The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-02-27
Is to Manage Next
Years Parade? the
Question Already
(From satnrday S Advertiger.l

NETOH odJuIudy AuNeItlseis)
Yesterday the Floral Parade was
done all over again--in conversation. !
The perspective of twentyfour hours
enabled those who had watched the
rapid succession of events on Thursday
to gather their thoughts together and
segregate their Impressions. The gen.
eral concensus of opinion heard express
ed was that the parade, all in all, was
better in many respects than any one
of its predecessors, and lacking in few
things indeed.
| General praise was heard for Arthur
f. Wall, the director general, and
for his capable aids, while the ques-
tion is already being asked: Who is
to take hold for 1913 and keep the fete
up to the high mark set7
Cars Break Record
| There was new record added to the
annals of the Honolulu Rapid Transit
& Land Company on Floral Parade day,
when $500 more people than have ever
been carried before in one day were
conveyed from one part of the city to
| the other. The total was 10000. It
was never matter of getting a seat
| but of getting room to stand. Every
available car in the barn was requisi-
toned and in most instances "trains -
were run. The new machinery INSTALL
ed short while ago, ran without
hitch. 1t was a big achievement for
the Rapid Transit Company.
/ A Lantern Parade Float.
The float entered by the Nippu Jill
in the Japanese lantern parade, pic.
tured here, gives a good idea of the
elaborate way in which many of the
participants in the evening event of
Thursday prepared for the occasion.
The pagoda shown was erected on an
automobile and lowered ten or twelve
feet in the air. 1t was illuminated
with incandescent lights, which came
ON and off as the automobile moved
along the street.
Il This entry was a close competitor
with the Cherry Blossom Tree for first
honors.
I, Field ARTILLERY Pleased.
u One of the features of the military
. parade, which received far less news.
, paper mention than it was entitled to-,
was the Field Artillery in the line. This
section Of the big display of armed
strength was practically new to the ma
jority of Honolulans and was CORE
spondingly enjoyed.
I The Engineers Corps also made a
good showing, the marching being about
the best of all the troops in line.
> Believes It the Best.
"The most beautiful parade we ever
had,' is the official statement of Sec
3 rotary II. p. Wood Of the Hawaii Pro-
Q motion Committee upon the 1912 Floral
Parade. "The sight at Alexander
Field was a very striking one" he
said. "There never has been such evil
dent lavish care and attention to ev-
cry detail. The only thing to regret is
that the weather for two days before
y the parade was so bad that many people
who wished to enter would not take a
!, chance on having everything ruined.
However, we had beautiful day for
the parade, and feel sure that those
who came here and who have been able
4 to see the parade festivities are well
repaid. We have had nothing but
: lpraise.o
Mystery of the Bail.
al Who was the lady7
!. The question is asked by Secretary OF
4 the Territory E. A. Mott-Smith, and his
\ friends are not sparing him at all in
the joke involved Mott-Smith led the
a grand march with her at the Colonial
q Ball at the Alexander Young Hotel on
= Thursday evening, and he danced with
|. her, and he doesn't know yet who she
Twas, for it was a masquerade affair
!. and the secretary's partner didn Y tell
or unmask
Mott-Smith was suitably attired To
1 lead grand march at Washington Z
> birthday ball, and the lady in question
was also in Colonial costume. So when
il came to be time to start the gay mas
. queraders, the couple were brought to-
y gether. And Mott-Smith admits that
Q the joke is on him. He doesn't know
n yet whom he danced with, for she
> didn't respond at all to various hints
which might have brought revelations
of identity.
The question of who the stylishly
dressed lady who led the grand march
and danced with the honorable secre
tarv Of the Territory in the 1912 Wash
ington 3 Birthday ball may remain for
ever a mystery, unless she kindly con
Sents to come forward and relieve the
lseeretary's feelings by telling who she
H.