The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-02-24
Dancing Lights, Hurting Rockets,
Sirens, Bombs and Music
Lend to Fantastic Picture.
Harbor Is Made
Into Fairyland
Twenty Thousand Persons Gather
on wharves to Witness Won
drous Water Spectacle.
tFrom saturday Advertiser.l

(From Saturday Advertiser.)
Dancing lights Of many colors reflect.
ed in dancing waters; music ashore and
music ahoat; rockets hurtling towards
the stars or falling in streams Of multi.
eolored Gre; strange golden fountains
squirting from the hhrbor water; gor-
eeons waterfalls of flames; sirens,
bombs and piratos--these, in Devil
deEingly woven pattern Of light, com.
Posed The water carnival, yesterday 3
fete event Of cardinal importance.
The hnrbor was u bit OF transported
fairyland, with crafts Of all shapes and
sIzes; from numbering barges to dainty
yachts; from sampans to ontrigger ca
noes; from swift launches to grim
pirate pennace, from the decks Of which
looIned grim cannon, from the poop Of
which giared bewhiskered entthroats
and from the waist and bow Of winch
winked numerous searchlights. Every
craft bore its scores and Eandreds Of
nOdding lanterns, outlining the curves
Of hulls and sweep of rigging nearly all
burned red and blue light and many
hombarded the heavens with Roman
candles and rockets.
Dazzlingly Beautifui View Presented
Tho harbor fetc was dazzlingly beau.
tiful, from the time when the FIRST fire
ship put out from Youngs' boat house
until the gland finale OF the fireworks
display; when sister dreadnoughts
from the water and IN aeroplane and
dirigiblc from nloft poured shot and
shell into q fairy city; that sprang up
like magic from the dark, with its forts
hurting back bomts and shells. When
the sbUmbarineht was over, the dark
Mss hid reclaimed battleships and airy
gnnnerss forts and towers and miTarets
aud only tho word Aloha ''remained,
cleaning over the ruins
The fete was successful up to the ex-
pectations OF the promoters and far be-
yond those Of the twenty thousand or
so who gathered about the harbor front
10 watch, applaud and wonder The pa
rade Of the Are ships was beautiful; the
fireworks we're the host Honolulu has
ever seen; the music was excellent, ex-
eept when the floating bandships drift /
ed too close TO each other and one was
distraught trying at one and the same
time to appreciate the Carnival March
and Dixie.
& scarchlights Add to Brightness.
The powerful searehlight. at Fort
Armstrong and a smaller beamthrower
on the Alakea street wharf fickered
friendly messages to each other on the !
water and fleecy clouds and added to |
the general brightness Of the occasion. |
The opc "ators at the fort had discon-
certing habit Of holding their light |
upon the central grandstand, however,
and the powerful beams interfered at |
hrst with the enjoyment of those in
the directors hox and the adjoining |
SECTIONS, binding the occupants.
Altogether in the water parade some |
forty crafts took part, each being
cheered as ID swept proudly past the
reserved seat portions of the front. The
Elizabeth, manned by the pirates of the'l
Ad Club, stole along her way with few |
lights, and many were unable to appre
ciate the faithful manner in which she |
had been rebuilt for the occasion.
There was never any question about
what particular portion of the haTbor
she frequented, however, as the flashes
of her guns and the throaty cheers of
her crew betrayed her presence from
afar.
sampana Play Important Part.
A particularly beautiful showing in
lights was made by the yacht Hawaii,
her towering masts carrying the lines
Of lanterns far above the water line.
The yacht La Paloma was also a thing
of beauty. The number Of splendidly |
decorated sainpans was many, and it
may be said that without the help of
the sampan owners and their hearty CO.
operation with the committee a Homo
lulu harbor fete would be lacking in
much that goes tow rds making sue.
cess.
The boys of Fort Armstrong manned
q dnintily decorated launch, while
among, the "pullers" were the repre-.
sentatives of Company l04, @. A. c.
These entries and that of the sailor
boys wore applanded all along the line.
Another barge that drew attention from
many pleased people was the entry of
the Myrtle Rowing Club, and the list
upon here by no means
exhausts the number of crafts worthy
Of special mention .1
Z Awards of the Judges. ,,.
Japanese Sampans - Aloha, FIRST
Cherry Blossom, second, and the Red
and Blue, third.
Yachts Hawaii, first.
Galieon Elizabeth, manned
by YAd Club, FIRST. #@
Pulling Section Myrtle Rowing Club.
Ontligger Canoes Aloha Wreath,
drst. ' ~,tA.I