The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-30
SARINERS.PARADE
ING[ADDEST RAGS
Mobiles Took It Easy By Rolling
Along In Automobiles As the
Victims Walked

Led by three mounted policemen, the
Hawaiian band and Lester Petrie 8 Just.
ly celebrated Arab patrol, and followed
by thirty automobiles carrying Mobiles
of Aloha Temple, twelve dignifed bust
ness men marched in undignified form
through the streets of Honolulu yester
day afternoon.
They were the only ones in the pro
eessiQn wearing ordinary habilaments,
but they made up for any possible OBJ
scurity by carrying between them n
heavy cable about six inches thick
They also wore hang dog look and
plainly did not care to be observed
At the forward or bow end Of the ropr
walked James +. Jaeger. Bystander-
in the crowds lining the streets who
stood quite close TO the line Of march
could hear him singing softly to him
self something that ended with; ''Tnl
the sands of the desert grow cold" At
the tail end came Henry c, Hapai, hum
ming a song which sounded like "For
Every Smile You Gave Me You Caused
Thousand Tears"
In short, it was the Shrincrs' parade
inaugurating the annual initiation cere
mony, when twelve novitiates were sent
across the burning sands as test oil
their hardness and ,capabhity general
" to stand the rigor of sh riner fellow
ship The parade feature was a BIZ
less Spectacular than in former years be
| cause none of the novitiates were Civ
/ en- special treatment for the benefit oil
the populace; such, for instance as th,
time a year OF two ago when they
dragged Jack Lucas along in o Gag,
with raw meat hung around him 70
decoration ..rI.. r'HH .ag@ W
! But il was stated authoritativel,
last night that in the session at tn,
skating rink in Fort street, where I'll,
real initiation took place, the candi
dates made up for this. II also was an
nouneed that a few Of them probabl,
4 will be able to be about by this after
noon or tomorrow, care having beei
taken to have the best surgeons a
hand to save them from serious injury
After the ordeal at the skating rinl
following the parade, the Mobiles an,
those Of the initiates who were abl
to sit up and take nourishment, partici
pated in banquet at the Moana Hole
last evening. H...4 ~
The parade of the afternoon forme,
at the Masonic Temple and moved froD
that point up Alakea street to Bere
tania, thence to Fort street, thence I
King and south to the plaza in from
of the Opera House. There the Ara
patrol, resplendent in green silk uni
forms topped by red fezzes wen
through, the eyqhtipps, Of several intri
cate drills, matching, counter marching
forming double crosses and other figure
for the space of half an hour.
Il They marched then to the maka
steps Of the capitol where noyitiate,
patrol and Mol les grouped for a pic
ture. They thcn marched back Kin
street, up Alakea and thence to tn
skating rink. III
, The officers OF Aloha Temple; elothe
gorgeously in, the vivid colored robe
of their Office, the sparkling green shee
of the marching patrol, the red fezze
Mobiles and the gaily decorated motor
in which the officers and Mobiles rod
made pretty spectacle. p.
The novitiates who were put throug
the ordeal were James Il. jaeger, A. /
Davidson, II. C. Hapai, DIR. Huber
, Wood, Frank G. Paetow, ]. A. Paine
c. =. Porter, Oscar Hall, Edward Al
.. drew Fisher, y, s, Army Schof Id
John Corson Grant, Signal Corps, Fol
Shafter; Horace Van. han, assistal
United States attorney.