Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-31
.SHRINERS greet
POTENTATE AND
VISITING PARTY
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docked at Hilo yesterday morning,
James S. t''Sunny JIM McCandless.
member of the Imperial DiSan, and
! Thomas E. Wall and n. 3. Young,
members of Aloha Temple, boarded
! the steamer and extended to the In
perial Potentate and the visitors the
aloha Jf 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 well
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
Imperial Potentate Stevens passed
down from the ship and up the dock.
accompanied by Mr. Wall, who is po-
tentate of Aloha Temple. The I'M
perial Potentate entered a gaily decor
ated automobile, Respondent in Shrine
colors prepared for him by s. 8. Pax
son, and was escorted to the Alex
ander Young Hotel by the Hawaiian
Band and automobiles filed with
local Shriners.
To meet Imperial Potentate Stevens
is to instantly like him.
IAk
This is my sixth trip to the Pacific
coast" he said, 'tand can assure you
/ have enjoyed it. Yes, think | am
going to like Honolulu In fact, /
know / am. We stopped at Hilo,
which is beautiful little city. The
volcano is Undesirable. 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. II was truly revelation. go
The reception which has bevn &C
corded myself and the other visiting
Shriners is wonderful. | have never
seen anything like it anywhere. ]
have known Sunny Jim" McCandless
for years. You may say fer me that
Aloha Temple stands away at the top
in Shrinedom. There is nothing ahead
Of it. With McCandless at it's head,
it is looked upon as the temple.
"climate Just Suits"
Yes, | am sure / am going to like
Honolulu This climate just suits me.
l have spent considerable time IN the
West indies, so you see l am peculiar
ly adapted to the climate you have
here
Imperial Potentate Stevens is here
to make an inspection of Aloha Tenn
pie. In this work he will be assisted
by James K. Chandler of Kansas City,
who is Imperial Outer Guard. These
men, with Mr., ,McCaldless, make
THREE members Of the Imperial Diyan
now in Honolulu.
Upon arrival in Honolulu, each Wis
iting Shriner was presented with
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 &C
for them in advance
This considerably relieved the situa-
ton 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. 6 O'Clock
there will be a luau, with Hawaiian
music and hula dancing. Poi, puaa
hee, inamona, moa and all the other
dainties of a 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
purposes.
Tomorrow afternoon comes the big
event for the local members of the |
order-20 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 Tenn |
pie. A special reception committee"
will be awaiting them. What happens |
after that will ever be a mystery tC |
he public.
Parade Tomorrow.
At I O'Clock there will be special |
business session of Aloha Temple. At /
|: 80 there will be parade-with the |
in, but not of, 1t. Up Ala
tea street to P6retania. to Fort. to |