The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-03-02
Hundreds Of Children Join In
Anti-Saloon Services and
rs Recite Oath q. .a.I.
DOCTOR BAKER SPEAKS III Z.
49," TO LlNcoLN-LEE LEGION
Two Professions, Headed BY
Bands, Meet To Participate
In Rousing Rally e.. l..
lFrom Mondar Advertiser.l

(From Monday Advertiser.) .
Lots of folk, when they saw the
parade of the Lincoln Lee Legion cam
paigners yesterday afternoon, thought
ut first that they had been misinformed
about the Mid Pacific Carnival ending
on Saturday night. Upon inquiry Of
participants, however, they learned that
Il was carnival of another kind--that
ii was an antisaloon carnival.
At two o'clock yesterday afternoon
hundreds of school children, Sunday
. school children and others who are
members Of the Lineoln-Lee Legion
gathered, one group in Thomas Square
and another Mt the Kaumakapili Church,
and formed two professions which
marched and metin the palace grounds
around the bandstand, near the gate at
the eornef Of King and Richards streets,
The Hawaiian band led the process.
sion from Kaumakapih Church and the
Twentyshfth Infantry band headed the
marchers coming from Thomas Square
There were probably sixteen hundred
children gathered together, and good:
ly number Of grown folks, men and
women, to watch over them, guide them
in marching and lead them in their
singing. 3ss~.'.'. IN
In Thomas Square the Twenty fifth
Infantry band occupied the bandstand
and played inspiriting pieces while
groups Of children, headed by their
teachers, came to the park from along
the numerous streets that find q meet.
ing place there. % .N.' a&
One small Japanese carried great
drum, which he whacked religiously
whenever his guiding teachers right
foot hit the ground. :.
A number of men of the United
States army, hearing the army band
and seeing the scores of little futter.
ing American flags beneath the foliage
of the square. Investigated the cause
of the jubilation. ,
"Get in and march with the pro-
cession, +" said one Of the boys in khaki
to his comrade, reposing restfully on
a green bench. 49, ~. rn
"Nothing doing, /" declared the other.
"1've had enough carnival marching TO
keep dreaming I'm on the hike for the
next week. It's good to see somebody
else do Che marching. But feel sorry
for some of those babies who we got to
walk all the way to the Capitol."
But the children were enjoying it.
Few Of them sat down when they had
an opportunity to do so, but ran about
making friends with children of other
camps. There were many placards of
white, bearing the legend "Lincoln,Lee
Campaigners, y and the bearers thereof
boys, were mighty proud Of the distinc.
ton conferred on them. Then there
were the banners of various Sunday
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ribbons, girls holding on to the ribbons
Richard H. Trent was in evidence
also John Martin and Theodore Rich
ards. Mr.. Martin showed considerable
knowledge, of military tactics in get
ting the kiddies into Tine.
Headed by the band they marched
along King street, making a brave
sight, and there, in the grounds of the
executive building, the hundreds from
. Palama and Kalihi were awaiting them,
DIR. j. W. Wadman steered everybody
to the band stand and opened the exer.
cises of the afternoon by calling on
each schools representation for its
school song. .....
Crescented about the old band stand
the boys and girls Of several races and
nationalities created q fine spectacle,
but there was not a man with q. NOV
ing-picture machine in sight. They
must have all been busy at the war Iii
Europe, with no time TO spare for such
an impressive though peaceful pageant
as was the event Of yesterday.
Doctor Wadman expressed regret
that a moving picture machine was not
in evidence. He told the children and
the teachers so, and they all felt the
same way. ~ ~
There were Chinese, japanese, Ha.
waiian, Russian and half dozen other
nationalities represented, and many
denominations of the religious world.
The singing of the children was en-,
joyed by the bystanders and by the
children themselves. Each contingent
tried to shine little brighter than
its neighbor in the rendition Of its in,
dividual song, IT, -. Il
Doctor Wadman was prompt, at the
end of each song, to fire an expression
Of praise in the direction of the per.
formers. "That's splendid, now for
the next" That was his style, and
it kept the interest and attention OF
the children.
DR.. Purley A. Baker, renowned
temperance worker and leader, was in
trodueed to the lilliputians and the
bigger children, and their adult friends
and everybody. They waved their flags
and applauded. Doctor Baker said he
was glad to have the opportunity OF
talking to them and gave them an in
teresting account of what the name OF
Abraham Lincoln meant to the temper
nnce cause. lie told how the immoral
Lincoln had led many to take the oath
of total abstinence, and he gave the
children the Lincoln oath, "With God I
help, wen see this thing through
ne asked them to reneat this oath, anC
they did so, several times, raising thei
ripht hands, AZ he instructed them
clenching their fists and, with varying
emphasis and understanding elocutinl