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


Most comical 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. S. Kennedy; Dutchmen.
Best sustained lady's character
Miss Ethel Monsarrat; Merry Widow
Best sustained gentlemans costume
Merle Johnson; Hindu.
Most original lady's costume-Miss
| Phoebe Arleigh; Bougainvillea.
Most original gentleman's costume
| c. Marques; Moneybags.
Miss Waltz was cleverly 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 a
burlesque which was highly appre-
ciated. They wore the most outland-
| ish things imaginable 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 rightly attired
Turk and exhibited a carefully-culti-
waited Oriental languor.
Messrs. Warren and Kennedy, as
Dutchmen of the vaudeville brand,
caused mirth by their clever team
work and ludicrous appearance.
Merle Johnson, as a Hindu, was ex-
cellent. He caused a great deal of
guessing as to his identity, and a 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
carrying a spray of the same in her
hand.
c. Marques, as Moneybags, was at
tired in a suit made out of Claus
Spreckels' Bank bags, and wore a large
one of the same as a head-covering.
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.
Spencer Bickerton made an impress
sive Hamlet.
Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox was a
poetess of the Greek period and look
ed very well.
Miss De Lartigue went as an red
poppy.
Miss Lady Macfarlane, Mrs. Fair
child and Miss Helen Macfarlane were
Chinese girls and all three made a
good appearance.
W. NJ. Bray pirouetted as a Pierrot.
Harry Dawson was a handsome
brigand.
Roscoe Perkins took the floor as a
Pierrot.
]. S. Walker was a joviaa Capuchin
friar, with paunch testifyiny eloquent
ly to the virtues of monastery sack.
Pierrot
DR.. and Mrs. Cooper, Dr. Herbert, |
Sam Wilder, James Wilser, Mr.. and .
Mrs. D. H. Hitchcock, Mr.. and Mrs. !
Ranney Scott, Mrs. F. NJ. Swanzy.
Mrs. r. Ivers and DR.. Cooper formed
a Waikiki contingent of black and
while Pierrots and Pierrettes, the gem
tlemen's rotund appearance being
caused by a crafty arrangement Of
The crowd kept the
spectators on the laugh by their droll
,apers and made a striking appearance
n the set dances.
Ind black.
Mrs. Mott-Smith Cunningham and
Harry Cobb appeared under mosquito
,ars to which were attached placards
Fearing the succinct legend 'Stung."
Chris Jenkins made a goodlooking
ed Pierrot.
P. Cleghorn was a regency buck in
powdered periwig and white silken
curt clothes with knee breeches and
'uckled shoon
Mrs. Chas. Booth and Mrs. Clara
schmidt wore baby dresses and looked
Ike Minnie Palmer used to when she
Tas starring in MY Sweetheart"
Mrs. Deacon went as a Chinese lady
nd wore pink slippers.
John Fleming was a Pierrot.
G. A. Jordan, the herald, wore one
f the best costumes of the evening.
George Davis, as a Writ of Habeas
'orpus, attracted the attention Of the
Judges, although he failed TO carry on
prize. 6
c. F Chillingworth made a splendid /
laniac. :
Annie Rose was stunning as the Wo- I
ian in White. She was one of the g
lost observed and commented on OF
nyone on the floor
Mrs. Charles Crane made captivht- 4
lg sunflower. She was all life and
aused a ripple wherever she shed her =
olden petals. :
Reynold McGrew, as the court fool,
lade more than good, as he always :
oes.
Douglas Jones was a goggled chauf-
EUR and dragged tiny automobile
herever he went.
L. L. CONFESS was there in black o
omino. -.AzzLE v