The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-27
YHE BALL AT ALnoLANr HALE.


TIE grand assembly given by His Majesty the
FKjhg last evening, was by far the finest and most
Vfincely in its appointments. as well as the most
in the attendance which it attracted,
of any affair of the kind ever witnessed in Honolulu.
1.-The spacious Parliament House. where grave judges,
versatile lawyers, care-worn Ministers of State, and
plodding clerks, are wont to pass the hours in
decent routine, was last night the scene where
"A Thousand hearts beat happily and when
Music srose with its voluptuous swell,
Soft eyes lookd love to eyes which spoke again,
And all went merry as a marriage bell"
The building was in fact given up entirely to the
public, with exception of the rooms where the
archives of the Supreme Court are kept, and the
sanctum sanctorum Of the Treasury Department.
Over seven hundred invitations had been issued, and
thus while the " rank. fashion and beauty" of Homo
lulu were present, there were also to be found every
body else that ever goes to parties, and a good many
who never do except on an occasion like this, when
the King himself is the host.
The building, it is needless to say, was brilliantly
lighted, both within and without, and decorated
with flowers and evergreens. On the front, de-
pendant from the tower, were rows Of colored
lanterns, while over the clock was a transparency
-" KALEKAUA, "-surmounted by q crown. The
windows of the tower were all illuminated, and the
grounds were lit up with hundreds OF torches.
a1HD AN6AoiobAhC hai OuC anu tcn lcGI
IN length by thirty-fve in width, was devoted to
dancing. the band Of the U. S. S. Pensacola and
that of the Government led by Mr.. Berger, being
stationed in an improvised gallery at the west end.
The floor was covered over the mating with white
canvas. The room was lighted with four nine-light
chandeliers. On the walls on either side were
hung the portraits of Hawaiian Kings, from Kane
hameha l. to KALAKAUA, the latter being a splendid
enlarged photograph, nearly iife-size, recently
taken in San Francisco.
Z After a presentation of guests to His Majesty, at
about nine O'Clock, Col. Hoffman,, NJ. d., who con-
Quoted the ceremonies, gave the signal for dancing,
which was commenced with the " Royal Quadrille,"
as follows:
His Majesty the King and Mrs. Ballieu;
I Admiral Almy and the Hon. Mrs. Bishop;
His Excellency the Minister Resident and Her Maj
esty the Queen;
NJ. Ballieu, French Commissioner, and the Prin-
cess Liliu Dominis;
II. r. q. Prince Leleiohoku and Mrs. ". L. Green;
Mr.. Wodehouse, H. B. MS Commissioner and the
Princess Miriam Cleghorn;
Captain Gherardi, Q. S. N, and Mrs. Col. W. F.
Allen;
Commander Arson, R. N, and Mrs. P. c.. Jones;
Commander Wander Meulen, r. N, and Miss
Boyd;
Captain Skerrett, U. s. N, and Miss Harris;
Captain Erben, .. S. N. and Mrs. W. c.. Parke;
His Excellency the Minister of Interior and Mrs.
Kapena.
From that time, q constant succession of "round'
and square dances, to the unequalled music of
both bands. playing alternately, occupied the company |
until long after midnight. The scene in the large hall
was one of splendOr and beauty not soon to be for
gotten.
About midnight, O sumptuous supper, provided
under the skilful direction of His Majesty's Butler,
Mr.. Phillip Won Oehlenhofen, was served in Marshal
room, where seven tables groaned under
solids and fluids and all the deIicacies of nature and
beautifully relieved with boquets here and there
and pyramids of flowers
Had we the talent of a Jenkins, we might essay a
description of the rich and becoming toilets whose
bewildered the gaze-but we can only re-
mark, in a prosaic way, that such a collection of
beauty adorned with taste and elegance was never
before seen in this city, and rarely in any other.
From first to last, net an unpleasant or un-
event occurred TO mar the enjoyment of the
and " the Kings Ball " may most emphati-
ally be pronounced as a brilliant success. His
has accomplished what with others would
prove a difficult if not an impossible task-he has
an extremely large and cosmopolitan COM
oany happy and delighted with themselves and
everybody else.