The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-04-28
GAY GIRLS
PLAYED IN
MAN TIRE
CFrom Saturdays Daily.)

Eleven young women furnished amuse-
ment last night as burnt cork artists
In the Y. NJ. c. A, for as many of the
gentler sex as could be crowded into
the nall There was not a man there
at least those In charge of the per-
romance didn't discover one There
! were signs about the entrance, "No
men allowed-no exceptions, and the
male escorts of the hundreds of ladies
who attended were compelled to leave
them at the entrance. But even if the
snow was given entirely by ladies and
| for ladies, 1t was one of the financial
ana histrionic successes of the sea-
son. The hall was not large enough to
seat everybody and the standing room
only sign was hung out early. There
was moment of excitement when
some one near the front row detected
two men, or thought she did, but as
they were very small men of about
eight years, they remained unmolested.
When the chief musician, a venerable
African nanny, walked down the aisle
to the piano the applause was hearty,
and when the curtain went up the ap-
plause was even more generous.
The opening act discovered eleven
young women upon the stage, all wear
ing natty white duck sailor costumes.
They actually wore mems clothes, and
huge sun-flower boutonnieres, and each
wore monocle. The display caught
the fancy of the audience and there
after the stage people had everything
their own way. The interlocutor was
Mrs. DR.. Camp, and the two end
men were Miss Alice Jones and Miss
Edna Kelley, pair of comedians hard
to beat. The chorus was composed of
Misses Marion Dillingham;, Stella Love,
Lillian Bacon, Florence Hall, Jean Lind
say Jeanette Pierce, Charlotte Hall
and Mrs. Pratt. Mrs. j. T. Mcdonald,
attired as a colored nanny, was the
accompanist. The choruses were rem
dered with excellent effect. The cornet
solo by Miss Jones was one of the rich
features of amusement, especially as
Miss Jones Is not an expert with the
instrument. AS to the key she said
she would play it in Kinau, but the
other end man objected and said she
should play it in Kihei Miss Jones re-
piled that was too low. The take off
on the Florodora sextette was present.
ed by Misses Dillingham;, Jones and
Lindsay as the girls in holokus, and
Misses Charlotte Hall and jeanette
Pierce and Mrs. Camp as the gentle
men.
Miss Edna Kelley scored hit with
the solo, Everybody is awfully good
to me, dontcherknow," as she did also
with THE Languid Man" Miss Love
rendered the solo portion of the "Su-
vance River" Miss Lillian Waity sang
the Bamboo Tree" in pickaninny cos
tune; and Misses Jones and Kelley
gave laughable duet a topical hit on
Bob Wilcox. The clog dance by Flor
ence Lyons was heartily applauded.
THE American Girl was sung by
Mrs. c. B. Cooper, who gave the solo
parts in an exquisite manner and the
chorus was rendered by Miss Pierce
as the New York girl, dressed in a
raglan and dragging a plaster-of-p
dog behind her; Marion Dillingham; as
the Boston girl, Charlotte Hall, the
Tilo girl in oilskins, and Jean Lind
say as the Honolulu girl in a holoku.
Miss Alice Jones was the leading
spirit in the production of the minstrel
show writing nearly all of the topical
songs. arranging the skits, and getting
the show to go with a snap from start
to finish. The performance was given
by Y. w. c. a. members in aid of the
n THO fund