The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-04

IA should be made more exclusive.
In the past Honolulu society
made a poor show, in that it was inns
posed upon so often by sleek persons
whose only claim to gentility yss in
the fashioning of their. clothes. The
new Honolulu has C@N its So
who comes into the city with gilt
tering display and has learned not to
rush up frantically and welcome such
people before finding out who and what
they were in the cities and towns
which they had left behind them
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One of the most elaborate and enjoy
able affairs ever given here was the tea
of Mrs. Morris NJ. Estee at the Hawaii
an Hotel on Saturday last, in honor of
her daughter, Mrs. Charles Deering of
San Francisco. The spacious reception
parlor, two large rooms across from it,
the front halls, as well as the lanais,
were at the disposal of Mrs. Estee for
the festive occasion, all being most ar
tisticalIy decorated with flags, flowers,
palms. ferns and ported plants. Mrs.
Estee and her assisting ladies, Mrs.
Philip Frear, Mrs. Grimwood, Mrs. j. T.
Mcdonald, Mrs. Mailing, Miss Stansbury.
Mrs. Fred. Macfarlane and Mrs. Pettis,
arrayed in their beautiful gowns and
standing in front of the long French
windows. with gliQaFses of the flower
decked lanai beyond, certainly made
most attractive picture, by way of greet
ing, for eptering guests.
The bsstess was attired in an exquisite
comhjfation of cream pineapple silk,
win relief of heliotrope velvet and lace.
mrs. behring's gown, with its quaint
bias effect in the skirt, which was a
ccntinua ton of a shirred girdle forming
almost the entire waist, was of a pale
pink gauze over silk of the same shade.
Mrs j. T. Mcdonald, one of the most
charming of our recent additions to So
cial circles, who has not yet been in Ho-
nolulu long enough to lose the tints of
lovely complexion, wore a white or
candle with trimmings of butter lace.
Mrs Fred Macfarlane was in hand
some black toilet.
Miss SfansUufy's gown was of blue
fculard over rose colored silk, the skirt
being heavily stitched with white. and
at the neck a wide conar of lace.
Mrs. Philip Frear was in electric blue
with a brocaded effect of black.
Mrs. Pettus' attire was the daintiest of
cream chiffon.
Mrs. Grimwood was radiant in blue
etamine deliberately trimmed in black
lace.
| The lanai where refreshments We're
served had been converted into a perfect
bower of yellow. Each tiny table was
strewn with golden-hearted daisies, or
| brilliant-huede nasturtiums, while from
vases swung high against background
| of green upon the walls, black-eyed Su-
sans looked down upon great punches
! of stately sunflowers that filled the jar
dinieres set here and there. Attendant
boys, in natty white duck suits. antici-
pated every possible want of guests as
to ices. punch and other good things.
Among those present were: Mrs. 8. NJ.
Damon, Mrs. NJ. c.. Widdifield, Mrs. j.
T. Mcdonald, Mrs Hopkins, Mrs. F. NJ.
Hatch, Mrs. ]. S. McGrew, Miss Gillet
Paymaster Hall, U.S.N. Mrs. Charles B.
Cooper, Miss Mamie Widdifeld, Miss Lii
liam Bacon, Mr.. Byron Baird, Mrs. Ray
mond, Miss King, Miss Marian Scott,
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Scott, Bishop and Mrs. VIII
lis, Mrs. C. B. Wood, Mrs. Philip Frear,
Mrs. Ralph Gear, Miss Davis, Mrs. E.
R. Stackable Miss Meyers, Mrs. Helen
Kelley, Mrs. C. c. Nichols, Captain and
Mrs Shaker, Mrs: Andrew Fuller. Mrs
Philip Andrews, Mrs. P. C. Jones, Mrs.
E. w. Jordan, Mrs. A. 7. Brock, Mrs.
Severance of Hilo. Mrs. Adolph Cheek.
Mrs. VIM. Wilder Mrs. Charles Wilder,
the Misses Walker, Mrs. Walter Jones,
Mrs. Belle Jones, Mr.. POLITE, Mrs. Sid
ney Balou, Mrs. Clinton Hutchins, At
torney General z. P. Dole, Miss Girls
void, Mr.. Dunno, Mrs. Morris M. Bissel,
Mrs. William Robinson, Mrs. A. G.
Halves. Mrs Bon, Mrs A J. Derby, Miss
Cartwright, Mrs. H. F. Wichman, Mrs.
Waldbridge, Mrs. FREQ. Knight, Mrs.
GILL; Miss Barber, Mrs. William Wall,
Mrs. Otis, Mrs. J. G. Augur, Miss Rus
sci, Mrs. j. T. Waterhouse Mrs. Julia
Along, Mrs. 1. R. Burns, Mrs. w. J.
Galbraith, Mrs. A. S. Humphreys, Mrs.
Judson and Miss Judson of San Fran
cisco, Mrs. Grace Hudson, the officers of
Naval transport Solace
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Mr.. Archibald Young gave most de-
lightful Yachting party last evening to a
number of his friends. His guests were:
Misses Deming, Carter, Widdiield, NJ.
Widdifield, Mcclellan, King and Gillet;
Messrs. Kicker, McCirew, Holt, Rabbit,
Single and Lewis.
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Mrs H. Baldwin is back from the Coast
and is staying at the Hebron cottage at
Waikiki.
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Mrs. Walter Maxwell, it is said, has not
as yet accepted any invitations that
would mean entering into the society of
Brisbane, as she has so far been rusti-
eating She will participate, however, in
the festivities that are to celebrate the
visit of the Duke and Duchess of Corn
wall and York in Australia. Her plans
at present are to spend the summer in
America and the winter in London with
her sister, Mrs. w. N. Mcmillan, former
ly of st. Louis.
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Dr.. Raymond has gone to Maui, where's
be will put the new home in readiness
for Mrs. Raymond, who expects tb><5oin
him the latter part of this month.
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Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Hale, Miss Cham
berlain and Miss Gregg have returned
from Hilo and are again at the Levers
place at the beach.
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w. G. Nielsen arrived in the Iwalahi
from Hawaii. n
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Mrs Mary Gums dancing clasf will
give pretty fancy dress danciHg ex-
hibition about the middle of JHne in
which more than 100 children wilYpartici- I
pate, the girls dressed in Ndainty bright
hued dresses, and the boyS in {he natti-
est of suits, all combining 10 form a
pretty picture of gay youth&Fness which