Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-16

Il just tried Brown with 81 for
seat but there was nothing doing"
That fellow in charge of section
seems to be the hardest worked man
of the lot,
Suppose they do break down; nc.
body viii get hurt but those people
! underneath" H. ~" H..
'Golly, these grandstands are mass
i've enough and strong enough for a
railway trestle.p = .:..... ....,.---..
The deorations Of the capitol in
| electric light outline are the most har'
monious and effective that were ever
put on this historic. building. The
word Aloha in great letters on the
front of the building stands out beau
tifulIy in frame of yellow light. The
work was done by the Hawaiian Elec-
trio Company.
The Mayor of Toxic" company held
| its last rehearsal yesterday afternoon
/ on the great stage erected for the pro-
duction in the Oahu College grounds.
! A shower interrupted the last few min
! utes of the play, but Sonny Cunha de-
fclared this morning that he is salts
/ fled. The play, he says. will be by far
/, the best thing in an amateur line ever
given, as we'll as the largest The
! play is scheduled for next Wednesday
night All who have seen the re-
hearsals declare that it's one OF the
: funniest and brightest bits of comedy
lever staged,
The dancers who took part in the
/ Irish dances at the capitol on Satur-
day night were: Irish jig Miss Kath.
leen McTighe and Jack D. Cleary:
Irish reels Misses Lillian and Mar
j guerite Condor, Marian Kennedy, Ivy
Beasley, Messrs. William Warren, Dan
lei Cummings, James eastman, and
Jack D. Cleary.
| One reason why the police failed
to keep the crowd from overwhelm-
ling the dancers on Saturday night,
was because some miscreant or mis-
/, creaats cut the ropes which had been
put up to hold the thfongs back. There
will not be repetition of this tonight,
as heavy wire has been substituted
/. for the ropes.
Mrs. William Monsarrat. chairman
of the committee of the Kings Daugh-
tiers. which has undertaken the sale
!, OF the official 1eis and cane-pennants
for the Carnival. states that the re-
ceipts for Saturday amounted to about
$780, The so young ladies' who are
! selling the leis and pennants on the
J streets will continue their work
/ throughout the Carnival
Mrs Ida BrockInan of San Francisco
I and AIR.. u G.. Griffiths of london,
who gave the exhibition tango dance
. at the carnival of nations in front of
! the Capitol SATURDAY. evening, helped
!. the committee ont of quite hole. The
tango experts who had been expected
! to do this dance, failed to materialize.
and these two tourists very kindly
j consented to fill the gap. Their ef-
forts made big hit
I A. G. Adams, chairman of the
1 mounted section for the floral parade,
has been obliged by press of business
\ to drop the work he had been doing
for the parade, and his place has been
taken by j. j. Dias, who is also in
! charge of the Princesses' section MIR.
Dias reports that he has quite large
number of entries in prospect for the
rider section.
The Lei Mamo, the lei Ee, and the
Lei Pue are three of the old royal Ha-
waiian leis made of feathers from diff.
| ferent island birds, some of which are
! how said. to be extinct All are yell
4 low. 1t Is known that there are quite
1 a number of these leis owned by resi-.
/ dents of Honolulu, who value them
highly as relics or heirlooms. The
/ decorations committee of the Carnf.
val makes the request that as many
of these ancient leis as possible may
4 be worn during the carnival, as they
are not only particularly appropriate
!. at the present time, but will also be
q of much interest to hundreds of tour.
8 lists and malihini residents.
George H. Angus, chairman of the
committee having in charge the ar
Engagements for the Grand Masquerade
i Ball to be given at the Armory on
!. Thursday night, states that the COM
imittee has made arrangements by
which maskers may secure dominoes
i at cost price. These have been placed
4 for sale at the Clarion, corner of Fort
land Hotel streets, and the price is
ISL25. These dominoes are very con-
II venient for those who have not the
!, time or the facilities for having special
i costumes designed. There will prop
lably be many of them worn, says Mr.
4 Angus. Tickets for the bail Isl each)
are on sale at the Promotion Commit,
Il tee rooms. A large number have al
ready been sold, and the committee
= feels certain that the ball will not only
i be the largest but the most enjoyable
4 affair of this kind ever given in Homo
lulu. -. . H.. 49,.
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