Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LIV, Number 19, 12 Mei 1916 — E HOLO ANA I KINA E HIMENI AI [ARTICLE]

E HOLO ANA I KINA E HIMENI AI

Mamuli o kn nui makemakeia o iia himeni Hawaii, no ka hoonanea ana i na malihini maloko o na hokele, i, hoea mai ai he kauoha i Honolulu nei, e hoounaia aku he mau keiki himeni he elima ka nui, malalo o kekahi aelike no oono mahina, no ka himeni ana maloko * ke Carleton Cafe ma Kanahai, Kina. No ka hooko ana aku i kela kauoha, i'e hanlele iho ana he mau keiki Hawaii I makaukau i ka himeni, mo ka lakou ' mau pila, ma ka mokuahi Kina, o ka | la 26 o ka mahina nei o Mei, malalo o I ke alakai ana a Hen Wiae, kela Paele hnna keaka, i kamaaina i ko Honolulu ' nei poe a i hoopii oki mare iho nei i , kana waliine. | Eia kela niau keiki ke hoomakaukau nei ia lakou iho, no keia liuaka'i, no lakou na inoa o Robert Akeo, William Smith, Valentine Kawai, John Nieper ame ,Jos. K. Kaulia. O ka lakou mau pila e lawe pu ana he hookahi vaiolina, he ukulele ame ekolu mau gita nunui. Ua ku'i aku ke kaulana o na himen? Hawaii ma na wahi apau, a no ia kumu, i ka wa e hoea ai o na malihini kaahele honua ma kekahi mau hokele, aole a la•kou mau mea e ae e ninau ai, o na keiki Hawaii wale no, ka mea a kela mau malihini i manao ai ,aole lje poe e ae i 'iiki ke himeui, a ke hookani i na pila gitn, me ke ku i ka maekmake elike me na Hawaii; pela iho la i kauoha okoa ia mai ai, he poe himeni a hookani pila, e holo aku no Kina.