The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-11
MASQUERADE BALL
AND STREET FETE
Floral Parade Program to Be
Extended Far Into the
Evening.

Arrangements will be perfected with.
IN the next few days whereby the
Floral Day program will include fancy
dress ball 70 be given at the Alexander
Young hotel as part of the evening 5
street fete and carnival. Mr.. Young
has given the use of the roof garden
and the payilions to a committee ana
number of energetic ladies will take
the affair in hand, the proceeds from
which are to go to some public institu-
ton. This was decided upon yesterday
and today some of the leading society
ladies of the city viii be asked to
serve on the committee, act as patron
esses and see that the masquerade ball
is. made fitting climax for what is
expected to be the best Washington S
Birthday program yet carried out in
this city.
Today the street carnival committee
will visit the various merchants along
the street desired for the street carnival
dolngs and learn definitely what decor
ating and Illuminating can be counted
on. Many of the merchants have al
ready promised to assist in every pos
sible way in making this affair huge
| success, trusting that by commencing
right the carnival can be made an
| annual affair and take the place of the
Christmas Eve fete, which disturbs
| business. Tt is the expectation of the
| committee to secure the feet bunting
| and banners for decoration purposes to
help out the displays by the merchants,
while it is thought that permission may
be secured to have as many of the dec
GRATED automobiles as possible brought
into town and massed on the Bishop
| street green, opposite the hotel. where
| their headlights would add to the light
! effects. Many of the costumes to be
worn at the masquerade ball and many
| to be worn in the floral parade of the
morning will be seen at the street fete,
while it is expected that there will be
hundreds of ukuleles played, scores OF
quintet clubs to be heard and at least
two bands Hundreds of pounds of con-
/ fetti are on their way here for the
evening and horns by the gross have
! been ordered Everyone will be asked
! to appear in costume and the revei of
the evening on the lighted streets is
expected to be one of the great events
of the day.
| Parade Program Is Promising.
Director T. H. Peuie, who has gem
eral supervision of the parade, last
evening gave ont he following state
ment concerning the plans and expee-
tations for the big event:
"All details in connection with the
| great Floral Parade to be held on the
22nd are being gradually worked up,
| and from assurances already received,
this will be the largest and most
snowy pageant ever given here. One
| of the last and most important things
| now under consideration is the selec-
ton of the judges.
| ssThe arrangement for the setting
of the different entries and divisions
ON the Palace grounds previous to
| starting. and also out at the park after
review. is now being damned out by
l., Petrie, the marshal fur the day.
It is anticipated that there will be no
confusion in this connection, even
though there are to be large number
Of entries. if the participants will give
strict attention to such simple instrue-
tions as may be given TO them later
cit is planned to have each entry III
The parade officially photographed,
which will subsequently be compiled
into a souvenir album. There viii
also be moving pictures taken of the
pageant by Mr.. BONNIE at one or TIVE
different sites which have practically
been selected.
aThere will be four bands, so the
town will not be lacking music on that
. day. Owing to the large number of
entries anticipated, and with the end
in view of avoiding as much confusion
and delay as possible, it IS hoped that
those planning to enter will eommuni-
cate promptly with the ehairmen OF
the different subcommittee, that they
may be assigned to their proper places
in the parade. This will faeilitate
very much the work of the commit
tees in arranging such necessary de-
tails beforehand.
Mr.. Petrie wishes it understood in
connection with the request that in
4 tending participants report at once to
one of the several committeeman, that
the information is for the committees
alone and not for the general public.
Persons who may be preparing dis
II r,lavs which they intend to be in the