The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-12

ahead of the others AS Mrs Wealth
erred. the chaperOn of the Oregon
party, was aboard the Hawaii, this
was looked upon as a happy coinCI-
Gence and Captain Lyle was warmly
congratulated for his Skill During
| most of the cruise a fair yachtswoman
was at the wheel.
THE BAND ARRIVES.
Shortly before o'clock, and while
the guests We're awaiting the an
nouncement of supper, the Hawaiian
Band arrived. Headed by Captain
Berger and comprising forty musi-
clans, all in new white uniforms, the
band presented an imposing appear
ance. The band has been recruited up
to its full strength in anticipation Of
it's tour of the United States this sum-
mer.
ice-Chairman E. r. Adams of the
Board of County Supervisors and Su-
Eervisors Lucas and Moore, accom-
panied by Sheriff Brown and Others
passed through by automobile en- route
to Supervisor Archer's home, where Il
luau was enjoyed. The party after
ward returned to the pavilion and en-
joyed the band concert, which was at
tended by hundreds of people from the
peighboring towns, villages and plan
tationS.
CHOWDER AND SPEECHES.
The chowder supper had been pre-
pared under the direction of the en-
tertainment committee, comprising
Messrs. w. H. McInerny, Jaeger, Ollie
Sorenson, Archie Robertson and Albert
Waterhouse, and it was delicious. SO
everybody said. The special guests of
the Yacht Club sat at tables arranged
in the form of an L." At a smaller
table sat Commodore Cooper, Mrs.
Weatherred, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Macfarlane, Robert Shingle, Sam Dow
sett and others. After coffee had been
served, Commodore Cooper arose and
greeted the fair visitors from Oregon
in the name of the Hawaii Yacht Club.
He spoke of the. relation of the Ha-
waiian Islands to the mainland, say
ing that Hawaii was in full sisterhood
with the union and that statehood
might come later.
1--WE hope you will tell all your peo-
pie what we really are down here
continued the commodore. Perhaps
you have been enlightened yourselves
as to what we are. If so, please i'm
part the information to your friends
We Will be glad to see them ali any
time and, more than that, we will be
most glad to see you all here again.
must confess that the day You ar
rived / rubbered- little myself, as I
believe most everybody did, to see the
girls from Oregon, and I can assure
you that We We're all delighted when
you drove up the street from the
dock
The commodore then jokingly re-
ferred to the Oregon party having Sc
lected one man-Ed. Dekum-to watch
over them with fatherly interest here,
and he called upon that gentleman,
formerly of Oregon, to tell how it was
that he had been so fortunate.
Mr. Del1um responded gracefully. He
was an Oregonian through and
through and anybody who came from
Oregon was always sure to get a
hearty greeting from him, and there
fore the young ladies naturally fell to
his care while here.
Commodore Picker was asked how
he came to get so many Oregon girls
aboard his yacht. He said it was fate
and the fact that he was such an ex-
pert nayiga tor. He asked the Oregon
girls to remember that the bachelors
in Hawaii had warm spots in their
hearts for the visitors. He referred
to the fact that Mrs. Weatherred had
been spoken of as woman who
should be kept here in Honolulu to
promote interest in the islands. He
was the only bachelor ex-commodore
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