The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-17
MONEY FOR
The LEPERS
Their Christmas Will
Be a Merry One.
CONCERT A BIG SUCCESS
Mrs. Walter H ffmann and Wray
Taylor Prove Themselves
Clever Managers.

The event OF Saturday was the enter
tainment at the Hawaiian Opera House
for the benefit Of the Lepars' Merry
Christmas fund, a charitable object
that was inaugurated several years ago
and has gradually increased in success.
This years entertainment was a record
breaker, the receipts running far ahead
or anything expected by the promoters.
Everybody had a hand in it's success,
from the little children who sold flow
ers up to the public who lavished their
money to help swell the fund. The tick
cts were all sold and some were sold
twice over. Thos. Wall, who took
charge of the ticket business, says new !
er since he has had anything to do with
the selling of seats has SO much money
been turned in for sweet charity. the
satin programs sold for as much over
: fifty cents as anyone cared to spare
Several gentlemen. including Prince
David. Mr.. Pau Isenberg. Jr., and Mr..
Staotiahder. bad SIX donars for some
yellow satIn ones to be used for sofa
pinows- One gentleman gave Mrs Has
sOn nve uoiIars Ior oiIe, anu sne sou
SCNtIdt lOT d dpsSCt. -
.-doSI.s na..uSu a. o.~r LOlty uO..aiS
from IiSr saiUs. 1irs. L.ston, ssIrs. rOf-
Ter BUyu, aIiS. A. ii. nI..rpIIy, SIS a d
net Mig ana MISS Waiher most ABLY
assiStcd IL tA.S wOrn, Iuc eA.e.IS se--e
amounting To slsS.
Ine prOara...s we're admired for their
taste a.-u beauty. hArs. Iiasson d-.d
MSS " a.ker u~corated TIE ie.aIphade
sad Witn pain.s, banana ieavrs and
American na5S kiI0Iy loaned by the
Fire department.. Iney also Solicited
lines d4.a sugar. ana the Cana Ice
, Company gave the ice.
DurI1g the evening Mrs. Kitcat, the
NiSS-S W aIker, Luce, Od4i.erou anu JOf-
Gan served the reIresnilg b -Verage, do
i.g rushing business. But now comes
the preJuesI scene. Mrs. Anfis MOI
tague Turner stood under ii bower OF
bfjolC. wnere she was busIly engaged
in asserting bouquets CT the choicest
flowers, on neat little servers debated
by a friend. Her assistants certainly
attracted much attention. They were
besleged with buyers, and could have
sold loub the number they did if they
had had them.
The little Misses Campbell, Howard,
Herbert Anterior and Tenney, Mas
tiers Damon and Herbert may rest as
sured that they materially swelled the
leper fund aad gladdened many poor
heart on Molokai. for by their efforts
/ they hanHed in 10 Mrs. Turner over
, $50 Mrs. 'Chas. u. Cooper during the
afternoon did lots Of work and sod SO
, worth Of programs. To all above men,
, toned, to the Hawaiian Electric Light
|, Company, and those who donated now
1 ers Mrs. Hoffman wishes to express n y
hearty thanks; everyone helped so viii
5 lingjy and generously.
= The ushers and doorkeepers were
2 prompt in their attendance, ard Mr..
Starbrd. the stage manager, positive y
l. ~fss4E
s. p. Taylor. who has charge OF the
} opera house. was also very nice in eV-
: cry way. The management knows or
no debts to pay from the gross amount,
f; which Is over a thousand dollars. Mr9.
Waiter Hoffman is deserving of the ut
!, most credit for the successful manner
= in which she so cieverAy managed the
affair, for il was a brilliant success
= from beginning TO end The pretty
|. theater vas crowded in every part win
! leading society people, and presented q
charming spectacle.
a And now 10 the program. rms was
- under the direction OF Wray Taylor
. who took charge of the stage for the
J. evening. 1t opened with an overture
"Frolic Of the Fairies which was So
!; well played by the Amateur Orchestra
D. led by Mr.. Taylor, that it was Compel
- ed to respond to an enthusiastic en-
core. Mr.. Chas. PrCuty's fine tenol
N voice and singing pieased the audience
" very much and a recall was demanded
4 Mr.. Chas ID. Lufkin is an excellen
o. coruet player, producing very fin
tones; his solo was a great treat. IT,
,: Tuxedo Quartet simply captivated tn
I. large audience and the four gentlemen
- we're called back three times. No fine
- male quartet singing has ever beef
heard in this city. Miss Alice Wood
rs played a movement on the violin from
!, one of De Beriot's concertos. A wei
r come addition to our musical circles i
Mrs. Melvin Vaniman, who possesses a.
a, extremely pleasing soprano voice whicl
" she knows how TO use. An encore wa
~ Insisted upon. The either. in the hand
Of Mr. Samuel Peck. is delightful in
strument. He played a selection from
Faust" which was beautiful. Mrs. FL
in Ia Harrison, another new singer. CAV
IN For All Eternity" in a charming man
m ner, the violin obligato being played b
W Mr.. Jos. Rosen.
is, Mr. Harold Mott-Smith's solo on tn
III cello was one of the most deliShtfJ
s., numbers of the evening. He piaye
magnificently and had to come out an
iIt play a second time. Mrs. Mott-Smit
h., and Miss Hyde officiated most abb
: during the evening as accompanied
c The last number on the program wa
10 a bit Of comedy without rhyme {
reason" by Mrs. Walter Hoffman an
IL, Mr.. J. Lovette Rockwell. 1t certainl
~. was a bit of comedy. and the two ker
,er the entire house convulsed with iaugf
=, ter the whole time they were on tn
10 stage. 1t was n delightful ending to a
excellent program.