The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-03

81 remember, too, that Mr..
Irwin gave an order for one
hundred souvenir programs to
be printed on satin and no ex-
pense was to be spared. The ma
terial for those programs cost three
dollars and a half yard and Mr.. Irwin
had his wish, l guess, for / cannot
realize anyone forgetting the occasion
has crowded event in the old town.
He told me afterward that aside from
the usual press eourtesies but two free
tickets had been sent out and they
were returned unused. The house was
crowded with the elite of the city,
every seat. box and loge was occupied
and the performance was a tremendous
artistic and financial success. The fol-
lowing week Nine. Montague Turner
produced another opera, I have forgot
ten the name, to big business.
"Then came the professional open
ing by the Frawley company. And it
was a corker. AS I let my mind go
back to the cast, which / do when
ever | see the name of Blanche Bates
in mainland paper, [ marvel at it.
Stars Shone.
EWhv we had for three weeks such
people as Blanche Bates, Frank Worth
ing, Harry Corson Clarke, Maclyn Ar
buckle, Miss Ross, Madge Carr Cooke
and Mrs. Bates and others of equal
note and prominence as the support for
the genial T. Daniel Frawley who head
ed the list. The company played
three nights and a matinee each week
to big houses though I question if the
people really knew what they were
being treated to. The Frawleys came
again and again but the business did
not diminish in the least. / remember
promise Frawley made on one oeea-
sion in response to curtain call. He
thanked the audience for it's reception
and said he hoped to make an annual
visit to Honolulu at 'least once every
year It's possible, of course, that
this was intentional humor on the part
of Dan1. and it may have been an
Irish bull for he is a true born son
of Erin.
First Low Bow.
81 made my initial bow to Homo
lulu in the Janet Waldorf company
which opened at the Opera House dur
ing 1897 with Twelfth Night. We had
a good company and played to good
business for several weeks. Honolulu
looked so good to me that I remained
and barring couple of visits away I
have remained ever since.
Future Brighter.
"With this awakening of Honolulu.
even though the force be cheap. I think
Honolulu will profit by it. Get the
people accustomed to going out, get
the spending habit on them and
guess it may extend to high price at
fractions. The great obstacles in the
way of getting companies here is the
transportation and the guarantee. I
am constrained to believe that more
than three nights of good attraction
will have a better patronage now than
when Frawley first came here because
we have larger theater-going popula
ton.
Theaters Were Bad s
"When that company first came
there was a good deal Of the same
sort of opposition to theaters as there
used to be to the Sunday paper. But
this is wearing off and Il look for bet
ter things as the old PRESBYTERIAN
lady said when she heard that the Uni
tarians' belief was that all people
would be saved. Frawley came here
under the management of Friedlander,
Gottloeb and Marx while Waldorf
came practically unannounced and
speaking of that firm it is meet for me
TO tell you that today they represent
the greatest syndicate on the mainland
besides. being the lessees of the Col |
umbia theater which is to be reopened
IN San Francisco in November. -
Adams mentioned that firm in sort
of be-gOod- to-them voice, a stage wills /
per, SO to speak, for it is to them we
must look for much OF our entertain
ment in the future if we are to have /
the best that comes to the Coast.
- have been in correspondence with .
this firm with a view to getting some .
of the twenty best sellers down here /
for short seasons. - he explained Il /
note IN the recent papers at the Coast F..
that some of the best stars in the
dramatic armament are likely to play