Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-13
WONDERLAND SHOW
AMUSES CHILDREN.
Amateur Performance at.
Kamehameha Girls
School.
SHOW IS ENJOYED BY
ADULTS AND CHILDREN
Alice, the GryphOn, March Hare'
Halter, Oysters, and Other CharaC-
terS From Popular Nursery
Book.


land" which we're staged yesterday af-
ternoon and evening in the big hall Of
the Kamehameha Girls School were
certainly unique and were enjoyed by
host of the youngest set Of Honolulu.
The amusement was not limited, how
ever, to the childish minds for al.
though the show was specially adapted
SO that the children could easily grasp
the meaning of it. still many OF the
older people who chaperoned the
younger generation showed evident
signs Of hilarity upon seeing the fa-
miliar scenes from the famous nursery
book
AT the rehearsal which took place
In the afternoon at o'clock there was
q goodly crowd present, the youthful
element being especially well repre-
sented. In the evening the audience
was Of a slightly older stage of life. At
both entertainments the fun was i'm
mensely enjoyed. however, and the dra-
matte effect as well as the stage man
agement and especially the costume de.
partment are to be congratulated for
their success.
The show began with a piano duet
rendered by Alice and the Gryphon,
Considering that the Gryphon later on
confessed that music was an extra
which she had never learned the effort
was surprisingly successful
The first scene represented was that
Of the crazy te party" Alice, this part
played by Miss Helen Desha, the Hat
ter with his well known top piece, the
March Hare and the Doermouse were
discovered at the tea table and the well
known dialogue upon time" and other
leading topics Of the day was carried
out. While parts of the dialogue were
bit too deep for the younger element
Of the audience, the grown up people
present enjoyed them and when the
hatter poured tea over the Doormouse
and when finally the HatteE- and the
March Hare with combibl efforts in.
trodUced the Doormouse's fop-piece in
to the tea pot, the younger element
caught on to a man and more enthu.
siastic audience could not have been
found.
The time between acts was pretty
long but just as the interlude was be.
ginning TO get tedious, very pretty
face appeared between the curtains and
warbled Three Blind Mice" in Hawa.
iian. Although probably only one.
third Of those present could understand
the words, the expressive way in which
the song was rendered was as clear as
II the words had been in English.
In the second act the scene repre-,
| scented the sea beach. For the benefit
Of those who had little Imagination
the scenery was labeled This is q
Rock" etc. In front of the rock sal
Alice reading aloud the famous epic
The Walrus and the Carpenter" At
ter she had read the first few verses
these two personages appeared, and {
little later six oysters, which certainly
ought TO be appreciated as their siz,
could beat anything of the kind as YET
seen in this city. II the genial epicu
rean Camarinos had those six oyster!
in his Ice box he would most surely say
II was very touching" After a Will,
the Walrus and the Carpenter did theil
duty and ate the oysters. To spare tn,
feelings Of the audience from witness
Ing this gruesome scene they did 1
behind rock, throwing the poor NOR
tai frames Of those unfortunate oysters
1 an,
really ate them.
In the third act the Mock Turtle, tn,
Gryphon and Alice went through tn,
various performances told Of in Car
rolls book The question which tn,
Gryphon put to Alice, Have you eve
met lobster?" appeared comical. |
Alice has lived in this city for an!
length Of time she must most assured
ly have met several Holsters" TIL,
lobster quadrille was among the act
prepared by the Gryphon and the Noel
| Turtle. The dance was comical anC
would have been eminently successful
had not the Gryphon's wings and tn
Turtles shield interiered with thei
complicated Terpsichorean efforts.
The song treating OF the superior at
fractions Of Beautiful Soup" was no
very melodlous but 1t touched the audi
ence and was consequently well recely
ed. At the end of this act all the char
acters appeared upon the scene an,
made their farewell bow to the audi
ence which greeted them with a de
light which showed that the efforts @
the actors had not been In vain.
Miss Helen Desha played the part @
Alice and played it exceedingly vel
It was impossible, however, to find on
who the pearls were who hid in tn
Oyster shells or whom the other char
acters eartly raiment envelope
as several of these ladies were "hila
hila" on account Of the oddness of thei
costume. The compliments for thei
acting, which was very successful, mus
therefore be given to them in thei