Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-14
get BUSY"


preparations. Ne mattcr where lies the hIam"
or what seems needless delay Of several months
)ast, the fact rrnIain< thai the organization of
ommit1rrS has hardly been started. the >rrrr-
larry has jnSt been appointed and none Of tn"
immense amount of detailed work has been
|tartel
The time left for preparation is :" short az to
Constitute real emergency now. and in this
Emergency it, is Sqtflrey up t0~thr propl" Of He"
holulu and the islands in general +" get busy"
just thoS" two short, emphatic .AngioS Saxon
words, "(c Busy!
The main idea Of the pageant this year. so
ne understand from the director Mr.. {. f. Chill
.ingwdrth. and from the promotion committee.
. j. To be historical However, the Floral Parade
ommittpc will try to turn out big decorated
|1to section and big decorated float section.
md in these two sections it is mp to Honolulu
d make arcreditable showing.
Last YEAR the Floral Parade committee had
The unhappy experience of nearly fifty cars en-
|ered-or announced by their owners as entered
10 within few hours of the pa rade. One
lay of rain discouraged almost third of the
owners and more than fifteen entries in the dee
moment 1t was not only a keen embarrassment
To the committee, but a sad and significant COM
'mentary on the spirit Of the people of Honolulu
If there is one event in all the year where
nome of this faint-heart spirit should he shown,
where nothing hut enthusiasm and dctcrmiH a-
lion should prevail, it is at the Floral Parade.
Hawaii has advertised this midwinter carnival
|ail over the world, and tourists are coming from
all over the World to see it One failure one
|efall-down'', will hurt Honolulu and the islands
Immensely from the tourist standpoint Homo
|lnlu has never vet registered Il failure in her
seven annual pageants, she has never registered
anything but brilliant success. and only success
should be cohtenplateInow. ia i f..
But no committee. no set = 81 Officials, however
Woodworking and capable, can get mp credit
able street parade without the assistance of the
owners of automobiles. And just as it is up to
the auto-owners to enter decorated ears. so it is
up to the business houses~to rnter floats
One thing the committee should do speedily,
and that is TO find some means Of. securing en-
tries of ears decorated not much to win prizes
as 10 show the interest of the people in the pa
rade, and to add to the spectacular and beautiful
effect of Il long line of flowrrdreSsel> machines.
III isn't necessary for an auto-Owncr to spend
fifty or a hundred dollars in decorating car.
He can have just as good a time and get a really
handsome effect for ten or fifteen dollars, and,
in the past. cars have been prettly decorated for
less than ten dollars.
The fact that this is H&wal's own show and
biggest show. and that it is an achievement for
Hawaii and an expression Of HawaiiS welcome
10 the visitor as well as conlmeInorat ion Of the
birthday of the immortal Washington. ought ia
.hrin" ont a hundred entries in the decorated
auto section. The kind OF spirit that dccoratc>
purely to win prizes is the cheapest mcrcenary
bargaining People of Honolulu ought TO spend
n few hours of preparation on their cars with
flags and flowers and grrenrrv and enter the pa
radp if only tG show that they are anxious t" d"
their share toward helping" Honolulu make good
in this one big general event Of the year.
There is altogether too much of the chill spirit
of alnofneSS about Honolulu when "Floral Pa
radc" is mentioned It's time to loosen up and
forget SrlfShnrSS. In the past the committees
have been diShrartrnrd by scores of auto-ownelH
who. when asked for entries, drew back almost
as if offended and said. "Oh. want t" watch
tn, nar:,dr from my machinr!
About the hest thing that could happen Il
ness,,SSor< of this sort Of spirit is t" hav" the
nnbIir know VIII" they are and how they act when
asked 10 rive a littl" time and effort for Tho
love of Honolulu