Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-23
Gray Haired Parents and Small
:. fotS inite 10 Make Success
:of Annual Event
TEAHoUsE FLOAT,
PRIZE. WINNER, MADE
AT COST OF s122.5o

Thousands OF people fast night Z
x applauded the beautiful tea-house
x float, which won first place in the
y Japanese lantern parade. Ii was
y the entry OF the japanese Con
tractors Association II cost =
= $I22.50, as follows
Lumber and other materials,
u $50: track, $3.50; labor, s54; z
three workingmen's wages. S.
The officers OF the association :
= which entered the float are NJ. =
n ohta, president; Goto, secretary, <
= ana NJ. Akimoto, treasurer. Z
X <
=Ra Eas EEE zEEE =.
Bobbing paper lanterns in many col
ors. huge butterflies on slender ban-
boo reeds, flutteryin cherry blossoms,
glass wind bells. gaily painted umbrei.
las of paper. bright kimonos on Japan
csc women and brighter ones on the
children with them-this is a bit OF
the vision which the onlooker who
saw the Japanese parade last night
win carry in his memory long after
the 1916 Mid-Pacific Carnival is over.
There will be sounds TO carry in
memory. too The sounds Of marching
feet: the boom of gongs, the twang-
twang of japanese guitars, the tinkle
OF wind bells, the gay cheers from
happy marchers and the clapping OF
hands from those who looked on
Ii was their share in the Carnival,
and from all parts of town came jap
anese TO march in the parde. Men.
boys, women. girls and whole fami-
lies with half dozen children came
early and joined in.
Walked With Lanterns.
There were also japanese in auto
mobiles and Japanese in wagons, but
most OF the crowd was contented 70,
walk. each with the bobbing lantern,
swung above him.
@Banzai George Washington. cried
the clowns. and swung 'hip-hip-hip-
ping into step amid the laughter and
applause from the sidewalks.
Early In the evening the crowd be-
gan TO gather at Aala park. and there
was scarcely a moment of delay in
starting the march. 1t passed up Bere7
tania TO Nuuanu. down Nuuanu 10
King and out to the Palace grounds.
Many unique floats we're evident,
and there we're beautiful costumes
without number
The Japanese Aiyukai Association
again won first prize REORGANIZATION,
as they did last year. These boys,
.eaifiet great white star lanterns, Join.
ed each TO each by wide bands of red.
white and blue ribbons There were
Just As stars, and the whole represent
ed the Stars and Stripes
Nippu Jiji Display
The Nippu Jill, Japanese newspaper
displayed. a long line OF cherry cos
TUNED narehers. with cherry bios
som shirts of pink. and branches of
cherry trees on which they hung their
lanterns.
Boys from the Japanese high school
and the Young Men-s Buddhist Assoc
citation marched in uniform, keeping
time to the beat or the drum The
Moiiifli district Japanese wore flag
costumes and sharply pointed hats
Many Organizations carried pictures
of George Washington. and the Amer.
lean flag was everywhere displayed.
japanese characters we're generally
conveniently translated into English
print for the convenience OF the spec,
Nafchefs from the Hawaii Shinpo
carried ffeen ribbons and lanterns ON
long poles. and cheered merrily as
they walked
uhirline barber pole inside an
49, =