The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-04

Floral Parade. The gorgeous yellow
decorations of Mrs. Abrams car were
used both on the royal marquee and
elsewhere with stunning effect.
The supper service was quite up to
expectations and the management
throughout was excellent.
THE CHARACTERS.
The crowd which fell in line for the
grand march was a motley one. Most
of the time-honored masquerade char
acters were there and also one or two
that had been created for the occasion.
One missed the niger with his sable
countenance, the convict clad in prison
garb. the hayseed and the bunco man,
! but as it was there were wen-sustained
characters enough to more than make
up for the absence of the quartet of
good old standbys mentioned.
| Pierrots kept company with DEtch
men Of the Weber and Field type:
bucks of the English '70s jostled cowl
ed monks foIIies and pierrettes mingled
with flowers of the field; a butterfly
flirted with a wCterlily; frolics, milk
maids and Tyrolean peasants made
/ merry together: baseball players, hot
sports, Hindus and shepherdesses fore
/ gathered with little devils, LiIiuo-
! laIus, Arabs, Japs and testers; Mephis-
/ topheles stalked among the crowd on
evil bent; sailors and dons exchanged
| condolences with ladies Of the harem:
and a dusky daughter of the Nile acted
as an excellent foil to a Gretchen at
! tended by winsome Cupids.
| Unmasking was delayed till nearly
midnight and the identity Of the dan
GERS was kept inyiolate as rule until
that hour.
| Perhaps the most curiosity was
evinced as to the identity of strik-
| ing lady in black who was interpreted
as representing 1.-The Merry Widow"
The part was excellent weIl-sustained
and the prize won by the lady was
we'll deserved and the award most
popular.
About 1850 the judges, who consist
ed of Mrs. Focke Mrs. c. B. Cooper,
Mrs F. NJ. SwanZy, DR.. Golfer and D.
Howard Hitchcock, announced their
| decisions through Herald Jordan. They
were as follows:
Handsomest fady's costume-Miss y.
F. Waltz; Chinese lady.
Handsomest gentleman's costume
Mr.. Reinecke: Turk.
Most comicai lady's costume-Mrs.
Blanche Walker, Mrs. A. NJ. Brown,
Mrs Brainerd Smith, Mrs r. Atkin-
son: quartet of spring milliners.
Most comical gentleman's costume
F. Warren. F 5. Kennedy; Dutchmen.
Best sustained lady's character
Miss Ethel Monsarrat: Merry Widow.
Best sustained gentleman's costume
Merle Johnson; Hindu
Most original lady's costume-8ffss
Phoebe Arleigh: Bougainvillea..
Most original gentIeman's costume
c. Marques; Noneybags.
Miss Waltz was cleverIy got up. the
minutest detail Of her costume having
received careful attention She looked
and acted the high-born Chinese lady
to the letter.
The spring milliners furnished
burlesque A-hich was highly appre-
ciated- They wore the most outiand-
ish things maginable in the line Of
dresses and hats and bore placards on
their backs purporting TO advertise the !
firms who had supplied the goods.
Mr.. Reinecke was a righly-attired i
Turk and exhibited a carefully-culti- 1
waited Oriental languor.
Messrs Warren and Kennedy. as
Dutchmen OF the vaudeville brand, 4
caused nairth by their clever team
work and ludicrous appearance.
Merle Johnson, as a Hindu. was ex
ceIIent He caused d great deal of
guessing as TO his identity, and bet
ter makeup has seldom been seen at
a local masquerade.
Miss Phoebe Arleigh was captivat-
ing. clad from head to foot in the
magenta -colored bougainvillea, and
a spray Of the same in her
hand
c Marques. as Moneybags. was at
tired IN a suit made out Of Claus
SpreckeIs' Bank bags. and wore a large
one Of the same "a a head-coveFing.
Among the characters prominent on
the floor were:
Miss Maud Jones. as Cupid. She was
in red and had a cuirass Of glittering
silver. on her shield were couple Of
pierced hearts and her red cap was
decorated with hearts. I,
Spencer Bickerton made an impress
zIve Hamlet.
Mrs. Ella Wheeler wilcox was a
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FL very wen.
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