The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-07
TOY SHOP PROVES
BRILLIANT SUCCESS

( 10y SHop last HlSnt at the Opera
House. 1t was a decided success. go
ing through without hitch from be.
ginning to end. There was not va
cant seat in the house last night and
from the success of the production full
houses should greet The Toy Shop
dolls tonight and tomorrow
The scores of little ones in this oper-
eta scored round after round of ap-
plause for their clever work. which
reflects the greatest credit upon Miss
Martin, whose training produced the
results seen in last nights production.
! There were other clever people upon
| the stage besides the little ones. but
| the effective marching, singing and
! posturing of the choruses We're what
! scored.
The absurd gait of the tin soldiers"
/ the innocent abandon of the dainty
candies" the coquetries of the lady
dolls with the 'fops." the automatic
J drill of the wooden soldiers the
graceful dancing of the american
Beauties" and the picturesque "Japs''
all earned their share of the applause
unstintingly given. Among all the
! different groups, and there seemed to
! be no end to them, none failed to do
we'll and most were excellent
Miss Adelaide de PArtigue, the
French doll. was graceful in her dane
ing and won well earned applause.
Miss Lorna Iaukea was a fetching
captain of the wooden soldiers and
acted well in the principal part she
played with the French doll. Miss
Agnes Lyle, who led the Japanese
maidens, received an ovation for her
sweet singing and grace.
Master Marcus Monsarrat did a
characteristic stunt in leading his
band and Noah and his sons were
mirth producers, with or without their
whiskers.
Little Miss Ruth harrington was a
dainty and dignifed queen of the
revels, and Miss Ray Bell, in her solo
and acting scored one of the biggest
successes of the evening.
The Toy Shop cast is composed of
the following:
The Toy Maker, Mr.. Frederick Hast
ings; Paris Doll. Miss Adelaide de
FArtigue; Captain Blocklin, Miss Lorna |
Iaukea; Captain Woodenhead Mr.. |
Clarence Waterman; Leader of the |
Band, Marcus Monsarrat; Japanese |
Maiden, Miss Agnes Lyle; Johnny, Ivan |
Graham Baker, Vernon Tenney;
Queen Ruth Harrington; Child, Miss |
Ray Bell.
Comedians-Noah, Mr. James Wilder; |
Mrs Noah, Mr.. Willard E. Brown;
Shem, Mr.. Geo. P. Cooke; Japheth, Mr.. |
Richard Cooke; DR.. Pillsly, Mr.. Cole
man Schwartz; Rag Doll Watson Bal
lentyne; Fairy Page, Miss Dorothy
Hogs.
Three Fops-Alphonse Reynold Nc
Grew; Leon, Allen Renton; CASTOR.
Willie Roseman.
Three Lady Dolls-Araminta, Thelma
Murphy; Arabella. Helene Spalding;
Fannie Hogs.
Clock Fairies -four hours) One
o'clock, Miss Kafpo SIENNA; Two
o'clock. Miss Lillian Mundou; Three
Miss Mikahala Awana.
Fairies = Isabella Lucas, Pomona
Morgan, Violet Lucas, Frances Red
house, Stella Hogs, Gladys Halstead,
Florence White, Edith Kibling, Doro-
.hy Hogs. Beatrice White, Mela Fair
child, Thelrna Lindley.
Marines Alice Hastings, Mildred
Chaplin, Helen Mclean. Ethel Red
house, Geraldine Traphagen, Psyche
Berry, Mildred Brundage, Bernice Hal
stead, Hester Pratt
Bisque Dolls-Dorothea Cooke, Ma,
ion Ellen Paris, Katharine Pratt, Joe
Willie Rowat, Gordon
Wakefield.
French Dolls-Madaline Ross, Hazel
Ridley, Estelle McAllister, Vera Day,
5vangeline Rowat, Olive Day, Alice
3iart, Martha McChesney, Margaret
rhurston, May Kibling. Ada Robinson,
Marion Chaplin. Vera Downey, Thelma
Boutwell,
Tin Soldiers-Willard AbIes, Archie
sinclair, Alapaki Smith. Shirley Bush.
James McCandless, Ralph Grey, Will
lam Kamehona, Campbell Crozier.
Dutch Dolls-Esther Cummings, Ger
rude Traphagen, Ella Peterson, Es
her White, Claire Berry, Amelia Grote,
Dora Grote. Helene Springston Helen
King, Emma Franco, Mildred Dow,
Rosie Herbert, Edean Winter, May
KILLING.
American Beauties - Myrtle Schu-
nan, Ruth McChesney, Tillie Merse-
,urg. Tillie woolsey, Marjorie Cutting,
Henrietta Smith, Josephine Morgan,
4ottie Aylett, Mary Won Holt, Marjoria
Chaplin. n
Wooden Soldiers-Scott Pratt, Ken
leth Ables, Oscar McCorriston Daniel
King, Melville Harris, Caviar Bush,
Lain Webster, Guy Rothwell, Roy
Douglass, Ernest Gonsalves, Alvin
Xeech Kenneth Winter.
Band-Wilfrid Harrison, Morris Lee,
Harston Campbell, Harry Denison,
Donald Lewis, Walter Grace Marcus
Morris Augur, Ward Walk {
IT. Worth Stannaker Stanley Mott
Smith, Jack Lee, Ernest Mott-Smith.
Japanese Dolls-Mabel Cordes, Char
otte Dowsett, Lillian McChesney, Eva
Decker, Helen Dow. j.,