The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-06

I Macfarlane, Honolulu; Ed. II. Sheldon
H. f. Dunton and H. A. Widemann OF
| Honolulu. The table was beautifully dec
GRATED with orchids and maidenshair
After dinner Mr.. Macfarlane's guests
were driven to the opera house, where
they occupied one of the loges, witness
ing the opening performance of Mime.
Sembrich
Mrs. E. J. Benjamin sailed for San
Francisco by the China. Her husband
remains in Honolulu for few weeks
longer.
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Mrs. F. W. Shake. mother of Mrs. T.
A Pettis, left for the Coast on Tuesday.
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Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Lovekin are soon
to occupy their cottage on Emma Square.
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Tarn McGrew, San Franciscos erst-
while society beau, but now of Honolulu,
arrived from the Islands last Monday,
and will spend a couple of weeks with
his friends in this city, says the News
Letter. He is expected home soon.
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Mrs. A. G. Hitchcock, accompar led by
her sister, Mrs. E. Harrison, leaSss~ on
the Aorangi for Victoria, whence they
visiting friends for about five months.
Mrs. Harrison has been visiting with her
sister for nearly half year.
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Now that Lent is closing, society is
taking count of the pleasant affairs
which will take place between Easter
and the summer days. The season will
be short and brilliant, and, like every
other Easter-tide, weddings will be
among the principal events
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The new musical sensation Of London
is Denis O'Sullivan of San Francisco,
who woke up the other morning to find
himself famous. The London Times
gravely pronounced him to be "one of
the illustrious singers OF the world, -
while numerous other critics fairly Law
ished praises upon him. Nearly every
body in San Francisco, especially. mem
bers OF the Bohemian Club, know Denis
OSullivan the handsome, clever, jolly.
good-natured Denis, whose remarkable
baritone voice is only eQualed by his
versatility as an amateur actor, a story
teller and an all-around good fellow. Mr..
O'Sullivan had done some singing in
England and appeared in an opera, but
the public and musical critics did not
take him seriously. For the past year
he has been rather out of the public
sight carefully studying and training his
voice in earnest. Denis has loads of
Honolulu friends, and so has his brother,
who lived here for some time year or
so ago.
Mr.. Mason Fay Prosser. after couple
of days in Honolulu, returned to Kauai
yesterday afternoon.
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Miss Mabel Pickett, who has been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Ripley for
the last four months, left for her home
in Los Angeles on the China
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i<Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mott-smithE ars
Fat present staying al their beach~cot-
stage near Diamond Head.
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Nat Central Union Church on Sunday
part of the Easter music to be rendered
will be compositions of Mr.. Edgar New
comb, whose coming to Honolulu Is a
decided acquisition to musical circles.
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We are not clothed IN gray these
Lenten days, and we are not putting In
our time in sewing circles and reading
clubs. No one has given up the days at
home, and on Wednesdays and Fridays
we don our rose color or fashionable
sage green calling gowns and go round
and sip tea at the various homes, stop
ping from ten minutes to half an hour,
ucSOtuinS ~ IilS COmptHy anu VIC SA'oiS~
gossipy morsels our hostess offers Tor
discussion. Lent this year is not dark
and dreary season. All formal functions
are tabooed but there has been and
will continue to be enough OF jolly lit
tie affairs for which invitations go out
over the telephone to keep US all glad
and happy.
Miss Anita Christal, daughter of DR..
J F. Christal of Santa Cruz, left on the
Mariposa to visit the Misses Campbell
of Honolulu, says the Examiner recent
1y.
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Miss sLottie NJ. Walker a daughter OF
]. c. Walker, a Fresno capitalist. has
Just returned from a visit to Honolulu
and is at the Lick House-Chronicle.
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Clarence Follis, whom Honolulu society
matrons and debutantes know very well
} has taken a place at San Mateo for the
summer and is putting 1t in shape ia
entertain his friends. Clarence has good
taste and the wherewithal to exercise 1t
and his country place is going to be o
splendid example of just what he can do
There Is no better fellow than Clarence
and we girls have had more than once
occasion to realize the fact. He Is q
most obliging fellow and wondrously
generous. He Is handsome and not con.
ceited, good natured and not foolish
Those qualities would alone be enough te
make US all dote on him as we do.
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banquet was recently given to w
IT. Alexander by the members of the
Thursday Evening Club OF Oakland In