BOUQUET THROWING.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8526, 22 November 1889, Page 2

BOUQUET THROWING.

Sir,— ln a recent issue of the Australasian in a criticism of a new work by Imbert do St. Amand on the life of Madame do Girardin, the celebrated French Isdy journalist, there occurs the appended paragraph on indiscriminate bouque. throwing in a theatre, which is specially appropriate just now, I was pleased to read your remarks iv this morning's issue on the subject, and hope some of the bouquet throwers may take the lesson to heart.— l am, &c, Un Honnete Homme. While at Marseilles an incident occurred » whioh is thus relatod by Rachel:— "ln ths midst of one of the most animated scenes of 'Bajazet' what should happen, but some illadvised person flung a wreath at me. I took no notice of it, in order not to disturb the situation, but the publio oried out, 'The wreath, the wreath!' Cotailde, thinking more of the public than of his part, picked up tho wreath and presontod it to me. Indignant at Buch a barbarous interruption, worthy only ot the audience at an opera, I angrily seized the unhappy wreath' threw it disdainfully iv the wings, and wont on with Roxane. Fortune favors tho audacious. Never was this axiom moro strongly proved ; for three round 3of applause followed that unconsidered movement.' M. de Saint Amand's comments on this anecdote are too good to be pass _. over, eßpeolally at a time and in a pity where actors, actresaeß, and vocalists bespeak the floral tributes which sre to ba handed up to them in the courso of the night'g_ performance:— 'We recommend the maniW gereof the groat lyrlo theatres of Europe tW ponder over this lotter. May it disgust them with the abuse of bouquets to order, which paralyse the aotion of a pleco, and cause * dramatic representation to resemble a horti* cultural Boolety's flower show. If the great Raohel repulsed the wreaths of whloh she was worthy, how ehall we qualify mere offerings of _ complacency-bouquets whloh are prooured beforehand, handed in to the conMotor ot the'oroheatre. and by him ponged np to the artiste . Suoh bouquets are not sota of homage ; thoy aro mere stupidities."