The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-14

Sierra was sighted coming from
l. the Coast yesterday afternoon,
stood by to pay out all the rope
which their brothers on the great ship
might need to hold on to.
A large reception committee had
chartered the fleet tug Fearless to go
out and meet the Sierra and, soon after
it was generally known that the Oce-
anic boat was coming, the party start
ed out of the harbor on the tug and
went alongside of the big steamship
just as she arrived off the harbor.
Greetings We're exchanged between
the local Shriners and the two hundred
and odd brothers on the Sierra as the
tug approached the large vessel. Then
the Honolulu Shriners climbed over the
side of the Sierra and swarmed upon
her decks to grasp the pilgrims by the
hand and welcome them to the Paradise
of the Pacific and all its thousand
charms. The tug returned to the Pa
cific Mail wharf. while alohas were eX
changed on the Sierra and plans made
for the capture of Honolulu.
All of the Shriners aboard were great
ly impressed with their first glimpse of
the city from the deck of the steamer.
The beauty of the Island of Oahu glad
dened their hearts and they voted this
the best spot on the face of the earth
long before the vessel rounded Diamond
Head and the glory of Honolulu burst
upon their gaze.
! They had seen pictures of the Para
disc of the Pacific and had read books
on the Islands, full of information gath
cred for the most part by persons who
had spent from three to thirty days in
l, ,ft fol
ed to write a history of the Hawaiians
They had heard people talk of the de-
lights of this fair realm and had often
dreamed of a tropic life, but their first
vision of Honolulu was far beyond
their imaginings.
/ They welcomed the sight with all
their hearts and Honolulans welcomed
the coming of the Shriners.
There was great crowd on the Oce-
anic wharf to note the arrival of the
pilgrims and a long line of automobiles
waited outside of the gate to whrl
them to the Moana hotel. They We're
not long in getting ashore after the
gaugway had been let down and they
We're made to feel at home before they
had been on the soil Of this Territory
half a minute
Ht-Ic was little vi no iINSihpt oil tllS
part of the local Shriners to receive
the visitors formally. AS soon as they
landed they divided into small groups
and We're whirIed away to the Moana
hotel at Waikiki in the automobiles
and to the various other hostelries
where quarters had been previously en-
gagged for them.
Both the Moana hotel and the Ha-
anIiN-anhd
for the reception of the wearers of the
fezzes and their wives and others, and
an air of festivity hung over the
town The visitors were delighted at
their reception and We're loud in their
praises of everything tropical, Hawaii
an and metropolitan. The autos had
to make quick runs to and fro in order
to accommodate the large party.
Lou b Winsor. Imperial Potentate
of the Mystic Shriners of North Ameri-
ca. was one of the first of the party to
come ashore He is assisted by COM
mittee on arrangements consisting of
G F. Sinclair T w. Strahan, Charles
f. Fink. c. b. Quigley. J. G. Hurtner,
who all hail from Grand Rapids,
Michigan; F. w. Lyle and ]. A. Wolcott
of Dowagiac Michigan. and L. F.
Wood Niles Michigan.
This committee will meet today with
that of the local temple of Shriners and
agree upon a program of entertainment.
The local Shriners allowed their visit
ors to settle themselves into their new
element and gave them a chance to go
out and buy linen suits. lauhala hats,
pugarees and leis, which they did with
vim. The lei stands were descended
upon like wolves on a sheepfold and.
like all Shriners the newcomers wore
them as if to the manor born.
The signal was given Immediately
upon landing, Hold on to the rope
and the Shriners obeyed the mysterious
injunction of the order. They spread
out all over the hot sands. raided the
stores. made themselves look tropical
visited all the sights they could find in
one day and night found them again
at their hotels listening to the music OF
Kappelmeister Berger's band at the
Moana hotel and the airs and music of
Hawaii nei at the Hawaiian hotel,