Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-27
A FINE RECEPTION
GIVEN TO LADIES BY
TIE OFFICERS CLUB
PING roMe sEMi.riNALs AND FIN.
AIS PLAYED oEE-pEReYW WIN.
SER OF TOURNAMENT.
oVrR 100 PRESENT.

By the reception which the Officers
Club gave 10 the ladies at their head.
quarters on tue Capitol grounds last
nigh. most pleasant time was given
TO about d hundred and fifty guests.
numbered among whom were Prince
and Princess Kawananakoa and party
and officers and ladies' from the trans
pop BuiOrd. II was the first occasion
Of the hind that had ever been arrang.
ed iuT by the club and was brought
about by the ping pong turnament
which vas finished last night. The
entertainment was such signal sue.
cess that the members of the clu. are
wondering why thoy did not thinl, Of
This pleasant diversion a long time ago,
The club rooms In the Bungalow
we're decorated Az they never were
before Over all the doors and win.
dows were flags OF various nations and
rolored bunting and hanging from the
walls and ceiling were festOons of
terms and green's from the mouptains.
Vases OF flowers we're also used in the
decorations and tho rooms were bril-.
!isntly lighted with incandesccnt
! lamps, a number of extra ones >,h n
couple Of electric fans having been in.
stalled especially for the occasion.
| Out on the lanaia, downstairs and on
the lGwp were pretty japanese Ian.
;erns.
The Eofk Of a couple of days. which
trsns. O!med the rooms of the Officers
Club into piaC. of beauty, was done
! by msmpsrs Of Company +, n. G. H..
Of which Samuel Johnson Is the cap.
.sin. IheN. yOunG men cannot be too
Aignly Praised for the artistic. touch
which they succeeded in adding to
he surroundings.
4. ABOUT 2. 30 O'Clock the Territorial
Uand stationed about the head, quarters
BUNGALOW began concert which last.
- uutll ABOUT $50 o'clock. All during
,nls time the guests were arriving and
icing made comfortable by the com.
m.ytes n charge Of the arrangements
Land ne mcmberH of the Oniccrs' Club,
o. course the great attraction was
! ~ Jrs iua,n part Oi the club, whore
ne semrtnalH and finals IN the ping
ygDI tournament were being played
N The nt9terta were most exciting
nj brought forth round after round
u applause When the semi.finals
were played, thsro We're two tables in
he ,Cmblu.d ROOMS, but AZ soon as
.hes= we're over one OF them was talk
~ u4t and then all eyes We're conferred
Il The able where the finals were be
M played,
In tbe "mt-iinals Derby won from
H.cn and Blackman from Lowell, the
score Of the latter being G.3, 10. IL
the finals, the struggle was hard one
BlscEmaD led OF at hot pace anC
played all around Derby. winning tive
sJTE gIt sets. So, 4-G. In the third set
Derby began TO show his ability t
PLAY an uphh game, and BlaCkmai
refrigerated little, the result bein
mat the former won the set, 1913. Il
rhe fourth set, BlaCkmdn seemed I
play out and played very carelessl.
Derby winning by a score Ol G.l, aIte
8 ysEy jeW minutes play, In the tifti
= L was rhs same story, and Derby wo
ne set, g., the match and the chan
p,oDship '.. .''
AS 5000 az tho ping pong was owe
,..e room TaH cleared, the floor wake
I and a quintet club OF natives in tn
| hallway struck up lively music. In
l moment the floors We're crowded wit
J young people tripping the light faI
tastic. j was a gay scene which man
- u the officers say they want to hay
81 repeated about once month. San
Ing was continued until about mi
u night, when the ladies lett for hon
II ana the men Bat down Tor qui
n smoke before also departing.
n The success Of the whole evening
entertainment was due 10 the effor
!, OF the ping pong cGsSmlttoe, made I
IOf n. Il. Picker chairman, CAPITA
Samuel Johnson OF Company +. n.
is H., ana Fred, Lowell Of the Surv
nd Department. Colonel Jones. Colon
10 Mccarthy. Major Ziogler. Major {
Of mara and the other Officers of I
regiment also helped 10 make I
evening a success.
Among the officers from the Butte
VINO were present were Captain Vii
Who Was here in the Warren, a
Lieut.. SAM Widdlfeld, son of NJ
Mary Widdifield of this city. BEEF
the break up, Captain ulne adore
I'd the N. g, II. Officers and thanh
- them for their courtesy to the offic
Oh. aboard the Buford.
The prizes in the ping pong l1ul