The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-11-28
FAIR AT WANNA.


The success which attended the
sale Of fancy articles at Walmes on
Saturday evening last, for the bene-
1T Of the hospital fund. was a most
emphstic confirmation of the truth
of the sdsge, When woman WILL,
she WILL" and You may depend ont.
The sale opened at 4 Pm, and in
spite Of rain and bad roads, by S
o'clock in the evening everything
sslesble was disposed of, aud without
an auction, the receipts reaching the
handsome sum of SI0S2.
The schoolrooms, which ware kind
ly plseed at the disposal of the ladies
for the evening by Mr.. Gibson. had
been transformed into bowers of
green through the fundamentally
Of Messrs. Gsy and Robinson. In
the front room. to the left of the en-
trance. Mrs. Meier presided at the
fish pond, assisted by Miss Bartels.
at the right. and filing the entire
end of the room, was the flower
booth. where Miss Hart, assisted by
Miss Laurie Nicholson. provided b0u-
qlets and floral decorations of
all kinds At tue next stall Mrs.
Palmer, assisted by Miss Ensign.
furnished candy and popcorn. Pas
ing to the middle room. the entire
mauks side was given up to fancy
goods. which department was con-
Quoted by Mrs. F VI. Glade. assisted
10y Misses Gay and Nickelsen. Mrs.
Aubrey Robinson and Mrs. Consnt.
Miss MeGreW, Of Honolulu. and
Ms Van Vleet. were in charge OF
the next booth. which YVES also de
voted 10 fancy goods. After the
articles at this table had been dis
posed Of, the cash receipts were aug
menteti by fortune telling. This
might have been 4 most profitable
feature of the evening had the fair
fortune teller revealed Only the Sc
rious side Of the future but when
she cruelty dug up the mouldy past
and exposed the love sffsirs Of some
Of our most respected citizens and
pitilessly predicted. in the presence
Of their respective wives, a repetition
Of their follies. her occupation was
gone
At the next table Mrs. Brown, as
sisted by Mrs. B0TchgreYink, did
rushing business IN children's cloth
ing at orphan asylum rates while
still further along Mrs. Linder and
Mrs. Hofgasrd furnished the thirsty
with delicious lemonade. The third
room was devoted entirely to refresh
mentss Here Mrs. Morrison. ably
assisted by Mrs Thrum of Homo
lulu, Mrs Gibson and Misses Lind
ssy and Nahum, filled the hungry
with good things, dispensing coffee
and sandwiches, ice cream and cake.
The whole affair was q grand sue
cess and reflects great credit on all
who participated
The ladies Of the society. by their
efforts and the generosity OF their
friends, have raised about S24OO
which amount it is hoped will be suf-
fcient to erect Two building for hos
pital purposes and two cottages for
attendants.
The work Of raising funds for the
hospital has fallen upon the shout
ders of q few, and while they have
cheerfully labored to carry out the
programme and put the enterprise
on it feet. it would be unfair to ex
pect them to continue their efforts
Indefinitely.
The district is s p0pulous one and
contributes largely 70 the public
funds BY its taxes When the Socie-
t. funds are exhausted il is hoped
that the Board Of Health viii con
tribute toward furnishing and main
tanning the hospital and relieve the
ladies from further care in the mat
ter. Once fairly started, the institu-
ton viii no doubt be selfsupportiag
so that the government would not be
burdsDed TO any extent