The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-26
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The Skeptical One says that there are
s4hree kinds of masquerade ball: The
select. the promiscuous and the French
with a preference for the last. Which
l. M the three is to be Honolulu's boast?
The Skeptical One says that Honolulu
cant t.go'' masked ball. 1t is true
Hnat ether cities talk with bated breath
eof the land of the hula hula and the
moonlight bathing party, but neverthe-
less. Honolulu's wickedness cannot rise
s0r fan?) to a Marai Gras ball.
1.-The matrons will be dignified. ire
Rroachable. and unapproachable; un-
r9valled in smooth, social amenities
that no other 400 could excel. The
girls will be pretty and prim, with
We're de We're polish and haughtiness
that would raise the mask from the
first chapter of even a Jekyl and Hyde
representation"
quote the Skeptical One. wish l
could quote his groan. masquerade
ball is a leveller of barriers-or should
be
Sir. We have not been introduced"
said lady haughtily to the SkepticaI
One at the last masked ball he at
tended. He had whispered in her ear
a gallant remark, subtly solicitous.
ecleverly calculated, daringly audacious,
yet modulated to a careful propriety.
In short, a whisper that should have
been but as the pop of a cork that
unloosens the froth and sparkle of a
golden repartee. And the chorus sang:
~I am a lady, a perfect lady" They
all knew the song, and it was so apro
pos But the ball was failure. The
-Skeptical One says it was ever thus IN
.r1,tl1hnnd'c hnlr-an6 Honolulu ia q
child at the masked ball.
ms
But 1t was brave woman at one
of the business meetings who proposed
ahat the older patronesses should go
in evening dress, powder and patches,
and the younger ones in fancy dress.
In this age, when the woman of fifty
yies with the girl of eighteen in fluff
ard fascination, how is it to be decid-
ed whereunto the powder and patches
VIII apply?
The Skeptical One says that it is a
smart baby who knows it's mothers
mother as grandma, in these days, and
a still smarter infant who will discover
ANY powder or patches at the ball
unless the line between youth and age
As less crndely drawn.
- ~ y
Afternoon teas for the discussion Ct
costumes are now in order.
0U0 dI MI IclIll w lloci WSoAcS-
day afternoon resulted in a general
hack of conclusion.
The Skeptical One says that women
are not always what they seem, and
that every woman in town has her
costume thought out, even unto hel
slippers.
41Weil, dunno" as they say in the
coon song. when they are really puz.
lied
.x.&.x
The Skeptical One suggests few
characters. He says that he has the
good of the community in mind ant
viii supply ideas at 81. so apiece. Thi.
will bring the tickets up to IS, and will
insure expenses, besides promoting
charity, which he thinks he needs.
He says neat compliment to visit
ang strangers is always tactful. On
OF our girls ought to go as Beeman'
gsepsin chewing. gum. She could sci
CDR. Beeman a few tickets and h
would, no doubt, supply the gum.
A Tahitian frewalker could carry
few boulders, and save all expense {
himself as regards shoes.
Any man in town can impersonat
our latest swindler by going about an
talking in genial accents of MY friend
Billy IRWIN
A bottle of milk and cup fror
which to quaff the same, would impl
n delicate compliment to Barbou
Lathrop, popular club man of Sa
Francisco-now visiting Honolulu-wh
not long ago lived on milk for te
years.
There are others, but the skeptica
One says he will wait for the 81. 80 be
fore calculating his ideas.
~ ~
1t is to be hoped that our ball wi
run more like the course of true Low
ought to, and not in the least like tn
Yale ball in San Francisco where, afte
the guests had been assembled for a
hour. it was discovered that the lad
patronesses had quite forgotten t
order musicians. Somehow the ba
wasn't going" and a popular cotillio
leader casually mentioned the enliven
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