Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-11
FROM PEGGY 70 POLLY.

! Dearest Polly: -..y, ~. IL il ~.
We have just passed through q
warm, uneventful week and hope there
win not be any more like 1t. Oh
course, for the girls the Chicago Uni
Tersity baseball team has made some
excitement. but just tiny ripple al
that. There were numbers OF them
down at the boat TO wish the team
bon voyage and good luck and whether
there was any disastrous effect on any
OF the fair hearts remains to be seen,
There were large men, small men,
plump and very tall men on the
team. A variety of size and kind
to suit any fancy But enough oil
baseball. - So !
Weddings? There are to be three
additions to the benedicts in the I'd
Infantry within the next two months.
Lieuts. Halloran. Camp and Abraham
are going to be initiated. This will
run the list Of brides up from four to
seven, and of course. the bachelor
end Of II goes down. Poor girls who
have set your psyou'd better hurry
or there won't be any left
g Being in Hawaii and studying old
time customs and all has been very
interesting and, my dear, / have found
something quite startling The lei
custom, which Is so popular here, has
been quite spoiled by the @malihipis. !"
That Is, by those who are uninitiated
or badly advised enough to throw
their floral wreaths back to the giyer.
A real Hawaiian does not throw his
leis back. TO him. II means Ill luck
and breach Of etiquette II Is pretty,
j know, but why spoil the original
sentiment Of the islander?
I Another thing which amuses me is
the way in which strangers treat the
islanders and their ways. Hawaii is
the crossroads Of the Pacific and here
we meet men and women from all
walks OF life. Many are In the highest
of cultured positions and have studied
society and etiquette as they would a
book Yet they come here and treat
the islanders as curiosities At q luau
they finger and taste and question
and literally turn up their noses at
thu ways and ctIst0Ins ot their u 6stS
and hostesses. / have often wonder
ed what they would think of Ha-
waiian for whom they were giving a
course dinner II he treated the dishes
as the malihini treats the delicacies
at luaug
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Spaulding, Jr.,
are here On their honeymoon, or
rather the commencement of their
wedding trip, which will probably take
them around the world They are
staying at the Pleasanton hotel and
enjoying life In the islands. Mrs.
Spaulding, charmed with the music Of
the islands, Is already learning to
strum the ukulele in accompaniment
to the ancient songs Mrs. Spaulding
was Miss Catherine Barker before her
and a friend OF Miss Edith
Harrison, the beautiful daughter Of
Carter Harrison Of Chicago,
who makes her debut early in the sea-
son. Mrs. Spaulding, as Miss Barker,
and Miss Harrison toured Europe to-
gether two winters ago. Mr.. and Mrs.
Spaulding viii remain in Honolulu for
two weeks. ~. so. s. q
Mrs. Charles Bromwell and her
pretty daughter, Mildred, are leaving
in the Matsonia en- route to New York
where Mildred will enter a select
school. Mrs. BromWelf will then go
TO Chicago, where she viii be present
at the debut of Miss Edith Harrison
which takes place on November z.
Mrs. Bromwell win be missed greatly
as she is one Of the most charming
leaders in society that Honolulu has
ever known. -.s. {,
queen of outdoor sports for both sex
es. At all hours of every day the Out
rigger Club has shown signs Of life
and there have been numbers of pep
pie, young and DID, basking in the
sunshine or. playing in the surf. A
notable addition in the club Is an
electric player-piano with a nickel-in-
the-slot system. This is open until
about IL o'clock and the members are
SLOWED to dance in the beautiful pa
vilion which has recently been open
ed. In consequence, there is hardly an
evening that there are not a number
1f the members dancing in the pa
vilion to the lively music furnished by
he instrument.
The knitted bathing suit struggled
md fought for a place and at last has
'ound favor among the bathers. This
style of bathing suit has been adopted
Iy the Women's Auxiliary of the Ha-
Taiian Outrigger Canoe Club as the
hub uniform of swimming costume.
rhe suits are modest and are a good
Dit more comfortable than the others.
More next time, PEGGY.
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