The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-03-16
MASKERS
ON kauai.

nrday evening the 10th instant, in re-
Spouse To invitations to attend a mas
querade ball, n gay party drawn from
all parts of Kauai from Wainiha to Ke-
| kaha, gathered ut the social hall in Lii
| hue.
| At $3.50 clock the orchestra struck
up the grand march, and the maskers
| fell in line and after marching and
counter marching arranged themselves
in a semi-clrcle about the room facing
the stage upon which were seated Mes
| danes Purvis, w. II. Rice Jr. and
Hastings, and Mcssrs. S. w. Wilcox
and W. ii. Rice ST., the judges who
were to determine to whom were to be
awarded the prizes respectively for the
handsomest costume, ladies' and gen
tleman S and the funniest. This Prov
ed a difficult task for no one costume
was preeminent over u number of hand
some ones, and the judges finally effect
ed n compromise by calling three of the
ladies to the front to draw for the
prize which was II pretty plaque, and
| fell to Miss Florence Deverill who as
Hawaii was dressed in the Hawai-
ian colors, with cap to match. The
other two ladies were Mrs. Chas. Elston
of Makaweli, who represented Gear
men, in handsome costume of red
and yellow with bead trimmings and u
black lace shawl and appropriate hair
ornaments, and Mrs. James Spalding of
Kealia who as "Pierrette, wore white
satin with black pompons.
George Fairchilds was given first
prize, stein for the handsomest men g
costume, that of Chinese Mandarin.
A character who appeared as two
faced woman, and who created consid-
cradle fun and aroused the curiosity of
all was awarded the first prize, a center
piece, for the funniest women's cos
tune, and when the mask was removed
Charlie Sweeter's smiling face greeted
the company.
Mr.. Vaughan of Koloa merited and
received the first prize, also a stein, for
the funniest men character. His
grotesque antics were most amusing.
After the prizes had been awarded
the command was given to unmask
after which the orchestra struck up
twostep and soon the entire lot of
maskers was whirling about forming
Kaleidoscope of moving color. Dancing
was continued until midnight when re-
freshments Were served and an hour
later the party broke up; the ball was
an unqualified success.
Among the pretty costumes deserving
mention was that of Mrs. Fairchilds AZ
"Theodora," that of Mrs. Francis Gay
AS Might that of Miss Ethel Gay
who appeared in Colonial costume as
!. did also Miss Aldrich, Miss Lady Mac
farlane as Carmen, Mrs. J, l.. Robert
son, fancy dress, Mrs. Norman Greig as
little girl Among the gentlemen,
Mr.. de Lacey's costume court jester"
was attractive, while a gentleman
whose modesty prevented his giving
his name wore handsome Spanish
dress.
There were number of funny char
acters who deserve special mention:
Charlie Elston as n black nanny"
. with two unruly children Mrs. San
dow and Miss Ada Rhodes) who SEEM
ed to be having a lot of trouble over
"A nursing bottle, provoked mirth for
all and were considered by the judges
for prize; but as Il trio, they were not
classed.
Mr. Sloggett attracted attention and
made lot of noise with his wooden
shoes, part of the makeup of an emf
grant from Europe who claimed to be-
|
laborers in Hawaii, with lots of money
Ito geD.
Mr.. Boyle looked so much like n
: tramp that people instinctively
drew away from him and passed by on
the other side.
Among the ladies, Mrs. Duncan was
most attractive as "a cowboy girl; Mrs.
Baldwin of Makaweli appeared as
Queen of Hearts, Mrs. Faye as u
hay maker, Mrs. Sweetser as a. witch,
Mrs. Sloggett as a German peasant wo-
man, Mrs, Carter as 30 Peep; Mrs.
Taylor as Pierrette, Mrs. Wilkinson as
Red Riding Hood; Mrs. Hogg as Jap
anese woman, Mrs. Froehlich as Gyp-
sy, Mrs. Chas. Rice fancy dress, Mrs.
Christian, Korean woman, Mrs Jaeger
Korean woman, Miss Wilcox represent
, ed the Queen of Hearts, Miss Mable
Wilcox, Primo Beer; Miss Duncan, Rea
Kidding Hood Miss Abbott, "Priseil-
La" Miss Bachelor, Domino; Miss
Lena Deyerill, Dutch peasant girl; Miss