The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-07-11
The Barbacue-The Sports and
the REGATTA.

The morning of July /, 1898, came
clear and glorious out of the blue
Pacific, and by the time the sun was
peeping over the mountains the
small boy and the early native were
upon the street waiting for the parade
of the antiques and horribles to break
the serenity of the tropical morning,
and provoke the general smile and
the public giggle. By half past six
O'Clock the main streets of Honolulu
were lined with all classes of citizens
from the staid merchant TO the street
urchin. with his fortune in the palm
Of his hand and his prospects in the
glitter of the parade about to burst
upon his sight.
There were all sorts and conditions
Of people upon the streets, and by the
time the first blast upon the tin horns
was blown, and the first yell of the
shrill delight went up from the
ubiquitous small boy, the sun was
hurting his bolts of golden light
through Nuuanu valley, and their
glimmers were flying seaward across
the harbor like fiery arrows shot from
some unseen bow.
The ships in the harbor were
already gay with bunting, and the
hacks were dashing through the
streets, stuck full of American flags,
bringing outlaying passengers into
town to catch at least a glimpse of the
early parade. For half an hour the
street cars had been loaded down with
eager sightseers, and when the parade
burst forth in ali its splendor on Fort
street, it was met with multitudinous
glee from the children and suppressed
low from the route of citizens, who
were all wishing they were boys
again so they could throw their hats
skyward and yell outright.
A typical devil in red, with his tail
in his hand, led the procession, as he
does most things in this dreary world,
while the rear of the parade was
brought up by woman on a bicycle,
who was trying her best to catch up
with the devil ga leading the world
awry." Behind the devil came great
elephant that walked as sedately
along as a cabinet minister. unmind-
full of the multitude surging around
him. The devil in red was, however,
mindful of one thing, and that was to
keep clear of the elephants foot as it
fell upon the pavement behind him.
In this respect the king of the
world y initiated the royalist: he kept
from under.
There is no space TO speak of all the
characters of this parade, but they
were many, and were all good. There
were fantastic costumes, such as Venice
overwhelmed, and tricks which would
have made the clowns of all the
Robinsons' circuses in the world green |
with envy. Uncle Sam was there; the |
tug-of-war was there; the Chinese ice |
cream vender was there in all his |
glory, with a cow-bell on his ancient |
wrist; the butchers spring lamb was
there, worth at least two-bits pound, |
with the bone thrown in; the red In
dian from the plains, with mis- arrows
on his back, followed the negro min
strel band and looked with naughty
disdain upon miss Fashion, who |
stepped as stately as the daughter of |
a hundred earls;" the cowboy was
there full of drunken glee, and was |
followed by veritable antique rig |
from the hayseed regions, with ever
greens growing out of the dashboard |
and breadfruit tree springing from |
the bottom.
Through the principal streets went |
they forth, and as the procession turn |
ed into Nuuanu street, shortly after |
Z by the clock, John Chinaman
awoke to the glories of the day and |
craned his long neck streetward to
see the fun of western civilization,
which looked very like the earnest
ness of dragon parades, representing
the celebrations of the Orient. The
natives chased the procession from
street to street, serenely happy and |
giggling, as only natives can, at the
funny side of human nature. Long |
after the last horrible antique had
a crowd of Hawaiians
stood looking longingly at the gate
where had lately passed the burles-
quers and celebraters of Uncle Sans
domain and government.
The Barbacue.