The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-30
THE FISHNARKET
DECORATED UP


VERY GOOD ACOUSTICS
. hltan. aU0 remembered .H. ODD
.T.hmuEoI tow gears ago when 90
Haa 90 place where 600 Kinds o. good
were sold to Che public would have
hardly remembered iuo pIa.. Yesterday
afternoon Boo is festive dress BOO honor
ol H anniversary of tHc natal day of
tH, ate prc.idgu. WUnm Mckinney
under OBJ. auspices ur H. >iIouaua Art
League.
/ Long before tup time set for luc
exercises to- commence, Juu people bee
gan TO arrive at the converted market
plI,. and as pacH car stopped aJ the
|comor of Che street B. cmpJpd its load
OF passengers, VINO 900 once walked 90
the makai entrance Were ushCrs show
( ed them to- their seats boo the big hall
. The color scheme was uatcluIly carried
out under the direction of Mrs. l..
AbUcs. Sister Gertrude. Miss Garden
and Mrs. c. Booth the only thing lack
ing was the absence Oh American flags
only three or four being seen among
the other national flags. The Inter
national signal code flags were hung by
halyards across the building, their va
riCd COlOrs presenting very pretty
picture All around the building were
palm branches and at the makai end a
huge stand of red flowers was placed,
while around the speakers stand and
McKinlCy's portrait red carnatiOn leI
and punches of the late Presidents ia-
vorite flower were scattered. At the
mauka end Of the market place a large
platform built on barrels was erected
for the use of the band and the school
children.
At the makai entrance committee
consisting Of the following members Of
the league met each guest as they en-
tered the building and explained to
them the plans of the league for re-
| tanning the famous site.
Secretary and Mrs =. A. Mott-Smith,
Mrs Mo9t-Smith Cunningham, Gov
ernCr A. S. Cleghorn -Ir and Mrs. b.
| f. Dillingham;, Mr.. and Mrs. w. W.
| Hall, Justice and Mrs. S. NJ. Ballou Dr.
and Mrs. George Auges, Miss Annie
/ Parke Mrs. l.. Abrams, Mrs. Walter
Coombs, Mrs G. Booth, Mrs. L. G..
Marshall, Mrs. A. B. Tucker, Mrs. e. /.
/ Spalding, Miss Alicia Spalding, Miss
| Charlotte Hall, Miss Code Garden, Mrs.
| A. G. Halves Jr., Miss Anna Tucker, Mr..
and Mrs d. Howard Hitchcock and
Mrs. w. NJ Graham.
The building as it looked yesterday
came up to every expectation of the
league from an artistic standpoint, but
! the acoustic possibilities were not
borne out in reality Even in the
| front row it was nearly impossible to
hear what was being said by the speak
| els on the platform. Berger's band
could be heard, but the singing of the
school children could not be heard at
! all, that is the words were not dis
| tinguishable. Marston Campbell, Sup
erintendent of Public Works acted as
chairman of the meeting, and announc-
ed each number on the program. Sew
eral songs were sung by the children,
! the addresses being made by Bishop
Restarick, DR.. Scudder and Judge
Kingsbury who spoke on town halls,
each one expressing a hope that the
day was only a short time off when the
fish market would be used entirely for
such purposes as it was yesterday
During the after noon while the eXer-
cies were going on a number Of the
ladies who are members of the league
| passed PETITIONS around among the
audience asking them to sign the petit
ton asking the government to turn
the building over for town hall along
the lines suggested by the leegue.
number refused to sign although the
largest majority affixed their signatures
to the documents.
The exercises were brought to a close
shortly after five by the singing of
Hawaii Ponoi and the Star Spangled
Banner by the children.
Co.
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