Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-06
MAKE CARNIVAL
DIFFERENT SAY
THEDECORATCRS

We have advertised TO the world
that Honolulu is gong 70 have a Car
! nrVaI this month.
A carnival without a carnival dress
IS like Hamlet with Hamlet left out.
What we must do, is make our Ho
ncIulu Carnival so "different" from
every other carnival. that people who
respond to our inVitat,-.l to come and
see US will see something they have
never seen before.
The various committees are each
engaged IN thinking out their differ,
cnt" stunts. Most Of them have the
advantage Of the Decoration Commit,
tee, because, having decided what
they are going to DO, all they have to
dc is to go ahead and do it, without
any more "to-do:" while the Decora
ton Committee suggests but must
largely depend on others to execute.
The decoration Committee has cud-
eeIed its gray matter for decoratio1
scheme that will be so Indifferent"
that everyone who is present at the
Carnival this year will always remem-
Der it, and we believe we have evolved
the right idea. II Is this:
The most typical, real. old, simon
pure Hawaiian lei is the lima flower
and male vine, intertwned. The gold
en-yeIIow Of the lima is the Hawaiian
royal color. Its contrast with the
bright, shiny green Of the male leaves
is NEST delicate and beautiful.
Again, the most beautiful word in
the Hawaiian Ianeuage-we might say
in any Ianguage-is ""AIoha"-"Love
to you"
Now, our idea is this: Make the
word aloha" and the sentiment which
il represents, the keynote to the well
come which we extend to the carni-
val guests Of Honolulu. Make use Of
the word everywhere, and on all oc-
easions, so that this will pass into his
tory as the aloha Carnival"
Let it be not only formal aloha,
but a real, deep-down, heart felt,
"rcyaI aloha" expressed in the royal
color and typified in the way that Ha-
waii has always used to express the
Carnival spirit-by Ieis; royal lima
leis, with a male setting.
Our suggestion is, therefore, ito
make gold and green the Carnival COL
ors and the golden and green aloha
lei" the symbol of our "AIcha Carni-
val"
Let US have as many gold and green
decorations as possible.
Let US have "aloha Ieis" in all the
windows.
Let US wear the aloha Ieis on neck
and hat during Carnival week.
Thus Will we express our "royal
aloha" to our good friends who come
to help ps5eeIebrate; ez 49,
Z. Thus will we put on our carnival
dress and demonstrate to the eye the
carnival spirit, which, properly trans
lated, means "haVe a good time your.
self by giving everybody else good
time"
To shcW you what we mean by an
aloha Lei" we have decorated a win
dow with them at Dimond's. To show
you that we have confidence that the
people Of Honolulu VIII join heartily
with US in making the aloha Lei" the
star feature Of the aloha Carnival"
we have engaged aloha Ies by the
thousand-bia ones, little ones and
medium sized ones. Now we depend
upon our fellow citizens to help US
make good"
Please come and see our window
end then give US your orders for as
many Ies as you can make use Of
and don't forget to give some to your
friends, and some to our stranger
guests.
CARNIVAL DEcoRATIoNI
COMMITTEE.
BY EMIL A. 6ERNDT,
Chairman