The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-15


first performance and it rained through
the roof of my dressing room and
spoiled the costume. 1t was the only
night of the engagement that it rained.
| Neither will l walk under ladder, on
| the street, and I object to laying car
pets and putting up stovepipes at NOV
| ing time. We do not move often in our
| family. Will I drink out of a cracked
| glass? That depends. If it's on you,
would. Call the waiter for try at it.
Speaking again of form, I do not
| want you to think L have no conf
| dence in my legs; they are all right,
| but the public has no more faith in
| them than have the paragraph writer's
| on the mainland in the historic legs of
Francis Wilson. And yet, Wilson's legs
| have made him more money than his
| voice. Note the similarity? And tell !
me if you do not think there is still
show for me by giving a show to the |
public I have my favorites in the line |!
Of characters: even the old mummers
had them, and why not those of the |
present generation of strenuous people |
Booth, you viii remember, never cared |
for Hamlet, though the public declared
it his greatest part. Mansfield it is 1
said, does not care particularly for his
nance, and yet it was the character
which first drew the attention of the
public to his acting. His versatility
is phenomenal. Some people are kind
enough to tell me that / am also
versatile. In that respect me and Mans
field resemble each other. Let us look
over the list together. l was the Duke
in THE Serenade''; Knocky, in ''Said
Pasha,' and that is where / made my
greatest hit 1 am told, and it must be
true, for there are friends who still
call me Knocky I was Emery 'Awkins
in the "Akoond of Swat part I ere
ated, for it was never acted on any
stage prior to it's production here. I /
have never heard of it since except
in poem in which the death of
Akoond was mentioned. But that may
have had no connection with the play,
merely a similarity of names. / was
Don Cairo, in Carmen = and made a hit
in the part. If l have a preference
in stage work it is for comic opera,
but for an easy time give me an end
in a minstrel show. Either end. I'm
ambidextrous. and it makes no differ
ence to me whether it is as bones or
tambo. Perhaps that may account for
the ease with which the honors are
carried away at the performances given
by the EIlks in Honolulu
Seriously speaking, l do not hesitate
to say that in my opinion there is
not town of it's size anywhere that
will compare with Honolulu in its
amateur talent. In the old days Salt {
Lake City had an amateur organiza-
ton that produced some excellent stage
artists, and it may be in existence STILL
/ have been in front and on the stage
in other cities, but I have never met
more painstaking young people in their
efforts to entertain the public than are
to be found here. They go into it with +
an earnestness that is remarkable and
the boys are fortunate in having a man
like Jimmy Dougherty to train them.
and, say, he is trainer for real He
is a singer and can tell false note
quicker than he can a paste diamond.
4 can't think of half the good things
he is getting up for this show and
probably l wouldn't tell you if l could
we want to surprise the public when IL
the curtain goes up. / will go this far,
though, and tell You that for scenic eff
sects and gorgeous costumes, ~ win
make SardanapaluS take to the woods
We have one man in the company who
foes nothing but study out surprises.
He went home from the lodge early IL
he other night. That was one of them. ST
don't know where this is all going to "a
md; the affair is getting to be a big
ger proposition than it was at first in
ended, and We have had to postpone #
he performance for a week in order to NJ
make alterations in the stage #
Guy is a good fellow and a general 81
avorite He is a comedian of no mean ~
worth and his name on program is a S.
signal for a big house. He is looked @
lpon as headliner here, as he would 81
DC anywhere else, and his efforts are 81
appreciated Always ready to give his
ervices in any worthy cause and his
cal good nature has made him gen
raj favorite with the public, who will M
low come forward and show theiT
in a way that jingles
j. T. STACKER. w
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