The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-04

gymnastics were much observed also
"Another band, and with it the ma
of the day. He had no gold lace O.
his shoulders. He had not even cock
ed hat; just the ordinary wide toppe
soft blue sailors hat of the Americans
with the Georgia. on the band of il
hand In It'll More often than not i
seemed out of it. 1t spun and sparkie'
like a carriage wheel. 1t stopped dead
dived, curtsied, was tossed and caugh
again.
The mounted constabulary of Sydne.
are splendid body of men, but thu
fiery steeds that they selected for thu
day of the parade, as well as their rid
ers, were somewhat severely criticized
as appears from this:
"Those police horses! A mounted
policeman seems never to be so happy
as when his horse is attempting tc
stand on one leg and kick three separ
ate points simultaneously with the other
three. While the animal pranks thus
wise, the rider looks calmly into the
distance as if thinking of the message
mother gave him before he left home q
bright-eyed lad What to him that the
mob tear at each other in frantic need
of removing their brains to safety; that
women Shrek and stand on fat men Is
corns; that children howl when their
small bones are racked in the struggle
to dodge the prancing of the John
Dun IS mount2 A procession such as
took place yesterday is no place for
those animals of fiery blood; they
should be kept for hunting down bush
rangers or some other useful oecupa-
ton. -
With the hospitality that was almost
limitless, every one of the 5000 men and
officers that took part in the parade was
fed. Of this wholesale luncheon the
Herald says:
"The site selected for the luncheon
room was on the rising ground at Mrs.
Chair. The whole of the
point from the Botanic Garden s fence
to the waters edge was reserved for
the troops, and a strong body of police
under Sub-inspector Spence saw that
none of the public intruded on the prl-
vacy of the hungry sailors.
"When the men arrived at the point
hey saw huge marquee erected over
light long tables loaded with mys-
erious-looking packages. Close handy
vas another tent with tables set out
With an ordinary luncheon for the Off
ers. To the uninitiated it looked as
f there was going to be some trouble
n distributing lunch to the three thou |
and men who were to be provided for |
NE work was no sooner started, how |
yer, than it was plainly seen that the |
ask was simple one. AS each com |
any of sailors or marines drew up and |
lied arms they were marched down |
ither side of the tables, and told to /
axe a cardboard box from the huge |
lies available. No sooner had they |
ecome possessed of one of these pack
is than they were confronted with
ows upon rows of pannikins, contain
lg a steaming white mixture. Each
AN was given one of these, and thus
den he was turned adrift to go where
e liked. That was generally not very
If, for he usually sat down on the
rst bit of vacant spot he came to.
he first thing he did was usually to
osen his belt and have a sip at his
lnnikin, which he found to contain
-ster soup. and very good soup at that.
he next thing to be done was to ex
nine the contents of the cardboard
X. What was found there evidently !
owed very entieing, for many a smile
as noticed as the youthful Jackie {
st his eye over his box. And well {
ght he have smiled, for an inviting l
tie lunch lay before him. First were
70 sandwiches of ham. tongue. or sar-
mes, then came four ounce slice of
nit cake and huge apple pie, which