The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-27

toons Of popcorn, coloFed candies ant
tinsel. Each of the fair guests wa
presented with a red carnation lei
While the men received leis of greer
MALE. Santa Claus bonbons were useo
a. place cards, and the dining-roon
was fragrant with pine and holly.
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Mr.. and Mrs. James Kennedy enter
tanned in honor of Mr. and Mrs. d. W
Cooke last Tuesday. The table wa
most artistically arranged with it
numerous fragrant roses, sparkling Gu
! glass and beautiful silver Among thost
present were Mr.. end Mrs. Fredericl
Lowrey, Mr.. and Mrs. c. Hedeman, Mr.
and Mrs. Z. K Myers and Mr.. Derwen
Kennedy.
Kunafu. the country home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. James B. Castle, was the scene
of much merriment at the Christmas
dinner which was given by the fail
hostess. Beautiful roses were used ev
erywhere in great profusion, and deli
cious repast was served. Among the
invited guests were DR.. and Mrs
Brinckerhoff. Mrs. Allan White, Miss
Paris, the Misses White, Mr.. Andrew
Adams, and Count de S. Canavarro.
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Monday evening Mr.. ard Mrs. D. W.
Cooke of Chicago entertained at the
Moana Hotel in honor of Mr.. and Mrs,
Fred Smith The dinner was most
elaborate, red being chosen as the color
scheme. After dinner coffee and liq-
ueurs were served on the lanai.
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Mr.. and Mrs Eben Low were the
host and hostess at a large Christmas
dinner. Over twenty guests were pres
ent.
Miss Marion Roth was united in. mar
riage to Mr.. Ed. Duisenberg by the Rev.
Mr. Bliss, Friday Mr.. Bruce Cart
wright Jr. asted as best man. Only the
family and few intimate friends were
present at the ceremony. Miss Roth
was one of Honolulu's most popular So
ciey girls. The happy young couple
left on the Siberia to spend their honey
moon on the mainland.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Mason F. Prosser gave
a Christmas dinner at which there were
six guests Mr. and Mrs. w. 7. Lucas,
Miss Mumford of Kauai, Miss Hard
away, Mr. Robbins Anderson and Mr..
Smith. The round table had exquisite
floral decorations and the rooms were
filed with Christmastide embellish-
ments. After the dinner, the Christ
mas tree was besieged and a veritable
Santa Claus appeared with Mrs. Claus
and distributed gifts with lavish
hand. The novelty of a Virginia reel
followed
Mrs. Egbert Roberts of Los Ange-
les, who has been visiting her son, A.
P Taylor, for several weeks, will re-
turn home on the Alameda next We'd
nesday.
The most elaborate dinner Of the
week was the one given Christmas
Eve by Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Case
Deering at their home on King street.
A tiny Christmas tree was placed on
the table, forming the centerpiece.
This tree was decorated with orna-
ments and candles. The presents for
the guests were placed at the base Of
the tree, but were cleverly concealed
by Christmas berries. To each pres
ent was attached broad red satin
ribbon ornamented with holly, which
was stretched to each guests place.
Between each course the visitors were
to pull one of the ribbons,
and most satisfactory result follow
ed, for it was found that Santa Claus
had been most generous in his remem-
brances. Mrs. Deering looked stun
ming in a Partisan creation of real lace
over pink. Wreaths of dainty roses
and appliqued bowknots of baby rib
bon added greatly TO the effect of
the gown. Mrs. Alexander G. Hawes,
Jr., wore black dotted net over
white satin, and Mrs. Collins looked !
in palest green satin, with |
sequins of gold. Those present were
Dr. and Mrs. Victor Collins, Mr.. and |
Mrs. A. G. Hawes, Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff
ford Kimbal1, Miss Jessie Kaufman, |
Mr.. Anderson and Ex-Governor Cleg- |
horn.
There will be gala scene Tuesday, |
December %, when twenty-five of Ho- |
nolulu s young debutantes will act as
hostesses at the ball to be given at |
the Alexapder Young Hotel in honor |
of the young society bachelors of this |
,ity The original date was set for |
January 4, but has been changed on |
account of several of the young |
oostesses leaving for the mainland in
he first week of January.
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Mr.. Robert w. Shingle is receiving
he congratulations of his many |
friends since the announcement of his
engagement to Miss Muriel Campbell.
Miss Campbell is the daughter of the |
ate James Campbell and sister of the |
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