Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume VI, Number 20, 14 September 1933 — O KUU MOE UA NANEA NAHUA E KA UKULELE [ARTICLE]

O KUU MOE UA NANEA NAHUA E KA UKULELE

E Mr. Luuahopponopono o Ke Aiakai o Hawail, E oluoluo mai kou ahonui ame kou lokomaileal, e hoīkeike ae i ko'u manao puiwa, a hikileie no hoi, me he mea ia i naLuia ae e ka ukulele. - Ma ka mahina aku nei ō lUlai, ia'u e nanea ana me ka manao ole ae no kekahi mea e ae, aia hoi, ioaa mai la he leka ia'u w.ai a Mr. B. N. Kahalepuna mai. Wehe ae la e nana, e hai mai aiia, o Mere Keonaona Kahalepuna. ua hala ma o; aole wau 1 ike i kona kino wailua, no ka mea i Wailuku au; a na ka lono "oiwea ole" I loaa ae ia'u, o Mama ua haalele mai ma ke aiiiahi Poi kolu lune 28, 1933. I ka ike ana iho i ka leka, me he haawe kaumaha la i hoonee iho i ke KiKaia o ko Hilo nei kini, He kaikamahlne keia na*u ; ma ka noho ana o na kupuna, ame na makua, no ka mea, o Napoopoo net ka aina hanau o Mere Keonaona Kahalepuna. O Maunu ka papa, a o Kainpa ka mama. He Karikiano kona ano. ; Ke holo wau i Honolulu, o ko*u wahi ia e noho ai, he pulama oia 1 na hana Kaiikiano e-; kaleela o Kawaiahao. ' O kona aoao la i ku iho laa h#la wale aku la, a nans 1 lawe ia\i i na la Sabatt apau i ka luakini o Kawaiahao Hele mau ola i ka pule, o maua pu f i ka wa ia Akana He makuahine aloha, he puuwai hamama, he oluolu, a he waipa-he oia. A hui pu iho no hoi me ka oiuolu o kana aliikane, aohe ho-

na ike «ua mal i na mak&l oh\t ola e hele wawae ana poholo ae la oia» iloko o kekahl aiamii oioli poel<jle a loaa Aku no nae oia i n& kanaka o ke aupuni a paa ī ka hopula.

omakamka'u ana o ka malihini noho aku. Ma ko'u noho ana me laua np kekahi manawa, he mea nul kana, kane iaia, na kelki, na moopuna, owau no lioi, ka ohana, na makamaka, na hoaloha, he puuwai hamama, aole mea paa. A ke hoomanao nei wau, i kona mele inoa i hakuia nona o kona mau makua, penei'. He niele he inoa no ke Onaona, 0 ka hae kalaunu i Halealii. He'li' na maka la o ka uwila, E anapā mai nei ka pae opua, Kun pva Lilia la i Wailuku; Ua inu i ka wai o lao, Ua ac kaua e ka Inuwai, Ur pa ka makani a he Kilipohe. He boe mai an no Hawaii, He kama he hiapo na Kumukahl. Hookahi lihau pue i ke anu, 1 ka lapa huekoni hue ianei. lanei mal oe me mi nei, A 'he wai olu ia'no ke kanaka. Akāka wale no Haleakala, Ka uwe a ke kini o Koolau, Lalāu ko lima i ke Aalil, Laan kunihi alo i ke kona. No Kona ka makani ne Kulaipau Hainaia mai gna ka puana, He inoa no Mere Keonaona B. N. KAHALEPUNA Kakauia e Z. P. K. Me oe e ka Lunahooponopono o : Ke Alakai o Hawaii ko'u welina pau ole. 1 Napoopoo, Aug. 19, 1933, ;