The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-19
ANGELS WINGS SING[D
SPECULAToRS IN HOGANS' MIN
STRELS ARE OUT $2,5OO.
Coons Make Good Thing out of Cohen.
Money Went in kilograms and Rail
road Fares.

| Nine disgruntled shareholders COM
| posing the hui of which j. c.. Cohen of
ponent part and which was formed with
| a capital of 81, 500 entrusted to the care
| of dc. Cohen to bring Gown to Hona-
| lulu the only and original Hogan ami
a select company, are bemoaning the
| fact that they trusted the speculation
! the business management of the iniN
presario of the Orpheum.
Cohen" said j. +. Colburn this morn
| ing, who with Prince David invested
$500 in the enterprise, Cohen has made
null of it, as usual" Nanny Phif
| lips, another theatrical speculator, -
not worrying over his $3.50 as ne saye
the agreement with Cohen specifically
stated that the money was to be used
to bring to Honolulu the Hogan Com.
pany and that no mismanagement 0n
the part of Cohen can make the share4
holuers responsible for the loss of the
| money.
A lengthy and apologize letter front
Cohen reached the members of the hut
this morning by the hands of @. 81
Desky in which was stated lengthilE
the brief facts that Hogan himself WAS
in San Francisco playing at the Orr
| pheum, that the company was in NeW
York, that it would take another S2,000
original capital had gone the way OF 81
great many theatrical speculations'
whose management was not entrusted
to a man familiar with the ropes Of the
profession. "a
1t appears that Hogan, who by the
way is lately reported to have bought
a $40 900 house somewhere in the neigh@
borhood of Narragansett Bay, wired to
| Cohen from New York for money with
which to bring out the company. The
I money was sent and then the expensive
feast of telegraphic communication
commenced. Cohen is now the owner of
enough kilograms, all sent Collect" to
| bind up into a good sized volume and
his also several receipts for tickets pur-
| chased for first class coon" performers
| who failed to materialize.
Hogan duly arrived in San Francisco
| minus the company. What excuses he
| made, as to the non-appearance of his
| fellow countrymen and the disposition
| of the money were no doubt voluble and
satisfactory but have not been publicly
given out.
In the meantime Hogan, the man
who was born to blush unseen" was
billed. 40 the San FEaneisco Orpheum
and made a hit being held over for
! another week. Cohen, with the rem
| nants of the capital, endeavored to col
| lect a company from the environs of
| San Francisco and other likely towns
| throughout the country. The word must
have gone forth in Coonville that there
was a good thing" abroad for likely
| artists who needed transportation were
neard from at regular intervals and
more fares and kilograms depleted the
| treasury. The bell hop at the Savoy
was kept busy night and day with the
| yellow envelopes, marked collect, until
| dull, deep despair filled the heart of
! Cohen and he reluctantly gave up the
| fight.
| w. ]. COrnwell, Harry Armitage, M.
| Phillips, Charles Falk, ]. F. Colburn
and Prince David were among the ORR
| ginal signers of the agreement and
| those who honored the draft sent down
| by Cohen from the States. W. Lucas
! and Frank Vida went "cahoots" in
| FaIk's share at the assignee's sale and
contributed 800 towards the gold brick.
! These were attracted by the success of
| the Elleford Company who made
| satisfactory dividend for the hui that
| brought them here. In the meantime
! the Orpheum has been swept and gar
nished in preparation for the crows or
| natives who were expected to be eager
| ly awaiting the arrival of Hogan and
| his dusky brethren.
| Cohen seems to have been more sim
ned against than SHINING, his fault in
deed being that he possessed too many
| of the amiable attributes of the thea
trical ''angel." This is not the first gold
brick that has been handed to the gen.
tleman. After the success of the Bos-
ton Lyrics before the plague, Cohen
was possessed with the idea that opera
was what the Honolulu theater goer
needed and went up to the Coast back
ed by the authority of the then wealthy
Orpheum Company looking for an
| opera company.
There is an unwritten law among the
members of the theatrical profession,
| that no one with money looking for
| theatrical organization of any descrip-
! ton shall be permitted to go a-begging.
! The remnants of the Southwell Opera
| Company minus prima donna, tenor
| and the bulk of the chorus allowed
themselves to be persuaded into accept
| ing big salaries to play summer en-
! gagement in Hawaii
| The experiment cost the Orpheum
| Company several thousand dollars and
practically ended that association as
| far as theatrlcals We're concerned. Ho-
| gan made money at the Orpheum and
! since then many shows of more and
generally less merit have played at the
| house.
Hogan, say the members of the pres
| ent deal will not come to Honolulu
through their efforts they respectfully
| declining to send good money after bad
| despite their heavy percentage in the
| Hogan jackpot.
The opportunity of taking up the
tangled threads of the enterprise is
however open to anyone with the re-
quisite capital and-patience. The Lii
liputians will now not have to suffer by
the competition of another attraction
| at the cheaper priced house and VIII
have the advantage tonight of Sharn's
orchestra, many of whom are excellent
| musicians and will do much to help out
the operate performances.