The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-13
BIG PAN-PAC|F|C
BUILDING VILE Be
OPENEDSATURDAY
Banquet and Addresses win Be
Features Of the Formal
Ceremony
LUAU win PIG, POI AND
CHICKEN TO BE SERVED
View Of Seven Dioramas Of Ha-
wall Wonders viii Follow
the Dinner

The Pan-Pacihc Building, occupying
the full length Of Bishop Pari, will be
opened Saturday at six O'Clock in the
evening with Pacific banquet, TO
which the leading men OF all races IN
Hawaii will be welcomed. Mrs. II. e.
Palmer viii serve an Hawaiian luau.
dinner, with plenty Of pig and chicken.
A thew departure" will be made as
an experiment. The Psn.Pacihc Club
las invited as its guests the officers and
number of the members of the Chi.
rose chamber Of commerce, the Japan
csc chamber of commerce, as well as Of
the Chinese United Societies, and other
workers in Honolulu not familiar with
the English language, these to be enter
tanned in the mauka hall, where no
speeches will be made in English and
where the visitors may entertain them.
selves, either converting with each
other, discussing business AFFAIRS, or, IL
they wish, they may have their own
speakers. Everyone of any nationality
In Hawaii who speaks English and at.
tends the banquet is invited to be pres.
ent in the makai hall, where speeches
will be made in English.
Many Prominent Speakers
There will be prominent speakers,
and at this dedication dinner the co.
operation of all races of the Tacifle In
Hawaii will be the one topic for dis
cussion. War and peace will be abso,
lrtely forgotten, and it is believed that
practical plans win be formed for co.
/ operative effort on the part of all races
of Hawaii to work together in the flu
ture for the advancement of the best
interests of this Territory. asy
After the luau.dinner those from botn
halls will meet together in the great
l75-foot corridor, on the Eva side or
which will be displayed the seven
scenic wonders Of Hawaii, prepared by
Lionel Walden and d. Howard Hitch.
cock. The building will be closed
Sunday, but Monday it will be opened
for the, purpose of inspection by those
who have contributed in any way to
1.-THE success Of Pan-Paeiie Day through !
their subscriptions to the floats or in
helping on the dioramas. A registry
book will be kept, that each visitor
may sign his or her,name on this open
ing day. ia w T.. s -.
On Tuesday and Wednesday admis.
sion will be charged to the hibiscus
show, which will be given in the two
great halls, and this will include ad,
mission to the dioramas. On Thursday
the building win be thrown open free
to the public, and win remain so for
the rest Of the week. r .,.
II is hoped that arrangements will be
completed to have the Pan.Paeific
Building remain standing ali during
the tourist season, as several of the
Pacific countries, on first hearing of the
proposed 1917 Pan. Pacific Exposition
In Honolulu, rushed on exhibits that
are now arriving, and it is the desire
Of the Pan-Paciflc Club to let the pub.
lie see something Of the kind of ex.
hibits the people of the Pacific are
likely 10 send to the great 1920 exposi.
| tion. .-'f :.
VIII Exhibit Paintings
| As soon as the first rush crowds have
{ seen the great dioramas, it is the inten-
tion Of the Pan Pacific Club to put on
exhibition in the two great halls, paint.
ings OF Hawaii; by our native artists
and those who are visiting us. One
of the halls win probably be used to
exhibit Orinetal paintings and tapes
tries. In the center of the halls will
be exhibitions of the handiwork Of the
Hawaiian people and others in the Ter
ritory, the chief idea of the Pan.Pa-
cifie building being to interest pur own
/ people in home industry and art, and
to give helping hand TO the young
Hawaiians who are now beginning to
originate self,supporting new handi,
crafts, that are appreciated by tourists
and visitors.
In front of the building the lei won.
4 en- and mat makers, as well as the tapa
heaters from Miss Alexander 3 "Lani-
akeaO will be in evidence, and in every
way IL will interest the public in the
work and handicrafts of our Hawaiian
people. ~,
Immediately prior to the Pan, Pacific
banquet Saturday evening, with Cap.
tain Berger leading the Hawaiian
Band, on one side and that of the In.
dustrial Boys School on the other, the
Pan.Pacitic arch will be unveiled This
arch makes a splendid centerpiece to
the building; with its groupings Of Pa.
cifc people and the giant surf.board
riders surmounting it. This true work
OF art as well as the building, Is the
work Of Gordon osborne. 1t is expect
ed that Ex-President Dole, Ex- Govern
or Frear and many prominent citizens
will assist in the ceremony, M (. r..
The Pan-Pacifc building itself is the
one pure bit Of Hawaiian architecture
in the Territory, The columns are cast
from molds of eocoanut trees that serv-
ed as posts for the old lanai of the
Outrigger Club. Four perfectly cast
cocoanuts surmount each column and
above these diverge three fronts, cast
from the young eocoanut tree, and
these form the arches of which there
are two-score, for the entire building
is nearly three hundred feet IN length,
and h entirely surmounted by these
| arches