Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-26
TALES OUT OF SCHOOL
Honolulu, Dec. -. 1914.

y
mas, for since the arrival of III,
Christmas ship on Tuesday my room
has been filled with fascinating LITTLE
| packages and I find that one Is ad
dressed in your handwriting.
| There is fuss and hurry everywhere
! in preparation OF the Christmas cele
| brationg In spite Of the war and the
many demands for charity this is go
ing to be a booming Christmas In Ha-
wall. The merchants all say that
their holiday trade Is far more pros
| porous this year than it was last
| Hawaii Is a dear little place after all
and might as we'll he called the Land
OF Plenty" as THE Isles OF Peace.
We might combine the two and cali il
THE Land OF Peace and Plenty" for
| II truly is. We don't have snow here
but the past week has been mighty
cold and the thermometer has had a
habit of slipping way down in the
early morning.
There Is going to be another din
ner-dance at the MOana Saturday eV-
ening, at which "Fanchon and Marco
vein will again entertain the guests.
Speaking of guests, I am wondering
Just who will be at the affair this week.
I reeeiyed an Interesting letter from
Laura low the othe r day telling OF the
doings at Capen School where she Is
studying. 1t was written in her own
amusing style and consequently was
full of funny sayings.
The girls In the local boarding
schools miss half of the fun and ex-
element enjoyed by the college stu
dents in the East and have to enjoy
the pranks through others. Margaret
Jones, who is one of the students at
the Capen School, wrote, recently OF
midnight feast the girls were plan
ming. 1t Is against the rules to keep
any food In the rooms 80 for weeks
the Honolulu girls had been slowing
away goodies In, the rooms OF Ciorlnda
Low aud Helen Jones at Smith Col,
lege, which, by the way, is Just across
the street. At midnight of the even
ing Clorinda wrote. the girls were
going to steal away from4Capenl anu y
have the party at Smiths. These
midnight feasts are very quiet a1airs
and by the light of a candle Denlnd
the closed doors of q closet the glris
have their links. Sometimes almost
envy them their good times. H.. -
received a letter from the East
the other day saying thai one OF the
girls in the younger set fau been VIII
ing the girls that she WAS engaged, TO
one of the popular young men In the
same set hut had broken II OFF. OF
course INQUIRED into It for like every
one else am interested In engage,
ments. / couldn't find the girl 80 L
called up the young man TO que stion
him about it and he became very muent
excited. Ii seems that he only called
on the young lady four times ana
never gave her a serious thought IL
is funny how daring some folks VIII
be in making up stories about them
selves. y. !
was told awhile ago that three
more engagements are o0e announced
before the year is out. n c2nt imagine
Who they can be, for withip the last
month 1t has seemed as though al
the eligibles have announced their De-
trothals. and most of them were sur
Prise to everyone. n
4 most interesting letter has been
received from Martha McChesney VINO
IA spending the winter In New
York. She does not know just when
she will return to Honolulu TOT sne Is
having a wonderful time in the East
and is making the most OF sleigh rioes
and skating on the ice. OF course
hose sports appeal to her as to every
sland girl who has been brought up
= the tropics where the only visible !
,igns of snow are on the topmost peak
If Mauna Kea- r, -. |
Another of the Honolulu girls who
las recently been heard from is Helen
Wilder. the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
/ a wilder. For the past few years
Hiss Wilder has been attending Wien
I'M Rise in Washington, Conn, and Is
for Bryn Mawr., At the
lose of the fall term when the Bryn
dawr examinations, were held, Helen
assed highest in English and was one
4 the four girls who succeeded IN
,assing the exes. This last summer
ne visited Wohello, the girls camp IN
daine on Lake Sebago, and took part
1 ALI the sports there. At the close
4 the summer she was awarded the
uge buffalo blanket embroidered with
he names of the girls in the camp,
ecause she .excelled in all the sports
ncluding swimming, diving, riding,
off and the numerous other forms of
thietics the girls INDUCED in. But
ne of these blankets are awarded
very year and it is the secret wish
I every girl to win 1t.
Hard times have not touched us in
laval. Polly, and we who live in the
lands can truthfully say that the
christmas will be joyful and peace
IL one. think that we are mere In
position than most folks to feel and
" peace on earth, good will to-
ards men" for that seems to be the
selling that prevails with all of us.
/ have promised to help trim some
les Christmas tree this evening, dear,
|, 1t must be fare-thee-well and a
cry Christmas. ~"
~ Lovingly,
-,- II