The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-28
All Turn Out to Honor Natal
Day OF the Founder Of
the Faith.
RICH AND POOR TAKE PART
In Every Section Of the City
Some Notice Is Taken
Of the Day.
CFrom saturdays Advertiser.)

CFrom Saturday s Advertiser)
II noise betokens merriment, a Merry
Christmas was ushered in last night in
Honolulu. the crowd that surged for
four hours through the street being one
of the noisest, yet the best behaved,
that the old town has ever seen. Fort
street King Nuuanu, Hotel, Alakea
and Bethel drew the greatest number of
merrymakers, while smaller but quite
as noisy throngs marched and counter
marched throughout Chinatown and
along the Nuuanu sections.
Every noise producing instrument
operated by wind, from the vox humana
10 the hagpipes, was brought into play
10 swell the volume Of sound that rose
and never fell. the ascending racket
driving back the clouds that threatened
in the early evening.
There were no fIecrackers, no bombs
and nothing else Objectionable, the di-
rect orders of the sheriff and the
promptness with which these were ear
ried out preventing anything that sa
vored Of hoOdlumism, except in very
few isolated cases. There was little
drunkenness, little else but good -humor
ed holiday-making, in this respect
distinct advance being noted.
Up to the last minute the stores
were crowded with buyers, the fact
that no dangerous fireworks were toler-
ated and that notification to be good
had been given the hoodlum resulting
in many more than the usual number
of mothers and children being with the
crowd. Consequently the storekeepers
enjoyed the noise and did more than
the usual business on the side.
Streets Crowded Early.
The Christmas crowd began TO gather
early in the afternoon. belated shop
pers rushing about to find 1.-the very
thing they wanted - and sometimes
succeeding and sometimes not. Anxi-
Gus papas and excited mammas herded
Aocks of little ones away from the toy
counters; the confectionery stores sold
out their box goods early and made
great inroads on their stock goods. in
the various stores the Christmas can
dies CLEANED as soon as there was an
excuse to light them, while delivery
wagons dashed up and down to make
their hundreds of connections with
Santa Claus.
Very Orderly.
An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure and an inch of published
warning a few days ahead of time
kept the Christmas Eve crowd orderly
and with the exceptions Of several
Over.celebrants not one out of the sew
eral thousand people on the downtown
streets got into complications with the
police. Several youngsters were out
with bomb sticks ana fire crackers ear
ly in the evening just before the police
watch went on duty but they were
quickly stopped and the news spread
that there would be no mOnkeying Of
the sort permitted.
Towards seven clock the entire
police force, mounted squads and all
reported for duty at the station and
were assigned their beats and given
their orders. Captain Baker was on
duty at the central station but his task
was easy for a few drunks were all
that bothered him. The officers. be.
fore going out on their beats, were told
10 run in the first person who shot OFF
trecracker or a bomb but to those
who had sticks give a mere warning
and then trot them down if they per
sisted IN making nuisanees out Of
themselves
The mounted officers we're placed
under command of Hack Inspector
Scully and were given particular orders
10 watch all hacks and automobiles and
arrest the first driver of either that
attempted 10 speed 10 the slightest De.
zee. As all had been well warned
there was no occasion for such action
although number Of autos were
abroad with holiday crowds.
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evening boy came IN seeking pormis.
sion 10 burn the fire matches that were
20 common during the evening. AS the
matches did not come under the head
OF explosives and as the sparks from
them did not burn, the permission was
granted, some boys began no throw
hem up IN the air later 10 the evening
pm ihis was stopped a. u scared tho
horses.
No Pli6ia Expected
There Naf not much fear at the
police station that the crowd would be
como dsorderly aud n didn't. sla1iny
hnfrly WIND lhe limos that M u8llfe
lald doRn. Tho plain elothe. MOI apa
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