The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-23

'but if you can use it in this little in
terview you are welcome. Now, please
ask me something new; I've said the
same things so many times to the
newspaper representatives"
well, how are your violins?"
Now you have forced me to state
the only grievance 1 have against Ho-
nolulu. The concerts here have been
a delight to me so far as the audiences
were concerned and the local people
who have appeared and socially Mr..
and Mrs. Neumann and many others
have been extremely nice. But the
storm has crippled my faVOrite instru-
ment. My old fStrad,' which cost me
eight hundred guineas and which is
almost my idol, has gone wrong.
cried over it last Saturday in the after
noon and again in the evening. 1t
was like seeing a friend hurt to see
the fStrad' battling against the damp
ness and getting worsted in the con-
test. | mended it myself. There was
no one would trust to the task. l used
glue in patching in the afternoon, but
in the haste of the evening was COM
PEELED to resort to sealing wax to keep
the instrument whole. 1t was pitiful
and exasperating and [ had to give
way to my emotions No one can ap-
preciate under what difficulties l faced
the people last saturday night. /
trembled for fear the old iStrad' would
fail me for the first time. Oh, it would
have been terrible" There was a deep
sigh at the recollection.
You must have quite a lot of cos
tunes and quite group Of trunks,
Miss O'Moore?"
ITO such a general question l can
say yes, but don't ask me for details.
Coming over on the steamer a passen-
gers who is a big wool grower in Aus
tralia asked me about how much it
cost me a year to dress. He was a
Scotchman. l don't know why he put
that question, but l noticed that after
| told him he was a little less friendly
than he had been. Of course for my
concerts and for my social engage
ments / must have a lot OF gowns and
they do cost. In fact my gowns and
present occupied by my mother, re-
quire a good deal Of money. The
number of my trunks l cannot dis
close. Spreading such knowledge would
hardly be a good plan as l view it."
Miss O'Moore is every bit an artist
and dresses richly and with excellent
taste. All her costumes are made in
Paris and from time to time she re-
ceives a new gown from the old estab-
lishment, no matter in what part of the
world she may be touring. Another
thing about Miss OMoore is that she
is a terrific worker One year she was
en- tour for eight months in the Colo
MES and was idle but three or four
evenings of the entire season. Every
day Of her life she rehearses or prac-
tees and often does both 1t is her
sole ambition, she says, to improve
as a violin player. She speaks modest
ly of her musical abilities, but the best
critics Of all countries have ranked her
with the best violinists
The young lady said yesterday that
she hoped to again visit Honolulu. She
would carry from the place the pleas
ATTEST recOllectiOns. Everyone, says
Miss O'Moore, has been pleasant to her.
She spoke glowingly Of the charm of
the ladies she had met at the reception
given in her honor by Mrs Neumann.
Miss O'Moore says she believes that
if she has any special fondness out
side her life study it is for flowers and
the profusion of blossoms in Honolulu
has quite captivated her She carries