The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-04-20

Mrs. $. Il. Dole entertained the Col
lege club at her Emma street home
yesterday afternoon. The College Club
is composed of college women and has
very important and pertinent objects
It's meetings are always events of some
! Importance. Mrs. Dole's entertainment
is always admirable, and was no less
so yesterday than i'm the past.
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A Bohemian dinner given by two New
! England matrons lately IS full of sug-
gcstious to those who would be differ
ent from the usual methods in enter
tanning The dinner was given at two
houses At the first meeting place the
! first two courses of the dinner were
served in an upper room, converted in
to % simulated grill room, with three
small tables for the guests daintily set
with silver and linen and lighted with
green-shaded canckes Here oyster
cocktails were served and the place
cards were tiny beer stems attached to
the cards. The soup course was served
in the dining room on the lower floor
which was made with a typical Chr
nese interior, the decoration and every
feature of the room suggesting the at
mosphere and costumes of the celes-
tial empire. In the center of the table
was a teakwood stand in which rested
Chinese pagoda light with candles.
The doilies used for the soup course
Of no
bore the names of the hostesses in
Chinese characters Each guest wore
a big Chinese hat with long pigtail,
and the place cards were Chinese flags.
The soup course was followed by a
Chinese menu, consisting of chop suey,
curry of rice, Chinese tea, Chinese
oranges, ginger and nuts.
For the last half the company adj
iourned to the home of the second
hostess. where they were ushered into
the house by a maid in italian cos
tune and where the dining room was
decked out to resemble corner OF
Little Venice"
The center Of the table was filled with
Italian fruits and loaf of Italian
bread a yard in length, occupied one
side of the table The napkins were
big bandana handkerchiefs and every
where were Italian flags and Italian
banners creating a gorgeous color
scheme.
The place cards were tiny tambou-
rines and from the chandelier hung
little colored bottles filled with Italian
cordial. one for each guest. The menu
consisted of chicken, macaroni ana To-
matoes and Italian salad.
The italian course ended, the hostess
led the way to the drawing ROOM when
was hung with the Stars and stripes
Here red. white and blue ices were
served in paper cases Of America"
flags
The feast ended in a simulated Dutch
room. where coffee and German dam
tits were served.
A delightful accompaniment TO the
festivities of the evening was the sing
ing of Italian songs and the danclhs
of old-time dances to music rendered.
bv one of the hosts.
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,r,,ooo tba visitors to the Territory
who are expected here early next month
ore Mrs. Fred Knight, Mrs, Bush Fin
nell. Mrs Augustus Newell, and Mrs
Edgar Keithley. They will probably
snend some time in Honolulu as wen
as visiting the other islands before re-
turning to San Francisco. The hus-
hands Of several of these ladies are eX-
pected to come on a later date and re-
turn home with the party
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The annual exhibition of Mrs, Gums
Juvenile dancing class will be held on
next Thursday evening at the Hawaiian
Opera House, and is being looked for
ward to with great expectation, not
only by the children who form the class
! but by many of their elders as well.
The affair this year promises to excel
in novelty and beauty any that have
been given in former years, and the
! diligent work which has been going on
! for many weeks in preparation, insures
! its success.
One of the prettiest features will be
the opening number, which is May
pole dance, in which eighteen little
girls in pink, green and white cos
tunes, will take part. The dance is
not the old time worn May-pole per-
Torrance, but one quite new and ex-
! ceedingly pretty,
! Special fancy dances will be given
by Reynold McGrew, Helen Center,
Margaret Center, Hazel auckland,
Dorothy and Margery Hogs, Ruth So
per, Vernon Tenney, and others Be
sides these there viii be dances ensem-
BILE OF the Seasons" Ballet des
Fumees," Witches Chorus" and the
Teddy Bears"
Seats for the affair are on sale at
WALL Nichols Co., beginning Monday.
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some situations in Honolulu are hard
to keep filled, and the effort TO do 1t
has been the cause Of many extra gray
hairs for those on whom this burden