The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-08-01
CARNIVAL
IN HONOLULU

They had just returned from the
Merchants Fair. \ California man had
Just lighted a cigar and settling back
in his easy chair on the hotel vrIanda
seemed entirely at peace with the
whole world.
Just imagine for a moment" said
he what great possibilities there are
for next year to get up carnival in
Honolulu. Organize carnival in con-
nection with next years Merchants
Fair. start the carnival right now
ana keep at WorA on 1t for 4 whole
year. why it would be laundering
big scheme and would surely draw
Ilany tourists fiCm Japan, Chine, Aus
tralia, New Zealand, Canada and the
Mainland. If the thing should be done
on lines that / could suggest 1t would
be the biggest affair ever seen on a
Pacific island. My idea would be to
take the Capitol building squara and
allow hundreds of pretty booths and
sideshoWs to be constructed there.
Have -go-rounds, cane racks and
all that sort of thing, and have every
tree and shrub in the grounds covered
with a few thousand colored lanterns
Then | would utilize the street on each
side of the square, that is King and
Hotel streets, for street fair where
every sort Of thing that these islands
can produce could be shown. The
manufacturers could show iron work
ing exhibits and Woodworking exhib-
it's, and If we We're clever We could get
Uncle Sans people in Guam, Samoa
and Manila to send along exhibits
My idea" ne continued, would be
to have this carnival last couple OF
weeks. on the first day l would have
monster street parade in which all
societies, labor bodies, police, fire brig
|ade, soldiers, etc, would be represented
on the second day / would arrange Tor
a parade composed of nothing but Chi
nese, their societies, schools, etc. The
Japanese could have the next night,
and then the natives could be given
show Following this there could be a
parade of Honolulu maidens-for you
know that you've got some of the pref
test girls in the world here. Then
there could be happy go-lucky parades,
in which every one could be masked.
| This thing l tell you has great pos
sibilities and two weeks of the reVel-
cries like / speak of would leave many
thousand dollars in the hands of your
| business people"
But the steamship companies would
| net give us rates to get the people
here!"
Nonsense. The steamship managers
are business men the same as you or
! are. If they saw that a smart, hust-
| ling body of live men were filling up
| really big Honolulu Carnival they
would get their heads together and
| promptly send hundreds Of tourists in
here on special rates"
Look here, Bill" said another, Il
| believe that there's something in what
yea say. Many carnivals in cities on
the mainland get hundreds of visitors
and you know that there would be ten
times as much novelty in coming to
| carnival down here in the Pacific"
| But in addition to that down here
in the Pacific novelty business there's
a fine sea trip for the carnival visitor
and we would be sure to draw them.
only it would have to be done in the
right way. We should have to adver-
| tise well and In the right quarters
among the right class of people. I'm
going to have a yarn or two TO bust
ness friends of mine during this next
week and see what they think of the
| Honolulu Carnival
We'll, here's success to the 'Hono-
| luIu C'arniVali' "