The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-11-17
A BRILLIANT PARTY.
Hon. and Mrs. W. G. Irwin Celebrate
Their Wooden Wedding.

sented festal appearance Nov. lOtl
Before o'clock King streetand War
XXI began to be crowded with car,
riages, the appearance of the streets
suggesting very plainly that some
thing was sin the wind" The Wal
kiki bridge is at present in some
what dangerous condition, but If II
had been much verse pleasure lovers
would not have hesitated to cross ii
for the sake of sharing the gayety OF
so delightful party as that OF
last night. Like the horrid bridge
leading into the Mohammedan Para
disc, ii was dared for the sake of the
Joys reckoning from the further side.
AS soon as the bridge was crossed,
lights were seen cleaning in the trees
at the end of the park, and when one
had driven little further, the CLEAN
of lanterns was seen from the beautl-
ful grounds of the Irwin residence.
Nearer, these presented a truly mag
nificent appearance, decorated as they
were with innumerable Chinese Ian
FERNS of all the varied and curious
patterns which the grotesque fancy OF
our Asiatic neighbors has devised.
Only once has the writer seen dis
play so brilliant-in the College yard
at Harvard, when on the evening OF
class day all the space beneath the
glorious old Cambridge elms is rich
with colored lights. Here at Mr..
IrWin's were elements which Harvard
lacks the fine residence, the rich
tropic atmosphere, the sea murmur-
ing almost inaudibly.
The house was beautifully decor
ated. The stairway leading to the
ladies' dressing room was charmingly
adorned with bouquets of daisies
and roses at the bottom and top, the
balustrade between being twined
with MALE and roses. The hall into
which the guests were lead opened
into the large lanai forty feet square,
where Terpsichore held undivided
sway, those who acknowledged no
fealty to the dancing Muse being
ruthlessly crowded to the wall. SO
numerous were the guests and so en-
ticing was the music, that the floor
was soon crowded with dancers. A
guest complained to Mr.. Berger that
he had all the room and the dancers
none. The obliging orchestra drew
in its horns and permitted the waltz
ers literally to spread themselves
The lanai for dancing was beauti-
fully adorned. Over the four doors
were draped the banners of Hawaii
and her great protector-the United
States. Around the entire room ran
wreaths of MALE, while in all the
corners were masses of daisies and
ehrysanthemums, roses and MALE,
and the beautiful mountain creeper,
besides other woodland growths
which the ignorance of the writer
must leave unnamed. AT the south
east corner was an arched entrance
into an attractive fernery, which, as
at present arranged, was only COM
pleted in the afternoon.
To the right of the lanai, a tempo
rary structure had been erected 32X34
feet for the accommodation of the
musicians and for the spread" The
roof was a canopy of canvas, and be-
low it were brought together from
the four corners into central knot
the American and Hawaiian as well
as other flags. The arrangement was
conceived and executed in admirable
taste. Beneath this canopy of flags
sat Berger and his boys-playing as
only they can play-sounds which
set YOUR feet in motion whether you
wished to dance or no.
During the entire evening bever-
ages flowed most freely-claret cup
for the gentlemen, "a milder mixture
l. 60 h. 10 fol oh
stainers" lemonade and ice-water.
The water was patrOnized with zeal
quite unusual on these occasions, a
fascinating young lady holding levee
near the filter.
At 11:3O supper was served. The
menu included everything which the
most fastidious palate could crave.
Boned turkey and roast chicken,
fancily dressed hams and young pig,
shrimp, chicken, herring and other
salads, mullet with mayonaise, invi-
ting iellies, cakes, ices and creams,
champagne, etc., etc. (if after this
enumeration any etcetera is needed),
all went to make up feast satisfac-
toly TO the most dainty Epicurean.
The supper was furnished from the
steamer Australia and did great
credit to the culinary establishment
of that vessel. The entire corps of
walters were in attendance. The SER
vice was perfect, and, in spite of the
crowd, there was no tedious waiting.
The punch, the masculine beverage,
was concocted in a splendid bowl of
solid silver--a wedding present from
Claus Spreckels, which was christened
on this occasion.
The presents were numerous, beau
tiful and varied, in spite of the ira
ditional Limitation to WOOD. A
beautiful inlaid table of Hawaiian
woods was the gift of Mr.. Twins
employees. Mrs. TWINS own gift to
her husband was bust of their little
gilr, modelled in terra Gotta by M.
Hutchinson-a most spirited work.
Terra Gotta is not wood exactly, but the
pedestal reconciled the Gift with the
occasion, it being fine piece of in
laid kou and koa, surmounted by an
elaborate Indian mosaic. Among the
other remembrances was japanese
cabinet, the gift of Mr.. and Mrs.
Spaulding; an unusually fine speci-
men of Asiatic inlaying and cary
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. W. l.. Hopper
sent a cabinet in the shape of
Japanese house-an unusually
unique and curious, as we'll as
pretty gift. Space does not permit
of a further detailed enumeration of
the presents. 1t is comprehensive to
say that everything in wood was
there-from a bunch of clothes-pins
to a sandaIwood card case.
Among those Oracanf Wara the