The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-12-07
Society Makes the Most Of this
Unusual Event.
COFFEE PLANTERS IN SESSION.
improvements in California stock and
and Dairy Company-Hlo Mothers
Discuss Kindergarten-New Hoist at
Papaikou Landing-PersOnaI Notes.

HILO (Hawai), Dec. 4.-Every-
body has been taking advantage of
the fine weather of the past weeks.
Day after day it has been clear and
bright, and with the usual shower
during the night to lay the dust and re
fresh the atmosphere, the weather has
kept all we'll and happy. The allure
ments of weeks of sunshine could not
be resisted. A party of HilOites Were
encamped on Cocoanut island for over
a week, and report having had jolly
times.f Fishin and bathing were
daily spastimes and in the evenings
music and dancing helped to make
the camp merry. Riding parties
frequently found their way over to
surprise their friends. Quite num-
Der were entertained there and at Ka-
niehi on Thanksgiving day. a sump-
tuous repast was the order of the day
at Kaniehi, where Mr.. and Mrs. & E
Richardson and Mrs. Jules Rich
ardson entertained many of their
friends
Services were held in all the churches
on Thanksgiving day. In the even
ing a dance was given at Spreckels
| hall under the auspices of several
young men of HilO. Dancing was
| kept up until midnight.
On Saturday evening the Hawaiian
| Coffee Planters Association held their
second annual reunion at Mountain
! View House. A goodly mum ber of HilO-
! ties drove or rode up to the scene of
| e. lI1V hn I2N nd
! ing. They together with all the Olaa
folks made the attendance quite large.
! The Portuguese brass band OF HilO
| furnished the music for the evening.
| At an early hour the guests were in
Vited to sit down to splendid ban.
quet, during the progress of which
few tOasts were proposed and res
pOnded to. After the dance the
coaches returned to HiIO.
! Invitations to a birthday luau We're
all readily responded to, on the even
ing of the 23d ultimo, by the many
young friends of Miss Rose The
! feast was ga la Hawaiian" even to
the seating, aud the spread was excel
lent in every detail. After free in
diligence in all the good things set be
! fore them, an orchestra of Hawaiian
! boys furnished music for dancing,
which was continued until nearly
midnight.
Among other social affairs of the
week was a gathering of few young
! folks at the invitation Of Mr.. and
MIS-. Hardy; birthday dinner TO Mr..
! Louis Grant and friends at the hOm e
of Mr.. and Mrs A. b. LOeben- tein {;
and a party at the rooms OF Mr.
! Campbell last evening.
1t is to be regretted that so few
/ mothers were able to be present at the
second "MOthers' Meeting" called by
! Mss Guild on last Tuesday, the 26th.
/ These meetings could be made very
much more interesting if large mum
/ Der would find it convenient to attend
| An Interesting article was READ by
Miss Deyo upon subject which Ger
! tainly should claim the attention of
! all mothers of young children; that is,
/ "The Relation Of the kindergarten to
/ he Primary School, The article as
| read provoked a little beneficial dis
cussiOn among those present, ana
after distribution of subjects for the
next meeting the mothers went their
/ several ways.
The management of the California
/ Stock and Dairy Company has passed
| into the hands of Elmer Wilson, a
recent arrival in HilO. The company
! has lea ed "a stretch Of territory cob
tanning from 100 10 $50 acres at POnO-
| hawai-, aud have been enclosing the
entire tract with wire fencing.
/ Through the efforts of J. r. Wilson,
/ who is largely interested in the dairy,
force of Japanese has been put to
work by J. \. Scott to improve the
road leading up to the place, and sOOu
there Will be pretty country home
on the hill.
Carpenters are busily engaged in
erecting a new mill at Hakalau to
/ take the place of the two old ones
recently torn down.
At Papaikou Landing hoist, SINH
/ lar to those in use at Pepeekeo and
| Hakalau, for handling freight aud
sugar, is being erected This is a
much needed Improvement and will
ohviate long de ays in shipping
su-ar, as was So frequently the case
/ last year during stormy weather:
Mr.. aud Mrs. c. c. Kennedy Of
Waiakea, Mr. J. A. Scott OF Wal
naku, aud Mr.. w. w. Goodale of Pa
/ paIkOu returned on the kinau.
AIr. amt Mrs. w. II. Rice Of Kauai
have been visiting Sheriff Hi chcock's :
/ family. They made a flying trip TO
the volcano. They leave for Homo
/ lulu tomorrow.
Mrs. j. y. Scott is improving after
] an illness of a few weeks.