The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-03

Rogers IN the chOFuses, of Miss Clarke.
Miss Sheffield and Mrs. ingalls, in in
strumental music.
At the Preparatory School Miss
Cowan will have a class in gymnastics
once a week for each grade above the
third. These viii be simple drills and
settIng-up exercises so necessary to in
sure proper carriage of the body in the
growing child
Alice in Wonderland.
The greatest interest and enthusiasm
are being aroused in those who have
heard any of the details Of the enter
tainment TO be given at the Opera
House on the 18th of February. the
proceeds of which will be handed over
to the Woman's Guild of St. An
drew s cathedral to. pay some incurred
debts and for other necessary improve
ments about the parish. The mere
name of "AHce in Wonderland ap-
peals to old and young alike. While
the children are familiar with the
story, their parents and friends feel
that they need to refresh their mem
| cries on some Of the episodes which
once were so well known to them. The
form Of the entertainment is a series
of tableaux taken from the illustra-
tions of the original edition by John
Tenniel. Between the tableaux and
Illustrative of each one will be given
solos, duets and quartets, the music
of which has been composed by Liza
Lehman of ''Persian Garden fame.
! the words being the humorous poems
of Lewis Carroll, with which the book
| abounds. In addition there will be
sung some Of the songs from Rudyard
Kipling's 'Just So Stories,' composed
by Edward German, which are quite in
keeping with the style of the songs
from "'Alice in Wonderland - The
musical part Of the performance will
| be given by some Of the best available
| local amateur talent.
The entertainment opens with a
| quartet taken from the epilogue to
Alice in Wonderland, and intro
duees the first tableau, "'Aliee S
Dream in which we see the heroine
asleep at her sister s knee, surround
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dream. Then follows the sentimental
absurdity, "Mock Turtle Soup a
tenor solo, followed by the quartet,
Won t You Walk a Little Faster,
Said a Whiting to a Snail, ~ the whole
I leading up to the tableau of 1.-THE
| Walrus and the Carpenter in which
| those two worthless appear surrounded
| by the oysters on whom they subse-
| quently dine.
The next is quartet, Glow Doth
the Little Crocodile and duet,
"You Are Old, Father William.
/ After each Of the three verses of this
song, the curtain will rise to show,
first, Father William, standing on his
| head; second, his son, dismayed to find
| the old man has '|eaten the goose with
the bones and the beak,' and, third
| Father William balancing an eel on the
end of his nose.
After this tableanx come three OF
the inst So songs When the Cabin
Portfolios Are Dark and Green,
Morrow Down and ''Of All the
Tribe Of Tegumai =; and finally tbs
contralto solo. .'Speak Roughly Il
Your Little Boy leading up to th'
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the old duchess and her irascible cook
During the intermission, some 0.
Mrs. Gums pupils will dance bal
let, turn which is sure &c be re
eeived with pleasure.
The program is then resumed by tn
bass solo. Fury Said to a Mouse -;
short contralto recitative, go I'll
Love That Makes the World G.
| Round and two Just So songs, 9Th
| Cancels Hump and 1.-The Riddle,
| after which the curtain rises on tn
scene Of the Queen Of Hearts order
ing the decapitation OF three luckles
gardeners who have planted whit
rose tree where they should have pu
red one.
Then come two more Kipling song:
Il Keep Six Honest Serving Men
and "This Uninhabited Island. and
Quartet. ''TweedIedum and Tweedle
| dee introducing the tableau OF tn
two belIi1eTent brothers, who will ar
| pear in three different attitudes.
After tins come a Kipling sons
- Rio -; a soprano solo, - The Quee
| Of Hearts. and the quartet. 1.-The
Told Ne You Had Been to Her, II
| delightfully."- inconsequent words @
which are taken from the comproml'
ing poem found on the Knave @
Hearts. on which he was found guIit
Of having stolen the tarts. A. th
close Of this quartet comes the I'M
and most elaborate tableau Of ali, d
pictjng the scene in the court at tn
trial IF the offending Knaye.
From the foregoing, il viii easily b