The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-05-16
St. Clements
Flower Carnival
THE FIRST ONE OF THE KIND EVER HELD IN HAWAII
A BRILLIANT SUCCESS AND A REVELATION OF THE
POSSIBILITIES OF FLORAL DECORATION FOR PUR-
POSES OF PAGEANTRY.


mas. The Queen, Julia Hollinger,
was dressed in white, wearing the
royal crown. The driver, Johnny
Hollinger, wore a cooked hat and
knee breeches and coat OF blue
cloth with yellow facings. The ka-
hill bearers, Willie and Tommie
Hollinger, were dressed in the same
way. The ancient idea of Hawaiian
royalty was carried out in beautiful
~ studied detail, even to crossing
the kahilis in tabu fashion while
passing the Judges in parade, until
after they had been judged.
Pauline Schaefer, as a golden
hearted daisy, cart drawn by pref
ty cream-colored Shetland pony,
driver and cart made up to repre-
sent daisy Ezra and Stephanie
Grain, in a cart decorated with all
the different shades of leaves to be
found on the mango tree, most eff
fectively done Colburn children in
cart done in greens with the coral
COlored blossoms of the Mexican
vine.
Ponies, ridden. Ruth Soper was
dressed to represent what she has
long been called by her friends, a
lily. With her pale loneliness and
mass Of golden hair, she rode in the
cavalcade the very flower she rep
resented. Her tunic of white was
cut to represent the petals of the
lily. She was garlanded with lilies.
In her arms she carried a great
cluster of the same flower. Her
saddle cloth was very large, cover
ing saddle and horses, and was COW
cred with lilies. The bride was
wrapped with green and lilies, and
the reins were the lily stalks braid
ed. Helen Jones, as a pau rider,
pony decorated with leis. Lena
Colburn, as a pau rider, crowned
with leis. Glover Clark, Mexican
Naquero, Curtis Hustace, XVIIth
century cavalier Marcus Monsar-
rat, Hindoo prince, tunic of white
and gold, and his horse richly capa-
risOned with cloth of white and gold
plumarias. Charles Herbert, Span
lsh Cavalier, serape. Reginald Me-
lamphy, clown, mounted, with floral
hoop.
Goat Carts. Emeline Magoon,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. !. Alfred
Magoon, in a small sulky drawn by
a silky-coated Angora goat. She
was dressed as an American beauty
rose, the color being selected to
bring out her radiant loneliness.
| The dress, hat and sunshade were
all made of rose petals. The sulky
was one mass of glorious American
| Beauty Roses. The goat harness
and shafts were wrapped in green,
land where they crossed were tied
| with an American Beauty rose. Her
whip consisted of natural rose,
half-blOwn, on its stem yard long,
which in itself was a thing of beau-
| y. The only relief in the mass OF
deep red color was the green OF her
silk stockings and satin slippers.
| Quantities of the natural roses, all
that Mrs. Magoon could procure
anywhere, were used in the deCOra-
ton. The whole conception was
that OF an artist and was artistically
carried out 1t was designed and
worked out by Mrs. A. P. Taylor
and Mrs. J. NJ. Riggs. Dorothy
Mailing, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs,
w. B. Mailing, and Nick. William
son, son of Captain and Mrs.
George Mex. Williamson, goat
drawn cart, done in white snow
balls. Dorothy was dressed in white
l to correspond with the floral decor
alton, while Mex. Williamson was
the position driver.
The little Misses Dorothy and
Marjorie Hogs, the little daugh-
tiers of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank l..
Hoogs, in char-a-banc cart, both
,, cart and children being done in La
France roses, the La France rose
with its delicate pink, being espe-
I cially suited to the delicate pretti-
ness of these children. The design
was simple, but in its carrying out
8 was very effective.
The design was by Mrs. Hoogs
, herself and was beautifully eXecut,
ed and attracted much attention
land many compliments.
Richard Cation, legendary horse
3 a bicycle made up with canvass
covered framework to represent, il
comique, a horse with feathereC
- tail.