The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-05
NATIVE PAGEANT
| WILL Be AMONG
CARNIVAL EVENTS
Parade Of Island Princesses And
Pau Riders May Be
rs. .... Planned For ID
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AMATEUR THEATRlCALS al.s
u. ARE BEING CONSIDERED
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Mid-Pacific Directors Talk Over
! Many Phases OF Eete
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In the process Of working out n pro.
gram for 1915, the Carnival Board of
directors found yesterday afternoon
thai their embarrassment lay in the
wealth not the paucity Of materials at
their disposal. ..-. ,,..2... j.
Certain events were seen az once to
be necessary fixtures, in the nature of
any Carnival. Others command such
solid popular support that II would
be folly to discontinue them. Still q
third class, though effective when stag.
ed, are expensive and difficult to pro.
luee. In consequences, the discussion
revolved largely around measures not
men. When the events have been pick.
ed, the chairmen to take them In charge
will be chosen. The board meets again
Friday afternoon. ~.
General Carter's terse and pointed
suggestion that IL is of prime import.
aRce that the Carnival abridge its per.
tod and make greater use Of local color
formed the basis of agreement for sub.
sequent debate. IL was agreed that
there must be an Hawaiian Pageant
and possibly parade of Island Princess
IS and Pau riders, though the difficulty
Of finding horses and riders for this
after attraction, charming as IL was
admitted to be, made some directors
question the wisdom Of attempting il
There will certainly be a Japanese
,antern parade.
Revival Of Racing Urged
The Importance that must be at.
tached to the revival of racing was
'ecognized. Nothing could compete, the
directors felt, against the popularity of
race meet, conducted by reputable
portsmen. Inasmuch as the racing as.
'Ociation proposes to hold q two-day s
meet, on Wednesday and Saturday of
the carnival week, those afternoons
lre provided for automatically.
The swimming contests will take vi
a third. They are fixture, one OF the
tested and proved attractions.
A children's festival Of some sort l.
another.
Amateur theatricals are picturesque
and enlist the support Of an. element in
the community which the directors
wish to have with them, but the Sho-
Jun, given last year, though it drew n
bigger house than estimated In the.
budget, lost money. In line with the
,olicy Of the board to draft as largely
as possible the pre-supposed support Of
the community, the executive secre-
sary was instructed to take the matter
up with the Dramatic Club. t''
Earlier in the year Mr.. Will Levers
Signfed his willingness to direct a.
performance Of some sort for the Car
nival. 1t would be the wish of the di.
rectors to have him produce play un.
Ter the auspices of the Carnival, TAX.
ing over for the dramatic Club the de-
tails of production.
Auto Club VIII Decide
Similarly, it will be left TO the au.
t6mObie club to decide If a floral par.
ade is desired this year or not, Cir
cular letters of inquiry were sent out
last year, but the responses were so
few that no parade was attempted. This
year several owners of cars have said
they felt the parade ought to be re,
vived.
OF course the military parade on
Washington 5 Birthday is the big event
Of that holiday and custom prescribes
the same day for the swimming events.
masked costume ball given on the
opening night, in order to get the peo-
pie out in Carnival costume, was also
agreed on, but it was not decided
whether it should be held Monday
night or Tuesday.
A. l.. Castle joined the meeting just
before it broke up. He reported the
Carnival tennis program already com,
pleted and the swimming program, un
deTtaken by VIM. T. Rawlins, well up
der way. Mr.. Castle thought ii would
be a mistake to appoint general chair
man of the sports division.
at is much BETTER he said, "tO
have chairmen for the particular bran
ches and have them personally respOn
sible to the board Of directors, and not
have the intermediary of a general
sports chairman. Mr.. Rawlins, for In
stance, is so familiar with the whole
swimming situation that IL would be
nonsense to have him responsible to
a general chairman, rather than direct.
ly to the board
Baseball Another Prospect .
The, board agreed that this advice
was sound, and will act on It, Baseball
was another moot question. Mr.. Castle
VOLUNTEERED to submit a plan which he
believed would make series Of games
good drawing card and his offer was
gladly accepted
All the directors took home with
them for study overnight and today
tentative programs and lists of event.
given in the past and proposed this
year, showing what the budget esti
mates on them had been, what they
cost actually to produce, and what was
the profit or loss on theH!N