The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-23

ton of silver At that the gypsy chief,
being avaricious, brings MignOn out of
the hooded wagon where she has been
sleeping and orders her TO dance for
the people Furious at the laughter
which greets her appearance she refuses
and the gypsy leader threatens her with
punishment if she does not obey. In
/ dignant at this treatment of a help
/ less girl the old harper takes her under
! his protection but is knocked down by
the Infatuated gypsy, who grasps
stick and is about to whip Mignon when
she is rescued by Wilhelm, who refuses
to let the gypsy have her again. Philine
gives him her purse as a ransom and
he leaves with his friends. Wilhelm.
who has rescued Mignon from bondage,
is a Young and wealthy student who Is
on his travels around the world. Smt
ten bv the charms of Philine he follows
in the actors train to the castle taking
with him Mignon as his page. Arrived
at the castle Wilhelm falls deeply in
the wiles of the firt Philine to which
Mignon takes deep umbrage. Filled
with jealous despair she attempts to
drown herself and is only restrained by
the harper To him she tells all her
troubles and as she has hoped that the
castle will burn. the old man to please
her goes and sets it on fire. The guests
discover that the castle is on fire and
rush out. but Philine finding that she
has forgotten something of apparent
value orders Wilhelm TO send Mignou
into her room to fetch it forth. He
does so. but she does not return. Over
come by remorse he rushes into the
fiame-swept building and returns bear
ing the unconscious form Of the girl
in his arms.
Lothario. the aged harper, now de-
parts into Italy with Mignon and I'M
consciously returns to the place of his
former home. Struck by many familiar
scenes and by the songs that Mignon
sings he gradually RECEIVERS his mind and
finds the old home. Mignon is recog-
nized as his daughter and to add to the
happy ending the castle of the old har- i
per, who turns out to be the prince or /
the country. is purchased by Wilhelm /
who has followed Mignon TO the coun /
try. Wilhelm who has now fallen IN I
love with Mignon marries her, af- /
ter PhiIine has tried in vain to seduce /
him from his allegiance to Mignon.
On Saturday night Madame Arral will /
take the parts of both Mignon and +
Philine. t
Rev. and Mrs. w. E. Potwine of St.
Elizabeth s leave by the Mauna Kea {
Tuesday for Paauilo, where they viii
remain month They viii probably
visit the Volcano before returning.
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Miss Allyn of the Honolulu Library
has just returned from two weeks spent
at the Volcano. Miss Sprinks is now
at the Volcano expecting to remain
there perhaps month.
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On Friday afternoon between four
and six. the ladies of the Dramatic Cir
ele of the Kilohana Art League enter
tanned in honor of Miss Bruce and Miss
Nelke, two ladies well known and
greatly admired for their work in dra-
matte teaching, Miss Nelke charmed
the guests by giving two selections from
her large repertoire of about two hun
dred and fifty selections.
For the recital which Miss Nel<e viii
give at the Kilohana Art League to-
evening, the following have
to appear as patronesses: i
Mrs George Carter, Mrs. #. M. Swan
w, Mrs. Calf, Miss NJ. Bruce, Miss An s
ME Parke. Miss Grace Robertson, Mrs. ;
F. A. Schaefer, Mrs r. Walbridge. Mrs
Goodale. Mrs. G. P. Wilder, Mrs. w. NJ.
Graham, Mrs. F. H. Humphris. Mrs. A.
G.. Halves Jr. Mrs. d. Fl. Hitchcock. /
Half of the proceeds of the entertain
ment will be given to the Dramatic j
Circle of the League.
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Mr. and Mrs. b. F. Dillingham; of |
are in the city, having come
10 attend the Whitney Forbes wedding. |