The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-14

on PLAYING his own aceomnanfwents
and when he sat down at this nartienIar
instrument and struck a key that maze
no response his expression was extreme.
y iuhhy, He struck another further
along the key board and there was
another Jolt. Having learned the fralI.
tles OF the thing he waded in and when
ne reached the silent keys he initiated
the sound with his voice. adding mueh
TO the humor of the song.
In 1894, about the time there was
good deal of excitement over the nro-
posal OF Minister Willis to restore the
queen TO the throne of Hawaii. the
boys We're rehearsing for another min
stfei show to be given as a benefit to
". q. Ash who had done much to make
Things hum among the amateurs. 1t
was TO be an extraordinary program
and Billy needed the money as he want
ed to leave the country. Doctor Moore
well-known dentist. was vantrilo
gust of no mean order and at the same
moment was one of the boys. Again
blliy Hoogs was in the circle where he
rendered operate selections with con-
summate skill. The programs was made
up OF specIalties, Little Della Ash sing
ing character song entitled "Old-
Fashioned Lullaby Gus Murphy, who
was always short on songs, delivered a
recitation called .'Real Scream - The
memory of the writer NAV be at fauIt
but the tale of ''L4ittle Mary and Her
Pet Lamb floats back to him as rem
dered by Gus in several dialects Char
lie hreuter, who was popular mem
Der of the Hawaiian band gave cornet
solo "Una' and Doctor Moore gave
an exhibition of his powers as a ven
trlloqulst. Chester Doyle sang a song
and Barsotti played selection on the
piccoio. Tommy Hennessey, the gentle
man with a Tpperary name and a Ha-
wallan dialect, at the time the best
mandoiine player, joined forces with
Ordway and did a clever musical act.
Hennessey is in New York, married to
a white lady and holding a position in
the municipal government The last
entertainment given by the boys who
did so much to make things go during
'93 and '94, was given in the old drill
shed in '95 or '96. 1t was for the
benefit of Company D Ministries and
was one of the best of the amateur
performances of the time, The mem
bers of the company built the stage in
the hall as the operahouse had been
burned and there as no other place of
amusement.
The songs on that occasion were
catchy and we'll rendered, and for
years afterward were played by the
Hswaiian band under the caption
'fCo. d Minstrels."
The rehearsals were held in Captain
Berger's house on Miller street, and
if the truth were told, the captain got
very tired of the nonsense before the
show was produced. Bert. Finney, con.
nected with the Bulletin at the time
and one of the few good clubswingers
here, gave an exhibition that surprised
those who had never seen him on the
stage. He was professional.
One evening he was with the boys at
Berger's, and while sitting at the table
in the parlor, thinking out something
for the performance, he picked up a
gold pen and thoughtlessly plunged it
into the hard wood several times be-
fore the captain noticed it. When he
debut that is story that is diff
ferent
Henry Vierra took part in this pro-
duction and as end man asked why a
well known man in the audience was
| like paper on a wall. The interlocutor
on failing to answer was told that it
was because he was ffstuck up.' The
gentleman referred to left the front of
the house and going behind the scenes
| demanded an apology-which he got.
At another time there was to be a