Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-07
COAST SOCIAL NOTES
LADY FTTZCLARENCE AND NINE.
MELBA ARE GUESTS AT THE
..... CROKER HOME


... CROKER HOME
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.--Wilfiam H.
Croker is playing host to Nine. Nellie
Melba and Lady Susan Fitzclarence,
who have just come from the south. at
New Place" in Burlingame. Mrs.
Croker and Miss Helen Croker are
at their New York apartment, but will
be home before the end of the week
They went East to meet Prince Ponia-
|towski, who arrived il New York re-
Gently from Paris.
There will be no elaborate enter
tanning for the two guests, as Lady
husband" Captain Augustus FitZclar-
ence, who fell on the French front
She came to California two weeks ago
to meet Nine. Melba, and they both
went. to Los Angeles and Coronado,
Nine Melba giving a concert in. each
place. <..-: ...
With them, were Miss Gray of Mel.
bourne and Miss Eithene Magee OF
Dublin, Ireland, both of whom came
from Australia With Mime. Melba. They
are staying at the Palace Hotel.-San
Francisco Chronicle. g. 49,.
Capt. and Mrs. John R. Thomas of
the United States army are being wei
coined by their San Francisco friends.
They arrived this week from Honolulu
where Capt Thomas has been sta.
toned at Schofield Barracks. Capt.
and Mss. Thomas and their little
daughter are guests at the Cecil Hotel.
They gave q dinner Tuesday in; the
private dining room of the hotel. The
decorations we're Russell roses and
maidenhair ferns.-San Francisco
Chronicle. - -, = .:'-'~. 20.
Mrs. Adolph Gartenlaub Of Homo
lulu, who is here, for Q visit of a
month, was hostess at q theater party
to hear "KatinkaP at the Cort rtheater
last evening. followed by q supper
dance at the Palace Hotel Mrs. Gar.
tenlaub's guests were Messrs and
Mesdames William T., Sesnon, Fred
erick Spencer Palmer, William Shot
well and Charles Deering-San Fran
cisco Call. - <::..
MELBA BENEFIT FOR ALLIES
RELlEHs srOND FhOMlOEko AZ
BE HUGE SUCCESS ~ -
SAN FRANCISco.--The great An.
ditorium will look resplendent neYt
Thursday night when Nine. Melba's
monster benefit for the united Allies
relief fund takes place. The demand
for seats Is exceeding even the fond.
est hopes of Nine. Melba and her as
sisting Iieutenants. The great diva
is personally superintending all of the
details for this benefit, every cent OF
which will be devoted to the funds for
the relief of the stricken and needy
II the several Entente nations now at
war. She has attended every meet
ing Of the executive committee and Is
he most enthusiastic worker.
The consuls-general Of Great Brit.
Ain. France, Belgium. Italy, Russia
md Japan are actively supporting the
splendid work and viii attend. accom-
panied by their enti,e staffs. Box
parties have been arranged in great
numbers already. Among those who
are planning to entertain are: -.-
Messrs. and Mesdames William H.
Crocker, A. King Macomber. T. F.
Peabody of Albany. n. Y, Charles
Clark, Moses A. Gunst, Jerome b.
Landfield, Walter s. Martin, R. NJ.
Tobin, George 7. Cameron, Joseph
D. Reddiag, Frederick w. Bradley and
Mrs. Eleanor Martin. 49, +,
The members of the executive COM
mittee who are working to make the
affair q record-breaking success are:
William H. Croker, chairman; Je-
rome B. Landlield, Joseph D. Redding,
Robert NJ. Eyre an Wharton Thurston.
San Francisco Chronicle. liz
&. !. :. IL.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Lewis Luckenbach (Katie-bel Mac
Gregor) are looking forward to their
visit here in few days. They will
not remain long, as they sail for
Honolulu on April 4. They have enter
tanned handsomely from time to time
at their New York home for Mrs.
Luckenbach's visiting San Francisco
friends-San Francisco Examiner