Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-14
CRoCKERs HOSTS AT LARGEST
DINNER OF MANY ATTEND
Ant ON MARDI GRAS

CROCKERS HOSTS AT LARGEST
DINNER OF MANY ATTEND
Ant ON MARDI GRAS
SAN FRANCISCO -Among the
many attendant on the Mardi Gras
ball that given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Templeton Croker, at the st.
Francis hotel was the largest and
most elaborate. More than 200 guests
assembled at their invitation In the
Italian room, which was handsomely
decorated in a way that was as beauti-
ful as 1t was novel.
The guests were seated at three
long tables, with the hosts presiding
over the center one Cloth of gold
covered the board, gold tissue woven
With blue having marked the table at
enc side and the same material woven
with pink that on the other. Azaleas.
hyacinths, cinerareas, roses and rho
dodendrons were chosen for the floral
arrangement, these blooms having
been held in exquisite glass vases and
urns of Italian workmanship; and the
candelabra which also ornamented the
tables were of the high, graceful
shapes of carved wood that are typi
cal of that country. Slender expresses
standing against the walls and masses
Of yivid-toned azaleas served to deco
rate the rest of the room, the whole
as perfect an effect as one could read
lily imagine
Over this feast Mrs. Croker pre-
sided in the garb Of a gold Siamese
idol Not content with allowing her
ov.A koo Il - khr,t
image. this charming young matron
had even her face and hands gilded,
the latter tipped with long spikes of
gold that represented the Siamese
idea OF beauty in long fingernails. The
costume was probably the most re-
markable seen at the ball.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
GENERAL FUNSTON'S CoURTSHIP
The death OF Maj.-G Funston has
cast gloom over civilian as well as
army circles here, where the Fun.
stons are so we'll known Mrs. Fun |
stcn spent her girlhood in Oakland, |
and her courtship and marriage to |
Funston was the most romantic of the |
many ronlances which marked the !
embarkment' of the troops from this
port for the islands during our late
with Spain.
The intrepid young soldier was in.
yited to weekend party at the Bel
vedere home OF hat gallant host who
used to hoist flag to let his friends
know when he was at home Ten min
utes after HIS arrival. the yalient sol.
der had made up his mind to marry
one of the young ladies in the house
party. With true military discipline
he controlled his ardor. and did not )
impart the news to her until their ac- :
quaintance was at least an hour old.
He told her with precision and con-
viction at intervals thereafter during
the rest OF the weekend, and accom-
panied her to Oakland to inform her !,
parents of his intentions.
Under the stress Of such wooing the !,
girl and her parents both capitulated, !
and they we're married before he de-
parted for the islands. the courtship !
and marriage having been expedited I
within a week. Mrs. Funston spent |
the first years of her married life in 7
the Philippines, but came back here /
for frequent visits with her family OF |
and during Gen. Funston's |
subsequent posts, they have always
managed to vacation here, so that the
old ties have never been broken, and
there are hosts of friends here TO
mourn his untimely death with her
San Francisco News Letter.
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