The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-10-08
SHOW
|. Is ATTENDED BY
MANY CHILDREN
Boys and Girls Pack The Liberty
To See Movies As Guests
...nG IS OF Paper
.vILLYUNS' ARE KISSED
AND HERolNES cHEEReD
Youngsters Make Halls Ring With
Praise Or Scorn As Case
May Be

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The 8. r. o. sign was hung out at the
Liberty Theater yesterday afternoon.
Inside, bedlam reigned. Edgar Allen
Poe's widest dreams Of all the sounds
Of all living creatures were exempli-
fed in one ear.splitting shrek. The
shrek came from a packed house of
school children who were guests Of The
Advertiser and was induced by the APP
pearance Of the first film Of the special
matinee for their benefit.
Cries, catealls and Whistles greeted
every new film, welcomed the hero,
scorned the villain and east ridieule and
taunts at the lOUesick youth and maid,
all of whom should thank their lucky
stars they appeared before that audi
/ enee only by proxy. The showhouse
never held more enthusiastic audi-
ence; one that entered so unanimously
into the spirit Of every scene of every
story and gave voice TO its appreeia.
tion so completely unabashed.
Many Came Without Tickets
Every boy and girl Of school age in
Honolulu who could beg, borrow or buy
a copy Of the Monday Advertiser and
| obtain the coupon which served as tick
ct Of admission, was there. And there
were many who came without the tick
cts. The reasons for their misfortune
were not explained, but they stood with
sad, envious eyes outside until the show
was well under way, when the theater
manager took compassion upon their
very evident grief and let them slip in
Every available copy of Monday 5 is
sue of this newspaper was seized bv
the eager youngsters for the coveted
coupons. Before evening every copy Cf
the paper at the Advertiser business Of
fee had been purchased by children
whose brothers and sisters at home got
hold Of the famlly's copy and the priced
admission ticket. The Advertiser ran
short Of papers, but still the youngsters
came by scores.
Realizing its oversight in not pre-
pairing for a heavier demand, the man
fagement issued passes to these children.
Come Early For Show
They began to gather at the Liberty
nearly an hour before the program be.
gan, at half.past- two. First they came
by scores, then by hundreds and final
ly, at n quarter after two they arrived
in shoals, which blocked the afeaway
and overlooked to the street. They
were quiet and orderly and easily
handled by the theater g employees.
They were docile enough inside until
the men began closing windows prelim-
mary to the performance. Acquiring
imminent entertainments, this move was
a signal for an Outburst. The urchins
went wild. They held their seats
wild horses eOuldn I have dragged them
away, but arms and hats waved frantir-
ally and the building resounded to tho
din Of their yelIs and Whistles. Every
move Of q grownup called for shriekinS
comment.
The Advertiser photographer was
hailed with a fusillade Of paper pellets
and roar of greeting when he stool
upon a seat to get picture of the as
semblage. The theater's pipe, organ
and pedestrian played madly, addin :.
its bit to the eommotiOn of sound,
though it was mighty small in the gen
eral hubbub and at times could not he
heard at all.
Children Whistle To Music
After the first picture was well under
way and the children had quieted down,
the organ s presentation of "The Red,
White and Blue, Marching Through
| GeOrgia" and other familiar airs, was
aided and abetted in volume by whij-
| Ting chOruses, that joined in with Wig
! or and evident love of the music.
And it was a soul satisfying program.
Eight reels of pictures that played the
gamut of emotion in a hundred differ.
, ent ways carried the youngsters to
elysian fields of wonder, romance, tray
edy and fun. The little girls cried
freely with the forlorn heroine, while
the boys sneaked furtive, grimy fists
up to rub burning optics The tilted
lOvor was greeted with yells of derisiOn,
and equally 'shrill yells of approval wei,
coined the heroic old Forty Miner and
his promises of great and perilous OK
plOits.
The ohildrens Program
First on the program was a comedy
film, "a Maid BY Proxy" This was
followed by a western drama. "Tho
Hearts of the Brady" q picture that
undoubtedly caused many heart under
| Juvenile blouse to swell almost to burst
ing point. Then came another clever
little comedy skit, "When Cupid Caught
Thief" and the two reel drama,
"For the People,"
Lastly, Gaping the climax, was the
mysterious, but brilliant opening chan
ter of the famous serial, "The Diamond
From the Sky, this first phase requir.
ing three reels Of Aim. 1t is a splendid
picture for grownups, but to the chill.
dren its air Of mystery and events not
to be understood, sounded the depths of
feeling, playing upon chords of imagi.
nation rarely touched, producing new,
strange thrills of emotion and ideas.
1t was an entertainment the children
Of Honolulu certainly will not forget
for long time.