that night dreaming of the
delights before us.
Early the next
morning we were up and down by the crude landing, the surf
was dashing in with immense force; a small boat with two
natives awaited us.
This was to convoy us over the breakers to the little
steamer outside.
We had to jump from the dock, as the waves washed the boat
up to us.
After much laughing, chaffing and cowardice we were all
safely in and with screams and shouts sprang over the
breakers.
It was delightfully exhilarating, and I was sorry when we
were on a larger vessel.
We drifted along until our every sense was subdued by the
beauty before us, even our volatile boat was silent.
The coast of Hawaii is conceded to be the most beautiful on
earth.
Up out of the blue sea rose the lofty banks, some two or
three hundred feet high, soft, green and velvety, dotted
here and there with scarlet, purple and yellow flowers,
deep gulches indented the coast, in
which the sea rushed breaking over this wilderness of
beauty, leaving the whole shimmering or sparkling in the
bright sunlight myriads of gems. The entire coast is covered with a silver
fringe, formed by thousands of waterfalls that flow over its
banks into tbe sea; it is impossible to count them.
The effect is most charming.
The tall coooanut trees stand like lonely sentinels,
seemingly tipping the blue sky.
If Hawaii dazzled our eyes in the blazing sunlight, when
that sun faded and left lior subdued the effect was by far
more entrancing.
With a sigh of regret we returned, soon sailing into the bay
at Hiio.
Along the shore were several hundred natives, shouting,
encoring and enjoying in their gay and careless way the
sport of surf board riding.
After we landed we joined in the crowd, and became as
excited and noisy as the others.
It was a strange aud picturesque scene. The women robed in their
"holokuas," or gowns, of brightest hues, covered with wreaths,
or "leis" of flowers; bare were their feet. It was delightful to
see their innocent abandon, to listen to their musical tongue,
and the infection from their gay laughter was most contagious.
The men were
covered with pale green mele vines, and around their hats
bright feathers, or wreaths of shells, or flowers.
Looking out, to sea over the high breakers could be seen a
number of bobbing black heads.
The surf-board is a plank shaped something like a coffin lid,
about thee foot broad, from six to nine long, well oiled and
well cared for.
The men, dressed only in "malos" (a loin cloth), carrying
their boards under their arms, waded out from some jagged
rocks that projected out into the sea, then swam out a
half-mile from shore.
They throw themselves
face downward on their boards, then they rode in
majestically on the curl of the wave at the speed of forty
miles an hour.
The more expert knelt and one man stood erect like a "god of
the sea," and, waving his hands, uttered exultant cries.
\\
"Break, break on
through the coming years. Break at the foot of thy crags But the grace of a day that is
dead, will never come back to me."
At the dawn of day we reached the hotel, and felt fainting with
fatigue upon our couches. We were revived with tea, and our kindly native women never
eeaeed for hours to bring us back to life with their
famous "lomi-lomi." Sitting around the fire our landlord told us the
legend of Pele, which runs, as nearly as I can remember it,
thus: Many years age a king of the islands possessed a lovely
daughter, called Pele. On the island was bom a girl, named Aloha, which means "all
love, all good, all welcome." The good king adopted Aloha, and she and Pele grew up
loving each other fondly. Pele was fair, Aloha was dark. At last they grew to womanhood, and Pele, who lived in
Honolulu (a native of Oabu), became the betrothed of the crown
prince of Hawaii.
The wedding day came, and beautiful Pele clad in royal robes,
went forth to meet the prince. She reclined in a chariot of flowers, grasses, shells and
sweet herbs followed by her subjects, in their native dress of
grass skirts and wreaths of flowers, bearing gifts of fowl and
fish, shrubs and sandal wood. The tall, bronzed
Fifty timoahad the multitude cheered % nalila ("Above AU"), and
the women arouKftoout ttis Woad, manly shoulders ^tt2qXr
bright-'leis," arid tho men gave, boardrd "mele" vines. But from
out this with a tnde his proudly flashing eye ^com.oetU the form
of his beloved young juanel^K^^iiRinft, and his child, theirs."
*. forward, and with smiles
oonsonaut if.^nds, with teudor grace placed of England
\r the gifts that had went
uuheede,w04 Up0U h\m, Labaina are those who
o.^ woro ft I0be of
trayed tbo folliot, loosoly to hor foot. Her of lifo without
Hying' hair touohod tho
///
in them lurked the latent savagery that is
hidden beneath a veneer of gentleness in all Hawaiians; her
smile showed teeth of pearl, her lips, full and blood red,
contrasted well with her bronze hue, her nostrils dilated, her
breast heaved with pride and joy, her tiny, shapely feet were
bare.
She was barely 17.
She would throw her arms around her Lunalila, and, in the soft
Iove tones of Hawaii, thank him.
The cry arose: "Lunalila will ride once more."
He kissed sweet Lahaina and bounded into the waves
Back he came, with arms folded across his breast, his shapely
head thrown proudly up.
In bringing horses ashore on
these crude coasts they are made to swim behind a small
boat. One animal became terrified,
broke away and dashed the kingly athlete from his course; before
be could recover himself he was thrown with great force upon the
sharpest ledge of the rocks projecting into the water. There was a low moan and Lahaina
threw her child upon the sands and sprang into the sea, The weird wail of the Hawaiians
began and mirth was turned to sorrow, Out she swam, her beautiful hair
covering her like a pall. She gained his board, and
climbing on the rocks drew him to her, placed him on the board
and eamo in to shore; there they sang and wailed, she spoke to
him, whispered into his ear, raised his arms around her neck-no
answer. Lunalila was dead. They carried him
to his little home made of grass and palm loaves.
Left alone she prayed to the great Goddess Pele for mercy.
"Thou art angered, but then wilt be appeased? I will give thee
all, but give me back brave Lunalila," Shs
covered him with vines, grasses and flowers, and closing the
door,gently took her child in her arms, and stealing out into
the moonlight, she said;
"Friends, guard your beloved until I return.
I go to pray to Pele.
When I come again Lunallla will awake to life, love and
Lahaina." Then
her young form was lost in the jungle of tropical foliage.
We were deeply awed by this sad event, and I fell to wondering
what Lahaina could do to appease the anger of the Goddess Pele
which was in reality tbe burning volcano of Kilauea, worshipped
by the natives as a deity. We decided to set out at once for the volcano,
and if possible overtake the heart-broken
little wife.
We left Hilo at 0 a.m. on horseback for our ride of thirty miles
through dense foliage and ever blistering folds of lava to reach
the Volcano House.
The beauty of the first flfteen miles was bewildering.
We cut our way through tangled flowers, shrubs, tropical
fruits, - exquiiite ferns and palms and cool brooks, our horses
plunging in and swimming across; overhead miniature waterfalls
and a multi-flora of perfumes, delightful to our every sense.
Our young Englishman was singing to us in a most charming way.
We jogged along, our guides trotting behind on foot.
We emerged from this earthly paradise to find ourselves climbing
over ridges and gulobes of lava that had flowed over the country
since ten years ago.
We tried walking, soon tired of that; we rode man-fashion. Our horses fell upon their knees and slipped. We heard that we would soon reach tho Half-way House. I felt that rest was at hand. What was our anguish only to find a tattered grass hut,
where we rested five minutes.
The sweet songs of our young friend had died into deep groans. Up came a storm, down came a rain. We were drenched It was growing late, darkness was overtaking us.
Suddenly a oh an go earns over tbe world, a mist gathered before
me, tbe world was on fire, aud standing out like a phantom in
the red glow stood tbe Volcano House, the house that knows not
sunlight or moonlight, but ever stands in tbe fiery glow of
Kilauoa.
It was a long, low, log house. We were taken from our horses and helped into the parlor,
chilled, numb and sore. A warm fire glowed in a large, open grate. A kindly native woman put us to bed, gave us a good supper
and then began that celebrated "lomi-lomi" (what
we call massage). We rested there that night and the next day, going into
the volcano by night. This trip can only be made on foot, and is the most trying
and dangerous that can be imagined. We put on our heavy boots with rubber soles, abort dresses,
heavy Buckshire gloves, and staff in hand followed the guide.
Some fifty yards from the hotel we came to a steep wall, and
after climbing down almost perpendicularly for one hour and a
half we reached the lowest level of the crater. Then came the long tramp of three miles that cover a sea of
fire beneath. Lava formed into every conceivable shape, deep gaps would
appear, and then the cry from the guide: "Look out for the
cracks." Down we would fall,
scorching our limbs.
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Olive
V. Berkley: Lahaina- A Romance of Hawaii The Daily Picayune New
Orleans , Sunday 7 August 1892, page 16. The
Daily Bulletin. Honolulu, September 20, 1892, page 3.
Departures.
Tuesday, Sept.
20. Am brig W. G.
Irwin, McCulIoch, for San Francisco. ...
Passengers
For San
Francisco, per brigantine W. G. Irwin, Sept 20. Mr and Mrs
Hamilton Johnson and C. A. Ritchie. ...
Shipping Notes
The
brigantine W. G. Irwin, McCulIoch, master, sailed shortly
after noon to-day with the following cargo of rice valued at
$22,752: 695 bags,
Sing Chong & Co; 470 bags. M. Phillips & Co; 3000
bags, M.S. Griubaum & Co; 1000 bags, Hyman Bros; and 180
bxs molasses, J. H. Bruns. She also
carried among her cargo 18 pumps and 12 fittings, Risdon
Iron Works. ...
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
Diamond
Head, 8 p. in. Weather clear, wind, fresh east. The
brigantine W G, Irwin carried a small mail for San Francisco
to-day. ... Mr. and Mrs.
Hamilton Johnson and Mr. Chas. A. Ritchie left on the brig
W. G. Irwin at noon to-day for San Francisco. Their many
friends wish them success wherever they go.
The Daily Bulletin. Honolulu, September 21, 1892, page 2.
HOTEL PARK ANNEX
THE ROYAL
HAWAIIAN HOTEL CO. has leased the property belonging to A.
Herbert, Esq., in Waikiki, which for the present, will be open
to the public as an annex of the Hotel, and will be known as
the "Hotel Park Annex." Besides the
main house there are Three Cottages admirably adapted for
families:
1. The
"Windmill Cottage" containing 5 Rooms, Kitchen and Lanai. 2. The "Green
Cottage" containing Parlor, Hied Rooms, Kitchen, Pantry, Bath
Room, etc. 3. The
"Seaward Cottage" with 4 Good Rooms und a Dressing Room.
All the
Cottages are well-appointed in Furniture, Fittings, etc., and
tenants will be entitled to bathing privileges. The sea
bathing being unsurpassed on the Island.
The Main
building will be reserved for the use of the guests of the
Hotel, but it may be rented tor Picnics, Bathing Parties,
Dinners and Dances, etc., forall which purposes it oilers
exceptional advantages. A charge of
Twenty-five ($25) Dollars will be made for the use of the
House and Grounds including Bathing, Lights, etc.; prepayment
is required for intended use of the Main Building and Grounds.
For further
particulars application should be made to the Manager of the
Royal Hawaiian Hotel.
...
Dr. Montgomery, Bishop of Tasmania, has become famous, in the Boulevards of Paris, through the translation into the Paris Figaro of
his article in the New Review on “MuttonBirds.”
...
The Bishop will probably, nay certainly, give us many
interesting accounts of his adventures and experiences in
Melanesia upon his return,
and he will, no doubt, invest his descriptions with all the
hearty vitality with which the articles which flow from his
pen abound.
He will be able to discuss Massage, surfriding, native dances, and
all the strange things which make Pacific Island life so
novel and fascinating to Europeans.
The danger of surf-bathing at Manly was exemplified on
Tuesday. Mr. T. C. Dixon and Mr. S. Dowling, both well-known
solicitors, while bathing with several other gentlemen, were
carried by the back wash out into deep water.
Several of their friends went to the rescue, but were unable
to do anything, and had all they could do in fighting their
own way back to the beach in an
exhausted condition.
When hope was almost abandoned Mr. A. H. Griffith and Mr. J.
E. Jones arrived upon the scene and plunging into the deep
water succeeded, after
a desperate struggle with
the 'swash' in dragging the drowning men into shallow
water when willing hands carried them fainting on to
dry land. It was an undertaking that none but the most powerful
swimmers could have accomplished, and great credit is due to
the two rescuers. Trove
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proevalebit." THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1892.', Bathurst Free Press
and Mining Journal (NSW : 1851 - 1904), 8 December, p. 2. , viewed
09 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62728861 Star Canterbury, New Zealand, Issue 7443, 12 December
1892, page 4.
SWIMMING. CHRISTCHURCH
AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB. Judges, Dr
B. M. Moorhouse and Mr T. S. Foster; Timekeeper, Mr E. A.
England; Starter, Mr A. Francis.
The Christchurch. Amateur Swimming Club held its thirteenth
annual exhibition of aquatic sports in the West Christchurch
School bath on Saturday afternoon, under very favourable
circumstances. The weather
was fine, and the attendance was very good. The bath was
in excellent order, but the water was rather cold for some of
the swimmers. The following
are details of the various events: Spring Board
Diving and Procession.- About twenty members took part in this
event, and some very neat swimming and diving were shown by
them. Acrobatic
Feats- T. H. Harker, A. H. Jewiss and P. Williams performed
some very difficult but exceedingly graceful acrobatic feats,
including a double somersault off the spring board. ... Surf-board
Race-
D. H. Cashbolt 1, E. Sneddon 2, G. Gray and A. H. White also
started. Won by a yard. Tub Race— A.
P. Blanchard and G. Wark were the only starters, and the
latter's tub sank shortly after the start.
