Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-16
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4 just tried Brown with "a for a
seat but there was nothing doing.
THAT fellow in charge of section 1
seems TO be the hardest worked man
Of the lot.
Suppose they do break down; no.
body will get hurt but those people
underneath.
"Golly, these grandstands are mass
i've enough and strong enough for a
railway trestle.
The. deofations 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
tifully in a 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
iutes of the play. but Sonny Cunha de-
clared this morning that he is salts
fed The play, he says, win 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 is one of the
funniest and brightest bits OF comedy
ever staged.
The dancers who took part in the
Irish dances at the capitol on Satur-
day night were: Irish jig Miss Kath-
Ieen McTighe and Jack d. Cleary;
Irish reels-aiisses Lillian and Mar
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 overwheIm-
! ing the dancers on Saturday night,
was because some miscreant or mis-
creants cut the ropes which had been
put up to hold the throngs back There
viii not be a, repetition Of this tonight,
as heavy wire has been substituted
for the ropes.
Mrs. William Nonsarrat, chairman
feof the committee of the Kings Daugh-
tiers. which has undertaken the sale
|, of the official leis and cane remnants
for the Carnival, states that the re-
ceipts for Saturday amounted to about
5000. The so young ladies who are
selling the leis and pennants on the
streets will continue their work
Throughout the Carnival.
Mrs Ida BroekRaan of San Francisco
and Mr.. T. G. Gfiffths of London,
who gave the exhibition tango dance
at the carnfvalAof nations in front of
the Capitol Saturday evening, heIpec
the committee out of quite a hole. The
tango experts who had been expected
to do this dance, failed to materialize.
and these two tourists very kindly
consented to fill the gap. Their eff
maui -uIS Hill. -.
A. G. Adams, chairman of the
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. ]. Dias, who is also in
charge of the Processes section. Mr.
I 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
low said to be extinct. All are vel.
low. 1t is known that there. are quite
"a number Of these leis owned by resi-
dents of Honolulu, who value them
highly as relics or heirlooms. The
decorations committee of the Carni
lSYal makes the request that as many
of these ancient leis as possible may
be worn during the carnival, as they
are not only. particularly appropriate
at the present time, but will also be
of much interest to hundreds of tour
lists and malfhini residents.
George H.. Angus, chairman of the
Icommittee having in charge the ar
engagements for the Grand Masquerade
i Bali to be given at the Armory on
Thursday night, states that the com.
Imittee has made arrangements by
(which maskers may secure dominoes
Tat cost Dric6 These have been uiaeed