Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-23

Respondent in feather cloak and he'll
met, and capes and holokus Of tapa,
and wearing ancient ornaments found
now only in the treasure cabinets of
some Of the Oldest Hawaiian families,
PASSED among the several islands and,
dividing into groups, each group go
ing TO its individual island.
"kapup Is Removed.
When the islanders had taken their
places the high priestess, part unusu-
ally well played by Mrs. Rosalie Blais.
dell. who directed the pageant. accom-
panied by young girl as attendant,
mounted to a platform on Floating
island, where prayers were offered
for forgiveness and for the purifiea4
ton of the people. The prayers were
ended by the sacrifice of the high
priests attendant, and the "kapu" was
declared removed.
This was followed by hula dancing
en- all the islands, and the chanting Of
ancient meles to the thump of gourdsi
and the swish of grass skirts. The
next spectacle was a visit by Kameha-i
meha, played BY George Kaia. to the
various islands accompanied by q
large retinue of chiefs and their at
tendants. This portrayed the conquer
ing Of all the islands by Kamehameha
and the ceding Of Kauai. Through
other spectacles was portrayed the
breaking OF the kapu and the bring
ing to life of the young girl sacrificed
BY the high priest
Characters In Parade.
AS finale the entire company took
part in q parade which passed the di-
rector's box and In front of the aud
fence. In the parade were many new
characters, including Kamehameha II,
Konia and daughter, Bernice Pauahi,
missionaries. chiefs and Isaac Davis
and John Young, gnnners knighted by
Kamehameha. As the parade passed,
hearty applause came from the spec
tators, seemingly as mark Of appre-
citation for the part which the Hawai-
ians have played in the Carnival
The pageant was among the m0st
successful as we'll as the most spec.
tacnlar and beautiful OF its kind ever
seen in Honolulu, It was characters
tically Hawaiian; reaction. as II
were, of that part Of the islands his
tory which has gone down In poetry
and literature. With its wealth Of
color, ifs display of innumerable fine
Hawaiian types and It's clean-cut, for
chile action, the pageant long will be
remembered by those who Witnessed
It.
Arrangements for the pageant were
made BY and rehearsais held under
the direction Of the descendants Of the.
clans Of Hawaii. OF which there are a
large number In Honolulu.
Directorgeneral James d. Dougher.i
.ty said
ION behalf OF myself and coworkers
in the 1916 Carnival. wish to express.
the greatest possible measure of
thanks to Puea-a-M akakaualii BlaisdeIl
and Ke0hookalani Refs, together with.
their many assistants, for the elegant
Hawaiian Pageant of yesterday. These
ladies / know full well have worked
long and hard to accomplish the great
success they made Of their contribu.7
tion to the 1916 Carnival know this
for the reason that ] have watched
them since they proposed making q
Hawaiian exhibit during this Carnival
There are too many of those who
participated for me to undertake to-
thank them individually and 4 there
fore take this means of extending To-
one and all q big Aloha from everyone
in Honolulu for their efficient seryt1
ees."
The Characters.
The characters were taken as fol-.
lows