Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-04
SOCIETY IS OUT
INBRILLIANT
ARRAY
Audience That Attends Grand
Opera Opening Is Fashion
able and Cultured

bardt Grand Opera Company made It's
debut In Honolulu The opera house
was crowded from gallery to box and
the majority of spectators were Of
Honoluiu's elect A surprisingly
large number OF society folk were no.
ticed in the gallery. where they felt
that they could better appreciate the
beauty Of the singing.
On the third OF March, twenty-five
years ago. another opera company
end Her Majesty Queen Liliuokalani
with Governor DOMINIC and other
members Of the royal household
graced the performances with their
presence. At that time Il was Gus
tomary for royalty to attend the ma
jority OF entertainments given here,
as there We're but few attempts at
anything in the theatrical line. Now.
however, II is an unusual thing for
Queen Liliuokalani to 90 to the the
atre and Advance Manager Baker did
nothing amiss when he thanked Ha-
wallis queen for her presence at the
performance, for the queen Ii no long.
er seeking gayety and seldom leaves
Washington place at night. Her mai
esty wore lovely gown Of soft Law
ender satin combined with real lace.
In her soft grey hair were ornaments
of diamonds. Seated IN her box were
the Princess Kawananakoa. Governor
and Mrs. Walter F. Frear. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Dominis and Colonel Sam
uel Parker The princess wore q
lovely gown OF white satin embrold-
cred In bugle beads. She wore q
Handsome aigrette In her hair Mrs.
Frear was simply gowned IN pale pink
ornamented with roses. Mrs. Dom
inis wore white satin with an attract
we headdress Of aigrettes and plumeB.
Whenever her majesty signifies .
Willingness to attend the theatre the
box which she is to occupy Is draped
with flags. Last night an American
flag. a Hawaiian flag and q crown
we're combined In the decorations. A
pretty ceremony, still one that II not
unfamiliar to local playgoerg was
the presentation Of q huge bouquet Of
roses and carnations to her majesty.
The flowers were handed to Nine.
vicarino over the footlights and she
In turn presented them to the queen.
Mr.. and Mrs. e A. Mott-Smith,
with Mr.. and Mrs. Singlehurst and
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. o. Young occupied .
loge.
Mrs. Richard Ivers was hostess Ct a
box party and her guests were Mr..
and Mrs. e. d. Tenney, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. r. Bishop and Mr.. Leslie Scott.
Many beautiful gowns were to be
seen, a number Of them expressing
the two-coIor combinations so much
in vogue in Paris and on the MAIN
land. Mrs. William Whitney wore q
black and white combination. The
skirt and a portion Of the waist were
black and the upper portion Of the
waist was OF white chiffon.
Miss Irene Dixon was stunning In
white lace costume. She wore q
sweeping aigrette In her hair.
Mrs. Alonzo Gartley wore simple
gown of lavender and white satin COM
bined with lace. Miss Alice Cooke
was prettily gowned IN a white satin
with draped-oyer dress Of dulls blue
chiffon. Miss Beatrice Castle wore
white satin with an overdress OF black
chiffon embroidered In steel beads
Mrs. Charles Chillingwofth was
stunning in black lace over black sat
in.
Mrs, NJ e. Grossrnan wore q black
gown embroidered in beads.
Miss Bertha Young wore a delicate
pale blue charmeuse.
Other society folk who attended the
performance were Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Gaillard Smart, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
j. Dowrey, Mrs NJ. NJ. Scott. Miss
Scott. Mrs. Theodore Lansing, Mrs. A.
F., Griffiths, DR.. and Mrs. Hobby. Mr..
and Mrs. Robert w. Single. Miss
Callie Lucas, Judge Lymer, Miss May
Biven, Mrs. Charles Weight. Mrs.
Bruce McV Mackall, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence ii. Cooke, Mr.. and Mrs. C.
Montague Cooke, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur F. Wall, Mr.. and Mrs. B. F.
Dillingham;, Mr.. and Mrs Harold Dill
bingham, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Ingalls,,
Judge and Mrs. Alexander Lindsay.
Mr. and Mrs. z. X. Myers, Mr.. and
Mrs. F.sM. Swanzy, Mr. and Mrs. Will
lard Brown, Mrs. E. " Holmes, Mr..
Lyle Holmes, Mr.. and Mrs. Robbins
b. Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Atherton, Miss Violet Atherton, Miss
Juliet Atherton, Mr.. and Mrs. A. l..
Castle, Mr.. and Mrs. Greenwich, Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick Klamp, Mr.. and
Mrs. j.. NJ. Dowsett, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
NJ. Riggs, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lewis, Jr.,
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. C.. Won Hamm, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank G. Atherton, Judge
and Mrs. Arthur Wilder, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. E. Thompson, Mrs. Brodero. Mr..
and Mrs. W. R. Castle, Miss Castle,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A Love, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. W. Sutton, Mr. and Mrs. Har-
ry Lewis, Mr.. and Mrs j.. P. Cooke,
Mr.. and Mrs. du Roi, Ex-Governor and
Mrs. George R. Carter, Mr.. and Mrs.
II. Focke, Mr.. and Mrs. Georg
Rodiek, Mr.. and Mrs. George Davies.
Mr. and Mrs. George Sherman, Mr..
and Mrs. Gerrit Wilder, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. G.. Wilder, Mr. and Mrs. Gustav
Schaefer, Judge and Mrs. A. G.. NJ.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ. Won
Holt, DR.. and Mrs Moore, Major and
Mrs Wooten, Mrs Anderson, Admiral