Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-03
TALES OUT OF SCHOOL
Honoluln, October /, ISL

fsN 11OnOIul1t, OCIOuST u 1918.
Polly Dearest:
One Of your ever.welcome letters
was received on Tuesday. do wish
that could find half as much news
here to gossip about.
So the American women are plan
ming fashions all of their own. Well,
its about time; but il seems rather pit
| iful that so great a strife as the pre-.
sent European war should be the inn
mediate cause Of It The Honolulu
buyers are having their fall openings
and the materials are very rich. and
extremely pretty. The basque has
made its appearance here and is
| charming on the sleL .er figure. Thank
| goodness the fish-hooks for the hair
are no longer considered smart, for
they were just beginning to take hold
of the younger generation here, but no
doubt they will be discarded now.
The number Of girls who have an
nounced their intention of taking cho-
rus and who are trying out for the
glee club at Punahou Academy this
year is amazing, and good looking Mr..
French is receiving the blame for it
all. Almost as many girls have signed
up this year as did when the wellre-
membered Mr.. Hastings trained the
voices of the scholars. For time it
looked as though the new choral in
|structor would take the place in the
fair students hearts held last year by
Mr.. Midkiff. but not so--the red-head-
ed pedagogue stiil has preponder-
ance of pretty lassies In his classes
Speaking of singing makes me think
Mistress Mary" ana Mile. Modiste'
are having an interesting rivalry. 1t
seems that both young ladies' want
to appear before the Honolulu public
at the same time, tut as the gay Pa
risienne was booked at the Opera
House first it is quite likely that she
will first appear. The little girl with
silver bells and cookie shells" will be
just as well received, however, if she
does wait until November before max
ing her bow here. The girls of the
chorus of Mile. Modiste" are making
the most wonderful! costumes and are
abiding by the ideas of the futurist for
their ideas.
about Catherine Ashley having gained
admittance to the Gkulele Club in u.
C. They were all delighted to know
that another Honolulu girl has receiy-
ed recognition in the university. Cath
crime has pretty voice and will sure
ly be an acquisition to the musical
circles in Berkeley.
Pretty Mrs. Lowry, who has been
here fortnight, is to- be quite well
come in the army and navy set She
is one of the navy brides, her husband,
Ensign Frank j. Lowry, is attached
to the U. s. s. Alert The Lowrys
have been married but three months,
and shortly after their wedding the
bridegroom was ordered away on the
Alert and it was nearly two months
before he saw his girl-bride. Mrs.
Lowry was formerly the popular Hazel
Kemp of Los Angeles and was extern
sively entertained before coming to-
the islands.
Many of the Honolulu society wo-
men, particularly since the formation
of the Outdoor Circle. have become
amateur gardeners, with the result
that the lawns are improving wonder
fully. One woman with the truly fem
mime desire to have something unusual
In Their .graden planted iarKspurs. Ey-
cry morning the plants were carefully
tended until they were about to bios
som. Then one day when she was ar
ranging the soil about the roots some
thing yellow could be seen at the sur
face. and horrors! She found that her
larkspurs were carrots.
Everyone is looking forward to the