The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-11

under E o. White, captain of the
guard. The Shriners came next, eacl
man in full evening dress and rec
fez on his head.
Then came the victims holding on t.
the rope, under the watchful eye OF
G. D. Tucker, keeper of the came1s and
goats. They were not handsomely
dressed, each man having taken 6
fancy suddenly TO his old clothes. They
| We're a motley crew. Dragging the
cable We're High Sheriff William Hen
/ ry, handcuffed; Frank b. McStocAer
Edgar Marion Brown, c. S. Holloway
superintendent of Public Works; SEN
ator Palmer Woods Frank Woods, DIR
| A. G. Hodgins, j. HI. Craig, Frank E
! Thompson, on his back a giant FIRE
| cracker and the following sign:
| Where do I get off at when this
rocket goes Off" e. I. Spalding, J. S.
| McCandless, H. Wingate Lake. Mark
| Robinson, D. L. Austin, J. A. Wilson
| and Alexander Garvie. There were
four more but they We're assigned to a
/ different task Frank Richardson was
| compelled to mount the mule-camel and
| E. l. Spalding was given the halter to
lead the beast; c. G. Bartlett rode
! the donkey, and Arthur Macintosh
was given the goat to lead. He car
ried the animal most of the way.
THE TORTURE CHAMBER.
When the initiation was begun there
| was a silence deep as the grave fell
over the assemblage. Lights were
turned low, incense burned and dirge
was played and the fun began. The
toboggan had been well oiled and the
noVices We're given a bump
The planks studded with sharp nails
We're tried on candidates feet and a
red trail was left on the floor when
their owners walked off. The electric
. ally-heated irons proved warm enough
, even for asbestos-lined socks. The
man who plunged into a big tub when
requested, and did so because he be-
lieved there was no water in it was
dragged out half dead. Then there was
the trolley where many candidates
gave an exhibition of the famous
'.Slide for Life" hanging on by their
teeth to a strap Suspended from a
pulley. After the goat had fallen in
a heap after having butted nineteen
green novices, it was thought that
plates at the banquet for the victims
would have to be placed on nantels.
The torture chamber was alive with
noise for four hours.
Afterwards every man of the nine
teen went to the Young Hotel and hired
a room. Each man did this on the
q.t. The clerk was asked if anybody
else had taken a room, and finally
every man knew his fellow victim was
lodged in the big hostelry, where he
could retire to peaceful sIumber after
the banquet and trying events of the
day.
THE ORIENTAL BANQUET.
AT $3.50 last night the Shriners, old
and new, were marshalled before the
zem- -zem board where the daintiest of
foods from desert and sea were placed
before the tired and thirsty members
of the caravan. The banquet was
spread in the Alexander Young Hotel
under the direction of novice H Win
gate Lake, the manager. The tables
We're arranged in the form of T.
Along the centers of each We're @owsF
OF red carnations garnished with maid3
en- hair ferns. Red lilies and red shadE
ed candelabra completed the coiSr
scheme. Festooned through the chah-
deliers was a long hemp rope, the ends
caught with red ribbons, and from the
chandeliers 10 the wa. Is were hung ropes
OF MALE. Before the seat of the Illus
trious Potentate was a space of sand
on which was a grass hut surmounted
by the Shriner flag, with two camels
nearby. Around each plate
was a piece of rope with the ends tied
In red ribbons each Shriner wearing
the piece about his neck during the
feast. The banquet hall was shut off
from general view by a painted scene
representing an Egyption Temple. On
the walls inside were colored cartoons
Of various novices, among whom were
seated on a cake of ice;
McStocker stopping to catch the i'm
pact OF brickbat labelled "OIaa:"
supt Holloway barefooted stepping
over broken bottles. cactus plants and
nails in Honolulu's streets; High
Sheriff Henry waking up in bed ''the
1ext morning with big head and
inding all cafes. etc. closed on sun
aay; Thompson hitting the tob6ggan,
md a handsome picture of f)r. Gross
nan with diamond rings on his toes.
Noble II w. Breekons the toast
rlaster, occupied n seat of honor next
he Iltustrious Potentate. His intro
iuctious or the speakers were marvels
II rhetoric. He also presented on be-
ialf Of Aiohn Temple. beautiful
ewei 20 Dr. Grosaman. The following
oasta were responded to-
.'The Imperial Council" Illustrious
sotentafe NJ T.. Grosaman. Visiting
Members" Hon G. A Galhraith. India
sempie. Oklahoma City: "our Officers
elect" Noble G. u, Cooper. Chief Rab-
,nn. "aot vs. sand. Past 1iiustrious
,otentate y, cifiess uoIt: '"rhe Tradi-
ional Banquet" Past Gilustrleus Po-
entate g. H. Wood "The Novice.
one Of them) r. 70 Thompson
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