The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-25
ADJUSTMENTS.
Elks Minstrels Plan a Seaside Setting.

Close your eyes before entering the
Hawaiian Opera House on the nights
of February and 6, and open them
after you have been comfortably seat
ed, and you will imagine yourself trans
planted to the Seaside Hotel. 1t is
presumed YOU are to be one of the
many who will attend the performance
given by the Elks on those nights
Under the direction of "Sonny'
Cunha there is to be an innovation in
mnstrelsy, for the oldtime semicircle
of ''intellect and darkness is to be
dispensed with, and local scenes, nipped
from the beach and trees and sur
roundings at the Seaside. substituted.
The scheme is to have the proprietor
of the hotel do the honors as host, and
best talent in the Order of Elks in
Honolulu. He will also officiate as in
terloeutor, and the funny men who or
dinarily appear on the ends will be
coon walters for those evenings The
affair viii be more in the nature of an
evening with party of congeners at
the favorite hotel than a blown-in-the-
bottle style of oldtime minstrelsy. And
the idea is certainly good.
The music, too, will be in a har-
monious vein with the surroundings.
There will be drinking songs from the
latest comic operas and the most pop
ular songs of Broadway. OF course,
Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep
would be in good taste in a place
where the murmuring waves are to be
heard all the time, but that will be
cut out for something of a livelier ma
ture. A feature will be song, "Ber-
gers Hawaiian Band something new
and as catchy as the mumps. There
will be choruses by forty--count them,
forty-of the best singers in Kameha-
meha Schools, boys who have studied
harmony under Mr.. Livingston and who
know the difference between noise and
music.
A surprise in store for thoae who
go will be limitations of prominent So
ciety favorites by lady prominent in
society. This will be given during the
olio and will be tremendously enjoyed
for the novelty of it. Honolulu has
never seen Cissy LOTUS and in this
lady the people will find an eminent
suceessor-the word is used advisedly,
for Miss LOTUS has given up this line
of business. Anna Held will be seen
and heard on the stage at the Seaside
when this lady appears, and SO will
| many other of the famous vaudeville
actresses. Practically this is to be the
dark horse of the entertainment
though the male participants in the
affair will have darker faces. All of
the special scenery. for the minstrel
first part is being painted by Tom
Sharp.
Mary Gum and thirty of her
pupils are rehearsing a Japanese stunt
which will undoubtedly be a fitting
close to the evenings entertainment.
Art League Dramatics.
One of the most educational infu-
ences on a community is the manner in
which birthdays of our greatest men
and anniversaries of our greatest
events are impressed on the minds OF
not only the children, but the grown
| ups.
The dramatic. circle of the Kilohana
| Art League is preparing to send fol-
the most odate literature in the
giving of such entertainments. Al
| present the necessary funds are to be
raised by the giving of series of en-
tertai1ments. The first one will be to-
morrow evening at the home building
corner of Miller street and Beretania
avenue
| First, the entire farce HMrs. Oak
ley's Telephone" will be given; ther
| dancing and puzzling and a buffet sup
per will follow.
Band Concert at Emma Square.
The Hawaiian band will play al
Emma Square this evening. The pro
gram will be:
PART I.
| March-The Hulahula Girl .Kalan
Overture-Italian in Algiers. Rossini
The Patrol of the Scouts. :. .Boecalar
observation-disclosures Parade. Hume
PART II.
| Vocal-Hawaiian Songs Ar. by Berge1
observation-disclosures ....... Albert
| Waltz-City Life. translator
Finale-Rapid Transit ........ Arndt
The Star SpangIed Banner.
The Gem Theater.
Nothing ruffles the temper of tbs
men behind the reel at the Gem, anC
consequently the pictures. are shown
with an evenness and freedom from
jerky motion that makes them enjoy
able at all times The lights are goo(
and the subjects well received by tn,
large audience always found in the lit
tie theater. The change in the pro
gram will be made this afternoon.
The Art Theater.
In spite of the attraction at tn,