The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-10-20
At THE THEATERS.
SOME FUNNY VAUDEVILLE.

SOME FUNNY VAUDEVILLE.
There was packed house last even
ing at the Opera House to witness the
performance of the Armstrong and
Verne Comedy Co." and the record of
vaudeville was broken At the Jokes,
and silly Stiffness of the clever come
dians, Tom Armstrong the audience
fairly screamed while the gallery
gods in their heaven went wild with
delight
The company is an exceptionally
good one, but there seems to be pre-
eminence to the two stars, Tom Arm
strong and Priscilla Verne, who acts az
a foil to the formers witticisms. They
easily may claim favoritism with the
Honolulu audience, although the other
members were splendid and fully APP
preciated.
The performance opened with Tom
Armstrong and Priscilla Verne in a
screaming farce, "A Foolish Fool" the
synopsis of which consists of a beated
lady of fashion. in a lingerie frocl, Pa
risian chapeau, and many diamonds
reaching her hotel apartment and i'm
patiently awaiting the arrival of dila-
tory messenger in a red wig, who ex-
plains his delay as owing to the fact
that he had first to buy some bird seed
for his bosses cuckoo clock! After
which depression much fun and nom
sense are INDUCED in and repartee, al
ways to the credit of Tom.
His parody on Asleep on the Deep
made a big hit, and his costume con-
sisting of very wide divided skirt af-
fair and coat with ruffles made a
bigger one.
The second number was heralded by
quartette Of sweet voices singing my
Old Kentucky Home" while the cur
tain rose on cotton picking group of
Joe Verne and pickaninnies. Two vo-
cal solos, Madeleine and Jungle
Town" along with few steps of the
clog and Buck and Wing were greatly
appreciated.
ALT. Verne (the man with the voice.
gave an illustrated patriotic song en-
titled The Country l Adore" which
was very good. Mr.. Verne has an eX-
ceptionally fine baritone voice and
sings with great force and expression
Verne and Verne as THE Fashion
Plates of Vaudeville" rendered some
clever popular songs and executed
some very clever steps in Buck and
Wing"
Again came Tom Armstrong and
Priscilla Verne in the Laugh Min
ute" farce, "a Bunch of Nonsense
and a bunch of nonsense it was, but it
certainly brought down the house. Tom
Armstrong; makeup alone would
rouse ones humor, but his quiet easy
acting, his inimitable lisp, and his uni
que costumes, are worth the price of
admission.
| The colloquy ran on these lines:
WHAT time do you go to bed?"
asked my friend the other day.
Between eleven and twelve, he re-
piled. @'.%l3%N
That's kind of too many to sleep in
one bed, amt it?" l said.
MY ulOJu6I Was Ctll lhJuAt soy . iOAAA
again, with wry face, land my father
was an engineer. What 1 want to know
is this-Am I am caboose or a boxcar?
my father couldn't sing after he was
put in jail" says Armstrong again,
because he was always behind few
bars and couldn't reach the keys!"
Pm going to shoot myself in the
synagogue says he, pointing his re-
volver at his temple.
Even the Mayor came in for his
share of joshing.
81 went round to call on the Mayor
today says Tom, land l was told he
wasn't in, and that he doesn't work
during the day. So ever SINCE" he
concludes, 1--WE been looking for a
nightmare"
The program concluded with one
act comedy, Colonel Ketcheys" which
was extremely funny.
Its a good show, and those who saw
the performance last night thought i
was worth the money. On Thursday
and Saturday evenings there will b'
two performances with a change o
programme.