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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1910
Page
6
Floral Day celebrated with elaborate floats showcasing Ireland Scotland and France. Carnarvon and Ulster costumes appeared beside a Royal Guard float with red white and blue colors. Fire Dept truck No 1 and La Belle France auto included ornate decorations and national symbols.
The Hackfeld & Co float Germania and her Court led the Koen parade. Adele Wickl(e) portrayed Germania, with six maidens in peasant dress flanked by two armored knights, drawing by four white horses and a pursuing retinue. C Reincke oversaw the effort, designed by C Swit, a former Merlin stage artist, with San Francisco county men assisting and horse trappings in gallant colors.
A parade float titled The Nip Wil Jon spoofed foreign vessels and the coastwise shipping ban. Seven shop workers manned the craft representing Governor Frene, depicting a $400 payment for returning on a foreign ship. The mock liner boasted a real bell, drum whistle, and cannon, with crew names listed as J Machado, Broersman, Oleson, Anderson, Borba, and others.
Chinese Merchants showcase a float depicting Naletan birthplace of Confucius. It features Fut Sing as Confucius with Trang Tze and Ngang Tze as assistants, a ground display with Koong Chi beast, rainbow colors, a mosquito netted house, painted floral designs, dragons on the roof, hydrangea, a cherry tree with birds and butterflies, and a yellow dragon-crest lower car. Committee names include Ching Shai, Wat King, L. Yur Sing, William Kwai Fong.
The Proteins and others arranged festive decorations for a local island event. Original paper ornaments from years ago were replicated and admired, featuring fern and lilies on fenders and wheels, reflecting early decorative schemes brought by a long-time editor from Obie.
In a described scene several riders were seen in a car adorned with green wealth and entwined decor. Among those present were Becty, H. PB, Wood, i. H. Trent, W. AL Hoogs, G. F. W. J. Cooper and J. W. L. McGuire, with the cay decorated by Me.
The Trent Trot Company staged a typical Hawaiian grass house scene drawn by two horses that drew attention. Hawaiians pounded taro roots to make poi while wearing primitive tapa and Calabashware, with household implements resembling early days on display.
A local display honors Palama Settlement with a novel banner showing a large canvas bottle and a lifelike baby where each figure represents residents aided by the settlement. Donors benefiting from the institution funded the event and its displays, with the scene bearing the motto "Zaye the Hoblox" in a ceremonial backdrop.
The EvoLUtion car by the Von Hamm Young Co drew crowds with a white horse motif and floral pink white violet scheme. FE Howes and Miss Helen Martin drove the machine, with Geo A Martin and Miss Martin aboard, all in white and pick outfits with violets and bouquets.
EHLERS AND COMPANY present a thin float portraying the arrival of the first missionary party. Hawaiian King Lunalilo and retinue are shown with authentic dress and regalia, while white figures represent early missionaries and their native hosts. Cast includes Hester Pratt, Katherine Pratt, Ida Weaver, Ruth Garting, and others in period costume.
Fragmentary OCR lists names such as emimoki Abel Mattoon Walter Wal jaman and others and notes a Floral Day Parade. The text claims early missionaries influenced native converts and frames the event as a marker of religious influence amid navigational context.
A colorful float themed Spirit of Applied Science featured green and white colors. It showcased the College’s forward part as a pedestal for a Belena figure in academic gown, with symbols of science and progress, flanked by footmen and a court of students in matching attire.
A Packard entered by the Commereigh Chub drew high marks in the parade for its elaborate floral decoration. The body was mauve and violet with heliotrope and pink accents, thousands of flowers along the tonneau and bow details at the rear. Large clusters framed the tamp, front, and headlights, creating a vivid three color scheme with elaborate blossoms.
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