The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-03-10
Thomas sharp. Chancellor Commander.
-Four Hundred Pythians and
Guests Gather Around Deco
rated Banquet Board.
(From Sunday Advertiser.l

With music, feasting and oratory,
the Knights Of Pythias Of Honolulu
last night held JOINT celebration Of the
fftieth anniversary of the birth of the
order, this celebration being one Of a
great series Of such that nave been
held throughout the United States and
Canada during the past two weeks.
Following a banquet, in the X. Of p.
Hall, during which an excellent mus
zeal program was rendered, the four
hundred guests and members Of the
Pythian lodges, adjourned to the
lodge room, where an impressive rit-
uslstie service was held, followed by
addresses from Governor Pinkham ana
United States District Attorney Nc
earn. i1G.
The banquetting hall was gayly dec
Grated in the Pythian colors, blue,
yellow ard red, bunting and streamers
of these eolors being suspended from
the walls, while strings OF colored in
eandeseents were festooned above the
heads of the banqnetters. Chancellor
Tom Sharp presided at the head table,
with him being Governor Pinkham,
Hon. Jeff McCarn, Mrs. sharp, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wallace r. Harrington, Mr.. and
Mrs. 4. A. D0uthitt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Merle johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. Roder.
lick q. Matheson, r. ii. Trent, Mrs. J,
W. Caldwell and Rev. Leopold Knoll.
A Hawaiian quintet club played from
the palm-banked stage, upon which the
contributors to the evenings musical
program appeared
Pythian Colors Flash.
The lodge room was decorated in the
same color scheme, with the blue, vel.
low and red lights flashing on in Sc
quence on the lodge triangle as the
ritual was proceeded with. Chancellor
Sharp, Vice Chancellor A. N. Sinclair,
Prelate Ed Towse, Master-at- Arms A.
B. Angus and Master Of the Exeheqper
jacobson taking part in the special
service of the occasion, with suitable
music contributed by q. w. Dyson, w.
II. Hutton, II. T.. Tinker and w. 4.
Kerr as a quartet, with sonny Cunha
US aecompanIst. g. M,
"May There Be No War;
Governor Pinkham, who addressed
the knlgnts and their guests on "The
Flag" departed radically from the
usual sentimental handling of the
subject. He spoke of the decadencc
of the American merchant marine, OF
the insuffieieney of the ships Of the
Navy, of the lack of patriotism shown
by too many, making the Nation
weak. 81 pray that there may be nc
war, said the. Governor, and many
who heard that prayer sensed some,
thing significant back of it.
I'm according to your request that
| address you on The Flag, shall
vary from the sentimental point of
view usually taken upon similar oeea'
sions,'' said the GO,ernor in begin
ming his address. @.,.JsE.
'',Ihe National and State flags have q
divisional and body polite signiti.
cance, - be continued, "the former rep.
resentIng a district and individual on
tity among the nations of the earth,
and the latter the parts of an indiyis.
able organization.
~ say indivisable because the at.
tempt at division has been tried, but
failed,
OaTIlou INC WOtlu ONSK'
'rThe national flag has been CONNER.
cialized in the sense that it has carried
protection and identity in connection
with the house flags of the commercial
shipping of our country the world over
'tPrevious to the year 1860 these
joint flags were seen in every port OF
the world, and no nation of the earth
We'd with these joint flags, nor contest
ed with the wonderful lines of beauty
speed and inspiring voyages Of the clip
per merchantmen Of the United States
f.. -. A Sustaining Balance.
with such merchant fleet TO sup
port and supply it, the American Navy
did not hesitate to 60 where il chose
in any waters of the world, for tn,
ships of commerce and the ships Of
war balanced aud sustained each other
and no nation could presume on thcil
joint strength. ,%ts
Driven From the Seas.
Fratricidal war. nearly anuihilatel
our commercial fleets and drove il;
remaining flags from the high seas tC
our inland seas aud cOasting trade. IL
| the chickering's from reconstruction, fol
lowing the Civil War, generation
eamo forward that knew nothing of the
value of worldwide commerce.. CAPT
Cal found reckless government only
too eagcr to give away its public do
main TO any promoter who would sup
plsnt the prairie schooner with the iron
rails. =. ~
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