The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-05-03
QUEEN OF THE
MAY, MOTHER"
Ainahau Fete and Pageant Arts
tic and Financial Success
Event Delightful One.
CFrom Sundays Advertiser J

MUSIC, mowers, sunshine and youth
held full sway for four hours yesterday
afternoon in the gardens at Ainahau,
the beautiful Waikiki home of Gov.
ernor Ceghorn, when the members of
the Kilohana Art League held their
May day festival.
The music fioated softly out amid the
tangled growth in the garden, the fow.
ers waited their sweet perfume every.
where, the sunshine sifted down through
the palms and banyans, and inter
mingled with it all came the sweetest
sound of all, the happy, joyous laughter
Of childhood. Never was there such
perfect May DAY.
The broad walk leading to the house
needed no other decoration than it's
tangle of beautiful plants on either side
and only the sounds of music ahead
kept the merrymakers from lingering to
enjoy the lily ponds and the fern
tangles.
The May pole dance, the browning of
the May Queen and the procession of
the members of the College Club. at
tired in early English costumes, took
place before the roomy lanais of Gov.
ernor Cleghorn s residence, the pretty
ceremonies being watched by the sew.
eral hundred persons on the ground. Miss
Anna Tucker was the queen, looking
very pretty in her flower costume, with
her floral.wreath crown. She was en-.
throned on a chair bearing the royal
arms, placed before great banner, also
decorated with the arms of Hawaii
Beside her, on the dais, were her pages
and her attendant maidens.
The procession of followers with
offerings of flowers was followed by the
dance round the May pole executed by
sixteen little girls in dainty spotless
white. To joyous tripping measure OF
music they .twined and intertwined tn,
colored streamers and ended the dance
| with a low unison bow to their queen
amid the applause of the onlookers.
Then came the stroll through the
grounds and a visit to the booths, eacf
heavily laden with decorations of flags
temptingly displayed and the whole
Il
with a garland wreathed hat.
Through the crowd fitted little flow
err girls with their trays Of boutonniere
| made of sweet scented violets and pref
ty-faced pansies, each modestly trying
to hide in spray of maidenhair. A
dark eyed maiden wandered in and ou
| of the crowd with her arm covered will
long royal yellow ribbons in the cente
of each one of which was the autograph
of Her Majesty Queen Liliuokalani.
Queen Not Present.
The one regret of the day was th
| fact that Queen Liliuokalani was un
able to be present. The health of tn,
Queen has not been satisfactory of late
but on Friday she had confidently ex
pected to be able to attend the fete
| 1t was reported at one time that sh,
| had started for Ainahau, and the com
mencement of the festivities was de
layed, awaiting her arrival. Her secre
| tary arrived alone, however, and an
nounced that she could not appear.
Governor Cleghorn, who was the mas
ter of ceremonies of the afternoon, wa
| interchangeable as n host to the man,
who thronged his beautiful grounds, ad
| mirng the riot of verdure in the gar
dens or strolling about the open spaces
where the booths and the side show
had been placed. His kindness in plac
ing Ainahau at the disposal of the Ar
League was added to in the way h
helped throughout the afternoon.
The Pageant.
The march of the College Club ladie
to the foot of the May Queens thron
was very attractive sight and an in
structive one, as well. The costume
worn showed that great deal of pain
had been taken to have them historical
ly correct, accuracy being arrived at il
! some of the costumes when a departur
might have produced "prettier'
effects. The pageant was headed b,
Mrs. Frear and Miss M. A. Smith, thos
following being:
Miss Church, Miss A. Reid, Mis-
Thompson, Miss Rowe. Miss Reynolds
| Miss Woodford, Miss Macdonald, Mis-
Zieg!er, Miss Kluegel Miss Foster, Mis-
stephens, Miss Archer, Mrs. Gulick, Mrs
Alexander, Miss Margaret Hopper, Mis-
Marjorie Peterson, Miss Alexander
Miss Sheffield, Miss Fraser, Docto
Burnham, Mrs. harrington, Mrs. EbeI
sole, Mrs Bicknell, Mrs. Craig and Mrs
Hendricks.
| Financial Success.
The affair was both an artistic an
a financial success The receipts ar
sufficient TO put the Art League on
of debt and leave a surplus. The booth
were sold bare before the Afternoon
ended. while there was q great demanl
FOR the souvenir ribbons bearing TIL
autograph of Queen Liliuokalani, 81
great demand that the supply wa
exhausted and number Of orders tax
en- for more, which the Queen will un
doubtedly sign.
The streetear service during the AT
ternoon was excellent and no hitch II
The arrangements, other than the 70
grettable absence Of tho Queen, oe
eurred.