The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-24
HONOLULU OASIS
REACHED BY
PILGRIMS
Wilhelmina Brings A
Merry Crowd Of
ShrinerS.
ALL ARE HAPPY
Greeted by Inhabitants
and Given Freedom
Of the City.
ALL ARE HAPPY
Irrom wednesday,s AdvertIser.l

CrrOm Wednesdays Advertiser.I
After crossing mountains, plains and
ocean, the flag of Shrinedom was plant
ed upon the shores of Oahu yesterday
by exultant mobiles. shieks and cava-
liers of oases in the broad domain Of
the great American mainland made the
pilgrimage TO the oasis Of Honolulu,
accompanied hy their tenderer halves
and daughters, with scimetars sheathed
and hands uplifted in brotherly fellow
ship.
Honolulu was their Mecca, and here
they will make their morning devotions
and praise Allah in the great Temple
of Aloha, seeking the fountain of youth,
which is, according to the mystic lore
of Shrinedom, to be found in the bub
bling, fiery lake of Halemaumau, where
the Goddess Pele reigns supreme and
unrivaled.
No greater excursion has ever come
to these shores to stay awhile in the
tents Of the kamaainas of the Paradise
of the Pacific. From the instant the
great blades of the liner Wilhelmina
churned the waters of the Golden Gate
until they smote the sapphire-hued
waters of Hawaii, sending the flying fish
scurrying, the Mystic Shriners found
their pilgrimage one long-drawn pleas.
ue. Every day and every night was
full of enjoyment. The sea winds
brought tan to the cheeks of many a
Shriner who found that the thousand
mile voyage to Hawaii was just the
thing he has yearned for and required
for years. 1t was a journey filed with
pleasant associations, and as it was the
pilgrimage of the Imperial Divan Of
the Mystic Order of the Shrine, the
excursion is more than noteworthy.
The Shriners from the mainland were
met at Honolulu yesterday by their
brothers of the Hawaiian Islands and
the first day was only foretaste of the
delights that are to come.
The Shriners of the mainland have
come, have seen and they have CON
quered, for the key to the city gate
has been delivered unto them and they
now rule the fair city of Honolulu-by-
the-sea.
Camels Game at Daybreak.
At daybreak the Wilhelmina poked
her nose around Diamond Head and al
seven 'cloek was at quarantine, where
the federal doctors boarded the biz
vessel, followed by Ilustrious Poten
tate James S. McCandless of Alohj
Temple, Noble Doctor Hodgins ant
Noble Doctor Wood of executive com
mittee. There were many Shriners oil
deck when they went aboard, and it Il
said that several of the visitors re
manned up all night in order to be OF
hand when Honolulu was reached.
The big Shriner flag was at the fore
mast peak with the yellow quarantine
flag and the ship was decked out il
fine style with bunting. The electric
Shriner sign had been blazing as th'
vessel rounded Diamond Head, bu
the lights were extinguished as tn,
sun s rays made the artificial light
look like glowworms. The mobiles o
Aloha Temple were greeted witt
shouts and there was a happy meeting
Leis had been taken out and thes
were placed around the necks of noble
and their fair ladies.
Then came the cruiser launch Kula
manu- II, in command of Harry Rycrof
and Henry Jaeger in the engine room
The cruiser looked like small toi
pedo boat and she was also gay wit
bunting and a big Shriner flag. !
the bow was a small sized cannon wit
one Of the biggest Shriners Of Aloh
at the lanyard. This was Pump Fl
gineer Scoville Of Waipahu plantation
He acted as master gunner and wit
half a hundred rounds of ammunitio
he worked industriously. Noble BockI
commanded the gunner corps of on
L. n1n = u.
into their nostrils all the Shriners b
gan to look real warlke. Scoville wa
in his element When the Wilhelmin
banged and banged and the echoS
sounded as if the Wilhelmina had bee
halled time and again between Il
kitchen and the water line.
There were more huzzas, as the X
iamanu II rounded the big ship. The
came the tug intrepid of the MatsC
company with Captain Howe at Il
wheel. She was decked out also and
the stern was the Hawaiian band Il
by Capt Heinrich Berger. "Evel
little movement has a meaning of /
own" WED in popularity with ''Alol
0e'i and the visitors shouted their a
probation. Under the direction
Noble Frank Richardson the air wi
soon hlled with Japanese daylight 6r
works shot from the deck Of the /
trepid. The people aboard the Kul
mann waited for 4 signal to con
aboard, but this was not given uni
the WilholminR was under way. II
some reason, utterly unknown 10 Il
shFiners on the Knlamanu, the with,
nina did not wait for the cruiser a.
tho latter attempted 70 got alongsll
the companion way The cruiser cTaH
Cd against the side Of the ladder, brol
Z and sustained considerable damal
70 Aeg railing, which vas ripped o