The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-16
SUCCESS Or THE erLBovs

"OOd House in Spite of Rain-Everv Act
Loudly MISUNDERSTANDING Aerial
Feats.
Although the terrific rain storm that
prevailed through the afternoon held mn
but slightly in the evening, the curtain
rose for the SiIbons' entertainment upon
a very respectable audience in both
numbers and quality.
Alter an opening overture by the ROYAL
Hawaiian Band orchestra, ballet d'ac-
tlon, or pantomime, entitled "Rendez-
vous, or Love in All Corners was pro-
ouced by the company. Notwithstand-
ing that, having been given in Honolulu
not long ago, most of the audience
knew what was coming" from scene to
scene, yet the piece was performed in
such elegance and with such comicalitv
that roars of laughter followed it from
beginning to end. The drawing-room
exercises on the rings by four of
the Silbons were clear and clever.
The Dale Brothers followed with an
skill, introducing some original feats of
great difficulty, and doing them with the
most graceful ease. Then there was
clever tight wire walking and balancing
by Edwardo, which excited round upon
round OF applause. A little Miss, Ida
Victoria, now filled an interval nicely
with a we'll spoken, pathetic recitation,
"Shoe Black"
The next in order was worth some
trouble and expense in seeing of itself,
being performance on three fixed bars
by Moulton and Dashway. They have
certainly never been approached in this
line here. Their lightning twirls round
the three bars in succession, their I'M
erring skill in catching on after describ
ing parabOic or arrowlike lines in the
air-hands or feet foremost made no diff
ference-and their single and double
sOmersaults after letting go the last bar,
made the house ring again, and again.
Then the Dale Brothers came on again
as "the two DromeOs," in a very expert
exhibition of funny juggling and hat
throwing. Nothing but peal after peal
Of laughter was heard while they were
in view.
The programme now announces "the
five Silbons in the greatest aerial act in
the world" 1t would be very unsafe to
hazard anything on a contradiction OF
| the claim, the browning feats in the act
being probably never before approached
| in trapeze performances here. The five
! Silbons are father, mother, brother,
| daughter and son of one family. They
| were all aloft at once upon a series of
| trapezes in the flies. Their acrobatic
| operations there, both individually and
collectively, were pretty and startling
| enough for anything, such as sudden
vaulting and changing of hold and posi-
! ton, midair claiming together and giddy
| suspensions. But when the music stop
| ped for the champion feat of all, which was
| repeatedly performed, the audience fairly
| held their breaths in awe. One of the
men would hang by the knees over the
stage, while another flying through the
air, from a trapeze suspended at the bal
| cony front opposite, let go and caught
| the first ones extended hands. This
| was done with variations several times
but twice in midair, before Selling and
swinging to his partners grip, did the
lying acrobat turn a double somersault
This feat was each time applauded voci
ferously, but even while it was doing the
remaining trio were going through re
markably clever exercises on their lofty
perches.
The performance concluded with JohI
Phoit's latest pantomimic novelty, {" The
Three Rivals" by four or five of the
company. 1t was we'll set and indie
scribably funny, cats as we'll as Gratis
participating in the rendition with the
four or five members of the company
engaged. The announcement was made
before the curtain that positively onl.
two more performances would be given
on the following evenings, when the pro
gramme would be repeated without an.
omission. The box plan opens for Thu
evening at Mr.. Levey's office at 8 o'clocl
this morning.