The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-19
COLONEL PARKER
GIVES BIC LUiU
Princess KaWananakoa Hostess.
R. P. SChWerin the Principal
Guest.

Princess Kawananakoa, as hostess
for Colonel Samuel Parker. entertained
q large number Of guests yesterday
noon at a luau at her Pensacola home.
in honor Of Wee President and General
| Manager r. ?. >chwerin of the Pacific
Mail steamship Company, the function
beng one Of the most elaborate and
+ socially successful Of the summer sea-
| son. It was a wireless" luau hav-
ing been arranged by Colonel Parker
by wireless from the Pacific Mail
Steamship Manchuria. who was a fell
low passenger with Mr.. Schwerin.
The hour for the function was high
noon, but like all luaus was DELAYED
not only by the arrival of guests, but
by the informally 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 a 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 We're received and en-
tertained upon the lanai it was like
garden party. The aroma Of the
rich Hawaiian deIicacies being placed
upon the table. and the fascinating ar
engagements Of POI bowls and old time
Hawaiian dishes upon the naperv of
ferns and carnations. caused the mali
hlnis 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 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
delIcacies. There were calabashes of
poi, fish cooked in the imu, salmon
mixed with peppers, sweet potato poi,
crabs. Hmu, pig cooked underground
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 a 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
the Princess kawananakoa.
Mr.. Schwerin stated that he had op-
posed wireless on his ships, but he was
convinced that the aeroeram service
was now all right. Col. Samuel Parker
had sent a wireless to his daughter, the
Princess kawananakoa. to have a luau
arranged. and for twenty-four hours
afterward was the most djscOnsolate
man on the ship, for it takes twenty
four hours to get return message, Mr..
Schwerin said. But finally the return
message came from Princess Havana
nakoa, and Colonel Parker 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 a princess whose
charm of manners overshadOwed 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
panv had installed it on all its great
steamers.
Following the Iuau the guests re-
pa tItu 10 the lanai. " mere Inc iItllt ct
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
nanakoa and Colonel Parker were: R. T.
Schwcrin; Admiral and Mrs. c. P. Rees,
I. :. n: Captain and Mrs. Mark, Ma
rne Corps; Pavmaster Beaufls of the
French cruiser Montcalm; Captain Rod
man. L s \, commander of the cruiser
CIevcland: 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 Min0tt Of New York,
Mrs. Huhart Nos of New York, Miss
Annie Graham of New York, Miss Ger
trude Nacfarlane Mrs. Bryan, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Lewis, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Single. Miss Ada Rhodes, Miss Irene
Dickson. Mrs George Smithies, Mr.. ant
Mrs. A ?. Taylor, Doctor Hodgins, F.
F. Thompson. Capt. !. Rupert Foster of
California. Mrs Mamie Phillips. James
Parker. Ernest Parker. Major PUrdv, |
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Balch, Mrs. Gussie |
>chmi~t, W. T. Lucas. Mr.. and Mrs. !