The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-06-13
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
Kauai Y
ARE CHRONICLED
tMah Special % me Advertiser,

this week, the final meeting Of the
Mdkihana Club for thfs year was held
in the bihue Social Hail. The program
for the day was musical one and
was one Of the most inspiring that has
been given since the organization of
the club. The ladies were privileged
to hear q charming lecture on the
symphony orahestra given ny. Mrs
X. g.. Wood, o, prominent California
musician She interpreted the fourIdi.
visions of the orchestral music most
clearly, bringing out the purpose and
spirit of every instrpment. Her hearers
were led to an .appreci ation of orches,
tration that is seldom enjoyed by the
unskilled musician and her talk up.
pealed to the trained and unframed
alike. Mrs. Wood also sang an attrae.
tive vocal arrangements Of boy Blue y
and the other musical numbers were
also oflsuperior value and included a
piano. solo, Senate, Kalau By Mrs. de
Bretteville, Mazurka,. Goddard by Mrs,
Robertson, and Rondo, Beethoven by
Mrs. Lindermann and vocal solo,
& song Of the Soul, p MRS. w. H.. Rice
,Jr. tiuE, ,ra.. .a.f las ..,
A business meeting was held previous
to the program in which tbe election
Of officers for the coming yea was the
most important business. The officers
are;R Miss Elsie Wilcox, president;
Mrs. /. M. Lydgate, vice president;
Mrs. !. Clapper, secretary, and Miss
Lulu Weber, treasurer. The eJmmrtee
who called upon Commissioner Knud-
sen in regard to the Dismissal Gf the
Browns reported that no satisfactory
explanation had been made
Mrs. Charles Wilcox assisted by
Mrs. w. G. Avery, presided for the lsst
time and the program was conducted
by Mrs. Lindemann. The hostGsScs of
the atternoon were Mrs. A, =. Wilcox
and Mrs. W. H, Ricesa Thaa meeting
was very well attended. g..
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Mrs +. L. Putnam Is spending sew.
eral weeks in Honolulu.
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Children. 8 Day was observed last
Sunday at the% L.ihuea Union Church
with n most delightful program given
by the members of the Sunday School.
The little ones were charmingfy simple
in their exposition of the worldwide
and universal truths. A quartet, in.
eluding Eunice Scott, Dora Rice, Jim.
mic .ClaPper and Sam Wilcox, recited
1.-TWO Little Hands" and the tab.
leaux recitations of the parallels of the
talents, of the Pharisce and the Publ.
can, and of the Ten Commandments
given in costume were also effective.
A number of recitations were given,
Among the children who participated
were Eileen Carter, Josephine and
Katharine Morgan, May, Helen and
Henrietta Wedemeyer, Isabel Hogg
Dora Broadbentg Henry and Ernest
Wedemeyer, William Moragne, Percy
and William Lydgate, Robert and
James Hogg, and Richard Rice. ...s.g
Rev. l., NJ. Lydgate, pastor of the
church, delivered brief address on the
Importance of the early training of the
children for the shaping of their later
characters. The church was beautifully
decorated for the occasion with bon,
quets, ferns and hanging baskets aud
sweetly singing canary birds added
much to the beauty of the program
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Mr.. and Mrs! R. W. Purvis and their
daughter Silburn, left Kauai Friday
afternoon for Honolulu. They will re-
main there several weeks before de
parting for an; extended trip to the
Coast. Mr.. and Mrs. Purvis have
been residents of Lihue for over TWEEN
source of regret to their many friends
Numerous affairs have been given in
their honor during the past few months
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The annual meeting of the Kaua
Historical Society was held last week
in the Lihue Library. Mrs. W. II
Rice ST., presided with Miss Elsie
Wilcox secretary. The election of Of
flcers was held and the same officers
will remain for the coming year. Mrs
Rice, president; Miss Wilcox, secre
tary and treasurer, and |. M. Lydgate
vice president. The program was al
excellent one and included a number OF
instructive and amusing papers. Mr.
| Lydgate read an interesting article OF
the Mahaulepu Hui of Kolaa, Mis-
Miss Wilcox read an interview giveI
| by Colonel de la Vergsu on Kauai il
/ 1879; Mr.. w. H. Rice ST., read thu
wonderful legend Of the magic Spea,
| VIM anu -. W. " llCOA
number of interesting legends in regart
to the buried treasures reported to b.
on Kauai. The meetings of this so
ciety are always of vital interest t.
malihinis as well as the kamaainas o.
all the island.
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Miss LOttie Jordan entertained will
bowling party last Friday evening
in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Purvis anC
Miss Silburn Purvis. The affair was
jolly one and the contests were excit
ing. The ladies prize, a handsome Gu
glass bowl, was won by Miss PWvi
and Eugene MAIN was the winner o
the gentlemen's prize, brass boOl
rack. The guests included Mr.. AM
Mrs. Purvis, Miss Charlotte MumfOrd
Mrs. Ralph Wilcox, Mrs. KATHERINE
Burke, Misses Silburn Purvis, Elsie ant
Mable Wilcox, Katherine Mcintyre
Milieent Warehouse, Leone Jopson, Jua
nita Spreckens, Lulu Weber, Kathar
enc Ommanney, Edna Penniman, AM
Judge Lyle Dickey, DR.. Albert l. Derby
and Messrs. Frunk Crawford, Eugen
MOhn, +. Zieble, Frank Morrow, Char
les Dole, Henry Vincent, Albert Horne
Jr., Edward Garden and Fred PatteT
son.
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