| Show HOLIDAYS IN HAWAII christmas ranks first in tho the minds of the island people an interesting medley of little folk foik of many races and from many land lands participate in theroy the joy ful Yuk Tlde celebration celebrations by KATHERINE POPE S in all othor other christian lands ato AS christmas is tho the greatest groat cat of ai tho many holidays in hawaii to tho the importance of festival foat ival as compared with others I 1 will mention a tow few ot of the others first the birthday of at III on tho the seventeenth of march Is celebrated by a display of and tho the wearing of gay leis wreathe wreaths of at flowers decoration day Is mado made much of by both tho the white and the brown folk kamehameha day juno eleventh Is a big day with the natives a day in honor of their great king ha ba I 1 L sometimes styled tho the napoleon of hawaii july fourth which now has double meaning in hawaii has oli ati z A 1 nam 4 christmas Chrict mas tree of hawaii ways been tho the american residents I 1 great day 1 one learns to skate in bummer summer and to swim in winter and rund one learns pa in a foreign land at home save in stirling timet of war ones etarl Is not apt to quicken its beat at the sound of the Star Spangled banner at homo home in midsummer ono one does nut often brave heat and crowd to listen to the reading of tho the declara uon of independence at homo home one does not faunt red white and blue on hatband aud with badge but we all fr know how the american in london and berlin comports himself on this day which when at homo home he tries to iaun run away from in tho the little land of hawaii the citizen born in the states Is not behind the american in london and berlin all muster to make nake of the day a glorious glorio fourth and i no ono one Is to in the least blaso blase or indifferent about the celebration the national songs rico rise lustily way up above k tho the palm fringes tho the clearest voice in tho the land reads tho the immortal words of at when in the course of at human events and reads to reverent verent ro listeners the most inflated american glory ing Is accepted ae as tho the days due aery overy genuine feeling swells tho the volume and anid interprets the meant f my coun try itis of thee R november 29 Is lia hawaiian wallan bg rince da dayta Y hee holiday to commemorate hat at online twenty of the edv month of at the year 1853 prance france bid and england announced in a joiet declaration la their consideration of the sandwich islands as an independent detate close to independence day comes thanksgiving fig which is cole berated by all the divers races in har wall uniting to make a holiday of the new englanders Engl andors harvest festival and now non for tho the one great holiday g of all the year I 1 with us islanders as with you of the states christmas is tho holiday U ri X typical native boy of all tho the year Is long looked forward to long kept in recollection no man p PA hoary so superstitious iso u clothed about with the old hawaiian four of evil but that bas beard of the magi mast and tho the no little one in all the land bt bit feels some influence of the sahit of the giver jt though there ie Is much of real christina in the air in tho the way of giving of 0 pleasure and of renewal of 0 youthful feelings to you tho the twenty fifth 1 l f h of D december em bar in honolulu probably a b 1 y w would ou id n not t seem very much like christmas tho the gowns are whiter white the bate hate summery many feet aro are baro and at tho the beach considerable of at tho the body of tho the nativo fisherman la Is aleo also baro bare tho the hibiscus hedges aro are afdamo with blossome while tha odore odors of roses violets notts heliotrope plu marlas and carnations make the air heavy with fragrance thoro there are no sleigh bells but many maty marj merry f horse back parties there Is to no skating but bu t lino tine fishing few indoor dances but many picnics at waikiki chero tho the seaside residences aro are and tho the beach which ie Is the great water playground for the people of tho the city in hawaii wo we are made aware of the approach of at christmas day all the tho preceding night all night the hawaiian warblers aro are abroad all night the toy cannons boom tho firecrackers pop the newcomer feels the midwinter holiday has changed places with the midsummer one and wonders if a per eon evon can stand two fourths in a year where I 1 live in honolulu sleep on the night bencza christmas Is impossible fortified not for resistance but for a show of truce with scores of oranges and innumerable sacks of candy I 1 go to my room and await with as good graco as tho coming of my visitors i about midnight I 1 hear the cound of many footsteps on the gravel stifled mirth the testing of strings and then burst forth A ruby up lip to kiss love and other songs of at that ilk the becomer no ne comer Is surprised and asks if those bo be christmas waits says she Is reminded rather of a crowd of romeos beB besieging egIng a juliet tho the romeos at tho the particular balcony of which I 1 speak never found juliet unresponsive and into outstretched hands always fall a rain ralp of goodies thero there are hearty thanks called up to tho the v windows and many pleasant voices raised in merry Krees esmust merry Kroes Kroe smuel raus the giver feels repaid and philosophizes that tho the loss of one nights sleep Is to not so very serl ous on the islands there Is an attempt mado made to copy the christmas of the lands where the white man abounds gift making church going plum pud ding and greens aro are used to help it out many of the gifts aro are such as you of cold climes have toys games books flowers pictures dolls jewelry finery but as was suggested above there is no call for skates sleds mut flers furs or velvets velvety vel vets the churchgoing Is ae as it Is with you early masa mass for the catholics early service tor for the episcopal church folk church festivities for tho the little ones and tho the poor the going out into the highways and hedges heda s Is literally followed in hono 10 A 4 L A christmas shopping scene lulu fulu at this season brown babies from hovels hid at the foot of at diemond head big bigoted oyed portuguese girls and boye boys from the slopes of punch bowl children sheltered in huts dotted among tho the lallina lant na thickets of kallil valley little aquatics aquatic 3 from waikiki all are invited to all the church portals are flung wide on christmas eve evo central union church the stately cathedral Kawala hao as well RB as tho the chapels at Bl akiki galibi and palama bring them into the charmed circle of tho christmas tree little ah 01 and ah aoe sahto and tso too are not forgotten or treated unfairly queues and kimonos have their trees their gifts christmas soiled soe a writ arl in their tongues patrons to act for then them tho the part of st nicholas when we peep in at this church and at that seo see saxon and hawaiian Ha walan portuguese japanese chinese south sea islander care for happy rebolo ing we seem to find come some real meaning in the brotherhood of man we repeat softly the angels song ringe rings everywhere and all tho the earth Is holy land |
