The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-11-27
.SHR|NERS' PARADE
is MERRY AFFAIR
Aloha Temple Presents Fine Ap-
pearance and Crowd Has Fun
At Expense of NovitiateS

bTeHNeH III RToIehquP costumes anu
performing all manner Of odd stunts,
twenty-five novitiatcs paraded the
streets Of Honolulu yesterday after
noon TO the amusement Of hundreds Of
persons who lined the main thorough.
fares TO witness what was to them
miniature circus, all of which was
merely a preliminary to what came
later when they gathered at the old
rink on upper Fort Street, where they
were made TO walk over the blisterine
sands to Shrinedum.
Leaving the Masonic Temple at one.
thirty five clock the procession pro-
oeedcd up Alakea Street to Beretania,
Eva on Beretana TO Fort and down
Fort TO King, where they turned Wal.
kiki and proceeded TO the Capitol
grounds.
Mercy Pleas Ignored
IL was at the Capitol that A. s. Pres
colt, CARRIED in red tights which were
partly hidden by short ballet skirt
balancing himself on huge juggernaut
drawn by several other novitiates,
pleaded with his tormentors for q sin.
gle minute rest. His entreaties fell
on deaf ears, and merciless laughs told
him that if he was showing signs of
weakness then, he had but little chance
to survive the afternoon. He mustered
up courage when informed by suffer
ing brother nOvitiate who had over
heard the plans for the line of march
that rest would be given them when the
Army and Navy Y. NJ. c. A. wa
reached. There they would be photo.
graphed that their likenesses might be
recorded, in case they should ever de.
| sert their Arab captors.
| Upon the back of the nan an the
| juggernaut was hung a large sign which
read: "Show me the man who ,aid
had cold feet.-Oily Prescott" ~
Others Do Stunts ...as.s. ~ J..
In large cage drawn by m old ex.
press horse were J. Brooks Brown and
+. r. Cameron. A placard attached to
Cameron end OF the cage read
Il" Don I monkey with me.--Uncle Sam I
tax expert" Brown 3 side Of the cage
was labeled "The Original J. Brooks
Brown" -. =.
J. II. Granger was keeping an ever
/ watchful eye, on q miniature mill on
4 which was card bearing the words
"The Original Koloa Min. Designed
by Kopke in lS43."
C. g. Heiser led the parade, being
dressed in holoku with a dab of rec
paint on each cheek, and pulling bag
gage truck on which rechned Z. Todd
dressed in baby clothes. A sign at the
foot of the truck read: my head il
weak. - Waimanalo Todd" "Grandms
Heiser, specialist in unlisted securi
ties, - was conspicuously pinned to tn,
resentatiye. Just as the truck on VII cl
Todd had been resting so easil!
throughout the parade reached thu
skating rink he was pulled over tn,
curbs three or four times, taxing hin
greatly to hang on. They finally endet
up by running the iron wheeled vehiel'
into telephone pole, throwing the oc
cupant TO the pavement. II wasn't al
a bed of roses for him after all.
Many Amusing signs ....
Some of the placards which wer
pinned to the backs of the various no
vitiates were as follows: 'Mercy
boys; mercy, boys. I'm friend o
Chef Irwin 's.---W. B. Mckee; "Care
full with me, boys. Drydock Smith can
I afford to lose me.--A. A. Hartman -
Hobart won I do a thing TO me wheI
: he gets me on the hot sands.--A. l
Randall; Grandma Heiser, specials
ir .infants'; "Tender with me, boys
I'm sick before 1 start, Franco
, Berry, Jr.''; ~ wish my brother TIL
ADMIRAL. was here.--Ned Madden"
: I'm be bigger man when get m
promotiou.-Capt. NJ. X. CHM; al
financial genius a la feeling good.-H
Harry HGlpern"; "I1l take anythin
they give me.-Capt. +. w. Ely"
4 When the parade arrived at the skat
e ing rink the novitiates were greeted b
J the sound of exploding firecruckert
, and all were informed they were Onl
e nearing the first line trenches, but tina
| they would soon be in the thick of tn
. battle.
4 The twenty-five victims entered tn
< rear door of the hall of terror the from
/ doors were closed and the crowd di'
( persed, wondering what the unfortr
5 mates would lock like two or thre
e hours later. '-s. ~ s-."...
n Drill Team Marches Well
incidentally members of the Aloh
e Temple of the Mystic Shrine marche
1 with the novitiates, In the line wa
{ the police patrol, followed by the Hi
e waiian band. Coming next in ordC
4 were the officers of the temple, noble
, and the Arab patrol. Following n
patrol were the novitiates, and bringin
up the rear were the other members {
Aloha temple wearing their red feze
Uniformed men of the United State
Army marched with the tuxedo-dresse
Shriners, and other than their feze
I the order that no army men shall a.
J pear in the streets in other than un
form was emphatically Obeyed,