The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-03-27

amusing. A half dozen lifeless
figures were made to look, sing and
talk like animated beings. The
rapid and complete changes of voice
were wonderful. The audience was
fairly uproarious with delight. Mr..
Mills has certainly fulfilled the pro-
misses made in his posters and adver-
tisements, and given to the public of
Honolulu an entertainment worth
more than the money charged. An
entire change OF programme is pro-
missed for Tomorrow night. - Mar.
18th.
To have the Opera House packed
full on his second nights appear
ance must be gratifying testimonial
to Mr.. Fred. w. Mills that his rare
talent as ventriloquist and humor-
ist is appreciated in Honolulu. He
had one of the very best houses last
evening which il has ever been the
fortune of performer here to re-
ceive. The large and fashionable
audience, on their part, gave every
evidence of being delighted with the
performance throughout. A series
of character sketches, ending with
1.-The Modern Troubadour," consti-
tuted the first part of the programme,
and the grotesque costumes, to-
gether with the varied dialect sing
ing, tickled the auditors immensely.
In the second part, with his own
single voice, aided only by the
adjunct of party of comic mani
kins, Mr.. Mills produced on the
stage whole concert and dialogue
troupe. His ventriloquial singing
and conversing, with their sudden
and radical changes of tone to suit
the various characters represented
by the images, was marvellous and
seemingly the audience could not
get enough of some pieces. A re-
quest in writing was sent forward to
the stage for the duet "Lah-de-
dah," by "Terence O'Reilly" and
"Sarah Walker" In response to
an enthusiastic recall at the close of
the first part, Mr.. Mills, in his dis
guise as the "Troubadour," thanked
the people for their liberal patronage,
and at the close of the second part
he made his visible and invisible
mysterious helpers bid the audience
goodnight, Terence having the last
word to announce q matinee and
evening performances tomorrow.
That nothing succeeds like success
is exemplitied in the increasing popu-
larity of this artist the more that is
seen and heard of him. Mar. 10Th.
The crowded gatherings at the
Hawaiian Opera House, Saturday
afternoon and evening, have seldom
ever been equaled in numbers and
probably never eXcelled, in that
building. At the matinee every
seat was occupied within a few
minutes after opening the doors,
and scores of people, both juveniles
and adults, still seeking admission.
In the evening, extra chairs were
placed wherever space could be
found, and yet everybody was not
accommodated. His Majesty the
King occupied the royal box. The
afternoon performance being in
tended mainly for the amusement of
children, the programme was espe-
cially adapted to that purpose.
Some dexterously executed feats of
legerdemain were added to Mr..
Millis's character songs and the
varied doings of the merry manikins.
The little folks were immensely
tickled, and gave expression to their
feelings of pleasure in screams of
wild delight. The evening pro-
gramme was composed of new songs
and characters, and some of those
that had been given on previous
occasions, repeated mostly by re-
quest, with considerable variations
in the amusing ventriloquial per-
formances. The ceaseless titilla-
tions of the audience were fire.
quently broadened into outbursts of
uncomfortable laughter, particularly
excited by the introduction of local
hits. At the close, Mr.. Mills ex-
pressed qualification with his recep-
ton by the Honolulu public, and
returned thanks for their patronage,
intimating probability of again
meeting them in the same place on
his return from tour to the other
Islands, Mar. 22nd.