The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-27

donna proved to be the big hits and
the kapellmeister goes and gets jealous.
He wanted to come right back and got
sulky. And so far as his ability goes,
why he was the laughing stock of all
the band masters and musical directors
we met. The magnificent reports he
got in the papers was because of the
press work l was doing for him. Read
this sample. l got so much stuff like
this printed that he began to believe
it himself before he had gone very
far.
The clipping referred to was from
the Daily Appeal, of Carson City, Ne
vada, and described the band leader as
follows:
"Captain Berger has beautiful
home in Honolulu and has entertained
all the great people who have pass
ed through Hawaii during the 1ast
quarter of a century. He is the best
loved man in the islands, his charm
ing manners and open-handed hospital
ity, no less than his eminence in his
profession, endear him to all who
make his acquaintance. A pupil of
Wagner and his school, forty-five
years kapellmeister he lives and
talks only for music. The Hawaiian
government has supported him to the
extent of $4,000 year ever since he
has been in the islands. He has
made frequent trips to Europe where
he is better known than in the United
States
decorated by two kings and re-
ceived by an Emperor, Captain Der
ger, as a musician and a man, is one
of those persons whom all delight to
honor. He is nearly 20 years of age
and declared this afternoon that,
though he feels fifty, this is the last
tour he will ever make with his world
famous band. -
''Just to give you an example, - con-
tinued Mr. Cohen. "The band has been
away for six months and is coming
back with just one new tune in its
repertoire and they only played that
tune once. If we hadn have been
the Royal Hawaiian Band the people
wouldn It have stood for the Odd music
We gave them in the band. The Ha-
waiian music caught on all right, but
the people wanted something modern
in the other music. | was told time and
time again that with a modern direc
tor the band would be a world IS beater
but Berger is thirty-five years behind
the times. Instead Of giving the peo-
pie confidence in the band he repealed
them by his stage presence and there
were times when he made actual scenes
on the stage. All kinds of the latest
music was offered us free if we would
play it. but Berger wouldn't touch it.
He wanted to stick to his Wagner.
''Our receipts on the whole tour
were $33, 4S6.40, not including any of |
the hui money. Our expenses were |
Transportation, $13,955.20; hotel bills, |
$21, 5000, and our salaries $9703. This |
does not include some money paid the |
boys lately,'' said the impressario, ex
hibiting his books to back up the |
figures quoted.
This, with what I will have to pay |
the boys, will bring my loss up to
about $4,000 in all.
Regarding that hui of angels, - con
tinued zoe, u think that they have
not received the credit they have com
ing to them. They put up that money
from promotion standpoint, true pro-
motion, and more than one of them
told me that he believed it would bel
got it back. The money was put up
as a loan to me and never bound any
of them III any way to meet any losses.
And in advertising Hawaii we GER
tainly made good and | believe that
the effect of the work we have done,
the seed we have sown, will show it
self in the tourist travel this way. Most
people We met did not know anything
at all of Hawaii until the papers began
to write us up and tell where we came
from.
u have been getting a good deal
of hard criticism in Honolulu" con
GUIDED Cohen, 81 but [ believe that when
the people think this thing over and
the boys tell around town about their
trip that there will be a different feel
ing about it and they will come to the
conclusion that Cohen didn't do so
bad for ali concerned after all. - l.
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