The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-06-04
Eleanor Rlvenbursh.)

Quite the most beautltul, artlstlc
and elaborate reception ever given in
Honolulu was that given last evening
by Mr.. and Mrs. e. D. Tenney in
honor of Mrs. Carrie Jacobs Bond, at
present their house guest.
The Tenney mansion, pure white
palace of home surrounded by soft
green lawns and huge historic shade
trees, has long represented wealth and
luxury and lavish hospitality, and
many merry time has been spent
within it's cordial doors.
Mrs. Tenney is one of our "beauti-
full ladies" in graciousness and kind
ness, and her artistic polse and feeling
were revealed last evening when in
myriad of soft lights, hundreds of
society people repressed a display of
enthusiasm as they entered the mag
nificient home where the odor of or
chids and roses floated through the
rooms, on beholding the dainty touch
es of their lovely hostess personality.
To describe the atmosphere of the es-
thetic surroundings Of the great
throng of guests present, were i'm
possible, but a few practical remarks
must needs leave a great deal to the
| Imagination.
Picture the great home with Its
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stream of motor cars and carriages
sweeping up the drive, the merry
guests gowned in fashions latest de-
cree entering the spacious rooms of
the Tenney mansion, the beauty of
whose polished floors, rich Persian
and Turkish rugs and statuary, was
enhanced by the floral setting.
Mr.. and Mrs Tenney, Miss Tenney
and Mrs. Carrie Jacobs Bond re-
ceived in the stately drawing room,
standing before a coy corner win
dow seat piled high with satin and
gold cushions and transformed into
summary bower.
Here was a delicate touch of artis-
tic ingenuity. Two quaint wicker
baskets with tall handles and filled to
overfiowing with La France, Maman
Cochet and American Beauty roses,
were suspended hanging gracefully
| by trailers of asparagus fern. On the
center of the bower but tritie low
er swung another basket and this
was a receptacle for Caroline Pestout
and Ulrich Bruner roses. Every
where the eye rested was beauty. The
whole ensemble was symphony, one
color tone blending tremendously
with another. In one corner, against
tall young palm, rose an immense
brass jar of pure white Easter lilies
resting on a massive t&bouret OF chi
nese ebony. The base OF the tall
old pier glass, brought from Mrs.
Tenney's girIhood home, was banked
in roses tumbling out OF old silver
Iiardinieres, with timid trailers of de-
licate fern vines interviewer among
the fiorid mass. More trailers stray
ed along the walls and, edging the
massive frames of rare paintings, led
the eye of the gorgeous hanging bas-
kets of lace maidenhair, which were
suspended in every arch and door
way.
In this bower of loneliness stood
the hosts and the guest of honor to
receive the never ending line OF
guests representing the aristoeracy
of Honolulu. Mrs. Tenney, always
lovely, was more so than ever II such
could be. in an imported gown oil
heavy Irish point loce over pale blue
messaline satin. 1t was made a la
princesse with heavy motifs on silver
and gold fringe of pastelle satin roses
In rose pink and delicate blue. II
was made en- train, the only reliei
to its severity being two Dands Oh
soft male blue crush silk which were
brought from the back to the hem Oh
the gown in front where they ter
minated In a huge crushed bow WIN
this elegant gown diamond ornaments
we're worn.
Mrs. Bond was stately and attract
ed a great amount of attention in an
Imported creation of electric blue sa-
tin with an overdress of Indian It's
sro heavily embroidered in Oriental
and trimmed with black