The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1921-11-01
BIG NIGHT At
L|HUE ARM0RY

Inc hdudl CnamDer OF commerce
held it's most important meeting at
the Lihue armory last Friday night
A banquet session was held. Three
hundred invited guests attended to
listen to Maj Gen. Chahles P Sum.
merall to Hon. ]. X. Kalaniana-
ole and to Governor w. r. Earring.
ton and to a number of Kauai cele-
breties speak
Lihue armory was beautifully de-
corated for the occasion. The boys
of the American Legion, directed by
the ladies of the Mokihana club,
draped every corner of the large
hall with flowers. ferns and Ameri.
can flags A dozen large tables were
arranged for the most artistic set
ting and for the purpose of accommo-
dating every guest possible. And
before the banquet. began every chair
in the hall was filled. .....
The Ladies' Part.
The ladies of the Mokihana club
assisted by other Lihue women and
by number of the grade and high
school teachers prepared and served
the banquet. The dinner took the
form of a buffet banquet The guests
were supplied with plates and re-
quested to walk before the tables
loaded down with wonderfully pre-
pared foods and to help themselves.
After that the ladies saw to it that
the plates of the diners were kept
filled and that the salads, deserts
and coffee were taken to them.
After an hour of feasting and
conversation, President Wishard Of
the Chamber of Commerce, introduc-
ed Rev. R. w. Bayless of Lihue who
made the address of welcome to Gov
ernor Harrington, General Summer
all and Prince Kalanianaole the
guests.
/ General SummeraIi Speaks.
Maj.-Gen. Charles p. Summerall,
then made brilliant after-dinner
speech. General Summerall had the
happy faculty of having something
worthwhile to say and of being able
to say it in a most entertaining and
convincing manner. After entertain.
ing his audience with a few we'll.
chosen anecdotes, Gen. Summerall
got down to brass tacks and spoke
of the things that were next to his
heart Being a great military man,
it was natural that those things
should be of a patriotic nature.
in the heat of the great con-
flict through which America has
Just gone" he said, "our patriotism
was wonderful. We gave the best Of
our young manhood to win that war
We gave our money, of our resourc-
es. We were willing to give every
thing, all that we had"
But now that the war is over"
the general continued, I'VE have for
gotten our patriotism. We bought a
successfully waged war then. We
are unwilling to pay for it now. We
kick at our taxes. We try to evade
them. We say that we never want
another war. But we do not say it
because we are thinking of our brave
men who have given their lives in
it; we do not say it because we are
thinking of the mothers who have
lost their only sons. We say it be-
cause we are too selfish to pay the
dollars that the war cost. No, we
never will want another war But
now that we have had one and that
the bills are before us, let us meet
them like men and pay ur honest
debts without a murmur."
Sam. Talks Back.
Sam Carter, post commander of
the American Legion, was called up
on to respond to General Summer
alls address. Sam confessed that he
was very much at loss to do that ITO
respond means to talk back" he
pleaded, "and | have never talked
back to a general in my life. / don't
want to do it now" But he went on
and made a good speech. He told Of
the hopes and objects of the Ameri-
can Legion in Hawaii. And he asked
that at noon on November IL all
men should pause for two minutes,
as President Harding has requested,
in honor of the unknown soldier who
has been brought back to his ma
tive land from France, where he
gave his life for humanity in the
Great War;.
The Princes Warning
Prince Kalanianaole then told the
banqueters something of the Nawili-
will breakwater project as it is seen
by Congress in Washington. He said