The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-08

the volunteer. and they moved forward
to join the guests who were out at the
utmost limit OF the lanai. some seated /
on the broad top of the railing. some
standing and others in comfortable
easy chairs. They all greeted the vol
unteeT' with the various degrees OF |
warmth, or lack OF il, peculiar to their |
temperaments, training, or acquired |
social manner.
The host and hostess had brought to- |
gether a congenial party OF friends. |
There was the man with white hair |
and fresh complexion who wore glasses |
and whom nobody ever dreamt OF |
CHASING with the old people because |
of the youth that dwelt within him,
cropping out in his springing step. his
bubbling spirits, his hearty. whole
souled manner and his unaffected in
terest in people and events.
Then there was the handsome girl
of Hawaiian birth who did not pre-
tend to see the advantages OF annex
alton. but who had none the less a
keen appreciation for the American
| army officer, and not one jot the less
for his gallant brothers OF the navy.
And there was the conventional Am
erican society girl. young. pretty and
not over proud OF being a kamaaina
| because she had been that long enough
and sighed for larger worlds to- con-
quer. She had low. sweet voice and
| way of glancing up through her eve
| lashes that was effective. also she
could place a flower in her hair with
| a delightful result possible only TO one
brought up amongst them.
The only other woman. besides the
| hostess, was the young matron whose
| political convictions were. though not
| popular. so ably expressed that the
| matter was often obscured by the man
ner. Her husband being absent on one
of the other islands, she had been bid
| den TO the feast to- supply an element
| that might offset the qualities,-all the
more marked because a trile crude
of the girls. 4 young man, a college
! graduate. but with his student days
far enough behind him to have travelled
and lived-a good talker, with fund
| of humor and a reputation for being
| funny which he was, when lazy. apt
| to deplore, was there-so his hostess
had informed him-''to live up to- his
reputation" \ couple OF army officers
completed the party. for the hostess
living at Waikiki in their midst was of
course, bound to stand in with the
4 Il
had a name apart from his career as
a soldier and he was courted by the
women. The combination of brass but
tons and celebrity. enough of an at
traction in themselves was added TO
and completed by a manner towards
their sex which had n Difference that
conveyed subtle compliment. The
other was a man made for dinners.
| having an appreciation for the good
things of life and. besides, a laugh that
| was ready, jolly and an incentive cal
culated To stir up ones best converse
tional efforts.
Six men and four women. But the
hostess always did the inviting and she
believed in a discrepancy of numbers
on the right side-and at least her wo-
men guests never failed to approve her
methods Cocktails were passed
around by a soft footed attendant and
few moments afterwards the party
was seated at the table.
NAH or hfpS fts had ID, placed the army
the college graduate at her left. The
maid of Hawaii was between the army
man of rank and the soldier with the
jolly laugh. The young matron was
between the college graduate and the
volunteer; next to him was the pretty
American girl. and then the host. On
the other side of the host was the
grey haired gentleman and this
brought three men together, but the
grey haired gentleman was the only
one without any girl at all and he
didn't care, particularly as he was
twisting "a sentence in his mind into a
subtlety SO rare that its true signifi-
canoe could only apear to those who
read between the lines next day.
| The conversation flowed from the be-
ginning, and the wine also, for every
thing was lavish on this lanai at Wal
kiki. The volunteer talked a great
deal to the American girl and the gist
| of his remarks was not over soothing,
for he spoke of her sex as types and he
said he preferred them dusky: This
was too impersonal for any girl.
The college graduate was calculating
a theory OF his about a system of edu-
cation for women, in which they
| should be trained to light talk and
| graceful accomplishments. instead of
wasting the fleeting hours of youth in
algebra, history and the usual school
routine The young matron. who felt
that she had mind. waxed indignant
at what she called japanese geisha
| destiny for all women.
The maid of Hawaii was interesting
to the two army men between whom
she was seated for they had never met
girl quite like her.
The army man of rank studied her
| and the scenery and everybody was
| glad to see his evident interest and
| they wondered what heroine he would
choose from the islands. The grey
haired gentleman put a period TO the
sentence over which he was puzzling
after introducing a comma with fine
effect, and he proceeded 10 indulge IN
delightful flights of fancy about an
imaginary ideal cottage at Waikiki.
This afforded great amusement TO his
host whose ideas for cottages at the
beach were turned into palaces in the
inspiration of their drawing.