The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-06

Club are very enthusiastic rowers, and
| for the past two weeks two four-oared
! barges could be seen skimming over
the water. The girls look jaunty in
/ their white jumper suits with white
! duck hats decorated with the Kunalu
| ribbons. The club has acquired a new
coach. and shows great Improvement in
! their rowing. The members of this
popular club are mostly society girls
of Honolulu.
! At the sale. which recently took place
! in Washington, of the furnishings of
| Count Secendorf's old Virginia man
sion. Mrs. F. NJ Hatch. was the pur-
chaser of rare Louis XVI. furniture.
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The latest society craze of the East
has at last reached Honolulu, and we
shall expect soon to hear of "Puzzle
parties in the midpacifc like those
! which have proven to be the paramount
attraction at the summer resorts on the
Eastern seaboard during the recent sea
son.
'cThe Boston puzzle picture popular
~ hHO"H DIS JHS w AdLdIiIA ~ CuAGi-
waited. of course Tt is not mere dis
sected map or nursery picture. In a
child picture puzzle the pieces, by
their queer shapes and evident fit to
each other, suggest their probable
places. In the Bostonian variety for
grown-ups all such indications are cal
culated snares, and if fallen into will
only lead to prolonged and futile
struggles. Each piece looks as if it
might fit where it doesn t belong, but
never suggests its real place in the
least; and as the easy picture has, on
an average, ninety or hundred pieces,
and the difficult ones run to seven hun
dred and over, the skill and patience
of the players are steadily called up
on
fThose who come to scoff remain to
play-they cannot help themselves.
what! doing a picture puzzle2' they
say with scorn. How old are you
six? You don t mean to say you waste
time over such thingsi Of course that
piece doesn't go in there-anybody
could see that. 1t belongs here-no, it
doesn t either. A piece with a straight
edge would go in here, one like this,
for instance and there is no end of
their scornful attitude. Down they sit,
and it is odds if they get up again till
the last piece is exultingly fitted into
place; and when they take leave. it is
generally with a borrowed puzzle ac-
companying them"
So says the Spectator in a recent
number of the Outlook.
Because no two puzzles are alike,
~ hoc nj cd fhn
tablishment of "swap bureaus some
thing on the order of circulating
library. with a fee of five cents day.
"Whatami' is a pleasant change
from Solitaire although not necessarily
game for one, for in a room where
several people are gathered, it is bound
to attract the whole crowd sooner or
later
The musical circle of the Kilohana
Art League has arranged most at,
tractive program for the musical even
ing they propose to give at the Bishop
Hall, Oahu College, on Friday evening
Mrs. Peck will play three short Mac
Dowell numbers from his forest scenes.
Miss Constance Restarick and Mrs. G.
B. Cooper will each sing a group of
Mcdowell songs, entitled Gin a Ger
man Garden
Mrs ingalls, will play the Wieniawski
arrangement of Rubenstein s romance.
This romance is so familiar that every
one has learnt to know and love its
expressions of tenderness and the deep.
er strain of passionate appeal that oc
ours just after the melody is given out,
an1 +hnr r6c Tho on6 Shn
will also play Sarasate's Gypsy dance,
one of the most widely known compost
tions. and which shows him really at
his best in his weird Spanish Gypsy
style. The introduction introduces
plaintive, haunting melody, which adds
to the righteousness of Gypsy life,
then, after a tender theme it bursts
out into the wild fiery abandon of the
dance, characteristic also of the rest
less nomadic Wanderlust' and I'M
governed emotions of the true Zingara.
Mrs. Chris jenkins will sing two
songs. The rare appearance of this pop
ular baritone is always hailed with
pleasure by Honolulu s music loving
people, and it is certain that his selec-
tions next Friday will please.
Carlos Caceres will play Joseph s
Wieniawski IS Valse de Concert, num-
Der seldom attempted owing to its tech,
nical difficulties. He will also play a
short group including one of his own
composition which has been greatly ad-
mired by the few fortunate enough to
hear it.
The subject of the evening is F'Mod
ern Composers and the March program
will consist of numbers from "Earlv
Composers showing the leagues eff
forts to produce not mere concerts, but
a systematic course, which will not be
merely of musical interest but also of