The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-17
WEEK FULL OF
SOCIAL EVENTS.
HiIo's Hosts Entertain in Right
Royal Style.
GEO. BECKLEY GATHERS FRIENDS
Mrs. WillfOng Honors Honolulu GueSts-Hilo
Hotel Matters Again in Settled Condition.
Substantial Subscription for Local Band.
Fast Riding Again Causes Injury


HILO, Hawaii, Oct. 1.-THE past
week has been a week of Iuaus social
~. The guests of several of the most
prominent families have been splendid
ly entertained with feasting and song.
Early last week Mr. and Mrs. \. C..
Willfong invited quite party of their
friends TO share the pleasures of a
native feast prepared most bounteous-
ly for them. 1t was followed on We'd
nesday afternoon by regal repast at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. D.
Rose. Mesdames Monsarrat, Haalalea
and COney were the guests of honor
and were surrounded by some twenty
more friends of the Rose family. The
spread was strictly a la Hawaiiene and
palate. After a liberal indulgence in
all the good things, the young folks
joined in singing songs.
Judge and Mrs. Hapai next enter
tanned their friends at a splendid
feast, and the Rev. S. L. Desha assem-
bled a coterie of friends around his
festive board later in the week.
Yesterday there was a jolly gather
ing at the home of Deputy Sheriff and
Mrs. Lyman on School street. Invita-
lions went out for poi lunch, and
everyone hidden responded in person,
making the affair most successful
one
The dinner given by George c. Beck
ley of the Wilder Steamship Company
was of slightly different order, and
attended only by mem bers of the stern
er sex Covers were laid for ten at the
Club Restaurant, and at the appointed
hour of the following ten gentlemen
gathered around the festive board:
Messrs Frank McStocker E. D. Spar
row, A B. Richardson, j. r. Wilson,
f. E. Richards, Charles Campbell, Will
liam Vanatta, G. Cawley, E. B. Bar
thrOp and George G. Beckley. The OK
cellent menu included all the luXuries
obtainable in the Honolulu and HilO
markets, and was most thoroughly
| relished by those so fortunate as TO be
counted among Mr.. Beckley's friends.
Several hours were most enjoyably
/ spent over the menu, toasts were re-
| sponded to by most of the members
and a general good time was had.
| A change in the management Of the
Hilo Hotel has been consummatod.
Today Jos. Vierra steps out and Mrs.
| l.. T. Grant takes charge. The new
management contemplates an entire
renovation of the place, which will re-
quire several days, SO that the hotel
will not be open for business before
| next Tuesday or Wednesday. Mrs.
Grant has obtained from Mr.. Vierra a
| lease on the cottages used in cOnnec-
| ton with the hotel, and will furnish
the same, as also the main house, With
entirely new furnishings. The hotel is
to be run with a view to pleasing the
patrons by Offering them the best the
market affords, and serving in the
most approved plan. Everything will
be done to invite the patronage OF To-
cal, transient and tourist trade.
Mr.. Akana is having a new building
erected on Front street 10 take the
place of the shanties formerly in line
there.
The new buildings of the Hilo Elec-
trio Light Company are about COM
pleted and the new machinery will be
put in place as soon as all has been
! received from the Annie Johnson, now
discharging.
A subscription circulated for the len
eft of the Hilo Band has been headed
by substantial pledges from Messrs
c. c. Kennedy, J. r. Wilson, F. NJ
Wakefield and others. The band is
much in need of new instruments, anC
lit is to be hoped that monthly subscrlp
tons for the support Of the band car
be maintained
Fast riding continues on the maiI
Ithoroughfare, Notwithstanding ali TIN
efforts of private parties to bring abou
Ian arrest of such practices. On Sunda,
last native girl was badly injured OF
the beach road by a rider who wa
making post haste for his home. Tn
wonder is that accidents are not NOR
frequent.
DR.. Wetmore is spending the week a
Pepeekeo with his daughter, Mrs. Dea
con.
Misses Annie and Emma Rose leav
today for Waiwea to visit their sister
Mrs. Lindsay.
Alex Cockburn and family expect t
leave Hilo for Kona before the frs
OF November. The Hawaii will prob
ably convey the family and househol
goods from here to Kailua. The man
friends of the family regret very niue
to lose them.
w w Goodale arrived per Kina
last Saturday, after few weeks tri
to the coast. He left Mrs. GoOdal
and Miss Katherine near Boston, an
they will probably remain there for
year.
Miss Pullar and Miss Dillon spen
few days in town last week
Mr. and Mrs. ]. A Scott of Wainak
are expected home in about two week:
, Invitations are out for a ''Har
Times Party" this evening at the LII
man Shantie. - Old buds will be tn
rage.