The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-06-13

Fun and FroIic at the
Kamehameha Day
Picnics.

Nobody who visited the Oahu Col
lege campus yesterday came away with
the impression that Kamehameha Day
is a dying holiday. What enthusiasm
was taken from the day by the alb
sence of the usual race program was
fully made up by the enthusiasm of the
crowd of youngsters-and grown-ups
too-that made merry at Punahou
where the annual picnic of the Sunday
school of Central Union church and the
schools of the mission under its charge
was held. 1t was a great sight, hun
dreds of children romping on the broad
green lawns under the spreading
branches of the trees, grown folks sit
ting around in little groups and not
least of all the great tent where that
necessity of a picnic, the food was
served to an eager throng
1t would be hard to say just how
many people attended the picnic yes
terday. There were over a thousand
tickets taken up at the gates and with
the people already on the grounds,
those who We're invited in after the
ticket takers ceased their work and
those who did not bring their tickets it
is estimated that at least 1900 people
participated in the festivities. Besides
the members of Central Union Sunday
School, which has an average attend
ance of 420 and the parents and friends
rNft low h. hill
from the Kakaako and PaIama Mis-
sions, and many others from other
schools in the city.
All those children who met at Cen
trail Union church in the morning were
furnished with free transportat ton on
the electric cars and tickets for the
return trip were distributed to all leav-
ing the grounds. The arrangements at
the grounds were perfect. A large tent
owned by the church had been erect
ed on the lawn and beneath this were
long tables loaded with good things to
eat. The ladies behind the tables fur
nished the eatables to all who asked
and the lunch was eaten at a place de-
sired. Most of the people formed lit
tie groups and ate their lunches under
the trees. AT one side was lemonade
SOolAtOI NACiS VI cllSS dlld iSlllOl nav VI
ed "ade" was served. At another
counter soda pop was distributed, free
as water. Swings, sliding boards, see
saws and other contrivances that de-
light the youthful heart We're plentiful
On the grounds.
ENORMOUS CONSUMPTION.
The children ate as only children
can eat and enough food to supply
~
lowing is a list of some of the provi-
sions furnished for the picnic: Eighty
four tongues, twenty-five hams, 120
cakes. 2400 sandwiches, 1000 cookies,
1900 rolls, thirty pounds cube sugar, an
enormous quantity of granulated SUI
gar, twelve pounds butter, besides that
on sandwiches and many of the rolls,
100 gallons lemonade, 176 dozen bottles
soda water, forty gallons coffee and 600
pounds ice. The soda water and lem
onade We're all gone before 12:45 p. m.
and practically everything was eaten
up The cake gave out long before
everybody had been served. The other
things held out we'll
The dishes used were as follows: 600
cups, 240 tumblers, thirty-six platters,
144 plates, 1850 wood plates, twelve
large pitchers. twelve large tubs (for
cooling soda) eight buckets. 1000 forks,
1000 teaspoons, sixty trays. The plates
did not nearly go around, showing how
large the crowd was. Beside these
things there was an immense coffee
heater, barrels for the lemonade and
hundreds of chairs for the people to
rest themselves upon. Altogether it
was a mammoth undertaking and its
success reflects great credit on the
cOn1T1itteaS who mana
ATHLETIC SPORTS.
After lunch had been discussed the
afternoon was given over to various
athletic sports, in which the girls par
ticipated as enthusiastically as the
boys. After several impromptu tugs
of-war. one between the boys and the
girls being won by the latter, with
some assistance, the following pro-
gram of sports was carried out:
Spoon and Potato Race: Harriet
Packard, c. T.. won. Ray Churchill,
C. T., finished first but was ruled out
for touching potato.
Spoon and Potato Race (boys): Char
ley Nichols, c. u. first.
Spoon and Potato Race Colder boys):
Alfred Taylor, c. u, first; Sydney
Nichols, c. T., second.
Sack Race girls: Ethel Edwards.
c. T., first easily; Annie Kealoha,
Kakaako, second.
Sack Race (boys): Sanford Blake,
Kam.. first; Alfred Taylor, C. L, sec
ond.
Sack Race Cboys, Glass y: William
Male, Kawaiahao. first; Hiram Male,
Kawaiahao. second.
Knapsack Race (girls): Ray Church
i'll. c. T., and Lily Costing, c. L.,
first: Olivia Govea, C. u, and Julia
Stephens, c. L.. second.
Knapsack Race Cboys, Glass u: San
ford Blake. KAN, and Allan Webster,
c. L., first.
Knapsack Race (boys. Glass p:
Henry Higgins and William Male.
Kaw.. first; Leo Fernandez and Joe
Fernandez, second.
Crawfish Race (girls): Julie Ste
phens. C. L, first: Mu Lang, Palama,
second.
Crawfish Race Cboysl: Sanford