FOR THE BOYS' INSTITUTE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 947, 14 October 1910, Page 6

FOR THE BOYS' INSTITUTE.

■: Of a' ; truth, the Boys';lnstitute.'.-.is.'tp be /congratulated V upon/.possessing,./ the friendship, and - ■-. good'..-'wishes ...of /the, "brightest' spaTks" ,bf Wellington Savage .Club/for the .'entertainment .-.which', was given by them', at ,the, .Town ;-,HaU last evening was, beyond question,, one of the best fiat has. 1 - been enjoyed b'y ( concertgoers for'a long time.' The big,hall was. well' filled, 'and if- to the -visible/supporters of the Institute, Extension Fund campaign 'there- ■ bo? added ;.the"-'.number, who bought : and were unable to, atteud-r-there were, many-rthb total receipts/'from (the -;entertainment should forin a' handsome donation to. the/cause/ His' "Excellency'-'■the .' Governor ./(Lord; Islington) and/the' Prime ' .Minister Joseph Ward);were unable''to attend,' andsent apologies// As/for the ■programme,. it. was;',delightful,.- and/ for the..'most part in lighter, vein: '.- The opening chorus, "The Merriest : Fellows .Are We," . which had'to be repeated, -.bcs the keynote: of: the; programme, for mirth. and laughter. ■ pi*dbmiriated, and /the merry, entertainers were in' their bast form. .'-Mr.;, George Parsons sang "When the. Night. Wind Howls" (solo and chorus), in, his char■acterisiic way, and Mr. H. Fletcher sang "Angels' Guard Thee." ...The.burden; of; Mr. James.'■Dykes's ' contribution/- was "What a/Fool'You Would.Be," and:this tumorous r item • iwas . capped "Mrs. Humming "Top" as an .encore.'' number. Mr."J. A; Doherty's item'was "The Song of the . Toreador", (from , "Carmen"),' a good song. -Mr. Borneo ..Gardiner,; ..the clever whistler, gave three exhibitions of his powers. ..'An .excellent.iteni. was Mr., Ernest .'Parkes's'sohg,. "From'- Oberou: in Fairyland," ■ with the encore, .number, "Out'/of/the Darkness" (Guy'D;; Hardest):' Mr. Dave: was in: great demand; and his comical items,- '."When' ■Richard; I Sat on..the Throne," "Bisibilitee". (a .laughing'song),:.and "Harrigan," down the,house; Other numbers .included Mr;..Eolaiid ' T.,' Robertson's sketch, "The 'Miller, and the Maid" (sung !in male and female voices), to:which he was compelled to add. two encore numbers;. Mr. B. J. Hill's "Drinking Song" :(repeafed for a.bis); some, clever, lighning 'crayon sketches, with "amusing- patter, by' Mr.' Fred.'Eayner; three yaiTis by Mr. -Marcus Marks;.'the humorous/'quarbet, "Oh; Black Her Eye," by Messrs. New- ■ ton; Kenny,' Eobertson, and .Parsons (encored); the trio, "A Little. Bit of Cheese," by/Messrs.- -Dykes,■■ Newton, : and Kenny-; ■■ amd' the' choruses,." "Hail' Poetry," • and : tho' ! "Policeman's Chorus" -'from "The Pirates of Penzance." -During the interval his Worship the Mayor (Mr. T. M. Wilford) 'returned thanks to the performers,: to the' committee/of -ladies who sold sweets to the' audience/ and to ■ the press (for-, free advertising) for their assistance to;the cause. Mr.'A. ,W, Newton was the director, • Mr.; D. A. Kenny' the accompanist, • and Mt. A.. Mackenzie, honorary secretary of' the entertainment.