The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-11-23
Ad Club win Open the Ball and
Start the Week Off With a
Bang-Events Include Plenty
to FIN Up a Busy Six Days
JAPANESE LANTERN PARADE
AND "A NIGHT IN JAPAN
Military Parade Of Horse, Foot
and Guns, With Other Special
Military Events and a SWIM
ming Match For Service Men


A..@ - H. $500
A working program was announced
yesterday by the board of carnival di-
reetors. No doubt it will be changed
in many details before the opening,
either as necessity may Indicate or sec,
md thought suggest, but it will remain
in essentials the framework around
which the finished production will be
bnilt. ~ r.
The plan adopted has been first to
determine as nearly as possible the
preferences of the public. The direc-
tors did not wish to give the kind Of a
carnival they thought the community
ought TO like, but, as nearly as they
community really wanted.
suggestions were invited by letter,
by Individual expression Of opinion, and
from those public bodies which have
assisted in other earnivals. The result
of this canvass was two outstanding
recommendations: The carnival ought
I'd be shorter and it ought TO make moro
use of local color.
Selected Best Events
With this aim in view, the board
proceeded to select the events best
adapted to meet the mandate it had re,
eeived. There was plenty of material
to choose from. In fact, it has by nc
means been possible to employ all the
ideas offered. 1t was then in order I'd
pick the men who could make the
events chosen success and, lastly, to
fit them into a well balanced program.
Such a program, to quote one of
those who gave valuable advice, must
open with a ''zip and a bang" IL
must be flexible enough to make allow.
ance for bad weather. 1t must be solid
enough to sustain interest and yet not
50 closely packed ss-to distract attsn.
ton. And il must not fzzle vaguely
ont into the limbo of forgotten things
at the end.
The working daft follows. Chair.
man have been cho en- for all but one
or two of the principal events, but not
al Of these have given their definite
acceptance, though none has refused
outright to serve. Inasmuch as this
executive staff Is bound to shift before
II becomes welded into q compact or.
ganiZatiOn, the board declined yester.
day to give out the personnel. 1t pre-
fers to announce the names one by one,
President Hagens said, as it assures it.
self of pledged acceptanees.
Ad Club TO Begin II
Opening Night Monday, February
21.-The Al Club has been asked to
lend IT'S effective organization and
varied experience to the important task
of putting fire and life into the first
event, which will be something in the
nature of an animated masque. The
object is to get out as many persons in
costume as possible. Once the crowd
has been assembled and set stirring,
given something to do and to see, it
will follow easily into the palace
air bali of all nations, followed by a
masked ball in the armOry.
Tuesday. Feb. %, First Day-The
fact that the first day of the carnival
falls this year on Washington's birth,
day largely predetermines the charac.
ter Of the card for that day. In the
morning, of course, will be the annual
military parade, this year bigger than
ever. Probably it will begin at nine
o clock or nine thirty Later in the
day it gets pretty hot for marching and
the men need time for returning TO
their posts and Kidding themselves Of
their accoutrement, so that they may
enjoy the remainder of the holiday. As
soon as the parade is over, the Sons of
the American Revolution will conduct
PattiOtic exercises, consisting Of patri-
otie music, an Grafton, and the award
of prizes for the best essays on patri
otic subjects.
Big Swimming Meet
The whole afternoon has been given
over to the swimming meet. Custom
demands that this event,
which always draws big crowd,
should. fall on a holiday. With nego-
tiations already afOOt for the presence
Of Raithel, hangers and Miss Frances
Cowells, the Pacific Coast woman cham
pion, the card this year ought to be the
best ever presented in Honolulu. A re,
lay race open to the Army, Navy Ma,
rine Corps and National Guard is bound !
10 be another strong attraction.
In the evening will be held the Ian.
tern parade, perhaps the most pictur.
'sque event in the whole Carnival. This
year it will be supplemented by "A
Night in JAPAN with allegorical
lancing such as was given at the ~,
cent coronation festival, sword play
md and smallstick work, wrestling and
Iueh other suggestions as the japanese,
With their talent for the pictorial and
he decorative, may think wise 10
,ffer. A public holiday was chosen for
hese events because it will permit a
arRer number of Japanese to take part
n them and see them than any other
lay 10 the week Saturday not excepted.
Auto And Music
Wednesday, Feb. 23, Second Day.
Il has been decided to repeat on this
lay the hibiscus exhibit which was