The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-06-23
IN HILO
WILL Be GREAT
ALL DAY PROGRAM ~ NOW
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DISPLAY SURE.

Fourth Of July. The rest Of tho liter
airy exercises will consist OF the sing
ing Of some national songs, this part
Of the program being in the charge Of
Mrs. Jarrett 4. Lewis.
One feature Of the celebration which
is bound to be a great success win be
the parade. Chairman Pomoroy and his
committee have done wonders in the
way of enlisting the interest Of the
community in this phase of the eelc.
bration. They have departed from the
beaten track in various ways having
been particularly happy in their idea
TO bring the oriental merchants into
line, and the Japanese and the Chinese
viii take part which will add great.
ly to the splendor and the unique char
aeter of the parade
The floats and the a1tos will present
the main sections Of the procession,
twenty or more business houses having
promise to enter floats. The Chinese
merchants have formed a combination
for the occasion which will enter a
float which will be decorated in typical
Chinese fashion and which win be some.
thing particularly splendid. The Jap
anese business men have also promised
to take prominent part in the parade,
and they have agreed to enter at least
seven floats which will be decorated in
Japanese style.
The outlook for an excellent section
of decorated automobiles is exceedingly
encouraging.
In addition to the autos which will
be entered by private owners, there will
be two cars with county officials to
head the parade. The supervisors and
the department heads have solved the
financial problem which was raised
when the point was made that the eoun-
ty in its present poverty.stricken con
dition could hardly be justified in spend
ing public funds on pomp and vanity.
They have subscribed the funds neces-
sary out of their own pockets. Further
more, the Elks viii enter at least one
automobile, the Knights of Pythias will
enter either an auto or a float, the Chi
nese Athletic Club will enter an auto,
the Kamehameha Lodge will either en-
ter float or march in a body, and the
Foresters at Their next meeting will
take up the question of what part they
will take.
, y
en- chance to participate in the parade
by going in the Sunday School section,
which will consist of FIVE floats entered
by the Foreign Church, the Portuguese
Church, the Hail Church, the Chinese
Church and the japanese Church. Miss
Josephine Deyo has charge of this sec
tion.
The antiques and horribles section
promises to be another fine feature. A
number of very amusing entries have
already been planned, but the nature
thereof is being kept secret in order
that they may be effective as surprises
when the great day comes. Stephen
Desha, Jr., is in charge, and he promises
that the Desha brothers will alone fur
nish four entries, and in addition to
these many others are expected.
The COW puncher section will be good,
and as o. b. Shipman has promised to
send at least fifteen of his boys to take
part, it is certain that there will be
many entries. Besides riding in the
parade proper, the cattlemen will,
after the parade has been dismissed,
give an exhibition of their horseman-
ship on the empty lot on the corner of
Richardson and Front streets. While
there will be no great events such as
bronco busting or roping, the boys will
do number Of tricks such as picking
handkerchiefs from the ground while
riding at full gallop and similar stunts.
Miss Lizzie Victor will enter in the
cowboy section, having secured a com
plete cowgirl costume which she viii
wear in the parade.
The pau rider section should furnish
another stunning feature. A number of
Hilo g most attractive young ladies
have indicated their willingness to take
part, and they will all appear in the
typical old pan such as was worn by
the Hawaiian equestriennes of former
days. Among the young ladies who
have already decided to enter are Miss
Amy Williams, Miss Hattie, Miss Ha-
pal, Miss Mary Kaihenui, Miss jose
phine Kaihenui, Miss Weight and 9th
ers. Those in charge of the parade hope
to secure at least dozen entries for this
section in order that it may make a
good showing.
A new idea which has been worked
ont by the parade committee is to Sc
cure the cooperation of the stores along
the line of march Of the parade by Of.
fering couple Of prizes for the best
decorated store windows, and some very
attractive window displays should be
the result.
Finally several marching organiza.
tiOns will enter the parade, mainly the
National Guard, the Hilo Boarding
School, the Fire Department, which will
be headed by Chief johnson Ia his auto
mobilej the Hilo Labor Union and sew
eral Of the Hawaiian societies.
Music will be furnished by the Hilo
Band, tho Salvation Army drum corps
the Hilo Boarding School drum corps
tho Japanese band and possibly the
HonOmu band IN addition 10 this a
! number Of tho floats will furnish music
Of various kinds So there will be
plenty Of noise.
Ia tho mean time tho parade I'd the
m0Fnlng will BY no means DO thu only
one, Arrangements have been made fol
great Japanese lantem parade, which
Win 40 entirely ~ ehaTge ~ the Jap
aneas residents Of ihe ely, The pnTaaf
vii DO preceded BY the band and VII
starr NJ about seven o'fi0fk, g0lae