The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-13

Loughborough, the only guest on
board; but Kate Clement had left the
party before they arrived in the Is
lands, and had gone through alone on
sailing vessel to her home.
few months ago she married Dix
well Hewett, popular and well known
man in San Francisco; one of the men
whom all the girls wanted to meet, but
who would not be dragged, AS he
expressed it-into society until he met
Miss Clement; then he didn't have to be
dragged. And so they We're married
and this trip that is planned, is a be-
lated wedding tour.
Mrs. 10 Tobin is an intimate friend of
Mrs. Hewett's and has begged her to
come to Honolulu with her, each time
she has been here. Mrs. Tobin still
asserts that her ambition is to own a
place at Waikiki, in spite of the sea
trip between San Francisco and Ho-
nolulu and that she is a wretched
sailor.
The Mardi Gras ball was success
this year and the carnival spirit was
all there, society having cultivated the
same since last year when the news
papers said that San Francisco could
not rise to the unusual This year
they rose; and the result was bril-
liant ball where the girls didn't wait
for introductions. There were some
chic costumes; one of the most fetch
ing was that worn by Grace Spreckels,
who by the way, is a handsome girl
with dash and style that could make
her as beparagraphed as a few of "our
girls who figure as Gibson beauties"
''divinely tall and most divinely fair
and few other alluring adjectives
that look well in print. but really do
not fit. But the secret of why some
society bellies are constantly being
''puffed'' by the reporter and others,
who may be infinitely more attractive,
are not-is another story.
So ''to return to our muttons," Grace
Spreckels went to the Mardi Gras ball
as a devil and looked wicked and dar-
ing in black and red satin, with devils
on skirt and becoming pointed cap.
Miss Maye Colburn-who by the way
has earned for herself the reputation
of being 'tthe most strenuous entertain
er ever!" with her tri-weekly dinners
and teas and luncheons in between
was a dancing girl in short white
skirt, with ribbon streamers on which
were huge black polka dots, a black
mask, a white satin bodice ornamented
with polka dots and fluffy gauzy under
skirts completed a, 'Frenchy'' costume
Mrs. Rudolph Spreckels was in a box
and looked very handsome in grey silk |
crepe, and powdered hair. Grey is the
color most affected by Mrs. Spreckels !
this year and it is particularly becom- |
ing to her rich coloring. Mrs. Irwin |
also looked unusually well in a French |
ball gown. Laura Bates was a Red |
Cross nurse that could have won even |
a dying soldier back to life.
OF course every one expected that |
Ethyl Hager would wear something |
startlingly original, and also a daring |
ly- thriIling-j ust-on- the-verge-of- being
put-out creation. But she didn't. Per-
haps because her pet adviser and coad- |
tutor, Addison Miner, was out of town
and she had to ''go it alone" She and |
Helen De Young,-both of whom have
been reported engaged to Addie at one |
time and another,-wore hooded red |
dominoes, black masks and the great,
round spectacles of automobile enthusi-
asts. This may have been a touching
tribute to Addie who has gone on an |
tour through the southern |
part of the state.
An engagement that will interest Ho-
no1ulu is that of Charlotte Moulder-
who visited Honolulu some years ago |
as the guest of Mrs. Anita Neumann |
Focke,-to Charles Carter Nichols. Miss |
Moulder made many friends in Honolulu |
and there has been some talk of her |
wedding trip extending to the Islands, |
but this is not decided. The wedding |
is to be an Easter one and the bride |
will be a pretty picture with her lovely |
color and bright eyes.
A pleasant episode of Mrs. Harold |
Sewalrs visit to San Francisco. is the |
well-timed visit of Oscar Sewau and
his wife, who are in San Francisco at
the same time. Oscar Sewall was a
great favorite in Honolulu when he Wis |
ited the Harold Sewalls at Waikiki,