The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-01-20
THE SAILORS
ENTERTAINED
New Orleans Ministries
Delight Full
House.

The All Star Minstrels Of the U. s. |
s. New Orleans made a 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
hitch. The costumes of the minstrels
were elaborate and gorgeous, compar-
ing favorably with anything seen in
the first class professional companies
that tour the States. TIE make ups
were comical 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 letter. the whole spelling,
~. S. F. S. New Orleans" Then the
drum major, gorgeous in scarlet uni
form, generously embellished with gold
l1ace, entered and did fancy stunts with
his baton, while the members of the
| company dressed in brown skirtcoats,
knee breeches and white silk stockings,
entered and took their places. The end
men were 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
: 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-
dience squirmed in their seats under
the fire of the clever boys in blue.
Pinkham's pink pills, Sonny" Cunha's
size, the customs people, the Young
Hotel Berger's band and other local
celebrities were properly joshed.
The last number of the first part was
a solo, 1.-THE Old Flag Never Touched
the Ground" by Mr.. Forster. AS the
last verse was being sung a curtain at
the rear of the stage was drawn, re-
vealing a tableau, 1.-THE Spirit of 70"
This was based on the well known
painting, depicting the color sergeant,
the old fifer and the drummer boy
marching on the field of battle, while
a dead soldier lies in the foreground. In
the original the figures are in colonial
uniform. but last night they were
shown in the regulation khaki, the col
or sergeant having his head bound with
blood stained bandage. When a red
light was thrown on the group and
the Ministries marched by, saluting the
colors, it was wonderfully impressive
picture and it was cheered to the echo
w. T. Wrench opened the second
part with really clever piece of ''col-
ored" oratory and was followed by OPP
perman and Wright who did a novelty
musical act that was perhaps the best
single number of the evening. They
played every conceivable sort of an in
strument from a tin can violin to q
piano. Opperman brought down the
house by blowing the recall on q
rifle and playing a violin held over his
head, between his feet and almost every
other place imaginable. This act end
ed with the playing, of a selection or
ordinary bottles of various pitches
Ryan next did some clever dances ant
was followed by the Harmony -Four
who sang all sorts of songs in all sort
: of ways. Dickerson and Bright dit
fine fancy dancing act and the en-
e tertainment closed with humorou.
Z act by Fuller and Hetherington in Ger
D man costume, the best part of whicl
: was a song, TT Was the Dutch" end
y ing, did Berger come from Ireland
: No! 1t was the Dutch"
s Following was the program of tn
evening:
PROGRAM-PARTI /.
VI THE Grand Entree, the Most Complet
and Picturesque Scene Ever Pro
duced in Minstrelsy, Introducing
Emperors of Minstrelsy.
ALL IN BLACK FACE.
Vocal choir-Cuedek, Phillips, Gray
Morris, Dickerson, Woods, Heise, Cal
= lahan. Ryan, Howard.
Interlocutor ...............J. f. Forste
First edition of end men....,......
................R Robinson and Brigh
J I'm Taking No Chances on Missing
Ma Meals Lew Fulle
Down on the Farm. ............. Morri
l 1t Amt No Disgrace to Run II You
Get Scared ................ Robinso
!, In the Valley Where the Bluebirds
= Sing ..,.................J. Il. torste
: Mr.. Moon, Moon, Silvery Moon....
: ............. Eddie Hetheringto
Where the Sunset Turns the Oceans
Blue and Gold ........... Callaha
The Old Flag Never Touched the
:. Ground ...............J. f. Forste
> TABLEAU-SPIRIT OF &c.
'' PART II.
The versatile comedian Wrenc
/ Who will tell you How 1t Happened
" Kings Of the novelty musical world.
OnDarman and RriRi