Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-12

The congressional party has arrived
at last and Honolulu early last week
! was about the gayest city ever. There
was large crowd at the wharf on Mon
day morning to greet the visitors, who
were delighted at the gay reception.
The party went on tour Of the other
islands the middle Of the week
/ and will be back next Saturday.
They seemed very much surprised to
| find Hawaii as il is, prosperous, beau
tiful city. Congressman and Mrs. Ro-
| denberg are among the few visitors to
! whom Hawaii Is familiar, as they
were here some ten years ago. Mrs
! Rodenberg, as Miss Ridgeway, taught
| in Oahu College, under President
! Smith, and IL was on one Of her visits
| to her mother and brothers in Hilo
that she met her husband, who was
then chairman of the civil service com
| mission, having been appointed by
President Mckinley. The next year
Miss Ridgeway went to Seattle to
teach and again met Mr.. Rodenberg,
who was then a Congressman, and
there they were married. Miss Ridge.
way was one of the most attractive
! OF Honolulu's society girls when she
was here and the many people who
knew her say that she has not changed
The Rodenbergs' home is in East St
Louis, Illinois, but their hearts are
here, and, they say, always will be. p
Another OF the interesting women is
Mrs. Ollie James of Kentucky-a
bright-eyed, black-haired Southerner,
who is very attractive in her appear
ance and manner. Mrs. James has
made oceans of friends here, too. Then
there is another lady must speak of,
and that is Mrs. James Hamilton Lew.
is OF Washington. She is one of the
best 'good-fun women" Il have ever
met She amused the passengers all
the way on the boat with her fortune
telling and jokes. Mrs. Lewis is very
stunning and is very much in love with
the islands. But then they all are,
and we are not surprised, for We ex-
pected that the beauty of our country
would please visitors from Congress as
well as our other tourists. i.
Now want to say word about the
men, 1t seems good to- be able to
meet distinguished people whose &C,
quaintance prior to this time has been
limited to articles pro and con con.
tanned in the magazines. OF course
there are exceptions and Uncle joe
Cannon is one of them. II have heard
so much of him since his visit to, the
islands Is years ago, that 4 have. as
every one else has, kindred feeling
for this patriarch in political circles
In Illinois whose rule as speaker of the
house for four terms was reflection
of the attitude of any of the czars of
Russia and made that of the late
Speaker Reed appear humble indeed
Then there are Representative Mann
and Senator Ollie James, both OF
whom have been much in the lime
light and who are mentioned as White
House possibilities. Mann, by the
way, has won the hearts OF the Ha.
waiians, or perhaps | should say sugar
people, for his declaration at the AID
Club luncheon that il the tariff Is
taken OF sugar next year it will be
restored. by Republican congress in
1917, Just one word more. Senator
Salisbury of Delaware excepted to
this statement and rather brusquely
animated that it was not the mission
OF the visitors to discuss tariff. Sauls-
bury, by the way, belongs to a family
that has represented its state in one
house of Congress for many genera.
tons. But enough of serious things.
Do you remember my telling you
about an engaged young man who was
making himself quite conspicuous with
q girl az one Of the hotels, whose
mother entertained the idea of serious
intentions? Well, the shoe was one
OF a rather popular size. 1t seems to-
have fitted more than one of the Homo
lulans.
What do You think? Betty Case has
decided to exclude herself from dane.
ing for a month! really can't quite
believe 1t, for she is such wonderful
dancer that the boys will simply make
her dance with them. I'm sure she
couldn't be a "wallfower" II she tried.
: Ny dear, at last the awful French
Twist" has died natural death, and
In its place comes the Oriental or In
dian effect with the band stretched
across the forehead, slightly above the
eyebrows, and the hair tucked in to !
give q squaw appearance: Well be
looking for the Squaw Man next But
it is too funny for anything to see
some of the girls, who are no longer
girls, trying the new fashion. 1t really
is only becoming to a very few. / 4
have seen the hair done becomingly In |
this fashion at the last functions on
Helen Mclean, Marion Newhall and /
Peggy Center. But you can't keep
people from being sheep; they follow,
whether 1t is for their good or not
There are few exceptions. t
Rosie Herbert has gone to Kauai
again and is missed very much from
the jolly set in which she is identified
almost always. Some say she takes
these little trips to enjoy home-com.
ing and the royal reception given her
by her many friends. would not be
surprised, for | think that the joy of
any vacation is the getting home and
realizing how pleasant it is. Speak.
ing Of jaunts, people are already pre-
pairing for their summer trips. I be-
lieve the Bromwells are going to the
volcano for while, the Frederick ].
Lowreys left on the last Matsonia and
many others are planning to visit the
fair. Society will be ruled this sum.