The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-09-07

Gazette, who appeared To Ie enioying the perform.
sners, aud getting up a ~drSi-cls~s LETTER. Bot an
early breaking up sent all home % bed, or else 10
take recreation.
THg RUSSIAN BAT.
- .caitei doubtrss In co~npiTneut " The great
nation. aud in orlcr that the leading nations al
karops might Rt have q day. was distinguished
by no particular Russian FEATURE. the real feature
OF the day being the appearance OF = chorus Of one
hundred add hny colorcd singers. including the
Jubilee singers OF Nashville. Teuncaee. who
have made quite a sensation throughout the conn-
ry hoFing ue past spriag. And TO them was A.
signed The task oi combining all the possible
noises OF the jihiiee--exoept he anvilss the rhosu.
being Joined ia by the - operate chorus Grand
ceorus orchestra. all the bands and the organ aud
cannon. The musie. which Wa. expected 10 mite
and harmouize alt Of these sceTning dIscordan,
elements was 60 the we'll known tame of . Johe
Brown, and the words-- Nine syes have seen
the glory OF the coming Of the Lord.s The singers
allied the building dnriy and prrnincrd some gen
ulne music bat save ms from any morexsuch chorus
OF all ue Hurrah boys! ding dong bang bang
music we ever heard-ihis excclied ind overpow-
cred. 10 was a regular second edition 81 Bahei In
fact many glanced uneasiiy upward asif expecting
that the whole thing was coming down. The
'sCurfsw was heay ny rrnderest and NAT Fnpcb
appIauded. in fact the beat seemed 10 have opsr-
ated IN keeping people qnietcF. II nothing else.
Saturday night came and the tired thousands went
h~ome-many not 10 return, and some OF the choral
societies refusing 20 return on the following week.
notwithsianIln the alluring programmes arranged
for the week On Sunday there was a " grand
sacred concert bat the name failed 80 attract n
fun house, either OF singers or audience. and 10
and about the Coliseum things wore 4 very adfrt
sabbath day appearance. IL " hard % cell under
what conscience quieting excuse Gilmore called
this n sacred noncert, = unless he was laeoring
under the impression that most all good music has
q certain sacredness. Well, De thai as 10 may, Bos.
tou was not TO be deluded anyhow, 40 the people
would not tura ont, and II Gilmore eyer bad any
sacred feelings, they probably all len thin. Us be
gazed upon the receipts for the day. Bat As for
the music, Ii was pretty good, particularly the
instrumental. but the negro singers again created
q marked sensation, singing some OF the genuine
negro melodies OF the South, snch as Turn Back
Army" " Living Son. Sweet Oharist,p
and similar odd sounding collections Of words,
but having q yildness somewhat startling, yet Ia
which one would turn again with curiosity.
MONDAY. JuxE 2sD, '+r'
Was 0ratorio Day. The Handel and Hsayn Society
Of Boston and three out Of town societies hrmink
leader. The oraforio was that Of " Israel In Egypt"
The solo singers were Madame RudersiorG, Mrs.
Barry, the Winch brothers and Rudolphsen. The
most that can be said regarding the performance 10,
that there was O certain heaviness and lack Of life
through the whole which took away from
the interest with which an audiences regarded Il and
listened. Tuesday. some words were sung by Madame
Radersdorf. composed by herself 20 the air Of " Hail
Columbia, entitled F" Homage TO Columbian and the
French Band rendered very finely the " Overture to
Tampa" But the real interest Of the day was he
fact that President Grant was In the Coliseum, q
knowledge that he would be there attracted thou
sands, and 50 for once the immense building wan
as full as 1t could hold. there NOT bdng even
room; probably In both chorus aud audience,
there were 10000 people. the heat was fearful, and
the crush uncomfortable, over one hundred and
twenty ladies tainted, and the police and 6remen
always on duty, had their hands full, and rather
more than they could do we'll; but everything passed
of very WELL Where Grant sat was the centre OF
interest, and every time anybody moved or stood up
there people stared in the most approved American
fashion, but the applause which greeted Grants APP
pearance and exit. was not very enfho siastic, either
because Of the heat or from the fact that most every
body considers him q setting star. and not O. very
brilliant one either. Greeley Is the man who fills the
popular eye just now. The fact was that people were
beginning to weary OF the jubilee and extraordinary
efforts were making TO draw q crowd. prices were
reduced from the exhorbitant original So to So. and
Afterwards to less, without q seat reserved. as the
week advanced the chorus had iess and less 10 do
the singing or concerts, for they were getting
badly demoralized, and very many who appeared In
the singers seats had no business there. The foreign
bands and star singers and performers took more and
more and indeed; were what the audiences cared 10
hear. 1t was becoming evident day by day that the
jubilee was not going 10 make n financial success and
Of it otherwise, IL is hard to pass any Judgment. A
feature during the last days Of the Jubilee was
the serics of evening concerts by the various bands.
which we're very attractive, drawing considerable
,rowds. and having a certain freedom that was
charming, all going or coming. here and there. as
suited themseives- On Friday the Band Of the 9th
Of New York appeared aud gave some good
music, well received, but not comparing with the
character of the music performed by the various
bands. Saturday was called
THE GILMORE DAT,
From the fact that such an announcement was ex-
pected to draw a crowd. and sure enough, tho crowd
was there, squeezing and treading on each Others
1oes In q manner too narrowing 20 contemplate or
imagine without pains in the pedal e~xtremities, 10
refrain from recording how we little folks were
i~sttened and pressed in Q manner superior 10 the
Z. ~ n~nn.gsnu ~ ~ &.s.., H--.I.f III
Mills, or how the perspiration flowed and ihe atmos-
,here became damp by degrees and Warranted 10
fever and ague at short notice. Bot seriously,
he crowd was the chief feature Of Saturdays enter
lainment, unless l except the lemonade and lager
stands. As it was Gilmore's day, the Anvil
Chorus had 10 be pounded out, causing q great WASTE
powder and unnecessary alarm among horses out
and women inside Of the building: IL 10
ad to reflect that there are snch dolts IN this world
Is displayed themselves on Saturday, but there are
Iome Of that crowd with the Thermometer ut 08o la
be shade and gone up out Of sight Ia the building,
determined to ''have their moneys worth 80
furiously here and there utterly indifferent
to the quality Of music. and 20 the audience had
o endure seven repetitions /! IL was fearful, but 90
ar. no deaths in consequence have been reported. IL
eemed as If the sun was determined 10 break up the
jubilee, If nothing else could. 30 il waved hotter and
lOtter, every day was worse than the preceding, and
June 8Oth, was the most terrible day, Il was
ny fortune ever to live through-the thermometer
1909 all day, and many sunstrokes and
leaths were the result. But the jubilee Is being
The audiences Of the second week aver
much better than those OF the FIRST week, In
lumber certainly, perhaps not in quality. Monday,
July LIST, n good programme was presented. As the
IRISH band had arrived. il was named
THE IRISH DAY.
All of the foreign bands performed, however, the
IRISH being given the prominent position. or
curse they were noisiiy applauded, and confusion
vas the result, but on the whole they did we'll, rem
lering very fairly and evenly Grown Diamonds,D
,ut their music did not equal that Of any of the
'ther foreign bands. The building was not crowded
'nly a moderate audience being present. Tuesday
vas called the
& fE.t ITALIAN DAT, sHbNt fsE
With as much evident reason as the frat Saturday
vas called the Russian Day. Madame Leutner rem
Tered very finely an ARIA from Martha" Stranss
in a lively way his own charming con-
.at ,-ait, aNy;on Wo-