The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-11-20
SUCCESS OF THE SILB0NS.
Good House in Spite Of Raiu-EverY Act
Loudly ApPlauded-startlin Aerial
Feats.

Loudly ApPIauded-s Startling Aerial
Feats.
Although the terrific rain storm that
prevailed through the afternoon held up
but slightly in the evening, the curtain
rose Tor the Silbons' entertainment upon
a very respectable audience in both
numbers and quality.
After an opening overture BY the ROYAL
Hawaiian Band orchestra, \ ballet d'ac1
ton, or pantomime, entitled " Render
vous, OF Love in All Corners, 2 was pro
duced 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, vet the piece was performed in
such elegance and with such comicality
that roars OF laughter followed it from
beginning to end. The drawing-room
exercises on the rings by four Of
the SilOous were clear and clever
The Dale Brothers followed with an
AcrobatIc entertainment OF very high
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 filed an interval nicely
with i well spoken, pathetic recitation,
q Shoe Black
The next in order was worth some
trouble aud expense in seeing Of itself,
being i performance on three fixed bans
oy &oulton and Dashway. They have
certainly never been approached IN this
line here. Their lightning twirlS round
the three bars IN succession, their IN
erring skill in catching on after describ-
ing parabolic or arrowlike lines in the
alr-aandS or feet foremost made no diff
terenee-and their single and double
Somers2ults after letting 20 the last bar,
made the house ring again and again
Then the Dale Brothers came on again
a. ''rhe two Dromeos, IN 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 SIlbous in the greatest aerial act in
the world" 1t would be very unsafe to
hazard anything on , contradiction OF
the claim, the crowning feats in the act
being probably never before approached
IN trApeZe performances here The i've
SIlbOus are father, mother, brother,
daughter and son Of one family. They
were all alOft st once upon 3 series OF
trapezes in the flies Their acrobatic
operations there, Doth individually and
were pretty and startling
enough for anything, such Us sudden |
and changing OF hold and posi- |
ton, mldAir chaining together and giddy !
But when the music stop
ped for the champ ion featof al, which was |
performed, the audience fairly |
held their bre4ths IN awe. One OF the |
men would hang by the knees over the |
stage, while another flying through the |
air, from trapeze suspended at the bal |
SONY front opposite, let 90 and caught |
the first ones extended hands. This /
was done with variations several times, |
but twice in mIdlIr, before seIZIng and /
swinging TO his partners grip, did the /
lying acrobat turn ! double somersault.
fhis feat was each time applauded voci-
erOusly, but even while It was doing the
trio were going through re-
clever exercises on their lofty
oerches.
The performance concluded with John
PhoiI's latest pantomimic novelty, The
Three Rivals" by four or five Of the
company. II was well set and indie |
,cribably funny, cats as we'll Is " rats" |
participating in the rendition with the |
our or FIVE members OF the company /
engaged.