Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-15
FROM PEGGY TO POLLY.

Greetihgs-and Eonohi fat choy
That's Chinese, my dear, and mean
Happy New Year, may you lie loni
and prosper, have 16 ehildren-al
sons, and may your enemies all b,
boiled in oil-or something 10 tina
effect. Anyway. konohi fat choy.
All kinds CT curiosities drift TO Ho
nolulu. What do you think we hav,
now? A hermitess- Is, an ex
hernitess, she having abandoned thu
wilds of the Sierra Nevadas for fea
ther-bed at the Moana. / went out &c
give her the once over the other day
my idea being to discover just why
King Henry of Prussia should pro
nounce her the most attractive girl in
America without having seen the rest
Not to seem to change the subject
too rapidly. Polly, but-Ive seen some
OF the best-looking clothes lately. Mrs.
Clarence Olson has a most fascinat-
ing trousseau--her frocks are always
lie dernier cH. She wears a pint tat
feta evening gown which really is a
vision CT extreme Ioveliness-and her
shoes, my dear are quite the most ul-
ira things I've seen in long while.
Rosie Herbert brought some very
swanky-looking gowns back from Bos-
ton, too. On New Years Eve she
wore a frock of black tulle-high
waisted-with an adorable bodice of
silver tissue and just wee strappies
over the shoulders where the sleeves
ought to be. And speaking of gowns,
reminds me that Mrs. SeIbie is in
town again with trunks and trunks of
peaches" Her Paris gowns are not
made in America, either.
You, know, we really are not as be-
hind the times as you might think, my
friend-considering what long walk
1t is from here to Fifth avenue. We
realize that IL is not at all au fat to
have sleeves in an evening gown-or
anything much above the waist line
And we are wearing our skirts quite
as abbreviated as the law allows-do
you notice that the ones with the most
PIANO ankles persist ip wearing the
shortest frocks--both natural and to
be expected? l also have noticed that
many Of our best families have ceas-
ed to be coy with the rouge-pot and
are employing the use of cosmetics
with q lavishness that reflects won
derfully on their observation-disclosures
There is one young society matron
whose makeup Is extremely-er-re-
markable. ! have often longed to ask
her If she adopted the Futurist or I'M
pressionist school of painting. What
ever It is IL shows much individuality
Speaking of romances, cherie, have
you heard who the army officer is who
was seen kissing another officers wife
the other night at the University
Club? We are all frightfully curious
about it-and we also want to know
who the red-haired lady was with the
widows ven whom a prominent attor-
ney had out to dine.
Loves young dream was jrudely
shattered for at least two men in
town when society girl recently an
nouncef her betrothal. They say she
was engaged to all three, but was
nnhlly induced to concentrate on one.
Another rumor is that an officer out
at Fort Shafter. whom Hawaii can
truly claim for her own, is engaged
tc girl at the post. There hasn't
been any announcement yet, but it
seems like sure thing. We are all
wondering IL romance begun at the
Fieasanton last year will reach a cul.
mination now that the lady has re.