Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-03-31
SHRINERS greet
POTENTATE AND
VISITING PARTY
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! dOcked at HilO YESTERDAY morning
James 8. .c'Sunny JIM McCandless
member OF the Imperial Diyan, and
Thomas F. Wall and n: B. Young,
members of AIOha Temple. boarded
the steamer and extended to the I'm,
perial potentate and the visitors the
aloha Df the Hawaiian Shriners.
Honolulu Shriners and residents
! thronged Pier this morning upon the
arrival Of the Great Northern. The
Hawaiian Band played several snappy
selections by way OF a musical vel.
come to the visitors Greetings were
exchanged from dock to ship and
James D. Levenson, pennant in hand,
led the cheering by Aloha Temple.
The members of the Arab Patrol, at
tired in natty white uniforms and
wearing the symbolic yellow lei and
red fez, lined up opposite the gang
way and presented their sabers as
down from the ship and up the dock,
accom- panied by Mr.. Wall, who is po-
tentate of Aloha Temple The I'M
perial Potentate entered a gaily decor
ated automobile, Respondent in Shrine
coloTs prepared for him by s. s. Pax
son, and was escorted to the Alex
ander Young Hotel by the Hawaiian
Band snd automobiles filed :, with
local Shriners. ..a 49,.
To meet Imperial. Potentate Stevens
is to instantly like him. t. ... ..-s
Aloha Temple Stands High. s4r
This is my sixth trip to the Pacific
coast" he said, and l can assure you
| have enjoyed it.. Yes, think am
going to like Honolulu. In fact, ]
know am. We stopped at Hilu,
which is a beautiful little city. The
volcano is indesoribable cannot be-
gin to tell you what / thought of it.
When looked into that seething cal,
dron of molten lava and flames, it was
hard TO believe that the spectacle was
real. IT was truly a revelation.
The reception which has bean ac.
corded. myself and the other visiting
Shriners is wonderful. j have never
seen anything like it anywhere. ]
have known Sunny Jim" McCandless
for years. You may say for me that
Aloha Temple stands away at the tor
in Shrinedom.. There 10 nothing ahead
of it. With McCandless at its head,
it is looked upon as the temple. ~
"Ctimate Just suits" .,.~ j. IA. LII
Yes, / am sure am going to like
Honolulu. This climate just suits me,
have spent considerable time IN the
West indies. so you see am peculiar
ly adapted to the climate you have
here" -" .f..x- -. . ,;
Imperial Potentate Stevens is here
to make an inspection of Aloha Tenn.
pie In this work he will be assisted
by James E Chandler of Kansas City,
who is Imperial Outer Guard. These
men, with Mr.. McCandless, make
three members of the Imperial Diyan
now in Honolulu.
!. Upon arrival in Honolulu, each Wis
iting Shriner was presented with a
special badge While on the way from
Hilo to Honolulu, N. 3. Young did CO
lossal service by securing the names
of all the visitors and arranging ac-
commcdations for them in advance.
This considerably relieved the situa.
tion upon their arrival in Honolulu.
Reception and Luau.
A reception for the visitors will be
held at the Seaside Hotel at o'clock
this afternoon by the members of
Aloha Temple and ladies. At O'Clock
there will be a luau, with Hawaiian
music and hula dancing. Poi, puaa
hee, inamona,. moa and all the other
dainties of Hawaiian feast will be
served to the guests of Aloha Temple
No plans have been laid for the
evening after the luau, but it is pre-
sumed that small parties of visitors
and local Shriners will be formed for
sightseeing purposes.
Tomorrow afternoon comes the big
event for the local members of the
order-z0 novitiates will be initiated
into the mysteries of the Shrine. They
are picked candidates-picked for
their soundness of limb and wind,
their perfect health, their strength
and their fortitude," according to one
of the order, from nearly 100
At noon they are to pre-
sent themselves at the Masonic TEN
pie. A special reception committee"
will be awaiting them. What happens
after that will ever be a mystery tc
the public.
Parade Tomorrow. ,....
At / o'clock there will be special /
business session of Aloha Temple. At |
1880 there will be parade-with the |