The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-12

SOCIETY


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Lent. with all its restraint upon
fashion and its foibles, is here. It's
advent was marked by slight cessa-
ton in social activity. Lent, if it
serves only as a period for the point
ing Of n religious finger at society's
devotees, is certain to exercise just
bit of an influence among the smart
set. for even they are generally church
members, and the church, when Ash
Wednesday dawns, says Halt" Any
how, forty days are not too many in
whole year to devote to social idle
ness, especially if viewed from the
standpoint that forty days are ample
time in which to rest ones self and
make ready for the whirl and swirl of
the social season following Easter.
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Mrs. George Fairchild of Kauai was
the guest of honor on Tuesday at a
delightful At-Home given at the Ten
ney mansion by Mrs. Helen G. Noonan.
The beautiful home was thronged from
to by the wealth, fashion and beau
~ of Honolulu, marking the affair as
one Of the smartest functions of the
season. Cards were played after the
reception was concluded, pedro being
played. The first prize, beautiful
hand painted vase, was swon by Miss
Violet Makee; the second prize, a
Bohemian glass bonbon dish, was the
trophy of Mrs. Charles 7. Wilder; Mrs
Charles Wight was the winner of the
consolation prize, cut glass vase.
Following cards. dainty refreshments
and champagne punch We're served on
tables placed in tandem through the
rooms. each covered with a beautiful
tea-cIoth on which rested exquisite lit
tie cut glass vases filled with tiny pink
and white daisies mingled with purple
violats.
the house interior was artistically
decorated. the wide arches between the
hail and the reception rooms were hung
with beautiful baskets of maidenhair
ferns and trailing asparagus. In the
hall We're JardiniereS and vases of
nasturtiums. a huge bowl of tiger
lilies rested on a lakewood pedestal
a the entrance of the Japanese room,
where a trailing basket of asparagus
hung curtain-like over the archway,
falling gracefully over the bowl of
lilies.
yellow was the color scheme for the
drawing-room. On the cabinet was a
bank of sunfiowers, while golden
hearted coreopsis blossoms filled dainty
wall pockets. A bowl of the same
blossoms rested on the piano, blending
with the tinted walls. On another
cabinet was a vase filed with waxy
white easter lilies. forming a beautf-
full contrast. The handsome dining
room was filled with dark red carna-
tions with roses banked on the buffet
and relieved by hanging baskets of
maidenhair and asparagus.
Mrs. Noonan wore an elegant royal
blue and gold figured panne satin gown
trimmed with champa gne-colored lace. |
Mrs George Fairchilds costume was
a cream-coIored chiffon over silk fin
ished with a bertha and pointed girdle !
of Duchesse lace.
Mrs. E. d. Tenney was attractive in
a white peau de sole figured with tiny
lavender blossoms relieved by touches
OF ecru lace. The guests were: Mrs. |
T.. d. Tenney, Mrs. Clarence Macfar- |
lane, Mrs. Geo. Herbert, Princess Ka-
wananakoa. Mrs. E. Faxon Bishop, |
Mrs. j. NJ. Dowsett, Mrs. c. B. Cooper, |
Mrs. Robert Crawford, Mrs. Bernice
Walbridge, Mrs. S. G. Wilder Mrs. |
Mary Widdifield, Mrs. Arthur Wall, |
Mrs. George Beckley, Mrs. Walter NJ.
Giffard, Mrs. Harry Macfarlane Jr.,
Mrs. A ]. Campbell, Mrs. Henry Mac |
farlane ST., Mrs. Klebahn, Mrs. J. H. |
Mrs. G. l.. Wight, Mrs. G. |
Il. Wilder, Mrs. A. P. Taylor, Mrs. |
Brainard Smith, Mrs. c. Conradt, Mrs. |
C. NJ. V. Forster, Mrs Clifford Kimba1l, /
Mrs. Arthur Rice, Mrs. Jane Dougher- |
ty, Mrs. Carl Holloway, Mrs. Ernest |
A Ross Mrs. Mary Gum, Mrs. Percy |
Benson, Mrs. Robert Anderson, Mrs. |
Won Hamm. Mrs. George Smithies, Mrs. |
w. a. Purdy, Mrs. r. Ivers, Mrs. w. |
LAM, Mrs J. S. Walker, Mrs. c. B. |
High, Mrs. Hagens, Mrs z. NJ. Boyd, |
Mrs. Fred. Church. Miss Nellie Kitchin, |
Miss Violet Makee, Miss Jennie Giffard, |
Miss Helen Macfarlane. Miss Lady
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