THE FAMOUS DIGGERS.

Grey River Argus, 14 October 1922, Page 8

THE FAMOUS DIGGERS.

NEW REAL GIRL SHOW OPERA HOUSE. MONDAY AND TUESDAY NEXT. Chaperoned under Jimmy Norton, a clever comedian pi txlneer, well known throughout America ; . “That London Boy.’’ The Famous Diggers' new real girl show takes on a distinctiveness that makes it oven more attractive than After making a name for himself in England, Mr Norton crossed 4 ‘the pond'’ and did a vaudeville act throughout the Keith and Orplieum Circuits in America and eventually joined Zi'igfeld's Follies big Roof Garden Show in York. Ilis success was instantaneous and it was then people began to talk about him as “That. London Boy,’’ a soubriquet which has stuck to him. He is undoubtedly one of the best comedians ami eccentric dancers ever seen in this country. Among the old favourites of The Diggers who still remain with the show are Joe \ alii the famous Scottish comedi:.’i ami Sian Lawson, the Misleading Lady. The latter, who is going to take a I’ig engagement in America next year, will be with The Diggers for a few months longer when the public will have a chance of seeing him in both niale and female characters. Stan is l anxious to show that his histrionic ability covers a wider range than merely that of ‘‘misleading lady’’ and a snrpii.i- awaits the public in this diI he Ballet and Chorus, consisting of | “The Superb six,’’ a very beautiful be\v of real girls, is calculated to set young men dreaming and everyone ftp-pl.-uuling. Their dresses should chai-1 leiige comparison with the best, as an experienced theatrical modiste was brought o\cr from Melbourne for the purpose of superintending the designing and making of them. '1 liese are dull, stilling, gloomy times which carry with them the groping lent acles <>f despondency, ami a compans' such as The Diggers present, with its unlimited laughter, its glamourous scenes, its amazing dresses, its whirling, twilling dancing girls, its dazzling roseate spotlights ;.nd the lively bloodstirring lilts of a first-class orchestra helps us to forgot that mortgages are uomiiig due, that wool is not worth much, that troubles are near us or ibout us, and for over two and a-half hours we live in the realms of makebelieve enjoying ourselves with all our n ight. BHlligncy is the keynote of The DigJi'is new production. The new prolucer, like his predecessor, has a penhant for a quick programme wherein •an be crammed smart items which folow each other so rapidly that patrons ire astonished to find that, the programme has t. ken two and three-quar-:er hours. Among the items are ‘‘The Bride’s Trousseau,’’ a miniature musical comply, “The Rest Giiit” (the hit of de 'ourville’s London Revue “Pins and \eedles ’“The Pollies Laney Dress •all,’’ in the Roof Garden Scene, ‘Breaking into Gaol’’ a real scream. ‘The Butterfly Ballet” ami a tium>er of oilier items which serve to inroduce the latest song kits.

he declared, “there are roughlv 200 people to the square mile.’’ Speaking of llic “Now l.nlvrnationafisin,” Mr Williams asseiied: “Ji is i P a cardinal doctrine in the new pub tie,al creed of our day that all nations must possess the inalienable • right of self-determination.’’ While , the new internationalism recognises nationality as a sacred force, it sets ] its face against that perverted patri- ] otism which takes the form of ab- • surd jealousy for the honour of one’s own country, or exaggerated sense ot ; national glory. What the now inter- <

nationality opposes is not nationality, | but national egoism. In the fine say- s ing of Mr (4. Lowe’s “Dickinson.’’ i internationalism does not attack the 1 feeling of “we belong to ourselves,” If but it attacks its perversion, “we 1 dou-’t belong to you.” 1 “CONTINUANCE, ITS MARK— t RUIN.” t f About a fortnight ago a calico sign H displayed at Trinity Congregational b Church, bearing a legend referring to t prohibition, was wrecked. The damage is supposed to have been done by the < miscreants x\ ho effected an mil- i nee • into the church in their search for J money. The wrecked sign has remain- 1 ed untouched since then. On Satur- ' day there was displayed alongside it 1 another sign, in stencilled letters, ' which read: “Continuance, its mark — Ruin.” Then, within quotation marks: ’ “Our people are sober and self-con-< trolled.” The concluding line reads:!

“They did this.” During the afternoon different small crowds were to b( seen studying the new sign and attempting to discover from its wording who “they” were who were alleged to have wrecked the first sign. LUCERNE GROWING. A fields day, under the auspices of the Canterbury Lucerne Campaign Committee, will be held on Friday,. when a number of lucerne stands in the vicinity of Christchurch, including the •extensive areas at the Paparua Prison Farm and the Templeton demonstration stand, will be inspected. A number of these areas are about ready for cutting, and it is desired that ns n’-■ ” advocates of lucerne-growing as possible should stage their development at this early stage of the season.