The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-06
Col. Thompson Of
Boston Lyrics
Talks.
TELLS MONTANANS
OF THE ISLANDS
hackmen Charge Sixteen Dollars
For Drives After One
in the Morning.

ANACONDA. Montana. Aug io.-The
says.
AZ the head OF the boston Lyric Opera
company. which opens tonight at the
irand opera house. n Colonel W. a.
Thompson. The colonel has soJourned
under nearly every flag upon the globe
In his time. and rs years spent In the
of theatrical attractions
have given him experiences such as sell
iom fall 20 the lot of the average mortal.
this rolling stone of the
theatrical profession relates his exper-
ionces as "a globe trotter, and when he
does the story Is fully as entertaining
M are the performances given by the ,
big opera company that he has undertaken !
10 pilot around the world. Yesterday I
Colonel Thompson put the finishing
touches 20 the work preparatory To open b.
ing here. and under the influence OF
good cigar and the prospect OF big busi-
ness IN Butte he told the Standard OF his
trip TO the Hawaiian Islands year ago
you can put me down." said he. "as
the man who has lived 15 week I'm the
finest country on the globe. The exper-
isncc dates back 20 october Of last year
and the place IL Hawaii. our new possess
sion in the Pacific seas. This Island II the
sem % the ocean and the home OF the fin-
est people I ever met In all my life We
maiSlng around the world. We win ar
rive there about year from now. and
we are all looking forward TO that time
with an kinds Of pleasure.
HAD TO SEE THEM.
"Our last trip really began ut 81. Paul
We lsft there August 10 OF last year and
arrived In Butte for n weeks engagement
september a. We intended going TO Ho-
noiuiu when We started. but when I got
90 Portland I received word from my
agent who had gone on ahead. that the
advance sale OF seats hardly amounted to
anything. The people there had been i'm
posed upon a few times. you see. and they
we're skeptical. lacy couldn't believe that
forty-ono people we're coming and they
refused 90 invest In the season tickets.
FINALLY I decided TO 20 anyhow, and we
sailed from San Francisco October i6 and
steamed into the harbor at Honolulu
seven days later.
'"rhere are few sights that will llnger
longer In our memories than the spec
tacle that spread out before us as the
Australia steamed into the harbor that
October morning. The sea and sky made
I "a perfect blending of color at the horizon
line aud the setting OF the shore scenes
was simply grand Spicy odors blew out
90 the ship. and N live a thousand years
I never expect To look upon more invit-
ing prospect. 10 looked rs N nature had
set tho stage for her graudest opera.
"A delegation Of native boys swan out
20 meet us. The Kids could swim Ike
ast and they dove for nickeis We threw
to them. There's coral reef stretchins z
around the harbor and inside Of this the
sharks never come and the bathing is as
good on New Years day as at any other
time 90 the year. We tried u Christmas
. land New Years and II was like mid
SUMMER here al home.
BEAUTIFUL HONOLULU.
"whon we landed the advance sale of
seats was nothing to brug - IL only
amounted To- $500. but the following day
90 Jumped 10 5000. and during our stay
there We took in S5t.OoO. Never do ] ex'
. pcct to hear ot greater success than
we scored during our stay IN Honolulu
We came To- stay for four weeks and stay
"a nftccn During this time we played
twelve weeks and produced thirty-si'
ousrar The splendid opera house Wa
packed at every performance and we wer,
q aiycu "a bin OF sale of the town. Moth
: lng was too good for us and the hos
\ pitnilty Of those people gave "a new neon
y lug OBJ good fellowship.
. "t really believe Honolulu 90 De The mos
/, prosperous community IN the world.
you cnu imagine "a place whore nature
b. has done all that can be done 90 pro
vide sccnic dovoiincss and add 90 this
|rNNnNN MUu WfNilnN lnNNlAAlou YOU WI
? have some idea OF the place. I neve
saw a place where money was so plentiful
- Everybody has a. There is no such
]. thlnr as n bcgEar IN Honolulu and IN
!. word hobo has never reached the Islands
- Everybody has work ard wages are high
or than any other place In tho world
We charged s. admission and the hacl
fare cost more than the tickets To Civ
- YOU some Idea of the wages there let m
say that YOU pay 50 for n hack 90 an
from the theatcr. and n you return afte
N O'Clock the fare a. doubled. and N so
are out after o'clock the fare II double
again. Union labor could get n few point
= ers from the hackmen In Honolulu. Ther
!. IL no danger OF those people coming her
. 10 take anybody's Job.
I, OPERA HOUSE a GEM.
"The opera house seats 1900 people an
/, ts n perfect gem. 10 ~ owned by w I
. Irwin. an American. who made prince
n iv fortune there and is a. princcly as n
lt wealth. lie sent TO San Francisco for N
10 architects who built the little player
,r palace. 10 Is situated right opposite a
10 paiaco of the kings and a. surrounded I
In royat palms. These trees are cOver'
ts with n gold gliding that makes the
things % wonderful beauty.
"a learned something about handlif
Iaudiences when 7 was In Honolulu. "
"a see. there they come 90 the. theater
IN carriages. After the audience Is seat'
On The ushers check of the seats and n
he range tho carriages outside the doors g
DO. acty me- the seats are occupied inside,