The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-26

fore girls went around bare-headed and
gloves and wells, so that as little as
possible Of the skin may be exposed
The slippers are dainty, with very
sharp toes and high heels. They look
pretty, but must be very uncomforta
BILE.
EVIDENCE OF OPULENCE.
Nearly every woman has gold-net-
ted purse with the clasp set with dia-
monds and other jewels. which. OF it.
self, is an evidence of opulence, for
they cost all the way from $500 up to
$4,000. Everyday you look you can see
ladyship's lap as she sits on the piazza
or swinging from her wrist as she
walks. A great deal of shopping is
done here. The main corridor on the
| office floor Is occupied by New York
| jewelers., milliners, dressmakers and
dealers in rugs and other foreign fab
| rics and bric-a-brac. You can judge
of the amount of business that is done
| here when you know that the mer-
| chants pay from five to ten thousand
| dollars rent for a season of three
| months Their windows and show
| cases are filed with the most alluring
articles, and the rich people who come
| here, being in a spending mood, are
| good customers.
| 1t isn't a beauty show by any means.
! There are comparatively few hand
some women here now, but Solomon in
| all his glory would not have attracted
| so much attention as the brewers wife
who sits in big red rocking chair
robed in richer garments than the
Queen of Sheba ever wore.
MEANS OF DIVERSION.
The bathing suits are rather startling
The bathing beach is on the other side
of the island and is reached by broad
walk about a quarter of a mile long
shaded by palmetto trees. It is the
fashionable promenade. There is a
little tram car drawn by mule to car
ry the lame and the lazy, or they can
ride over in rolling chairs propelled
by colored men as tricycles. That is
the favorite form of locomotion here.
There are no carriages on the island
and the only horse is mule that hauls
the car. You pay a dollar an hour for
the use of the rolling chair, and the
Wheelman pushes you at about the or
binary speed of a carriage. There are
several pleasant drives or rides. There
is a jungle two or three miles away
through which circuitous trail of hard
macadam has been made, and furnishes
quite a fascinating excursion. Then
Alligator Joe has a choice collection of
crocodiles and gators, large and small,
in a corral two or three miles from
the hotel, where people can ride in a
chair and for so cents can see them
basking in the sun. There a PALM
shaded walk several miles long on the
banks of Lake Worth, with a lovely
sheet of water on one side and a row
of handsome cottages with ornamental
grounds on the other. There are mo-
tor boats and launches, and excursions
are made to house boat up the lake
for luncheon and dinner, or for re-
freshments between meals.
The Breakers Hotel, which is about |
one-third as large as the Poinciana. |
stands on the bathing beach. 1t will
accommodate about 500 people and has i
an immense pavilion where everybody /
goes after the bathing hour to drink
cocktails, juleps lemonades and other
refreshments while the band plays,
but they talk so loud that nobody can
hear the music.
ON THE BEACH
The beach is only fair. 1t is not
nearly as good as those of New Jersey |
or Long Island or those of the resorts
in northern Florida. The water is
very warm at all times of year because
the gulf stream comes within a mile
and half of the land. The surf is
heavy-too heavy for delicate people
who prefer a big swimming pool that Is
by a pavilion. Nearly ev-
erybody who goes into the surf also
tries the pool for a little swim before
dressing, and the gallery around it is
SO situated that the good-looking ones
can show their shapes to a large audi
ence. The bathing dresses are made
for show, usually of black silk or satin
with Irish point and other
lace and with elaborate collars and
cuffs. Those who have pronounced
taste appear in bright colors-purple.
blue, and even scarlet, with stockings,
bathing slippers and poke bonnets to
match. Tt is needless to saw that
these bathing dresses have been fitted
to the form of the wearer with great
accuracy. Some of them appear to
nave shrunk so that they are uncom-
'ortably tight. The skirts are shorter
han any I have seen in the north and
would be promptly ruled off the beach
1T Asbury Park. But here they are
greatly admired, and large audiences
gather every morning at IL o'clock to
SEQ that part of the dress, or rather.
he undress parade.
After the band concert every one goes
back to the Poinciana for luncheon;
hen most of the women take a siesta |
before they dress for the afternoon ex-
libition and the tea concert in the CO.
,oanut grove. Then they go to their
'ooms again and dress for dinner, and
fter dinner they sit around the rotunda
or an hour or two criticizing each
'ther's clothes before they go to the
,all room or the Beach Club" which | !
s a regular gambling house in full /
)last. Roulette and hazard are played
rom p. m. until the last straggler