The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-17
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BE THERE
LilIuokalani' TO Attend
Fair at HIIo..
HALL CHURCH BENEFIT
Prince David Will Take a Musical
Quartet From Honolulu pr =
Occasion.

On December % there will be q
grand luau and fair at .Hilo. the pro-
ceeds of which will be devoted to the
fund for providing HALL Church with
suitable organ, says the Hilo Herald
The ladies of Hawaii, as well as
those of Maui and Oahu, have been
working for weeks past preparing su t.
able articles which will be sold dur
ing the day and evening. The ladies
in charge are Mrs. Joseph Nawahi,
Mrs. ]. l.. Richardson and MS James
Campbell, and under them will be a
number of assistants selected from
among the young ladies of the congre-
CATION. There will be special tables
for art work, donated by Hilo ladies.
A fancy work table will contain
number of articles in embroidery, etc.,
donated by ladies in Hilo and on diff
ferent parts of the Island. The other
table will be filled to overlooking with
native hats of the finest grade made in
Kona. Some of these are of a quality
never before put on the market, and
the opportunity will be presented on
this occasion to secure a hat of SUI
perior quality at very low price, as
the usual custom of doubling on prices
will not be adopted at this fair.
Another table which will have es-
pecial interest for the ladies is that
upon which tapa, fans, pillows AMI
| bed quilts of Hawaiian manufacture
will be displayed. Some of the quilts
have the Hawaiian flag and coat Of
arms in colored patchwork remarka-
| bly, true to original designs. The tapa
1 nj do hxy IJor -
| tremely rare and the specimens to be
on sale have been procured from re-
mote parts of the Islands unf equented
by spectators in such articles Each
district in the Islands will be repre-
scented at the different tables. At this
time it is impossible to learn the
names of all those who will assist. The
flower and lei table will be presided
over by three young ladies of Haili
assisted by the Misses Campbell o
Honolulu. At the ice cream table will
be Mrs. Philip Rice and Miss Lillino
Hapai, while Mrs. NJ C. Willfong viii
look after the thirsty in dispensing
lemonade and soda water. Plants will
also be sold at this table
The managers of the fair will cree
pavilion 40 x so feet on the maka
4
will be handsomely decorated wit
evergreens and festooned with bunt
ing. Apart from the space allotted t
the display of fancy goods and Article
usually found in such exhibitions, wi
be the dining room in which the e wi
, be six tables, three for the Hawaiian
and three for foreigners. This distri
button Is made upon the request of
number of the older Hawaiians' VIII
believe they can enjoy the feast niue
more than to be crowded by the fol
eigners. The dishes to be served Il
clude the choicest found on the Islant
and it will be cooked as only Hawai-
ans can cook. Turkeys and chicken
will be brought from o Jher paIt3 Ct I'll
Island to be served up with roast pii
Every article of food known to H
waiians will be served between l an
II p. m. Ex-Queen Liliuokalani hi
signifed her intention TO be preseI
on the occasion, and she win be a
companied by Prince David, who wi
bring with him the best quartet clu
in the Islands.