The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-25
THE DAY OF THE BALL.
THE SUCCESS OF THE FETE is
ASSURED.
The Officers of the Boston will be Receiv-
ed Tonight in Manner They
Will Long Remember.

Honolulu society to-day Arrange
ments have gone too far and have been
too well made for any possible chance
of failure, and those who endeavor-
ed to throw a little cold water on
anxious to make atonement, or at
least to get in the swim. To.night's
fete will be the grandest success ever
known in the city. People every
where have realized this and propose
to see and be seen. The demand for
invitations still continues and the COM
mittee are kept busy in filling them out.
The various members of the other com
mittees are working like beavers, and
although the time has been short, their
labors will be completed before P. NJ.
The following ladies have consented to
act as patronesses of the bail and will
receive the officers of the Boston and
other guests in the old throne room /.
Mrs. S. B. Dole, Mrs. H. w. Severance,
Mrs. w. O. Smith, Mrs H. F. Glade,
Mrs. S. c. Wilder, Mrs. E. d. Tenney
and Mrs. DIR. ]. S. McGrew. These
ladies will have seats on the dais for
merly occupied by the ex Queen. There
will be no other seats in the room, but
some six hundred chairs will be scat
tered about the verandahs. After the
reception the decorations and plants
in front of the dais will be moved away,
every available inch of space in the
vast room being utilized for the
dancers. The dance music will be
furnished by Professor Berger's string
orchestra of twenty-four pieces, sta,
toned at two windows on the side
verandah near the dais. This band
will also furnish choice selections dur
ing the reception. The band of the
flagship Philadelphia, sixteen pieces,
will be placed on the front verandah,
and will discourse popular and patriotic
airs during the intermissions between
the dances
The arrangement for the comfort of
the guests are about as perfect as could
be; the committee seems to have
thought of and looked out for every
thing The following should be re-
membered to avoid confusion. The
ladies' retiring and dressing room will
be in the rear half of the old dining
room or what is now the Interior office,
and is entered at the rear of the main
hall on the left hand. The gentlemens
cloak and hat rooms are the ante-rooms
of the Finance office, the main room
being set apart for social conversation,
etc. The lower verandahs will be
covered with chairs, it being necessary
to keep the ball room absolutely clear
for the dancing.
The arrangements for the supper are
most elaborate. The large hall upstairs
has been turned over to Caterer Erie
mann and his host of assistants. 1t
will be literally covered with tables
loaded down with viands and tempting
delicacies of every description. Mr.
Fireman. says he has got chance &c
show the people of Honolulu what he
can do in the catering and culinary
line, and he is going to make the mos
Of it whether he makes cent or not
There will be no seats in the hall
however, neither are the guests ex
pected to stand up and eat. On thu
contrary, they will be politely invited
to sit at little tables on the veranda anC
order from the menu to their hearts
content. The tables will be of differ
ent sizes, and will accommodate partie
from three or four up. There will b.
an abundance of everything, no matte
how large the attendance, and it is ex
pected that everything will be eaten up
That is what it is for. Lemonade ant
light punches will also be dispensed
from an ante room in the rear of tn
ladies' dressing room throughout tn
evening What is known as the Coll
Room upstairs has been set apart 70
the use of the committee. After tn
supper is over the tables will be cleare,
away and the large hall used for dane
ing, if necessary, which, of course,
will be.
The decorations will be simply i'm
mense, and will exceed anything of tn
kind attempted here before. Tn
STAR representative got a glance 3
the ballroom this morning before Mr.
Boardman saw him and was almost bt
wildered with the array of ferns, greer
cry, red, white and blue streamers, a
twisted and twined into wreaths an
festoons such as only woman ca
imagine or properly describe. Tn
dais has been covered with navy blu
tapestry with gold fringe, the wor
"Boston" being in large letters of gol
across the center. Red, white and blu
streamers extend from the crystal char
deliers in every direction. Hundred
of beautiful palms have been placed
corners, inches, and other out-of-tht
way places that no one but woma
or an artist would ever think Of B,
enough of this. Mrs Boardman
work will not be finished until to-nigh
when it must be seen under the glal
of the electric light to be proper
appreciated The exterior decoration
are being put up under the direction
Mr.. Strathmeyer and will be very fin
GENERAL NOTES