The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-17
4 SPLENDID HOUSE
AND 4 FINE PROGRAM

There was a splendid audience at
the entertainment at the Hawaiian
Opera House last evening for the ben
eft of the relief fund for the italian
sufferers. The house was filed. and. in
the audience were a large number of
prominent people. Visitors in Homo
lulu We're well represented. and three
of the boxes were filed. One of the
box parties included Mr.. and Mrs. St.
Goar and their daughter and Mr.. and
Mrs. \. n. Campbell. The decora-
tions We're an effective arrangement of
the Italian, American and Hawaiian
flags.
The entertainment itself was in the
main an excellent one and proved the
large amount of talent there is in Ho-
nolulu. 1t began with little one-act
piece entitled Gone Touch of Ma
ture,'' in which Mr.. H. Reinecke. Mr..
C. H. Dickey and Miss Alice Spalding
appeared The piece is really a very
pleasing one and was creditably rem
dered.
Miss Spalding, as Juliet, and Miss
Ray Bell, as Romeo, gave the Balcony
Scene most admirably. The stage eff
feets were splendidly designed and the
scene was exquisitely rendered. This
was one of the best numbers on the
program.
Miss Helen E. Sprinks. in some
clever representations, and later in the
farce, tMrs. Oakley's Telephone as
Mary, the cook, received much ap-
plause. The other characters in this
farce were taken by Miss Whitford
Miss Marion Green and Mrs. William
Montrose Graham. The parts were all
creditably taken, and Mrs. Graham, as
"Emma, the Maid,o proved herself
possessed of much histrionic talent
Mrs McLennan's excellent tutelage
was evinced in the presentation of this
piece.
Mrs. MeLennan gave spirited rem
dition of "The Charge of the Irish
Brigade. " "The Rosary was excel
lently rendered by a quartet consisting
of Messrs. Kerr, Cowes, Clark and
Kaai. HsThe Pickaninnies, double
quartet, presented by Mrs. Rivenburgh
hade a hit. The Pickaninnies were
Alice Otto, Francis Xavier, Madeline
Fernandez, Daniel Vida, Ethelwyn
Crockett, Ernest Fernandez, Kathleen
Ruttmann, Malcolm Smith, Ruth Moss
man, Clarence Blake and Mabel Ma
chado. Charles J. Kumukahi did some
good stunts on the banjo and the Ka
waihau Glee Club pleased.
Music of high order was feature
of the program. The Honolulu Con
cert Orchestra, under the direction OF
F. J. Vierra, gave some admirable Sc
lections, and gave them well. Mrs
Ingalls,, accompanied by Prof. ingalls,
rendered Rubenstein's Romance" a:
a violin solo most effectively, and IL
her violin obligato to Eleanor McLen
nan Rivenburgh s vocal solo, "Alis
Stella Confdante,' charmed.
Mrs. Bruce McV. Mackall, as al
ways, was delightful in her selections
"Slave's Song" and "Heart IS Spring
time.
Although the audience for the mos
part do not know it, the entertain
ment was accidentally cut short. This
was because the curtain manipulate
didn t know that a telephone bel
would sound as a part of the business
in "Mrs Oakley's Telephone, - an
when the bell jingled, in the very be
ginning Of the second act, smack! dow
came the curtain and the audience
began TO file out. This play will b
given again next Saturday evening a
the Art League, however, to numbe
LIMITED to one hundred.