Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-15
10000 MAKE MERRY WITH SAMMIES
ATSCHOFIELD At RED CROSS SHOW

PIP there" to Iaraphrase over
There civilians ana soldiers alike
took in Schofieid circus on the rem
Saturday night.
Il has TO be taken on the rim for
there was SO much to see and do at
the fete there as not time 10 do II
sedateIy And anyway no one wanted
10 be sedate. for everyone. civilians,
high and low, enlisted men and or
GERS, ana all their women folk were
out TO provide funds .nr a serious
purpose, and to do SO with true Amer
Icdn generosity
Any estimate OF the crowd which
/ ElaCeS it below 10000 is conservative,
because all Of the SChOtield troops
ere present with hundreds OF others
from the coast artillery from the sea
posts and the infantry at Fort Shat
ter augmented by at least 2pup civil
lians from Honolulu.
Many OF the civilians motO~cd to
| SchOfield, but many others and some
| 1000 soldiers went by special train.
| 1t was On the train that the fun OF
the evening began. all being kept
! orderly by caTiCatuTed. "COunty
sheriff" protected by gray Whiskers
! and an ancient gun. Peanut boys
and Hawaiian musicians added the
circus fun, even Gov. h.. +. Pinkham,
| Gen. John F. Wiser, and staff III a
| speciai observation car at the rear,
joining in The peanut eating contests.
Some OF the separate batteries Of
| the Schofield Barracks had special
cars also in which their invited guests
rode, as did members OF the Phoenix
lodge and their fair companions.
The opening and one OF the main
events OF the evening was the circus
| parade, participated in by many iE
costume and the light and heavy field
artillery batteries.
Many Enjoy Dancing
+ Dancing was The major form of en-
| tertainment 1Or me evening, after
everyone mad done the concessions.
there was dancing ON an open all
payltllon, On the lawn tennis courts,
over winch there was spread a great
piece Oh canvas, ana IN the officers
CluD quarters. one Of the Hercuiean
| tashs VI the evening Tell TO the mas
| ter OF ceremonies VINO mad 10 try and
| Keep the open air paTllnOn from be-
ing Jammeu by the cancers. he even
| TeoOrled 10 guile to clear the moor
| IOr an exhibition Oh the sammy IOX
! LrOt ny MauaLGe Lester ana escort
he announced that the eXhlUItlon
would be gwen on the lower part OF
was a stampede IN mat erection the
tWo dancers appeared on The pavilion
80 great Was tue crowd Lnat only
a sinai portion Or lnose plesent were
aOIe to get near the CABARET SNOW
where the singing OF Over There by
a quartet from me Y. NJ. T.. A, anG
the "Marselllalse, by MRS. Robbins
ahuersOn, accompanied by Mrs. l.
Iueier, Dl ought great APPLAUSE. An
oLner enJoyaure number was lue dane
ing o. lue A11ague sisters.
! 1uesa II Was IN the concession
zone that the thousands OF sololers
ana the sprlnkllng OF civilians mad {
carnival OF pleasure, maKIng tHt
rounds OF SIDE SHOWS, where seisna
SIrIs, the court OF injustice, the
seven wonders OF Oahu, tight rope
walker ana fortune telling gyPsles en-
ltertaIned the money-spen1Ing crowd
SuCh thirst was exhibited by tne
crowd that SOFT drink establishment
which advertised a drink guaranteed
to get your dander up disappeared
as quick as would a division OF HUI
SOLDIERS, ii they had suddenly m1;er
IalIzea at Schofield.
Pink lemonade, red hots" and pea
nuts supplied all circus coloring other
wise lacking. Many women in tnt
costume or Red Cross nurses were {
reminder that the circus was for tn,
cause,
One of. the interesting circus stunts
was an exhibition or a caterpillar
turning around in a iwo-foot space
Another hit was the shooting CALLER,
where man sat on cross beam 81,
feet above a pool of water. Whel
a ball hit the trigger he submerged
quicker than "a German submarine il
sight of an American gun.
Despite the tremendous crowd il
such comparatively small quarter
|
evenings pleasure. Soldiers and civl
/ lians met on terms of the creates
fraternity, many a civilian envying thu
soldier boys who were strong favorite
with the dancers of the gentler sex
In fact, almost all of the male civilian
got some idea Of what it must be t,
wear "cits" in a country where onl,
the uniform is the badge which get
respect. But, in spite of this, the sol
diers did their best to make the NAL
civilian visitors feel at home. ever
though they were CONSPICUOUS in thei
cts
Notable among the costumes wer
those worn by black-faced comedians
: soldiers in the disguise of Red eros
nurses, another as blonde societ
belle, who really passed for a woman
until closely inspected; clowns and
Harry Lauder, who sold red hots.
He sold SO many that he got the frs
=. prize for the vendors, but a peanu
: seller On the train, by the name Q