Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-06
LUCK OF ALOHA
GREATEST EVER
HAWAIIANS WIN EVERYTHING
IN SIGHT
Have to Sleep in the Steerage-They
Don't Mind, but How the First
Cabin Passengers
Kick

If you see long string of men with
their hands in their pockets jingling a
bunch of real live money with their
eyes staring hungrily and their lips
whispering zem-zem, and a yellow chain
around their neckS or their heads, as
their royal fancy happens to dictate,
you will know them. They are the
Shriners of Aloha temple, Honolulu.
They sleep at the Ohio, when they
sleep at all, and among them are several
well known men. ]. A. Lyle, a prom
inent man of Honolulu and vice commo-
dore of the Hawaiian Yacht club, who
was on the entertainment committee
during the yacht races from San Diego
to Honolulu last July, is with them and
is helping to stir up things little on
his own behalf.
The reason for this extreme state of
wealth is their luck. They all had the
usual big roll of bills when they started,
but by the time they arrived the stack
had grown almost beyond the size of
their pockets.
shriners Win Everything
On shipboard the passengers formed
pools betting on the speed Of the ship,
and much to the disgust of every one
else the Shriners won everything in
sight. The last night out the English
men decided to make a stand, so they
computed the speed of the ship the day
before and then bought up all the places
ten miles each way. The Kanakas are
still chuckling, for the ships speed did
not come within twenty miles Of their
reckoning, and the mobiles hauled in all
the money again.
Coming over these noble haoles en-
gagged their passage so late that they
had to take the steerage. It was per-
fectly comfortable for them. They did
not mind in the least. It was only the
first class passengers above who regis
tered a kick. They could not sleep for
the noise. These yellow necklaces that
they wear are the leis, connected in
some way with the worship of the ma
tives. They are made of paper, but on
the island they are made of anything
handy, and when the Shriners left home
the island residents felt facetious and
decorated every one of them with q lei,
symbolic of some of their hobbies, and
so forth. One of the party butcher,
was decorated with a string of sau-
sages, and they won't tell what the rest
of them got.
Delegation Guards Leis
These yellow necklaces are very
precious in the eyes of the Hawaiian
visitors, and from reports In the eyes
of the Californians also, for they had to
appoint special delegation to guard
them all the way down here from San
Francisco.
Mr.. Lyle will sail on the steamer
China for Honolulu, but most of the
Shriners will go to New York or will
scatter through the country.
Following are the names Of the men,
bers of the Hawaiian Shriners and rela-
tives connected with Aloha temple,
Honolulu, registered at the Ohio on
North Broadway, which will be their
headquarters during their stay In Los
Angeles: Charles F. Murray, H. c. MUIR
ray, George A. Martin E. j. Lord, L.
L. Ables, J. H. Craig, ]. M. McKinnon,
Lester Lyle, w. A. Welbourn, C. S. Hall.
]. S. McCandless, A. Stephenson, C. j..
Waterman, K. r. Lyons, j. A. Wilson,
3. Kani F. Woods, J. w. Francis, ]. d.
Tucker, Fred l.. Waldron, Col. and Mrs.
Tom Johnson, Mrs. j. J. Belser, Mrs. ].
H. Belser, ]. H. Hewland, H. H. Simp-
son, George H. Angus, Mrs. George H.
Angus, Miss Angus H. T. Moore, w. F.
Wilborn, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Lando and
Mrs. A. Friedlander.