The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-07-19
WAS A SUCCESS
Concert at Y. M. G. A.
Hall Saturday Night.
REGULATIONS and Music by Anna
teurS Would Stand
Repeating.

The hall of the Y. NJ. c. a. was
crowded on Saturday night by an audi
ence of persons interested in music.
The occasion was a concert for the
benefit of the school publication,
known as "Hawaii's Young People"
The program was varied one, and
contained the names of a number Of
well-known amateurs and a few who
were comparative strangers to most
in the hall.
AS a rule. entertainments by anna
tours are slow and unsatisfactory, but
this was a delightful exception to the
rule, for there was not a slow or unin>
teresting number on the program.
There was but one disappointment
that in the case of Professor Yarndley
whose health would not permit him
TO attend.
Miss Gertz, the young pianiste,
played the Polish Dance" by Schar-
wanka, with that grace for which she
is rapidly becoming noted. She has an
exquisite touch, and her method is
graceful. She received quite an ova-
ton on retiring J. B. Alexander sang
''The Two Grenadiers" very acceptably,
and was pleasing in his rendition.
A very pretty bit was the recitation,
Miss Edith Helps Things Along" by
Miss Stella Love. This young lady is a
pupil of Mr.. Helm, and is doing re-
markedly well. Her selection was one
in which her dramatic powers were
given ample scope.
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ion of Saint Cecilia with violin obli-
cato by Mrs. Kate McGrew Cooper,
with such beautiful effect that the au-
dience insisted on an encore, for which
she sang a lullaby so sweetly that more
was asked for. This is the first time
Mrs Smith has been heard in public
in Honolulu, and it would be great
disappointment to those who were
present on Saturday to know that they
could not hear her again. Her lullaby
was positively refreshing. Mr.. Rose
Grams Chalk Talk" was very interest
ing, and gave him an opportunity to
explain to his hearers how pictures
are made. His crayon sketches Of
President Dole and Inspector General
Townsend were very clever.
Another debutante in Honolulu was
Miss Mary Whine, a young lady from
the Coast, who whistled so bird-like
that she made the audience forget the
adage, ''Whistling girls and growing
hens" Her success was marked, and
the audience insisted on more, and
she responded with Emmet's Lula
by" Maurice G.. BeckWith, an Island
boy, with brilliant future before him,
sang "The Kings Mere and the "Ital-
ian Boatman's Song" in excellent
style. The compositions were admira-
bly, adapted to Mr.. Beckwith's voice,
and his execution shows careful train
ing.
Mrs. Cooper's accompaniment on the
violin showed that she had lost none
of her cleverness.
Miss Edna Kelley, a granddaughter
of H. M. Whitney, treated the audience
to a sample of her powers as an elo-
cutionist. The selection, "The Sun
DIAL" was full of action, and Miss
Kelley proved herself thorough mis-
tress of the profession, which, it is I'M
derstood, she has adopted. For an en-
core she gave a lullaby in dialect,
which should establish her at once in
the good opinion of Honolulu people.
About midway in the program the
High School Camera Club, under the
direction of Messrs. Hedemann and
Lightfoot, gave a lantern slide exhibit
ton of local and Japanese views
The entertainment was a decided
success, and should bear repetition.