Evening bulletin., 1897-12-31

An Excellent Stage Program Popular Talent
Appears 10 Best E6st-All About
The Great Affair.


~eie preSea,. All OF the comps.
nies turned out we'll. Also fifty
former members and as many
visitors shared the enjoyment.
Lieut.. Colonel Mcleod, Major
Jones, Major Mccarthy, Capt. W.
G.. Ashley and Capt. Paul Smith
arranged the program and took
cAre Of the big crowd
The main ball was handsomely
decorated with code and national
flags. Two field pieces and stacks
Of small arms set of the stage 10
perfection. The house was near
ly as light as day, the incandes
cent arrangement being assisted
by two powerful arc lamps near
ehch end. Five tables STR tched
the entire length of the hall.
These were presided over by Ser
geant j. w. Chapman and FIVE
walters. A bright bonfire was
kept burning outside during the
evening.
The President and staff and
Minister Cooper arrived at 1866.
As the party entered the band
played "The Republic of Hawai- ="
march. At the center of the mid
die table was the trophy won by
the Regiment baseball team. To
this point the President and party
were conducted and seated. On
either side we're: Colonel Fisher
and staff, field and line officers of
the Regiment, former members of
the Guard and guests. At the first
table sat Companies H and G.; the
second, Companies ID and E;
the fourth, Companies A and f;
the fifth, Companies B and G
The house was full.
Seats were taken at 8 o'clock.
Pork and beans, sandwiches, cold
meats, frankfarters, etc., coffee
and beer we're passed around. The
Hawaiian band played an over
ture, introducing the stage pro
gram.
The first number was a song by
the Regimental quartet. AL.
Moore, Mr.. O'Connor, A. G. Da-
Wis, j. B. Gorman and trio of
accompanies composed this ag
gregation. The solos were by the
first three named. An outburst
of applause was responded to and
couple of choruses presented.
The Nuuanu Mandolin club
appesred in both parts of the
program and on each occasion
was called back three times.
Messrs. Marx, Hedemann, Along
and Halstead were the players
Further along in the evening a
very fine violin solo was given by
Mr.. Marx.
Van ierveer and Marshall of
the Baltimore minstrels made
bit of the evening in their char.
acter duets. They we're forced to
respond twice in the first half and
as many as four times in the last
part Of the program. Mr.. Van
derveer's recitstions, three in all,
brought down the house. !
w. H. Hoogs made great hit
with his tenor solo, "Let me like
loldier die" Uprosrious applause
followed it. The popular vocalist
responded with, "Them you'll re-
member me-" His voice was
clear and particularly pleasing.
Mr.. Turner of the Baltimore
appeared in his character song,
"All coons look alike to me-" The
house went wild over it and beat
the tin cups to smash for a repeti
ton. Turner responded with
bis famous buck and wing dane
ing.
At this juncture number Of
Hawaiian airs were sung by the
band. The curtain was lowered
to prepare for Vierra and Jack
sons Chinese washhouse sketch.
This was introduced with special
features and improvements on
former productions. 1t touched a
popular chord and was twice re.
peated.
Near the close Private Espinda
OF Company II introduced a
genuine Chinese song. The singer
spent ten years OF his life In
China and speaks the language
like any other Mongolian.
Following this number Colonel
Fisher arose and presented the