Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-15

When The gush reporter entered The hhil of
the Y. NJ. G. a. las Tuesday afternoon hc
va' bounced upon by slight blonde young
lady whose vivid steel gay eye, lIt Is trusted
the color s complimentary Edl Ht up o..
complexion u lily paleuc,,, and whose SMALL
milk white teeth shut Together with the
ominow click OF sehoolmiNcrs watch ease.
a. She said. Why didot yea ay IN the Press
We should be open this ahcmoonf
II did NJ kn ow abou -,i,," ml,,rcd the
gush reporter coniri,ely
It was your bushes. 10 fnl ou,, replied
the blonde rortia, with her ylry gmndc,i air.
' How can you expect us to sell all these tu,.
and all this candy and many Of the pretty little
thing, and q portion OF this dc-liciou, lee.
cream, unless we have The children. And how
can sc have the children unlc,, WOW newspaper
men with dne upward in1cSion of her voice
aud inc upward toss Of her pretty no,cl do
your duty2u'
"Ill go ont and advise cm to come,
answered the gush reporter, mcckly. Aud
like the host in the parable the young man
went out among, the lanes and hedges and
hywNs Of the town and presently returned
with a multitude u children whom he led
to the foot OF the stair and lct with hi, benc.
ditiion, subsequently learning tha, his effort,
were successful. tCondnr compcls us to doubt
the accuracy Of the g. US statement Once
in great while the desire to be picturesque so
runs away with the young mans imagination
that he becomes almost as unreliable as an
affidavit from the foreign oiice.l
! All day Monday and nearly all day Tuesday,
merry maidens and mctholical matrons we're
at work in the upper hail. decorating, arang.
ing preparing and making mctuphoric hay
while there was time. Nearly two bakers
dozens Of Ilonolulu's most capable housewives
had been asked to assist at last Tuesdays fair.
But stress Of home or society duties or illness
or unavoidable absence or " something pre-.
vented their ful cooperation, and the brunt
fell upon very few. a lady manager who
ought TO know has furnished the following
names Of those who took actual active inter
est. II any names have been omitted, that
good lady--to whom the g. r. Is cverlistingly
gratefuis to blame.
The committee on fancy work consisted OF
Mesdames J. u. Athcrton, Alexander Maclin.
tosh, 7. c. Jones, IT,, and !, A. Kennedy.
Mesdames J. 5. McGrew, b. H. Austin and
| w. +. Allen assisted the committee IN details.
innumerable friends, old and young contri.
buted fancy work. Several tradcspeoplc both
ladies and gentlemen gave liberal donations
of toys and the like. Mrs. $ +. Gilman had
charge Of the toy department.
The Cleaners Society had ,abc-in
charge of Misses Kate Dickson, Margaret
Hopper, Lily Baldwin and Elizabeth Camp
bell
Mesdamcs T. G. Thrum, Thomas Sorenson,
William Wilder and William ..eishman,
formed the refreshment committee.
The "loral temple'- arranged and trimmed
with exquisite taste by Miss Anna parke-was
attended by that young lady and by Misses
Della Adams and Dora Dowseu.
The post oliice-arranged on the rostrum as
Il sort of unroofed wigwam--was covered with
palm boughs under the direction of Miss
Carrie Castle. 1t made the most conspicuous
and one OF the most effective features Of the
decoration. II the G. r. had not been so
generous young mar- however, his resent
ment would have been aroused by the fac, that
the handsome Bulletin man received letter,
while he had none.
The candy table was efficiently served
by Mrs. E, w. Peterson and Miss Carrie
The ice cream tables were charmingly and
faithfully served by a number Of young ladies',
some married and some unmarried; and the
ice cream was ladled from It's freezers by a
handsome boy most becomingly uniformed in
IA green and red apron.
The fancy articles which remained unsold by
nine o'clock were disposed Of at auction by
Mr.. j. NJ. Dat, Jr, and c. NJ. Cooke.
There was crowded attendance in the
evening and thoroughly good time prevailed.
The gross receipts were about $500 and the
expenses about $50. So the net proceeds o
the fair are not far from $50