The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-09
YOUNG LADIES
At BANQUET
DINNER GIVEN TO JOURNALS
PARTY BY PROMOTION COMMIT
TEE A SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY

The dinner given in honor of the Ore
gon Journal young ladies at the Moa-
ma Hotel last evening was a huge sue
cess in every way. Twenty-four guests
sat at the table which was tastefully
decorated with Hawaiian flowers and
foliage
A special menu card was published
which bore on the cover the words
Dinner in honor of the Oregon Jour
nal Young Ladies' by members Of the
Hawaii Promotion Committee" and
cut of the Moana Hotel
e. 1. Spalding proposed a toast to the
Young Ladies and Mrs Edyth Tozier
Weatherred responded as follows:
"As we gather around this festive
board, and we listen TO the words of
the POSTMASTER we realize that it is
not place for formality, for a clear
cut, so to say, speech. Anything 1 may
omit to say is answered from our
hearts, and so many hearts spring
from the one here in beautiful Hawaii
one heart would be over-crowded with
the good things we receive on all sides.
Oh! at times, we wish we were twins,
trplets or even more so we might en-
show us, and the lllndnesses we receive
"To express our appreciation to the
people of Hawaii we would need to
have a new unabridged dictionary just
full of adjectives. We have used beau
tiful, magnificent, charming, delightful
and the like to express our admiration
but they fall far short of what we have
seen and what we feel
Perhaps I talk too long but being
a woman 1 have that privilege. But
just one word more. want to tell you
what this party is going to work for
and eventually do.
Travelling across the lava beds of
Kilauea, the thought came to me, why
not make the volcano a national park?
Now each young lady in this party is
to be an earnest worker and advocate
of this cause. Think what it would
mean if it were a park. Why, thou
sands of tourists every year.
Another thing we would like to do
and that is, build a railroad from the
Coast to Honolulu. The only thing we
haven't enough money and we would
hate to ask the Journal to do it, How
ever we have come to the conclusion
that it is worth six days of sea sick
ness just to see Honolulu. We are to
fight now for steamer line from Hoo
nOlulu to the Northwest.
yes, we mean to work While the
Young Ladies are delighted, they are
not Just full of moonshine and love,
however attractive they look, but have
practical ideas.
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BANQUET and I will close with this
toast:
Here's to the Isle of Hawaii,
Queen of the Pacific West
With her men so handsome and charm-
ing,
And her women pretty and best,
Here's a cup of good cheer to greet
you,
And a regret for the hour of goodbye,
But lets be happy, jolly and jovial,
Tor the Journal girls will never be
dead til they die!
Here's to the land of Hawaii
The beautiful isles of the sea.
With its fruits, it's birds, and its
flowers,
And to the peoples hospitality.
Here's to the American President,
And here's to her Congressman too,
May they consider Hawaii's best inter-
ests,
And send back your revenue!'
]. A. McCandless thanked the Jour
nal for sending such lovely young Ia
dies to our shores and hoped that
young men would journey to Oregon
and bring them back as wives.
After the dinner the party enjoyed
/ the beach for a while, and the Young
Ladies sang some of their songs, writ
| ten for the trip.
Those present were Mrs. Weather
red Mrs. McCandless, Mrs e. I. Spald-
! ing, Mrs F. c. Smith, Mrs. u. c. Blake,
Miss Florence Heavren, Miss Molly
Proebstel Miss Emily Crosson, Miss
Efie NJ king, Miss Bertha Courte-
manche, Miss Katie e. Nash Miss Ed
ma Parsley, Miss Ena Waldron Miss
/ Blanche Brown Miss s. Madigan, f.
! I. Spalding, ]. A. McCandless, F. c.
smith. H. p. Wood, A. Gartley F. l..
Waldron, r. c. Matheson and II. w
/ Kinney, and Harry TOmlins