The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-04-27
LOCAL BREVITlES.

The Pacific Rebekah Lodge will hold
/ its initiation this evening.
There will be a cottage prayer
meeting this evening at the Engle-
sac.
FRANK Dekum, brother of Ed. Dekum
of this city, is now playing in The
Pit supporting Wilton Lackaye.
Mrs. Gums entertainment will be
repeated on May at a matinee for
the benefit of the Hospital for Incura-
bles.
Lieut.. r. S. Douglas of the I. S. S.
Alabama has been assigned to duty at
Guam and viii. pass through shortly
on the Solace
Work for the twenty-third semi-an-
nual exhibition of the Kilohana Art
League will be received on May Is,
1905. Private view reception, May %.
Pacific Rebekah Lodge No. meets
this evening at 7:3O o'clock in Odd
Fellows Hall. Visiting members of
the order are cordially invited to at
tend.
The Poultry Association had a
meeting at Haalelea Lawn last even
ing at which it adopted the bylaws
and took in new members. No other
business of Importance was done.
The Honolulu legislators are now in
trouble. But if there ever was an ex-
cuse for drinking, however, one would
think that it should be furnished by
visit to a leper colony.-News Let
ter.
w. NJ. Giffard of w. G.. Irwin & Co.
leaves next Tuesday for the coast. He
will join Mrs. Giffard and Miss Jen-
ME Giffard and go to Europe with
them. He will be absent several
months.
Independence, Iowa, is making much
ado over the fact that for the first
time in twenty-five years a Republican
mayor was elected there last month
in the person of C. F. Herrick, an un-
Gle of Charles F. Herrick of Honolulu.
Miss Prescott's paper, the Honolulu
Times. will be out today. Tt is a
in local journalism in
that it entered a crowded field and
made its way. Everybody enjoys
reading the Times because it is so
different.
The Honolulu Symphony Society will
members and friends on the Both inst |
at 3 p. M, at Haalelea lawn This
will be the last concert givens under |
the leadership of Mr.. Busch, Mr.. |
the new leader, will arrive |
take charge at once.
Physicians have ordered Mrs. H. c. |
Brown. secretary of the Y w. c. A, |
to remain in her apartments for a |
owing to an injury to her knee, |
and hereafter she will transact all |
business connected with the Y. w. c. |
A. at Engleside. Mrs. Brown has had
trouble with the injured |
member and absolute rest is ordered
hat the injury may not become worse.
For a little while yesterday the work
IN the tug-of-war platform on Hotel
street was stopped by order of Fire
chief Thurston. The Chief did not
Know what the structure was for, and
Is no building permit had been taken
tut by the promoters, he had that es-
ential looked after. 1t is the Chiefs
luty to watch all construction work
s a safeguard against fire and pro-
ection to adjoining property owners.
Mr. and Mrs. F. w. Mitchell of Seat
lie We're among the arrivals by the
Ianchuria and are making their head
quarters at the Young hotel. They ex-
'ect to remain here until the arrival of
he Korea. when they VIII continue their
rip to the Orient. Mr.. Mitchell is one
# the live business men of Seattle
icing President of the Seattle Ma
hine Works and of the Washington
pulley Co They will enliven their
tay here by side trips to the Volcano
nd other special points of interest.