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Show I Saunterihgs M The battalion of the Twentieth Infantry, now B stationed at Fort Shatter, Honolulu, is to arrive m at Fort Douglas some time in July, the remainder M of the regiment coming from Manila about the M same time. Honolulu regrets the departure of the H battalion, as it contains some fine young officers H and a number of matrons who have been proml- H nent in the society of the Hawaiian capital. One H or, two are Honolulu girls who have married into H the army. One is Mrs. Bowen, wire of Lieuten- fl ant George Cleveland Bowen, She is as petite H as ho is big and athletic. She was formerly Miss H Spalding, one of a group of sisters who are all H pretty. Ono sister married Lieutenant Garrett of H the Tenth infantry. Lieutenant John McCleery m and Lieutenant Pardee are among the younger of- H fleers, both society favorites. The latter has a H string of medals upon the breast of his uniform H which would make a rajah envious, all acquired Hj because he is one of the best revolver and rifle M shots in the r"my. M Here'? . ew one worth while, a story that B should strike a responsive chord among those wtio travel and those who da not. f fl Two gentlemen of Hebraic tendencies were H sitting at the end of a car in a train that was M passing through a wild and woolly country. M The train came to a stop with no station in H sight. The two scarcely noticed it, continuing H their excited conversation. Suddenly at the H other end of the car twio masked men appeared B and as rapidly as possible began relieving the fl passengers of any money and jewelry they had M with them. It was done without any bluster or m noiso to speak of, and only one of the commercial H travelers noted what was taking place. Suddenly H without curbing his conversation in the least, H he reached in his pocket and taking out a roll of H bills, said, "Here, Mo, here's dot hundert I owe M The principal event of the week was the fl dance at the University club on Friday night, at H which the patronesses were Mrs. W. W. Arm- strong, Mrs. Edward S. Ferry, Mrs. Harris K. fl Masters, Mrs. R. C. Gemmell and Mrs. It. W. Sal- H isbury. It was ono of those delightful affairs for H which the club is famous, and which is a fore- H runner of a series of similar events which will H be given bofore the middle of June. Hl The opening of the Country club marked the H beginning of what promises to be a gay season H there, though the attendance on the opening day H was somewhat under expectations, owing to the H chill in the ether. Out of doors there was much fl golf playing and numerous tennis matches wore played, and inside, tea was served, followed by u table d'hote dinner and a dance. There were numerous nu-merous dinners given in the main dining room and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Judge entertained a party in the private room at which covers were laid for twenty. There will be no set program for the Saturdays at the club for a few weeks until the weather becomesmore settled, though it Is expected the attendance at the week-end will steadily increase until the opening of the real amusing If it were not really a little serious. It Is giving the lucky poor, however, who are included in-cluded in some of the ermine and diamond decorated affairs a smile or two to hear how the world is coming to an end, how in a short time the macaroons and champagne will have to be eliminated from the daily diet, and how if things - M keep on at the present disastrous rate, some peo- m pie will be obliged to use the same motor car i two seasons. Two of the charming ladies sup- JULIA DEAN IN "THE LILY" summer season, when the regular luncheons and dinners will be a part of the weekly programs. On Wednesday evening Mr. Jackling entertained enter-tained at a delightful dinner at the club, to which a dozen of his friends wore invited. The cry of poverty in numerous quarters since the recent Silver King decision would be posedly affected by the seven hundred and fifty thousand dollar decision were recently welcoming welcom-ing each other home after a winter spent elsewhere, else-where, and one of them was wearing a particularly particu-larly striking diamond pendant. "Isn't that new?" asked the other. "Yes, it was given to me only this week." Quick as a flash came the question. ques-tion. "Who gave it to you, Solon Spiro?" i "Major Burnham, Twentieth Infantry, who arrived ar-rived on the transport Crook to assume command of Fort Shatter, vice Lieutenant-coionel Dunning, was once the commander of an entire brigade, and when he was only a second lieutenant, only a few months out of West Point, says the Honolulu Hono-lulu Advertiser, "he had the satisfaction of knowing know-ing that it was the best drilled brigade in the wild west and that it was deserving of its fame. Never was there an organization recruited before of which an ofLcer could be more proud and the young officer covered himself with glory. Unfortunately Unfor-tunately for him the matter never reached Washington Wash-ington officially, and that accounts for his still being be-ing a major and not a major-general. "It was while Major Burnham, then a second lieutenant, ras stationed at Fort Douglas, near Salt Lake, with the Sixth Infantry, that he was entrusted with the command of a brigade, and for his aide he had then Second Lieutenant Tag-gart, Tag-gart, later a major, who for a couple of years was a frequent visitor in Honolulu as quartermaster of one of the transports. The "Broom Brigade," for that was the name of the organization of which Lieutenant Burnham assumed command, was made up of the flower and beauty of Salt Lake, and there were pretty giils there in those days back about 1884 or 1885. The Episcopal Church Guild wanted something some-thing new to raise money, and a broom brigade was suggested, and the scheme was carried out by Mrs. Egbert Roberts, now a resident of Honolulu. Hono-lulu. She had an official conference with Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Burnham and that officer gallantly accepted accept-ed -the command. Lieutenants Burnham and Tag-gart Tag-gart established a recruiting office and the beauty and fashion of the Mormon metropolis rallied around the flag and in a short time the officers had a score of the prettiest girls of Salt Lake mustered in. They were instructed in the duty of the soldier, showed how to toe the mark, march and countermarch, salute, wheel and obey orders like men. Then they were hanaed brooms and told to get busy. They were instructed in the manual of arms and became proficient. Then came the question of uniforms. It was decdbd, of course, tnat they wear skirts, but the only disastrous part of the commanding of that brigade came over the height of the bottom of the skirt above the ground. In those days skirts trailed some on the ground. Shoe leather was rarely seen. Some suggested six Inches above the ground. Horrors! No. And the chorus was big. Four inches! Oh, my! Well, a compromise was effected, but on the evening when the drill was to be given in the old Salt Lake theater, which was erected under the direction of Brigham Young, a few of the young ladies appeared with skirts which barely cleared the shoe vamps. Lieutenants Burnham and Taggart, with eyes trained to have things exact, almost fainted, but remembering they were soldiers they pulled LhPuibe'veF logelber and led the brigade out to the field of battle on the ballroom floor of the great theater. "The exhibition was a grand success and the two officers were the heroes of the day. They had their pictures taken with the brigade presenting pre-senting arms, and the "brigade" passed into history his-tory as one of the greatest organizations which had ever been brought together. Oh, you cruel Julia Marlowe! The papers say that you make the people in your company walk a distance every day. That is certainly laying it on, especially in a dull theatrical thea-trical season where so many actors are obliged to walk. As long as they have an engagement with you and Mr. Sothern, give them a chance to rest all they can. Maybe next year will not be so good to them and they will make up in exercise exer-cise for any apparent .laziness they may exhibit outside of working hours now. It is a long hot stroll from the Gilsey house to Longacre, when a fellow has to make it twenty twen-ty times a day from June until September. On Tuesday evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Critchlow, Miss Elizabeth Eliza-beth Crltchlow and Fredrick A. Hale, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Hale, were married. The homo was beautifully decorated for the occasion. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. M. Paden, and those present were only the relatives and most intimate friends of the families. Following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Critchlow, Critch-low, Mr. and Mrs. Hale, Miss Westfall of San Francisco and Miss Yardley of St. Paul assisted . in receiving the guests, and a number of the younger girl friends of the bride assisted at the buffet supper, which was served late, among them being Miss Dorothy Bailey, Miss Margaret Wal-den, Wal-den, Miss Elsie Parsons, Miss Kate Groo and Miss May Brunton. , As yet coals are not at a premium at Newcastle, New-castle, but carrying roses to Pasadena has taught tho Californfans something, if anything is to be judged by the prizes awarded to Colonel and Mrs. E. F. Holmes at the opening of the flower Bhow in the California city early in the week. These included seven prizes in the first class, five in the second, and three in the third. Most of the flowers were from the rose garden at the Pasadena Pasa-dena home of Colonel and Mrs. Holmes, El Roble, which is one of the show places of that city and where the owners spend most of their time in the vintor months. "The Lily," with Nance O'Neil and Charles Cartrighr, and the Belasco company, will be seen at tho Salt Lake Theatre the first week in May, and while, generally, this journal does not go out of its way to recommend a play, it can do so in this instance with impunity, for "The Lily" is one of the greatest modern dramas on the stage, and is beautifully played by these stars and tho people peo-ple surrounding them. According to a New York society journal, previous to h!s departure for Europe, Gould Brokaw invited a select few to a post-midnight celebration at a private room in the Louis Martin Mar-tin establishment, and his guests ranged democratically demo-cratically from stage to society. Mrs. Pedar Bruguiere was a representative of the latter class, and she raised her eyebrows and her lorgnette in scorn when several show girls trooped in, headed by Vida Whitmore, now a principal in a Broadway musical piece. "If such persona are in the company I really couldn't thinic oi aiay-ing," aiay-ing," exclaimed Mrs. Pedar so audibly that Miss Vida overheard the remark. Her eyes flashed. "How dare she!" snapped the ex-show girl; "say, if I wished, if I" someone clapped a hand over the speaker's mouth at that Instant, and the curious roomful never did find out what Miss Whitmore wished. Somehow or other, after this, Mrs. Bruguiere became rather more democratic, demo-cratic, and not only stayed on, but apparently appar-ently also had a very good time until well into the wee hours. However, all misgivings as to the propriety of her presence at the party seemed not to have fled entire um her mind, for several times she was overheard to remark that she wondered what the opinion would be, were the personage there, of a mysterious mys-terious absentee to whom she referred as "Winnie." To judge by the name, it must be some female friend of Mrs. Bruguiere. Apropos, while the society guests voted the party "slow,' tho delegation from the theatre considered it a great success showing how the point of view differs in the various human strata of this world. , . HAPPENINGS AND WHEREABOUTS. The largest and most elaborate afternoon event of the week was that given by Mrs. Edward F. Holmes at Amelia Palace on Thursday afternoon. after-noon. Mrs. Abner Luman entertained at two delightful de-lightful bridge teas at her home on Wednesday and Thursdsv. Dr. and Mrs. F. F. Stauffer entertained at bridge on vVednesday and Thursday evenings. On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Stauffer was the hostess at a large and beautiful tea. Mrs. John C. Daly and Mrs. Harry Bintz will entertain at tea this afternoon in honor of Mis3 Primeaux. They were also the hostesses at a tea given on Friday. Mrs. Austin K. Tieman and Mrs. J. H. Bennett Ben-nett entertained at a bridge tea on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cunningham gave a dinner din-ner to a number of their friends at the Alta club on Sunday evening. In honor of Miss Elise Yeates and Miss Florence Flor-ence Culmer, Mrs. James Wade entertained a number of friends at bridge teas on Thursday and Friday. Mrs. Wade has as her guest Mrs. Richard Dorsey of Carson City, Nevada. Tonight at Rowland hall the faculty and pupils pu-pils will give a Japanese lawn party for the benefit bene-fit of the Orphans' home, and a large attendance ia expected. It will be quite a society event, particularly for the younger sot, who will probably prob-ably be there in force. Mrs. Sol Siegel, who was recently appointed by Mayor Bransford as a representative to the congress to be held at Washinf jn on the "Welfare "Wel-fare of the Child," left for the east on Wednesday. She will visit some time in Baltimore. The Utopia club met with Mrs. E. A. Wedg-, Wedg-, wood on Wednesday, when she entertained at a lunoheon, followed by bridge. "The Buskins" will perform Mrs. E. B. Palmer's Pal-mer's playlet, "Flora D' L' Amour," at their meeting this evening, nine of the members of the club being in the cast. Miss Helen Woodruff has gone to California to be away several weeks. Mrs. J. W. Houston will be the honored guest at a bridge tea to be given by Mrs. E. A. Wall, at her home on Wednesday, next. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Caine have returned from a month's visit in Los Angeles. A newly-organized bridge club met Monday evening with Miss Gladys McConaughy. Mrs. A. N. McKay, who has spent the winter in California, has returned, and Mr. and Mrs. McKay are temporarily at home at the Colonial. , On Wednesday, May 14th, under tho auspices I of a number of the younger society girls, the second annual charity ball will be given at tho Odeon for the benefit of the Play Grounds association. asso-ciation. Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Salisbury have gone east. While they are away Mrs. McGilvray of Pasa-' Pasa-' dena, Mrs. Salisbury's mother, will remain at the Salisbury home. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Wrench entertained at a beautiful dinner at the Alta club on Monday evening even-ing in honor of their guest, Dr. Anna F. S. Brown. Covers were laid for ten. Mrs. W. G. Sharp, who is spending tho spring here with her parents, Judge and Mrs. Robert Harkness, was the guest of honor at a luncheon, given by Mrs. A. H. S. Bird on Friday. Mrs. W. W. Armstrong will entertain at a dinner on Tuesday evening in honor of Mrs. Harris K. Masters, who is about to leave for a visit to her oJd Kentucky home. |