The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-24

with the shrine colors, opened out upon
the dining area, and there sat the Ha-
waiian singers, who entranced the
guests with their music.
Poi Tasters,
AT three O'Clock the great crowd Of
guests was seated. Imperial Potentate
Hines sat with Illustrious Potentate j.
s. MeCandless and Past Potentate Q. b.
Wood Of Aloha Temple, the latter act
ing as toastmaster.
For while the feast went on mer-
rily, many a quip being passed around
by those novices in the art Of eating
poi, which stuck to fingers, clothes and
face. The Shriners were brave, how
ever, and soon mastered the art of one
and two-fnger poi. But even the squid
had to laugh.
Toastmaster Wood made a little talk
and then invited George A. Davis to
make an address. Mr.. Davis was in
fine form and as he turned on the tap
of his oratory he grew poetical and told
the Shriners of many things about
themselves they never dreamed of. 1t
was great speech and George covered
himself with glory.
Governor Frear was to have been a
guest Of honor, but was unable to be
there and his regrets were read by
the toastmasteF.
Aloha oul1ou.
Mayor Fern was called upon. He
arose and spoke in his most fluent Ha-
waiian, his mother tongue. The words
rolled from his lips like honey and it
seemed as if Mayor H'Joe" believed
himself in the midst of political
gathering and that it was time to make
votes. He forgot himself once in q
while and started to extend the glad
hand, the hand that won him the mayor
ship for another term. Up his sleeve
however, he had surprise. This was
, 1.-THE golden key to the city of Honolulu
which he presented to Imperial Poten
| tate Hines. The key wasn't actually
: up his sleeve, but the metaphor goes.
A Liberal translation.
Mayor Fern told, all in Hawaiian
how he was elected to the mayorship
and told how he was the first and is
now the second mayor He told them
how he ruled the board of supervisors
with an iron hand and how he got al
the appropriations he wanted; how he
was so graciously accorded the privilege
of nominating the road supervisor anC
the harmonious relations existing be
tween him and the board.
The reporter interpreted his speech
! easily for Joe spoke his best Hawaiian
) Mr.. Fern dilated on the fact thai
+ he had become past master in thu
{ art, of wearing silk tile and frocl
coat and told of the days when, as I
: master stevedore, he only thought O.
: wearing bObtail coats and jumper
} most of the time. He spoke of thu
) book Of official etiquette which he hat
studied assiduously since coming tt
7 the mayors chair and how he was ablt
: to now meet admirals, generals and pc
/, tentates on equal terms.
4 The mayor was applauded to the 'echt
as he finished. The mobiles and ladies
. did not understand what he said ant
: for their benefit, it may be stated, thu
above is very liberal translation o.
his remarks, the mayor 0. K ing then
3 last night.
Then spoke "Biil" Brown, a visitor
the imperial treasurer, and P0ten TATE
: Fletcher of Rochester, New York, where
: the next imperial divan is to be held
and to which city Mr.. Fletcher invited
all to visit and to feel tn hum,o
tOuAhJ V1COduulGbE aIObb
amid applause, and gave a serious tan
: on what the Shriners had to expect
D in the way of sightseeing and the many
/ things the local fez-wearers had planned
= for them to do, If they could hold out
: And then-Noble Clutch" HeilbroI
g appeared on the green followed by tw,
' fascinating Hawaiian dancers, arrayeC
in red dresses, covered with the tradi
Q tional hula skirts and decorated liberal
: ly with Skinner ribbons. The dancer
b were pretty girls and they were present
r ed to the audience by the mayor Ant
: then to the humping of the sharkslSil
t drum and the beating of gourd and tn,
k chanting of meles, the dancers showed
what they could do. They danced ant
danced well and were literally applaud
g ed. It was the real Hawaiian dane,
z and the stage was particularly a fin,
1 frame for the girls.
3 Then the Shriners wendell their way
to autos, looked at the tags which tolt
9 them which hotels they were to sleey
in for the night, and started for thief
respective homes TO get ready for th,
a ElksJ Carnival