Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-15

l. pie OF weeks. the main thing O!
~ importance on the social horizon
Is the large "old fashioned dance
give on New Years Eve.
Christmas we viii have the Com
munity Christmas tree which win give
cheer to those who are strangers
within our gates. II WILL be an inspir'
ing spectacle and one that VIII long
be remembered, for when We think
Of fourteen hundred voices raised IN
song on this might Of nights" II IL a
wonderful idea indeed.
Honolulu never has been as busy as
IL is just now with work for the com.
mon good. The days are never long
enough. One wishes for few hours
longer, so much IL there to be done.
Even milady who stealthily creeps out
OF bed and down stairs so as not TO
disturb her household and knits and
plans her days work, finds the stolen
hours fleeting. With the tinkle OF the
telephone every fifteen minutes and
with mile OF things 10 explain and
talk over milady is as busy woman
az her husband who spends his daT
deep In business.
Yet once In awhile the woman in
a thousand 10 met who has practical
~ nothing to do. She is in class by
herself, you may rest assured.
At the Outdoor Circle entertain
ment on Wednesday most women
knitted or crecheted. With the busy
woman time Is precious Indeed Ons
reads the mainland and Eastern pa
pers with interest, for they too tel
Of nadam's busy hours. In San Fran
cisco. where the war, tbs enlisted man
and knitting take precedence over all
else, is a new committee, with a
young woman In charge. This commit
tee Is called the flying squadron"
and its leader f. q society girl of the
younger set. It's name Is derived from
the fact that the committees business
IL 10 arrange partners for the enlisted
mems dancing parties. Anyone who
has ever tried this win soon know
that IL involves no small amount Of
effort for girls must be phoned to
even after invitations are sent. Not
that they are especially careless but
so many things are happening that
once in awhile things accumulate SO
that memory needs word OF stimu-
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Comfort, consolation, any thing or
project devised 10 take cheer " tie
soldiers and soilors of our country,
commands a thoughtful pause as the
days pendulum swings back and
forth, and as result the women from
the Atlantic to Hawaii are knitting
and making this knitting their weap.
ons of warfare. Last evening knitting
was in evidence and between each
playlet, when the lights were switch.
ed on. the work Of the needles start
cd anew. ~
This morning was q morning set
aside for the poor children Of Bel
GUM. From early morn until noon
society maids and inatrons solicited
funds for these poor kiddies. And We
are only at the beginning Of giving.
From now on until after the war we
VIII be called upon often and often to
give. Every request must be q worthy
one. As yet we here IN our land have
not learned the iesspn-of full c1rtail.
ment and we lind our bank account
thinning down 70 q shadow. the rea-
son primarily is that we are not doing
without enough Injuries and when
we buy these and then also do our
part toward our cause we feel the
pinch. However. year from now will
find us one and all in a better posi-
ton to meet the demands that viii
be part OF our Network and. safe
to say, the American woman wiz not
be found wanting when that tes.
comes, 90 come It viii.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.
An engagement Of interest on Maui
Is that OF Miss Garnie Effie Rose
Grams OF Paia TO Mr.. William Nc
Leish Phillips, also or Paia.
The engagement was announced Fri.
day afternoon. December z, at an in
formal party. where some of the
guests INDUCED in bridge, others
played five hundred and still others
knitted.
Simple refreshments were served
and each guest found on her plate
q small card on which was written
the names Of the two young people
The wedding is to take place some
time in June. s.
MRS. r. s. 7. DURSToN'S INFORM.
AL LUNCH
Mrs. r. S. T. Durston gave q very
informal luncheon Wednesday. A has
ket of pale toned daisies made an at.
tractive centerpiece. Knitting after
luncheon was the diversion. Mrs
Durston's guests were Mrs. Ernest
Waterhouse, Mrs. Hamilton Agee,
Mrs. Denice Mahan Beall, Mrs.
II. P. wood, Mrs. +. C. Bucholtz and
~. A1cxanfIer q Hau.es