Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 3, 20 Kepakemapa 1893 — THE BALL TO THE NAVAL OFFICERS. [ARTICLE]

THE BALL TO THE NAVAL OFFICERS.

The Ball given lusl t. : ght as a eomp'.imenl tr> t.;e American nava. officer8 at present stationed bvre, , wa= ihe mosl bri!l;ant of the year. in spite c»f the altempt on fne part of the annexation cl«b, to throw co!d water ou the entertainment par\iy, because it was to take plaee at the Royal Hawaiiau Holel. and pan!y, because U was evident that ihe members of the cl«b w.>uldn’t get an entree to society, s'n;ply because tbey bad joined the Portuguese annex;'.tionisls, the

bjjii was an immense success, and the officers of the Pb;ljidelitbia are loud in lheir praises t-f lbe hcspitality and geniality of their eew Honololu lriends, and j>rofound in their admiration of our girls. Fhe decoratinns of the Hotel were exquisite, ar.d the rausic and the lights and the company (aud also the refreshments) made liawaii, and more especially Honolulu appear to our new guests as a true Par.idise of the Pacific. Over 100 ladies and gentlemen gathered, anu the dancing was kept up till about 2in themorning. TbeBoston officers were bril!iant by their absence, apparently obeyi:ig the mandate of aune3ation’s papa, and his adopled sons, but nobody missed them or gave ihem a thought. The Kentucky orator had no apeeeh for this occasion yet the company survived the snub brave1v. \Vhy politics should have heen dragged into this purel\ soeial affair, we caunot see. The ball was under the efficient supervision of Mrs. Rose Tenney. wife of Mr. E I). Tenney, mcmber of the Adviscrv Oouneil, of the Misses Glade, daughters of Consnl H. F. Glade, and of Messrs E. D. Ten ney, Hugh Gunn, and R. E, (’arney, and we should imagine that the names of these ladies and genllemen would in themselves have beeu a sufficient guarantee for the absolute success of the entertainment.