The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-01-03

From above the portraits Of the
kings and queens OF the olden times,
which looked down in the former throne
room Of the Executive building last
night there depended the flag of the ca
BILE ship Silvertown. There, in the field
divided by a strand of cable, in the up
per half was the dove of peace, and
below clasped hands, betokening the
drawing together of countries sep
arated by watefy wastes.
And it was a goodly company upon
which these emblems Of the old and
the new faced, as the ball in honor Of
Cable Day progressed. 1t was gath
ering IN Hapolulu without exception,
for every business and social side was
there and the enjoyment was all the
zfAkar in that more than thousand
~ who looked in upon the recep-
ISsan and following ball were not repre-
Eentatives of any special side of the
composite society Of the capital.
The old throne room had been trans
formed for the occasion, and it was
respondent in the myriad colors of
signal flags and the banners of the
nations, which formed frieze and
were empanneled upon the wall spaces.
The color scheme of the walls was &C
centuated by the wealth of green's,
which were banked along the walls
and placed in artistic profusion in the
dais at the end of the hail. The relief
was complete, and the room looked cool
and inviting, its picture possibilities
being heightened by the bright gowns
and the beauty of Honolulu which were
crowded into the room
It was a crush. Everybody came
early, and when the doors we're opened
as the receiving party took their places
in the line and made ready to receive
the guests there was line which ex-
tended across the hall of the building
and massed in a compact body at the
doors. The line of the receiving party
was placed at the makai end of the
room, and very soon the apartment was
filled and the lanais took up the addi-
tions to the party, relieving the main
assembly hall, but never taking away
so many people that it was possible for
dancing to proceed without difficulty.
To the visitors, those who were gath
cred in the line, the effect of the scene
was peculiarly attractive. 1t was Amer
lean, and to the English officials of the
cable company lost none of It's charm
by its uniqueness, for standing for two
hours and shaking hands with new
made friends was an experience unus-
ual, and perhaps never again to be en-
ioyed. There was in the room a large
number of technical men of the ships
company, and they lost no time in
meeting the young ladies Of the city
and. full dance cards were the rule
within a half hour after the reception
began.
In the receiving line, which stood
near the makai entrance to the throne
room, were Secretary of the Territory
Henry E. Cooper and Mrs. Cooper,
Manager S. S. Dickinson of the cable
company and Mr.. A. G. Halves, Jr.,
Engineer Benest of the Silvertown and
Mrs. Oscar White, Captain Morton and
Mrs. Marston Campbell, Captain Pat
tison and Mrs. James w. Pratt, and Mr..
and Mrs. Gaines, the former OF the
verandas, where cool breezes were a
row Of the old throne room chairs,
which maintained the crescent form of
Me line without a break until the re-
seption was concluded and Berger's
sand struck up the first waltz. With
the first strains of the long expected
waltz, scores of couples swung out up
on the floor where brilliant balls had
been given before Hawaii's royal rul-
ers, in days long gone by. There was
little room at first, owing to the lines
of people grouped about the sides, but
soon these melted away into the