The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-01-09
ENTERTAINMENT AT PAIA.
The Ladies Aid Society Celebrate New
Years Eve-Fuu Particulars of tn.

The Ladies Aid Society Celebrate New
Years Eve-FuIl Particulars of the
Event.
Well, the Reform party has had an
other big meeting and as usual office
holders and plantation people took a
prominent part. The occasion was an
entertainment given by the Ladies Aid
Society, on New Years eve at Paia, and
the community (the reform party was
out in force.
Wilder's R. R. Co. gave up their large
warehouse to the ladies and the office
and storing room We're used as dressing
rooms. A large stage was built next
them and the railroad curtained off by
tarpaulins. The audience hall thus
formed was decorated by Chinese LIANT
ems, and half dozen tasty booths dis
pensed ice cream, tizz, boquets, coffee
and soap bubbles.
The programme was in three parts,
with intermissions to allow the audience
to patronize the booths. 1t opened with
brilliant piano solo by Rev. MIR. Bissell,
and consisted OF music, Rotations,
| tableauX shadow scenes and pantomlme.
| Space will not permit full description,
| but special mention should be made OF
two vocal duets, the first by Mrs. Gulick
and Mrs. q. +. Beckwith, and the second
by Mrs. q. P. Wilder and Miss Mary
| Crittenden; both of which were capitally
rendered. ''Lord Ullin's Daughter,' in
shadow pantomime, brought out the
talent of Mr. l.. NJ. Vetlesen and others
Miss Kmball gave a recitation from
"Evangeline," and Mr.. Hardy a reading
''To the portrait of a gentleman" In
the latter, Mr.. Laws, who acted the por'
trait, kept his countenance nobly in spite
of the abuse showered upon every fea'
ture. The tableauX Of statuary were fine
| and fully appreciated as was every item
of the programme.
The officers of the Maui Rifle Associa
| ton gave an instrumental trio, the Presl
dent, Mr.. Dickey, presiding at the piano
the Treasurer, Mr.. Laws, drumming the
banjo, and the Captain, Mr.. Anderson
Smelling the mandolin. A quartette
composed for the occasion by the Rev
Mr.. Bissell, was we'll rendered by the
| autflOr as UrSC UeIlOr anu dCCOul pdIliSt
| assisted by Hon. IL. P. Baldwin, H
Laws and G. H. Dickey. The last par
of the programme was given up princi
pally TO humorous pantomimes repre-
senting " Mother Goose Rhymes,
and "The Babes in the Woods"
think the audience was somewhat di
vided as to who took the cake. 1t wa
either DIR. A. A. Crane as the little girl
"Babe in the Woods" or Master Franz
Baldwin as the "Great spider who sa
down beside her." Miss Grace Dicke,
as "Miss Muffet," ate "curds and whey
as if she enjoyed it, and the robins wh'
covered the 'babes" with banana leaves
Arthur and Frank Baldwin and Herber
Dickey, were we'll gotten up and did we'll
Considerably over two hundred wer
present and about 1920 taken in. Mucl
credit is due Mrs. A. A. Crane who man
aged the pantomime, and Mrs. II. Nor
rison who divided her labors between
the stage and the Fizz booth. Mrs
Baldwin's soap bubble booth was vel
patronized and the prizes were awarded
as follows: Quantity, Master Franz
Baldwin quality, Miss Grace Dickey
BOBBY prize, Mr.. F. Hopke. Everybod,
bought a bouquet from Miss Campbell
and treated his best girl with ice cream
from Miss Dickey's booth, or coffee from
Miss Clarke's, as taste dictated, ali,
went home happy. Thanks are du
Capt. Heiheman for the use OF his pian
and Mr.. Wilder for many favors.