The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-14
Old and New Time MinSfrP1S
BY JAMES T. STACKER.

straps. Those little pieasantries seem
ed personal to the men ridiculed, and
for that reason protection was believed
10 be necessary.
With the 1898 Ministries there was
noticeable absence of a knowledge OF
make up. As it is remembered by many
who witnessed the performance the end
mems faces ran largely TO mouth for
the vermilion grease paint was reek-
lessly used Billy Charlock had his so
it began Immediately under the right
ear and ended in a eorresp spending posi-
ton under the left. And Doyle was
enough like him to be a twin. In the
circle Charlock, as he is remembered,
was a very quiet end man. The jokes
he administered were in a tone that
was serious rather than funny and he
never smiled in the telling for it was
to amuse the audience that he was
there rather than to amuse himself
Some people enjoy their jokes more
than their auditors but not so with
Charlock.
The finale to the first part of the
show was ''Bus VS.. Tramways, skit
in which Pain IS mules were pitted
against Smith IS bus line which. at the
time, ran along Beretania avenue and
on King. The scene showed the seats
in one of the mule ears and Doyle
represented japanese wahine in kimo-
no. His japanese conversation with the
conductor was the amusing point in the
act
He had a chance to MARBLE little
and sung song about what he would
do if he was mayor of Honolulu. 1t hap
pened Honolulu was without a city and
county government at the time. The
words were:
81 wish I was the mayor
III bet you there would
be no fuses.
"I'd rip up the tracks
and burn all the cars
and put on the omnibusses."
As there was a good deal of enmity
between Pain and Smith who ran and
owned the bus, the song was timely
though it had been dug out of debris
made by professionals, dozen years
prior.
In those days Ulie Ordway was the
musical artist, playing compositions of
every description on old bottles, cans
or glasses. His act was always well re-
ceived. This was his stunt in the Sec
ond part of this performance and Geo.
Ritman, who was also a musician, gave
a solo on the banjo. The show ter
inflated with Honolulu, Past and
Present. - and the audience left the hall
particularly well pleased.
Before going further into the produc.
lions by amateur minstrels it NAV be
4 II IL III
Emerson were made when he wanted
bit of money and usually HE'D him
self away to Australia to pick it up
for he was as great favorite there as
in the United States And he was a
favorite here, as John Cummins will
testify. In those days Mr.. Cummins
was king of Waimanalo, a place that
was visited frequently by Kalakaua and
his friends, of whom Emerson was
one. Billy was a jovial chap, full of
wit both on and off the stage and he
always made things merry for those
around him. He appeared once at the
0perahouse after a strenuous day with
friends. He was all right through the
first part and sung his song, but the
heat overcame him before he was due
to go on with his famous "Moriartv. -
The director of the stage sought him
and Informed him that the stage was
ready for him and the people waiting,
but it was no use, he ordered them to
60 on vita the next act. He was a
good fellow. 1t is said of him that at
one house at which he was a frequent
caller out Palama way there was a
piano that was minus two or three
| wires. Billy used to always insist up-