The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-21
THE LOST PARADISE.

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Today an Next Week.
The first week of the drama treat
given by the Frawleys closes today
with Moths" at the matinee this aft
ernoon, and THE Lost Paradise" this
evening Moths is an adaptation of
Ouida's novel, and has been put on
with signal success during the Fraw-
ley's long season at the Columbia in
San Francisco. The play in which the
company has gained the highest honors
is THE Lost Paradise" The company
opened with this piece in San Francis
co early last year, and it had a most
remarkable run. Night after night
large audiences filled the theater and it
seemed as if the people could not get
enough of ii. In Sacramento and Los
Angeles il also made a big hit. "The
Lost Paradise" is a melodrama of the
most improved type, and depicts the
miseries and successes of the working
classes as well as giving an insight into
the kindly forces at work in the home
of the capitalist, who is supposed to be
hard-hearted and unTelenting. The
mechanical and scenic effects are
among the best ever presented on the
the great clanking machinery of the
huge factory in full motion, and hears
it stilled as the orders for a general
strike are sent out.
Mr.. Frawley takes the part of the
conscientious manager who does the
bidding of his employer, but refuses to
overlook the misery that he knows ex-
lists among the honest, but poor, men
under him. The daughter of the owner
of the factory is engaged, by her faith
er, to a scion of society, but she finds
that her heart is with the modest young
manager. who is seen often in the home
of her father. Through him she comes
TO know the sad plight in which are
the people by whose labor she wears
her finery and lives in luxury. Later,
she visits the factory and sees sights
which rouse her true womanly nature
to action. She then stands ready to
give up her life of luxury, breaks her
engagements, gives her heart and hand
to the young manager, who has been
grieyously wronged by her father, the
young scion of society withdraws from
the scene of action, the wOrkingmen's
claims are allowed, and the business
once on the verge of destruction, moves
once more in smooth channels.
Blanche Bates is seen in new role
as Cinders, a sort of white-faced Topsy,
who hasn't society manners but pos
sesses a warm, healthy heart. She
brings in a touch of comedy that is ar
tistic as well as entertaining.
The second week opens with 1.-The
Charity BALI on Tuesday evening.
Theater-goers here need no introduce
ton to this piece. The second night
the FrawIeys played it in San Fran
cisco the Standing Room Only sign
was displayed early in the day. Thurs
day evening comes Cranes great sue
cess, The Senator" The successes of
the Frawleys in putting on this SPLEEN
did portrayal of the life of Washing
ton statesmen have been remarkable,
and anything that touches near the
American national capital is particu-
larly fetching to Honolulu audiences
just at the present time. Next Satur-
day comes 1.-The Highest Bidder" and
1.-The Ensign" The people here are al
ways interested in anything that brings
the navy to the front, and they GER
tainly should not fail to be on hand
at the theater Saturday evening.
With the large audiences that have
filled the theater during the first nights
of the professional season, it is almost
useless to state that expectations re-
garding the Frawley Company have
been fully realized. Honolulu has good
money to give in return for the di-
version from the usual humdrum of
isolation which a first-class theatrical
company can give, and there is no
doubt that they are getting full value
for the patronage given the Frawley
people Liberal patronage given this
company means that Honolulu will re-
ceive attention from theatrical manag-
ers throughout the States. A fair eX-
change is no robbery, and Honolulu
will be everlastingly grateful to the
Frawleys, who will hold a place as
pioneers among first-class profession
ais who have opened the way to the
Paradise of the Pacific, and whose path
way others will follow.