Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-12-07
roy SHOP SCORES
DECIDED SUCCESS
Crowded House Greets
First Performance
OF Children

] MotiOnlcss. without the culver OF a
muscle, without the winling of an eye,
unmoyed by the blaze of the footlighis
In front OF them or the enthusiastic
applause Of the audience. the little
dolls of the Toy shop stood last night
for many long minutes. until the wav.
ing of the fairies wands galvanized
them into. life.
II was a test of discipline and of
sclr.contrOl such as could have been
successfully stood by few older people
for there Is no ordeal more muscle.
firing than to stand moiionlcss for
dren stood II wonderfully we'll. They
might well have been the toys they
were supposed to he.
The Toy shop, the first performance
of which was given last night, was a
success In every particular,-in the
singing. the costuming. the acting.
The dancing and drilling were excel
lent. while the stage. with It's SCORES
of brilliantly dressed children, IFS
colors. the Rhythmic movements, pre-.
scented as pretty scene as was ever
seen on Honolulu stage.
The dolls were there In full force
French dolls. china dolls. lady dolls.
bisquc dolls. Dutch, japanese and
|, American dolls. Even the old rag doll
was there. somewhat delapidatcd, and
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ly wounds. but very much alive and
not to be suppressed. And there were
wooden soldiers and fairies and mar
ines: tin soldiers and a band; old faith
or Noah and his family,-all but poor
Ham. whom unfortunate circumstances
had made It necessary to transform
into sandwiches.
One of the hits of the evening was
xsCorcd by the tin soldiers. led by
Miss Lorna Iaukca. Their stiff. joint.
cd, siiff.knecd gait was so ridiculously
funny that II brought down the house.
Miss laukca's Irritation with tho
French doll, pcrsonatcd by Miss Ado.
laidc dc fArtiguc. was one of the flea.
lures Of the show, and the singing of
the two was good. Miss dc rArtiguc
made a very fetching French doll. The
singing of Miss Agnes Lyle. as the
Japanese maiden, brought out round
after round Of applause. Noah and
his sons were by no means the least
amusing Of the actors, while the three
iops proved themselves adopts at the
game Of Irritation conducted with the
three lady dolls.
The part of The Toy Maker was TAX.
On by Frederick Hastings, who scored
another success In the part. Miss May
Bell Ray, In her part as the mortal
child. made a hit as usual. her singing
applause.
Little Ruth Harrington made a most
dainty queen, and bore herself with
all the dignity of royalty.
Much credit Is due Miss Martin for
her success In training such a large
number of children. The work was,
of course, very erduous and required
much patience and tact.
Miss Margaret Hopper presided at
the piano, and her accurate accompa-
nimont showed that in faithful patient
work she was not one whit behind Miss
Martin. without her the performance
would not have attained such splendid
results.
II Is remarkable that with n cast
made up OF such u large number of
children, many OF them the tiniest
mites Of humanity, the initial perform.
ancc should go OF with such smooth.
ness and without hitch of any kind.
A crowded house greeted the opening
performance.
Following Is the cast Of the Toy
Shop:
The Toy Maker. Mr.. Frederick Has.
tlngs; Paris Doll. Miss Adelaide d FAR.
tiguc; Captain Blocklin, Miss Lorna
Iaukea; Captain Woodenhead, Mr.
Clarence Waterman; Leader OF the
Band, Marcus Monsarrat Japanese
Maiden. Miss Agnes Lyle; Johnny, ".
an Graham; Baker, Vernon Tenney;
Queen. Ruth Harrington; Child, Miss
Ray Bell.
Comedians-Noah, Mr.. las. wilder;
Mrs. Noah, Mr. Willard T.. Brown;
Shem. Mr., Geo. +. Cooke; Japheth,
Mr. Richard Cooke; DR.. Pillsly, Mr..