The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-15
v OULD THEY
SNUB THE
TARS !?
Fear Is Expressed That
Society Here Is
Exclusive.

Would the society women of Honolulu
attend bail given for the bluejackets
of the coming fleet and dance with the
luejaekets2 George w. Smith thinks
not, and for that reason he doubts the
.advisability of the fleet committee Civ
ing any balls as part of the entertain
ment for the officers and men of the
battIeships. He doubts the advisability
of giving ball for the officers alone,
to meet whom there would have to be
invited guests from ashore with the
drawing of line between those Homo
Iulans eligible and those not and the
consequent heartburnings and pilikia.
"'Why give a ball at all?" he asked at
the meeting of the chairmen of COM
mittees, called yesterday in the auc-
tion rooms of j. f. Morgan.
"The society people of Honolulu
would not attend a ball given for the
bIueiackets," Mr. Smith added as
summing up of his arguments against
the elaborate ball program of the en-
tertainment committee, presented by f.
J l.. Waldron.
"WelI, if the society people don It
n.ant to go they don't have to, - said
wallace R. Farrington; "we can get
a crowd all right without them.'
This didn t strike just the right note,
however, and the five chairmen at the
meeting considered a minute or two IN
silence. Mr.. Waldron had presented his
report and stated that the entertain
ment committee wanted to look after
the ball at the beach all by itself,
decorations, music. lighting and re-
t.. freshments, havIng decided that one
committee could do the whole thing
better than a dozen committees each
part. As soon as his committee was
authorized to do this he could tell how
much money he needed for all their
work. Then the chairman asked the
question that put a damper on the
whole business: why give pan d'
all?"
l.. Tenney Peck, the chairman OF the
wavs and means committee, suggested
that the proper way to entertain the
officers would be to arrange as elaborate
bali function as possible and gave III
on a subscription basis. Then whoever
without offending the sensibiiitles OF
apvbodv and the officers would meet
and become acquainted with the people
tbev wouId wish to meet. In lieu OF
this. however. he thought that ban
ouet might be given the officers.
seTbat would cost twenty thousand
dollars" said Waldron, who stuck 10
the figures in spite of the exelamatlons
of the others
The few present realized that they
Were treading ON dangerous ground III
discussing eligihles and non-elIglples
in connection with the officers enter
tainment, and came to no decision IN
the matter. There were too few pres
ent at the meeting to decide on any
thing. as matter of fact, and nothing
.aefinite was done concerning any OF tue
Reports made.
Colonel Johnson, of the sports com
mittee, reported everything gong aheau
nicely in his line, and wanted INT IoIn'"-
tion as to the proper officer to write 20
regarding what the sailors might WISH
in the way of athletics.
Judge Henry E. Cooper reported TOT
his committee, that on clubs and frater-
nal organizations. He stated that the
varieus organizations would not COM
bina on anv Joint entertainment. Ihe
social clubs would send out cards 70
those in the fleet personnel recommend
cd to them, and the fraternal organiZa-
tions would entertain separately the
visiting members of their orders. " And
this committee will not ask for any
funds, concluded the report.
Mr.. Harrington stated that theIe
seemed to be too much that was lnden-
mite about the work of his committee
as well as that or all others. What
we want is to have full meeting Oh
the heads or committees and get down
TO something definite to work to. III
we don T. the feet will be here ana we
will have nothing done.
This sentiment was echoed by all the
others, and date for general meet
ing was set, Monday evening next III
the rooms of the Promotion Committee
at half-past seven.
COMMITTEE AT LARGE
The committee at large had an m
teTesting meeting on WEDNESDAY al
ternoon. F. B. McStocker presiding
Mr.. McStocker, in calling the meet
! ing to order. stated that the call was
simply for the purpose of organization
and information as to duties expecUeu
from members of the committee. Ihls'
SO far as the chairman could asceI
tain, after consultation with the eA-
fCop+t,,aa on~Pare Two.)