Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-03-17


mainland. on our manners, customs
and dress--at recent dinner given by
one OF our fashionable hostesses a guest
"a stranger from abroad-aifordcd
much entertainment so ] am told, by
her well-meant but frank utteranCes.
why, | have never met better bred
people, nor better dressed ones. Do
look at that woman's frock. II might
have come from Paris. How beautiful
ly this table is arranged. had no idea
of finding such apparent culture and
civilization in the Hawaiian Islands.
and so on throughout the dinner The
visitor from the Coast had evidently
expected hula skirts and beads instead
of French froCks and perfect manners.
She quite forgot the Hawaiian Islands
were entertaining distinguished for
eigners from all over the world long
before California was ever heard of.
The Islands have always possessed
heaps of money and. of course, travel
and culture would follow in its wake
but, It Is amusing nevertheless TO
listen to the Comments-whiCh are hap
PLY occurring less often-thanks per.
haps to the Promotion Committee, and
few others.
Among the many dinners at the Mo-
ana Hotel was the one given by Mr..
and Mrs c. w. c. Deering on Sunday
evening. Covers were laid for seven
and perfect menu was served. Cut
flowers OF pale pink roses with softly
shaded candles OF the same tone made
the table most effective Among the
guests were Major and Mrs. Fuller
Paymaster and Mrs. Hagner and Mrs,
Ray.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Benner enter
tanned the Buckeye Club on Tuesday
evening and a very interesting mus
zeal program was rendered. There
were about fifty present and the fol-
lowing new officers were elected for
the year: President, Mr.. X. &. Brown;
vice president, Judge s. b. Kingsbury
secretary and treasurer, Mr.. c. II
Dickey During the evening delicious
refreshments were served.
tSS
| Among the passengers on the trans
port Logan were Lieut. Samuel Wild
| dlfeld, wife and child on their way tC
Manila. They were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs Byron Baird during theil
stay In town. MIR. Widdiheld Is an Is
land boy. the son OF Mrs. Mary Wild
diheld, and brother of Mrs. Byron
Baird.
Among the arrivals on the Man
Churia on Wednesday were Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob SChiff OF New York. They
spent a strenuous day, lunching at the
MOana and motoring in the morning
to Moanalua, Pail and Honolulu Plan
tation. The luncheon at the Moana
hotel was a most elaborate affair, COW
crs being laid for eighteen guests. II
was given by Mr.. d. Kishl of the 70.
kohama Bank, and the Moana quintet
club furnished the music. Among the
party were Mr.. and Mrs. Biedge OF
Paris, Mr. and Mrs Neustadt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Grinbaum, Mr.. Ernest Schin, Col.
George MaCfarlane, who also returned
In the Manchuria. after a trip OF sew
eral months In the States. Robert Shin
gle and Mr.. Campbell OF the Henry
Warehouse Trust Company. Coffee was
served on the lanai and after a most in
teresting visit to the aquarium the
party paid their respects to eX-Gov-
ernor Cleghorn and tea was served.
Afterwards several of the guests went
canoeing from the Moana hotel Col.
George MaCfarlane entertained In
honor of Mr., and Mrs. Schiff at the
Hawaiian Hotel in his usual princely
fashion, several bottles Of choice wines
being heartily approved. Among
the other guests were Acting Governor
Atkinson and Mr.. J. +. Hackfeld. Dur
ing the evening the guests visited the
japanese club house at Waikiki AMI
were serenaded by the Royal Hawaiian
Band. Great enthusiasm prevailed and
there were over fly of the prominent
japanese residents to welcome Mr..
Schiff and party.
Last Sunday evening Mr. John II.
Bliss entertained at dinner in honor
of Captain and Mrs Niblack, Miss Jes-
sic Foreman, Ex-Governor Cleghorn
and Lieut.. Carter. Miss Mamie Win
ston acted as hostess and the table
looked most inviting with cut flowers
and ferns.
An extract from the Garden Island
OF interest Is the following:
On Saturday evening the 10th in
slant In response to invitations to at
tend a masquerade ball. a gay porty
drawn from all parts of Kauai from
Wainiha to Kekaka, gathered at the
social hall In Lihue.
At $3.50 o'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-circle about the room facing
the stage, upon which were seated Mes
danes Puryis, w. II. Rice. Jr., and
Hastings, and Messrs. s. w. Wilcox
and w. II. Rice, ST., the judges whd
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
proved difilcult task for no one cos
tune was prominent over number OF
handsome ones, and the judges finally
effected a compromise by calling three