The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-04-21
DAIRY MAIDS.
Their Blthe Ladyships Give a Rare
Evening.

The Y's gave an interesting and
enjoyable entertainment at the Y.
NJ. G. \. hall yesterday evening, be-
fore fairly good audience. Shortly
before eight o'clock the maids of
the lnter-Island Milkmaids' Associa-
ton marched up the stairs and after
traversing the aisles in a column
seated themselves on the platform,
The maids looked very charming in
dresses of pink and white, and the
traditional straw hat, also trimmed
with pink. Each maid was possessed
of shining tin pail and three
legged stool. With the latter they
kept time in singing the opening
chorus.
Mrs. Jordan presided as chairmaid
of the Milkmaids' Convention by
self-appointment. She afterward
gave a descriptive essay on the COW
and her usefulness in furnishing the
world with pure milk and cream.
Her address was interspersed with
many laughable illusions to COW
culture. The chairman then intro
duced the charming singer from
Pauoa, Miss Rhodes, who favored
the audience with a delightful vocal
solo. Two young maids were then
arrayed against each other in dis
cussion on the COW. Both were in
terrupted by the chairman, who as
sured them that they gave evidence
of being well up in COW culture, and
politely requested them to cut it
short. The secretary, Miss Lowrie,
called the roll, a conglomeration of
outlandish names, when boy with
message from Mrs. Cleveland en-
tered. The first lady of the Union
expressed her regret at. not being
able to be present at the conven-
ton, and invited them to hold the
next assembly in Washington. An
other message was received from
Claus Spreckels contributing $1,000
to the millimaids' treasury, and later
another draft was received from the
same source. The audience were
not permitted to feast their eyes on
the Doodle. The maids were so jubi-
liant over the donation that $50 was
lavished in the purchase of caramels
and peanuts. While the maids were
crunching the indigestible peanuts
Miss Debbie Lyle sang a solo very
nicely, accompanied by her sister on
the piano.
The election of officers resulted in
the reelection of the old officers
with the exception of the president
who voted for herself, by acclama
ton.
Miss Dexter presented the address
of welcome, in which she stated that
, never before in this beautiful para,
disc had the subject of Cow cul
ture" been cultivated. She advised
her fellow milkmads to continue
) their good work against intemper
; ance, SO that they may live in thrift
and peace and love, and their coun
try prosper as the land of the fre,
and the home of the brave, and no
land of the spree and home of thu
knave.
Miss Patty responded satirically
saying that the address savored o
cream and water.
| Mrs. Jones' take-off of the Dutcl
f maid was the event of the evening
. and created roars of laughter.
Some of the puns got off by tn
u dear creatures were original, bu
{, they were articulated SO family tina
: some of them were lost to the audi
f ence. The evenings entertainment
-, broke up on Miss Birch Tanning
trotting in her Jersey COW.
= The VS. entertainment through
: out was unique and successful, ant
= the only regret is that they didn'
, milk" a few more half-dollars. A
it was, however, the snug sum o
SS4.25 was realized, showing tina
l the milk was fairly well watered.