Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-13
The Directors Ball.

Much interest has been shown In
the Directors Ball, which will close
the gaieties of the Mid-Pacific Carni-
val and already parties are being made
up for the dance. Among them Is din
1ner at which Miss Pauline Schaefer
viii entertain for members Of the
younger set. Yesterday mornings
mail brought the following invitations
to representatives OF the army and
navy and to local society folk:
The Director General and Officers
OF the Mid Pacific Carnival, Limited.
request the pleasure Of your company.
at Grand Military Ball
in honor of the
Commanding General
and the Officers of the Hawaiian
Department
Saturday evening, February the !,
twenty-seventh. nineteen hundred and
fifteen at nine o'clock.
National Guard Armory.
Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Breakfast At the Country Club.
The Country Club was the scene Of
on enjoyable entertainment on We'd
nesday morning, when Mrs. c. A..
Brown entertained at breakfast and
bridge party in honor Of Mrs. F. B.
Shed OF Lowell, Mass DAINTY pink
beeonias and sweet peas looped with
soft pink tulle were effective in the
table decorations. After delightful
breakfast the guests spent several
hours at cards. Among those present
were Mrs. F. B. Shed, Miss Shed. Mrs.
E. M. Watson, Mrs. Andrew Fuller.
Mrs. Frank Halstead Mrs. C. B. Wood.
Mrs. w. A. Purdy, Mrs. A. Gartelberg
Mrs. Thomas e Wall. Miss Daisy
Hardyear, Mrs James S. McCandless.
Mrs. Albert HoFner. Mrs. James A.
Kennedy and the hostess.
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aGet Acquaintedr Social.
Several hundred women attended the
get acquainted social given Thurs
day afternoon at the parish house by
church, and all agreed that this first
social Of the fiscal year. ushering into
! service the new officers and commit
!, tees, raised the standard for such az
fairs and should index year Of broad
err and more delightful social life for
!. the women of the church and their
I, friends
Exceptionally. attractive was the
program OF the afternoon. arranged
by the chairman of the days commit
/ tee, Mrs. Henry BicknelI, and Il was
I conceded to be enc of the best ever
presented before the Women's soci-
! ETY.. 1t was an odd coincidence that
i Los Angeles, which shares with the
rest of Southern California the dis
tinction of being home to so many
clever men and women Of the artistic
/, temperament. should have furnished
both artists for the afternoon, each a
] woman whose talent in her chosen
line has developed into q profession.
] The reader Of the afternoon was Miss
Charlotte Powers. now of Los Angeles
but formerly Of Chicago, whose brief
| visit to these islands has already re-
suited in giving pleasure to many
whose keen appreciation Of a good
reader is The greater because of the
/ few opportunities Hawaii affords to
! exercise 1t.
T. Miss Powers read her own arrange
] nlent Of The Little Mermaid, that
; charming old fairy tale by Hans Chris
. tan Andersen, and her Interpretation
was a NEST happy one Attractiyely
frccked. of charming personality, pos
sessing well mod1lated voice, clear
! enuncfation and that keen insight into
human nature in all its moods which
the. true interpreter of life must have,
Miss Powers at once won the atten-
1 ton and interest Of her audience. At
! thes close Of the reading she very
| graciously. responded to an insistent
encore. revealing her versatility for
character work in humorous sketch
/ entitled "At the Circus.
] The story of The Little Maid, the
reader had arranged In four scenes,
between each two of WHICH Mrs Bes-
sic Abbot Rowland, the well known.
vocalist, also of Los, Angeles, sang the
three solos required by this clever ar
rangement Of the story. Mrs. How