Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-04-10
FLOWER LADEN
I|[l|pUIIAHS
Farewell Night Was Me-
mOrable One For
0rpheum

The farewell appearance of the Pol
lard Lilliputians at the Orphoum the.
atre last night was typiCally a Homo.
lulu Aloha" and the scene at the
theatre has never been duplicated.
The setting of circumstances was
right for the great floral display. Ia
the first place the little people have
made themselves tremendously pop.
ular with the people OF the city. They
have played to crowded and most en-.
thusiastic houses throughout their en-.
gagement When the children were
not busy with their work they were
being entertained by the young aud
the old They are attractive young.
Eters of the stage as well as In cos
tune
Finally. they were TO leave the the
atrc In hurry for the steamer that Is
taking them to the States.
The consequence was that the
house was crowded to the doors by n
most enthusiastic audience, and the
many friends of the children brought
their flowers and the goodbye presents
to the theatre. The members Of the
company were literally lOadc, down
with flowers. wreaths. bouquets, and
In addition to these emblems of Iia-
wallis good will, there seemed to be
| no end to the boxes of candy. Tho
intervals between each number Of the
| program were not enough for all the
| flowers. After each cncOre-and
there were many Of them--flowers and
more flowers were passed over the
footlights. Finally Teddy Mcnamara
brought out big basket--and that
was filed. Still more flowers.
The farewell program was sort Of Il
vaudeville, being selections from the
hest work of the company. All the
favorites were seen in their hest
parts and the children enjoyed and
entered into the enthusiasm Of tho
occasion as heartily as the audience,
A great hit was made when the
Heinze twins were each presented
with Il Hawaiian doll and a great lima
lei. This starred the fun and II kept
up without stint I'll the last curtain
was rung down.
The goodnec3 of the people was al.
most too much for some of the llttl =
actors. Irene Finley was on the
verge of tears at the close of her
song, and amid the final cheering. the
flower laden array OF children were
smiling through the tears Of regret at
the parting. That's part Of the Ha
walian goodbye, too.
Near the close of the program Irene
Finley stepped to the front of the
stage and expressed the gratitude Of
the management to the p1uplr and the
press. She stated that on their re.
turn from the States to their Aus.
tralan home, the Lilliput'aus would
certainly look forward to another stay
in Honolulu.
The children went dirccI from the
theatre to the steamer, the majority
of them being taken down in the auto
mobiles OF local people, who gave
them final sond-off at the boat.
The Lilliputian season has been
one of the events of the year and an
unqualified success.
After the show. several hundreds
accompanied the Lilliputians to the
Alexander Young Cafe. where they
had a farewell supper, Their friends
crowded the cafe. and blocked the
street outside, waiting for them to ap
pear,
There was cheer after cheer as tho
big liner Hongkong Maru pulled away
In the clear moonlight, and handker
chiefs were waved as long as th'
steamer could be seen. Mrs. Chester
the matron, said that the children
have never been shown more consih
Grafton anywhere, and We're OF thu
opinion that Honolulu had the incest
people and the best climate Of an,
city they had seen. She was partic
ularly pleased with the service ant
treatment of her young charges at tn
Alexander Young Cafe. The kids
seemed more impressed with its can
dies and ice.cream, and her ylgilan
eye was constantly upon them.