The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-02

ionial home of Governor and Mrs.
Frear. for dozens of ladies in the
ouaint costumes of the fourteenth cen
fury period, out for May-day revels,
trooped and romped on the lawns and
observed many of the customs so
quantity narrated in the Canterbury
Tales There was the little nun, the
monk. and the Friar, and the Queen
of Richard H., villagers and court
ladies of the period. with odd head
dresses and wells which enveloped the
chin, costumes which were faithfully
copied from the descriptions given by
Chaucer or from illustrations passed
down the centuries. From the bal
cony of the residence hung banners
and heraldic devices, copied from
books of heraldry. Under the great
trees, with the banners. Haunting in
the breeze and the large company of
May-day jewellers singing upon the
green and dancing about the gayly
decorated Maypole, the scene was one
of enhancing beauty, and to the Col
lege Club Is due the credit for one of
the mosts original festivals ever at
tempted in Honolulu. None other here
has been so faithfully carried out in
the details of costumes and program,
which savored entirely of the oldtime
festivals son the green"
About fifty ladies of the club were
in costumes, and the spectators num-
bered many score of ladies and gen.
tlemen. Owing to the damp weather
the reception which was to have been
held on the lawn was perforce held
on the spacious lanai. Mrs. Frear
wore quaint court costume in green
and gold. Then followed a procession
Of all persons in costume, with heralds
preceding. The scene was intended
for that of an English village during
Chaucer's time, when the people gath
cred after their early morning gather
ing of flowers for garlands. The May
pole was decorated with garlands of
flowers.
Mrs. Frear read a selection from
Chaucer, appropriate to the occasion,
and the May dancers sang an old
English ballad, a selection which has
been sung in "Merrie England for
! many hundred years, the acompani-
! ment being played by Miss Sheffield
of Oahu College. Then came the gay
| dancing around the pole, stepped by
| sixteen ladies of the club, four in cos
tunes of yellow. four in pink. four in
! blue and four in lavender. Miss Tuck
| er was the May Queen, who received
her subjects in a bower, according to
| We olde time way. Then the people
| broke up into a merry gathering, pelt.
| ing one another with their garlands
| and finally refreshments were served
| following the old way. the delicacies
being pie and lemonade.
| The president of the College Club
| Mrs. Hendrick, wore a historically
correct costume fashioned after one
worn by Richard lis queen. Among
the interested spectators were Mrs
| Charles Warren Fairbanks, wife of
the former Vice President of the
United States: her daughter. Mrs
| Timmons; and Her Majesty Liliuoka.
lani.
On Thursday evening Miss Rosa
Hiida Robertson, daughter of Mr.. and
| Mrs. James w. Robertson, and Mr.
William Chillingworth. son of Mr.. and
! Mrs. S. F. Chillingworth and brother
| of the Senator, We're married at St
| Andrews cathedral. and afterwards
| held a reception at the home of the
| brides parents, in Nuuanu avenue
| The wedding ceremony was a pretty
| one. the Rev. DIR. Simpson officiating
| AS the Wedding March was played
| the ushers, Messrs. A. Robertson
| David Sherwood, Paul Schmidt
! Charles Chillingworth and Bradford
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