The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-09
IN PLAY
BEFORE THE
GENERAL
Quips and Jibes at the
Ministries Of the An
TERED Herd.

A crowded house greeted the min
! strel EIks when the curtain rose at
| the Opera House last night. The show
was a good one-worth going to see
| twice, which is saying a whole lot for
an amateur production of this nature.
| The scenic effects were great. num-
| Der of features new to Honolulu be
| ing introduced with results that drew
| from the audience unstinted applause.
| The music and the songs were good
and while the display of wit and humor
! did not break any records for brillian-
| Cy, the audience We're kept laughing.
The first part was dragged out a
| trifie too long, which is the only un-
| favorable criticism the entertainment
| deserves. and doubtless a discreet use
| of the pruning shears will be made on
| the program tomorrow evening, when
| the Ministries will again hold forth.
After Bergers band had overturned
| the curtain rose on the circle Of white
clad, purple-sashed minstrels with In
terlocutor A. E. Murphy in the center
At their back was a huge section OF
watermelon through holes in which
looked half a dozen ''niggers." The
fruit fianked by giant bottle of bro
| moseltzer and a mammoth pIay-bill. A
huge American flag made of colored
electric lights was suspended over the
circle.
n ri
then. in a flood of red light. a very
respectable impersonation of His
Satanic. Majesty arose from the bowels
of the stage. This benevolent looking
devil proceeded to conjure the end
men from parts unknown and they ar
rived on the scene weirdly attired in
an auto, an airship. steamboat and
d watermelon. One emerged from the
afore- mentioned bottle Of brOmo and
the sixth stepped off the poster which
his ebony person had ali unsupported
been decorating.
His work done Mephistopheles w.
D. Adams retired to what the pro-
gram described as a h of place
in a blaze of blue fire and amid sui
phurOus cracklings.
The songs of the first part were
uniformly good, the biggest hit being
made by J. Walter Doyle with Every
body Works but Father. Several of
the verses We're of a local nature and
fairly brought down the house. "Ev-
erybody Works but Peterson and
Nobody Swears Like Lucas being
two of the most appreciated parodies
Bob Whites ever popular In the
Shade of the Old Apple Tree" and Guy
Livingston's ON Robinson CrusOes
Isle are both deserving of special
mention.
The first part yielded it's usual har-
vest of jokes good, bad and Indifferent.
The Supervisors were called the
Stupefiers and it was learned that they
intended paving Honolulu with dough
nuts to make it a holy city.
The reason that the old maids in
the audience wore cotton gloves was
stated to be because they had no kids.
An incident was related which hap
pened at a fire. Chief Thurston shout
ed more hose" and an obliging lady
in the crowd removed her shoes and
stockings. At the same confagra-
tion a girl in an upper story scream
ed that she was scOrching before her
time The crowd below, powerless to
help her. stared. She stared back
This made a pair of stares down which
Sne cllInDeu 10 safety
One of the end men vouchsafed the
that he called his wife |
crystal because she was always on the |
watch
The o. r. & L. Co. got it's A fellow |
said he missed the Haleiwa Limited |
at Waialua the other day and would |
nave walked but for the fact that MS |
folks didn't expect him in town before
M train arrived.
superintendent Fred Smith was al
legged 70 have taken turn at conduct
ing once and to have round d cnit
IN board the train who had swallowed
it's ticket His presence of mind did
not fail hin-he punched the child
Walter Doyle remarked tnat brother
Chet had been receiving hush money
from soma of the best families in Ho-
7olulu He explained by stating that
he had been selling Winslow's Sooth-
ng Syrup.
Inc olio was ushered in by the Dill
ingham Quartet who sang a couple OF
selections very sweetly.
Then Sam johnson. Ben Clark, Geo
lark and L. Lemon did some clever
stunts on the horizontal bar. The
.orrer unfortunately hurt his ankle in
loing the double flip and was forced
% discontinue ms part Oh IIle pei Aoi Ia |
ance
Bruce Hartman gave funny mon
,logue which was taken seriously by |
he house. which didn't crac< 4 sm'
rom start to finish. Il is to be hoped
hat the audience will laugh tomorrow
hight 4 littIe appreciation OF this
sort encourages a performer wonder
'ully.
Very r-oo1 ir@eed were the Ginging-
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