The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-05-15
S|MM[R|NG SANDS
OF H|[0 HOT FOR
W0ULD.BE MOBILES
Pavement Also Anything But Cool
and Armofy Warmest I
Place Of An
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AL CITY TURNS OUT TO
WATCH SHRINERs PARADE
Candidates, Modest But Heroic,
Make Fine Show For the !.
BIG Crowds

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HILO, May ~ Not over She s'hoi
sands, > but the hot pavement, was the
path Of the pilgrimage followed by The
Mobiles Of the Mystic Shrine aud their
victims a. noon todhy, a. shsy piradta
through the streets Of Ililo to the delec.
tation Of the 6ninitikted II was the
latter who had az the fun, but the fear.
less candidates, for che most a part,
smiled theerfullJ and hung on 10 the
big cnblo they we're attached TO, and
tried to lobk as though they did not
mind wearing grass skirts or pajames
in public. +.
II was sshot time y in good eafnest,
for although Il threatened rain early In
the day, Il cleared on long before noon
and the sun shohe down In all its in
tensity and warmed things up in fnsl
style for the parade part Of the pill
gfimage. The mobiles, In their dresl
suits aud red fezzes, each carried ALT
tie Japanese umbrella and 80 had som,
relief, but the candidates all walked
bare-headed and most Of them bare
legged.
All Hilo turned out Ia. see the fun.
but had 10 wait for an hour or mors
past the time set, ~ there was dela,
in getting the capdidates IN shape. Il
Is whispered about town now that soIns
Of them baked at the last moment, bu'
they were finally brought up to thu
scratch and, once started, there was nc
drawing back. "a : 49, \
Each candidate for nobility bore two
pIaeafds, one before and one behind
and In some cases II added TO the inter
est aa wen as to, the modesty Of the oc
casion; and some Of the signs were
cute. There was Poor Old Cole; God
Help His SOUL; and 3 Poor Ola Cole
tried to look cheerful as lunch tirns
passed and the final initiation time ap
preached.
Then there was County Auditor Sap
Spencer, whose placarded cry for he'll
1tltre was Df. n. y. Sexton, who mufeb
advised; & II you want good doctor
eall Brown, =. J. Smith, Of the iiilt
Gas Company, was bIezoned forth e
the public as . Hot Air Smith. - And
so 1t went aud the crowd apparently
had no sympathy for the victims, bns
laughed to their hearts content.
The pilgrimage started just before
one O'Clock from the Hilo armory, and
was headed by the county band; thei
followed the Aloha Temple Arab Pa
troll with Capt. Harry Dennison in com
mand, and they made a fine showing IN
their bright green Oriental uniforms
and red fezzes. The patrol formed the
guard Of honor FOR Potentate Lester Pc
trie in his gorgeous robes OF Office
which dimmed the style Of the Other
high mobiles with him.
Then in pairs, two and two, each Will
his little umbrella, came the mobiles
They all looked expectant, as though
the fun TO follow would compensate fol
the toll Of the moment. Not so thu
candidates.. who. followed after, plac
arded and ragged, bizarre orr Orwell
not exactly Ia any style one has seer
since the stone age.
Aid SO they marched up Hhipmar
Street to Knhio Street and the fedora
building, where they we're paradet
around and finally lined up under tbs
massive columns ON the steps and wers
subjected to several photographs at diff
ferent angles This seemed to be rub
bling il in to the candidates, and-therl
were many nervous cries ofs 0 &
:. Hurry up. oh, hurry UP, therel,p ]
tsThis Is fiereei"
f"Oh. Lord, but It Is hotH'
But the photographer took his time
and SO did the sun, and the complexioni
of the victims rapidly changed, for moi
one Of them had q hat.
All along the line OF march, from the
federal building down Pitman Street Y
Church or Hall Street, then to Front
Street, and back on Front to 6hipmap
Street, then 10 the armory again, there
were personal greetings. And Oh, what
a thankful, sunburned bunch gathered
In the shady armory--for q time. Bni
as hot as the street pilgrimage proved
TO be, IL was like a cool, shady oasis
compared 10 the hot time which fol
lowed behind locked and guarded
doors. tfc.
That there might be no danger Of res
cue or interruption, no matter how loud
the cries Of agony might be. two husky
members Of Company ,, Twenty NTH
Infantry, were placed on guard At the
door, fully armed, who greeted all sps.
picious wanderers with the stern quesl
ton:
Say, are you Shrinerf7
But outside the guard limits there
gathered in shady spots the nervous and
fearful relatives Of the doomed. But
after the first round the strain proved
to be too much for the majority, aud
they departed in q hurry to escape the
groans and shfieks Of delight which
issued from the armory for the next two
hours.
just what was done is, Of course, a
mystery Of the Mystiest but that Il was
"good aud plenty Is vouched for by
the sympathetic outsiders, who could
hear. even if they could not see. Cct
easionally the proceedings were inter
rupted by an explosion like giant IRE
cracker or bomb then for a moment
there would be silence, broken, perhaps
by joyous laughter punctuated with
cries of despair.
Meanwhile John Romans was prepar
ing the banquet at the Hilo Hotel foI
the reeuperafion Of the new mobiles, Z II
when the initiation was over the vic