The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-02-12
ANNUAL CARNIVAL "s
TOBE HOME AFFAIR
ANDFOR HOME FOLK
Plans Loom Up Bigger As FeS-
tive Period Draws Near and
AttractiveneSs Grows
ADMISSIONS WILL BE
KEPT TO Low FIGURE
Open Air Dance, Gay Costumes
and Decorated Automobiles
To Add To CoIorfuIneSs

Honolulu p annual carnival is close
at hand and, only week away. it looms
up large with the plans Of the com
mittee each day and each hour taking
On more definite shape. These plans
have already been largely announced
by the committee in the program which
hns been printed hut there have been
details that have required and will re-
quire attention and will grow in import
ance as the opening day draws still
nearer.
This years Carnival is home affair
for home people. 1t has not been ex-
tensively advertised ON the mainland
as n tourist attraction as we're those of
the past. Being Il home Carnival for
home folk il is not expected to be n
money making affair." The commit.
tee has not 40 designed il and il is ex.
"ected it will not "pny its own way"
In accordance with these IDEAS the com.
mittee has put the price Of admission
for the various attractions down to the
lowest possible figure SO as to open
them up to the people Of the city and
county and such visitors a. may come
from the other Islands as never before
The general admission is to be twenty.
Ave cents to these attractions but in
some instances there will he reserved
seats which will sell at fifty cents.
Open Air Dance
One of the features which is growing
in magnitude is the open air or street
lance. Representatives Of the various
nationalities resident in Honolulu have
taken this feature MP with vim and
are arranging for costume dances by
numbers of those nationalities, such
dances to be typical in style, as well as
in costume, Of the countries which the
lancers will represent.
In other ways than attendance the
committee will need the assistance of
he general public just as much as they
would If the city were full of winter
visitors. They wish TO make it as
bright as possible and as colorful as
ever and are asking all automobile
rwners to decorate their cars for the
whole of the Carnival period. They
tlso ask everyone who comes down
town to participate in the evening fes-
tivities of each day to come in costume
and thus to lend brightness to the gen
raj spirit of festivity which will be
as all pervading as usual.
The Boy Scouts will haye their share
md can be expected to dp their part a.
veil as, ever, Not only as in past
years will they assist I'M the handling
IT the crowds, they viii also have a
heir program, as already arranged
y one that is full of interest.
Hibiscus Show
Mr.. Arthur Wall will head a large
md representative committee havin<
charge of the hibiscus show to be held
saturday, February %. Many Of the
eaders in society have signifed then
willingness to cooperate with Mn Wall
making this show the finest ever
held.
The exhibition will probably be helC
the new building Of the Won Humm
Young Company on Hotel Street the
Sc of which has been granted with
h" usual public spiritedness of tina
company.
Mr.. Wall requests all growers of hi
discus to enter their exhibits and co
operate with him in making this show
# national importance. He also re-
quests that ali those having choic,
"ulms and other plants commitment,
with him ut once with a view to enter
ng these at the show
TO Be Social Function
AZ Il social function this exhibition
If Hawaii = fairest flowers and plant
PROMISES to surpass anything ever hrl,
in Honolulu; it viii be a splendid set
ing for the flower of lInwuH's wo
manhood.
Grrrit F. Wilder has entered whole
hcartrdly in the enterprise and IN
splendid energy coupled With his thor
ough knowledge of hibiscus drlrloI
memt will undoubtedly assure the SUE
'ess of the exhibition.
The Hibiscus Society of Hawaii was
established in l9ll and that year saw
he first exhibition Of this bpuutifu'
flower when some 200 Varieties of bios
SONS were shown. In the following
wear over 600 Varieties were on view
and each year thereafter the hihisru
exhibition has been one Of the biggrs'
attractions of the Carnival Week.
Last year not less than 1000 >arir
les were shown and this fact was frA
'urrd throuI hout the wotld and ha
lone much to make HaN All known Il
land Of sunshine aud flowers.
1t is confidently expected that al
lovers of flowers will respond immr
diatply and send in their names to Nj
Wall Of Wall and Doughrrty 50 ms to
insure the success of this exhibition.