MR WATHEN AMID BOUQUETS.

Evening Star, Issue 12028, 28 October 1903, Page 8

MR WATHEN AMID BOUQUETS.

i TO Til K KL'ITOIt. > fiir, —While thanking your anonymous 3 correspondent for recommending me a,-. 3 judge in eoun.-et ion with the ( Vmipetitions - Society, let me say my ambition is already satisfied. Iu the study of eloeutiou 1 have frequently appeared on llie platform here, y* well as in Svdnev and elsewhere. Representing the * successful , merchant in the pratr.v English drama ' 'Time Tries All.’ ( received special praise. x One critic declared that mine was the bestplayed character, while another he'd that I could rest my reputuiiou us an actor ” j on my impersonation of the pari,, of Mr 5 Eeesou in conneclioix with (he Pn-s-s Dramatic Club. As a tenor singer 1 gained t the exceptional honor of y. shower of houquets; and. when the last concert of the j Dunedin School Committee took place 1 j was- a successful soloist in ‘ Thou art so j- near.’ Your youthful correspondent must r ste that 1 hj.ve really done enough work 1 T |p public Foreign judges, I think, j should be secured if the Committee, of the 3 Compeiitions Society wish to command f success. Unless special provision la- made . f«r prof.tssionals, amateurs only should be j allowed to compete.—l am. tu-.. ; M. A. \V. IYattifix. October 28.