The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-17
ADJUSTMENTS

In connection with the inclusion of
Schumann immortal "Two Grena-
diers'' among the program items for
Mr.. Bennett upon the visit of the
Withers Concert Company to Honolulu
an interesting little story is told, il
Illustrative of the singers versatility.
1t was at Batavia, Java, and for the
third concert this song was among Mr..
Bennett IS numbers. The "Stafmu-
Zeik'' was assisting that evening, and
rehearsal had been called for six in
the morning-they are early risers in
Java. At 1880 the night before Band
master Gerharz called on the artists.
He wanted to know why Mr.. Bennett
did not sing that number at least with
full orchestral accompaniment.
"Oh, have you the parts?" inquired
the baritone, eagerly.
The bandmaster had not.
Haven't you?' he inquired.
"Why, no, was the reply-and then,
with scarcely seconds pause: "But
| can orchestrate it in time. -
There are sixty odd instruments in
the Stafmuzeik, but at six in the
morning Mr.. Bennett presented him.
self for rehearsal-with all the parts
ready.
Seats are On sale for the next two
| concerts, Friday, June Is, and Tuesday,
June %, at Bergstrom Music Co.
| Marshall Darrach.
| The first of the Marshall Darrach en-
tertainments will be given at the
| Alexander Young Hotel ON June 81. The
recital will be Twelfth Night. OF the
Darraeh rendition of this comedy a
Portland, Me-, paper says:
! Mr.. Darrach chose well for his first
reading in Portland. With the single
exception of ga Midsummer Night s
Dream,' the lively comedy, "Twelfth
Night, or What You WILL best serves
| to reveal the master in his lighter mood
that lighter mood which he puts
away forever after the performance OF
the play in Middle Temple hall in 1901
during the Christmas festivities which
probably gave it its almost significant
ly irrelevant name. 1t was indeed
"What You WILL
The reader, remarkably young maj
probably not much over So years
gave a recital Of the comedy which
very well deserves the expressions Of
favor which it won. His omissions, de
cidedly free on account of the hour III
in the morning), were made with con
siderable good sense and tactful regar(
for the dramatic requirements, while
some of his original comments witt
which the elisions were filed in were
of themselves worth hearing. Possibly
no other comedy requires create
: breadth of expression than "Twelfti
Night, - the comic strain which perme
, ates it giving the characters so SHARP
an individuality that only talent OF
very unusual quality will compass then
all in one man s mouth to the intelii
gent appreciation of an audience whlcl
does not carry its textbooks in its hands
1t is a very long way from the demur
daring of the mock Cessario to the full
throated bluster of Sir Toby Belch. Nj
Darrach proved equal to the task an
!. was fully rewarded by his audience
The audience itself was noteworthy
: more than filing the card room of TIL
. Falmouth. 1t is to be regretted tina
!. Mr. Darrach is not to open the cours
in literature at Yale with lecture
- reading on Shakespeare and his work
q Art Theater.
4 People, who wonder at the signal sue
cess of the Art Theater, cease to woI
der after paying their first visit to thi
popular amusement resort. The secre
. of their leadership in the moving piC
ture business is very easy of explans
ton. The program is always new, b.
y cause the management disdains to IT
k sort to the cheap expedient of runnin
l. old films, that cause the patrons of som
of the other shows to walk out disal
pointed. Mr.. Lawson has had eigf
years of practical experience in tn