The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-12
A FEAST OF MANY NATIONS.
What the Booths viii Gnntain To
morrow Night.
COSTUMES OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
Names OF Those Who win be in Charge
Of the BoOths-A Grand March OF All
the Neutrality-suspicious. to be Given
ou Saturday Evening-The Charities.

The event of the year, from a chari-
| table and social point Of view, is the
Feast of Nations that begins tomor-
row evening 1t is to be for the bene-
fit of six different charities, aud great
preparations are being made to make
J it a success.
The charities to be benefited are
! the Kindergarten, the Flower Mis-
sion, the Cleaners, the w. g. L. u. 4,
! the "Ysp and the Sailors Home. The
| Flower Mission was formed by the
| Rev. Mr. Macintosh four or five
years ago. IL is composed of young
ladies who, every week, take flowers
to the Queens Hospital. The Mis-
sion is very desirous of endowiDg a
free bed at the hospital, and is work
ing hard to that end. The President
is Mrs. Swanzy, the Secretary is Mrs.
| j.. w. Jordan, and the Treasurer is
Miss Won Holt.
The Cleaners is an old missionary
society founded by the Central Union
| Church. 1t is a branch of the Wo-
mems Board of Missions. It's officers
are: President. Mrs. T.. A. Jones; Sec
retary, Miss Levers, and Treasurer,
| Miss Parke.
The w. &. i. U. was started about
| ten years ago by Mrs. Leavitt. 1t
| gives 5000 year to Miss Mary Green
for her work among the Hawailans,
and has number of other practical
charities on its hands. 1t has large
membership, and is great help TO
| the Y. NJ. G. A. It's officers are: Mrs.
J. NJ. Whitney, President; Mrs. II. j.
Green, Secretary, and Mrs. Coan,
| Treasurer
The teYs" are a branch of the last
named society, and have about fifty
young women as members. Mrs. r.
w. Jordan is the President, Miss
BolIes is Secretary, and Miss Gilman
Treasurer. They help in the Y. NJ. &.
a. work furnish a temperance paper
for the Loyal Legion, and have sent
considerable money TO help the tenn
perance cause in other countries.
They also give Miss Green salary of
800 a year for her Hawaiian work.
The money that will go to the Sail
ors' Home as its share of the proceeds
of the Feast of Nations will be used
for furnishing that institution. Money
for the building fund was raised some
time ago.
There Will be twelve booths in the
bazar. They will be presided over by
well known ladies of Honolulu, who
will be assisted by a corps of younger
ladies who viii all be dressed in the
costumes of the country their booth
represents. The result will be very
gay sight.
Mrs. Haaielea has charge of the Ha-
| waiian booth. 1t will be built TO
represent an old-time native house
| with a lanai at the rear where Ha-
waiian food will be served to those
wishing it. The characters to be rep
resented are Pele, the goddess of the
mist, and the twelve islands Of the
group.
| MIS-. Dole will be at the head of the
| American booth, which viii represent
! "a room of the old Colonial times, with
the ladies dressed In costumes of that
date. Priscilla, Pocahontas, Puritan
| maidens, the Goddess OF Liberty and
Columbus, will be a few of the char
| acters.
Great Britain will be under the
care of Mrs. J. II. Wodehouse aye
| old Red Lion" inn will be her head
quarters. Britannia, supported by
| sailors and marines from the Cham
! pion and Scotch and Irish girls, will
| be there, and will sell all kinds of
| fancy articles to those who want to in
vest.
Mrs. II. F. Glade, in the German
! booth, will have control over VERT
able German outdoor coffee garden,
| with her assistants dressed as peas
| ants. Coffee ami German cakes will
| be dispensed to all corners.
Mrs w. g. Irwin will rule over
| French salon of the time of Louis XIV.
| The costumes of three periods of
| French history will be shown-those
! of Louis XIV, the First Empire and
the early part of this century, when
| Alsace and Lorraine were part of
| France-and cut flowers, bOu-bbns
and a number of Frenchy trifies will
! be the stock in-trade.
Mrs Cunha, in the Portugue~e
| booth, will have a villa built in a
| style of architecture between Moorish
aud Gothic. It Will be filled with
| Portuguese peasantry in the rative
| costumes.
| Ancient Greece will have Mrs. Wild
difield as chief goddess, with a mum
| Der of minor goddesses surrounding
her, all In severely classic costumes
| Nothing bat pectaT and ambro-ia will
be purchasable here.
China, under the charge OF Mrs
! Frank Damon, will be represented by
an honorary portal, or pai-iou, OF