HOME OF COMPASSION.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 6

HOME OF COMPASSION.

• ' ' REOPENING FETE. ■ The Home of ' Compassibir was , thronged' : . last night! when,.' in addition to. the various' s. . 'side shows 1 and stalls in connection-with tlio . reopening' fete, anvattractive programme of musical items, tho dramatic sketch Our Bitterest Foe," a tableau from Cymbelmo, aiid.a'dialoguo from "'As lou Like it wcie . i presented. .'v '•'• ■..•••• , ' ■ ■j •/ - The concert' opened 'with- an';overture by; Minifie's orchestra, followed; bj■ &_Solo, Kathleen Mayourneen," ■ by Miss'l; sang very tastefully.' ■ --Mr,, ,Glanvule<Hicks gave the well'known recitation How bill i Adams won-the Battlo of:."Waterloo.-: teing heartily'applauded. l iCowdallfe' Maytime, ;, song, a! tasteful and delicate was charmingly sung by Madame Evcleen Carlton. Por-' haps.tho'most enjoyable;item^f:the eyeiimg . was that'contributed .by Mr. E. J;';Hillj who sang, the characteristic "Waiata Poi ,(a Poi song), composed by his brother; Mr. Alfr«l Hill. , .'The singer : caught the spirit ' of tho composition with.an artist s apprecia- ;• tion, and sung it admirably; being recalled, to repeat tho item. ' This concluded : the concert part of ~ tho, programme. 'It was followed; by a dramatic sketch'"Our Bitterest Foo" (an incident from \ tho Franco-Prussian war), by tho Mountebank . Dramatic Club. The characters ■ were . well sustained throughout, .tho performancelwins .verv successful; . Spccial mention must bo.mado of; Mr. Frank Lampen's interpret®., v; tion of the character of Henri..do Is'.Fen. (an .• >' officer, in tho French ■ Army). ( The other ' characters were General 011 Rosenberg (Mr. Roy • Sellars), - Blanche • d'Ernn,". 'Henri's' coifsin (Miss: Olive Moore .and Major Blitz, ; tho ; General (Mr. Frank \\ oodward). ' , • "Upstairs, - in tho concert ; room; a striking - tableau, illustrating from i . "Cymbeline,"'was arranged by Madame Nita ; Steolo. -Belarius,.' Aviragus, ; and Guideriua (Barbarians), ' were represented respectively ■ by'' Messrs. ■ 'Strickland,'. Scantlebury, and Londoir; and Imogen l (Princess 1 of; Britain), by Miss JeSsio : Winder. : .The' tableau' whs ' followed bv a dialogue scene from- "As You . Liko It," between Orlando (Miss Sara Van Sta vorenj and... Rosalind. (Miss -.Adelaide .'Van Staveren)! . '. ■ 1 Tho amount collcctod'm vanous ways on Saturday was £154, night £120 was ; raiswl. Tlkto wore also several spccial donations Ilis Excellency the Governor, £10 10s. ' Sir George Clifford, £25; Misa M&fon'ey, £10 - Mrs. Felix Ganipbell, £10; other donations, £5.' lotal, £334 10s. ' .