The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-03-17
Fashions and Society,

decorations play the most import
ant part Of the modern dinner, %
or luncheon. II the table is decorstes
effectively the battle is won tn
hostess who car al once strike the eye
CRAFTY the taste and set the converse
tjoaai bau a-rolling scores an tEamedi
at satcess. Just nos there Is great
and growing fancy for carrying 3ui
the tastes and peculiarities OF different
nations. 30 / am told ! read about
certain card party in q neighboraood
devoted 20 cards. OF all nations, and
extremely Jolly and successful they ali
we're. One evening they had Mexi
can party. The decorations OF -he
yoom .1aere the card party was going
on we're in Mexican co!ors. red white
and green. Prizes and souvenirs were
DUANE hts OF Mexican pottery, minia-
turs sonbreros belts and hat bands of
q leather. and the eagle pins .or
", ca the Mexicans are famous The
eatabiss OF this party were hon !
things. highly peppered and spiced in
Mexican style. Oyster cocktails head
Cd the menu. served with crackers
suread with melted cheese and cay
enne pepper. Tomaies. accompanied by
frijoles. and brown Mexican beans
cooked in butter followed. after which
came chocolate and small round cakes
frosted with chocolate
IN the German evenings long pipes
were provided for the men TO smoke
In a little room set aside for this pur-
pose The decorations OF smoking
room and drawing room were IN red,
white and black. the refreshments
,served were rye bread. frankfurters.
ssuerkraut. coffee and coffee cake. and
the prizes little miniature stems and
German flags. and the quaint silver
mounted casks representing King Gam
briuvs aua the cask. The cards USED
were also German.
The Chinese evening was especially
Characteristic. The yellow nag on
which the Chinese dragon dispoTted
himself futtered amid multiplicity
of Chinese lanterns. The eatabies con-
sisted OF chop suey. composed oil
chicken mushrooms and rice, rice
cooked so each kernel was perfect.
and served with scan. a Chinese sauce
like our Worcestershire. Lychee nuts,
with their sweet and persuasive odor,
much like sandalwood: kumquat and
ginger preserves and dragons beard
tea ad libittIm. The latter was poured
nv Young lady In Chinese costume.
who served the beverage 20 weary
plaver- on demand in dainty Chinese
cups from a dragon decorated teapot
Chapstir!. coins. little designs in pot
terry. and paper Chinese water plants
IN overs were served as souvenirs.
At the Russian party the samovar
was. Of course. in evidence. While va
rious Russian delicacies. including
caviar and "Bliny" cakes. were served
to the guests. Fayors here consisted
of the pretty Russian wooden bowls
embrOideries and pins.
The japanese evening was especial
IL easy to prepare because of famiii-
arity with custom and manners. Each
guest had a pair of chopsticks at sup
pey. The decorations were chrysan,
themums alternating with the natonai
colors The mattresses wore the Gel
sha- and selections from The Geisha
were rendered during the evening.
japanese curios In lacquer. bronze
and teakwood furnished the favors.
The Turkish. Roumanian. Persian
Irish. Scotch and American evenings
we're all observed in characteristic
style
Needed information was obtained by
consulting books OF travel relating to
the special country under consldera-
ton. or interviewing returned travel
ers
No one knows until they have tried
thu fun TO be gotten out of evenings
lie these. They are amusing and in
structive at the same time.
600
II is no longer question of TO be
or rot to be. The shirt waist has set
tied that matter for itself long ago
II Is to be,
We were told last year that the
shirt waist would soon be out OF style.
hut like the niger baby I'VE kept right
on sayin' s.nufin,.S and bought more
waists WRaf we should do In this
climate without the invaluable shirt
waist passes my comprehension: ana
| On, told Il has come to stay. This
sessnnsffe shirt waist is pronouncedly
the style. II is more than that; IL Is
the vogue. Plain or trimmed. made of
velvet or dimitv. of satin foulard at
s. per yard or of printed stuff at i0c.
IL is the style time and place fur
shit, waists of all materials. and all in
IN T. own time and place.
The satin foulards come this sea
Sc as glossy as satin and so high in
price thar YOU might as we'll buy bro
caded silks. At s5.5o per yard some
OF them we're shown. while the cheap
est i'm the handsome new brilliant e.
n..ak s.f
colors Is a very pale blue. upon which
flowers in white are delicately out
lined. The flowers are small. with
long trai.-ng stems. and are so grace
full that Won forget your antipathy 10
floral effects. II such feeling You NAV
happen 10 have The cotton fabrics.
being so many of them mercerized.
have progressed from the real the
wash waist" into that OF the dressv
waist. A cotton challie. a cotton
chsmhrey or a cotton pongee. verv
glossy and made up with the gold
coriing aud the lace and silk that are
accorded to more expensive fabrics.
becomes quite rs elegant as the most
extensive Of them. without costing so
much
600
A gown OF buf silk was made un-
USUALLY attractive by lavish trimming
of bronze gold soutache. The corsage
was Of white satin covered full with
white mousseiine de sole. Over this
there fell woke of the silk. tucked
and cut into vandyke points. Each OF
,hs tueks was outlined with iine OF
the soutaehe braid that WIS variasated
and boasted a half dozen shades OF
s-raar o.,id that ,-raaua1lv fk,neS down