The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-13

Higgins. alias George Hernandez, last
night at certain little theater on
upper Fort street. But no one seemed
to get very, very sore about it. for
they laughed most heartily whenever
the Honorable Mr. Gabe showed his
provincial features into the limelight,
as, indeed. they did whenever his dap
per little better one-half stirred up
things on the stage.
''Pals'' was the play, and the audi
ence and the players were "pals'
from the moment the curtain rang up
on the first scene. Action there was
in plenty, and comedy, and-yes, there
was tragedy. Best of all, the acting
was good-better, perhaps, than Homo
lulu has seen in the Orpheum Theater
in many a day, and that is saying
something, for Joe Cohen usually sees
to it that none but the best is put
forth in his showhouse. And then the
play was a happy choice for ''first-
nighter.' 1t was rousing, it was re-
freshing, and, above all, it was one
that held the interest of the audience
from first to last.
Few people realized the fact, but
Miss Matte Lloyd Luce, who was SO
charming as "the girl they both
love-" is not the leading lady of the
company Miss Luce was ideally fitted
for the part she played last night, and
there WASH moment of the time
that she was on the stage that she
didn't show her cleverness as an ac-
tress. She had force in her acting,
something that takes hard training to
bring forth in a young actress, and
she had a plquant college Widow
manner of speaking her lines that won
the admiration of those who We're
lucky enough to see her last night.
Miss Auda Due, the leading lady of
the company, did not take the "lead'
part in "Pals.'' Hers was a study,
character that demanded a whole lot
of -the-point acting. And as
the girl who loved not wisely, the err
ing girl who discovered her mistake N
the nick of time, she played a part
that brought forth many expressions
of admiration for her splendid acting.
In 1.-THE American Girl' and other
plays later to be given by the Ellie
ford company, Auda Due will carry the
chief role, and there's not a doubt
but that, if her acting in the future
may be judged by that last night, she
will do it well.
Credit must be also given to little
Margaret Marriott. It's hardly fair
to the little lady to call her come
dian, but she certainly is a fun maker
AS the city street-girl in the country
for the first time, she handed out the
right kind of lingo, and she surely
knew how to stand up for her rights
in the manner strenuous, if not exactly
polite. She made a hit.
Dora IS grabbed old aunt was the
part taken by Anna Dodge, and her
snippishness and, at one stage of the
play, her snobbishness was wonderful
to behold. AS character actress she
made good impression.
Lawrence Underwood and Pietro
Sosso were top-notch with the two
leading male parts. Both displayed be-
yond doubt that they We're expert
enced actors, well able to carry the
leading parts in almost any play.
Sosso won out in the game of love,
which he pIayeu very neatly, anu OH-
derwood-well, as the villain, he had
most everyone hating him before the
last curtain went down. And that s
not "knock.'
Altogether the play made a thor
oughly good impression on the crowd
ed house that was in the Orpheum last
night And it certainly was crowd
ed house, for the S. r. o. sign was
swinging early, and even Joe Cohen
had to wear out shoe-leather when he
grinned appreciatively at the clever
specialtles by the Osborn children.
These two "kids' are very clever,
and they received a big ovation in the
singing and dancing stunts. Tonight
the same bill will be on at the
Orpheum.