The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-16

.<kNN WITH the dance let JOY
be uneonlasa," ..,,.,-,
~ This was the watchWoro
of the meeting of the Mardi Gras COM
mittees yesterday at the Drill sneo'
which, by the way. is hereafter 10 De
called the Mardi Gras Palace.
The meeting, if such it can be called
was for the most part an unconVeh
tional chat about what had been done
and the few remaining things which
were necessary to make all the ai
engagements complete for the magnin-
cent display of royalty and beautl1ui
costumes next Tuesday evening.
Mrs. William Montrose Granafn'
chairman of the executive commltlee
and the ruling spirit in the coming
brilliant function, presided over the oe-
| alterations. Among those present were
Mrs. S. NJ Damon, Mrs. A II. lseh-
| berg. Mrs Alexander G. HaWes' il
Mrs. Charles B. Cooper, Mrs. captain
Shaker. Mrs. Mary Widdifield, MRS.
| Harry Lewis, Mrs E. d. Tenney, Mrs.
r. s Walker Mrs. Mcdonald, MIS-
Pond. Mrs. j. NJ. Dowsett, Mrs. Joroah'
Miss Abigail Campbell the Princess
Consort of the Carnival, Mr. Tarn NC
Grew, Prince Carnival, Dr. SlosSel.
and DIR. Grossman. The result OF ene
meeting indicated that the committees
! had performed their work well ana ut
| tie had vet to be done, One OF the nrst
questions which arose was the oesls
! nation for the old armory. with SO
much royalty and gorgeous wealth.
about to descend upon the CITY, IL was
/ thought that drill shed was a .rlh IN,
| plebeian. and "Mardi Gras Palace
was adopted instead, and the pro-
| grams will bear that inscription
| The Mardi Gras colors-red, white
and vellow-will be literally draped
about the palace to hide the unarlsto-
cratic structure from the gaze OF the
| merry maskers The throne will be
gorgeous dais, raised slightly above
the dancing floor, with an overhead
canopy. which will be hung with
| graceful folds of the scintiliatlng trl-
| color. 1t was decided after mucn
! chatting that the judges shall De given
conspicuous stations upon the stage
on either side of the throne put care
will be taken that none of the ladies'
| mr. gentlemen wear anything red, as
| the prevailing hue in the Princess
gown will be garnet.
| A knolty question which was hnally
| solved was the time for sunmasklns
| and the awarding of the prizes. AS
/ the spirit of the Mardi Gras dwells in
| the mystery Surrounding the merry
| function it was decided that mysteri-
Gus the whole affair shall be up to the
| point of removing the masks, and tnat
the prizes shall be awarded before
! this is done. When all is in readiness
and the judges have agreed upon the
lucky ones whose costumes nave at
/ tracted unusual notice by their novelty
| or Appropriateness, the signal Will De
given by the Master of Ceremonies,
and a blare of trumpetS by the oinclai
| trumpeters in costume will call upon
the merry ones to desist!
Then in the awful silence following
the Judges will confer the prizes. An
other blare of the trumpets and the
| masks are to be whipped off and the
| denouements made. The meeting was
considerably agitated over the compll-
mentary ticket question. There were
committees which reported tnat Trey
believed it right and proper to give
such tickets to certain persons who had
assisted the ladies in their work. The
chairman thought that when people
did something for charity they did moi
do it to receive free ticket 1t was
finally resolved that the press snouio
be supplied with complimentary tick
cts and that eighteen more should Of
held by the executive committee te
give to those who will necessarily be
entitled to them. The free list is sus
pended"
Mrs. Walker brought up the matter
| of dressing rooms She said that those
in the Miller-Street wing would p'
properly renovated and provided will
conveniences for the guests, while tw'
of the large company rooms in thu
main hall would be reserved as retiring
rooms. Competent persons VIII be II
charge of these rooms, and fear of ;
mix-up of evening hats, coats ant
other paraphernalia will be obviated.
The ladies expressed themselve
satisfied with the sales of tickets, an
the boxes have all been spoken for a
S25 each. AS there are thirty of them
more than enough money will be de
rived from this source alone to pay TO
all the expenses of the ball, The prize
will be for the most beautiful lady
costume most beautiful gentleman
costume, most original lady's costume
most original gentleman's costume
, most comical lady's costume and mos
comical gentleman's costume. Prett
souvenir booklets of the Mardi Ora
We're distributed yesterday Afternoon
They contain a list of the patronesSe
, and all the committees. The announce
ment of the Master of Ceremonies say
that the grand march will begin at
o'clock. After the judges have reache
a decision, the Master of Ceremonie
Will mana sLne prizes TO the PrlnceSs
who will present them to the winner
from the steps of her throne.
Supper is to be served between IL an
l o'clock The Master of Ceremonie
will carry baton of rosewood wit
a sterling silver end decorated /
acorns. 1t has the Royal Hawa1ia
crest, with the crown and coat-of
arms, and the inscription: "Ka Pua
Publ ohe o ka Moi Hawaii
The dancing programs will have
distinctive color for the ladies an
gentlemen, gold lettering for the forme
and silver for the latter. The edic
has gone forth that all those desirin
to dance must be masked and attire
in domino, fancy dress, pompadour c
evening dress up to the time of ur
masking. No one will be permitted I
dance otherwise.
The committee of judges TO awar
prizes, one of the most important
the maskers. is as follows: Mrs A. +
Isenberg, chairman; Mrs. j. A. Gil
man, Mr.. D. Howard Hitchcock. M
Tucker. Mr.. ]. r. Gait and Mr.. S. \
Damon.
, A delightful valentine supper part,
in honor of Mrs. Allan White, NJ
Harold Mott-Srnith, Mr. Prouty an
Mr.. Walter Dillingham;, was given G
Thursday aVApjnp a bar rpSidenc