Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-31

Eyes! That is my ambition. Often
dream of New York with the fulfill
ment of my ambition there. Bat | am
very young. See!" Miss Thorn Hell
len produced a little gold BIZ thring
There are only 20 notches on it."
| Some day New York will call Miss
HELEN. They say there is something
magic in the call of New York which
makes it irresistible; and so, if that
is true, when the signal is given she
will respond to it, and then we, who
live in the. BACKYARD Of the great me-
tropolis, will be minus winsome lit
tie prima donna, who has charmed
US with her singing And, and her ). many any
pretty ways. % =, -
Often ii is hard to believe the call
has not already been made, seeing
her on the stage at the Bijou, and that
somehow or other she did not hear
it, or awaits a firmer mandate. Well,
perhaps that is so. However, it is
certain that sooner or, later--and it
seems too soon now-the specific
gravity of New York, which draws the
high talent to it, will claim Miss Hell
len for its own. 60 q. : .--cu~:. ...
The comic opera is as much an art
in the estimation CT the little prima
donna as painting, or sculpturing -
and its function is just as important
1t is pleasant and interesting to lis
ten to her as she reveals her concep-
ton of the light opera of the not too
remote future, and one cannot help
but feel-whether in agreement or dis
sent from her views-that her ear.
nestness is not affected, that her con.
illusions are not of the copy book" j
type.
She is essentially artistic. Mrs
Lang speaks occasionally of her tenn
permanent, but only to make the point
that the prima donna is better suited
for light opera than concert work.
She is pretty yet clever. The lines
Of her face are finely chiselled and all
go to corroborate the suggestion of
Miss Hellen's artistic nature She
has full, sensitive and sympathetic
mouth, and eyes that hint of dream
er. Her hands, with their tapering
fingers, are delicately shaped.
Miss HELEN is not dreamer by any
means, in the inactive sense. For en-
ergy and VIM" as she calls it, no
one in the companyl'is her equal She
can rehearse all day and be on the
stage with the first curtain in the
evening as fresh and unwearied as
when she began. And Honolulu's
climate does not make her
less active. .-.-.. ..@+... |
This weather is beautiful; | love
t." she laughed the other day (Which
was reported to be the warmest day
Of the season.. = = .a.: 81. ...= {
Miss Hellen's ambition a few years
ago was to do concert work, but it
has changed. The comic opera--light@
comedy-attracts her
low /
ut is the comic opera for mel" she
exclaims enthusiastically THE comic /
opera still remains to be developed in
his country. Every season it is max:
ng strides, and reaching more of the
people. 1t is more popular today than
t has ever been.
THE argument that the music is
leteriorating in quality, which We oft.
n hear, seems absurd to me- On the
contrary. it is getting much better, as
ar as the comic opera is concerned.
70 be sure the market is being over
lowed with cheap, meritless sheet
music, and more of it is being pub
ished now than ever before. But that
5 good thing TOO,
"This cheap music has in its way
! good influence 1t has the same
citation to real music that poor books
ave to real literature: it paves the
way for people of culture to reach the
'oint where they can appreciate good
music ~
THE important thing is to get these