Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-02
FscM p1cay 70 POLLY &

Dearest Polly: 80 t. i,..s + g 7. ~
The other day sorae one sent ne
card suggesting that start II.at
mcnial agency. / have not tho :ght
great deal about tho proposition az
yet II fsn a bad idea Manly yqut
Che must have been y.nthl spos
only Of girls, Yes, there are mar
eligible girls In Honolulu. and n b
promises TO find equally n ce .yorn,
men, perhaps Just perhaps.
An army and navy engagement
lOne announced and cne not yet TIL
engagcmsnt of Miss Lucy Webb 4
Lieut. Woodfln jones has caused
l6tsof Il told you SIS" and tAe youu
enslgn's engagement, with rr1bahly
more els that so ti1eugSt he wa
going with end each blank vii
probably be the name OF another Of
Honolnlu's flair ones.s The girl, how
ever. IL an eastern one. !,
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas T.. Baldwin
ere In Honolulu for the next few davs
..slng arrived from San Francisco
II. the Wi1helmina. Mrs. Baldwin
who was the popular Ruth Johnston
wassalways considered beautiful b.
her schoolmates at Punahou and al
those who chsnced to see her. II shf
was beautiful then we'd Just better
ind some more adiectives nowt
Miss Katharine Schmidt, the niece
OF Major and Mrs. P. G. Fauntieroy
rs at the Pleasantcn Hotel Mics
Schmidt is a very striking type and IL
fast adding TO her already large circle
Of friends Mary and HisdR Won Holt
are entertaining at luncheon for her
on Wednesday
Letters have been receiyes from
Miss Ynez Gibson, who left In the Ma
noa for the mainland en- route to Cum.
mock, a select school n Southern Cali
fcrnia. saying that she likes the school
and the girls and. having visited tie
Universal City, has become more de-
termined TO take up that line Of work
Her friends remember the many ssIc,
cesses scored in plays on the camprs
at Psinahou and feel sure Of her work
For two years at least Miss Gibson
win study dramaticsl at Cumn0ehs
Carol Low RoiDh has written to all
her friends In Honolulu saying thar
she Is the happiest girl in the world
IN her own home and doing her own
work Only. MrE4 Rolph insists upon
being her own cook. with results ter
rifying AT times shA e6rifpsses
Mr. and mrs. Harry Macfarlane. Mr..
and Mrs. r. White sutton. and Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Castle all left In the
Manchuria, and have left a noticeable
void In society here The three ma.
irons are vivacious and popular. and
entertain delightfully. Well, one con-
ISOLATION, their return viii be some
thing to look forward to And then.
too. they viii bring back new ideas
fer the winter season. which with al
thetreturning society people is bound
to be q gay one. /
The ukulese seems to be quite the
craze on the mainland. especialIV So
the West In fact, 1t is q craze every
where except In Honolulu, its home
Recently the malihinis who have been
visiting here have brought their
eukes's with them and have taught us
much Especially the girls, whether
the Honolulu girls have been other
wise occupied or what, the fact re-
mains that many girl who comes to
Honolulu can play the instrument bet.
ter than the native. That doesn't
seem much, but Il does seem rather
absurd for strangers to teach us
things about our own country. In the
University Of California there Is an
ukulele club Perhaps someone will
start one at Punahcu Academy or one
of the other schools, or perhaps Just
. coterie OF girls win form srch q
club. Il would not mean the barring
of other instruments. either, and
would at least be something new.
! noticed in one of the Los Angeles
papers the other day the pictures Of a
number of the Angel City's maids and
matrons in swimming costume, and
they were OF the knitted style. The
picture was taken In the new Los An.
geles Athletic Clubs new tank. which
Is for women and children only. The
tank Is of porcelain. 100 feet long, 80
feet wide. and 10 feet deep What a
wonderful oDportnnitv FOR the women