The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-05-26
FILLED WITH THE BEAUTY AND
WEALTH OF THE tITY.
A Handsome Sum Realized for the
Benefit OF the Honolulu
Library.

When the doors of the Opera
house were thrown open last night,
on the occasion of the benefit ten
dered by number of ladies and
gentlemen prominent in Honolulu
society to the Honolulu library
and reading room association, but
two seats remained unsold in the
lower part of ths-ohaaosfe. Many
whabnau not taken the precaution
to reserve their seats were forced 20
stand during the entire evening,
and that many did so speaks well
for the general excellence of the
entertainment.
The programme commenced with
an overture by the Hawaiian quin-
tette band, after which the
| curtain rose on the first ia
bleau, ga Picture Gallery" which,
az its name implies was
a collective representation of pic
lures by well-known artists. The
following were the different sub
jects chosen by the ladies and
gentlemen who took part in this
| scene:
Representing Ophelia-Miss Neu-
mann.
Princess Louise-Mrs. E. A. Jones'.
Meditation-Miss Clara Fuller.
Blind Lydia-Miss Ward.
Room for Two-Miss Widdifield and
Mr.. Potter.
Pandora-Miss Gertrude Johnson.
Fortune Teller - Miss Jones and
Miss Parker.
Sultan's Favorite-Miss HassiDger
Story Ever New-Miss Glade and
Mr.. Gum.
The Chase-Miss Atkinson and Miss
Glade.
Day Dreams-Miss Cornwell.
The handsome dresses, the care
full and correct posturing and strict
attention to details displayed in
this tableau called forth rounds of
applause, and the audience at once
became convinced that q. most en-
joyable evening was in store for
them.
Next on the programme was a
song, "The Carnival" by Mr.. Man
ming of the Hyacinth. This was
listened to with wrapt attention
and was sung in that genteman's
best style. One beauty of Mr..
Manning's singing is that every
word in the song can be as plainly
distinguished as though it was
read, a point which some singers of
much more pretension might culti-
vate to their advantage. 1t is need
less to say that it was loudly APP
plauded and in response to an en-
core, Mr.. Manning gave " Whisper
and 1 Shall Hear"
Next on the programme was
song and chorus, "The New York
Newsboys," which was the hit of
the evening. The girls and boys
who took part in it showed marked
evidence of careful training both
in singing, whistling and march
ing, credit for which is due to Miss
Helen Judd, who took this number
under her special care. They were
all carefully dressed in rags and
tatters, la newsboy, but one thing
being neglected-the dirt. The
following were the lads and lassies
who helped to make this portion of
the entertainment a success:
Harold Dillingham;, Marian Dill
bingham, Sophie Judd, Charlie
Judd, George Fuller, Gertrude
Brown, George Brown, Seymour
Hall, Edwin Hall, George Cooke,
Albert Waterhouse, Robert Mist
and Gerrett Judd.
Then came another tableau in
two scenes, cleopatra and her
Maids" in which the following
ladies took part:
Cleopatra-Miss Eva Parker.
Slave-Miss Tanning.
Maids-Misses Kaumake Cummins,
Helen Parker and Widemann.
The quartette "Sweet and Low"
in which Mrs. Tenney, Miss Won
Holt, Mr.. Manning and DR.. South,
sung without musical accompani-
ment, was finely rendered.
Next followed tableau in two
scenes, the first entitled SIN Love-"
in which Miss Cornwell and Mr..
Gum portrayed the characters
the second, "The Peacemaker,"
which was presented by the same
lady and gentleman with the as
sistance of Mrs. E. Newman. These
were very well received by the
audience.
A serenade from SOCK and Box"