Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-17
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the Country Club hv the Out
. door CiIcI" in honor OF Mist
{ Francis Lawrence. founder or the
circle, at noon today. vas Cnr Of the
& most successful social functions civ.
en- this season The dining room OF
! the club vas transformed to very
bower Of hisbScus. picturing future
Honolulu as the Outdoor rircle in
tends TO have it materialized, vnrit-
I able city Of the hibiscus flower.
Every delicate shaGe and tint Of
the flower Was to he seen and skilled
hands worked wonders with the ar
arrangement The een;erpiece was
formed of hibiscus and Ittaidenhair
fern, a flower was placed at each Gov
er and each guest wore COrsage OF
the bloom.
A number OF the satin flowers We're
worn IN place Of the real ones, and at
the close OF the luncheon Miss Fran.
ees Lawrence, for whom the affair
was given, and Mrs. F. J. LOwrey
president Of the circle, were each pre-.
sented with a satin flower. The one
given to Mrs. Lo%Tey was named by
Miss Ella Wintersteen for the Out
door Circle X n T.,
A clever verse by katherine, NJ.
! Yates, the author, who is also a mem.
Der of the circle, was attached 70 the
flower reading:
Il stand for women and womens
work
In a town that would 'spotless" be;
And I'm proud that their definite,
earnest aim
Is to make Honolulu look like me"
Nearly 100 OF the 300 members OF
the club gathered together to talk
over informally conditions of the club
and work for the ensuing year
Stunts" were planned and kept Sc
cret until the luncheon and then be-
tween courses the secrets were un-
folded. and there was much laughter
and singing. Just such merry max
ing as one would expect from lovers
of the outdoors in their play time
The twelve chairmen of the local com
mittees were in charge of the i'm
promptu program. Mrs. A. Lewis, Jr,
was In charge of the Mandates, who
created a great deal Of fun. and Mrs,
+. J. Lindeman led the Representa-.
tiyes from the Pawaa district. Mrs.
Charles Crane sang a lpFetty parody
on Mandalay for the district OF Kai
muld, and so forth down the line un-
tiI every district was represented.
Mrs Charles Weight sang wen and
was applauded many times. Mrs Ar
= thur G. Smith led in happy parody
on my Country, 'Tis Of Thee" which
touched the hearts of those present.
During the coffee. Mrs. Isaac n. Cox
toastmistress. proposed toasts which
were responded to with enthusiasm.
Mrs. Arthur G. Smith responded to
the toast on the history of the circle
IN verse. - -
Mrs. Lorrin Thurston answered to-
the toast TO Past Achlepeme /"
and was heartily applauded. y
Mrs. F.. ]. boFrey, the president,
responded to fThe Present Activity"
and was given the keen attention Of
each member. Mrs. W. G. Hobby &C.
knowiedged the invitation of the
plans OF the Circle. Miss Ethel Da-
mon toasted to the president, and
last OF all Mrs A. e. Murphy closed
with a comieal verse, which read
with apologies 10 KiplingDs
We've drunk to our head, God bless
her. a.a. " g.:
We've drunk 10 our founders zeal;
We've drunk to our own achieve
ments s b..
And the good Of the common veal.
We've drunk as much as we're
able,
And the sun peeps htosthe room,
Last toast tanf your foot on the
stable
A glass to hibiscus bloom"
This met with a hearty applause
for twas here that Mrs. Murphy pre-
scented the two ladies with the satin
hibiscus.
Mrs. Walter F. Frearswrote a very
charming verse for Miss Lawrence
and this was read linear the close of
the affair by Mrs. w. L Moore. 1t
read: @w
ORANGES LAWRENCE.
.'0yer her cradle, bending low,
Not so many years ago,
Two famous saints in blessing came
To give the little one her name,