The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-15

JUBILANT
Continued from Page II

Later there will be a special enter
| tainment by the famed troupe of jong-
leurs and mummers known as the AL
cazar Company. Mobiles will attend in
| full war paint The theater Is yours for
! the night. Up to this point be discreet
in thy behaviour and remarks, as the
| comedian of this company is a jolly
| dog and the josh bird will be liberated
for the occasion.
/ There will likewise be a pilgrimage
along the trail of the iron horse to Wal
alua, including a visit to the sugar PLAN
| tations on this Island and for those No
bles who insist eating and drinking
1 at every opportunity, lunch at Halei-
wa Hotel.
| "Lastly, at the caravanserai known as
the Moana Hotel, will there be held
grand shindig or celebration reserved
! strictly for Shriners. Ye know what to
expect. After this We are at liberty to
| depart and go rest yourselves-You'n
| need repose.
! But pleasure is not the only object of
the pilgrimage of the Shriners to these
shores, for it is written in their code
| that business shall be combined with
pleasure; in fact the chief object of
| their visit is to erect Aloha Temple,
and the pleasure accruipg from the
visit is only a secondary object or a
part of the program which is relegated
in the main to their wives and fami-
lies.
! If all the necessary arran gements can
he completed in time, and the various
committees are working overtime, Alo-
Eha Temple will be inaugurated this aft
lernoon or evening or perhaps it will
extend to both afternoon and evening.
This will be conducted with magnif-
cent pomp and ceremony and as the
scribe says, There are flower-crowned
houris in this land. bronze beauties
that shall dance before your diVans I'M
til the senses are intoxicated. There
will be other intoxicants. There will
be yarn-spinning across the hookahs
and coffee shops where Noble outdoeth
Noble and truth hides it's head in a
hubble bubble
The charter members of Aloha Tenn
pie and the visiting Mobiles convened
behind closed doors last evening in
Progress hall for rehearsal and many
a man who had never before been
astride of the camel is now an adept
in the art of riding that animal and
when the grand performance comes OF
tonight staid citizens of Honolulu will
vie with each other in performing that
duty. 1t will be a duty accomplish
ed"
More serious instructions were given
to the prospective Mobiles and many a
man went to his home last night with
one more secret to conceal from his
wife. But that is all part of the work
of the order.
After this grand work is an accom-
lplj-het fact the real entertainment OF
the Shriners begins, and many luau
and perchance a hula or two will be
. found on the bill of fare. The luau to
be held at the Maternity Home will be
,, largely attended by the visitors and
their wives on Saturday, while large
contingent will go to Waialua.
, There are nearly 200 people in the
caravansary, of which about $50 are
Mobiles, the remainder representing the
families of the visitors. The caravan
started from Grand Rapids, Michigan
ard in their long journey across the
continent every city contributed {
Shriner, or generally several Shriners
until the total was reached. The cara
van passed through snow and ice in It's
tourney and every kind of weather wa;
experienced, and it viii be with regre
that they will bid Aloha to Honolulu
and the climate.
/, Lou B. Winsor of Reed City, Michl
gao. is at the head of the party ant
erioys the title of Imperial Potentat'
of the order. 1t is to his executive
abilities that the success of the pilgrim
age is due, and much of their pleasure