The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-17
By S. MARION wEEKES.

| society though she has many friends who
| urge her to join IN the social whirl.
| She prefers to spend her time in the
athletic sports possible to San Rafael
| environment. Miss Hoffman is an ex-
| pert swimmer and disports herself in the
| Bay near San Rafael in the icy waters
| of winter Just as she does through the
summer. She is handso1ner even than
| when she was in Honolulu and might
easily be belle if she did not prefer to
be an athlete first.
Mrs. Rudolph Spreckels is the same
beatty she always was, and her gowns,
her artistic house, her entertainments,
her handsome, devoted husband and her
two beautiful children arouse some en-
Wy among those who think the good
things of life should be more evenly
distributed.
Miss Jones was very popular with the
navy and more than one expression of
regret has been heard among Mare ISL
and people since she sailed for the ISL
ands Winter attire was very becoming
to Miss Jones, so perhaps she will re-
turn and continue to gladden. the navy.
Honolulu may expect another bride
and groom III January Mr.. and Mrs.
Benjamin Sprague who were married at
Oxnard, Cal, December thirty-hrst. Mrs.
Sprague was Elizabeth Potts, daughter
of DR. Potts of Oxnard; she is a tall,
slender girl with luxurious fair hair and
cordial, unaffected manners. Ben Sprague
is a nephew of Robert and Henry Ok
nard and is superintendent OF the beet
sugar factory at Oxnard. Mr.. Sprague
has always wanted to- see Hawaii since
his uncle Robert Oxnard's description of
Island life, and so his wedding trip was
planned.
1t is safe to conclude that Philip Lydig
who went to Honolulu with y. s. V.
in letters of gold on a very becoming
uniform, has not been forgotten, for
he was widely known in all sets and
many conditions. The handsome Philip
has the further distinction of being
married to the most Photographed woman
of the day. Mrs. Lydig is half Spanish,
dusky, dark-eyed, brilliant, well dressed,
in fact it is asserted that Mrs. Philip
Lydig is the best gowned woman IN
America London, Newport and New
York concede this and certainly the con-
cession should bring joy to the heart OF
any society woman, though IN living up
to the reputation may be found the same
exasperating fly that is always to be found
in the molasses. Mrs. Lydig has two
beautiful portraits in the New York por-
trait show this winter and may also
boast of having had her heart strings
torn, which is always so romantic
1t seems that when Mrs. Lydig was
Mrs. w. F. D. Stokes and was granted |
a divorce from w. E. D., she was Civ
en- the custody of her boy and she was
to keep him forever and ever, unless she |
married again. Little six year old Billy |
Stokes loved his mother. she was so
pretty, so young and so jolly, and he
did not have any idea that he would |
ever lose her. Little Billy believed that |
his mother loved him and so did many
others and even society had a sensation |
of surprise when the pretty Mrs. Stokes |
gave up her young son to marry the |
fascinating Philip Lydig and live happily |
forever after-in spite Of torn heart |
strings.
Harry Gillig, who so often visited Ho-
nolulu when he was Amy Croker Ashes |
husband. and whose pet ambition it once
was to buy a place and live at Waikiki, |
is IN San Francisco, on a visit to his |
mother. Harry is now prosperous |
business man in Galveston, III spite of |
his good looks, for every one always |
said he was too handsome to do any
thing strenuous-except annex an heir |
ess, which, after all, often comes easy. |
Harry Gilling registers two vows.-that |
he will never marry again, and will never |
90 on the stage. He has had several |
offers from managers, who are anxious |
to secure his six feet of good looks and |
also his exquisite tenor voice. Recently at |
the Bohemian Club Harry sang and |
transported his audience as Of old, but |
he is a sadder and wiser man, so he |
really may be lost to the stage and per-
haps to women.
Who knows?
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