Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-12-13
EDITOR Eo-oAUA:

ScAtiAcHtS which L
honestly think should come from
you as recorder of public events
ana not from private individual.
L notice that you totally ignore
the kaumakapili Church copcer.
given by Mr.. Wray TAYLOR last
tuesday and l think that vong
must be very forbearing in doing
SO or that you were fortunate
enough to be absent from the
festive occasion. l was there.
Ana l fail to see any reason WHY
MI. Taylor should be allowed
to palm off such musical rubbish
as he and his assistants did. The
object of the concert is most
pralseworthy but I believe that
even the promoter of it must ad-
NIT that far better material for a
decent concert could have been
gathered liz Honolulu if he had
chosen to do SO. l know that it
Is ne. the habit In Honolulu to
criticize amateur concerts for
charitable purposes. But it
seems to me that when perform
ers In church plays piano with
his elbows. the time has come to
call halt even if Mr.. Wray lay
lor supports and admires that kind
of music;
The concert may have been
financial scccess, and l sincerity
hope that it was. From a music
al point of view it was miserable.
Mr.. Taylor opened the evening
by playing Festival March
which according to his playing
might as we'll have been anything
else except march. The new
Star" Mr.. II. Eca Da Silva
played on the piano something
which he calls Fantasia de
Concert" by himself but which
old Ketterer would have recog-
nized as his Caprice Hongroise
although never approving of the
execution and mutilation o. that
favorite concert piece. As an en-
core the new Star played the
piano with his elbows and an
audience of Eonolulu's alleged
intelligent, musical and refined
people appiauded and approved.
Why not at the next concert get
clown on the boards, Mr.. Tay-
lor and let him fiddle a violin
with candlel
The two ladies who were sing
ing had made a most unfortunate
selection OF "parlor' songs. Miss
Axtell was undoubtedly the sue
cess of the evening. The trio for
violin, viola and guitar was sim
ply excellent, and the male
quartette" WAS very respectable.
If the prefix male" was not at
tached to the programme, the
audience might be a little puz-
zled in regard to who were sing
ing.
In the second part the ms
sionary'' audience was thrown
into commissions of mirth by
listening to the stories of Mr..
j. Marsden who explained the
Stereopticon views produced,
Taking the morality of the aud
fence and the sacredness of the
show house into consideration |
think that Mr.. Marsden got as
near to the line OF the equivocal
as he with safety could do. And
vat the ylrtuous missionaries
smiled and spplauded.
The final display OF American
patriotism, flags aud music was
rather co,nical as the benefcl
aries of the concert were Hawai-
ian lspers and of the performers
only one American. Still Dor
rowed plumes have certain fas-
cination.
Now, Mr.. Editor. | doubt that
you have the courage to break an
established rule and publish the
above lines l desire to state that
[ fully admire the motives OF
Mr.. Taylor and shall always be
ready with my mite to help
him along. but | cannot sit tame
ly back and see the Honolulu
public made fools off unsteady
through the lack of ability and
musical apprehension OF that
most worthy promoter.
AUfrHpa