The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-07
Holiday Events and Festivities
Take Up the Peoples Time.
NOVEL GIFT BY MANAGER WELL.
The Young Ladies' or Makawao Now n
"Butterhy Cuba Party Views
the wonders OF Acknowledgment
meats at Paia-A KOna Wind Blows.

items at the present moment.
Hama peoples methods of celebra-
ton rather eclipse these of the rest OF
Maui. All the residents OF that Sec
ton, whether native or foreign, royal
list or republican, united in having a
lively and happy time during Christ
mas.
Bombs and crackers were exploded
continuously during the night Of the
Oath of December, and five bands of
musicians flour stringed and one brass)
from Kahului, Keanae, Mokae and
Hama promenaded and serenaded the
village.
During the 25th there were luaus
everywhere.
During New Years, Hama planta-
ton gave a grand feast and dance in a
spacious lanai erected specially for
the occasion.
Judge Kaleo also entertained large
number of friends.
A shooting match took place on the
sea-shore at the Kauiki range during
Christmas, in which Messrs. II. T.
Hayselden, n. Omsted, Ovenden,
Manning, Hooking, Tuck, Zoller and
A. Hayselden participated. Mr.. III.
Hayselden made Al at $50 yards, and
Mr.. Omsted 40 at 200 yards. There
was no prize.
During the 18th of December there
was a cobweb party at Haleakala
Hall, which surely was q grand place
for such an event, with the different
webs winding in and out through the
long, dusty stairways and over the
rafters and beams OF the chambers Of
the old school building.
The young ladies OF Makawao have
at last selected a name for their club.
It is hereafter to be known as the
Butterfly Club" and during the last
night of i94 they danced the old year
out and welcomed the new one in at
Haleakala Hall. The interior decora-
tions were most pleasing and most
artistic. Star-bedecked hunting, red,
white and blue, most gracefully draped
the old room, terminating at the CEN
ter in huge ball of MALE. Behind
the musicians a green and silver and
gold butterfly glittered, and reflected
the mellow light from the paste
colored lanterns. Under this gorgeous
figure was the word "Club' % traced in
evergreen and silver balls.
Exactly at midnight the usual
merry greetings and wishes were in
terchanged, and, as most of the guests
were members of Mrs. Alexander's
homeopathy, it was woefully late ere
the festivity came to an end.
Manager G. B. Wells, of Wailuku,
distributed forty nine bags of AL sugar
as Christmas gifts to prominent resi-
dents of the town.
Between two and three hundred
people attended the native Sunday
school convention held at Waihee OH
the 18th of December.
During December 25th there was
some shooting for turkeys at the IA
hului range.
The January evening OF the Maka-
wac Literary Society will take place
at the Hamakuapoko residence of Mr..
and Mrs. Gilhus ON Friday evening,
the 18th instant.
During the week Misses Leonard,
Dyce and Sears, with Fred Baldwin as
guide, spent q night at "Craigielea,"
and viewed the wonders of the extinct
volcano.
Misses Agnes Alexander, Beckwith
and Fleming return to Honolulu to-
day.
Paia mill has been making great
A new vacuum pan of huge proper
tions has been added, and also pair
of Krajewski crushers-rollers with
Jagged, ugly looking lines of teeth,
which are said to grind out so per cent.
of the juice before the cane reaches
the other two pairs of rollers.
During Monday, December 3lst, the
schooner Mary Dodge, c. Bergman,
master, departed sugar laden for San
Francisco.
Weather: a kona wind for a day or
two past.
THE NEW YEAR AT HAMA.
HAMA (Maui), Jan. New Years
Day at Hama was we'll celebrated.
Manager X. S. Gjerdrum, of Hama
plantation, gave a grand feast, to
which all were invited. Many &C
cepted the invitation, some coming
from distant Kaupo and Keauae:
About 800 persons sat down to eat Of
the good things provided. The table
was spread beneath a canopy about
100 feet long, and was very artistically
arranged and decorated.
One pleasant feature of the occasion
was the appearance of the lucky gen.
tlemen, who all found themselves dec
grated by the fair ones with leis of
roses and myrtle entwined.
Alter the IeaSC the popular manager
entertained many of the guests at his
house. Dancing was begun towards
evening and continued until the hour
of nine. A large pavilion had been
erected for the occasion, profusely and
tastefully decorated with ferns and
evergrsens, and with colored lanterns
throwing subdued light around, pre-
senting very pretty picture. Be
yond the pavilion torches lit up the
faces of hundreds of interested specta-
tors, who fingered to watch the flying
figures and listen to the strains Of ex-
cellent music furnished by two local
string bands.
Mr.. Gjerdrum has the good wishes
of everyone and is to be congratulated
in giving to 30 many q New Years
day that will long be remembered.