The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-02-12
CEREMONIES
OF THE DAY
CONTINUED From Page one.)

Mr.. McKeever of the Christian church;
Rev. w. II. Bliss, principal of Iolani
College; Principal Scott of the McKin-
ley High School, Miss Marsh, principal
of the Priory; Miss Knapp, principal of
the Kamehameha Preparatory School;
Miss Ida Pope, principal of the Kane
hameha Girls School; Principal Fits
of the Punahou Preparatory School,
James +. Morgan, president of the
Chamber of Commerce; Fred. l.. Wal
dron, president of the Merchants AS
ISOLATION; w. A. Bowen, chairman of
the Promotion Committee; p. @. Jones,
president of the Hawaiian Board; mem
bers of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, commanded by j. w. Francis; DR.. c.
b. Cooper, vice president of the Sons
of the Revolution; Mrs. W. w. Hall,
president of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolutions; Mrs. Bruce McV.
Mackall, the soloist; Walter Clifford
Smith, the speaker of the evening; and
! A. L. c. Atkinson, chairman of the
Committee on Arrangements, who will
preside. Some others were invited but
the list was mislaid and could not be
found at late hour.
The Morning Parade.
Promptly at nine o'clock this morn
| ing the parade will form at Hotel street
on Miller. From this point the line of
march will follow to Richards street,
then to Beretania, to Vineyard, to Nun
anu, to King, to Fort, to Hotel, to
Bishop, and thence to King street, con-
tinuing along the latter to the review
ing point. Here Governor Frear and
! his staff, consisting of Col. Jones, Lieut..
| Col. Fisher, Lieut.. Col. Marston Camp
bell and Lieut.. Col. Cooper, will occupy
a stand and review the parade. After
passing the Governors stand, the
parade will disband, and the partici-
pants will mass in front of the Palace
Square park on King and Merchant
streets until the exercises of the school
children have been completed.
At the Gore.
Seven hundred and fifty children of
the public schools will take part in the
morning exercises at the Gore, of which
$50 are from the Central Grammar
school. $50 from Kaahumanu school, $50
from Kaiulani school, 100 from the
Royal school, 80 from the Pohukaina
school, and $50 from the Normal school.
The program which they will render
d VIII be as tOllOWs:
\ /. Song. chorus" Battle Hymn of
the Republic" led by Mrs. "A. b.
4 Tucker.
\ .. Reading from ''The Perfect Trib-
ute, - Mrs. l.. l.. McCandless.
g. Song, chorus Home, Sweet
Home
T. Flag Drill-Sixteen girls from
Pohukaina school, led by Miss n. j.
Adams.
.. Song, chorus-"Our Country S
Flag"
g. Lincoln's Favorite Poem. Selec-
tions Royal School.
I. Flag Salute-75O children, led by
Mr.. Vaughn McCaughey.
s. Song, chorus-'The Star Spangled
Banner" Regimental Color Bearers
on stand.
Lincoln Day, in Honolulu, will be
observed as never before. On this the
one hundredth anniversary of the birth
of the nation s martyr, all honor and
respect will be paid to him who lived
and died in the service of his conn
try. Few occasions in the past have
there been when the people of tb s
city have exhibited such commendabl G
spirit and unity of purpose as has char
aetelized the action of the people who
have had the arrangements for the
ceremonies in charge. Beginning with
magnificent military parade, in the
morning, followed by the open-air ex-
ercises of $50 school children, the pro.
gram of the day will not be completed
until this evening, when eulogistic
exercises will be held in the Hawaiian
Opera House.
One of the features of the evening
program will be the singing of tho
: "'Star Spangled Banner" by Mrs
Bruce McV. Mackall, accompanied by
the Fifth Cavalry band Walter Gift
ford Smith will deliver an Grafton OF
abraham Lincoln" Hon. John .
, Lane will read Lincoln's Gettysburg
Address, and Captain Rees, U. $. n.
, will read an original poem, appropri
ate to the occasion, prefacng it by ;
short eulogy of Lincoln. The platform
will be decorated with American flags
furnished for the evening by Colone
Jones Adiutant Genera, of the Ma
tional Guard.
C. II. Dickey asks as particula
favor that the people remove thei
hats when the Stars and Stripes pas
by during the parade; also that the.
rise in the opera house while tn
"Star Spangled Banner" is being sung
sung
A Holiday Today.
The Territorial departments and tn
= courts viii be closed today in recog
a milton of the hndredth anniversary o
Lineoln's birth. Two cablegrams wer
, received from Washington yesterday a
= the Governors office. The first re
ccived was from Assistant Secretar
of the Interior Pierce and stated tina
: today was not n national holiday
q After this disquieting information ha
5 Just enough time to reach all those il
1 terested, another cablegram was II
n ceived. this time from Secretary GA
field, stating that today is nations
holiday. SO the question was FINAL
/, settled, and everybody was happy.
|. Stores to Close.
!. II. p, Wood, secretary of the Chan
5, Der of Commerce, interviewed many i
5, the storekoopers and business men yei