The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-11-26
CARNIVAL WAS
A GREAT EVENT
The Rink Crowded With Skaters
in Costumes of All Kinds,
Colors and Designs.

If anyone had had any reason to
doubt the advancement of Honolulu
generally during tho past two years, a
visit to the Princess skating rink last
evening have removed the doubt. There
was a real city jam there for the car
nival, with over three hundred skaters
on the cement in costume and with two
thousands OF so spectators lined around
the rink looking on, some hundreds
crowded about the gates trying to get
in and some hundreds of others perch-
ed on coigns of vantage on all the sur.
rounding buildings. Heretofore, in
events of this kind, score of cos.
tuned skaters and another score OF
boys with masks on constituted the
Honolulu carnival. The difference be.
tween what has been and what was last
night marks the difference beteen Ho.
nolulu now and Honolulu as it has been,
| There was tremendous rush for ad-
mission. When the gates opened there
were hundreds massed around each en-.
trance, across Pauahi street and along
the lane from the Hotel street en-
trance. The management of the affair
was particularly good, however, and the
big crowd was handled without trouble,
In spite of entrances made to accom-
modate only about one-ffth of the at
tendance, there was no roughness at the
gates, no persons unduly jammed and
mo one with any serious complaint to
make. Inside, the management was
equally good. What had been adver-
tised was carried out. The masquerad-
ers had the rink to themselves so far
as the skating went until nine CLOCK
and the onlookers had an excellent
chance to watch the skaters and ad>
mire the bewildering array of costumes
on the floor.
OF these there were no limit in the
way of variety. Modest nuns cut cor
ners with Indian braves in war paint;
flower sellers and Chinese mandarins
went hand in hand; hula girls and
college professors in cap and gown
skated and fell together; Uncle Sam
put ON skates for a girl in kimono,
and tramps, priests, soldiers, geisha
girls, witches and soubrettes Joined in
one whirling, merry throng, all on
pleasure bent and apparently enjoying
themselves quite as much as the ones
who watched.
To choose the prize winners from so
many good costumes was difficult task
for the judges, but no criticism can be
made of their final selections. The
Judges were Mesdames Mamie Phil
lips, James Dougherty and Henry
Along, Miss Ada Rhodes, Miss Annie
,, McCrosson and Prince Cupid.
AT the appointed hour the costumers
were formed for the grand march, the
double line completely encircling the
rink and making a splendid show. Tho
skaters then went past the judges,
who made their selections as follows:
Lady's best costume, Miss Anna
Decker, who wore dainty costume
composed of natural flowers; man s
best costume, w. d. Maxim, Chinese
mandarin.
Lady's most original costume, Mrs. M.
l.. Gerst, who represented The Adver.
tiser; man IS most original costume, A.
Backer, who had covered himself with
playing cards, looking like an animated
pinochle deck.
Best sustained costume, T.. Gibson,
as Uncle Sam; best sustained lady's
costume, Miss Nellie Johnson, as q
squaw, with papoose, and most conf
cal costume, M. AkeO, a Happy Hooh-
gan.
The event was decidedly the best
of its kind so far seen in Honolulu,
well managed, well attended and car
ried through without hitch.