The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-03-03

had to all appearances enjoyed them
selves paid him for anything that he
had been able to do. He expressed the
belief that the visit of the mobiles had
shown the people of Honolulu what the
Shrine actually stood for and from what
men it drew its strength for good.
Imperial Potentate's Aloha.
Imperial Potentate Hines, in respond
ing to the toast coupled with his name,
made an eloquent address, in the name
Of the pilgrims thanking Sunny Jim, -
his wife and the mobiles and ladies of
Aloha for the entertainment afforded
during the past strenuous week.
'tThis pilgrimage" said the imperial
potentate, "marks an epoch in the his
tory Of the Shrine. It has cemented old
friendships and made new ones, and has
drawn rs together as nothing else
could do.''
In referring to the part that Mr.. Nc
Candless had had in this, he paid an
eloquent tribute to "Sunny Jim, I"
'the man whom everyone, in his own
town and abroad, loves"
The ohristener.
Wallace R. Harrington, intFoduced as
the man who christened Sunny jim, -
responded to the call of Toastmaster
Wood in a happy vein. He spoke, he
said, as one outside the Shrine, but as
one who had lived to learn that Shrin-
ers were the best, the brightest, the
broadest fellows on earth, with the
plettiest wives.
A Returned Guest.
Past Potentate Lou Winsor, called
upon as a kamaaina, told of the mem.
ories he had carried for ten years of
his first visit to the Islands aud the
hope he had ever nursed of returning.
He found on this trip the same wei.
come, the same aloha, the same glad
hands he had found before, although
some of the faces were new. 1t would
not be ten years again before he came
once more to Honolulu.
An Emeritus Member.
"Billy" Brown, who entered pro
test because the toastmaster had said
about him what he could not hear
made a witty speech, much applalded
being followed by Past POtentatt
George Filmer, who stated that whai
he had done in San Francisco to pro
mote the success of the pilgrimage hat
been ga labor of love for Fred ant
jim"
In Charge.
Past Imperial Potentate Green, O
Texas, introduced as "Tarantula Juic,
Green" explained the good behavio
of the party in Hawaii. As United
States Marshal of Texas he had beer
commissioned especially by the Presi
dent to watch the party as it Assem-
, bled and keep back "certain ones fron
the rim of the Alleghanies. He ha,
performed his duty as if the noble
had exercised due restraint, the credi
belonged to him.
In closing what was one of the bes
speeches of the evening, Mr. Green in
. vited the Shriners to the Lone Sta
State, where the latch string would b
/ found hanging out and where the bol
pitality, even should it be only 90
4 lasses and ponep would be given wit
la free hand and a warm heart. tn
speaker included in his remarks on
to the effect that he had become eoI
yineed that it was in Hawaii tha
Adam found Eve.
just as the dinner broke up, til
ladies of the party were presented eac
with a souvenir spoon, bea itiful piece
Of the jewelers. art. The handle Z
the solid silver souvenir carried fe
the Masonic triangle and laden came
with the letters "A. A. o. N. NJ. s..
while "Honolulu" was craven on Il
bowl.