The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-07-19
COLONEL PARKER
GIVES BIG LUAU
Princess kawananakOa Hostess,
R. P. Schwerin the Principal
Guest.

M0nager r. p. Sehwerin of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company, the function
being one of the most elaborate and
socially successful Of the summer sea
son. It was a s'wireless, luau hav,
ing been arranged by Colonel Parker
by wireless from the Pacific Mail
Steamship Manchuria, who was n fell
low passenger with Mr. Sehwerin.
The hour for the function was high
noon, but like all luaus was delayed,
not only by the arrival Of guests but
by the informality which precedes sue.
cessful luaus For an hour or two
automobiles chugged and benzined their
way into the spacious grounds of the
kawananakoa home and each load of
arrivals was the occasion of new
proposal of healths to Colonel Parker,
Mr.. Schwerin and the charming hostess.
During this time a Hawaiian quintet
club led by Ernest Kaai played upon
the broad lanai. Save for the fact
that the guests were received and en-
tertained upon the lanai il was like
garden party. The aroma of the
rich Hawaiian delicacies being placed
upon the table, and the fascinating ar
rangements of poi bowls and old time
Hawaiian dishes upon the nApery of
ferns aud carnations, caused the mali
! hinis to cast curious eyes upon the
feast Tables, tables arranged in a man.
ner absolutely foreign to them.
The guests were received upon the
lanai by Princess KawananakOa, who
was CARRIED in a white lace gown. She
wore pendants of gold and pearls in
her ears and was the same charming
hostess as she has always been, the
admired of the admired.
While the music boys played the
most seductive of Hawaiian airs the
guests were seated, Colonel Samuel
Parker at the head of the table and
Princess Kawananakoa, acting az
hostess for him, at the opposite end,
with Mr.. Schwerin at her right. At
the table were many women famous in
the monarchy days as bellies of the
court and their familiarity with the
customs of the luau was invaluable to
the visitors.
The table was laden with Hawaiian
dellcaces. There were calebashes of
poi, fish cooked In the imu, salmon
mixed with peppers, sweet potato poi,
crabs, limu, pig cooked underground
I'and after the feast coffee and cake and
ices.
During the feast the health of Colonel
Parker was proposed as the "Grand
Old Man of Hawaii" the speaker
apologizing n minute afterward and
asking leave. to amend the toast to
the "Grand Young Man of Hawaii. "
Colonel Parker responded in his usual
quaint manner, and called upon Mr..
Schwerin to respond TO the toast of
1 thA Prinaaea Kawanana1rOa
Mr.. Schwerin stated that he had op.
posed wireless on his ships, but he was
convinced that the aerogram service
was now all right. Col Samuel Parker
had sent a wireless to his daughter, the
, Princess Kawananakoa, to have luau
arranged, and for twenty.four hours
man on the ship, for it takes twenty
! four hours to get return message, Mr..
Sehwerin said. But finally the return
message came from Princess HAVANA
nakoa, and Colonel Pa ker was happy.
/ The luau was assured, and all Colonel
| Parker's friends were assured that the
/ finest feast the world could serve would
be theirs in Honolulu, and would be
presided over by princess whose
charm of manners overshadowel that
Of any the wide world over.
From that interchange Of messages
across the sea Mr.. Schwerin was con
WINGED that wireless was now all right,
and he was glad the Pacific Mail com
pany had installed it on all its great
steamers.
Following the luau the guests re-
lpaired to the lanai, where the quintet
club still played, and IN the midst of
the guests appeared one of the last
of the hula dancers of the Kalakaua
reign. Over her holoku was grass
hula skirt, and she danced and danced,
while the guests applauded.
Among the guests Of Princess Kawa.
nanalloa and Colonel Parker were: r. p.
Schwerin; Admiral and Mrs @. p Rees,
u. 8. NJ; Captain and Mrs. Mark, Ma
rine Corps; Paymaster Beaufils of the
French cruiser Montcalm; Captain Rod
man, U. s. N, commander Of the cruiser
Cleveland; Mrs. Walter Macfarlane, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Sire of New York, Mr..
and Mrs. Milton Pray of San Francisco,
Mrs. Sidney Smith Of San Francisco,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Minott Of New York,
Mrs. HuhaIt Vos of New York, Miss
Annie Graham of New York, Miss Ger
trude MacfarlaDe, Mrs. Bryan, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Lewis, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Shingle, Miss Ada Rhodes, Miss Irene
Dickson, Mrs. George Smithies, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. P. Taylor, Doctor Hodgins, F..
f. Thompson, Capt. J. Rupert Foster of
California, Mrs. Mamie Phillips, James
Parker, Ernest Parker, Major Purdy,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Balch, Mrs. Gussie
Schmist, W. 7. Lucas, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Widemann, Miss Beatrice Camp.
bell, Miss Sybil Winter, Miss Glare Cum
mings, Mrs. Charles Falk, c. S. Hollo-
way, Miss Whiting, Captain Houdlette,
Captain johnson of the Wilhelmina,
Mrs. Robert Atkinson, Miss Maggie
Mcintyre, William Williamson, Miss
Mary Low.
One of the interesting features Of
the occasion was the appearance Of
Kalakaua, Princess Kawananakoa 's son,
who received the alteration of old,time
Hawaiians. Kauai, the late Prince Da-
vid's nurse, knelt upon one knee while
he kissed the hands of the young
prince, and Niau, an old friend Of the
family eravyIpd uuon her Imam IN 4ha