The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-01
PICTURES
FROM POEMS
The Dreams of Fair
Women In
Life.

Pictured scenes of long ago, dreams
of loveliness and life. made to stand
out beneath the high lights of the stage.
dear old poet of red blood and the good
things of living. all combined TO make
the pictures presented by the Kilohana
Art League last evening at Progress
Hail more than acceptable to a large
audience. and how well they were APP
preciated 'tssttfe1 by the applause
which greeted the tableaux and their
accompaniment.
Upon a stage limited by blossoms and
greens, adorned by draperies and back
ed by a picture of a Persian garden.
with flowers and a white tower, there
were shown a number of representa-
lions of scenes which live in history
and fancy. The pictures brought out
some of the loveliest of women and
manifest OF men. and through all there
ran a series of songs and an accom-
paniment by Fl. Nacfariane, which
gave color to the whole. The pictures,
due in the main to the work of Mrs.
Bird and Artist Wores. were most sue
cessful, and the singing of Mrs. Annis
/ Montague Turner, who rendered the
i Flower Song from Faust, and several
of the descriptive lines to the Persian
scenes, of Arthur Wall, and the recita-
| tions of DIR. Humphris added much to
the completeness of the evenings en-
! tertainment.
4 The opening pictures. the Seasons,
gave q taste of the perfection of por-
trayal to follow. Dainty Spring, the
| awakening of the year, showed Miss
| ,v.A oh
IN. faintest shades, looking for the COM
| ing of the new life, which took fuller
perfection in the deeper draperieS OF
! Summer represented by Mrs. Brock,
Mig Cunha and Miss Giffard. Autumn.
| 18th ripper beauty, and winter, cold. and
Z white, showed in varying poses Mrs. s.
E. Damon, Mrs. Humphris and Miss
| bishop, and the cycle was ended.
| Mrs. Mott-Smith Bird and Mr.. Tarn
McGrew, in the Pygmalion and Galatea
| tableaux, the sculptor and the statue.
and the coming to life of the marble
beauty, combined grace Of pose with
clear conception. Miss widdifield as
Marguerite, at the wheel and standing
(, looking into the future, brought out
the brightest spots of the Faust legend.
Four fair women in truth were there
in the living of Tennyson's Dream. Mrs.
Bird as Helen, the Grecian maiden,
Mrs. Damon as Rosamond, Miss Cunha
las Cleopatra and Miss Giffard as the
daughter of Jephtha, with tambourine
and flowers, made quartet which was
worthy the place. Miss Scott as Ophe-
liza, the flowers in her hair. and about
her, lived the part, and as Esmeralda
Mrs, Humphris. with mandolin, dis
played wonderful conception, perfect
pose and delicate beauty.
Scenes in a Persian Garden. pictures
shown before the backdrop of flowers
and fruits, showed Mrs. Arthur Brown.
Mrs. A. G.. Halves and Miss Cunha,
Mr.. C. G. Potter, Mr.. A. G. Halves, Mr..
Gerrit Wilder and Mr. Irvine, in a Sc
ries of pictures which brought out the
meaning of the couplets of Omar. The
music which was used in accompani-
rnent was that which served the same
purpose during the representations in
the East, and it was to be regretted
that the recitative was done without
shading or appreciation of the feeling;
that the words of the dreamer were
voiced as in monotone, the deeper
meaning lost.
Eleven scenes there We're, each posed
with effect and portrayed with appre-
citation of meaning. Perhaps the most
effective was the tenth, where the An
gel of Death offered his Cup. Miss
Cunha and Mr.. Wilder as the contem |
plative ones. showing true artistic \
strength in pose. Mrs. Brown, amid |
the roses red, showed as well excellent |
judgment. and the effect was height
ened by her dark beauty amid the high
ly colored surroundings. Az well the
familiar Book of Verses Underneath 1
the Bough." done by Mrs. Halves and
Mr.. Wilder. was truly effective m It's
pose, the entire series being one OF the
very best things done here.
The hall was filed. and every one
appeared to be more than pleased with
the pictures. the only drawback being
the footing of a practicing band in too
close proximity to the hall.