The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-27

Society men of Honolulu who would
be comfortable in their clawhammers
and the general stiffness attending the
wearing of conventional evening dress
should learn a lesson from foreigners
who live in other tropical cl-mes- In
ali climes the evening dress adopted In
the leading social centers of the world
is the only acknowledged garb for for
NAL affairs. But the Germans. Aus
trians and many others who have taken
I'D residences in the equatorial ooun-
tries. have to a certain extent solved
the problem of dressing thus and at the
same time making themselves comfor.-
able. They have done away with TIE
stiff white linen bosom shirt and sub
stituted a thin white linen with pleat-
ed front This allows more freedom of
movement and does not suffocate the
wearer as does the stiff case-l!ke bos-
ON. Many of these foreigners have
passed through Honolulu lately and In
the evening one always sees them
dressed in this fashion and looking
much cooler than their American and
English brethren. Honolulu social
leaders should ponder over the advan-
tages Of the tropical shirt.
AAA
Smoking among women Is more COM
mon in Europe than in the United
States, and in the United States 1t is
much more frequently seen in New
York and the Eastern cities than in .he
West and South. In Europe any sug-
gestion that smoking was improper for
women would be received with amaze
t. :<xl,% |. kf hi II
or expensive, but it's improperly would
not be discussed. The Princess nj Wa;ss
set the seal of the highest approval in
Great Britain on the fashion Of smok-
ing nearly score of years ago, when
she had her servants hand about at a
dinner of women small cigarettes Of
kind she had smoked for years Def fore
that. This made the habit permissible
to all women in Great Britain, il 1t had
indeed needed any such countenance.
Queen Victoria's well-known opposition
to the practice was not enough to dIs-
courage it's votaries after the princess
had given it her frank approval. Only
one of Queen Victoria's daughters ever
showed how little she cared for the
royal opinion in such matters b. smck-
ing whenever she wanted to. This w:ts
the Princess Louise. The Pcincess
Alice, on the other hand, shared 60
fully her mothers prejudice and trans
mitted 1t to her daughters so fully TIA:
the present Czarina of Russia has ask
ed the ladies Of the Russian court hot
to smoke in her presence.
Cigarette smoking in Honolulu has
not ASSUMED such proportions that pub
;o ht,
| ty. However, there are many ladies'
| here who smoke whenever occasion of
| fers, and carry about with them hand
some cigarette cases. Luaus uf the
very informal kind are favorite places
for ipdulging in the habit.
4 wedding cake party was held at
TIE residence of Mrs. Widdifield We'd
Akesday evening in honor of Miss Adele
Widdifield whose approaching wedding
| with Lieut.. Howell in Manila, made the
event an interesting one to her friends
| Eighteen young people were present
| and all assisted in stirring the cake
and adding the raisins. The cake form
ed an important part of Miss Widdi-
| fields impeachment aboard the L. S.
| transport Grant on which vessel she
sailed yesterday for her future Army
home. She looked not unlike a floral
! figure as she stood upon the deck. She
was given an enthusiastic aloha by her
friends who waved her a handkerchief
goodbye from the Naval wharf. The
1 launch Waterwitch, in command Of
Commodore Archie Young, accom-
panied the Grant far beyond the chan
| al
her course for the Philippines. Among
those on the launch as guests of Com
modore Young were Mrs. w. Porter
Boyd Miss Sadie Carter, Mrs. j. s.
Walker. Miss Katheryn Widdifeld,
Miss Mary Widdifield, Messrs. Waited
+. Dillingham;, Jed Prouty, Isaac
Dillingham;. Lieut.. Hancock, U. S. A.,
w. w. Rabbit, r. w. Single and w.
W. Kicker.
i Scarcely n week passes without an
\npuncements matrimonial being made,
and as consequence there will be
weddings galore later on, says the
Newsletter of Oct. Is. Among the
most recent is that Of Miss Frances
Baldwin to Sheffield Sanborn of Oak
land. which Mrs. Baldwin made known
at luncheon she gave the other day
to some of her daughters young
friends. Then the rumor which has
been so persistent of Miss Mamie Me-
Nuts engagement to Ashton Potter
at present on duty in the Philippines,
Las been set by the formal announce
ment of its truth, which was made at
Mrs. McNutt's tea last Wednesday.
However, San Francisco society is not
likely to profit much by that, as nc t
only will the fair bride-elect be lost to
ouI swim, but the wedding will prob
ably take place in Manila within the
next few weeks.
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