A NOTABLE DISPLAY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 5

A NOTABLE DISPLAY.

WELLINGTONrPHYSICAL'TEAINDJG ..:-.-.;- /.SCHOOL.., ~..::.;■..^i -.That the "Wellingfon Physical Training School is an institution to be proud, of was demonstrated by the magnificent display given ;' at: the Opera House; last .The ;anhual, show;: makes.: a" picturesque finale to the'season's:work; and that 'the work- has been; well done is reflected-in. the splendid :all-rbiind ; finish shown in the.\wnirl of movements;; exercises,' and tableaux .which cpm-' prised the. programme last,.evening. For; this admirable: result 'all credit, 'is/ due "to .ithe, instructor, Miv B.' Dbvey; who. ha:s worked' the'school, up to "a, fine state* l ;of f proficiency; : The: participarits in the show ra'nged.from tiny, boys' and girls, of seven years of Vage to mature young men and ,wjpmen,;hut sothorough was the.: 'discipline -and; so' perfect.- - the arrangements .-■ that.'.everything."/rfan; smoothly.-.: That. .".waits" '...were :';.con-'; spicuous by their, absence was testimony to the efficiency of ,the. stage manage-. meat., ; ; After the .picturesque" massed: opening, there,was'.a... fencing; .tout between;' Captain -. Glehdinning ;.• and; MrV 'Hanna; and . ..after';:that : . .interesting event there, followed' in. rapid, successipri squad exercise ..displays,.. in' .clubs;: and; dumbbell.exercises,., by.: girls;;an;d % boys . respectively, ;.Smalli ;boys .';and. ; 'girls' dimbed:• a..rope; thick i; enough 'to;.hold c . the •, Gothic, and; a /number ..bf /well-", .developed' Amazons, -'.with - red, .Hussar ; tunics,'fired the imagination'in % sword display.- '-. :The ■ item; suggested' fcb'm'pulsory. training' : for,;young .women-'.-,;Meh;' and'boys; swing gracefully in'.attitudes various on: tho/.Romari; rings;,.arid,.the, ladies 'went through.some.ye'ry-.pretty; evolutions; :with ; skipping'. of; .the: i.most;;attractive;;,items.;on,.tjjc;;programme;;- ; ; The:.- horizohtalibar: came ■'• in for .sorneVatterition..from : ;'a/squad.;.''of husky, young:,men; -.'with;breasts;; aflash: with i.rfledals.- '..These .-.were; Oeyidentry the;e.lite of; the:; gymnaste,of ..the-.school;. Tile; -rhythmically : attractive; .-Jand /showbd. what; beneficial, exercises lean, be .'per-, formed with-the aid of a; broom-handle.; The;sparring .bouts,;between;.';theV>men; .were mildly ; humorbus;, 7 ; '. ;;b.' V; :'-';';,.; :';

'{tneatricSl^dispia^s;'' ;■:was '■ ■;: the ;; - electric' lighti'clubrswingingj by'"i.a.; _bevy.:j,of: Widens, . ! with ■ I MK''rl)oveV> 'illuminating the back-cloth,'' as;- modern guardiatfangeb .r Ati-e'ncprelwas insisted upon.;," Then,- .without, going' into details,; ■there iwero'i.exereises ,on; ; '-the:'/'parallel :. bars,'^wi.tti" : sbnie y,ingeniousry-a,rran!ged; -tableaux LXwhicli., suffered: by; thei:': ; ;ppqrl ligntingV.'pijpy ided),-;/i SwedisK:.-,drill-"by.; /bpys ; and: glrls,.'"^ •foremen' ;',aa'd : -'gifjsy.;iron ;warid'pxercHes. for.vmen,^;Taulting. r t>h'e,- i ;hprse,-v.; : cayalry.; ; sword-; play, v.'a^ 'ordinaryiv- -Finally^.the;.i. o .whole ;-sphp6l,. eyery..-pupil; 'in; : -whicht-wa's^ neatlyi'lihirC l : formed,':.gr6uped:',theniselyes: : •on Ithe,^stageVlxin'. which ■" ; (picture';\the: curtain /fell.;/amidst ;• •itemuhad .j.-a. .which- ;.w'as,-playedi,ty';"a' I 'cap«al;, < Uttlp: orchestra Sunder; Mr:;!!; 1 ~Qa.kes.:-,.-C;Mr'.-; WjJones for,the capital stage management before; : .v-v^V ;: -jv