Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-17
Engagement Announced

| Engagement Announced
Word comes through a San Fran
cisco paper of the engagement OF Mr..
Roy Douglas 10 Miss Clara Stowe Of
California Mr. Douglas is student
in the department of social science at
the University OF California. gradual
ing this year. He is member of the
Delta Chi fraternity, the John Mar
shall law club and the league OF the
republic. In his sophomore year he
was preside Mt of his class and for
three years he was connected with the
staff of the Daily Californian. He is
IA son of Mr.. Douglas or Eva planta-
ton and is we'll known in the islands.
Miss Stowe was member OF the
class of 1913 also, which was what
first brought the couple together. Last
year she visited in Honolulu for sew
eral months, SO she is not unacquaint-
cd here The wedding will take place
on or about the twenty-second of this
month. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas of
Eva sailed last week to be present at
the marriage, after which they will
leave for an extended trip to Scotland.
CoIIe9e CIup reception.
In spite Of the rain which came
down in torrents, the reception given
by the College Club Thursday night
was large and highly successful af-
fair Between two and three hundred
people defied the storm and sailed
forth to be present. The home of
Governor and Mrs. Walter Frear.
where the affair took place, was bril-
liantly lighted, the grounds being
strung with long lines of sparkling
green bulbs. The surprise of the
evening came when the guests found
that instead of being present at a
formal reception they were witnesses
of an old-time Irish fair. Booths
we're placed everywhere with every
thing for sale that would tempt the
rustic eye. Quilts of all kinds, beau
tiful and ugly, tapped in the breeze.
Chickens pecked meditatively about
Ian old goat browsed on the lawn.
Here was a sleek donkey, on his fat
sides hung baskets of potatoes, being
led about by a peasant, gay in his
fair clothes of red and green. There
was an old Irish cart-a reed basket
affair on runners instead of wheels
filled with rough hewn walking
sticks and dray by shambly bay
horse. Fortune tellers with clay
pipes and an eye to business were lay
ing bare the futures of the peasants.
while straightforward performers
amused them with their juggling.
Some ladies of quality were present,
too, in silk dresses and lace caps and
many cottagers of the better class.
One old lady who couldn't leave her
goat behind. brought it along with her
to nibble at the tent pegs of the fair.
Action began when Prof w. A.
Bryan in his red and green clothes
drove donkey back and forth over
the terraces, crying his wares, which
were potatoes. He was rudely inter-
fered with by sixteen red-cheeked
colleens, who came dancing on heller
SHELTER, doing an Irish Jig. Caily
dressed, with he'd and white kerchiefs
ON their heads, they executed a clever
dance which the peasants at the fair
thoroughly appreciated. Those who
took part in the dance were Misses
Hilda Won Holt, Dorothy Peterson,
Emily Cooke, Genevieve Hooking.
Elizabeth Hobby, Helen Mclean,
Winifred Brown, Dorothea Cooke, Ly-
die Mulch, Esme Damon, Marion
Paris, Evelyn Breckons, Ruth Cart
ley, Frances Harrington, Helen
Church and Marjory Guild
Miss Bertha Kemp, dressed in the
costume of peasant, sang two
songs by Samuel Lover: "The Four
Ieafed Shamrock" anu Rory O.
More" Her accompaniment was
played by Miss Ruth Henry of Ka-
waihao
A skit which was then enacted,
though really play by Lady Greg
cry. was supposed to be an incident
of the fair. Not enough can be said
in praise of the actors who showed
unusual cleverness and ability. The
caste was so genuinely good through
out that it would be unfair to praise
enc without the other. Mr.. James
Wilder, however, was side-splitting
in his humorous role of BARLEY Fall
Ion. Mrs. William Hobby was SPLEEN
did in her part of Mrs. Fallon Miss
Maynard and Miss Van Scharck as
Mrs. Tarpey and Mrs. Tulley, were
very clever. Mr.. David Anderson
was excellent. The caste of the play,
which was called Spreading the
news was as follows:
Mrs. Tarpey Miss Maynard
Mrs. FULLY .-...... Miss van Scharck
Mrs. Fallon ...... Mrs. w. c. Hobby
BARLEY Fallon -. Mr.. James Wilder
Jack Smith ........ Mr. Arthur Wall
James Ryan .......... Mr.. Robinson