Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-11

day cake formed the centerpiece and
at each end of the table stood haS-
ket OF baby roses caught with tule.
A pretty feature was the lighting OF
the cake, when seven little girls ana
boys were chosen by the host TO H.
Illuminate and extinguish the cahd!eS,
each guest in turn expressing a wish
for the future.
The favors for the girls were silk
clad Japanese baby dolls. and fer the
boys false mustachios, which created
much meTriment. Dancing on the
lawn concluded the happy afternoon,
The guests included Cecily Cuaha,
Virginia Watson, Isabel Phisterer, Ne
vada Hayward, Daphne DrinkwateF,
Helen Ellis, Rebecca McVeagh. Sibyl
Davis. Peggy Harrison, Eva Gay. Be
atrice Gay. Edna Morse, Geraldine
Bockus, Tommy Stayton. Frederick
Reynolds, Warren Bockus. Andrew
Styne, Norman Davis. Alfred Giles.
Rupert Drinkwater and Norman Ellis.
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The wedding of Miss Waite Eliza.
beth Holt and John London Mear2
Jr., was quietly celebrated on Sunday
afternoon at o'clock in the apart.
ments of Mr. and Mrs A. P. Taylo
at the Hotel Bellevue, relatives O.,
the bride Both bride ami groom were
unattended. Miss Holt-a daughter
of the late James r. Holt of Honolulu
and a grand daughter of Mrs. Kama.
ka Stillman, one of the oldest families
in the islands
She is a graduate nurse, having
taken her training at ST Francis hos
pital. 1t was there, during ler stu
cent days, that she was called uDou
to care for Mears. who was a patient
IN the hospital year ago.
The hours devoted to administering
medicines and dispensing comfort to
the patient made Mears an incur
able" SO far as the fair nurse was
concerned.
John London Mears Jr. is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Mears of Sc
attic. His father was deputy post
master in San Francisco for many
years. His late grandfather. John
Mears, was health officer and promi-
nent in politics Mrs. John Mears ST.,
his mother, was formerly Hiss Mamie
Thompson, daughter Of the late Frank
P! Thompson. The connections are
very large, including the Hines, Craigs
and Thorntons, members of our old
est and most exclusive sou;1ern fam
lilies. The late Mrs. Roger Gait,
wife of Roger Gait, u. s. n, mis- aunt,
formerly Miss .Mollie Mears, was one
sN9-H I, IL Iakr Ar11
William Kirk Scammell, wife of Lieu
tenant Scammell, U. S. N Miss Mol
lie Mears), is sister of the groom
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Mr.. Clampett. Only close friends
were present, among them the
groom's grandmother, Mrs. Frank P.
Thompson OF Palo Alto, Mrs. MilIen
Griffith, Mrs Betty Ashe, Messrs.
Lloyd and Royal McIaren, Mr. and
Mrs. A. P. Taylor. relatives Of the
bride. The couple are spending their
honeymoon in the south, after which
they will take up their residence in
San Francisco, here the groom is con-
nected with Baifour, Guthrie G. Co.
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid will occupy the
late Darius Ogden Mills residence
at Millbrae, California. after the 18th
of March. The latter part of this
month the Red Cross hospital, which
Mrs. Reid built at the cost of several
hundred thousand dollars as a me-
mortal to her father, will be dedicated.
Bishop William Ford Nichols of the
diocese of California will perform the
ceremony, assisted by Rev. Mr.. Cham
hers, rector OF St Matthews church,
San Mateo. |
Mrs. Reid is at present in France,
after having been in London visiting
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. John Ward, at Dudley house,
which has recently been returned to
the Ward family through the generos-
ity Of the late Ambassador Whitelaw
Reid. Dudley House has been in Lord
Dudley's family for generations and it
seems only right that the old castle
should now belong to the Honorable
John Ward and his American wife. as
the former is the brother OF Lord Dud-
ley.
A large thrOng OF society folk was
down at the transport on Sunday to
bid farewell to Major and Mrs F. J.
Timberlake and Major and Mrs. Peter
Marquart. Both Of these couples have
taken an active part in HonOuIu's so
Cial dOings. for the past three years
and their departure is greatly re-
GREETED.
Word received from Miss Dorothy
Wood, who spent two years in the isl
ands with her parents. announces her
NerY haDnN in MaShingtn d :,