The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-29
WIND AND SHOWER
SPOIL LAST Event
Or THE CARNIVAL
As Water Pageant Comes to an
Untimely End, Rain Chases
People Home .
Marine Parade and SearchIight-
Steam Combination Prove
Brilliant SpectacIeS

Due to an unavoidable series Of mis-
fortunes the final event of the Mid
/ Pacific ARRIVAL, the water pageant and
! fireworks display in the harbor last
night was disappointment to the great
crowds which thronged to see il and
to the promoters who worked hard and
! faithfully to stage II.
Not more than half the features i'm
tended, were given, and to add TO di7-
! comtiture OF spectators and workmen,
rain set In shortly after the marine
parade ended; il sprinkled intermlt-
! tently and gradually increased In force
| until shortly after ten clock the pre-
| cipitatioh became real downpour that
| drove the crowds from the bleachers
and piers to the uptown streets and
their homes.
The water carnival confidently was
expected to prove a gorgeous, fitting
! elimination to an ideal week of gay
ETY., unmarried Heretofore by weather
conditions, and there is no doubt it
would have been fully up to expeeta
tion had not III luck made its appear
1 Set Pieces Go over t
i
harbor, whose onslaught tore away ahl
dumped into the bay all save one Of the
! many big set pieces so painstakingy
( prepared by w. r. Priestley and his
co-workers. With these went vast
| quantity Of other paraphernalia, leav-
ing only the rockets and star shells.
Etorts were redoubled in the evening
to get wires reset and the different
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Justice to Mr.. Priestley, who was re.
sponsible for the display, it was an.
nounced that the failure Of so much
Of the affair was no fault Of his. No
one had worked harder TO make the
event perfect, the awe inspiring, mag
niRceht thing il had been advertised,
than did he.f y 's'
carnival Event Good ..F.s 3
Yet as far as the water carnival
went il was praiseworthy, and the
features of the early evening reused
the highest anticipation in the thous
ands who filed every available foot
of space on the piers along the front
and housetops about the city.
+ - IL opened promptly on time, the open
ing signal at eight o'clock announcing
the marine parade 3 approach. In this
1
every kind and size, ranging from the
tiny outriggers and the youth on sur
board to mammoth barges and the four
submarines of the Rsciass. Strings of
electric bulbs and strings and masses of
brilliant red japanese lanterns made Of
these vessels rare and ghostly shapes,
from which incongruously issued gay
noises Of laughing merrymakers and the
music Of bands, made mellow and RIGA
when waited across the water from
afar. =.
Throughout this feature, which con,
tlnued for the better. part of an hour
the crowds gave lnstintcd and well earn.
ed praise to the indir idual and assem-
bled floats and craft. ,e
Other Good Features .E .r-"I#
The best of the entertainment how
ever, from the spectators standpoint
plainly was the combination of search
Lights and steam, and searchlights and
showers Of manmade stars which were
shot up to heaven TO dim the real gems
OF the upper vaults. For it is 10 be
remembered that until the very last
hour the sky overhead and toward the
west, whach the people faced, the sky
was quite clear and the heavens thoul b
dark were beautifully star-sprinkled.
| From the searehlights, stationed near
the American Hawaiian wharyes at the
west end of the bay, huge Stats of bril-
liaHt color, Of dark, rare rose, blue,
yellow and purple shot up and over
the heads OF the watchers. Like bars OF
something more material than smoke or
steam they swung TO aud fro, IN Tau
shapes, then criss'cross, then blending
to a combination OF richness such as
one sees rarely save IN dreams.
Through a fan FORM OF kissing steam
ciond they played with effects the spec
tator could scarcely nave bei.eNed pos
sioie had ne NOT seen ", On the Wri.n,
thg streams OF smoke ieit by star sneiis
they piayeu 10 Ding lotth taihpoW nuts NJ,
more oeantitutt sueh were possipie'
itslh s,e rsIhoV ~, Itsen'
AIT blo o'ls niDisc
Many VI the "shyroehets were gi1','
gus eoior tohes, SOM nH ~" Soy"', ~ 49,
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STAT ~ e iP Oi oach pal. M ny,
tnuie tne SCI Peittins ""ans' so'r
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