The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-20
THE SAILORS
ENTERTAINED
New Orleans Ministries
Delight Full
house.

The All Star Ministries of the L. s
5. New Orleans made distinct hit
last night. Probably nine out of every
ten people who went to the Hawaiian
Opera House expected to see an in
formal and distinctly amateurish per-
Torrance. In this they were agree
ably disappointed. From the first grand
entree until the curtain was rung down
on the last act after repeated encores.
the performance went through without
a hitch. The costumes of the minstreIs
were elaborate and gorgeous, compar-
| ing favorably with anything seen in
| the first class professional companies
| that tour the States. The make ups
were comicaI and there was little to be
| criticised in the acts and jokes
The Opera House was filed with
army and navy people, blue jackets and
Honolulu society when the curtain rose. }
disclosing a semi-circle of chairs. each
bearing a letter, the whole spelling, /,
u. S. F. S. New Orleans" Then the
drum major, gorgeous in a scarlet uni /
form, generously embellished with gold
lace, entered and did fancy stunts with
his baton, while the members of the
company dressed in brown skfrtcoats.
knee breeches and white silk stockings.
entered and took their places The end
men We're dressed in black, the lead
ers, Lew Fuller and Eddie Hethering-
ton, having their costumes spangled
with stars. j. f. Forster the inter
locutor, was costumed in black Prince
Albert, with great silver buttons
The first part of the program consist
ed of vocal selections interspersed with
jokes. The solos ranged from grave
to gay and We're all most pleasingly ,
rendered. 1t was a revelation to most
of the audience that so many finished Z
singers should be found among the
crew of one warship. The jokes between
spasms," as one end man explained, {
were of all characters. Many were To-
cal hits and a good many of the au- T
dience squirmed in their seats under "
the fire of the clever boys in blue. I
Pinkham's pink pills, sonny" Cunha's
size, the customs people, the Young L
Hotel. Berger's band and other local A
celebrities We're properly joshed.
The last number of the first part was G,
solo, The Old Flag Never Touched
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asst verse was being sung a curtain at
he rear of the stage was drawn, re-
7ealing d tableau, The Spirit of 70. s.
This was based on the well known
he old ffer and the drummer boy
marching on the field of battle, while
| dead soldier lies in the foreground. In Ct
he original the figures are in colonial .,
Uniform. but last night they were
hown in the regulation khaki, the col g
II sergeant having his head bound with IS
/ blood stained bandage. When a red b
light was thrown on the group and
he MINISTRIES marched by. saluting the
olors. it was a wonderfully impressive ;,
picture and it was cheered to the echo.
w t. Wrench opened the second c
,art with a really clever piece of col K
red oratory and was followed by OPP p
,erman and Wright, who did novelty
musical act that was perhaps the best r.
Jingle number of the evening. They II
,layed every conceivable sort of an in j
trument from tin can violin to a
,iano Opperman brought down the c
louise by blowing the recall on "
ife and playing violin held over his
cad, between his feet and almost every W
Their place imaginable. This act end n
d with the playing of a selection on Il
bottles of various pitches. =
,yan next did some clever dances and s:
vas followed by the Harmony Four,
'ho sang all sorts of songs in all sorts
f ways. Dickerson and Bright did -
fine fancy dancing act and the en- IL
ertainment closed with a humorous la
ct by Fuller and Hetherington in Ger p
ian costume. the best part of which
as a song. 1T Was the Dutch" end -
lg, Did Berger come from Ireland? O.
10! 1t was the Dutch. NJ
Following was the program of the Ia
vening: % %
PROGRAM-PART I. al
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