The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-29

Volcano House. July 20, 1906.
We at the Volcano House laugh and
take on flesh, unless we diet vigorously,
or do severe penance in the sulphur
sweat box But seldom are we SO vast,
substantial smile as we were We'd
nesday evening. The fun that bubbles
up like vapor from the steaming pits
had been compressed into the single
outlet of masquerade.
At eight o'clock as the maskers
marched down the staircase and into
the parlor the laughter was roof
raising. Little Evelyn Breckons was
in the lead, a dainty japanese girl in
a red k3mono. Elinor Castle. a merry
Colonial maiden was with Clarence
Dyer, who like Little Min Brag" in
Eugene Fields poem, laid much stress
on the privileges of a girls Bingham
dress.
Then on they came pellmell, Hilda |
Smith, the perfect hula girl, her sister
Elsie, a Cowgirl who with Florence
Hoffman, the effective 'Hay-seed,'
and Edna Craig. the Punahou Football
Boy, might have dared tackle any bull |
lock from Kapapala Ranch. Then there |
was a fascinating group of darkies:
Nellie McLain was Dinah. and Jessie |
Kennedy was Topsy and both girls
were completely disguised. They We're
accompanied by their partners, Rastus
Lewis Renton) and Sambo, Wilhel-
nina Tenney)-all four perfectly ire
sistible in their bursts of enthusiasm
IN, fl1aiY "a
Mr.. J. ]. Meyer was buxom Man,
my. who seemed to have trouble in
taking care of the joyous group of
chfldren-alI large for their age! There
was Nollie O, with curls (MisS Grace |
Little Lord Fauntleroy STANLEY Ken
nedyi almost ready to doff sashes,
Bruce Kennedy with Hazel Hebron,
Baby girls, carrying dolls and bottles.
Miss Daisy Lishman was charming
Dolly Warden. and Miss Annie Whit
ney, Lady Washington, sweet and
dignified. Mrs. Holland, with smelling
salts was a Red Cross Nurse, followed
by Mr.. d. S. Bowman, who carried a
bundle of washing and made a capital
Chinaman. Mr.. j. II. Smith of HiloI
was in sheet and pillowcase. ghost
ly, horned monster, who represented
Cards"
Perhaps on the whole, the most over 4;
whelming characters We're George Rem
ton as The Summer Girl and Robert ;
EIeCorriston as "A Country Girl They ]
streve in vain to be serious and lady
Ike under the unaccustomed burden
Of frills and wells and petticoats. Likei
the OWNERS of ancient Rome, they
could not look each other in the facet
without a conscious smile. The Vir- :
Peel afforded new and prot eSOnal !
groupings of the merry crew, especially I
as the music naturally changed, to rag-I {
1inae when the dusky quartet had the
door, and in a short cake march these
artists displayed their histrionie tai I
ants. IL
A souvenir of the occasion was deem I
ed worth the price of the fiash-light. {
So everybody submitted to the shock t
of the explosion, and the resulting {
was an amusing study in l
expressions.
Mr.. Demosthenese Lycurgus veryl
kindly supplied the claret punch. The {
kindness was appreciated by the young I
people as their toast to him evidenced. s
Then came that lively dance known
as Dan Tucker" Under ordinary cir r
it is hilarious enough, butt
this night it became almost a rompl Z
from the TACT tndl. LOT our HNeS, wei
could scarcely tell whether the partner
we swung was boy or girl.
Later in the evening were the ordin-t
,ry round dances, and, later still. the
usty singing about the piano of popu-I
ar songs in vogue today or yesterday.
The ten cent admission fee' wasI =
donated to the Hilo Hospital, which,
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