The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-02-23
NOVEL ETECTRICI LIGHT EFFECTS
Large Number of People
Participate in the Event.
Handsome Decorations Through,
out the euilding-A Great
Social Success.

WIN sweet music from native or
chestra and merry voices in the whirl
of the dance; with 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
Few and elegant barn recently com
pleted at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
G. Irwin, Waikiki, was christened
The decorations last night were
'imple but attractive, and showed tina
he young ladies and the men VIII
SISTED in arranging them knew jus
the right touch to give in securing OF
a pleasing effect
In the large hall, or what will hence
orth be the carriage room. large Anne,
lean and Hawaiian flags, fastened over
the entrances and windows by small
punches of greens of various kinds.
Draped around were festoons of the
trailing jessamine, ending in the chan
deliers of incandescent electric lights.
1t was in this hall that the dancing
was done to music by the Hawaiian
National Quintette Club stationed out
side.
Out in 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
During the progress of the dance a
novelty was introduced The lights in
the hall were turned out and 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-
tons was 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 $50 incandescent
lights in the barn and on the grounds
surrounding. The, whole work was
lone by the Hawaiian Electric Com
aany, under the supervision of Theo.
Hoffman
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin received theiI
-uests, and then about o'clock the
music for the dancing began Not un
il the small hours did the guests bic
arewell 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. H. e. Cooper, Minister and Mrs
). NJ. Damon, Minister and Mrs. J. A
King. Chief Justice and Mrs. A. F
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. H. w. Schmidt, Consul and
Mrs. F. A. Schaefer, u S. Deputy Con-
sul-General and Mrs w Porter Boyd.
Mr.. and Mrs. A t. Atkinson, Mr..
and Mrs. W. F. Allen, Mr. and Mrs.
s. C. Allen, Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Ather-
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Atherton, Mr.
and Mrs. r. w. Anderson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob A. Brown, Mr. and Mrs
Willard E. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. W.
Porter Boyd, Mr.. and Mrs Sydney M
Ballou, Mr.. and Mrs. e. Faxon 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;, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. Du Roi, Mr.. and Mrs. P. H. Dodge,
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas, Mr.. and Mrs
c. H. Eldredge, Mr.. and Mrs. Emer-
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. G. NJ. Hyde, Mr.
and Mrs. ]. A. Hopper, Mr. and Mrs.
H. Won Holt, DR.. and Mrs. Howard,
Judge and Mrs. G. F. Hart, Mr. and
Mrs. w. LAM, 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. E. W. Jordan. Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.
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. E. 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. /.
Spalding, Mr. and Mrs James z. Spen-
Ger, Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Swanzy, Mr..
and Mrs Geo. E. Smithies, Mr.. and
Mrs Geo. W. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Suhr, Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Soper, Mr..
and Mrs. E. D. Tenny, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Waterhouse, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
c. Wilder, Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Walker,
Mr. and Mrs r., de I, Ward Mr. and