The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-12-02
TRIP
A GREAT EVENT
Honolulu ExCursionists viii Be
Biggest Men Of American
Shrinedom.

Bubbling over with enthusiasm re-
eardine the prospects for Imperial Pc
tentatcs Pilgrimage, by which title the
Shriners excursion to Honolulu in Feb
ruary is known, and thoroughly pleased
at being back himself in the Paradise
Of the Pacific, James S. McCandless,
sunny Jim, has already impaired
great part of his own enthusiasm to the
town. Until Mr.. McCaudless began to
tell about what distinguished body
of men Honolulu would have the honor
of entertaining, the Shrners excursion
had been Jumped in with the others to
arrive about the same time. Now, how.
ever, Honolulans, whether Shriners or
not, are beginning to take notice that
something decidedly out of the ordinary
is to take place,
"There will be no trouble to I'll the
steamer, says Mr.. McCandless "Our
trouble is going to be that we will prob
ably have TO disappoint some of our
friends by turning down their applica-
tions for room. T"
Only the Highest.
The invitations to Join the excursion
have been limited to three hundred.
Out of these, it is expected that there
will be one hundred and fifty accept
ances. The invitations are being sent
! to the very select in Shrinedom, and
each invitation is regarded as so inn
portant that it is being forwarded to
the lucky recipient under registered
mail, The ones asked to accompany
Imperial Potentate Hines are the Off
GERS of the imperial council, the past
imperial potentates, the emeritus mem
| bers of the order and the illustrious
| potentates of the various shrines. No
| ordinary noble has loolk-in, and the
invitations are very plainly marked
'Not Transferable. When Mr. Nc
Candless left the Coast, already one
hundred answers to the invitation had
been received, and thirty had forwarded
checks to insure their getting on the
steamship list.
The invitations are themselves very
handsome examples of the printer IS art,
being engraved on heavy white board of
I generous proportions, as follows;
ALOHA TEMPLE, A. A. o. N. NJ. s..
Greets you and takes pleasure in
extending you an invitation
to visit
HONOLULU
on the occasion of the extraordi-
nary festivities incident to
the official visit of
Our Imperial Potentate,
NOBLE FIRED A. HINES,
from February 10Th to March 18th,
inclusive.
This Invitation Not Transferable.
Enclosed with this invitation is al
announcement of the plans for the trip
q handsomely printed pamphlet in col
ors, bearing as a frontispiece a Hawa
iian scene. With this went a promotion
committee circular ard cabin plan OF
the s. S. Wilhelmina, chartered for the
trip.
George Fillmore of San Francisco is
representing. the imperial potentate and
Aloha Temple on the Coast in this mat
ter and is looking after the booking OF
the various applying diguitaries.
The Honolulu excursion is being
talked of throughout all Shrinedom il
the United Slater, the imperial pOten
tate being himself a booster for Homo
lulu wherever he goes on his oiiicia
work among the shrines, while Nj. Nc
Candless has been personally conveying
invitations and holding out inducements
of the excursion wherever he has beer
during the past several months,
just now he is busy planning ont tn,
share the visiting Shriners are to take
in the Floral Parade.
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