The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-24
THE MASK
Ball at Healani Boat Club
House a Success.
Miss Hessie Lemon Carries Orr
tiers All Well Taken.

The masquerade ball at the Healanl
Boat Clubhouse last night was an at
fair that created a great deal of fun
and amusement for a large number OF
people. Probably there were 200 pres
ent. Perhaps never so much guess
work has ever been done in one place
at one time in the city of Honolulu, and
perhaps never a larger proportion
wrong-before the ball proper.
1t was full o'clock before the guests
had all assembled in the large hall OF
the boathouse, and then it was that the
fun began. Devils, fools, Irishmen,
ballet girls, flower girls, Zulus, China
men, negroes-all roamed around to-
gether, and neither one nor the other
was able TO tell which gender was In
the costume of man and which in that
of a woman.
First came the grand march, ana
shortly afterwards the lancers, IN
which there was a combination OF fun
ny FRANKS on the part of great many.
Then there suddenly fell on the ears
of all the voice of Judge Perry, an
nouncing the priZe-winners as follows:
First prize for ladies-Miss Hessle
Lemon for being the most beautifully
dressed. 1t might be said that the
judges were very wise in their choice,
for there was not more daintlly or
prettily dressed girl in the room. She
wore a pink tulle short dress, trim
med with cherry blossoms in pink and
| white Her hat was of white straw,
with cluster of pink roses artistically
fal NO long
pink streamers completed the trim
mings of the hat. Her shoes were OF
white kid and her stockings pink.
Second prize for ladies-Mrs. Wbar-
| ton for the most original costume
| Mrs Wharton was dressed in regu-
| lar smallpox gown, with loose waist
| Shoes and stockings were yellow &c
match. Across the high hat were the
words: Quarantine, Waikiki" Mrs
| Wharton carried two smallpox flags
and across her back in black was q
design of skull and cross-bones.
First prize for men-Dr. A. G. Wall
| for the most original costume. DR.
| Wall was dressed in a suit of ii leaves
that hung from his tall form as i
| they had grown there. He carried ar
umbrella, likewise made out of t
| leaves.
|
for the best-sustained character. The
part of the fool was well acted by Mr.
Dat, and great was the surprise wheI
he unmasked.
Prize for NEW. B. Godfrey, Jr.
for being the most comical. Mr.
| Godfrey's makeup as an Irishman wa
certainly hard to excel.
There is one costume that is worthy
Of special mention-that of a very
pretty blonde belle, impersonated BY
Mr. NJ. Phillips. No one acted his par
better than did Mr. Phillips, and ever
| after he had taken his mask off it wa:
hard to realize that it was really Man
ny. With his mask on any one in the
room would have taken him for a wO
man, but at an unguarded moment ht
threw his arm over the shoulder of {
fellow he wished to speak with, anC
| the secret was out.
Mrs. Simpsons costume was a gOOC
one. Her dress was made up of copies
of the Advertiser, pasted on cloth.
George Hubby in boomers of gun
ny sacks, was one of the best in the
room. Ed Dekum, as Kauhane, the
aged wharf whistler. and G. r. Moore
as Zulu, were good characters.
There was party of school teacher:
in red dominoes at the ball, but as SOoI
as it came to unmasking time, they
sailed out and were seen no more.
The dancing began shortly after the
unmasking and continued until the
wee sma' hours. The music was fur
nished by the Hawaiian Quintet Club
Refreshments were served about L
o'clock