The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-17
AT A RECEPTION
Honolulu Society Gives Welcome
to Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ. Cooke.
AT THE NEW LOWERY HOME
A Brilliant Company in a Beautiful
MansiOn-Departure in Building.
Court and Fountain.
AT THE NEW LOWERY HOME

The most brilliant and unusual So
cial function Honolulu has known for
long time was the reception to Mr..
and Mrs. c. w. Cooke at the new home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred. J. Lowrey on
Tuesday evening last. Feature piled
of the event. 1t was the first gather
ing of Vanity Fair for some months
Social life has been but family throb-
bing lately. Mr.. and Mrs. LOwrey are
very popular here. Mr.. and Mrs. Cooke
who now tentatively have their home
on the Coast, are always most cor
daily welcome to Honolulu and were
on this occasion warmly greeted by the
hosts of their friends who had been
bidden to the reception.
The Lowrey mansion, at the corner
of Victoria and Lunalilo streets, is
unique and notable for it's interior,
the design of Messrs. Ripley and
Dickey and the work Of Contractor
Wilhelm. From the wayside the large
and shapely house, with its tropical
setting, presents an attractive appear
ance, but the beauty and the charm
and the artistic effects are within the
walls. Guests on Tuesday evening
were much interested in the arrange
ment of the mansion and were enthusi-
astic over the neatness and comfort
and satisfaction of the whole. The
finfshings are rich and harmonious and
the furnishings pretty without being
extravagant. One bed room in parti-
cular was voted a lovely place. 1t is
spacious apartment with high ceiling
and is trimmed in curley redwood that
was by many mistaken for koa. All
is of curley redwood, even the mirror
and picture frames. Stairways through
the house are of oak, with selected
pine wainscOating.
Like every model residence in Ha-
waii nei, the LOwrey home has the
wide lanais and the half outdoor rooms
so dear to those who like Island life.
The windows are wide and of the
clearest glass and favorable view
points were provided.
The home has one distinction or
characteristic that gives it individual
This form makes the mansion stand
apart from all others. In Roman re-
sidences Of say the POmpeian period
the residences of the patriarchs were
inevitable in the Atrium. Lew Wal
lace, Sienkiewicz and other prominent
writer's Of this day tell of this bit of
garden maintained within the house of
the men who ruled the world when
Il
forces in civilization.
Passage through a hallway and
lanai is the journey to the Atrium.
The room is fifty feet by thirty feet.
In daily life half is for dining hall
and half for living room. There are
no partitions. The floor is of hard
wood. The columns and piIasters are
of oak. There is beam ceiling of Sc
lected pine. The we'll to the roof has
a dome top with art glass. The sides
Of the we'll above the ceiling make a
gallery and on the night of the recep-
ton the scene from the vantage spots
overhead was an enchanting one.
The beauty spot in this great court
is the fountain reserve. This is the
space that gives the technical name OF
theAtrium to the hall or amphitheater.
Mosaic tiles, white and blue, cover
space eleven feet by fifteen feet. In
the center is the sunken fountain, with
white tiles at the bottom of the pool.
OrnamentatiOn of such an extensive
space as this large court affords is no
small task. 1t was made a bower
for the reception. Gala lilies were in
the pool About the fountain were
banana trees and palms. POtted palms
and ferns were set around the room.
There was an extra amount of the YER
dure in the corner occupied by the
receiving party. On the walls were
pictures and plaques. The paper is
something new here this year. 1t is
called fibre paper and in the court is
of a dark blue color. making a silent
melody with the oak and countless
electric lights.
One side Of the court has seating
cove Another side has the buffet with
beveIIed plate glass. Another side has
the china closet with bevelIed plate
glass.
During the reception music and re-