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Evening Star, Issue 19778, 31 January 1928, Page 12

Another record of the late Sir \V. g. Gilbert’s power of foretelling the future is evidence of lus seership, but not of the justness of his conclusions. Forty years ago, long ere our ears were gladdened by community singing, ho wrote the following scrap of dialogue in ‘ Ruddigore 1 : —Mad Margaret: “But see, they come—Sir Despard and‘his evil crew! Hide, hide—thev are all.mad—quite mad!” Hose: “What makes you think that?” Mad Margaret: “Hush! They sing choruses in public. That’s' mad enough, I think!” Comment would ho, in every sense of the word, impertinent.— ‘ Morning Post.’