Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-22
DIRECTOR FORD
SAYS Pioneering
WORKNOW done
Next Pan-Pacific Pageant WIZ
Profit BY Mistakes Made
This Year

Hcno.ulu. Hawaii. Feb 81. 1917.
ar Honolulu Star.Bullet:n.


Editor Honolulu Star.Bullet!n.
Dear Sir: ] have lust read your
editorial OF last evening. ~ Pioneer
ing Achievement" That y what 4
was. Someone must break the ice. at
the risk OF falling throueh. 80 N q.
fering to take charge OF Pen-Paeific
Day, stipulated with the Carnlval
directors that the Pan Pacific Das
must have free hand, f'usncinS its
own day and the dioramns.
This Was agreed 10 and could haze
been Insisted on. yet. IN point OF fact,
the directors did assist. Today there
Is force OF men In Honolulu who
can run big pageant | shou ! not
have TO try Il again. I could nov pick
cut the men 20 handle different de-
partments. But had to learn this ana
the Carnival committee could not
have forced assistance upon me With
out enjoying and lettering me, The
splendid men on the board recognized
this and withheld their hands IS long
as was making progress. but It the
critical moments they were az my
elbows and they pulled 4 through At
the last moment
Many promised drays did not arrive
until an hour before the start and the
floats had to be lacked upon them.
and 1t was then too late to get them
Just in line. Again the holes in Allen
street wrecked some Of the floats, and
they had to be repaired and pulled
into line later.
Placards were made for each float,
with the belief that We could later
exhibit the floats in one OF the public
squares. It was urged that they be
tackled to the floats, but ] argued that
| It would detract from their beauty,
and II Is entirely my fault that they
we're not on the floats during the
parade. Drivers were instructed 10
lead their teams afoot. but many q
them refused. and n the confusion
caused by the abominable roads OUT
| Of Fort Armstrong. there was not time
10 argue with them.
The net result OF this pioneering.
however. apart from what The pageant
itself may or may not have been. il =
staff of leading workers and artists
who now have learned something Of
the game. They should be- placed ct
work 1T once on next years pageant,
Now Is. the time TO work ont all de;
tails, obtain financial Support and pick
the MEN who are 10 do the actual
work.
The Pan-Pncific Club, II Il Is TO
have Eught to do with 1918 page
ant, will order It's own wheels and
skies and in fact already has quota
tons on these and Is planning for cos.
tuning drivers who WILL NOT ride.
The lack OF system lies with me. ]
needed more time than was at ny
disposal IN which to raise some $780,
DG9 for the pageant. the ,Pan-Pacific
naFilicn and the dforamas, besides get.
ting artists and workers together to
create and produce. Wy artists pro-
tested that I was doing them an ID.
Justice and knew e: but was
pioneering, training them for greater
| things ! know now that there II won
| derful material here and marvellous
potentialities for q 1920 Exposition. IS
well as a 1918 Carnival, and know
who can and will help. My pioneering
experience in the Carnival has been p
pleasure and delight for three months
IN should have had ninel and few
there were who were asked for sup
port and did not give Il cheerfully.
had only to ask and often was too
tired to do this. Let's get together
next Monday and see what We can DO
to help those who are to head the
1913 Carnival. Il Will be none too
soon.
Sincerely.
! ALEXANDER HUME FORD.