The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-03-12


Aileen Doe, Miss Natalia Hunt, Miss
Lillian Van Wort, Miss Viola Page,
Miss Olive Wheeler, Miss Edith Met
calf, Miss Erna st. Goar, Miss Cluff,
Miss Edith Lowe, Miss Dorothy Ba-
ker, Miss Agnes Tillmann, Miss Me
bling, Miss McMullin, Mrs. Waiter
Greer, Mrs. Frederick Still, Mrs. H.
Umbsen and Miss Jeanne Gallois.-S.
F. Bulletin.
The all absorbing topic of Homo
lulu during the past week has been
the discussions of the grandest and
most pretentious social event that has
ever been seen in the Hawaiian Is
lands. 1t was the festivities attend
ant upon the Golden Wedding ami
versary of Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
Young, pioneers Of modern Hawaii
Mel, whose celebration simply as
founded society, and has caused lin
gerlng compliments even from those
whose experiences have carried them
to all parts of the world.
The festivities practically began
on Saturday afternoon when all the
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Young as
sembled round the happy couple to
shower blessings upon them and pre-
sent them with their handsome offer-
ings. It was a most touching spec
tacle, and the honored father and
mother were quite overcome by the
demonstration of the great devotion
and love of their children. During
the afternoon many other Beautiful
gifts arrived each causing delight to
| the spectators when the mysterious
dainty packages were unfolded re-
vealing their costly burdens.
And then the flowers! Oh, read
ers, you should have seen those flow.
ers! The Alexander Young's home at
Waikiki is a spacious dwelling right
on the sea beach surrounded by
spreading green lawns and the in
terror of the home is filled with rare
and costly furnishings. The lanai is
famed with it's polished floor, its Tur
kish and Persian rugs and elegant
furniture. But as the flowers arriv
ed they were arranged about til
every nook and corner was banked
full of the rare blooms, till it seem
ed as though there could not be
single blossom left in Honolulu shops
Pink carnations of every pastel hu,
were heaped together, American beau
ties, Ice Cream roses, scarlet, Grim
son, lavender and white till not onl!
the lanai, but the drawing room ant
dining hall were overlooking and thu
sweet fragrance of their allurinl
beauty filled the home.
On Sunday at one o'clock an elah
crate wedding breakfast was servet
to the members of the family seatet
about the oblong table with cover
for thirty. At the head of the board
sat Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Youn
with the members Of their famil
ranged about them graduating accort
ing to ages, till even the tots wer
included. The home was redolen
with perfumes from the heapin
: masses of rare flowers sent from
thoughtful friends the day before an
the table was most beautifully deco
rated with baskets of pure white Of
chids and violets presenting a brids
appearance. Over the cloth thes
blossoms were also scattered intel
mingling with maidenhair fern, Will
the centerpiece, a gift from some c
the members of the family stood i
stately glory pure golden vase hanC
somely engraved with the date an
names of the recipients.
This is perhaps the most elegan
floral vase in these islands and hel
white orchids in its outbending II
ceptacle.
Another lovely feature of tabl
adornment were the twelve solid gol
Plates, also given by some of tn
others in the Young family. In col
nection with the handsome green an
gold service plates they were yer
elegant and four magnificent golde
candelabra bestowed upon the happ
pair by the remainder of the daugl
ters and their husbands completed tn
decorations.
The gentlemen's place cards bore
golden slipper, while the ladies Dor
beautiful bride with veil and orang
blossoms.