Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LIV, Number 39, 29 September 1916 — HE PANE IA MRS. CHAS. KEKUEWA. [ARTICLE]

HE PANE IA MRS. CHAS. KEKUEWA.

E Mr. Solomon Hanohano, Lunahooponopono o ka Hiwahiwa a ka lehulehu, ka moku aha'i meahou o ke aupuni Hawaii, ke Kiiohana pookela & ka lahui Hawaii, Aloha nui kaua: —la\i i kilohi iho ai i ka nani o ka oneki o ka kaua nene ahiu (Nupepa Kuokoa), ua ike iho la au i kekahi wahi puolo i maka ia " Kukahalake Kula Sabati i ke Kula Babati o Oahu,'' i hoouna ia mai e Mrs. Chas. Kekuewa, kekahi o na haumana o ka Papa Himeni o Oahu, ma ka la 1 o Sepatemaba nei. Ma ke ano nui ke olelo ae, he pane nana ia'u no ka'u i hoopuka aku ai ma ka la 18 o Augate aku la i hala. E Mr. Lunahooponopono, e oluolu mai no'u kekahi wahi kaawale o kau pepa no ka'u pane i kuu hoaloha no na mea e pili ana i kahi apana welu (hae) ame kona mau hooponopono ana elike me ka manao o ka mea nana i hoomakaukau ia hana. Ma ka la 19 o lune o keia makahiki no i hanaia ai na loina alakai ame ny points o ka himeni hookuku ma ke Ku ianakauhale o Honolulu, a hoopuka ia ma ka nupepa "Ka Puuhonua," o ka la 23 o ia mahina no e ke komite. Ke pane nei o Mrs. Chas. Keku- ■ ewa, ua hoea aku keia mau loina ikn wa e makaukau ana e kau iluna o ka oneki o Mauna Kea no Hilo. Kupanaha no kuu hoaloha! Ma Honolulu i hanaia ai na loina alakai o ka himeni ma ka la 19 o lune. Ma Hono lulu no i puka mua ae ai ka hoolaha ma ka la 23 o lune no; a ma ka po o ka la 24 o fa mahina no hoea ana i ko makou mau ipuka; a ike iho 1i i ua mau loina nei, a kuu hoaloha i ike ole iho ai ia wa pono. Eia hou, haalele o Mrs. Chas. Kekuewa ia Honolulu i ka la 28 o lune. Ia la hookahi i haalele ai au ame kuu pa- | pa himeni a huikau pu aku la maluna 0 Mauna Kea no Hilo ka paliu hopu. Ma kuu hoomaopopo ana ua pili loa ka olelo a Kamaiopili i kuu hoaloha, o ia hoi keia: "I ke alo iho no ka ulu, o ka hala iho Ja no ka ia." "I ke aJo iho la no ka hoolaha a ke komite, o ka ike ole iho Ia no ka ia ia mau la (2328.") Nolaila, he wahi hookanaaho wale no ka pane a kuu lioaloha. Ua ike pu iho au i ke kakoo o Mrs. Chaf. Kekuewa i kuu mau "kumu hoohalahala" a'u i hoopuka ai no lea himeni hookuku; a huli aku Ia kuhi ka pono i na lunakanawai. O ka lakou olelo hooholo, ua holo ia. Pololei ko pane. Eia nae, aohe lakou i hoopuka ae no ke kukahalake o kekahi papa himeni. O oe ame kou hoaloha ka i hoolaha ae pdla. Pela au i konoia mai ai e pane aku ia olua me ka hoakaka ana 1 na kumu ku-e o ka papa himeni kukahalake; a'u i ike iho ai i ka moowini ioa o kau mau kumu pale. A oiai ua hookahua ia ka'u mau kumu ku-e maluna o ka loina, nolaila ua hiki ole ke pale ia. No ka mea, maluna o na loina alakai e kukuluia nei na hana hooholomua apau apuni na aupuni naauao e noho nei. A o ia ka makou i kukulu iho ai maluna o ka himeni no ka holomua iloko o ia mahele o ka ike. Nolaila, eia no ka olelo a'o, ''Maluna o na kumu paio apau (elike m,e ka hookuku himeni), e lawe i na lohia alakai a mnlama; a o ia iho la no ka rula ame ke kanawai o ka bana." Nolaila, e kuu hoaloha Mrs. Chaa. Kekuewa, "Be a Lady and not a Chatterbox; otherwise you will be aorry for your very words just as Poliy was who admitted the cause of her trouble im mediately after her fight with Tobby, the monkey."—Golden Treasury, S6cond Beader. No ka olelo hooholo a M'r. Werner no keia makahiki ae, aole a'u ku-e. Eia nae o .na loina no o na kau i hala, o ia iho la no ko keia kau. O keia ka'u pane i kuu iioalolia, Mrs. Chas. Kekuewa. Owau iho no a mau, DAVID K. KALAAU, JR , Alakai Himeni o Molokal.