The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-19
THE DRAMA At WA|M[A
CoLORED THEsPIANs LATE OF
THE 10TH CAVALRY.
How Clarence and Tom Left Their
Happy Hopkinsville, Kentucky Home
and Achieved Histrionic Honors.

and Achieved Histrionic Honors.
WAIMEA, Hawaii, June Alt was
a great day for Waimea, histrionically,
when Clarence Wickly and Tom Taylor,
late of the 10th Cavalry, u. $. A., came
over the Kohala mountains.
Three years ago both Clarence and
Tom were steamers i'm a tobacco fac
tory at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and
had never experienced even desire to
roam from their own firesdes. But
with the mobilization of troops at Chat
tanooga for the invasion of Cuba, the
10th Cavalry passed through Hopkins
vile.
"Ah nevah had no idea of volunteering
foh q soldier, tell all saw dem tenth
cavalry fellahs," said Tom. when ah
see dem blue coats, wild de yaller in
sides shown out bright, an wanted to
weah one of dem, too, an so ah done
| listed an Wickly done listed too. But
all was mighty soon sorry for it, an
ah wouldn't voluntee' no mob, not If
dey was twenty wahs; no sir not me.
Yes sir 10th Cavalry was up on San
Juan hill, but not me; ah got wounded
in de leg when we was landin from de
ship. So an was sent to de hospital
an nevah saw no fightin' Wickly, he
done got hit bout same time, an he
Messrs. Taylor and WiclIly's further
biography gives glimpses of them with
their regiment at Washington and
various army posts in the states, back
in their old Hopkinsville, Kentucky
home, stemming tobacco; and finally
as two of a party of fifteen whom
Manager Kinds of Hawi speaks of as
my negroes, brought out to work in
the caneflelds of Kohala.
/ Iot mt tIn n rgir n q
force, probably, which has scattered
so much of the lately imported labor,
sent Clarence and Tom over the Ko-
hala mountains to Waimea. Their
cavalry experience with horses recon-
mended them to Manager Fred. w.
Carter of the Parker Ranch, and the
next day they were assistant teamsters
on siX-horse wagons, "hapai-ing' posts
for the long miles of wire fence being
built. So speedily did Clarence and
Tom come into harmony with the gal
looping. in-the- saddle, life of the ranch,
that by the first Sunday after their
advent, they had each bought pair
of spurs, in anticipation of the time
when they should own a horse.
But while cheerful, and, it is said
capable assistant teamsters on ranch
wagons, Clarence and Tom had a truer
vocation. They were natural born
, every evening in rag time song. PLAN
tation melody and buck and wing dan
cling, to the gathering at Koki's store,
and at Bits place in Kawaihae Tues
day nights when the Wamea teamsters
and the star route mail drivers rather
ed there to meet the Kinau. In fact
their stunts" were declared too good
for private performance only, and the
Mauna Kea Dramatic Club decided
OF hoH
thing really good in a histrionic way.
The entertainment was advertised for
last Saturday night at the court house,
by placard in front of kokfs store,
right next to Manager Carriers announ-
cement of the annual horse round up.
1t was to be a good show and prices
were in proportions Reserved seats, one
dollar, general admission fifty cents.
The curtain rose to a packed house.
A minstrel first part with Clarence as
interlocutor and Tom as end man, and
local talent for the chorus. The min
strel first part went fast and furious.
Song followed sde-splitting 'oke to a
Garrison finish of merriment. One of
the sample jokes was that well nurtured
one wherein Tom asks Clarence, IF
you had to die what kind of a cemetery
would you want to be buried in? and
in response to Clarence's curious ques-
ton as to why a Jewish cemetery
should be chosen, Tom says, Because
it's the las, place the devil would come
to look for a Niger
After the minstrel first part came an
olio of songs and dances by Clarence
and Tom that secured recall after re-
call, showers of halves and quarters
from the delighted cowboys in the au-
dience, and almost precipitated trouble
with the police, because deputy sher-
| if undertook to stop the ocular antics