The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-07
GRAND PARADE.
Finest Display in Years-Descrip-
ton of Floats.

ton of Floats.
The grand military display began
promptly at $50, when Band Master
Berger gave rch-of-the- Republic nod
to his boys, and they all started at
once. The air was a familiar one to
them, so that notes were not needed.
The march was through the Execu-
tive grounds to King, to Merchant, to
Fort, to School, to Beretania, to Alakea,
to King and then to the shed. On reach
ing the Executive building, President
Dole and staff with number of friends
were waiting on the yeranda. The dis
tinguished party was saluted and then
the troops marched in review before
the President and Colonel Mclean.
The military part of the procession
was about the same as usual, with the
exception that D company, under com
mand of Captain Mccarthy, pulled the
battery over the route. Interest center
ed almost entirely upon number of
floats in the procession This was an
innovation in Hawaii, and, considering
the short time in which the designers
had to get them in shape, they were
days previously that it was decided to
introduce this feature, as well as some
Others in which the Government took
a prominent part At the time it was
decided to have floats, Superintendent
Brown of the water works acted upon
the suggestion to show off the fire de-
partment, and he had the boys to start
in and dress their engines. To make his
department complete and harmonious,
he likewise had the pumping station
beautifully trimmed with flags, bunting
and maile
The first float in the line was one
decorated with evergreens and bunting
and was crowded with beautiful young
girls representing Hawaii The second
was Whitehall boat, manned by a
score of young lads dressed as sailors.
with Uncle Sam at the tiller. On one
side of the sail was Protection" and
on the tiller Cold" while the other
side bore the Democratic slogan, Free
Trade" and Silver" These were Of
fetal floats designed by c. B. Ripley
T. B. Murray's float, America" !" with
his pretty daughter Jenny as the God
dess of Liberty, attracted a great deal
of attention from spectators and the
judges. The display by the Metropoli-
tan Neat Company represented four
genuine butchers in silk hats and white
aprons. This was gotten up by G. ].
Waller and w. H. Heilbron, and was
made to represent, as nearly as posi-
BILE, the floats in the United States.s Be-
sides the handsomely decorated wagon
containing the butchers and sheep.
there were two delivery wagons deco
rated in flowers and bunting, the whole
business surmounted by enormous JAP
anese umbrellas. McChesney & Sons
had wagon filled with boxes of Ha-
waiian soap, with native boys in the
act of mailing them up.
The grocers' trade was capitally ham
died by Lewis & Co., the enterprising
Fort street merchants. Their wagon
was mass of Hawaiian tropical greens
with corners and dome decorated with
bottles of pickles and jams. The Cali
fornia Feed Company had wagon load
of flour of certain brand.
W. W. Dimond's establishment was
represented by hree different well dec
GRATED and neatly arranged wagons, one
of which contained a Jewel stove and
two colored cooks, who baked bread
and cakes and distributed them to per-