The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-20
NOVEL ETECTRICT LIGHT EFFECTS
Large Number of People
Participate in the Event.
Handsome Decorations Through
out the Building-A Great
Social Success.

With sweet music from a native or
ehestra and merry voices in the whirl
of the dance; with a hundred lights
from different corners, and the Ameri-
can and Hawaiian flags draped over the
various entrances, gently waving in the
wind, forming a pretty picture, the
new and elegant barn recently COM
pleted at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
G. Irwin, Waikiki, was christened.
The decorations last night were
simple but attractive, and showed that
the young ladies and the men who
assisted in arranging them knew just
the right touch to give in securing of
a pleasing effect.
In the large hall, or what will hence
forth be the carriage room. large Amer
lean and Hawaiian flags. fastened over
the entrances and windows by small
punches of green's of various kinds.
Draped around were festoons of the
trailing jessamine, ending in the chan
deIiers of fncandescent electric lights.
II was in this hall that the dancing
was done to music by the Hawaiian
National Quintette Club stationed out
side.
Out il the stalls on the right-hand
side were chairs for the dancers, and
in those on the left tables for the card
players. All were decorated with trail
ing jassamine and punches of green's.
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novelty was introduced. The lights in
the hall were turned out and a calcium
light, casting forth various colors. was
turned on the dancers. The effect, as
may well be imagined. was beautiful.
In the loft above were set the tables,
where the supper was served after the
eleventh dance.
The browning feature of the decora-
tfons was a large horseshoe of red in
candescents lights, and lining the arch
of the front entrance, beneath, blue
lights of the same size. At the gate was
an arc light, and on the lawn another.
In all, there were 80 incandescent
lights in the barn and on the grounds
surrounding. The whole work was
done by the Hawaiian Electric Com
pany, under the supervision OF Theo
Hoffman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin received their
guests and then about 9 O'Clock the
music for the dancing began. Not IN
til the small hours did the guests bid
farewell to their kind host and hostess
who spared no efforts TO make the
evening an enjoyable one.
The following were the people invit-
ed. a very few OF whom were absent:
President and Mrs. Dole. Minister and
Mrs. II. E. Cooper. Minister and Mrs.
s. M. Damon. Minister and Mrs. J. \.
King. Chief Justice and Mrs. A. +.
Judd, u. s. Charge D'Affarires and
Mrs Ellis Mills. German Consul and
Mrs j. F.. Hackfeld, Japanese Consul
General and Mrs. Shimamura, Mr..
and Mrs. II. w. Schmidt, Consul and
Mrs F. A. Schaefer, L. s. Deputy Con-
sul-General and Mrs. w. Porter Boyd.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Atkinson, Mr..
and Mrs w. F.. Allen, MIR. and Mrs.
s. c. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ather-
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. II. Atherton, Mr..
and Mrs. X. W. Anderson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob A. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs.
Willard E. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Porter Boyd, Mr.. and Mrs. Sydney NJ.
Ballou. Mr.. and Mrs. z. F'aXon Bishop,
Lieut.. and Mrs. Arthur Carter Baker,
Rev and Mrs. Douglas Putnam Birnie,
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. A. Brown, DR.. and
Mrs r. w. Anderson, Judge and Mrs.
Alfred w. Carter. Mr. and Mrs. VIM.
r. Castle DR.. and Mrs. f. r. Day,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Damon, Mr.. and
Mrs. b. F. Dillingham;, MIR. and Mrs.
c. Du Roi, Mr.. and Mrs. p. H. Dodge,
MIR. and Mrs. Douglas, Mr.. and Mrs.
C.. H Eldredge, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
son. Captain and Mrs. Fuller, Judge
and Mrs. Walter Frear, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hermann Focke. Mr.. and Mrs. Melanc-
thon Nj. Hurd, DR.. and Mrs. Geo. Her
bert. Mr. and Mrs. C.. NJ. Hyde, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Hopper, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. Won Holt, DR.. and Mrs. Howard,
Judge and Mrs. c. F. Hart, Mr.. and
Mrs w. LanZ, Mr.. and Mrs. w. L.
Hopper, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Hall. Mr..
and Mrs. T. w. Hebron, MI and Mrs.
p. c. Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Jones,
Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Jones, Mr.. and
Mrs. z. W. Jordan. Mr.. and Mrs. w. c.
King. Mr. and Mrs. w. a. Kinney,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Lowrey, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. r. KeywOrth, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
Levers. Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. Macfar-
lane Rev. Alex. and Mrs. Macintosh,
DR.. and Mrs. Walter Maxwell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom May, DR.. and Mrs. W. T.
Monsarrat. Dr. and Mrs. Miner, DR..
and Mrs McGrew, DR.. and Mrs. Web
Der. DR.. and Mrs. A. z. Nichols, Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Neumann, Mr.. and Mrs.
Pratt. Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Parker, Mr..
and Mrs. E. w. Peterson, Captain and
Mrs. Penhallow, Mr.. and Mrs. T. c.
Porter. Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Richards.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Ripley, Mr.. and
Mrs. David Rice. Mr. and Mrs. E. 1.
Spalding. Mr.. and Mrs. James E. Spen-
Ger. Mr.. and Mrs F. NJ. SwanZy, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. z. Smithies, Mr.. and