The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-11-29
THANKSGIVING DAY.
Turkey fss,ts in Homes and
Hotels - Sports and Drives
tnliven the Occasion.
TT WAS not a real old New England
II Thank sriNInr In Honolulu Nnsfnr-

TT WAS not real old New England
Thanksgiving In Honolulu ycstcr-
day, but "a real Hawaiian day for
giving thanks for the plenty and pros
perity which has visited these Islands
during the past year But the spirit
Of the old fashioned family thanksgiv-
ing was apparent In all things Just the
same. and all that was lacking was
the falling OF snowflakes, the Jingle OF
sleighbells the bobsled coasting, skat-
ing upon "A mill pond and washing the
girls faces with snow to redden their
cheeks. These were the elements of
the Down East Thanksgiving which
were not apparent in Hawaii yester-
day, but the big, juicy turkey gobblers
filled with toothsome dressing, graced
the tables which were surrounded by
grandparents, parents, and the ex-
pectant boys and girls, and there was
just as much cranberry sauce. and as
many mirce and pumpkin pies as We're
to be found on a New England Thanks
giving table, and in addition, one had
but to look out of wide open windows
to see a landscape studded with nod
ding cocoanut trees, swaying palms, a
myriad OF feathery ferns. rustling ba
nanas and vista that was all green
and tropical and beautiful, Such was
Thanksgiving day in Honolulu. But at
many dinner table yesterday there
were homesiCk ones who expressed a
desire to again be eating their Thanks
giving turkey in a room where a blaz-
ing log-fir cracked and sputtered it's
warmth around the guests. where the
window panes We're covered with a
thick coating OF frost so inviting upon
which to trace ones initials. and
thence to gaze out upon a landscape
white with an notwithstanding mantle
OF snow. Sweet to these in Honolulu
yesterday would have been the distant
sound of the tinkle, Jingle. tirkle of
sleighbells and glimpse of cutter
swiftly coursing over the white surface
crisp, biting air.
But Honolulu wore far different as
pect for It's Thanksgiving. From
morning till night gay crowds Of peo-
pie were upon the streets going or
coming from church, making excur-
sions into the country or to the beach
to take a dip into the surf at Waikiki,
and all were attired in costumes suit
ed to tropical country and to with
stand the fierce onslaughts of Old Sol,
whose face beamed never so brightly
upon Honolulu and it's holiday crowds
as yesterday. Many spent the morning
in driving to the Pail and to Moana-
lua: climbing to summit of Tantalus
and Diamond Head. or journeyed into
Manoa Valley, carrying with them well
filed lunch baskets.
Morning services were held in st.
Andrews Cathedral, Central Union
Church and the Catholic Cathedral,
and hundreds were present to give
praise and thanks to God for the gifts,
prosperity and peace which they had
enjoyed during the past year. The
services at Central Union were for the
Methodist and Christian churches, as
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offerings were divided equally among
the churches, and the sums so set
apart were used in providing Thanks
giving dinners for many who would
perhaps otherwise have gone without
them.
In the afternoon all roads led to the
campus of the Oahu College at Puma
hou, where the Thanksgiving football
game was played. The electric cars
were crowded to their full capacities
throughout the day, and for two hours
before the game began the cars fol-
lowed one another out on the line to
Punahou in quick succession, several
thousand people being thus carried
through the city. Carriages, hacks and
almost every kind of vehicle which
would hold human beings drove but
two ways during the afternoon--to Pu-
nahou and to Waikiki
Hardly was the football game over
than the dining rooms were thrown
open, and by o'clock it is safe to say
that almost everybody in town. who
was not seated at a luau eating young
pig, was busy enjoying portions of big.
Drowned turkeys. There were, OF
course, many large dinner parties, and
those who had no special invitations
to dine out, betook themselves to the
hostelries in town and at Waikiki, and
discussed the splendid dinners given
there. The Hawaiian Band played
morning and afternoon in the Capitol
Grounds. The evening was devoted to
listening to drama at the Opera House,
where the curtain did not rise until 8
o'clock, and to the minstrel perform
ance at the Orpheum, both places being
comfortably filled. The weather was
perfect for Honolulu. not a shower OF
rain or even threatening cloud mar
ring the day.