Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-04

lied by Willie" The dress rehear-
sal" proves an utter failure and the cur
tain descends upon the dramatic fl
male, "Oh, dear, whatever shall we
do"' which Is perfect hurricane OF
despair. Madame Blue distinguishes
herself by her energy and thorough
ness and her emphatic expressions
provoke much mirth; in each new role
! one says of Miss Helen Alexander
! surely this is The best she has ever
done!"
Mrs. A. G. NJ. Robertson is charming
as Betty Blue and her singing is as
sweet as ever. Mrs. F. P Reynolds,
as Merrie Bell has confirmed the be-
lief of her friends that she has unusual
dramatic talent as we'll as a beautiful
voice
The parts of Minnie and Sallie, the
head shepherdeSscs, were very we'll
taken by Miss Clemence Clifford and
Miss Evelyn Cunningham, and that of
Tony equally effectively by Mr.. l.. P.
Warner.
ACT II.
Scene-A forest on Happy Valley
Farm at midnight. Before the curtain
rises the slow, sweet music of the
Serenade is played on the violin by
John Clifford, whose talent is always
so satisfying to listen to. He plays
too seldom in public. and on those few
occasions one always feels that the
chosen solo Is much too short.
Mistress Mary, clad in the daintiest
of pink negligee with a captivating
little cap of similar shade almost hid
ing her fair curls, has come to the
fearsome forest.
The curtain rises On the forest scene
and the Will-o-the-Wisps, led by Goss-
amer miss Nora Swanzy), dance in
and out among the trees, flashing
their lanterns about. 1t Is the pref
costumes of black are decorated with
silver which flashes even as the lamps
Of the spirits as they wave their
white arms in the gloom and occas-
ionally light up Their fair faces with
their mysterious flashes of light. They
disappear and in come the Frogs
great green hopping monsters. who
crCak in chorus in a wonderful nan
ner and finally break up with a jolly
game of leap frog and disappear even
as the Will-o' -the-Wisps. Mary comes
down, out of an old hollow tree, where
she has been hiding, and tells her
dream and its strange warming Again
she hears a strain of Boy Blues song
and seems to realize her love for him
now that he is threatened with some
unknown catastrophe. A graceful
scarf-dance follows her singing OIL
who can it be?" Fight and rhythmic
solo, to which Mr.. Owl adds an obli-
gato. Hearing approaching steps she
hides again and the three villains
Tom. Dick and Harry, enter and dis
cuss their wicked plot to drug Boy
Blues performing lambs with the aid
of the masked man. who rehearseS
with them beautiful, unaccompaniedI
four-part serenade, which they are to
sing in the event Of being caught
Then they go to perform their wicked
deed, and Mary is distressed until
Silverwings, with her darling little fai-
ries, appears and gives her a magic
censor which will revive the lambs at
the proper time. The solo and chorus, |
Troubles are only bubbles of woe"
sung by Miss Helen Spalding AMI her
fairies is one CT the rrettiest things
in the opera. Miss Spald'ng's sweet |
voice is just perfect for the part of
the consoling fairy queen. and the |
dance upon which the curtain descends
is a vision Of dainty, happy fairies, |
whose dresses are lovely fairy |
creations of white and silver which
BATTLE description, but look like moon-i
shine and mist. |
Mr.. Correthers and his two able as
sistants, Mr.. Stone and Mr.. Hcrner,
introduce the more somber element !
of villainy with great skill. minglingi
it with so much of the grotesque that !
it is impossible not 10 see the humor-
Gus side of it. which is just as it
should be, since the, wrongs of the !
world are only pegs on which We have
the pleasure of displaying the rights
of life or, as Silverwings sings:
Troubles are only bubbles of woe
A-flcating in the air; /
Just little magic touch 49,. ~
And. 10. they disappear.
If you'd happy be. just know
That troubles are bubbles of woe
The part of the Masked Man was
done by Mr.. C. ]. Birnie.
Special Feature Not Given.
Owing to a severe cold Mrs. A. c.
NJ. Robertson was obliged to disappointl