The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-12-24
ARRANGEMENTS Near COMPLETION
for Great Mid-Winter
Carnival.
FOUR DAYS OF FESTIVITIES
Landing of Kamehameha Will Be
Great SpectacIe-0ther
Features.

If enthusiasm counts for anything
the coming Mid-Pacifc Carnival to be
held in the Washington Birthday week
in February will be one of the greatest
spectacles from first to last that has
ever been attempted in the Hawaiian
Islands, not only as an attraction for
Islanders, but for tourists from all
parts of the world.
Director General Chillingworth, ap-
pearing before the special finance com
mittee, of which Fred l.. Waldron is
chairman, and the promotion committee,
| yesterday afternoon, explained along
general lines what he proposed to offer
for four days spectacle, the crown
ing event being the Qualification of old
time personalities which made Hawaii,
hundred and more years ago, key
to the affairs of the Pacific.
The "Landing of Kamehameha the
| Great, at Waikiki beach on Washing
ton s Birthday, will be a spectacle
which will call for the most careful
of staging and will show the great
Napoleon of the Pacific skirting the
shore of Oahu around Diamond Head
in his great double war-canoe, followed
by large number of canoes filed with
chiefs, paddlers and warriors.
Great Pageant
Kamehameha will be represented by
magnificent type of Hawaiian, such
| type as Kamehameha was, in the per-
| son of Palenapa, who is considerably
| over six feet in height and weighs
nearly three hundred pounds, but SPLEEN
didly proportioned. Wearing the feath
er cloak and helmet of his rank and
surrounded by chiefs armed with spears
and by his two white advisers, the
| monarch will land on the shore between
| the Seaside and Moana hotels where he
will be received by the people of Oahu.
| A Hawaiian hookupu or gift ceremony
will be shown, when he will be present
ed with fruits, taro and pigs.
There will be native houses and Ha-
waiians seen making mats, tapa, pound
ing poi and living as Hawaiians did one
| hundred years ago. All these features,
while in general charge of Mr.. Chilling
| worth, are directly in charge of w. T.
| Rawlins, who will be assisted by COM
! n.ittee in which will be Duke Kahana-
molu, the world IS champion swimmer.
All this is to be staged under the
direction of w. d. Adams, so that the
entire scene will be witnessed from
afar and the entire setting will stand
ont clearly and not be married by close
| lines of spectators. In order to have
the double war-canoe, Prince Kalani-
| anaole g canoe, now at Kailua, and an
other. will be brought here from Kai-
Ina, Hawaii. and dashed together by a
Hawaiian who did the same for those
in the Bishop Museum.
There are also TO be aquatic sports,
consisting of surf riding, canoe races
and many stunts. Duke Kahanamoku
will be star attraction in the surfing
and swimming performances.
Volcano in Eruption.
One evening win be devoted to an
eruption OF Punchbowl, which is to
| be handled by r. A. Lyon. This will
| be a ealstic>exhibition and it will be
so arranged that Punchbowl will APP
pear to be actually in eruption, with
| lava pouring over the rim down gull
| ley toward the city.
The floral parade feature will be his
toric, for Hawaiian traditions are to
be exemplifed in floats. Various So
cieties may look after the various
floats. One will represent Kapiolani
| defying Pele. Mrs. Nakuina, an au-
| thority on Hawaiian matters, is work
| ing out theme for a float, while Wal
alua and Laie are expected to provide
| floats telling some tradition of their dis
tricts The float which made such hit
in last year S parade, that of Kameha-
meha, will be repeated next February.
John Hughes has charge of the horse
drawn floats.
The Island Princess section will be
repeated. As this has become one of
the most attractive features of each
year s carnival, it will 10 given n
prominent place in the celebration
again.
Grand Ball Windup
| There will be n grand ball. this to
conclude the carnival. The Moose or
ganization will participate in some part
of the carnival and will appear as a
uniformed contingent.
The finance committee asked for a
maximum estimate of expense which
Mr.. Chillingworth was unable 10 giyeI
although II is known the committee will
have 70 look around for at least seven
or eight thousand dollars. Another
meeting will be held early in the week
when Mr. Chillingworth, after going
into details with the heads Of his com
mitlees will be able 20 make q report
One Of the features which the dlFee
torReneTal believes will revive an old
sport IL the TaeinR card, which Is 10
be- under tho direction Of Robert ilof
nor and Robert w. shingle, and other
1 enthusiasts,
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