Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-01
And Age
!. MAKE MERRY AT
MAY DAY FETE
tContinued from page onel

CONTINUED from mage onel
led by tie girls who We're divided into
several sections, the members of each
section being differently costumed.
First came number Of little girls in
I white dresses and yellsw, pink and
blue sunbonnets. Following them
was section composed OF elder girls
wearing white dresses and deckeI
with red and black leis. Then came
number CT girls wearing quaint
Dutch costumes in red and green, with
plaid caps The Central Grammar
! column was ended up with a section
| of girls and another OF boys. wearing
| the colorS of their school Following
/ the Central Grammar pupils came the
students CT the Royal School. led by
| a herald who bore large banner on
which was inscribed the name Of the
school. a number Of little girls, wear
ing white dresses and huge pink hats,
&C imposed the first section, and follow
! iag came another composed of girls
! dressed in white with yellow leis and
red hair ornaments. The rest of the
students, both boys and girls. followed
! these
One of the most attractive sections
was that composed of the Normal
| School girls. Zach girl was dressed
! IN white and wore a single yellow
IIlima lei Like the others, this section
was led by a herald who bore large
! Tel How banner. The girls marched In
perfect order and were the subjects
of much applause. A number of Jap
arese girls in native costume led the
pupils of the Pohukaina school, and
/ were followed by section composed
of smaller girls dressed in white and
wearing small green caps. The girls
of the Liliuokalani School wore large
! pink hats and white dresses, while
others were dressed in Dutch costume,
with red and green dresses and plaid
caps. The boys brought up in the
rear wearing leis.
The boys of the Kaahumanu school
I. led their section wearing green, and
red leis, and were followed by the
girls, some of whom were dressed in
Dutch costume and others with green
caps and white dresses, The Kaulu-
wela school, while it had the smallest
representation, was nevertheless one
of the most attractiyt sections as far
as costumes went. Nearly all the
children were Chinese and Japanese
children, the former being dressed in
their native costume, with the quaint
trousers and the embroidered coats.
The Japanese girls, however, held out
! for the American costumes and were
/ dressed in white and wore huge pink
hats. The pupils of the Kalihi-waena
snd Kaiulani schools foymed the last
two sections of the procession, each
child being dressed III an appropriate
costume.
Elaborate Program Rendered
| To a lively march air played by the
Hawaiian Band the children of the
different schools marched around the
square in perfect order. The police
had cleared the interior of the square
and the spectators lined the outer
edge of the sidewalk. Queen Liliuo-
kalani sat in her carriage opposite the
Mckinley High School and nodded
and bowed to the children as she was
recognized by them. Following the
grand march the different sections
| marched into the interior of the.
square where the children gathered
around the May poles. The students
| the lanai of the Mckinley High
School, while the Queen and her re-
tanners repaired to the throne on the
Waikiki side of the square.
Following the singing of two
selections by the Normal School
chorus, the first May-pole dance was
given. The poles had been arranged
as follows: Facing Beretania street
Normal, Pohukaina and Liliuokalani
schools; facing Kapiolani street
Royal and Central Grammar schools;
facing Victoria street-Kaahumanu
and Kauluwela schools; facing King
street-Kalihi-wa and Kaiulani
schools. There were a number of
these dances, each dance being taken
part in by separate groups of girls.
The poles for the different schools
had been decorated in appropriate
manner That of the Central Grammar
school was strictly merican, having
red and white streamers and being
topped with, a large American flag.
FThe Pohukaina school also had an at
tractive one, it being decorated with
pink streamers and having at the top
a Japanese parasol hung with cherry
blossoms Little Japanese girls, in
native costumes, danced around this
pole.
Including the dances, the following
program was rendered:
Sing All Ye People-PSalm of
Feace .......... - -. -. -. hIleS
Maypole Dance Jakobowski
Normal School Chorus
Maypole Dances ........... Grades
4, representing various nationalities