The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-18
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Eneford Offerings for the week.

Inc Elleford company closed the
first week of their enga cement at the
Orpheum last night to a much pleased
house, and the verdict on the week S
performances is that it is the best com.
pany that this popular manager has
ever offered to Honolulu tfleater- goers.
They open their second week tomor-
row night with THE Two Orphans. I"
than any American production. It
was made famous by Kate Claxton
three decades ago. and each year il
seems to gain in popularity. The
story Of the play is one of the most
widely-read books in our public IL
braries, and every child is familiar
with the story Of Louise, the blind
girl, and her sister Henriette, who go
to Paris to seek work. They are from
a little village in Normandy and are
unfamiliar with the wiles of the great
city. They become separated, and
Louise falls into the hands of Mother
Frochard, an old bag who puts her
on the streets to sing and beg Pierre,
the crippled son of Frochard, protects
the girl, and even tries to sacrifice his
life for her in the end. The other sis
ter, Henriette. is kidnapped by q
wealthy roue, but escapes from him
and then is arrested for a crime for
which she is innocent and condemned
to the penal settlement for twenty
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are reunited. and all ends happily. The
costumes are of the French period,
and are rich and picturesque, and the
scenery especially painted for the pro-
duction. The powerful story, with its
strong heart interest, will appeal to
the gallery as well as the higher
priced part of the house. 1.-THE Two
Orphans" ais the offering for Monday
and Tuesday. For Wednesday, the two
big laughing nights of the week, is
the tfree-act farce oddity. The Other
Fellow" The Ellefords handle farce
comedy to perfection, and this is one
of their best. Friday and Saturday
viii be devoted to Kidnapped" the
greatest comedy melodrama ever writ
ten. The Osborn children have three
EltW Sp6l1diLlGS IOi HCAt WEN ttidt Will
delight their many admirers. The
three plays of this week give our thea
ter goers a choice between farce, melo-
drama and the more serious drama,
and with the strong organization that
Manager Elleford is offering us this
year, business should be at top-notch
Seats are now on sale at the box-offiee
for all performances.
Vaudeville Tomorrow.
Vaudeville, in which the Pollards are
the Opera House during the first part
of this week. They viii put on a va
riety show on Monday night, and
Wednesday matinee and evening per-
Torrance, and they have line Of
good stuff that has the best mainland
circuits telegraphing home for another
engagement.
There will be two sketches in which
nearly all the members of the com
pany will take part. One is How to
get rid of a mother-in-1aw,'' and the
other is a comical skit with a barrel
of fun in it, called The fall of Port
Arthur"
In the motherin-law skit, Alfred
Goulding is the meek John Lamb, Eva
Moore is the caressing Mrs. Lamb,
| and the dread mother-in-Iaw is done
by Harold Frazer in inimitable style.
Both sketches are very funny and
have a laugh every minute. In the
latter piece there is little rhyme or
reason, but it is a good vehicle to con-
| vey the bubbling humqr and fun that
| seems to be part and parcel of the
Pollard company.
! The first part of the program will
| be taken up with songs and dances
Goulding has a very clever imitation
| of Harry Lauder, the famous Scotch
comedian, and viii sing a few of his
| songs Eva Moore, never so sweet and
| pleasing as when she is singing and
dancing, will sing The Owl and the
| Moon.'' "Glow-worm, When You've
| Won the One in All the World fol-
YOU" and will also sing the Il Like
| You" duet with Fred Bindloss.
Eva Pollard will have an even bet
ter change to show her talent thar
she did with the Lilliputians. She viii
sing the comical English hit, Poor
john" and Captain Willie Brown"
Willie Pollard has two great songs
'In the Twilight and when Their,
Isn't a Girl About" The latter make
a great hit whenever Willie sings it
and he is wei provided with encor,
| verses which he will dauhtlasS paad
| The feature of the evening is, per
haps, the swing song sung by Lilli
Bun, The title is,G''A Man, Moon