The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-14

MAKE A HIT
Fiddle-de-Dee is Pro
I1ounced an llnquali-
fed Success.

The Dotpourri u dramatic fol-de-
rOls'' under the generic title Of the
American Travesty Stars. provsd last
night when the I'D was taken on. to
be 3 most delightfui combination OF
v himsicaiitiez, good singing. nonsense.
pretty girls with and without skirts.
graceful posturing and lively music.
produced with snap ana vim that
started laughter rree-footsd early In
the evening and thoroughly satisfied
every expectation of un audience that
over-paeked the orpheum
Of course there is no more plot 10
Fiddle de Dee than there is 10 a book
OF Mother Goose ana TO ne ISLANDERS
who have not seen the many plays and
operas which furnished the motives
for many Of the slzits. some of the
latter were hard to grasp. but the
originality and spontaneous fun were
always in evidence ana the audience.
were entirely at the mercy Of the play
ers as far as laughter and hearty
amusement went
Kolb, Dill and Barry Bernard pre-
sented a never ending series Of vital
lied comic. cosored supplement adven-
tures. ard proved 20 be not merely
recorders Of funny sayings and wear
ers OF funny wardrobe but artists who
take their ca1aracserizatiorls, seriously
and round ont their drollery with first
rate acting Kolb. the long, and Dill.
the rotund, how he must have suffered
under that padding. we're irresistibly
funny and never nonotonous and Bar
ny Bernard as Isevirsizs. well Of course
few of Us have seen Daxe Warfeld
and Barry Is good enough for Homo
1ulu even # he is sad 70 be a copyist
OF Dave's methods Barry is the
typical Gsddisher, not he Baxter street
type. bur a genuine American char
from his nose 70 his feet.
his feet. Richard GoodaII.
for the excellent. stage
OF the show. rnade a
Iaughable Irishman With his horrible
burden OF Bride the baboon-faeed-
azaude Amber has taken Honolulu
hearts by storm It seems strange 70
invest singer OF the Lillian Russell
type with the title cute yet thai
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great magnetism and charm and sings
very sweetly but the great impression
that she creates perhaps Is that OF
being jolly good fellow. she takes
The audience right into her confidence
and presto--tney are friends for nfe-
As for winfield Blake. winny. the
lebonaire. the biggest matinee idol the
californian coast has known 1t Is easy
Z, imagine what he wEn look Ike when
= leaves fer Australia-juzt bunch
Il le9s completely surrounded by girls
He and sEaude Amber are both IN
ne. same class as entertainers ard bid
air to BE the most popular favor5tes /
Ionolulu has ever known Miss suther-
and danced herself into high favor
a a veritable yh1riB1na Of May steps
md gauzy Iaces. with All the while
aucy personality that Is very farcin-
ting
The chorus we're good, he costumes
cumming. Mande Anper's gowns are
decidedly Partisan. most becoming 10
heir wearer and are worth siI the
money that vas paid Tor them. no
natter how mneh the amount
OF course the Fgorodora sextette. or
ather its 4raxesty. made an enormous
IL Il practically takes UP the en-
Ire second act and was encored again
nd again.
Altogether the Travestians may be
tyled a complete success and decided
: the best musical attraction ever
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