Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-05

- HERE has been lull In the Soci
al activities I'm Honolulu for the
past week for no reason in par
,;icular excepting that four previous
syeeks CT unusual gayety in a warm
Innate lead TO later relaxation. Then,
100, the last two weeks Of school keep
The students busy, and commencement
COWS and furbeiows take some time
girl graduate.
Gowns fer commencement night at
Punahou academy are to be very sim
pie this year and no flowers are To be
allowed. To the girls at least there is
4 gayer. tinge TO the cherished memory
Of last school days ~ bright floral
gifts have been a part Of them. Com
mencement for the academy takes
place on next Saturday evening at
Bishop hall on the campus and on the
following Monday the school year
closes with the commencement ball
at the arnory. THIS Is always the
large student affair OF the year.
Miss Henrietta Schwartz compli-
mented.
Ucmplimenting Miss Henrietta
Schwartz, Miss Helen Spalding enter
tanned yesterday afternoon at an In
formal tea at the Spalding residence
on Punahou street Quantities OF ST.
Joseph lilies and other cut flowers or
namented the rooms in which many
members OF the younger set gathered
30 meet the popular debutante from
san Francisco. for that Is just what
Miss Schwartz is, having made ner,
debut at theater party and dance
at the st. Francis hotel, shortly be-
fore leaving for Honolulu, which she
considers her one-tfme home. Some
among Miss Spalding's guests we're
Miss Henrietta Schwartz, Miss Sara
Lucas. Miss Ruth Anderson, Miss
Pauline Schaefer, Miss Bernice Hal
stead, Miss Ruth McChesney, Miss
Geraldine Berg, Miss Dorothy Guild,
Miss Nary Lucas, Miss Harriet Luz
cas-, Miss Rose Herbert, Miss Silburn
Puryis, Miss Jessie Kennedy, Mrs. ID
P. Agee, Miss Nancy-Anne Lea, Miss
Florence Hoffman, Miss Dorothy
Wood, Miss Letitia Morgan, Mrs. Rey-
mold McGrew, Miss Myrtle Schuman,
Miss Helen Mclean. Miss Hazel Buck
land. Miss vivien auckland, Miss Ruth
Scper. Miss Peggy Center, Miss, Lila
Mcdonald, Miss Sally Brown, Miss
Catherine Lehman and Miss Beth
Woods.
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Amateur Thesplans Entertain.
Some weeks ago note was made oil
the society matrons and their talent
Tor theatracals. Now clever members
in the younger set who are gifted III
that art are entertaining their frien1s
at many of the informal affairs III the
social whirl.
Because a girl shows talent in this
line she Is no longer kept from the
theaters as she was In the last gener.
alton, but parents are helping to de-
velcp talent. Not because they have
any desire to see their sweet young
daughters enter upon theatrical ca
reer but because Il seems the wlsest
course
Recently a number OF the Honolulu
girls have given wee bits of popular
plays st teas or receptions and the
little Interpolation in the afternoon
II cards or tea has been received with
treat enthusiasm. Miss Vera Damon,
Ylio IN her days at Punahon academy
WAS leading lady n dramatic clua
productions, has improved much In
her art and has done some very cley.
er work since she returned from the
mainland. Miss Myrtle Schunian, too,
has shown that as leading lady or
an ingenue she is equally successful.
Peggy Center and Helen Spalding are
clever along this line and help to
make many an entertainment delight
fui
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Mrs Octavia johnson Complimented.
Miss Octavia Johnson was the COM
pliinented guest OF an informal dance
given BY Miss Charlotte Blake last
night at the Blake residence in Ma
noa valley. The interior Of the house
was decorated with ferns and cut
bowers, very attractively arranged
Miss 0ctavia Johnson, who Is the
daughter If Captain Peter johnson OF
the Wilhelmina. has been entertained
cxtensiyely during her short visit here
and has quite won the hearts of all
vho have had the pleasure of meeting