The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-29

WEEKS
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sugar rodncr iu the Hawaiian Islands.
and the day following the reception
Mr. and Mrs. Hind win sail for the
islands. where they will make their
home, and whore the groom also has
extensive business interests
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Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Gowran arrived
at Haleiwa Sunday evening last and
spent several days at the hotel
Mrs Arthur G. Emmons of Portland
and Mrs r. W. Edmond of Seattle
were guests for a few DAYS this week
at Haleiwa Hotel Drives were taken
to visit the Waialua sugar mill. pints
of interest about the plantation and to
the pineapple lands of Wahiawa Re
gret was expressed that Haleiwa was
discovered so late i'm their visit to
Hawaiian isles
Harold Dillingham; and his brother.
Walter, viii reach San Francisco this
morning from Honolulu on the Korea.
and will be welcomed at the Mail dock
by a score of young people. who are
delighted to see the older brother
again and very anxious to meet the
younger. Harold Dilingham's mar
riage to Miss Margaret Hyde-Smith is
TO take place on the 2ith, and mean
time a number of large dinners are
planned i'm their honor Their engage
ment was announced when Miss Hyde
Smith returned from Honolulu last
fan, after a long visit with the Will
liam Twins i'm their Hawaiian home
and many of her friends have not as
yet met Mr. Dillingham;. Waller Dill
bingham, who will be his brothers best
man at the wedding, is an old favorite
with the smart set here, and one OF
the best golf and polo players that has
ever visited CALIFORNIA;. r. Call.
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Bishop da Silva, who arrived here
from Honolulu Friday, although in
deer mourning for his nephew, the
King of Portugal, is to be one of the
guests at the e-Smith-Dillingham
wedding, because of old friendship for
both families. The bishop represents
the type of courtly, dignified ecclesias-
tic that figures so constantly in novels
Of European life, and he has become a
great favOrite with society here. Be
fore he left for the Hawaiian Islands
a great many dinners were planned in
honor of his return, but the tragedy
in Portugal prevented any formal en-
tertaining for some time.
On the same vessel Friday was Har-
old Dillingham;, who is to wed Miss
Margaret Hyde-Smith a week from to-
morrow, and his brother. Walter, who
will attend him. Ever since the hour
the Dillingham; boys arrived the
younger set has been in a constant
whirl of excitement, and the Hyde
Smith house in Fillmore street is the
center Of a constantly shifting group
of young people. relatives, errand boys,
florists, caterers, dress makers. MILL
ners and all the other things that go
into elaborate wedding preparations
S. F. Call.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Edward Of Seattle
spent a few days at that charming re-
sort-Haleiwa-taking in the drives
around the plantation, mill and Wahi-
ava pineapple lands.
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WashingJon's social destinies rest in
the hands of six women.
The President, members of the Sen
ate, members of the Senate aud House,
gold-laced diplomats, and army and
navy officials, and gravely delude
themselves with the idea that they
form the hub around which The social
wheel revolves.
But as a matter Of serious fact, they
are only unimportant spokes.
Six women handle all the delicate
questions of precedence, determine the
proper ranking of those who take part
in the great public functions Of the
nations capital. In fact, they form
a sort of social cabinet with the posi-
tons and duties assigned as follows:
First-Mrs. Roosevelt, wife of the
President, first lady of the land, arbiter
In all matters in dispute, given au-
thority to speak the last word. lust as
her husband has it at gatherings of |
his cabinet.
Second-Baroness Meyer des Plan |
ches, wife of the dean of the diplo-
matte corps. There can be no mistake
in according her second place, for the
rights of the representatives of foreign
nations are very carefully guarded in |
the official life of the capital and the
privileges they hold there carry over
to their wives in society.
Third-Mrs. Elihu Root, who rates
as the dominating force among the la
dies of the cabinet. Mrs. Root did not |
earn this distinction because Of her
admitted dominating powers and un-
of social amenities Were |