The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-06

itself last night. For the first
time the Mardi Gras Bal
Masque was given in quar-
/ tiers spacious enough, and fitting
/ in possibilities for decoration and
| arrangement for this affair, which
under the Kilohana Art League, has
| become a rsal event in Honolulu.
The Third Mardi Gras Bal Masque
last evening was an entire success.
/ The spacious structure of the old fish,
market lost its identity and gained a
/ new one in the flash of color and
I light, the reverberation of music, and
/ the swing and gaiety of dancers and
/ the gleeful pranks of merrymakers.
| The arrangements and the appoint
ments were excellent. The dancing
| fioOr-an ample one-was in the GEN.
I ter of the structure. Ranged on either
side of its greatest length We're the
| boxes and seats for spectators, raised
three or four feet above the floor. At
the mauka end other seats rose, am
-'theater like. giving ample room aud
pleasant opportunity for all to see the
whole length of the floor and the ka-
leidoscopic movement of color of which
it was the plane and theater.
on the Waikiki side of this part of
the structure were picturesque wells
from which cooling draughts of lem
Onade were served to thirsty dancers
and others. throughout the evening.
On the Eva side was the supper room,
~.
which, with the screen of palm leaves
about it, made it a veritable supper
garden.
The entrances and the cloak rooms
were at the makai end of the struc-
ture. The whole was enclosed with
canvas, but within, palm leaves and
greens of various sorts relieved any
suggestion of baroness or of the tent
like
Above, pennants, and burgess, and
flags, both national and signal, made
a blaze of color that chimed in we'll
with the general scheme of decora-
ton. II was a ballroom in size and
decorative results worthy of the af-
fair. the best that has ever been avail
able for this event.
At the makai end of the dancing
floor a royal marquee had been erect
ed for the Prince and Princess of the
Carnival and their attendants. Chairs
once used by real royalty, gorgeous in
their gilt, had been brought from the
archives of the Capitol for the royal
personages of the occasion. 1t was
seated on these chairs and surround
their mimic court that the Prince and
Princess viewed the pageantry of their
masked jewellers. 1t was from this
throne that their royal commands for
merriment and revelry went forth.
BY eight o'clock the liege subjects
of Mardi Gras began gathering at the
place of revelry. There were knights
and ladies, gypsies and fortune-tellers,
Turks and infidels, Moors and Egyp-
tians, and all the fantastic sorts and
conditions of men and women who in
habit the realms of revelry. There |
were buffOOns and clowns and merry /
makers in all guises. At the same
time there began to arrive those for 4
whom the entertainment was to be, I
the spectators, who gave testimony by |
their presence of their enjoyment of 1
the affair. Among those in the boxes
were Governor and Mrs. Frear with
Mrs. Dillingham;, former Governor I
Carter. Judge and Mrs. Stanley, DR..
NcGrew, Mr.. and Mrs Robert Will
COX, the Princess Kawananakoa, DR..
and Mrs. Humphris, Mr.. and Mrs.
Focke. Mr. and Mrs. z. L Spalding,
Mr.. and Mrs. H E. Cooper, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. Howard Hitchcock, Mr.. and
Mrs A. Gartley, Mr.. and Mrs. C. W.
:. Deering, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Wilder
and many others.
Throughout the early evening the
Hawaiian band discoursed a pleasing
program of music. Shortly after 9
o'clock. the master of ceremonies, Mr..
}. A. Jordan, announced the arrival
# the Prince and Princess of the Car !
md jester, Reynold' McGresw and
4ouis Renton. The Princess, Miss I
Ethel Spalding, was beautifully gown !
d in white satin with court train of ]
Alice blue, the train borne by Ivan [:
Graham and Bobo Schaefer as pages.
The Prince. Gus Schaefer, wore white !
attn small clothes with white silk I
and black shoes, waistcoat {
f Alice blue and a dark blue court {
cat trimmed with lace. They were 6
ollowed by the court ladies, all in 6
Empire gowns, pink, blue or white, I
With masks to match, and powdered
lair. They were: 7
Miss Garden, Miss Restarick, Miss c
lice Hopper, Miss Irene Mccarthy, I
liss Eunice Pratt, Miss Charlotte
TALL, Miss Adele Morgan, Miss Alice e
ooper, Miss Rennie Cation, Miss Belle i
IcCorriston, Miss Irma Ballentyne, a
Iiss Tucker, Miss Jane Whine, Miss
enevieve Langton, Miss Cordelia Gil q
ian, Miss Katherine Hopper, Miss '
lice Hedemann, and Miss Sarah ?
ucas.
And then followed the train Of c
and jewellers, each in his J
wn fantastic guise, merry throng. T
he band under the direction of Cap d
lin Berger played one Of the cap v
inns own compositions, the Mardi
ras March, a pleasing thing. The F
rince and Princess were enthroned,
it'll their court ladies. while their J