The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-12
CARNIVAL
NAT TIERS
Miller Street Portal for
Maskers.
DANCERS TO REGISTER
Committees Request That Dominoes
be Made of Mardi Gras
Colors.

] Il" HE MARDI GRAS committees mel
| at the drillshed yesterday after
| moan and discussed the progress on
an effort to arrange more boxes for the
accommodation of spectators, though, as
| yet, it cannot be determined whether this
can be managed.
| The committee on refreshments re-
ported generous number Of cake dona-
tions,. anu that the offer of the Hart
| ice cream pariors to furnish ice cream,
sandwiches and other refreshments, to-
gether with cutlery and crockery. had
been accepted as the most satisfactory
and economical way out of the supper
difficulty.
| The puzzle as to arrangements for the
| formation of the grand march and how
to avoid confusion in the dressing rooms
among maskers and spectators, was
solved by Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Tenney,
who had been upon tour of investiga-
| ton They returned with the happy sug-
gestion that the maskers should enter
| from the Miller street entrance, dispose
of their wraps in the dressing-rooms IN
| the annex, and form in the long hall
which leads to the drillshed, marching
into the ball room at the rear end over
! the stage and down the steps. Number
ed pegs are already placed in one of the
rooms for the checking of hats ana
wraps, and a colored man and his wife
are to be secured to attend to the mat
ter. This plan was adopted and in the
pamphlet which is to be circulated for
information within a day or so; instruc-
| tons will be given to maskerS to enter
| at the Miller street entrance, the front
entrance being reserved for spectators.
/ The ladies wish also to request that those
who appear in dominos will have them
made of the Mardi Gras colors, red,
green, white or yellow, although on ac-
count of the lateness of the notice this
will not be obligatory, and dominoS CT
any color will be allowed. Gentlemen in
evening dress will be expected to powder
| their hair, as will also the ladies, unless
they wear some manner of head-dress.
The question of a provision for the
accommodation of the press was brought
up, and Mr.. Graham suggested that a
able be set apart. This was followed up
by plan for having press boxes ar
ranged about the walls, with pencils and
blank cards, the maskers to fill in the
names of themselves and the character
they represent and drop the card into
the box. This is in order that no mis-
take may be made in the list of maskers
and their costumes, and the maskers
will no doubt observe this arrangement,
both for the convenience of the press and
for the personal assurance of having
their names and costumes placed cor
rectly on the list, The boxes will not be
opened until late hour and the identity
of the maskers will not be divulged
through the press boxes.
The meeting adjourned until tomorrow
afternoon at 3:45 o'clock, when a meet
ing will again be held for final arrange
ments. Among those present at the
meeting were Mrs. Graham, Mrs. Isen-
berg, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Scott, Miss
Scott Mrs. Philips, Mrs. A. G. Halves,
Mrs Charles Elston, Mrs. E. D. Tenney,
Mrs. c. B. Cooper, Mrs. Mcdonald Mrs.
S NJ. Damon, Mrs. Captain Shaker, DIR.
S1ogget, Samuel Parker, Jr., and Colonel
| J. W. Jones.