Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XVII, Number 28, 6 December 1923 — HE HANA MAIKAI E KOKUA IA [ARTICLE]

HE HANA MAIKAI E KOKUA IA

<5 'A> ! r.a!a aku nei». i e?, <s - /-i i - $s'j'jo. 00 no rc* i k« "UunieiK&ukeiu &na i 1 r! 1 iO na "Mele Oli6ii kahiko o Hawaii nei." Ua hoiho! 'p- aku kfja liana i ke Kula «» Kan.i l.aī'»! lu, a eia lakou ke h rn-' i keia hana no ka mLlaiha- ana i uh "mele plioli ka ; : :kr." u Ha * nei, Ua hooia jr,ai nei e na Kahu o. ke. K:;a w Kan:ehaineha o Miss Helen H. Roh-erls e hele iwaena ' o na poe Hawaii, ae imi i keia mau mele kahik'-'o Hawaiī nei, Eia pu me ia he Ponotalapa, Clpu malama olelo) a ua makemake ia e olioli iho kekahi poe h kekani mau tnele kahiko iloko o keia ipu olelo, ae paa ai a mafema- i-a kela mau leo no •na hanauna e hoea mai ana. Aole wale p na mele oiioli kai makemake ia f aka, ua makemake pu ia na mele hula hoaeae o naj Hawaii. E hala ana he mau makahiki loihi ma keia mua aku, ae haia aku ana ka poe i ike 1 keia mau niele kahiko, aka f e lilo ana kela mau mele oīioli, a me na mele hoaeae i mea hoomanao plli moolelo no ka Lahuī Hawaii. He hana keia e imi pu ana i kahl i hoea mai ai keia Lahui kanaka Hawaii, oiai, eia ke imi pu ia nei kekahi mslu mele. o na Lahui okpa aku o ka Pplunesia, a hoohalikellke ia paha. kekahi o keia mau mele kahiko me /ko Hawaii-.'.nei mau mele kahiko. He hana keia i kupono loa e kokua ia e ka poe kahiko i paa "na mele hoaeae kahiko paha o Haw'aii nei. .'*£►' Aole i manao ia keia hana no ka imi dala aku, aka, no ka imi ana i na mea kahiko o na Kupuna aloha o keia Lahui .kanaka, ao kela me keia Haw r ail i manao haaheo no ke kaulana o kona , Lahui kanaka, aole paha he mea kupono nona ka aua wale iho keia mau mea kahiko o na Kupuna a hēle aku i ka lua kupapau me ka waiho ole iho no ka pomaikai oka poe o hope nei. Ke noi akū nei inakou ia Rev. W. M. Kalaiwaa, Rev Wm. Kamau o na Kohala, v paepae mai I keia hana maīkai no ke kaulana o ka Lahui Hawaii. Eia no hoi ma kou ke kokua pu nei no ka holo pono *Joa o keia hana ma keia mua aku ma kahi mea uuku i loaa ia makou, oiai, he hana keia e kokua ana i ka hoomau ana 1 ka Moolelo kaulana o ka Lahui Hawaii. "Makani uka ke lele ino mai la ke ao."