Evening bulletin., 1911-02-11
UNIVERSITY CLUB
BALL IS BRILLIANT

arranged for the young people. Tn,
entire court was enclosed with ;
hedge of feathory bamboo, the gallery
overlooked three sides of this gar.
Gen; the tall stalks OF the greer
bamboo added to the tropical appear
: ance of these galleries. The large
: columns supporting this structure
were wrapped with smilaX and maile
the palapalei and pulaa ferns were
woven into strands, and festooned
from the galleries to the garden, thus
making an effective network of green
overhead Hundreds of incandescent
lights encircled the court and gal
leries, while Japanese lanterns, CON
cealing electric light bulbs, were eff
: fectively used in the palms, and trop-
ical trees of the court On the north
cast side of the gallery Kaai's sing
ing boys were stationed. The FIJI h
Cavalry band and the Hawaiian or
chestra furnished the music for the
dancing, alternately, one playing the
waltZes and the other the two-steps.
The programs were extremely pretty,
tied with the Clubs coors, and uni
versity Club embossed at the top.
This popular club has given many
successful and enjoyable balls, but
Friday evenings function outshown
them all The arrangement of this
affair was perfect in every detail
During the intermission of the dane
ing, the young people promenaded in
the garden, those not wishing to "trip
d. the light fantastic sat on the galleries
! watching the younger set" enjoy
themselves, for these lanais were
raised several feet above the garden
and also commanded view of tho
ballroom. AT / O'Clock small tables
were quickly placed in the court, and
a delicious supper was served by
corps of well trained walters. A num-
Der of the debutantes and their es-
corts preferred dancing to partaking
OF this delicious collation. as the music
continued during the hour set aside
This room deserves especial mention
for j. was so artistically decorated.
The side walls of this room, within
four feet of the ceiling, is heavily
paneled with highly polished red
wood. The upper portion of the
walls is furnished in a pale yellow,
over this background was arranged
a tracery of smilax, interspersed with
yellow chrysanthemums, thus form
ing frieze. The delicate network of
green ornamented with hundreds of
these yellow flowers, produced stun
ming and novel effect. The mission
windows were curtained with smilaX,
this drapery being caught with the
flowers The chandeliers and door
ways were festooned with this vine:
large bow knots of yellow tulle were
knotted on the chandeliers, the
streamers of this material were out
lined with traccries of the green Mr..
Sherwood Lowrey had charge of the
decorations and was ably assisted by
Miss Helen Alexander, who is the
leading horticulturist of this city, and
is also a professional decorator. These
young people displayed great artistic
ability and much praise is due them.
This party will remain long in the
memory OF those present, as being
one of the most brilliant affairs ever
given in these islands. An unusual
number of handsome gowns were OBJ
served: Mrs. Harry Macfarlane was
clad in Paris frock of white satin
veiled with chiffon; the lower por-
ton of the gown was trimmed in
heavy bands of gold; bandeau of
gold was worn in her hair. Mrs
Maclarlane is one of the prettiest and
most popular young society women of
Honolulu, The beautiful Princess
kawananakoa looked regal in a gown
of black chantilly lace over white |
satin, with corOnet of gold, studded |
with Jewels, in her hair Mrs. Man |
ME Phillips looked extremely pretty ,
in pale blue chiffon over satin. Mrs.
Gustav Schaefer was a picture in a
figured chiffon over satin with deep
band of cloth Of gold edging the bot
tom of the skirt; the corsage was
trimmed in gold. Mrs.
Alonzo Gartley was clad in an en-
broldered blue satin Miss Claire Will
liams was stunning in black velvet,
trimmed in ermine. Mrs. A. n. Camp
bell looked handsome in white satin
and pearls Mrs. John Erdman was
clad in pink satin, with an overdress
Of embroidered net, flecked with gold.
Mrs. Brainerd Smith looked extreme
ly pretty in black. Mrs Harry Will
der wore New York creation of
pink satin, trimmed with real lace.
Mrs. M. T. Prosser looked stunning in
4 yellow pompadOur satin with a span
Eled tunic of gold The lower portion
of this overdress was edged with oas-
scmenteric embroidered in gold A
spray of gold roschuds wds worn ~
The coiffure. Miss Wilhelmina Tenney
ooked extremely pretty in white satin
yelled in chiffon. This firmly material
was embroidered in silver. A silver
ringe finished this beautiful toilette.
Mrs, Harold Dillingham; wore a Paris
gown of pink satin, with an overdress
locked with gold. The sleeves, cor