The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-05-03
Rip Van winkle.

Rip Van Wrinkle.
Probably the best acting of the day
was seen in the eighth part of the pa
geant, where Rip Van Wrinkle in three
acts helped bring the history chain to
American colonial days. Leon Eber-
sole, in the title role, and Aulay Ma
caulay, as Young Rip, easily carried off
the honors, but it was quite a shrewish
and natural Dame Rip whom Adelaide
Pratt presented to the audience.
The first act showed the famous
town loafer in quite real dispute with
his dame who interrupted her work at
the tub to bid him FBegonei" and
hurl interjections and kitchen utensils
after him as he slouched out of the
door up to the mountains.
OF to the side, then, Rip met Hem
dirk Hudson (James Campbell) sitting
on rock drinking fagon of wine
while his men tramped out Of real
assures in real rocks with real kegs and
worn and dusty set of nine-pins that
had undoubtedly seen much ghostly
play in the mountains by the Hudson.
Rip carried the key, true to the text,
and took his sly nips from it with the
with a crash before the bowling of
| Hendrix Hudson 5 men, ne fell asleep.
Promptly one minute later he awoke
with twenty years growth of beard,
torn clothes and rusty gun and en-
tered on the third scene amidst the
scornful villagers of the American
Republic. Here his daughter Judith
| miss Aileen Dowsett) and the Old
Neighbor Woman Miss Evelyn Brock
ons) and Peter Vanderdonk (Harvey
Hitchcock) made life miserable for him
with their cries of "Spyl" and
"Toryi' and Samuel Wilder as the
Official Person added so much to the
distress of the venerable youth that
the audience sighed in sympathy with
his mournful accents of explanation.
Hendrix Hudson's men were played
by: Francis Abel, Sal Kee Au, David
Leong, Chester Taylor, Franklin
Richardson, Woods Peters and Donald
Hayselden, while the villagers were
Irene Ahrens, Everett Brown, Charlotte
Blake, Helen Church, Emily Cooke,
Edith Carter, Ruth Gartley, Louise
Girvin, Burrows Henshall, Genevieve
Hooking, Pearl Kekumano, Norman
King, Violet Madden, Belinda Murray
Lillian McChesney, Lydy Mutch, Jere
Smith and Evelin Webster.
Colonial Days.
Rip Van Wrinkle had hardly beer
, carried off by his scornful fellow
citizens before History went a pes
backwards and presented to the ad
I miring audience a colonial tea party
presided over by George and Martins
Washington. This was an extremely
, ambitious scene, particularly as the
, colonial danes and gentlemen not only
( danced the steps of the famous ale
minuets and caprices, but did so dressed
in costumes punctiliously correct.
5 Archie Campbell, son of Major Camp
]. bell, A. G., U. s. A., played Georg'
: Washington with dignity that woulC
i have looked well on the Father of Hi
: Country himself, while there was n,
S more charming figure in the entir
y pageant than Eleanor Gartley a
} Martha Washington, who quite VOL
9 the hearts of her audience.
d The music was furnished by Blakel.
McStocker, o. c., rs, and Donal'
Brown.
The danes and gentlemen were: tn
| mlSbbS M1luItu Wal
diner, Ruth Stacker, Mary Renton
i, Mary Smith, Olive Lindsay and RalpI
\ Girdler, Ferrin Ellsworth, Davi
i Wilmington, Ralph Williams, Gordol
Wakefield, George Lindley.
A Patriotic Finale.
l. The concluding event of the pageant
:, before the grand review, was a part
d given by Miss Columbia to the galax
y of States and Territories, with Uncl
n Sam and Uncle Jonathan as the speeia
n guests. Miss Columbia was esccorte
l. to her seat upon the stage by Uncl
+ Sam, in full regalia of red, white an
e blue. Brother Jonathan, dowr
e East Yankee with high boots, Ions
tailed buster, long whiskers and slouc
y hat, followed. Sitting beside Colun
% bia, highly honored, was a diminutiv
= Hawaiian lad, representing the Teri
y tory of Hawaii. Then entered the si
!. terhood of States and Territorie
II escorted by the Wild West and til
u bearer of Old Glory. The former wa
70 represented by twelve sturdy youths
cowboy suits and sombreros and carr.
I ing rifles. They marched with militar
precision, with Ernest Mott-Smith, SC
of the Secretary of the Territory,
o. their head. There was considerab
dialogue between the principals, durir
i'd which the various States and Teri
l. tories advanced and laid tokens at Mi
ly Columbia's feet, Brother Jonathan i
" teriecting various witty remarks. The
IS. was patriotic speech by Uncle sar
g, call upon all the States and Teri
&c tories to stand by the Flag, which wi
st held aloft and saluted. AS patriot
hs effort, Miss Columbia's party was
m fitting close to the pageant.
IS, The characters in this closing nul
ed Der were: Columbia, Ruth Farringto
IS, Uncle Sam, Louis Stephens; Broth
ed Jonathan, David Wilmington; Distri
ed of Columbia, Gretchen Bierbach, al
Hawaii, Guy Piltz.
nd States and Territories-Maine, Ma
Dir cline Burnett; New Hampshire, Fl'
re enee Chalmers; Vermont, Nuong. La
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