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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-14


cloud,
That wraps the mountain in fleecy
shroud,
While far below the never resting
sea
Sings to the shore its ceaseless
melody.
Hear We the music of the ripping
streams
Carving their shining pathway
through the woods;
Filling with harmony the solitude
OF bounteous forest, where the beams
OF sunlight streaming from the
cloudless blue
In scarcely slanting lines, are filtered
through
The may network of the trembling
OF long vines creeping in the forest
caves:
The MALE, sweet, an odorous garland
weaves
Its festoons swinging to a drowsy
tune,
BY zephyrs chanted through the
heart of noon.
The tall bananas wave their tattered
flags
In the far hollows of the deep ravine,
And modest ferns drape with emerald
sheen
The carved and splintered faces OF
the crags
Left as memorials, when hill and
plain
Were scourged with torture of a
frey rain,
'Tis passing sweet to muse through
drowsy hours
In the green twilight of the wood
land bowers,
Lit by the gold of the hibiscus
flowers,
And lustrous blooms that from the
rafters swing
Where hidden minstrels of the forest
sing
III
I lie rocks and boulders by the careful
moss
Are prankt with arabesques of ten
der green,
Woven with yellow threads of golden
sheen
And carmine patches, and the waters
toss
To thirsty plants the drops that
drip like dew
From grateful blooms of every shade
and hue.
Far wandering winds in low sweet
whisperings
Steal through the copes, and on pill
fering wings
Bear balmy odours; all the woodland
rings
With elfland music, and all things
rejoice
For every tree and stream has found
a voice.
Thin mists and wells of vapor blot the
sides
OF deep ravines and far unfooted
dell
Where the ohia and orange dwell
And pure and indebted the streamlet
glides
Through tangled underwoods and
dewy meads
Humming its melodies through
quavering reeds,
Or leaps in silver cataracts down the
sleeps
into the purpled shadows of the deeps-
Whorls in shining pools, then calmly
sleeps,
While deep within it lie as in
glass
The shimmering leaves, the blossoms
and the grass.
All day I've lain and listened to the
song,
When soft wind fingers struck the
woodland Tyre,
And birds, and rivers joined the
charmed choir,
Until the shadows of the hills grew
long,
And all the west was streaked with
golden bars,
And shafts of flame ascending to
the stars.
Though this bright vale l never more
may know
Nor see its woods with blossoms all
a-blow
TITS always with me in the after-glow
Of holy memories, where with rap
tured eyes.
l gazed upon this Maui Paradise.
CHARLES H. EWART.
Dalbeattie, Scotland, November, 1897.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-14

London has 1000 fremen, Paris has
], 800, New York has LOO.
The times., 1897-12-26

Dumas ''F eHrrme de Claude anc In ihsen S
"a Dolls House. and reached it fina' 'ly,
amid enthusiastic acclaim from the critics.
in her realization of I homas Hardy s Tess
of the D'UrDeYil' es.'' This is Mrs. Fiskes
most permanent triumph.
ANY analysis OF the play in advance is
impossible: but Lorimer Stoddard, who has
adapted IIardy's novel for Mrs. Fiske's dse,
is credited with having performed his hard
task with S.nsusai asi;oltness. " ass
d UrbeVilles' is one OF the noteworthy
novels OF this decade, and il cannot help
making an ctrrossnE play. Such Changes
in the story as the conventions of the stage
demanded are said to he in ccord with the
spirit and treatment OF Hardy. For aN
ample, the chief deviation from the Iovei
is in the way in which Tess confesS's TO
Angel Clare her betrayal by Alec d Irbc-
Vile. In the play Tess is said Ia make this
disclosure to Angel in a letter, which she
leaves with rose ON the window sill OF
Angels Cottage. The letter is stolen, and
Tess becomes the wife OF Angel, conf
dent that ngel knows all and has forgi"en
her The crisis of the play is reached in
the scene after the wedding, where Tess
learns for the first time that Angel is ig-
norant of Ter unfortunate past. Mrs.
Fiske's acting in the confession scene has
been praised by men of such diverse critical
views as William Dean How ellis md Robert.
Incersull as the most intense known TO
modern drama.
The times., 1897-12-26

This week stands out boldly as one of
the very strongest of the season. In Mrs.
Fiske we have the reputedly greatest living
American actress and the Lorimer Stoddard
play. Tess Of the D'UrbervilIes," which
has been critically approved as dramatic
achievement worthy of her VIII Gillette
is well know as a gifted actor OF versa
tility, extending from broad farce to
impressive beroiSm, and hs secret
Service" in which he will appear at the
Lafa yettc.has received the apprUbation
not unl yof An crican audiences and critics,
but II fs the first American play which
has received unstinted praise from Lon
don. Fanny Davenport returns with Ter
sumptuouS Sardou productions and will
present La 1osca, Fedora and Gle
opatra at the National Here are three OF
the strongest attractions the American
stage presents The Columbia continues the
Passion Play pictures. The Academy has
a popular melUdrama in Humanity"
Kernan's patrons always enjoy the Irish
fun OF the Russell Brothers, and the Bijou
promises a bill iu line with recent offer
tngs
The times., 1897-12-26

that nothing which they do will be ac-
cepted unless 1T is good.
tits pleasant, Therefore, 80 encounter -low
and then writer who assumes tn his
failure is because what he has written is
not what is wanted, and that his success
viii come when he has earned it. Mr.. Gil
lette, Who n.odestly bears the honors which
''Se cret Service and other successes
have brought to him; has had his failures
but he did not vent impotent rage upon |, he
public which did not support his mist axes.
He gave ur the mistakes and tried some
thing else.
William Gillette is native OF Hart
ford Soon after he left college he
played q part in The GiIded Age in
John t RaYInond's company. He spent
two seasons at McCauley's theaters in
Cincinnati and Louisville, and received
the usual travelling experience of all
actors. He had been for a long time
writing play, which he called The Pro-
fessor" 1t was in one act at first, but
it was extended and elaborated TIL it
became full-sized play. 1t was pro
duced at the Madison Square Theater in
New York, and had long run. While
The Professor" was on the stage Mfr
Gillette aud Mrs. Frances Hodgson Bur
nett wrote .'EsTneralda," which had an
other long run at the same house.
Wher MFR. Gillette prepared an ada p,a.
tion from der Bibnothekar'' and called it
THE Private Secretary, there was another
version called ''Nunky' in course of con
struction for the Madison Square Theater
Mr.. Gillette's version was to be played at
the unhappy house, which has since been
caRed pocksta ders. Hermann's, the Gaiauy
and the Savoy. There was raise for the
first production. The two plays wore
finally set down for the same night and
Mr.. Gillette got his curtain up half al no 1r
before the other house and claimed the
victory. In the end the two versions were
blended ard made into one, which as
since been used whenever the play has
been presented in this country. ..Nunky.
was played in foston at the Museum in
September, 1884. There was another
success III ''Reld by the Enemy" "A Legal
Wreck, = which was played at the Madison
Square. and stage version of H. Rider
Haggard's She" We're plays of a period
p Infie later than that. Then he ma Ie
The times., 1897-12-26

The Lyndsay course OF high-elass enter
tainInents at popular prices are meeting
with decided favor with the amusement
loving public. and they offer a spIenuId
attraction for next Friday evening at
Central Hall. The program on this occas-
ion Will be the talented Brown University
Glee, Banjo, Mandolin. and Guitar Club.
This organization is well and fayora bIy
known through the country. and no doubt
large audience will greet these merry
troubadors. The course consists of fen
carefully selected companies, under TIE
personal direction of Miss T. L. Lyndsa v
Mr.. j. A. Graft is the resident ma nager of
this enterprise, and the list of attractions
to follow include Alexander Black in his
new picture play entitled, THE American
Girl the Mozart symphony Compa ny, j ohm
Thomas Concert Company, New York
Philharmonic Club, Boston TempIe Male
Quartet, Kellogg Bird Carnival and CONCERT
Company, Robert Harper's illustrated
lecture. and the Welsh prize singers. with
sig. A Liberati, the worlds grea atestcornet
yirtuoSO.
The times., 1897-12-26

of q character that readily appeals sue
cessfully to the popular heart. English
country life, with its quiet loves and
romances, always charms in fiterao Ire
or on the stage when wen interpreted; end
tales of adventure, OF war, battle, hair
breadth ESCAPES, and soldierly daring, COLI
InaGd the attention of old and young of 10: n
sexes. regardless OF where the scene nap
pens to be laid. Manager Brady, it is
this beautiful story iii the garb most :'p-
proved yucdern dramatic art.
1t il 4 story OF a loving, patient and
trusting woman, u faithful lover and -sal-
liant soldier under the fire Of false ac-
cusation and tine rain of shot and shell.
having serious trouble time and aG1in
since the playwright grouped the Incl
dents and situations in tbis play. Tue
whole civilized world has had its eyes
turned that way and upon dOings more
strange ard consequential than anything
suggest ed by Mr.. Vanc. But recent ey ents
give these mimic batties between Eng
lishmeu tnd Bocrs on the stage an inter
est new er contemplated by the author. The
play viii be given with the complete seen
cry and mechanical effects as used dur
ing its long runs at New York Boston
and Philadelphia, Boston being the home
of its original production, and the cast
Of the principal members is tie same now
as thcfl.
The times., 1897-12-26

Frenchmans hatred Of the German
nation had a recent humorous exposition
in New Orleans Otis Skinner has just
been filling an engagement there, and
the leader of the orchestra at
the theatcr where he played is
an intensely patriotic French Creole,
who loatiIes the Teuton. All the music
in prince Rudolph Mr. Skinner's new
play is taken from old German songs
the final curtain being run down To tie
strains of 'Die Wacht Am Rhein.
About this Incidental music Mr.. Skinner
is something of a crank, and iaring The
week lie had had several passa ges ut a. ms
with the leader OF the orchestra. There
were II any uttcrings on the part or the
musician: he had been overheard vowmg
vengeance. Saturday night came, and as
he picked up his baton for the last act, a
diahuIicai GIeam shot from the len 'et S
Swapping black eyes. Something was
evidently in the wind. All went well
however, and he never was late at "A cue,
nor die Anything but attend strictly TO
business. The last scene OF the play was
on. The FRINGE and Princess were Ie-
united. and the Princess cousin had en-
tered to sa Y that the Kingdom had been
saved.
Far away in the distance could lie
heard the sound of martial music. Very,
very softly did il steal upon the ears OF the
auditors tien suddenly all was silent
The little man in the chair gave couple
OF quick beats, and then there burst upon
the astonished Skinner and his company
the strains cf . triumphant march. but not
the Watch on the Rhine. The German
army marched to victory with its band
playing the ''Marseilla iSe' 1t was the
vengeance o! the leader.
The times., 1897-12-26

To thar portion of the theatcrgoing com
munity WHO stili retain some appreciation
for good plays and good acting the an
nouncem eut OF Mrs. Fiske's appearance
here this week iffy Tess of the - Tribe
yilles' lS sure to eXritc p!easurable an
ticipatiua. Mrs. fiske il one OF the most
sincere and brilliant actresses on the stage
today, and Tess Of the nUrbeyilles''
created mere comment than any other
play produced in New York las sea son
Mrs. Fiske's engagement here Will be
played at the Grand opera House. Mrs.
Fiske has refused TO appear at any heater
operated by the Theatrical Syndicate. and
so, like Francis Wilson, she comes TO n
theatei oIdina rily devoted 10 popular priced
attractions.
For many years Mrs. FisKe las been
The times., 1897-12-26

conspicuous figure in the history Of the
stage OF this country. Since babyanod,
when she played the gypsy boy to Char
iotte Cushman's Meg Merrilies, at her
fathers theater in New Orleans, Mrs.
Ftske has heen a favorite with the PUBLIC
AS Minnie Madden she was known ana
liked IN wide range Of eXacting roles
OF the miscellaneous experiments OF her
early career, She is still remembered as
delightful comedienne in plays OF iriFo-
Ious veil Caprice, . In Spite OF 4lf'
and "Featherbra I'm Among the actors
who appeared with her in those expert
mental ventures were Richard Man sfield,
Ell. Sothern. Wilton Lacka ye and William
The times., 1897-12-26

Mana ger Kernan's attraction at the
Lyceun this week viii De the kusstf.
Bros Comedians. Every name on the
program commands prominent place
in the TaTiety world. The company :
headed by those clever neutrality-suspicious.
the Russell Brothers, as the Irish seryab.
girls. Other names appearing on the
program aIe Nestor and Bennett the ele =
tric demonstrators Caron and Herbert
the aciobatic marvels; Montgomery aua
Stone, singing and dancing comedians
Lizzie L. Raymond in a budget OF ne !.
and catchy songs; Staley and Birbeck
the expert musical artists; the Dillo.
Brothers, authors and singers of pOpulal
parod;es, and the Fremonts, comedy sketch
artists.
The times., 1897-12-26

Certain American play writers haze hit
terly complained because the public did not
support their efforts. The reason given why
the public should support them was ;hat
the authors were american. BUTT would he
as dcplorable as il would be astonishing
if til. public should suddenly take TO sup
porting bad plays because they are Ain.ri-
can. No country ever thrOye artStically ur
Financially by building wall around Itself.
The way TO stimulate the writing OF good
American plays is 30 convince the writer's
The times., 1897-12-26

Troja is the headline of the Bijou's this
weeks biz. Tie management has Ger
taiBly II abe a ten-strike In securing the
first appearance OF the famous Uea ICy-
For the past five years she has been the
hit" of the vaudeviIieS OF New York anu
Boston. She will make her bow ut To-
mOrrow's matinee and Will undoubtedly
be drawing card in her peculiar sonls
and sa yings. Along on the bill Will sIso
appear the welI-known Handicap Trio,
with their comedy sketch of eccentricitl,,s
songs and dances, Messrs. Hayes and
Bandy. Two comedians of particular note.
the IIOlbrO0ks, musical artists; Billy Laclese
and Annie Raymond, depicting negro III e
in the South; Miss Amy Nelson. singing anu
dancing soubrette; Miss Nellie Walters.
Irish vocalist and Comedienne. and severai
other spccialties. The management has
added to- the theater au orch estra of niie
pieces, uLder John Il. Mcdonald Ths
announcement is made that during the
Troia cnga cement the box seats viii be
placed a t 81 a Sc at.
The times., 1897-12-26

For some time the ques ton of the ,beat.
ricai combine, which calls itself svndi
cate and which its enemies call 4. rr,,,ot
has baen the object of attack from ver;ous
quarters. The Dramati Mirror led the anti.
trust forces, the New York World IN; ,.d
later and scattered over the country ,ra
number OF papers which have free,v
given expression to their views on tbs NAT
uer' 10 an oi which the combine has re-
phea hothihg' except through the Philas,al-
Phia parties' 10 demand of newsstands sell
Ing theater tickets that they keep the Mir
ror OF their stands, or else be cut off from
uckets. Their silence suggested a speedy
ending to the battle 81 far as the ,oj.
unns of the press were concerned. FIR tho
dramatic writer's could not go on foiaSer
saying the same things over again. Tbev
had said Just about all they had to. ana
the combine was on the eve OF rpstf,,I
quiet, when the battle is begun anew hv
an awakening Of the combine IS own forces.
They have broken the silence and are now
replying. A disputant asks nothing better
than a reply. for without back talk there
can be no dispute. So instead of roresee-
ing an end tc the journalistic pyrotech:lics
OF one side we may believe now that both
sides are stirred Up. and the war will go
merrily on
The gentlemen Of the combine seem to
believe that The Times is arra yed against
it, and has requested that retraction be
made OF what was recently said. These
columns have so far been given to nothing
more than a statement of what the writer
lad every reason to believe was the truth
1t is mistake to believe that wilIful
prejudice or any splenetic feeling die
tated anything which has been written.
Each side is welcome to hearing and, at
the request OF Nixon & Zimmerman men,
bers OF the combine, a quotation from an
interview from their office is cheerfuliy
published.
''Ail OF this talk of trust, in the sense
in which that term has been used. is sheer
nonsense. We have no monopoly of the
amusement business in this country, and
The times., 1897-12-26

Faversham. all OF whom have since IT
tatued pr0rniieDc
It was evident from the first that Mrs.
Fiske Possessed the fluid or cuctile tenn
peramrnt which makes your all 20 md
actress your Duse. your Rejane. Dim
Bouoicault was among those whorocogn!zed
her latent ia lert for more pretsntious wnr. k
And SO. after a brief retirement from the
stage. Mrs. Fiske approached the proper
goal In DaudAt's IL Nantau-A.-' tn
The times., 1897-12-26

Do you know that you can have
The Morning, Evening and SunI, 7
Times the only COMPLETE news
paper published in Washington
served TO you by carrier for fifty
cents Il month?
The times., 1897-12-26

Cincinnati has new stock company dow
a week old. This is OF interest here. be-
cause Edythe Chapman, of the National
Stock of tSeo years ago, and Grace Scott,
of last summers Columbia Stock, are lead
ing me mbers.
The times., 1897-12-26

No one who saw her First performance
at least that particular first perform
ance'' which she gave us-wouid peiieVe
that it ha ever been used before or thitt
she was anything else but a debutan;e OF
the most primitive caliber.
The times., 1897-12-26

Fresh from its years success In man
Of the OTHER large cities, II. a. Du Souchet
comedy. My Friend From India, y in whit
the Sfnyth and Rice Comedy Conpa ny hav
achieved So much fame. Is announced fo.
return to Washington and production a
the Co 'umbia Theater the week Of Januar
B. Even theosnphists must laugh at thu
fun gotten out of the curious application
OF their doctrine in the social aspirations
Of a wealthy Kansas City pork packer
family in New York.
The times., 1897-12-26

When William II Crane opened his sea
son in SaH Francisco lie presented a COS
tune Comedy called A Virginia Cont.
ship, which treated OF life i'll the SoutL
at a time when there was much Romance
and poetry in the young republic, wh Ii
work was Considered degrading, when mei
Thought mere of honor than all else, ant.
when the pleasures or the hour were FIR
nished by the minuet, the chase and the
heavilv-laGen dining-table. The play is
said to have scored heavily in all tn,
cities il which the actor has presentet.
it. For three weeks the play was given
in Chicact, when it established recOfC
for big business which it VIII be hard q,
beat. He Comes To the National LcXt
week.
The times., 1897-12-26

Humanity" is the comprehensive title
OF Sutton vsne's great play, which is to
be presented at the Academy this week.
There is considerable Of humanity in il Ind
The times., 1897-12-26

Mr.. Richard Mansfield's annual eli
Gagements in this city are always matte
OF great interest. and the announcement.
Of his early coming TO the Lafayette sqUaI,
Opera House for an engagement 5f on
week only, commencingon Monday. Januai
3, VIII be hailed with great pleasure. Th
repertory for the week win be a. follows
Monday, Tuesday, Friday evenings, ana
Saturday matinee, The Devils Disciple.
Wednesday matinee, Prince Karl" Wen
nesday evening, "A Partisan Romance.
Thursday evening. Beau Brummeu:'' sat
urday evening. DIR. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. >
The sale Of seats opens at the box offic
on Thursday morning.
The times., 1897-12-26

1t will be remembered that during the
recent engag ementS Of aShore Acres
here Mr.. Herne made a gala occasion of
the debut Of his daughter, Julie. Men
tioning this pleasant event to a player
who was in Pittsburg within the month,
he was surprised to learn that Miss Herne
also made her debut In Pittsburg the
Thursday preceding the arrival of the ;oln-
pany here. This might he exasperating,
but it is OILY amusing. In fact, the
originality of this procedure, carried out
in logical sequence and there is no rea-
son TO believe that a logical gentleman
like Mr. Herne would not carry it out
presents scheme OF astonishing loveli-
ness Hitherto we have been treated to
the spectacle OF maturing actors pere-
grinating about and booming farewell
appearances
But the attracfyeness Of this bait has
worn off. MIR. Herne knows it, SO he plans
at.tlebut" tour, and, with as much trumpet
blasting and the atrical eclat as he can sum-
mon, he gives his daughter a brand. new,
hitherto-unused debut every week. Mr..
Herne is fortunate In having conspirator
in this little game as ingenuously ignorant
Of dramatic art as Miss Julie. for she car
ries out the debutante idea to perfection.
The times., 1897-12-26

Should be read daily, as changes may
occur al any time.
FJHEIuN MALLS are forwarded To
tne ports or sailing daily, nd the schedule
OF GhJSinSS Is arranged on the presumption
OItnria diiIntefrd pJeu overland TRANSIT. For
the week ending January l 1898, tile last
connecting closes viii De made at this
Office a. follows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-02

method Of the tbeologians was, hrst 70 sssA'. "'
un,crintura a scientific postulate which seemed 10
run counter to their Interpretation OF tho b'o'o
The next step was TO Ignore It, Ineh was w
u. "a % no NJ no Importance anyhow. Next mn
attempt vns made to show that II had not been OIL
cielly condemned by the Church. And IN some
cases still another step was taken, and II was as
serted that the Church had held the view IN ques-
ton all along and that the men who first pro-
pounded Il were prosecuted for other reasons
While such a course is not entirely candid, IL H.
perhaps too much 10 expect any other. human
nature being what 1t Is. The method by which the
Church has reached the point of view of science Is
after all not so important as the fact that 1t has
actually accepted as true n great body OF facts
which its chosen Spokesman once opposed as I'M
scriptura and false. II is sure augury that the
Same thing will happen IN any other difference OF
opinion that may arise between theology and sci
cnce But though science may be the seeming VIC
tor In such contests. tho real victor Will be re-
gion.