Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-18


this is so, The first Carnival of the
Honolulu Elks was good thing No
one had too much of that in fact no
one had enough except some of the
Executive Committee which had the
whole burden of the affair on its
shoulders, but the weak brothers have
passed on their way and the present
committee having the Carnival in
charge have taken a hitch in their
malOs, put their shoulders to the
wheel and are straining every muscle
and using every bit of gray matter in
an endeayor to Guido the spectacle of
the last show. 1t looks like they would
do it.
The very inception of the Carnival
was Christmas Eve two years ago
when score Of Elks in costume took
up the Carnival game in a spirit of fun
on the streets. Christmas Eve in IIo-
nolulu's streets down town has be-
come one Of the institutions of the
city and as people become more ac-
customed to the fun of it, it is getting
more popular, Confetti and stream
ers, horns and masks and music take
their place in the general jollity and
as the Gnorganized attempt proved
such a JOY the Elks decided that a
couple OF nights set aside for an or
sani2ed effort at fun would prove a
good thing.
The first Carnival held on the nights
of the 2lst and 22nd of February last,
will live long in the memory of those
who participated in it. 1t was the
greatest spectacular amusement stunt
ever attempted in Hawaii That it
was a success both >artistically and
financially goes without saying From
the proceeds a nucleus was formed
for a building fund and on the
strength of the nest egg and on the
good faith of the Elks, the order has
lately been enabled to purchase the
old building and grounds of the Y M.
Z. A. on the corner of Hotel and Ala
kea streets. This second Carnival is
for the primary purpose of continuing
the aid to the building fund and sec
ondarily to give the people of the city
and visitors from abroad and the other
islands a chance for enjoyment not
usually found in this, the Capital City
of the Paradise of the Pacific. 1t is
not the intention to repeat the show
of last year. Repetition, of even good
things grows monotonous. Some feat
ures will be repeated. There will be a
ball, and the EIold-Up Court will be
in session at which all causes of COM
plant against this issue of the Even
ing Bulletin win be heard. Anyone
feeling himself aggrieved at anything
appearing in this paper has the right
of appearing before this just and saga
ciOus tribunal and being heard. Sat
isfaction is guaranteed in every way
or costs refunded. Besides the ball
and Court. temple has been provided
in which the ancient and mystical
rites of the religion of the hula will
be eXemplifled. This matter has
caused some few heart-to-heart talks
among some of our oldest inhabitants
and some say the hula is, naughty ant
has no place in any well behaved Kir.
mess or Carnival. That its proper
place is to the east of where the east
wind comes from so that the scent of
it will not reach to the nostrils of the
wild asses of the desert. The Bureau
of American Ethnology of the Smiths
oman Institute thought enough of the
hula as an institution to get out a
bulletin on it. 1t was compiled by DR..
N. b. Emerson Of this city. In his pre-
face to the bulletin he states the
hula was religious service in which
poetry, music, pantomine and the
dance lent themselves, under forms of
dramatic art to the refreshment of
mems minds" The refreshment of
mems minds is one of the objects of
this Carnival. And the minds will be
refreshed at so much per refreshment.
One thing about the hula that those
who object to ordinary round dances
cannot object to is that it is not per-
formed with the feet. OF course the
feet of the performer are in the hula,
bat they are not used to any great eX-
tent. BESIDES there is no bunny hug
gng. This bunny hugging business
being an art by itself.
While last year the Carnival was an
open air affair, this time it will be
held in the new Alakea wharf shed so
that any inclemency of the weather
will not mar the two evenings of en-
loyment The whole building will be
used and decorative effects will be at
tempted on a scale never thought of
before. Among the special features of
this years show there will be the
great automobile contest at which a.
brand new Overland Runabout will be
sold for dollar. The most popular
Young lady, who proves her POPULARITY,
will be given trip to San Francisco
with all expenses paid in every way.
II is necessary in this contest that the
young lady winning prove her popular
ity, so many of them are willing to ad-
nit it that to keep peace among them,
IL will be decided by competent judges
who will count ballots just like real
election Any one may vote for his
choice, and age is no bar to eligibility
of the voter, and for the duration of
the Carnival suffragets will have just
as much right to vote as the sufferers.
dThe last sentence is very poor, but
it has to go)
Among the sideshows along the
Elks' Great White Way particular at |
tention is drawn to the Electric Foun- /
tain and Mystical Mermaid. This
show is in charge of committee con
Fisting of j. w. Caldwell, o. r. VIII |
liamG, Jason Andrade, Ed. Dekum, A.
Crockett and S. II. Ware. The illu-
sion is one of the greatest of the age
and were il not for the fact that real !
mermaiden is to be on exhibition the