The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-29
FLORAL PARADE
PREPARATIONS

Director Petrie and the members of
the various committees having in hand
the preparations for Honolulu IS great
fete day, the Washington IS Birthday
Floral Parade, are greatly encouraged
by the general lively interest being
manifested by almost everybody in the
city who has been approached on the
matter of taking part or assisting in
the affair. This interest insures the
fullest success of an event which has
come in the past few years to have
much more than local note.
"This is my first experience in di-
recting the Floral Parade" said Mr..
Petrie, yesterday afternoon, "and the
job Is no sinecure. but l believe we shall
have no trouble in giving show that
will be far ahead of any previous years.
We ought to, most certainly, for we
have a good many more resources than
any of the former committees had to
draw from. There are about third
more automobiles in Honolulu now than
there were year ago, including quite
number of visiting cars, number
of the owners of which | am informed
have expressed their desire to take part
in the parade and try for some of the
| prizes to be offered. Then there are
the new army and navy troops. We
are. sure of at least one squadron OF
the Fifth Cavalry, Col. Jones tells me
and possibly more. There will be many
more tourists in the city than ever
before at the time of the parade, anc
they are going to see something that
they will tell their friends about"
Senator j. NJ. Dowsett, who is chair
man of the committee on automobiles
is also very optimistic. His committee
is made up of Geo. f. Davies, R. d
| Mead, F. E. Richardson, G. P. Wilder
| Z. II. Paris and j. A. Kennedy.
"We have taken list from the reg
istrar's office of the auto owners in the
city," said the Senator, "and have
divided it among our committee.
have not been able to see all the per
sons on my list as yet, but have talk
ed with enough of them to feel SURF
that there will be no lack of interes
among the motorists generally. Som,
of the persons who had decorated car
in the parade last year have suggeste,
that they be allowed to take it cas-,
and not take part this year, but w
can't stand for that; we want thei
| tAHtllthCt as % w
want the new ones, and we've got t.
have it, too
Senator Dowsett is getting togethe
a collection of pictures of the car
which have been in previous parades i
Honolulu, and also of those from Pasa
dena and other places, which will b
available at his office to persons VIII
may be seeking suggestions in the deco
ration of their cars.
I'VE want to get every automobile i
Honolulu decorated for this parade, o
as near every one as we possibly can,
J declared Chairman Dowsett. Several O
the persons on my list will not be abb
to take part personally on account o
other engagements for the day or pres
of business, but every one of them OF
fered the use of their machines to til
committee, SO that we will have som
= decorating ourselves in all probablit,
"What / want to see worked up, an
from the persons l have seen about
/ think there should be no trouble
do it, is to have all the civic, fraterna
:" and athletic organizations take part b
being represented in the parade by a
appropriately decorated car or foa
I The cost to the individual members {
such organizations in hiring car an
decorating it would be very small, an
all it would take would be some hea
work and little time of few men
bers. We want the Chamber of Cor
merce, the Merchants Association, tt
various boat clubs, yacht club, gol
polo, tennis, baseball, and any 9th,
clubs of this order, to decide rigl
away to take part, and then to sper
a week or two in studying up som
thing that will be worth while. TT
University Club, the Pacific Club, al
other social clubs; the Masons, Elk
knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, al
such fraternities should all be repr
scented appropriately. The matter W
probably he brought formally to t
attention of these societies and organ
cations and they be Grged to get busy.