Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-18
MAKANAO union
Church LADIES
GIVE BAZAAR

WAlLUkU, Oct 15.-The October
and November entertainments that
various Maui Churches have given for
many years past as annual affairs
had their send-off last Saturday eye
ming at the Paia Orpheum. when the
ladies OF the Makawao Union Church
gave their Annual Bazaar and Sale.
Quiet out of the usual vas the pre-
sentation on this annual OCCASION OF
anything in the dramatic line. 1t
was so successful, however that the
Maui people hope that 4 ,!at"u- dra-
i d 6 will become reg ~" feature
OF the Makawao bazaar
The title of the one act play was
How The Vote Was Won" 1t was
first presented at the Royal Theatre,
London. April II, 1909, and was writ
ten by Cicely Hamilton and Christie
pher st. John. 1t is a play. written
evidently with a purpose. On the
back of the program for the Paia pre-
sentation was an advertisement Of
the National American Women Suf-
frage association with headquarters
in New York City. 1t is needless to
say that every man in the audience,
had he been in the same fix as was
the leading character of the play.
Horace Cole "a clerk about thirty
years of age), would certainly have
cast his vote at the polls that wo-
men should be granted suffrage.
The play was exciting from the
opening words of the conversation
between Ethel, the wife of the clerk
and her energetic suffragette sister,
when they debated the question be-
fore the public that very day until the
end of the play when the hero of the
situation, completely won over to a
decision to vote for women, makes
an impassioned speech in favor of
women suffrage.
The measures used to persuade
him were those apparently in vogue
throughout the whole of England,
for every woman without her own
home and her own husband to support
her must come to, the home of her
nearest male relative.Into the small
house of Horace Cole and his wife,
with their one servant, came in sue
cession the various near and distant
relatives who claimed he must sup
port them.
Clarence G. White was the leading
character of the play. He had train
ed the caste. Needless to say that all
took their parts admirably, The
speeches assigned to each of the re-
latives were very clever and laughter
broke forth repeatedly from the au-
dience. The costume of Lily (the
maid of all work. was most extreme,
and every one was amused as she
came on the stage. The get up of the
evening, haWever, was that of Miss
Lizzie Wilkins, who was rugged out
exactly to suit her position in life
that of boarding house mistress
Her little black bonnet kept bobbing
from one side of her head to the other
as she came painting into the room.
In one hand she carried an immense
cage with parrot in it, and in. the
other hand a satchel. Somehow she
also managed to lead a big dog in
through the door az the same time.
When Horace saw her he disappeared
under the table, and came out only
after his wife had leased and petted
him until he was more willing to
face his six nearest female relati-
yes"
The cast is given below:
Horace Cole, "a Clerk about 3O)..
................ Mr.. Clarence White
Ethel, (his wife, ..............
............ Mrs. Clarence White
Winifred, cher Sister, ........
.............. Mrs. William Nicoll
Agatha, (Horace's sister, .....
.............. Mrs. Digby Sloggett
Molly, This neice) ..........
............... Miss Vanderhoof
Madame Christine, (his distant re-
lative) .............. Miss Beach
Maude Sparks, this cousin! -.
................ Mrs. E. E. Boyum
Miss Lizzie Wilkins, (his aunt) ..
......... Mrs. Frank Baldwin
Lily, (the maid-ofall-work) .
...... Miss Alexa Won Tempsky
Gerald Williams, (his neighbor) =.
............ Mr.. Digby Sloggett
Scene: Sitting room in Horace
Coles house at Brixton.
The play lasted about an hour.
More than four hundred people en-
joyed the performance. They then
turned their attention to the attract
i've booths placed in different parts
of the Orpheum. In these many fancy
articles were for sale, ice cream and
candy. The sale was very successful.
Over 100000 was cleared from the
evenings pleasant affair.
1t doesn't pay to do favors for
man who has q moor mem0rY