The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-06-05
STOPPED
THE SHOW
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mob of Japanese outside clamoring for
admission, q mob too big for the police
to handle without danger of creating
panic among the dense crowd inside.
AS the name would indicate, the play
is simply and frankly an attack on
Consul Mkt Safto who represents Japan
here. 1t was advertised among the
Japanese as such but on Saturday High
Sheriff Henry, refused permit for the
show so the movers in the scheme de-
cided to give it free. Hence the huge
crowd. The play will be repeated to-
night when admission viii be charged.
A Japanese play leaves nothing to
the imagination. The first scene of
"The Odious Combination was laid
aboard the S. S. Coptic which is sup
posed to be bringing japanese immi-
grants to Hawaii. The unfortunates
are treated with all sorts of brutality
and incidentally give Iifeli5e limitations
of seasickness over the side of the stage
ship nearest to the audience. Things
reach a climax when a Japanese actor
in red wig, who is supposed to repre-
sent one of the white crew, attempts an
outrage on one of the Japanese women
passengers and is promptly knocked
down by q Japanese student. Cloud
cheers and quick curtain.)
Scene 2 is the consul's office in which
sits a man got up to represent Consul
"Shuto." 1t was explained by a Japa-
nese that "shuto" in Japanese means
corrupt" hence the trip-hammer play
on the similarity to the consuls name.
The consul is discovered soliloquizing
He says that he has made about
enough now out of the poor emigrants
and in a little while he will be suffi
GENTLY rich to return to Japan and live
like nobleman. Enter the japanese
student and poor laborer. Student
explains how his sister has been wrong
ed on board the Coptic and asks the
consul for aid. There is nothing so
far as the consul is concerned. He
tells the student that his sister was
probably no better than she ought to
be, but he does not say it in quite such
nice words. Exit student very much
hu-hu. Laborer tells how he has been
robbed of his savings by the odious
combination between the immigration
company and the Kei Hin bank. Once
more, nothing doing. Consul ShutO
tells the man to get out He gets.
Enter Editor Shoozawa, an actor dress
ed to represent the we'll known head of
the Hawaii Shlnpo. Incidental music
of the ELIZA crossing -the-ice" Variety
Shuto plainly disturbed. Shiozawa de-
nounces Shuto. Loud cheers. Exit
Shiozawa in towering passion, Shuto
looking for the TAN timber when enter
an actor man dressed all-same haole
woman but with Japanese face. This
is supposed 10 be Mrs. Shuto Shuto
tells her that Shiozawa has been max
ing trouble. Mrs. Shuto takes off her
black picture hat, handing the hat pins
one by one to low bowling servants.
Great delight in the audience.
Leave Shiozawa to me" says the
lady "I'll offer him half the money and
that will fix him. Easy business"
Re-enter Shiozawa. Lady in high
falsetto offers him the bride. Fearful
scowIs on Shiozawa's classic counte-
nance. He shrieks anathemas in choice
Japanese and scorns the preferred gold
Frantic joy in the audience as he
throws the lady from the prompt" to
the 80. p" side of the stage, Again
quick curtain. No red fire.
Scene 3 had only just started when
the show had to close. 1t was in
Editor Shiozawa's Office where he with
two others were in earnest conversation
1t was so earnest that, failing a trans
lation, it can only be believed that he
was contemplating raising a reporters
salary.
There were incipient signs of panic
when the leading man announced that
the police asked the show to stop but
Fred Maxine and the real Shiozawa
mounted the stage and managed to get
the people to go out quietly.
1t was learned that a Japanese, with
a cargo of sake that had shifted slight
ly, had made speech to the crowd out
side saying that as the show was free,
they had as much right inside as the
people who We're already there. His
logic was sufficiently convincing to
cause threats of breaking down the
doors.
On the whole "The Odious Comblna-
ton" may be considered success. 1t
is a trine talky to be sure, and it isl