Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-22
FAIRIES CHARM
LARGE AUDIENCE
.ATOPERA HOUSE
Children Players Give Two De-
IightfuI PIaylets, Which They
Will Repeat Tonight

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of Christmas are two wonderful
things Those who attended yester-
day afternoons performance given by
the Children Players at the Hawaiian
Opera House realized in large mea-
sure the beauty of these truths COM
ing over the footlights.
While most of the audience filling
the theater practically to capacity con-
sisted of the little folks, there were
nevertheless many present whose hair
had long since been touched with
gray by the alchemy of time. These.
however, were as youthful in spirit
as their grandchildren beside them.
and their laughter blended charming.
~ with the shrill treble of happy
youngsters They believed in fairies
and Santa Claus once more. SO
How the trusting, innoceIlt mature
of a little boy on a snowbound over
land train brings new faith in human
ity anu Iffesnft INTEREST IN life to, q
group OF wofidsWeaFy and cynical stfass
elers was the theme of Showed In"
the opening playlet. Little Katherine
Kilbourne played The Boy, and her
unaffected simplicity and naturalness
made more than one pair of eyes
mist over. s5sShe is only nine years
old, and is, the daughter of DR.. and
Mrs. E. ID. Kilbourne.
r. E. Lambert was the doctor, and
his stage presence was excellent.
When he ran into the Pullman out of
the snow, carrying the boy, the paper
snowfiakes which fell on his hair re-
fused to melt and gave him some
what polka-dotted appearance, but his
acting made up for that.
Porter Made Big Hit.
George Potter was austere as the
canon, Henry Judd had plenty OF
breeze to his Characterization of the
ranchman, Miss Elizabeth Mackall's
portrayal of the lady furnished many
heart throbs, and George Marshall as
the porter caused several hundred
children in the first eight rows to
shrek with laughter every time he
af9bled up,stage.
4bl HesaaiiMR adventuress in
M thical .deuatfy Epf Aeannibals,s lions
and rivers of doubt, brought undiluted
Joy to the youngsters when Pathe
movie filed in while the stage was
made ready for part two. A Thanhous-
er kid" drama was next shown.
Atenvriee-ef @days when, Cinderella
and Jack the Giant Killer were real
were recalled by Christmas Gold,
a delightful fantasy of Yuletide, the
scene set in Holland Lisbeth (Helen
Hitchcock), the little daughter OF
Katrina Mrs. Arthur 6. SMITH, and
.Raff= Henry Judd has disappeared.
The household faff8 (E8eiypS Cum
,ningham); the crickets, spiders, bee
ties and worms bring her back on
Christmas Eve, when her sorrowing
parents, hoping against hope, prepare
a Christmas tree IN her memory.
.1nsects" All Effective.
The household tairy's henchman
was played by Willie" an acrobatic
youngster, whose brown skin needed
no makeup, while the crickets imper-
sonated by Ulchee Makata and Kiijogi
Saida, chirped most mysteriously. The
dances by, the spiders, beetles and
worms were very pleasing
The costumes worn by the young
sters representing the various little
things of the gakden deserve a word
ofsmention. as they we're both color
ftf and artistic. carrying out an ex-
c&lent representationiof the creatures
'fof which they were DESIGNED The
plays will be repeated tonight at 8: Is,
at which time the PaderewsN dolls
will be auctioned for Polish relief
Following is a list of the boys and
girls who appeared in the dances
which lent an added charm toSfhe pro-
duction:
Beetles-Janet Ross, Helena Cordes,
Elsie Aud. Edith Fukumura. Alice
Parker, Lucy Kaulukou, Hazel Fernan.
deZ, Thelma Fukumura.
Spiders-Alexander Perkins, Louis
Kahoano, John Paleka, Sammy Lee,
Harry Adam. Il ..>.
Brush-Maria Reveira. ~.
Dust Pan-Helen Parker.
Mop-Emma Torres -.
Worms-Albert Tuck Chan, Lee
Chong, Frank Soffra, Hakuiku Isobe,
notnipoO Colo11o AntOuo TocoDl