The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-01-24
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From Wednesdays Advertiser.)

= The plans for the Floral Parade tool
on a definite shape yesterday at tn
, meeting held in the office of A. Cart
ley, at which were present all thos'
asked by him to head the various com
mittees for the day. At this meeting
these committees were named and th'
work of each outlined in a genera
way, the details to be in the hands o.
the chairman and those whom they
will call upon to assist.
A great deal of enthusiasm was
shown and the prediction was freely
made that this year the parade viii
eclipse either of the two previous ones
The names of those at the heads of the
committees are enough in themselves
to guarantee a splendid showing in the
various divisions of the parade, while
the active assistance of the Automo-
bile club, the Territorial and Federal
officials, the social clubs and others
add to the assurance.
The chairmen of committees are:
Automobile, George r. Carter; car
riages, A ]. Campbell; pau riders,
! r SOS4dA SluOS anu ~
cieties, H. E. Cooper; schools and col
leges, A. F. Griffiths; national floats.
S. M. Ballou; riders other than pau,
w. Greenwell; island princesses, G. P.
Wilder, and grounds, John Hughes.
There are other committees to be nam
ed, the chairmen of which will be an
nounced very shortly.
Governor Carter will draw upon the
membership of the Automobile club
and from among the other automobile
owners for the membership Of his
committee and the indications are,
judging from the promises already
made, that this section of the parade
will be by far the largest showing or
decorated machines ever made here.
The Army, Navy and Marine Corps
will represent the Federal arms in this
section of the parade, Captain Hum
phreys having consented to act with
Mr.. Carter in making this a special
feature. The Federal government will
also be represented by automobiles
decorated and manned by the Custom
! House, the Marine Hospital Service,
the immigration department and the
| Postoffice.
1t is proposed to give but two classes
of prizes for the decorated autos, for
touring cars and for runabouts, but
there will also be comic section in
troduced and special prizes given. In
this section it is expected that a great
many will take advantage of the op-
portunity of showing their originality.
| A suggestion has also been made, and
will probably be adopted, that a spe-
cial prize be given for automobile
floats.
The Island Princesses division this
year will be larger and more elaborate
than on other years. Already commu-
nications have been sent to Represen-
, tative C. A. Rice, of Kauai; to Eben
Low, now on Hawaii; to Christian
Conrad, of Molokai, and to D. c. Lind
say and c. D. Lufkin, and to the Maui
Improvement committee, to arrange
for the choosing of the most beautiful
girl of the respective islands for the
parade. Maui won the first prize last
year in this event and will doubtless
endeavor to send over as charming
representative to uphold their claims
for the best again. Gerrit P. Wilder
can be depended upon to see that no
detail is lacking to bring this section
of the parade up to expectations.
An entirely new feature this year
will be the national division, or the
All Nation division. The general COM
mittee has not as yet settled on an
appropriate designation of this, expect
ed to be one of the best features of
the day, and an invitation is extended
to the public to assist by suggesting
some appropriate title. Postcard sug-
gestions will be welcomed by Chair
man Gartley. The intention is to have
represented by float or automobile each
one of the several nationalities that
make up the population of Honolulu.
S. NJ. Ballou is in charge of the ar
rangements for this and will take up
the matter Immediately with the sew
eral consuls. America is to be repre-
sented in a very fitting way, although
no definite plans have been adopted
for announcement. 1t is possible that
the Federal government cars will go
in with the American section in this |
division.
The past successes of the pau divi- |
sion of the parade have been due al |
most entirely to Frank Andrade, and /
the committee is to be congratulated |
in having again secured his services, !
guaranteeing the success of this most !
picturesque part of the parade.
Mr.. Greenwell was a judge of the ,
riders last year and in assuming |
charge of this section this year brings /
a familiarity of what is needed and |
an excellent judgment to bear. He
expects to call in some of the men,
bers of the polo club to his assistance
and a number of the society leaders
who include equestrianism among
their accomplishments.
Another new division is that for the
schools and colleges, and already the
idea of being represented among the
celebraters has been taken up with
enthusiasm by several of the public
schools and nearly all the colleges.
There is to be no competition among
these cars or floats. That is, nc, prizes
will be awarded, but the natural ri
valry to carry their colors through sue
cessfully when pitted against the
others will bring out some good ideas
and results. Professor Griffiths of Pu
nahou will manage this section of the
parade; of which fuller details will be
announced very shortly.