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The Pacific Commercial Advertiser.
Honolulu,  January 6, 1891, page 3


Hawaiian Opera House
Complementary Benefit to be Tendered

Mr. W. L. Roberts.

Mr. W. L. Roberts, the popular young actor, is soon to leave Honolulu for the States, and his numerous friends here have kindly volunteered to give him a benefit at the Opera House on Thursday evening next, when the following programme will be given :

PROGRAMME.

Statue Scene from Pygmalion and Galatea.
Recitation: Mrs. L. Berkley.
Song: Miss NoIte
Song:
Mr. Geo. Allen
Banjo Solo: Mr. U. J. Ordway
Recitation: W. L. Roberts

NAN, THE GOOD-FOR-NOTHING.
Tom (a gardener): W. L. Roberts
Harry (an engineer): H. B. Cockrill
Mr. Simpson (a capitalist): C. T. Miller
Charley (a carpenter): J. M. Sims
Miss Olive Berkley as Nan
The box plan for the sale of reserved seats is now open at the photographic gallery at Mr. J. J, Williams.

Chronicling America
The Pacific commercial advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, January 06, 1891, Image 3
Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI
Persistent link: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047084/1891-01-06/ed-1/seq-3/


The Pacific Commercial Advertiser.
Honolulu, January 9, 1891, page 3.

OPERA HOUSE.
Mr. TV. L. Roberts' Benefit Success
A Fashionable and Appreciative Audience Present.

An unusually large audience turned out to hear the entertainment tendered Mr. W. L. Roberts Thursday evening.
The programme opened with a scene taken from Pygmalion and Galatea, Mr. Roberts as the former and Miss Olive Berkley as the latter.
Miss Berkley held the enraptured attention of the audience as she began to realize the ways of this world.
The acting of this scene simply caused the audience to wish the whole of the play could have been enacted.

Mrs. Berkley was heartily recalled after reciting a selection, and when it came to the vocal selections given by the Hawaiian Quintett Club, Honoluluans showed their appreciation of home talent by insisting upon their giving more than the programme called for.
Miss Nolte in singing "Love's Joy," proved herself equal to what is expected of her by a Honolulu audience, which is by no means little.
She received an encore, as also did Mr. Allen after singing "Fiddle and I."
One of the principal features of the entertainment, was the music performed by Prof. Ordway.
The audience could not get enough playing from him, and from the Quintet Club.
Mr Roberts recitation showed what is already known of his strength and force of acting in the "Nan the Good for Nothing" he
performed his part perhaps the best of all.
J. H. Sims sustained his role of carpenter with credit while Miss Berkley as Nan simply could not help capturing the hearts of the gardener the carpenter the engineer and the audience too
It was an entertainment throughout, that, pleased all who heard it and it was gratifying to see the large number who went.
Mr. Roberts and Miss Berkley will leave Saturday with Aloha Nui from all.


Chronicling America
The Pacific commercial advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, January 09, 1891, Image 3
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Persistent link: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047084/1891-01-09/ed-1/seq-3/


The Daily Bulletin.
Honolulu, September 9, 1891, page 3.


 OLIVE BERKLEY'S STORY.

The New Orleans Daily Picayune of August 2d contains a neat sketch, entitled: "Dandy John; the Fate of a Samoan Stowaway ; a Tale of Travel by Little Olive Berkley."
It is illustrated with three engravings, and tells of a Samoan who stowed away on the steamer Mariposa and, after being returned to his native isles, was seen among the Samoans who came out to the Alameda.
This time he was dressed in a tall silk hat and a red tie, bought for him in Sydney by the "Warblers" of the Mariposa.
"John had become & high priest among his people ; was sought alter and reverenced" on account of his dude outfit.
We are indebted to little Olive for a copy of the Picayune containing her story, accompanied by her compliments.
The young authoress will be agreeably remembered as playing "Little Lord Fauntleroy" in Honolulu a few months ago.


Chronicling America
The Daily bulletin. (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, September 09, 1891, Image 3
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The Hawaiian Gazette.
Honolulu, September 29, 1891, page 10.

PASSENGERS
ARRIVALS

...
From San Fancisco, per R.M.S.S. Mariposa, Sept 25-
..., Miss Ritchie, Chas Richie, ...
 
 

Chronicling America
The Hawaiian gazette. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, September 29, 1891, Image 10

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Persistent link: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1891-09-29/ed-1/seq-10/


The Roanoke Times.
Roanoke, Virginia, October 7, 1891, page 2.

SURF-RIDING.
How the Hawaiian Islanders Sport in the Breakers.

A curious pastime which is somewhat in vogue among the natives of the Hawaiian islands, and was more popular formerly than now, is surf-riding.
In the opinion of a contributor to the Journal of American Folk Lore the difficulty of the accomplishment has been exaggerated.
He describes it thus:
Six stalwart men assembled on the beach of a small cove, bearing with them their precious surf-boards.
These boards, in Hawaiian, "wave-sliding boards" are made from the wood of the bread-fruit tree.

They are eight or nine feet long, fifteen or twenty inches wide, rather thin, rounded at each end, and carefully smoothed.
They are sometimes stained black, are frequently rubbed with cocoanut oil, and are preserved with great care, sometimes wrapped in cloths.
Children use smaller boards.

Plunging through the nearer surf the natives reach the outer line of breakers, and watching their opportunity they lay flat upon the board.
The more expert among them kneeled.
Just as a high billow was about to break over them they pushed landward in front of the combers.
The waves rushing in were apparently always on the point of submerging the rider; but unless some mishap occurred, they drove him forward with rapidity upon the beach or into shallow water.
In a high surf it is an exciting sport, and demands skill and experience.

A few days later I was initiated into the mysteries of surf-riding by my host, who is himself quite expert.
I learned the principle, and believe that practice only is needed to gain a measure of skill.
For persons accustomed to bathing in surf the process is far less difficult than is usually represented.

Chronicling America
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, October 07, 1891, Image 2
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Melbourne Punch
Thursday  22 October 1891, page 2.


PEOPLE WE KNOW
...
All, Melbourne will remember little Olive Berkley, whose illness and death were erroneously reported.
She was the Australian Little Lord Fauntleroy.
She is not only alive and well, but since her return to America has blossomed into an authoress.
Sketches of her travels in the Sunny South have been appearing in New Orleans paper.
The manner in which her death came to be reported is rather curious.
Her mother, writing to a friend, giving news, informed him that
"Little Lord Fauntleroy is dead", referring to the vitality of the piece in Australia.
This was repeated, but the actress and character  were confounded in the gossip.and so the rumour got
into print.
When the last mail left America
Olive and her mother were in the best of health.

Trove
1891 'PEOPLE WE KNOW', Melbourne Punch (Vic. : 1855 - 1900), 22 October, p. 2. , viewed 11 Apr 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174598446


The Hawaiian Gazette.
Honolulu, October 27, 1891, page 7.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

...
Manager Johnson of the Hotel furnished a supper for the band boys Saturday night at the conclusion of the concert.
Manager Johnson of the Hawaiian Hotel contemplates many improvements for the comfort of the guests of that house.

Chronicling America
The Hawaiian gazette. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, October 27, 1891, Image 7

Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI
Persistent link: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1891-10-27/ed-1/seq-7/

The Hawaiian Gazette.
Honolulu, November 10, 1891, page 5.

CANARDS
An Interesting Paper by Dr. Lyons
QUEER STORIES ABOUT HAWAII
The Imanative Ruth Ward TeIIs Tall Lies About Ants n Thomas Square
C. W. ASHFORD TELLS THE DETROIT FREE PRESS A SHARK STORY
Some Things About Hawaii That Hawaiians Don't Know

An article on "The Hawaiians" by J. N. Ingram in the September Chatauquan opens thus:

"A voyage of 28 days from the Golden Gate brings one to Honolulu, the Hawaiian capital.
Rather slow traveling that in these days of steam.
It is a city of thirty thousand inhabitants, fifteen thousand Islanders, five thousand Caucasian and ten thousand Chinese."

Then follows a glowing description of a city gorgeous with flowers its atmosphere "perfumed with the fragrance of eternal summer."

After this preface the main subject of the article is broached in the statement that the natives who are said to be a Malayan race are of a light yellow color.
Elsewhere in the article their complexion is described as olive and again the girls are spoken of admiringly as orange colored nymphs.
...
Then "stroll out in the forests on a Sunday morning and listen to the nature choirs singing in their chapels amid the roar of the surf" if you wish to have a "rare pleasure."
Rare the combination would certainly be on the Hawaiian Islands
...
The Hawaiian girl is a famous swimmer that is not news to any of us but we learn now that she is also a born navigator
The snowy sail of her canoe may be seen any day as it rides the "great breakers" of the stormy channels that separate the islands
When not surf bathing or sailing her canoe or taking moonlight horse back rides in her white riding habit if she is not practicing one of the peculiarly graceful dances of the country you may find her sitting on her coral block reading the latest "sea story" or posing over a religious book or possibly the weekly news papers for she is fond of reading.

Chronicling America
The Hawaiian gazette. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, November 10, 1891, Image 5

Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI
Persistent link: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1891-11-10/ed-1/seq-5/ 

 7 October 1891 :
 Hawaiian Surfboard Riding.

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