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New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4217, 20 May 1875, Page 3

A Chicago paper has the following:— " Brief Chronicle.—Saturday, two little hoys and a pistol. Now, only one little boy and a pistol." To Takk an Average Arithmkticali.y.— Percentage is the number in the hundred: therefore, as the larger number' is to the smaller, so is 100 to the per-centage. Example:—as oisto3, so is 100 to 50—therefore 3 is r>o per cent of 0. Averages aro calculated by adding all together, and dividing by the number of sums. Thus the average of -1, ij, ami S, is -1 plua G plus S, divided by 3.

riUNCE OF WALKS THEATRIC. Tin: announcement of the production of " Romeo ami Juliet," with Mrs. Darrell as Romeo, drew n very largo attendance at tlio theatre last evening, notwithstanding the inauspicious state of 'the weather. The caste in all the secondary characters was the same as during the Iloskius-Colvillo season, lmt .luliet mi this occasion was sustained by Miss Clara Stcphenson, and Mereutio l.y Mr. Darrell. At the outset we may say the caste in nearly every character was well sustained, of Mrs. Darrell as Romeo, it may bo said that In r reading was excellent, and especially so was her rendering ot" the address in the garden scene, the interview on the terrace, and the speeches in the friar's >-ell. and the addles.-, to the apnthecarv. Her <lress was also admirable, lmt her i'li.VM.|U-_ told against her success in some of the scenes, especially so in the last a.-t. Miss .M.-phenson's .Juliet was a very i-xcellciit perforinaiiee. Her rcadinwa.s very perfect, and several of her speeches met with ,1.. 5 , rvrd applause, especially so t K- v< ,-y diiik uli di.-enpliv.- one <.f the hoi- >■• i-.- •■!" tiie vault, and tie: a.'.dre-s.-s from t!ie l.aleony. "J'ii-- rendering of the balcony seen.', as a whole, b ■•.ween the two ladies, v.:'.< r-eciv.-d with marked approval by the audi.-ue, : and ind..d it may 1... fairly said that, they .hand Ih,. 1,..n. ,rs of the evenim-. A- Mciviitio, Mr. Dari-e'l appeared to much greater advantage than we liad thought he w..1.1,1. Without drawing comparisons, it may be said of his rendition that it wasa very meritorious one, and possessed many excellent points. We cannot let Mrs. .lones's pour trayal of the nurse pass without bestowim- a word of commendation. Tonight " Jane Shore" will be presented, to be followed by "The Lottery Ticket."