The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-05-05
PARk IS MADE
FA|RYLANDBY
CHILDREN
Kindergarten Pupils Under Direc-
ton Of Teachers Hold Annual
May Day Festival Spectators
Struck by Large Number Of
Races Represented Parade Is
veritable Cosmorama to Eye.
tFrom salurday AdvertIaer.l }

(From Saturday Advertiser.)
A miniature fairylsnd to the imag;na-
ton, a veritable cosmorama to the eye
and a polyglot Of languages TO the ear.
Thomas Square presented q remarkable
blending OF life and color yesterday
morning and afternoon during the May
Day festival Of the nine kinderenrtcns
Of tho city
l Perhaps in no other place. on the
globe could there be assembled thronn
Of children representing a greater mum.
Der Of races than appeared In the vnri.
Gus divisions Of the big parade, which.
\ TO the music Of the ROYAL Hawaiian
Band, stationed In the kiosk in the
center Of the square, marched around
the playground for review.
Embraced In this spectacle were Chi.
mere, Japanese, Hawaiians. Polynesians.
Qermanstand Americans. But the racial
makeup OF the procession was no more
stirling than was. the variety Of cos.
Tunes worn by the paraders, which were
chosen largely by the children them.
selves and were the product of their
own handiwork Thus a group Of Chi.
nese children chose 70 appear bedecked
in the paint and feathers OF the Amori-
can, Indian; juvenile Japan fiourished
cowboy weapons and swung larinfs
plated from grandma = carpet raes.
while young America, surrounded BY
pomp and splendor, pafaded in royal
robes.
Lily Comes Is May queen.
While most of the unique pageant
was allegorical or representative Of
story'book legend, II had touch OF
the industrial in a section composed Of
juvenile bakers, the breadmakers wear.
ing hemp aprons and caps of paper. In
another division were two score Of post.
men, carrying mail bags made and
marked by themselves.
One Of the features Of the parade wns
the Castle Kindergarten section. in
charge of Miss Ermine Castle, and
which was led by little Lily Comes.
May Queen, attired in white and wear
ing a, wreath Of violets. Her attend.
ants were Nellie Comes, Margaret Car.
reira, Helen Nascimento and Hilda Ca.
mara The coming of Her Majesty was
heralded by buglers, and she was "a
|cofted by guard Of soldiers.
Next came Hiawatha and his Indian
trnyes, fearfuliy and wonderfnIlr
equipped with abotiginal VA tr,c.
pings. Even the te1ee was n w.
dence. W *
! Muriel Kindergarten was REPRESENTED
by a division Of soldiers, wearing cans
with colored tassels and armed with
formidable weapons. Miss Gertrude
Brown was the director Of this section.
Kauluwela Kindergarten. Of which
Miss Mary Won Holt is the director,
turned out another land of Indians.
led by cowgirl and Beretania kim
dergarten, Miss Harriet Lucas director.
was represented by cowboys, Indians
and mower girls, and group Of ORR
entals ~ enarseteristie Costumes and
CARVING parasois.
$500 ~ paseuc uisD o.. ~ eleven
y eivsh tns chilaren enjoyed games on
~. w, INC MayPole dance which
y..s,saI 1870 ~ W. easuiss q last year =
HestlVai, having been dispensed with.
MSeh efedlt fos the success Of the
Ra.aps y nue 70 MISS FRANCES Law.
.srvs, supeasl1or ol nnaefgarteps, and
y. W 'lIs p.oe'oIs % tne nine branches OF
) Inc - thsnt anu their assistants.
Anaergartens Which Participated.
The kindergnrtens participatine In
the festival, the directors and their a..
ssistants and the divisions Composing
the parade were as foIlows.@
Qastle--E rmine Cross, director; as
sistants. Miss Dorothy Chilli Ma
sarah Lucas, Miss Dorothy Castle.
Miss Esther Kopke, Miss Julia smith.
Miss, Helen Dow, Miss Dorothy
Wood, Miss Marion Chaplin, Miss Pearl
Robinson; composed Of king and queen
and their suites, flower girls. soldiers
and Hiawatha and his tribesmep.
Muriel--Miss Gertrude Brown. dirsc.
tor; assistants, Miss Anna Gonsalves.
Miss Johanna Mendiola, Miss Maggie
Bawlins; composed of soldiers ANA
drum corps,
Palama- Miss Glenn Jones. director.
assistants, Miss Emily Barrett. Nil.
Leihua Umnahele, Josephine Richards.
Miss. Mary Young; representing post.
men.
Knuluwela--Mi Mary Won Holt al.
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