The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-12

OF THE DAY
Continued From Page One.)


Mr.. McKeever of the Christian church;
Rev. w. H. BfTss, principal Of Iolani
College; Principal Scott of the MeKin- |
ley High School, Miss Marsh, principal
of the Priory; Miss Knapp, principal of
the Kamehameha Preparatory School;
Miss Ida Pope, principal of the Kane |
ha4neha Girls School; Principal Fits
of the Punahou Preparatory School, |
James F. 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. c. Jones, /
president of the Hawaiian Board; mem |
bers of the Grand Army of the Repub |
lie, commanded by j. w. Francis; DIR. G.
B. Cooper, vice president of the Sons
of the Revolution; Mrs. W. w. Hall, ,
president of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution; Mrs. Bruce McV.
Mackall. the soloist; Walter Clifford
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 viii follow to Richards street,
then to Beretania, to Vineyard, to Nuu
anu, to King, to Fort, to Hotel, to
Bishop, and sthence to King street, con
timing 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
stand and review the parade. After
passing the Governor stand, the
parade will disband, and the partici-
pants will mass in front Of the Palace
Square park on hing 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, 80
| from Kaiulani school, 100 from the
ROYAL school, so from the Pohukaina
school, and $50 from the Normal school.
The program which they will render
will be as follows:
l. Song, chorus Battle Hymn of
the Republic" led by Mrs. A. B.
| Tucker.
2 Reading from 'tThe Perfect Trib-
ute, y Mrs. L. L. McCandless.
3. Song, chorus" Home, Sweet
Home.''
4. Flag Drill-Sixteen girls from
Pohukaina school, led by Miss n. J..
Adams.
5. Song, ehorus-s1o Our Country $
Flag
6. Lincoln IS Favorite Poem. selec-
tons Royal School.
7. Flag Salute-750 children, led by
Mr.. Vaughn McCaughey.
/ 8. Song, chorus The Star Spangled
| Banner Regimental Color Bearers
on stand.
| Lincoln Day, in Honolulu, viii 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 eoun-
| try. Few occasions in the past have
| there been when the people of this
| city have exhibited such commendable
spirit and unity Of purpose as has char
aeterized the action of the people who
have had the arrangements for the
ceremonies in charge, Beginning with
a magnificent military parade, in the
morning, followed by the open-air ex-
ercises of 75o school children, the pro-
gram of the dav 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 viii be the singing of the
"Star Spangled Bannerr' by Mrs
Bruce McV. MackalI, accompanied by
the Fifth Cavalry band. Walter Gif
ford Smith will deliver an Grafton on
Abraham Lincoln. - Hon. John 6
Lane will read Lincoln s Gettysburg
Address, and Captain Rees, Z. S. n.
will read an original poem, approprl
ate to the occasion, prefaeing it by 6
short eulogy of Lincoln. The platform
! will be decorated with American flags
furnished for the evening by Colone
| Jones. Adjutant General of the Ma
tional Guara
c. H. Dfekev asks as a particular
favor that the people remove theil
| hats when the Stars and Stripes pass
by during the parade; also that they
rise in the opera house while tn,
3 "Star Spangled Banner is being sung
sung.
A Holiday Today.
4, The Territorial departments and tn.
courts viii be closed today in recog