The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-18
To HONOR
ST, PATRICK
The Order of hibernians
Have Most Successful
Celebration.

1t is probable that Progress Hall
never held so large a crowd as was
gathered there last night to celebrate
ST. Patrick's day. They We're the
Ladies Auxiliary and Division No. 1,
A. o. H of A, and their guests, and
in the audience there was the youth
and beauty and distinction of Homo
lulu.
The committees having the affair in
charge had made the most complete
arrangements for the comfort and en-
joyment of their guests, and the hall
was beautifully decorated in green and
the national colors, the stage draped
with the American and Hawaiian, and
the Irish flag. The program was long,
but not too long, and was eXcellently
arranged so that there were no waits.
1t opened with an overture, ireland
Forever especially arranged by Pro-,
A Marques and beautifully given by
the Marques Septette, j. c. Frietas
Miss Nellie McGreavy, Joseph Rosen,
.
and c. S. Desky.
Following this, President NJ. ]. Car
roll of the Hibernians delivered a short
address of welcome, and James d.
Dougherty gave a tenor solo, respond
ing to an enthusiastic encore Misses
A. Bowling and NJ. A. Doherty render
ed a piano duet, America Forever"
and A. E. Murphy was most dramatic.
Of fIA
future"
Mrs. c. B. Cooper sang beautiful
soprano solo. Secret" her sweet, clear
voice filing the hall, and she also smll-
| ingly responded to an enthusiastic en-
| core.
Henry Hogan was introduced as the
| orator of the evening, and delivered an
| address filled with all the pathos and
| fervor, and hope of the Irish race. In
| deed, an Irish patriotic address is al
ways filed with pathos and fervor and
hope Mr.. Hogan's talk was well re-
| ceived by the audience, and at the con-
clusion he begged pardon if he had been
| thought too long because he had been
| carried away by his enthusiasm as an
| Irishman. And his audience cheered
| him again at that.
/
with three little bright faced lads for
leaders who sang and looked, too, like
angels, sang the glee, (a) "Springtime
Roses" and OBJ "The Dear Little
| Shamrock" and then would not re-
spond to an encore, although they were
wanted again because the crowd could
| have listened to that kind of music all
night.
| Miss Helen Mccarthy recited the
| Lament of the Irish Emigrant,'' a
| touching bit of sentiment touchingly
| given, and Mr.. J. H. Rowland sang
''Gipsy john and gave as an encore
| the wives of st. Ives" a bit of bass
comedy in verse that was we'll receiv-
ed. Little Walter Cough, one of the st.
| Louis College lads, played a violin So
To- ''Chacone," in a way that reflected
| credit upon his teacher, and showed
him to be possessed of skill very rare
in so young a boy Father Valentin,
in a strong and true baritone voice sang
! Moore's Believe me if all those en-
dearing young charms and after a
| short talk by Right Rev. Bishop Libert,
the Marques Septette ended the enter
| tainment with two we'll chosen num-
bers. The accompanist of the evening
was A. r. Cunha.
The affair was in charge of the fol-
lowing committees:
Committee on Arrangements-Mrs
NJ. ]. Carroll, Chairman; Mrs. L. Ke-
| make, A. E. Murphy, Miss NJ. Alice
Dougherty, w. F. Erving, F. D. Creed
on, Miss Lille Murray, H. F. Dawson.
Committee on Reception-Mrs. J..
Duggan, James T. Carey, Miss Flor
ence Dillon, James Dodd, Miss Alice
Zeigler, Owen Mccartney.
Committee on Decoration-Mrs C. w.
Ziegler, Thomas D. White, Mrs J. w.
Short, John Sheehan, Mrs. McGreavy,
j. Mcguire.