The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-29
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the night or TUESDAY. OeceHlpeI 0.
Governor Carter fixed the date yester-
day and appointed a committee to take
charge of the affair. A meeting will be
held next week at which the arrange
ments for the function, which will be
on an elaborate scale, are to be COM
pleted.
The committee having charge of the
arrangements is composed Of Col. j. w.
Jones, George Potter, Senator c. L.
Crabbe, Major j. w. Pratt, j. A. Gil
man, E. r. Adams and w. F. Dilling-
ham. The committee with one or two
exceptions, is the same as that which
had charge of the cable ball and of the
Fourth of July function of a year ago.
Preparations are being made to en-
terrain several thousand guests, and
the invitation list is now being made
up. Invitations will be sent out as
early as possible this week.
The ball will be preceded by re-
ception which is to be held in the Gov
errors office on the second floor of the
Capitol building. The old throne room
| is to be given over entirely to the
dancers. At the Fourth of July ball a
pavilion was erected for dancing, but
| the same plan will not be carried out
this year. Instead the legislative hall
will be used and the reception will be
| in the Governors Office above.
Andrew Brown is chairman Of the
| committee which will have charge of
L will I,cc
as usual in the basement of the Capt.
toll building. Marston Campbell will
have charge of the arrangements for
the building and the decorations.
The government band will of course
play at the function and there will
probably be a quintette club in attend
ance.
The engagement of Miss Margaret E.
Thomas to Mr.. VIM. T. Schmidt is an
nounced.
| Mrs. Arthur r. Lyon will be at home
| at 150SB Fern Place, after December
list, 1903.
Miss Castle will omit her December
Il anu I1luSlCdtcS DSCdQSe VI tiCl
intended absence on Maui She will
leave this week.
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/ A musicale by the best local talent
has been arranged for Tuesday evening
at eight o'clock by the Kilohana Art
! League. Members of the Art League
\ will be admitted on presentation of
/ their membership tickets and those not
having invitations can procure tickets
] at the door for fifty cents each.
j The following is the program:
+ Piano and Violin-5th Sonata. .......
.............. .............. Beethoven
/. Allegro. 2. Scherzo. 3. Allegro
ma non troppo.
Miss Castle and Mr.. d'Albert.
Pianoforte-"The Last Smile ........
............ .......... Wollenhaupt
Mrs. McCracken.
IViolin-(a) Berceuse ........... .Jocelyn
| (b} SereHade .Pierne
Contradictory "Song of a Heart" -.
............ ................ Tunisor
(b) Necklace of Love-.
.................... ........ h. NeVln
Miss Gertrude Hall.
Pianoforte-.'Maz ..Leschititzky
Mrs. McCracken.
] Soprano-"Villanelle' ...,..... Millard
Miss Coolidge.
Trio ...,............... Reiche
Yoices-Miss Byington, Miss Whitney
and Mrs. Damon.
Violins-Mrs. Lull, Mrs. Howard and
Miss Kopke.
Accompanies ........... ..............
Miss Castle and Miss Byington.
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A very important meeting of the
Missionary Cleaners will be held Mon,
day afternoon in the parlor of Central
Union church, at 2:30 o'clock. All mem
bers are requested to be present.
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The engagement of Miss Florence M
Handy to Mr.. Geo. B. Scott. is an
nounced.
The wedding of Miss Mary Widdi
field of Honolulu, and Lieut.. Harry P
Wilbur, Art. Corps, U. S. A, of Key
West, Fla. at Fort Banks on Novem.
Der 4, is described in the Army ant
Navy Journal of November as fol.
lows:
| The event of interest was the small
L
winthrop, Mass, ON Wednesday after
noon at three o'clock at the quarters
of Capt. and Mrs. J. F. Howell, wher
Miss Mary C. WiddifieId of Honolulu
sister of Mrs. Howell, became the bride
of Lieut.. Harry P. Wilbur, Art. Corps
of Key West, Florida. There were nc
maids or ushers. Mrs. Howell served
as matron of honor and Mr.. Ray Will
bur of Bethlehem, Pa, brother of the
| groom, as best man. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Mr.. Car
ney, a local clergyman, and was fol.
lowed by a reception and spread, the
10th Artillery band furnishing the mu.
sic from its station on the lawn front
ing officers quarters. Capt. and Mrs
Wilbur received in a bower of white
decorated with pink chrysanthemums
and green vines and frightened will
electric lights. They stood beneath {
horseshoe of electric lights which were
freely used about the house, which wa:
closed to daylight.