The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-26
SOCIETY



That Honolulu society women can
makeup" as the stage-sayirg goes
for a costume ball and look the parts
they essay, was evidenced at the Colo
NAL bali on Friday evening at the Ha-
waiian Hotel. Quaint old-time gowns
OF the Martha Washington period were
shown TO advantage by many of Homo
luiu's society women. Mrs EDWARD u
Tenney looked second Janice Mere
dith in her pink silk costume. Mrs. c.
r. Humphrey, Jr., wife of Captain
Humphrey. L. S. A, was a dainty
booking maid in a pretty figured fou-
lard gown and powdered hair. MRS
A. G. Halves presented a pretty picture
in her apricot silk empire, trimmed
with real lace and large hat covered
with plumes. Princess Kawananakoa
attracted a great deal of attention and
admiration, her large Gainsborough hat
showing TO advantage over her pow
dered hair. Mrs. Percy Benson and
Mrs Gerrit Wilder, Mrs. Charles Rice,
Mrs Kimban and Mrs. Forster were a
bevy of charming looking Colonial
DANES. Mrs. Church's gown was very
effective, patterned after the Martha
ice. The Misses Nellie Kitchen, Jennie
Gfffard, Rosie Cunha, A. Macfarlane,
HartnagIe, Genevieve Dowsett and Vio-
let Makee looked as if they had stepped
out of the frames of old-fashioned pic
lures.
Mrs. Jane Stanford of California is
a guest at the Moana Hotel. She will
resume her voyage to Japan in a couple
Of weeks. LIZ
General and Mrs. Macarthur were
among the distinguished guests to ar
rive and continue on to Japan during
the week While in the city they stay
ed at the Alexander Young Hotel
Captain B. Parker West, the generals
aide, accompanies the party.
4 &&.S
e The Colonial Ball at the Hawaiian
Hotel on Friday evening in honor of
Captain and Mrs. Henry Ware Lyon
was a delightful affair, and in the
throng which greeted the guests Of
honor were a large number of Homo
lulu's society folk. The hotel was
beautifully decorated, the parIor in
which the reception took place being
adorned with bougainvillaea blossoms.
whole banana stalks and a multitude
of American flags and signal bunting
The grounds were beautifully illumin-
ated and the dancing halls and lanais
were attractive with decorations of
palm branches and flags. Captain and
Mrs. Lyon, received with Mrs. Good
win, Mrs. G. F. Humphrey Jr., and
Mrs. Fuller, Mrs Frederick Church
making the -introductions. Dancing
held sway until 1 a. m, to the music
furnished by Solomon's Hawaiian
GIee Club. Among the guests were
Prince and Princess Kawananakoa,
Secretary A. l. c. Atkinson, Mr.. and
Mrs. GeTrit Wilder, Miss Cunha, Mr..
and Mrs. Marx, Miss Marx, Mrs.
Gates, Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Kimball,
Mrs Tenney, Mrs. Noonan, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. NJ Boyd, Miss Jennie Giffard,
Mr.. ard Mrs. J. A. Campbell, Mr.. and
Mrs NJ. Phillips, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Sheldon, Mrs. Knudsen. Mr.. and Mrs.
l. Won Tempsky, Mrs. Armstrong,
Speaker Knudsen, Mrs. J. G. Pratt,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.. Halves, Miss Vio-
let Makee. Miss Genevieve Dowsett,
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Waterman, Mr. E.
NJ. Watson, Mr.. and Mrs. Woods, Mr..
and Mrs. BreckOns, Capt. and Mrs.
Hamlet, Capt. and Mrs. Sherman,
Miss Sherman. Mr.. and Mrs. Brown,
Miss Gertrude Brown, Mrs. Moore,
Lieut.. Glover, Mr. and Mrs. H. w.
Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Benson, Mrs.