Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-04
SPRIGHTLY MAIDS AND GAY SWANS
Join IN HAPPY VALLEY FARMING
And mistress Mary and Her Little Lambs the Sprites anC
the Magistrates and Frogs, They All are Joyous
BY ELSA CROSS HOWARD.

Miss Margaret r, Martin has beyond
a doubt completely shattered the old
time masculine theory that the fair
sex is incapable of producing any
thing worth Swhile in the musical or
dramatic line Her creation Mistress
Mary" is one Of the happiest and most
ideal Of fairy operas. To use a stereo-
typed phrase, there is literally not one
dub moment from the time its COM
pact overture begins until the last re-
Trains Of Love! Love! Love-"
The production Of the opera has
been the most popular topic of discus
sion for the past four weeks, during
which period rehearsals have been go
ing steadily on; night after night the
lights OF the Castle kindergarten,
where most of the rehearsals took
place, have still been unextinguished
even at IL o'clock, for the indefatig-
able producer has lived from early
morning till late at night solely for
one idea, to make her production o
success. No effort has seemed too
much to make, and even at the con-
clusioh OF the heaviest days work
there has been always CHEEKY smile
CT appreciation for members of the
cast when goodnights were exchanged
Miss Martin has undoubtedly earned
the hearty Congratulations of her audi.
ences and the inexpressible gratitude
OF the authorities of the Free Kinder
gsrten and Children's Aid Association.
The whole cast Of the opera, all the
members OF the orchestra, committees
officers, chaperones and ushers, have
most generously given their services
free for this charitable cause. and
when Il is realized that these include
professionals cf many kinds. as we'll
cs teachers, students and school chill
dren who have had to continue their
regular work and give over most OF
their spare time fer the opera. Il will
be seen that Il Is not point to be
dismissed lightly. for it has meant sac
riflce OF the rest hours and play hours.
parties and fayorite pastimes. and
placed in their stead hours Of shop
ping or sewing on the pretty ccs.
tunes. or rehesrsing dances cr cho-
ruses-or go'rg into the chaos CT de-
tails to straighten thinss out and put
them in rurn'ng order so that the sew.
eral committees might achieve effec
tive work-all this and so much more
that~we can hut 6imly guess at, who
peen behind the scenes. has gone to
make the success of the most sue
cessful amateur show OF the season
in Honolulu, and which in its turn
stands for the success of the splendid
organizations for which ii is being
given. 1t is safe to say that no wor-
thier cause could be found than that
OF starting the youth OF cur future
citizens in the right direction. which
free education and the best of it I'M
dcubtedly means
To revert to the music, the plot, the
words and the dramatic climaxes and
to do full justice to the composer and
writer would need Whole newspaper
TO describe with faithfuiness. for 1t is
a most perfectly worked out story AMI
each number in itself is so worthy OF
praise that IL is almost an impossible
task. ~
In the following criticism the plot
OF the opera has been given from the
synopsis contained in the programs,
AID as nearly as possible in the same
Words: