The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-07

| Hawaii is sometimes gay because the
moonlight is provocative, sometimes a
holiday comes and gaiety is thrust up
on her, and sometimes she is gay for
the mere love OF it. Given an excuse
for good time Hawai- never fails to
rise 10 the situation with a ready re-
Spouse and a gamut Of entertainments
calculated to insure the spice of yari-
ETY..
New Years eve, the footing Of horns
the crack Of the ear splitting bomb, the
voices Of singing boys, the ukulele and
taro patch, made night hideous. or en-
trancing as the case might be,-or the
point Of view. From many a house
fioated forth, on the evening breeze
sounds of mirth and revelry, and the
New Year was welcomed with a
warmth Of hospitality peculiar to the
Islands. There was miStletoe all the
way from the Coast,-but that's an
other story. And there was a christen-
ing too.
The beautiful new home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. e. d. Tenney was given a house
warming and began its seasoning
with a royal, good time. A torch-light
procession headed by Mrs Beckley,
marched through the big rooms, bear
| ing a banner of white bunting upon
which, in letters of the vivid magenta
| bougenyelia, was Inscribed: "HuklIi-
lani." And so the Tenney house was
duly christened a tremendous loving
cup flied with champagne was passed
from guest to guest, and each one
drank to the future welfare of '.Kukui-
| lani.'
At the Neumann house on the same
evening, MIR. and Mrs. FNocke had a few
| of their friends to meet three visitors
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Sewall. who
| arrived on the City of Peking: Oscar
Sewall, who is well known, and popu-
lar man in Honolulu, and Mr.. Dear
born, and Mr.. Lapham Of New York
After game of progressive euchre.
during which the Quintette club de-
lighted the strangers with the posi-
bilities of their hulas and plaintiye
melodies, supper was served and at II
O'Clock the demonstrations were such
that there was some doubt expressed
by the guests of honor as to whether
the inspiration of the evening was the
arrival of the NeaW Year or the arriy-
al of the Picking. This rivalry has
since been dispelled, however. by sue
cessive evidences of regard for the
newcomers
Calling on New Years day is no
longer the fashion, but the men went to
say Happy New Year to the girls,
and dame fashion forgot she was
sighted and smiled up in the back
ground, for she is too old and sensible
to believe in herself and her fads And
the native boys went from door 10 door
singing Aloha oe," and all the good,
old songs Of which Hawaii can never
tire.
Monday night Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell
gave dinner for Mr.. Oscar SeWaiI,
Mr.. Dearborn, and Mr. Lapham at
which, besides, were Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Sewall and. OF course the young
ladies Of the household
Tuesday night Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Sewal had a dinner for these three
gentlemen; this dinner was also in
honor Of Mr.. Sewall's birthday, and it
gave some of his friends a chance to
wish him many happy returns OF the
day. During dinner at which were
present, besides the host and hostess
and their three visitors, Mr.. and Mrs. |
F'ocke, Mr.. and Mrs. Hatch, Miss Mac
farlane, Miss Widemann, Miss Kauf-
man, the Misses Mitchell, Miss Prin- !
gle, and Mr.. Monsarrat, the Guintette |
club played softly on the lanai, and |
after dinner a dance to the perfect |
time they impart to their music kept |
the party lingering until jokes about |
breakfast were in order.
Tuesday afternoon a reception and |
dance for the officers Of the Italian |
man-of-war, Etna, was given at alma
hau' by Mr.. and Mrs. Schaefer. We |
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wood tree" Under the hawthorne in !
the dale" Under the yaller pines"
but what can equal "Under the banyan
tree" At tables placed about in it's
cool shade were groups of light gown
ed women and dark eyed officers in
the black and gold uniform Of Italy,
partaking OF dainty refreshments to-
gether. The liquid accents OF the South
with the Hawaiian, the Amer
lean, the English, the French, the Jap
anese. and when words failed there
was the glance of the eye" Presi-
dent Dole, Mr.. w. O. Smith, and Mr.
Potter arrived together; there were al
so present, the japanese minister and
his wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Saito, Mr. and
Mrs. Damon, Mr.. and Mrs Henry
Cooper, Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd, Mr.. and
Mrs. Haywood, Mr.. and Mrs. Sewall,
Mr.. Caonavaro, Monsieur, VOssion, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred. Macfarlane, Mr.. and
Mrs. Renjes, Mr.. and Mrs. F'ocke, Mr..
and Mrs. Hatch, Mr.. Oscar SeWall, Mr.
Dear born, Mr.. Lapham. Mrs. Fuller,
Mrs. Robinson, DR.. and Mrs. Humphris
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Tenney, DR.. and
Mrs. Cooper, and many others.
The girls were all at hand 10 help
the officers to true appreciation OF
and among them were the
Misses Garter, Kitchen, Damon, King,
Robinson, Wideman, Macfarlane,
Pringle, Finckler, Mist, and
Walker. :
Mrs. Schaefer was assisted in receiv- :
lng by Mrs Renjes, and the charming i:
of the host was supplement- d:
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