The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-02-24

tFTom Wednesdays Advertiser.)
81 had never supposed the American
people were like this" said distin-
guished foreign tourist, gazing down
upon the gorgeous swirl of jolly hu.
manity which packed the ground floor
at the Elrs' Carnival last night.
81 might have expected to find this
spirit of gayety in southern Europe,
but 1 never thought to meet it under
the American flag. This is the sort
Of spirit that people go to Europe to
try to get, this carnival spirit which
is so evident here tonight"
The carnival spirit, so noticeable to
the stranger, was certainly in evidence
yesterday evening. If President Taft,
who. had sent his best wishes, could
have watched that happy throng,
masked and unmasked, young and old,
Oldtimer and stranger, of many races
and climes, he would have been as
sured that his wishes had been graft
fed. From the minute the great Elks'
clock burst into a blaze and the doors
of the carnival hall were thrown open,
the gay maskers and the merry cos
tuners threw of the bond of grim
conventionality and began to enter at
once into the carnival, with all that
that implies.
should. The interior of the Alakea
wharf shed had been transformed al
most beyond recognition. Banners
and strings Of lights shut off the cor
rngated roof, down the center of the
hfntldiunr fvoflrv I'D
booths and lining the sides were the
attractions each concession having
as exterior decorations more or less
wonderfully gotten up barkers.
At the extreme makai end of the
building, perehed upon a rocky pin
nacle, lordly elk (stuffed) gazed
proudly over the brilliant coneourse.
Just below him the Princess Havana
nakoa, stunning in deep red gown,
worthy of being called a creation, and
Mrs. Riggs sold ballots to determine
If the Elks or the Shriners had the
most money. Up to the hour of going
to press, it appeared to be a standotf
which would go broke first.
Washington's Booth, where the
ticket sellers said Everyone got some
thing for every ticket" was next in
line, coming mauka This booth was
presided over by a number of young
ladies in revolutionary costumes. Ever
If the tickets got you nothing, visit
to this booth was worth while.
The candy tables were presided over
by girls as sweet as the wares they
disposed of with neatness, quicknesl
and neutrality-suspicious. the latter
They, the ladies, not the wares, were
dressed in white, with cute little red
bibs and red hats.
Lemonade, being favorite drink oi
the Elks, the booth disposing of il
had place of vantage, to be reached
by coming down stairs from the dane
ing floor. Bunches of freshly plucket
lines hung from the ceiling of thii
cool retreat. Other stalls may have
had lemons, not this one.
Masks, horns and pennants were solo
by young ladies attired in fetching
costumes Of white and purple. Tit
uninitiated reporter believes the purple
came in sashes, only more so.
Dainty artificial flowers and flower
Just as dainty but not artificial wer
sold at the entrance booth. Thos
handling the dainty merchandise wer
attired themselves in floral costumes
red, pink, yellow and white. TIL
eduS young Ahulea hcDt tue crown SUI
piled with confetti and tissue materia
for bombardment. They did rushin
business.
The Bal Masque.
The spirit of the carnival was typ
fed at it's extreme on the ballrooI
floor, which was the wide gallery, an
which proved to be one of the most a,
septable dancing floors in the eity
Six hundred people in costume were |
the grand march.
In the center of the hall a doubl
staircase had been bnilt and the wild
platform of the first landing, itself a
most large enough for a dancing foo
gave up to the main gallery on eith'
side. just of Of the Eva gallery II
orchestra, led by.Sonny Cunha, plays
waltzes and two steps alternatel
Sonny was in costume, a dainty co
lection designed as a pierrot eostum
but which Was in reality two in ord
70 make the circumference. Upon
head was a chic little worsted CT
with baby blue trimmings. Cute as
Was he led the orchestra In a manni
10 call for praise from the dancers.
Before nine o'clock, lnred by Il
calls Of ". D. Adams and Geor,
Angus, who were attired IN irreproae
able aaftoTial evening dress. tho na
quera urged up the broad staircasea
the gallery. When the first waltz vi
played the gallery WAS crowded Man
Of the people below, attracted By Il
motley array Of maHquefs, drift
there and found enjoyment ID watts
ing the Kaleidoscope display of color
There were Young men who fQni
dlTeuion IL Homenia apparel, and 30
seaafd maal successfully n foollng tbs