The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-31

| kilohana Art
|. League Notes
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The musicale last Tuesday evenins
/ has received so much complimentary!
comment in the daily papers that al
that is left for mention is the thanks
which not only the members of thu
| Art League and their friends feel II
be due, but the entire musical cente
in Honolulu, which realizes that onl.
through the combined efforts on tn,
part of our Musical Circle, the Morn
| ing Club and the Symphony Society
could such an entertainment with, 81
complete a program be made possible
The League gave a Grieg musical,
in the old rooms on the corner of For
and Hotel streets about ten years go
and it is hoped that before such an,
other long space of time goes by tbs
members will have the pleasure q
hearing again the music of Scandi-
navian composers. 1t is a pleasant
feature to note that one of Mrs. vor
Hollis parents came from Norway The
next musicale will, according TO the
regular course of entertainments. take
place in about six months.
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The cast for Second Thoughts -
which calls for three characters, is
made up of Miss Bruce, Miss de Lar
tigue and Mr.. Arnold. The personnel
of the actors for Lady Fortune,
which will be the other play of the
evening, is not completely determined
yet. The first rehearsal with Mr..
Adams, the stage manager, will take
place soon.
Tho date although not defipifaIxy do
cided, may be July 9, the performances
to be given at the Opera House. This
will be the last of the regular enter
tainments before the summer vacation
takes place. 1t is a little later than
usual, for the League is supposed to
have a recess during July and August,
but as so many people will be in town
waiting for the fleet, and because there
is to be SO much dramatic activity
during the last part of June, it, has
seemed wise to select later date. This
with others matters will be taken up
at the regular meeting of the direc-
tors on Friday afternoon at $3.50.
AS has been suggested, the directors
will consider the idea of having a gen.
eral museum started, to be open each
day, as the permanent exhibition now
is. There will naturally be small
but as time goes on a much
needed city Improvement may be fur
nished and when the Art League has
its own building, the general museum
and permanent exhibition will grow
into something of permanent value.
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hospitals, and he has been spending
a. large part of his time among the
professional men. Of her own expert
ences, Mrs. Hoffman, writes to a
friend in Honolulu under date of April
q, from Florence:
I'VE have been on the go ever since
we landed in Naples. We haven't hur-
ried, as you can see we are only now
in Florence We spent several days
there as the unloading and setting up
Of the auto naturally took some time,
but Mr.. Bishop and the Doctor got on
beautifully with it and our first ride,
from Naples to Rome, 100 miles over
roads like a barn floor, was something
to be remembered. I wouldn't have
believed there could be such roads any
where. We made the trip in the day,
Just going quietly along enjoying the
scenery and the early spring bloom. 1t
was a gorgeous panorama, I declare,
with the olive trees always green. the
peaches, apple, cherry and apricots in
bloom alongside the vineyards, the
orange and lemon trees in fruit and
away off in the distance the intensely
blue mountains with here and there a
dab of snow. Automobiling beats rail-
-oading to shame.
I'm Rome we met the Klebahns and
Mrs. C. B. Wood, the latter I believe
with her face turned toward Honolulu.
I've go to theaters galore and, by the
way, we went on Saturday evening to
4 first night and heard Mascagnis
new opera AMIGA and the author
conducted the orchestra. 1t was quite
Mascagni, you know, wrote
he lovable 'Cavallaria Rusticana,' so
I just hied myself to the opera and
enjoyed it to the limit. The Bishops
are enjoying things too, he especially
with his auto. It does go beautifully
las an Italian chauffeur for the work.
We leave Florence this week and go
% Venice, Milan, Genoa and on to the
Riviera into France and on up to Ger
many"
Questioned as to what was the fas-
,ination which outweighs the hazard |
# war" the enforced separations, the |
suspense, an Army Of
'ay that not for one moment, during |