Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 5, 22 September 1893 — "ANNEXATION" HOSPITALITY. [ARTICLE]

"ANNEXATION" HOSPITALITY.

The aunexAtion clab hail bctter take in its sign. It proposes to be a very pohlie spirited antl hospitable organization. In giving the ball to the iiaval officers at the Hotel on Monday evening, the llth of September. they advertisetl themselves with mueh iuk «nd sorae bombast, as giving “a fitting farewell to the gallaut cfficers of the Boston, and a weleome to those of the Philadelphili." Upon such a raauifesto. the officers of tho.se ships had the right, it wonld seem, to exj>ect at leust a free entertainment. It would have seeraed strange had any oue snggested in advauce, that the annexation patriots intended to decoy the naval ofiicors ashore, with the purpose of Ievying a coutribntion upon them. But, however remarkable such a course, rnu.st seem to those who regard the obligations and etiquette of hospitality, the fact remaius that those resplendent lights iu the firmament of the anneiaiion party who gave the ball in qnestion,either were too coarse and ignorant to comprehend the etiquette of the occasion, or too nearly , ‘broke'’ to permit considerations of etiquette aml hospitality to infiuence their action. To their shame be it spoken, the managers of that “functiou,” after getting their naval friends into their net, at the Hotel, levied contributions upon the officers to assist in paying the expenses of the blow-ont. After this, who shall dare deny that the annexationists represent all tho brains, wealth, and social prestige in Hawaii nei? After this, who shall dare to criticise the resident of Honolulu, who shall invite his friends to a feast at his honse, and then levy an assessment upon eueh guest, to jiay for the dinner nnd the lush? Have not those irreproachable people, the elite of the annexation party set the paee? Who shall be blamed for following their socitd example?