The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-01-07
ENTERTAINMENT AT PAIA.

The Ladies Aid Society Celebrate New
Years Eve-FuI Particulars of the
Event.
We'll, 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 were 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, fizz, 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. Mr.. Bissell,
and consisted of music, Rotations,
tableaux shadow scenes and pantomime.
Space will not permit full description,
but special mention should be made of
two vocal duets, the first by Mrs. Gulick
and Mrs. g. Z. Beckwith, and the second
by Mrs. G. 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 Kimball gave recitation from
"Evangeline," and Mr.. Hardya reading,
"To the portrait of 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 Presi-
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 well rendered by the
author as first tenor and accompanist,
assisted by Hon. II. P. Baldwin, II.
Laws and G.. H. Dickey. The last part
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 was
either DR.. A. A. Crane as the little girl,
"Babe in the Woods or Master Frank
Baldwin as the "Great spider who sat
down beside her." Miss Grace Dickey
as Miss Muffet,n ate ''curds and whey"
as if she enjoyed it, and the robins who
covered the "babes" with banana leaves,
Arthur and Frank Baldwin and Herbert
Dickey, were well gotten up and did well.
Considerably over two hundred were
present and about $500 taken in. Much
credit is due Mrs. A. A. Crane who man
aged the pantomime, and Mrs. H. Nor
rison who divided her labors between
the stage and the Fizz booth. Mrs.
Baldwin's soap bubble booth was well
patronized and the prizes were awarded
as follows: Quantity, Master Frank
Baldwin; quality, Miss Grace Diekey !;
BOBBY prize, Mr.. F. Hopke. Everybody
bought 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, and
went home happy. Thanks are due
Capt. Heineman for the use of his piano
and Mr.. Wilder for many favors.