A very bad habit which is peculiar to persons attending places of amusement —or, at least, of them—is the pract IC e of squeezing peanut shells between the fingers at a moment when a love lyric is being sung or .mart dialogue being spoken. It is most irritating to highly-strung persons, and has been known to quite upset performers themseives. What the remedy for such conduct is does not matter; it nr-ht be good taste on the part of offenders to desist of then- own accord. Xot a few of the managers have resolutely put their feet down on the introduction of the peanut bajf. The best hint given up to date was that by a Sydney manager, who exhibited .1 placard with this i nscrip . t.on: If you must chew peanuts, go to the zoo and make a family party of
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 137, 11 June 1926, Page 10
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