Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-30

out. or a girl who is in her frs
~ season, be allowed 10 attend
dances or the theatre with a
young man. umchaprr"nedo
This question has been asked oyer
and over again and still no one Seems
to have been able TO give a satiSlaC.
tory answer. Old-fashiOned mothers
say that a young man should NOT ask
a gin to attend any Of these functions
without asking her mother, too, VIII"
r'aEy Of the mothers OF this genera.
ton say that it really makes. no diff
terence whether there is a ChaperOn
or not.
7 hen comes the young man. who
SAYS that if a mother will not trust
him 10 take care Of her daughter, he
Goes not wish to act as her escort.
Perhaps there is no difference as
10 whether a girl is chaperoned or
not; perhaps it does look as though
q mother was guarding the welfare OF
ner daughter if the girl is chaperOned
end yet the view point OF the young
man is quite plausible.
Surely if mother will not trust her
daughter with a man alone, she
hut, in turn, the young man should
feel that he is perfectly willing to
take the mother to parties. too. And
will he not have more respect for
both mother and daughter if he knows
that watchful eye and guarding hand
Is ever with the girl?
So many OF the young men OF this
generation refuse to take more than
one girl TO the theatre and the com
ment Of the onloOker almost always IL
We'll. twO's company and three's
crowd in that quarter" No self-Te-
, Speeting young girl will want such re-
marks made about her and no gentle
man would wish to place a girl in any
i,ositiOn but that will draw her unnec-
essary attention or occasional dispar-
. aging remarks.
When a young man decides to make
one of the girls of his set his wife,
lie usually turns to the one whose
name is only spoken with respect.
lie will not turn to the fly-away maid
who has not cared for public opinion.
She may have been a jolly good com
panion. but when the young man is
s looking for a hOmekeeper it Is an
ether matter.
Is IL not up to mothers, then, to
guard their daughters from the re
marks of the passers-by and to hold
them ever to such high standards that
they may be looked upon and spoken
of with utmost respect?
q e. e
Mr.. and Mrs. William II. Hoogs Cele-
brate the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary
OF. Their Marriage.
Thanksgiving was the motif for a
Z dual celebration this year at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Hoogs on
Makik street, for according to the
calendar il was the twenty-fifth ami
yersary of their marriage in this city,
and by proclamation the day set apart
To give thanks for the blessings the
: people have enjoyed. Places were
laid for thirty-one. all relatives of the
. host and hostess, and the table was
urettily decorated with pink and sill
YER. Silver baskets filled with dainty
pink roses were placed on the cloth,
and lovers knots of silver tinSel were
arranged on the cloth.
? A wedding cake with silver bell
. and silver trimmings graced the table
and was cut by the hostess.
The cards marking the place of
each guest were fashioned to harmon
ize with the color scheme and decor.
atoms. They were hand-painted sill
YER baskets ornamented with pink
roses, and at the center of the handle
was a tiny silver wedding bell.
The decorations in the rooms were
suggestive of silver, and all outside
seemed to observe the occasion, for
even Nature herself contributed sill
Yer lining to the clouds which hung
over the city that night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoogs were recipients
of a great many gifts on Thursday,
, many of them in silver and large
number of floral pieces. Among the
silver remembrances was a handsome
coffee service.