FILLIS AND HIS PATRONS.
TO THB EDITOR OF THK PfcfiSS. Sm,—lt ie a pity that the pferean wh« elgne himself " Dieguetod" to a letter in yesterday's iseue of your paper, complaining that the Hone and tiger were not {wrforntted at the matinee he honoured by his preeenoe has not a little more common sense, for if he had he would know that an entertainment ie not generally given for the enjoyment of one individual bat for the many. It was at the request of many parents that the lions «oa tiger were omitted from Thursday, aod Friday's matinee, as they consider of the performance too exciting for Juveniles. '«Disgusted" should have a circ4» of hie own, and as he would be able u> appear very well with very little training Iβ a performing donkey, no doubt hia veotore would be a sucoeas, and then he could p«« and ohooae bis own programme withoat coa* Bldering anyone but himeelf.—Yoore, &0.. F. E. Eiixis.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 8482, 13 May 1893, Page 4
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