The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-18

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again at home. The Hoffmanns did
Europe very thoroughly and, while they
enjoyed themselves immensely, are de-
lighted to be again in sunny Hawaii.
Mrs Hoffman, is looking particularly
well and has planned no end of enter
tainments for the winter. Mrs. Hoff-
mann is an ideal hostess.
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Mr.. J. F. Hackfeld, who has been in
Germany for the past year, was a
returning passenger on this week s
Korea.
Miss Elizabeth Sargent is the guest
of Miss Adele Dreier. The Dreier
mansion is most suitably adapted to
entertaining, but owing to Mr.. Dreier s
death Miss Dreier is in retirement. She
is most charming girl and has a host
of friends.
The Alexander Youngs and Miss
Ruth Young have left Honolulu for a
mainland visit. They anticipate being
gone about six months.
Governor and Mrs. Frear have an
ideal way of entertaining their guests
1t is not unusual for the Frears to
have six or eight at breakfast. 1t
always seems so charming and hos
pitable to be asked to breakfast with
friends.
Dr. and Mrs. LanghOrne issued invi-
tations for dinner Thursday evening
at their home on Kewalo street, eight
guests being hidden to the affair. The
Judd. Mr.. and Mrs. Gerrit Wilder,
Miss Alice Macfarlane, Captain Sy-
mington and Miss Margaret Castle.
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Tuesday evening Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Macfarlane entertained Judge and Mrs
Ballou. Mrs. Robertson, and Lieuten-
ant Jensen of the West Virginia.
Lieutenant Commander Ellicott gave
very pretty luncheon on board the
Maryland, Friday, in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Along.
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Miss Hardaway was the hostess at a
most charming house party on Satur-
day last. House parties are always a
real pleasure and an invited guest
rarely fails to respond. Miss Harda-
ways guests were Judge and Mrs.
Kingsbury, Major and Mrs. Wadhams,
Mr.. and Mrs. PrOsser, DIR. and Mrs.
McGrew, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Berg,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyons, Mr.. Tarn Ne
Grew. Count Doukawiscz and Lieuten-
ant Fay.
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The social event of the week will be
the officers ball to be given Monday
evening at the Alexander Young Hotel
Many beautiful gowns have been
planned for the occasion.
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\ stag dinner was given in honor of
Mr.. Pfotenhauer, Friday evening, by
Mr. Klebahn, to which only the guest
of honor's most intimate friends were
invited.
Mrs. G. w. r. King arrived home on
the Thomas and is again at the Young.
Since returning, Mrs. King has re-
ceived many congratulations from her
numerous friends on the evident i'm
provement in her health.
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The F. NJ. Swanzys have the coming
week simply full of engagements,
dinner dances and bridge will be
among the pleasures of the Swanzys'
guests.
Mrs. Cornwell is now staying at the
Pleasanton.
General and Mrs John Mcclellan
have left Newport, r. L., where they
have been spending the summer, and
will stay in Washington for most of
the fall and winter.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Benz. L. Marx are now
in London. Writing from there to
personal friend, Mr.. Marx says:
1--WE have Just been attending the /
Worcester triennial musical festival
and / send You an account of it, think
ing that some of the Advertiser read
ers might be interested in the special
features of this meeting This was the
one hundred and eighty-ffth meeting
of the three choirs, held once wear
in the cathedrals of Wor-
cester. Hereford and Gloucester.
owe arrived in Worcester on the |
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the whole town gay with flags. bunting
and flowers. Crowds of people were
waiting for the doors of the cathedral Z
TO open. We saw the mayor and al |
derman and all the town officials ar /
rive in their robes Of state. headed by
squads of policemen. More than three 4
thousand people attended the opening
services and as many more could not /
gain admittance.
MendelSsohn 5 Elijah was the .
first oratorio given. There were three .
hundred voices in the combined choirs .
and about one hundred instruments in /
the string orchestra. The effect of the .
combination of chorus, organs and or
chestra in the cathedral was magnifi- /
cent. As the Bishop of Worcester .
said, most of us felt that we had
been permitted TO take part in very J