The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-06-10
Miss Alice Cooper, a Complimented
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Quest.
Miss Hattie Lucas entertained in hon
or Of Miss Alice Cooper on Friday af-
ternoon. Sewing occupied some Of the
tint, but the greater part was spentsin
the more frivolous pastime of singing
and dancing. Among those who paid
Miss Cooper honor were Miss Cornet,
Miss Edith Williams, Miss Florence
Hoffman, Miss Jessie Kennedy, Miss
Wilhemina Tenney, Miss Blanche Soper,
Miss Lady Macfarlane, Miss Burr, Miss
Violet Mckee, Misses McStocker, Misses
Kopke, Misses Hopper, Mrs. George Col
lin and Miss Belle McCorriston.
Cooper Bailey Wedding.
Invitatins have been received during
the week by more than six hundred Ho
nolulu folk, which read:
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ernest Cooper
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Alice Gertrude
to
Mr.. George william Bailey
on Monday evening, June sixteenth
Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen
at half past eight O'Clock
Halehoomaha
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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Reception for Mrs. Farley.
One of the large social events of the
week was the reception given by Mrs.
George Sherman ana Mrs. Herbert
Dowsett on Thursday afternoon in hon
or of Mrs. Farley of Boston who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. +. NJ.
Swanzy, for the past four or five
months.
The Shermans' handsome home on
Nuuanu avenue was wonderfully deco
rated with many unusual flowers, com
bined with roses robbed from most of
the gardens in the valley. The tea room
presented Frenchy bit of color in pink
and blue and the dainty tea tables each
bore crystal vase filed with pungent
gardenias or velvety roses. In other
rooms there were quantities of coreop-
sis or golden California peoples. Vases
and !jardinieres filed with ginger, or
| lilies of various kinds and sizes were
conspicuous in the decorative scheme.
On the great glass enclosed lanai fac
ing the mountains, Mrs. Sherman with
her daughter, Mrs. Herbert Dowsett
and the guest of honor, Mrs. Farley, re.
ccived the large number of guests who
called. Upon entering this room, it
presented striking flash of color, for
ixoras and double. headed ginger blooms
and bulbs marked a contrast to its
background of shimmering green palm
leaves and stalks of ribboned bamboo.
| Mrs. Sherman wore an exquisite
French lingerie gown and flower
brimmed hat completed the fetching
costume. Mrs. Dowsett was exceed
ingly dainty in white with which she
wore chic blue satin coat of the pre-
vailing fashion. Her soft white hat was
trimmed with pink roses and smaller
white flowers. Mrs. Farley was hand.
some in black and white creation, or
namented with heavy white lace. She
wore a becoming hat to match her
gown.
Kaai's orchestra furnished music
throughout the afternoon, which added
greatly to the charm of the pleasant
gathering.
A Wedding of Interest.
In speaking of the wedding of Miss
Edith Cowles to Lieutenant Leo Sahm
the San Diego Union said:
The wedding of Miss Edith Cowles
daughter of Admiral and Mrs. Walter
G.. Cowles, and Lieut.. Leo Sahm of
the cruiser Maryland, will take place
at Hotel del Coronado Tuesday night.
The wedding will be elaborate
preparations for the event having
been in progress for some time. The
ceremony will be performed by Rev
Charles f. Spalding, rector of the
Episcopal Church of Coronado. 1t prob
ably will be held in the ballroom.
Miss Cowles is the only daughter of
Admiral and Mrs. Cowles. The an
nouncement of her engagement was
made to San Francisco on the arrival OF
the young woman from Honolulu in
January.
Lieutenant Sahm is native of Iowa
having been appointed to the United
States academy at Annapolis from that
State. He has had six years sea ser
vice. He entered the service Septem,
Der IS, 1899.
The wedding will be one of the so.
cial functions of the season at Coro'
4 hhuo' nc youhe PSoPio nave hob ah
nounced their plans.
! Lieutenant Sahm S last shore service
was while stationed at Honolulu as
behief of the lighthouse service in the
Islands. 1t was there that he met Miss
Cowles, whose father was in command
of the great naval station Uncle Sam
is building on the Island of Oahu.
When the term of shore duty expired
| Lieutenant Sahm was the last officer on
/ the active list of the navy attached to
the lighthouse service, as with his re-
tirement from that work the policy of
the navy department changed and civ
| ilians or retired naval officers now fill
the posts in the lighthouse service.
While stationed at Honolulu Lieuten.
ant Sahm made an exceptional record
for efficiency in charting and lighting
/ the dangerous and difficult waters ly-
| ing about the several islands of the
group. He erected several lights where
lights were badly needed in the little
charted reefs, and shook the whole ser.
vice under his charge into higher state
of perfection.
He was extremely popular socially in
the Islands and left many friends there
who win learn with pleasure of his en-
gagement 10 Miss Cowles, also one of
the fayorites in army and navy circles
! of Hawaii.