The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-01-07
Chinese, Hawaiian and White
Girls Of wv. c. Play ROst
To Friends and Relatives
PROGRAM CONTAINS MUSIC,
IN THREE LANGUAGES
Reception Today For Oahu Wo-
men-Quarters To Be Home
For Visitors =

Chinese, Hawaiian and white girls
10 the number Of soventy.hve took part
IN pretty entertainment last night at
the Y. W. C. AS new home. II was
witnessed by crowd of friends, rela.
t,ves and patrons that filed the seating
space of the gymnasium and all Of the
balcony above the gymnasium floor.
The affair was one of series of en-
tertalnments gwen AT the Association
headquarters this week celebrating the
organization 3 establishment in the new
building at Hotel and Alakea streets.
Last nights program was given by
girls clubs, the young women appear.
ing in brightly colored national cos
TUNES.
Chinese Playlet 49,
One Of the. features was a sketch
entitled "A Chinese Girl 3 Commence
ment Problem, :" portraying the predic.
ament of a Y. W. c. A. Chinese phys.
ical culture girl in the Shanghai Asso.
citation who received call to posi-
ton In the interior of China, as physi.
al director, to teach her countrywom.
en- the value and methods of acquiring
health. She desired an erratiye Of
fer which promised more money and or
portunity for greater personal advance
ment. In the end she yielded to the
cell Of the district so badly needing
her teaching and help. Miss Mary
Woo took the part of the physical eui.
ture graduate. She and her associates,
all save one of whom were Chinese
girls, spoke clear and distinctly and
handled the skit with true dramatic
instinct. Others in the pIayIet were
Miss Euuce Carter, Miss Langtai
Soong, Miss Jessie LeOng, Miss Esther
.iu and a physical culture class of
about a dozen Chinese girls.
A popular number of the program
was the Chinese music played by Mrs.
l.. G. Lum On a Chinese harp. Seven
teen Hawaiian girls of Kaiulani Club
played and sang Ainahau' and "Lei
o Kaiulani," and eighteen girls of the
Male Club gave an exhibition dumb
bell drill. under direction of Miss Leo,
nora Andersen, gymhastic instructor.
Following the Chinese sketch a dozen
Hawaiian girls in native costumes pre-
sentc& diminutive pageant. Each
wore a different lei and there was a
verse of song for each lei. After this
c0forful, musical number which was
well received, all participated in q
grand march.
Country Women's Club
Miss Carolyn b. Chandler, general
secretary announces to the women of
Oahu outside the city that the ambi-
ton of the Y. w. G. A. is to make its
thn ~ nea
or all women visiting Honolulu from
the country districts. In an effort to
inaugurate this phase of Association
usefulness a reception to women from
Jut of town VII be held this afternoon
rom three thirty to five clock.
1--WE desire to make the Y. w. c. A.
sort of club for the benefit of thu
women from the cOuntry,' said Miss
Cha ldler, "where they always ear
ONE and make themselves at home
when they are in the city" Mrs.
Mary Dillingham; Frcar, president Of
he A sociatlon; Mrs. II. Mckay Har,
lSon, member of the board of direc.
tors, and Miss handler will be in the
receiving line. Tea will be served.
Friday afternoon a reception is to
he rendered girls Of the intermediate
schools incIud.ng Punahou, Mckinley
high school, the Priory, Normal train
ing school and College OF Hawaii. Miss
DICrkmann, educational secretary and
Miss Anderson, physical secretary will
extend invitations personally to tho
girls Of all institutions except Puma
hou As that school is not in session
this week the Punahou girls have been
requested to pass the general invitation
among their SchoOmatos.