The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-07

the official identity and status of the
officer, Whenever there is a difference
in grade, except in the case of officers
that are intimate and of about the
same age or length of service, the
Junior addresses the senior by his title.
The prevailing custom now is to ad-
dress socially as stMajor" or 'Col-
onel'; surgeons with the rank of major,
lieutenant colonel and colonel Cap
tains of the Medical Corps are some
times addressed as Captain and
sometimes as ''Doctor. Lieutenants
are addressed as doctor. Officially
they are all, of course, addressed by
their military titles, which have been
conferred upon them by law.
At dances, card parties, etc, officers,
especially the bachelors, usually pay
special attention to visiting girls and
lady members of the family of an Of
ficer who has just joined the garrison.
1t is now the prevailing custom for Of
ficers attending dances in full not
to wear the saber-that is to say, only
the belt and sings are worn. (The
reason for that is that in dancing the
saber is in the way, not only getting
entangled with your partner S dress, but
also striking and otherwise incon.
veniencing others.) Some officers wear
white kid, white silk or white isle
thread gloves when attending recep-
tions, dances and other social functions
in dress uniform, without side arms,
but the preponderance of custom seems
to be not to wear gloves, although be-
fore the Spanish War just
the reverse was the general custom.
When attending social function in
full dress or in special full dress white
kid gloves should be worn.
1t is considered unmilitary for an
officer or a soldier in uniform to use an
umbrella. Several years ago the colonel
and some of the officers of a certain
Infantry regiment used to use umbrel-
las while in uniform. The regiment
was soon jocularly dubbed throughout
the service ssThe til Umbrella and
even to this day it is sometimes re-
ferred to in this manner
Miss Ethel Kulamanu Wilcox, daugh-
| ter of Mr. and Mrs Albert S. Wilcox
of Kauai, and Mr.. Gaylord Parke VIII
cox, will be married on Wednesday,
March 10, at $3.50 clock at KiIohana,
Lihue.
| Mr.. and Mrs Batchelder of Boston,
went to the volcano on Tuesday, hav-
ing heard through Burton Holmes of
| the fascination of the trip.
- - ~
Mrs. Alice Hastings will leave short,
| ly for the mainland with her daughter
Alice and will place the latter in school
| in an Eastern state. Mrs. Hastings may
| be gone several months.
! ~ ~ ~
Captain and Mrs. Switzerland of the
navy, the former one of the Atlantic
] fleet captains, have announced the
withdrawal of the engagement of their
eldest daughter to Peruvian gentle
| man. Both the Switzerland girls were
| in Honolulu during the time the At
/ lantic fleet was here and were quite
popular.
| The Wykeham Chronicle is edited by
Miss Nora Swanzy who is at Wykeham
Rise, Washington, Conn The Chronicle
is a school paper One of her contribu-
lions was "Ships that Pass in the
! Night.
Cards have been issued by Mrs. Mar
garet Roth announcing the marriage of
her daughter Marion to Edward &.
Duisenherg on Friday, December %,
| 1908.
/ Cards have haen jssued nv Col Sam.