The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-10

The novices had their day and part Of
a night and so did the Shr1aers. and by
the looks of the former as they sat at
the Shriner banquet last evening at the
Hawaiian Hotel, they had gone through
a mill
About 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon
| there was a movement of people to-
ward Progress block. Some wore
claw-hammers and some Tuxedos and
all wore red fezzes, just to show you
that they had passed through the mill
to be able to wear that badge of dis
tinction. If you had been near the
entrance to the Progress block you
might have seen dozen or more plain
civilians" sneaking in. They were
men who wore old clothes.
'Hully Geel Look at dat guy, he's
wearing his last years Clothes" said
| small newsboy. They looked as if they
had come from Uncle Solomon's place
| where the three balls hang over the
doorway.
After a deal of noise in the third
story of the Progress block, crowd of
strangely dressed men filed out into
Beretania street and formed behind the
Hawaiian Government Band. These
We're the officers of Aloha Temple
Mystic Shrine. They wore the strange
garb of Arabs. Some of the clothes
were rich in material and truly ORR
| entail in design and cut. The Imperial
Potentate, DR.. Grossman, looked su-
perb in his silks, satins and jewels
Behind these officers came the Arab
Patrol. a big lot of men attired in
Turkish uniforms and carrying ;ances
Then came the claw-hammered ana
tuxedoed fez wearers, and behind them
came the unfortunate Victims who as
PRED to wear the fez. They carried a
huge Manila rope and We're guarded
fore and aft by Fezzers carrying huge
scimetars. Harry Murray carried a
bird cage with a live parrot inside and
a placard inscribed: Il am Parro-
tician." George Andrews carried a
placard on his back which looked sus-
piciously like a Chinese menu card. c.
J. Hutchins carried a placard on his
neck saying that he had taken out
accident insurance with the Waterhouse
people. Hutch couldn't even advertise
his own agency. Fred Lewis carried a
placard on his back telling of brands |
of bottled things which a rival firm
carries. At the end of the rope was
Sam Johnson in Khaki, struggling
along with a hand road-roller, which
made a terrific lot of noise Sam did
more work on Fort and King streets |
yesterday than he has at any previous
time. And how he did perspire. Char |
ley Deering, Assistant Chief of the Fire |
Department, dragged a board on which |
was toy fire engine. The chief en- |
gineer of the Rapid Transit Company |
dragged another board with a minia- |
ture street car nailed on. Manager |
Renton of Eva Plantation, attired like |
Roosevelt, carried a placard labeled. |
''De-lighted." Geo. Martin wore a |
label entitled. "Union-Made." r. w. |
Single was given charge of a real, live |
goat and had a beautiful time carrying |
the animal through the streets. The
others holding on to the rope" We're |
Lieut.. Harlleo u. s. NJ. c., Messrs. J.
Cullen. Compo. T. H. Lille, Christen-
son. and E. E. Hartman.
After paradng the streets and hav-
ing their photograph taken in a group
on the steps of the Capitol. the Shriners !
and their victims returned to Progress
Hall, whence the yells of the victims
could be heard half a mile away. In
fact, policeman just on the beat
fancied that a crap-game was in prog
ress and really started upstairs to in
vestigate, but on second thought de-
cided to get authority first.
When the Shriners gathered at the
Hawaiian Hotel last evening for the !
banquet, some of the novices showed
signs of the ordeal through which they
had passed. Capt. Sam Johnson, for !
instance. looked like Napoleon. for his
had been gently removed with
a duh pocket knife Sans nose was .
partly black and partly blue and three
fingers had been deeply cut
The banquet was served in the large
dining room, three long tables and
cross table being used. The walls were
decorated with cartoons illustra ting
various phases of Shriner life. The
effigy of a camel stood at one end and
the hall was hung with ropes of MALE.
Covers We're laid for 100 guests. Noble
F. f. Thompson presided and f1anking
him We're the new Potentate of Aloha
Temple, DR.. c. B. Cooper. and the re-
firing POtentate. DR.. GrOssman.
The Ellis Quintet Club played during
the evening. and their lively hula airs
kept the Mystics in bubbling humor.
The list of toasts was as follows:
"Toastmaster," Noble F. E. Thomp-
son; Imperial Council" III. Potentate
NJ F. Grossman: Visiting Nob1es.''
Noble Henry E. Highton Incoming
Officers Noble Chas. B. Cooper: Out
going Officers" Noble f. c. Brown:
The Novices." r. W. Single Zone Of
them; The Nobility" Noble c. B.
Wood.
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford |