The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-23
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. PLEASING Mos. W|GGS :


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Up 70 all expectations was the initla
performance of Mrs. Wigs of the
Cabbage Patch" as presented last even
ing at the Hawaiian opera House by
the Mask and Wig Club, under the aus
pieces of Lei Aloha Chapter, Order OF
production. one of the best staged and
managed performances for amateurs
seen in many seasons, and it went al
most without hitch. 1t was a clean.
plain comedy, brimful of laughter and
vim, and the characters were well sus-
tanned throughout.
The famous old Cabbage Patch, a
village of itself lying amongst railroad
tracks, and quite poverty stricken,
was well shown, nearly all of the seen
cry being especially designed. The
plain and homely people, the crowds Of
tattered children, the railroad cars and
tracks, the garish garb of some of the
more pretentious Cabbage Patchers.
were faithfully portrayed, and, of
course rising prominently above all
was Mrs. Wigs, the plain, whole
souled philosopher of the Patch. The
character was most faithfully sustain
ed by Mrs. W. L. Howard, who made
a signal success in this role.
Closely allied to her success was the
hit made by Miss Mowbray as the mel
ancholy Miss Hazy,'' who believed
herself 70 have been "siched'' into mat
r:mony. Miss Mowbray's interpreta-
ton of this role was so melancholy as
to cause laughter at her every appear
ance. Her makeup was excellent. Miss
Ray Bell as Lovey Mary was true to
life. This was her first appearance In
Honolulu and she made most favor
able impression.
Miss Nellie McLain as Miss Lucy was
exceptionally clever in her role. Mrs.
H T. Moore as Mrs Schultz and Mrs.
Sharp as Mrs Eichorn, two odd char
acters of the Patch, who believed them
selves superior to all others, were well
in keeping with the rest.
Mr.. w. d. Adams as Mr.. Stubbins,
the Grand Army veteran in search of
a home and a wife, did a clever piece
of character acting and was greeted
with applause frequently. Mr.. Adams
gave a true professional Interpretation
to Mr. Stubbins' and was especially
clever as the hero of the box-car Incl
dent. w. L. Warren as Billy Wigs
was exceptionally good in the Juvenile
role. and Mr. A E. Murphy gave
splendid and professional version of the
part of Mr.. Wigs. Mr. A. j. Black
man as the matrimonial agent was
good. w r. Pittinger as Chris the
lame boy carried out difficult role to
perfection. Mrs. Webb, Miss Waldron
and Miss Thelma Murphy, as Mrs.
Wigs children, were a strong feature
of the comedy. Baby Durfee as little
Tommy was one of the best child
artists yet placed on the Honolulu
stage. Stella McAllister and Master
Harrison also did well.
number of young people who took
part in Mrs. Wigs Sunday school,
and who gave the Christmas enter
tainment for the Patch, presented
most creditable performance. The
"After-Election' skit by Masters Ro-
maid McGrew, Ivan Graham and one
One was labeled Gear the other
Trent" and the Machine was rep
resented by a labeled dog
Misses Margaret and Helen Center
were clever in their special dances to
accompaniment. Margaret
Center gave a particularly fine buck
and wing dance, a surprise to the audi
ence. Others taking part were Messrs.
NJ. H. Webb, E. S. Barry, Ray Rietow,
F. F. Davis, w. L. Howard, H. Rel
necke, Masters Kenneth Reidford Nor
ris Augur, Allan Renton, Gustavs Bal
lentyne, Ralph Hartman, Ray Berg
strom, William Raseman. w. d. Adams
was stage manager, and E. E. Cutting
was director of the orchestra
The performance will be repeated to-
morrow evening. 1t is understood that
the audience will be even larger than
last evening, and there was almost a
full house at the initial performance.