The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-12

! The performance of selections from
! Gilbert and Sulhvan's aesthetic opera
| Patience" preceded by Ofenbach's
| opere tia, "The Blind Beggars," by local
and visiting amateurs, filled the Ha-
waiian Opera House to the doors and
stairs on Saturday night. In the roy al
! box sat their Majesties the King and
! Queen, attended respectively by MIR.
| Jas. w. Robertson, acting Chamberlain,
and Mrs. Robertson their Royal High
| nesses Princess Liliuokalani and Prince
| David Kawananakoa, and the Hon.
John o. Dominis The opposite box
contained Capt. Graham, DR.. Green,
Paymaster Heap, and Lieut.. Seymour,
of the q. S. S. Alert; Mr.. F. 2. Hast
ings, U. S. V1ce-Consul, and Mrs. Hast
! ings, Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Gifard. II.
| r. III. Princess Kaiulani, accompanied
bv her father, the Hon. A. S CleghOrn,
sat in the dress circle, while the Chief
! Justice and three Associate Justices OF
! the Supreme Court, with Honolulu soci-
! ETY. practically en- masse, were com
! prised in the sea Of faces confronting the
| stage.
! ture, Ocean Pearls" by the string band
! of II. B. NJ. S. Swiftsure, under the lead
! ership of Mr.. H. L. LOseby, bandmaster.
! This was rewarded with loud and pro-
| longed applause, and deservedly SO as
! orchestral music of high order At
! two intervals in the evenings pro-
| gramme, the same band gave the valse
! Dorothy and the Fantasia de Con-
cert" from II Trovatore, violin solo by
! Mr.. Loseby, each with equal popularity
! to that evinced for the opening piece.
! The opera Instrumentation was per-
| formed, under the dictatorship of Prof.
| J. w. Yarndley, by detachment of the
Royal Hawaiian Band led by Prof.
Berger, and Mr.. Myron H. Jones on the
piano, and was in keeping with the fine
vocalism on the stage.
The operetta, "The Blind Beggars,"
! was given by Mr.. w. J. Harding, r. N,
as "Mr. Zachariah Morgan" and Lieut..
| p. S. st. John, r. N, as "Mr. Buff1es."
| Suffice it to say that they rendered the
somewhat familiar piece in a manner
! that kept the house cOnvulsed from be-
ginning to end. Their makeup and ex-
preston could hardly be beat Lieut.
st. John was to be remembered for pre-
viOus acceptable appearances on this
stage, and expectation proving not to be
disappointed was doubtless excited by
his name on the "Patience" programme.
1t would take more space than is at
disposal to follow the production of the
Applause followed every scene and many
| were repeated in Difference to irresistible
recalls. The dramatis persona were
as follows:
Col. Calverly .......... Mr.. F. NJ. Swanzy
Major Murgatroyd MIR. E. w. HOldswOrth
Lieut.. the Duke of Dunstable. Mr.. T. May
(Officers of Dragon GuardS).
Reginald Bunthorne Ga fleshly pOetl
......................M Mr.. T. r. Walker
northumberland Lieut.. st. John, r n.
The Lady Angela ........... Miss Rhodes
| The Lady Saphir ...............M Miss Mist
The Lady Ella .............. Miss Dowsett
Patience Ga dairy maid) Miss Rose Mallee
DragoOns-under above officers-Messrs.
J. +. Brown, WTay Taylor. Carl Wide
mann, w. s. May, Geo. +. Smithies,
w. H. Baird, and two marines from H.
B. NJ. S. COrmorant.
Chorus of Maidens-with ladies named
abOve-Misses Marie Won Holt, Ethel
WodehOuse, Pauahi Judd, Edith Mist,
Bernice Barnard, Zoe Atkinson, May
Atkinson, Nina Green, Flora Glade,
Clara Glade, and Adrienne DudOit.
The chorus of maidens, charmingly
costumed to their individual good taste,
took the house by storm merely by the
tableau they formed as the curtain rose.
AS they sang, Twenty lOve-sick maid
ems We" in excellent accord and delight
full cadences, the conquest of the audi
ence was complete. There was scarcely
enough enthusiasm reserved for the more
complete capitulatiOn OF the house, when
Miss Rose Makee in the title role blithely
trIpped down a stile in the rear, and,
attired bewitchingly as a dairy maid,
with a fresh pOsy in the recess of her
poke bonnet, came forward warbling, in
clear, birdlike notes, " 1 cannot tell what
this love may be-" Plaudits at her sue
cessful debut in opera showed this young
lady to have scored a greater triumph
than even that she achieved formerly in
amateur comedy.
The chorus of Dragons, with Mr..
Swanzy's jauntily sung solo, "When
first put this uniform on was the next
grand hit of the evening. 1t was we'll
sung and acted and the spectacular effect
of the handsome scarlet uniforms and
nodding plumes was very beautiful.
There was nothing for it, but to have the
scene doubled upon. Mr.. T. Rain
Walker next appears in a superb imper-
sonation of the aesthetic character so
much talked OF a few years ago-clad in |
the ideal garb, doting on lily, striking
extravagant attitudes. 1t is needless to
say that his musical performance was
excellent, but his display of not only |
terpsichOrean art, but qualities to adorn |
comedy, must have been a revelation to |
many, being such as would grace the
boards in any role where appropriate
Miss Rhodes gave a charming inter- !
probation of the part of the % Lady
Angela" both when appearing in the |
duet with " Patience''-" Long Years
Ago"-and ia the sestette and chorus |
=" hear the soft note,'' when Miss Mist |
and Miss DOwsett also came out in very |
fine relief. These grand hits were on |
either side of the duet between "Pa-
tience" and "Grosvenor" (Lieut. St. /
john, Prithee, pretty maiden" which |
was exquisitelY rendered and compelled |
to repetition
Where all achieved such success as
the unlimited enthusiasm of the auditory
short snace need he the ONLY