Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-05
WINTER
GARDEN fETE A
GREAT SUCCESS

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tStar-BuHetin Staff Correspondence
The Winter Garden given for the
benefit of the Wailuku Union church
last Friday and Saturday evenings
was said by those who attended to
be the best performance ever given
on Maui In fact the island has been
able to talk about nothing else in the
way of show since the affair came
off.
Mrs. J.. F..Jones had charge and ae-
'complished what has never been pre-
viously accomplished on this island in
getting the first night all sold within
two weeks of the advertisement.
There were only 100 seats for sale.
and. when the last was sold, there was
such a demand that the hall could
have been sold over again, The ar
rangement was most satisfactory.
Tables to the number of thirty were
placed in the Town Hall with four or
five chairs at each. Mrs. w. A. Nc
Kay was chairman of the committee
in charge of the decorations and the
work was done in her usual most ar
tistic fashion. The hall looked like a
sveritable garden. The tables were
small and when laid with white COW
ers and decorated with roses made a
most attractive appearance. Bamboo,
ferns and potted plants made the
stage one of the prettiest ever seen in
Wailuku. The second night no tables
he ,af, o.e1z cd
as closely as possible SO that a large
audience was seated. Many purchased
tickets for both nights, and those who
could not get reservations for Friday
were present in force for the Satur-
days performance.
Wren Wescoatt of Puunene was
stage manager and he was perfect
one. The Twenty Minutes in Italy"
was one of the prettiest things ever
seen on Maui. Mrs. Selden B. Kings
Eury and Mrs. Louise Chisholm Jones
took the principal parts in the singing
and dancing, done by the ladies, while
George Weight and Kenney Smith
were splendid in the mems parts. The
would give the performers of
this scene no rest until they had re-
w. Leslie West was decidedly good
in his Scotchs monolcgues. His cos
tune could hardly be improved upon
and his recitatfons were exceedingly
funny.
The Colonial Fantasia given by
twelve little girls in Colonial Co.'S
tune was very pretty indeed and call
ed forth loud applause. The chill
,dren were all under nine years, and
several were between four and six.
This part of the program was under
the direction of Miss Sue Starkwea-
Their, the kindergartener of the Alex
ander Settlement
The musical act was very we'll done
by Miss Caroline Scholtz and Mr.. Rob
inson of Paia. Their voices were eX-'
cellent, and the act was much enjoy
ed. .. - sl%@ ~. 49,, : II,
Messrs r. Rattray and Kenney
Smith took the part Of Pink Ladies"
and brought the house down.
w. S. Chillingworth and Joe Me-
shade were the serenaders who did
some excellent playing for Mrs. Jones
who was serenaded. She sang two,
pretty Spanish songs and for the sec.
ond encore little song in English
that suited the scene. The stage ef-i
fects in this act we're as pretty as on
a professional stage and delighted the
audience. Gat III -....~.
The last act was entitled Popular
Song" and was sung by Miss w.
Weight wose. clear and sweet voice
took the part we'll The little daugh-.
tiers of Edmund Hart did the rag
ging," that was necessary in the lat
ter part of the song. They could
hardly get off the, stage at all, and
were repeatedly called back by the
enthusiasm of the spectators. Miss
Mary Hoffman played all accompani-
ments in her usual pleasing manner.
THE best show that was ever given
on Maui,P was the unanimous opinion
of the large audiences present both
nights. The comment was certainly
justified, for the performance from
the standpoint of variety and excel
lent work done under Mrs. Jones d.
rection, was as good as anything seen
by the professional actors who have
in the last two years frequently visit
ed this Island. .~-.. -. @..:.. -.
The refreshment committee of the
Women's Aid Society was composed
of Mrs G.. J. Schoening, Miss Lorena
Merriam, Mrs Enos Vincent and Mrs
V. A. Vetlesen. The proceeds will
net nearly $4,000, and will be de-