The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-05-19
THE ENTERTAINMENT


for the benefit of the Library and
Reading Room Association will be
repeated tonight at the Music Hall.
An account of Thursday nights
performance will thus have double
interest. The proceedings opened
with an excellent selection by Gina
rosa, played by the Symphony Club.
Every public appearance of this club
seems to show n marked improve
ment. Then followed q tableau,
"The Indiscreet Monk" j" represent
ing Spanish woman (Miss Rich
ardson) exercising her powers of at
traction over monk MIR. Bosse),
who ought to have been reading his
Breviary, but couldn't keep his eyes
on it for two seconds together. This
was one of the most thoroughly
realistic tableauN presented: every
detail was attended to. Then Mrs.
Strong recited the story of the
"Emperor's daughter" by Hans
Christian Andersen. Next came
three tableauN, representing Mephis-
tophcles showing Faust vision of
Marguerite. Next Miss Castle play
ed a Polonaisc, by Chopin, charm
ingly. Seldom have we heard the
more delicate muances of expression
in this writer's works, so tenderly
yet so truly marked. Next came
the hit of the evening-a musical ex-
travaganza, entitled ''Operetta-The
Blind Beegars," by Offenbach. MIR.
Purvis comes in arraycd as an old
blind beggar, and after singing a
song, with banjo accompaniment,
informs the audience, in an aside,
that he thinks he has struck the
very finest thing in the begging line
that could be. While he is regaling
himself with the thought that now
he has walk in life undisturbed by
rivals, Beggar No. , (Mr. Swanzy)
comes in playing g Home, Sweet
Home" on tin whistle. The artis-
tic imitation of the variations intro
duced by professional beggals into
all their music brought down the
house. After singing duets and
solos they finally propose a game OF
cards, in which each thinks he is 60
ing to cheat the other by means OF
his eyesight. Mutual discovery that
neitleris blind tableau. The piece was
enthusiastically encored. Messrs. Pur.
Wis and Swanzy's acting was superb.
To see this piece alone is worth the
whole evening. Part II. was intro.
duced by selection from the Sym
pilony Club not ON the programme.
Then followed Portraits by the Ole
Masters, u series of single figures or
u frame. We would here protest
against the introduction of those
figures that have already been seer
in the previous tableaux and the
bringing Oh of those who are tt
come in further on. The programme
is already long one without thi
nm necessary inartistic addition
Next ,'ame trio, by Lachncf, foi
piano (Miss Castle), violin Prof
Iarndley), and vio.. '.a.4ue~'
Next followed u represe.. a''oh o
the old story of Pygmalion, "'
sculptor, falling in love with Gala
tea, the statue he has just carved.
Pygmalion was represented by Mr..
"A. w. Richardson, and Galatea by
Mrs. McGrew. This was one of the
prettiest tableauX shown. Mr.. Il. H.
Davies sang Two's company,
three's none," accompanied by Mrs.
Davies. Miss Storrs, as the Christian
martyr cruciied, formed the central
figure in the next tablean. Then fol
lowed Mrs. Paty's song, 'Esmeralda,
which literally reused the audience
from the somnolent feeling produced
by the long series of Portraits into
an enthusiastic recall. In response
Mis-. Patty gave "When the leaves
begin to fall" Last came two
tableauN from +" Patience "-the
twenty love sick Maidens and
Bunthorne (Mr, Holdsworth) and
the reaction and grouping of the
same maidcns round Grosvenol
(Mr. G. A. Brown) and Patience,
and the ''rage, horror, and despair"
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