The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-21
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THRIFTBAMD
PARA DE s. I'M
FULL FORCE
Thotlsa, lds Of Children
Inspire CRY III 4.
MelO Drive
P1trjotic N Yo,ir,esters
Set Esan,ple !.
-. u. For ,El6ers 81.
LON M.G...Ameriea. p,a.triotir

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- andiproud of'itj poured, in
steady stream along King, Stree
Yesterday thousands after thou
sands Of children parading as Ho
nolulu's Army Of Thrift, Thor,
oughly impressed themselves
withnthe Importance Of the occa.
sion that had brought then, to,
gether, the sight Of. the trudging
ranks impressed the other thou.
sands who lined the route of the
procession, and Honolulu receiv-
cd it's second lesson in what the
men~of Hawaii are preparing to
fight for. TheNwomen o. the city
gave the first lesson the Children
the second. ~ . ~ p :.
Tots of four and five years old,
each waving his;or her Stars and
Stripes and stepping out, to the
music of"Over There, up to de-
mure young, ladies and =, square
shouldered young men, were in
the line, with all the Intermediate
steps of youth from babyhood up.
Gallant young cadets from the
Honolulu Military Academy, and
Punahou; brisk girls, verging upI
on womanhood, marching as Girl.
Scouts, as sailor lassies from Put
nahou, or as grave. seniors. from
Mckinley High and the NormaIi,
pantalooned Chinese girls ;, .gnrrI
geous, little butterflies inr kinio-
nos, and white gowned and trirl
colored capped Sisters of Liberty,
followed each other in endless march
ing ranks, with boys of all kinds and!
descriptions ,.s. @H
Scoat Prominent. va 80 sRf,7ta
The Boy Scouts were out in force.
of course, this parade being preemi,
nently one in which the Scouts could
and should play a leading part, and
there were Color BEARERS at regular
intervals! and four bands, two military
Experimentation the Coast Artil4
Iery and Twenty-ffth aInfantry-the
st. Louis College band and the GirIs,,
Band of the Salvation Army, looking
trim and businesslike in semi Scout cos.
tunes, Of Khaki, .'' 81 ~ 80 u
The grim business of the war was
not forgotten In the 'InidAt'A Of thu
cheers, the music and tie flags. Two
most affective floats drew a. contrast
between peaceful; happy sunny Hawaii,
and war stricken, blood soaked. mis-, ~. !
drenched Europe. The leading float
showed happy band of bathers, on
the beach at Waikiki Happy children
tossed sund' and laughed at the side
walk thronGs, carefully watched bv
most attractive and young looking pa,
rents. Behind this float came another:
showing she'll, wrecked cottage. he
tore which, in a wrecked garden, Iayl
the blood sPattered corpse Of a mother
and beside her the twisted form OIL;
her hoy, victim Of Hun kuItur. Each d,
hoat was most realistic and The two
helped drive home the lesson of fhe
marching, fag.waving thousands of tho, {,
Army of Thrift. 81 } =. ~
TO all those who appreciated the.
fact, the most impressive part of the
whole great parade was the knowledpej
mat each human atom in that lined
hlhng the street from the Capitol ,bacltHt
for many blocks, was the owner of al !.
pledge OF Indebtedness from Uncle1 ,
sam. Each little flag. waver had baek. Il
I'd his or her faith in the government !,
~ lending it money, in the maiorityH!,
't instances money earned and psavedH =
md in many instunees money loanedlI .
o the government through a real audIi
actual sacrifice. e" ~ ,T'.r 4
Never has Aala" Park where thel 7
parade formed, been invaded by suchI
IN army Of patriots. I Many HrarriedN
heir War SaVings stamp cards with q
hem, and during the Subsequent paradei ;.
waved these as often as they did theirIi !,
title Stars and Stripes. Tie two COL y
ogethcr in the children's caiculations.l o
The children came to their rendez. ',
Gus with all the spirit of going to Al r
80 - " fNthNNo' II was JUST tnpit -
anne old running 6ither and thithcrI y
o find their units; htrrying here and Z
here to find ,mOmentarily lost Titled
t alive; busting eYFywhere, filled :,
9Th enthusiasm and anxious to do any. y
hing that would give them ap ,oppor 4 =
unity tp show how really and traiyH y
nd thoroughly American they verb gdn "a
his bright morning, each realizing howl "A
important hiA presence was to sweIII
ne ranks OF the Home Army of Thrift II
M,"ktng the Overseas Army of Defense, J.
'fN ~ ni"k"i* and dimes and dollars. a
Veil SystematizedF y % - u
The park was roped of in long rect ii
ocular 7no"es, all openiug into King ~
trf"t, for the reception of the school II
mts. Evervthing was systematic, but u
wouldn't be a boys and girls dnv Fl
all didn't run around BIT and be Il
Xrited and call out to ono another
la Hey, Skin-n-a-y." At the h.