Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LVII, Number 33, 15 ʻAukake 1919 — Holomua Ia Poe Keiki Hawaii Hookani Pila [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Holomua Ia Poe Keiki Hawaii Hookani Pila

Mai ka akau mai, o 3amuel Keaunui, alakai a lunanui; Dan Smith, leo tehora; John Kahookano, mea hookani gita me ke kila; James Holstein, leo baritona.

Ua nui a lehulehu wale na keiki llawaii i haalele mai ia Iloiioluiu nei no Ami-i'ikn nin ka hana himeni me liookanl pila, me ko hikou ohohia' nui ia nia ka lakou niau wahi apau e kaahele ai, eliky *ne na inoa a nn nupepa o Ame-i rika i hoike ae ai no lakou, ka mea| hoi ualiā i hookaulana lon aku i na himeni Hawaii, a i hookaulana pu a'<u ia Hawaii nei. He leka ka i loaa mai «ei i ka Luna nui UharJes S. Crane o koia halepa'i mai ia «liinniy llolai.ein niai, e hoakaka ana no ka hulonma o ka lakou nuiu hana hinieiii me hnokani pila, he nuhou hoohauoii keia i ko lakou mau hoaloha lehulehu maanei nei. lVnci iho kana mau mea i kakau mai nei: '' Ke āk'u nei au, i ke kii o ke Kalapu "Lei o Aloha," i noho lunanui ift C Samuoi^gaun.ui, 4 he keiki no Ilonolulu, n'u i .ihakemake ai e hoopuka mai oe malok'o o ka nupepa ina he niea hiki. " He elimn ko malfdti nui, a ke lawelawe nei inakoft i na hanjj keaka iiialalo o ka Ilui Hanakeaka \Vestern Show Print Co., o Seatt4<?, Wakinekona. Akai hi no makou a hoomaka, aka nae ke upu aku nei e kaaliele ana ma na mokuaina apau ame Cana»la, i kulike ai me ka papukuhikuhi i hoomakaukauia e Thos. ,r. Oulligan, ka mea nana ē hookaulana I nei i* keia kalapu ma Sseattle.

'' Eia makou ke kaahele nei i na la apau, mai kekahi wahi a i kekahi, ma ke kaaahi, ina ka moku, ma- ka otomo1/ile, me ke kakaikahi loh o ka manawa e hoohala ai a oi aku mamua o hookahi po, ma kekahi wahi hookahi. Iloko o keia kaahele mau 'o mākou, ua hui no ko makou. niahalo no keia hana, mamuli o ka hialaai nui ia o ka makou mau mele anie na hana hookani pila, o keia no hoi ka makou mea nui e hooikaika nei, e loaa mai. TJa nui ko makou lolie ana no Ilawaii, mai ka poe mai i lioea ilaila, a i pau ole ka manao

hoohilii, u holo hou aku ilaila i kekahi manrtwa. "Ahiki i keia manawa, he nui ka īnnkou mau moa i lohe ni uo ka mnlialola o llawaii, mai kn pnpn mai o ka poe ilihune a/ne ka.poe waiwai, i hoohala i manawa malaila, a ua lilo koui j mea no na keiki e haaoli ai. "I kekahi e konoia mai ana mhkou e helo aku 6 paani, no kn aha hulahula, mai kekalii onamiiiona mai, a no ka maikai o' ka makou mau mele, ua k.onoia mai makou ma nn paina a ka ]>oe hanoluinō. Ua maikai maoli ka hookipa ana a kekahi poe ia makou ma kekahi mau wahi. "Mai lionolulu wale jmai no ina'kou apau, a he poe imi rama ole, o keia ka mea a ko makou lunanui i haaheo ai. Ho pō6 opiopio wale no makou, elike me ia nialoko o ke kii, 'o ka mea kahiko lōa o makou,' he 26 makahiki, oia ij' ])an Smith, ko makou tenpra, i nohoinua me Toots Paka, ia keiki Hawaii, a i kaulana ai no hoi i kekahi maua■wa, ke kalapu kaulana o na hann keaka. "Oiai ke v\pu nku nei makou e kaa-. hele jua na inokuaina apau ame kekahi liapa nui o Cnnatl}i, e lona ana ia makou inoolelo loihi, l<e huli hoi aku i ka aihfi;hanau. Ē kakau mau .aku ana «o ia ōe ir kela nme keia manawa, no ka akU- no ia i ko makou kulana. No manawa, aole a makou mea e hoolialahaīa ai, elike me nn mea a-makou i- ike okda aku ai, i ke Ohohia .maoli o, na anaina o na wahi a [ iīiakōu e paani ai, a ke hooikaika nei |>ma na ano apau no ka hookaulana ana j ia Hawii. ' r 'Oiai ke hooniakaukau nei no na hana o keia po, ke hooki nei 'au, a e haawi aku i ke aloha o na keiki ia | Honolulu, a o ko'u aloha uni, i na keiki o ka papapa'i; | "Kou oiaio, "JIMMY lIOLSTHIN."