The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-02-18
GUESTS Of THE CHINESE
SOCIETY HOLDS OPEN
HOUSE TO-DAY.
Rooms Were Thronged-Visitors In
troduced to Club officers and Enter
tained with Food and Drink.

Hundreds of guests of various nation
alities were entertained by the United
Chinese Society today at the headquar-
/ ters on King street near Nuuanu. With
characteristic hospitality the Chinese
provided their guests with a variety
/ that was extensive and of the best
While the affair was given and con-
Quoted entirely by the Chinese in honor
/ of their Chinese new year 1t seemed a.
/ if it was in honor of the haoles for tn,
white people constituted the ma ajority
/ of the visitors.
The entire suite Of rooms was thrown
open in the entertainment of the public
and open house was kept from IL in the
morning until after 1 o'clock in the af-
ternoon. Plants and flowers were used
in decoration, the Chinese lilies of good
fortune being visible in every room.
The government band was in attend
ance and played on the front lanai dur
ing the reception.
Perhaps one of the most striking
features of the entire affair was the
scarcity of the native Chinese costume
with the handsome long flowing gar
ments. The few that were worn added
to the effectiveness of the scene. Prac-
tically every one of the Chinese present
was attired in a suit of western fashion
and the happy manner in which the
Chinese blended their own natural dig
nifty of manner with the hearty open
welcome of the western nations, show
ed how successful they have been in
adopting the customs and ideas of ma
tions other than their own.
The guests were received at the head
of the stairs by several of the reception
committee and ushered into the main
reception room where the officers of the
society and the rest of the reception
committee received. Following are the
officers. president, H. A. Heen; vice.
president, Wong Chow, secretary NJ. c.
Amana, treasurer, Ho Fon The recep-
ton committee who assisted these Of
ficers in receiving was. composed as
follows: Lau Tang, L. T. Chin, Chung
Chow Chang Kim, G. X. All, w. Y.
Fong, Chun Mung, Wong Leong, l.. Sin
Chow, c. Wainam, Lee Chip and Lam
Kun Chin.
After being presented the visitors
were given cigars and offered dainties
in the way of dried watermelon seeds.
From the reception room the crowd
filed into a suite of rooms where one
large table and a number of smaller
ones had been spread with a dainty
lunch, Salad. sandwiches. iced cakes
lady fingers, ice cream, champagne
and beer We're offered to them. In ad-
; ditton to this. there was delicious tea
as only the Chinese know how to brew
/ and as a further mark OF consideration
for their guests the hosts were thought
full enough to provide sugar for the
palate of the haole whose tea drinking
education has not attained the point of
swallowing the beverage without some
sweetening.
Tables containing famous Chinese
confections were about the rooms while
sweetmeats of American manufacture
We're also provided for those who might
perfer their own style of candy.
The place was visited by an unusual
ly large number of women, which was
All of the leading people of the business
and commercial community attended
the reception and there were besides
many officials from the government and
Federal employ as well as representa-
tives of other nations, and several
clergymen on hand The Chinese also
attended the affair in large numbers.