The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-11-13
ALL THE COMFORTS
Of HOME At
ORPHEUM
RICHARD BUTLER AND HIS COM
PANY WILL PRESENT GILLETTE
COMEDY TONIGHT.

Laugh and the world laughs with
you will be the motto of the Butler
players tonight at the Orpheum when |
they will appear in that jolly farce
'All the Comforts of Home"
This is one of the best mirth pro-
ducers on the stage today. 1t has all
the vivacity of it's French origin. Bub-
bling mirth, effervescent humor, de-
lightful comedy and ludricious situa-
in brief is the bill tonight
It's a dramatic cocktail" said Mr..
BUTLER last evening
mo it's a glass of champagne-it
sparkles So" said Manager Cohen af-
ter watching the rehearsal.
"Then it must be extra dry" put in
Tom Lowell the joker of the company.
But seriously-if a farce can be treat
ed seriouslyl-"All the Comforts of
Home" is a series of amusing episodes
skillfully treaded together by the
masterhand of that master dramatist,
William Gillette.
1t is a continual laugh and a hurrah
from start to finish. There is not a
duh or languid moment in the entire
piece. 1t simply bubbles with fun.
The entire company will appear to-
night and amply demonstrate its YER
satility and prove it's capacity for the
manufacture of merriment.. The bill
for Wednesday and Thursday night is
THE Three Musketeers" a romantic
classic dealing with the intrigues of the
French Court and the melo-drama THE
Man of Mystery" will close the week.
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preferred to take his chance ashore i'm
mediately upon fetching land, and the
boats crew spent the night on the
beach previous to being picked up by
Captain Svensen in the morning.
Great anxiety was felt owing to the
third boat, in charge Of tn esecond Off
Ger, Mr.. Griffen, not having put in an
appearance, and the general opinion
was that she had foundered during the
heavy blow on the first night after leav-
irg the vessel, but on Sunday, Septem-
Der TO- these doubts and fears were re-
moved by the appearance of the boat
and crew intact.
Mr.. Griffen tells the tale of their
hardships as follows: Upon leaving
the vessel we kept company with the
other boats until about p. m. the first
night, but from then until the time
landed at Gavutu l did not see either
of the boats again. The first night was
a terrible one for the boats, owing to
the extremely heavy weather, but on
Sunday morning | was able to carry
sail, and steered a course N.N.E. We
had a fair wind that day, and made
comparatively good progress right up
to the time we made San Cristoval,
Solomon Islands.
I'VE sighted land on Thursday after
noon, after having been five days in
the boat, and we hove to for the night,
making Star Point next morning, where
the men rested for the day. We saw
some natives, but they ran away. That
night, in view of the evident proximity
of natives, l concluded that it was not
safe to stay ashore, so we pulled off the
beach and anchored until morning.
ION the next day we made said down
the coast, to try if we could meet
friendly natives, so that we could make
inquiries. We passed several villages,
but the attitude of the people was
threatening, and it was not safe to land
About p. M, however, the weather be-
came so heavy that we were forced to
look for a harbor, and ran into a place
named Newipsy Pass.
THE natives here who looked very
savage, surrounded the boat, and pulled
her up on the beach. We found one
man who could speak a little English
and he informed us that the nearest
white man was many days away
meaning long distance). They gave
us shelter for the night, and helped to
unload the boat at the same time steal
ing everything small that they could
lay their hands upon, and we were fore
ed to allow them to do so, and we had
no firearms to protect ourselves should
any trouble arise.
After remaining at this place fol-
three days, we put off in the boat to try
and fetch Santa Anna, some 50 miles
to windward, but we found it impossi-
BILE to get there. Two of the strongest
of the crew then volunteered to carry a
letter overland, but after two days in
the bush they returned in an exhausted
condition, without having reached theil
destination.
On Tuesday afternoon we learnt with
alarm that the ex-chief whose house
we occupied, had died, and our pres.
ence was supposed to have killed him
The natives at once refused to supply
us with any more yams, and we could
see that We would have to watch them
very closely.
That night our hut was filled with
natives, who We're armed, and 1 was
quietly informed by the chiefs son, If
very broken English, that / had better
go away as soon as possible, that the
bushmen were coming down to attach
us. Towards morning we found that
they had stripped the boat Of all small
| fittings, and at 4:S0 a. m. we launched
the boat and left there.
About a. m. we sighted a schooner
about six miles ahead of us, and made
for her with all sail. She soon went
into an anchorage, and we went along
side We found it was the trading
schooner Aola, and We were generously