The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-26
MARGARET OSWALD
TELLS ABOUT US
IN Dramatic Review Lauds the
Islands as the Greatest
Place on Earth.

Inc San Francisco Dramatic Mirror
OF July has the following enthusiastic
description of Hawaii, told by Miss
Margaret Oswald, the leading lady of
the McRae stock company. The inter
View is:
In speaking of my trip / can not
help but repeat Miss Margaret Anglin' S
sentiment regarding Honolulu: at is
truly the garden spot of the earth, >
and is rightly named the Paradise of
the Pacific. - In approaching Homo.
IuIu with my company | did so with a
feeling Of apprehension and delight
apprehension as to whether the people
OF the Island would appreciate the
hlgh-class dramatic productions, and
delight at having the opportunity of
playing before an audience composed
of slXty-tWo varieties of nationalities.
And | can assure you that it was a
great pleasure to myself and my com
pany to realize that we met with phe-
nomenal success both artistically and
financially, playing as we did for ff-
teen weeks to almost capacity business
ut every performance The newspapers
treated us beautifully, and the hospi-
tality Of the Hav aijans is beyond de
scription. The Sunday following our
first performance Mr. McRae. my man
ager, was met by number of the lead
ing citizens, who insisted on his ar
ranging for myself and company to ac
company them on a ninety-four- lie
automobile ride a ound the Island of
Oahu. To describe the beauties of this
wonderful ride would occupy almost
every page of your valuable paper. |
can now easily forget every other auto
mobile ride that | ever took. We were
all so elated over our trip around the
Island of Oahu that Mr.. McRae decided
to take the company on visit to the
other Islands three in number, toward
the end of our engagement at Homo
lulu. The necessary bookings were
made and we left the city one morning
on the steamer Mauna kea, amid
shower of leis made up of almost every
flower imaginable, the native band
playing "Aloha De-
Our first stop was Hilo, on the Island
of Hawaii. Hilo is picturesque httle
town, situated on the beautiful crescent
Bay of Hilo, and most inviting in its
freshness. Tropical foliage is here at
its brightest, and is most effectively
luxuriant; cocoanut and banana and
royal palm and flowers all are mingled
in a mass of foliage that seems to cover
the city. We closed our four days en-
gaeement there with the glorious an
ticipation of visiting the wonder OF the
Pacific, the active volcano OF kllauea.
We left the Hilo Hotel early Sunday
opl ToIp
for three hours on a roadbed of solid
lava. We arrived at the Volcano House,
where we enjoyed most sumptuous
dinner. prepared for us by the prom1-
nent sugar plantation owners OF Ihe
Island. and after lunch We arranged for
clothing and mules to visit the volcano.
To describe the wonders Of TINS great
ca1dron would be impossible; here eter-
nal fires glow and throh in pit thou
sand feet or more in diameter. | was
so enchanted by the scene that | per-
suded Mr.. McRae and some of the more
enthusiastic members of the company
n remain with me on the edge of the
crater until the wee, sma' hours OF the
morninp. Most of the company rode
back on the mules aud horses provided
for rs. but 7 myself walked the entire
distance Of three miles over lava beds
and up the sides of crags ana noun
.. tains back to the Volcano House. we
next visited the Island of Maui, where
we plaved two nights IN Nallukn'
picturesque little place, situated at the
month of the famous lao Valley, better
known as the Yosemite of Hawan, over
Swallowed by Haleahala (the House OF
the Snn( the largest extinct volcano III
the world, of which it has been SAID a
city of three hundred thousand people
rolId be built on the floor of its crater.
II WaiIuku we were given luau "a
native FEAST, and here the proverbial
hosnitaIitv Of the Hawaiians was clear
* demonstrated. It was feast : IL
for the GODS composed exclusively OF
native dishes. which were all cooked
UNDERGROUND and which were most pala-
table From WaiIuku we drove thirty
-ix miles in automobiles through pine
apple and sugar plantations to the town
OF Lahaina; here we were gwen 1ho
church to play in. The plantation own
ers built Us a stage, furnished Us Win
the necessary equipment and two Sl'e
rial trains t. bring the natives 10 see
our performance From there we caught
the steamer back to Honolulu, after
| two weeks of the most delightful out
ing any of us had ever experienced.
In conclusion 7 may add that the
| peoplp Of the Hawaiian Islands received
my company and myself with sucn
beautiful enthusiasm and gave Us sucG
| = delightful time that upon the urgent
renuest Of some Of the prominent clt-
zens Mr.. McRae has arranged to play
| a return date Of four weeks on our
trim around the world, which begins
next October.