MISS MARIE LLOYDS KISS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 15 April 1908, Page 8

MISS MARIE LLOYDS KISS.

AUDACIOUS FAREWELL TO AMERICAN MANAGER ON THE STAGE. Miss Marie Lloyd, whose performance fox months past have formed' one of the most attractive features of American vaudeville, took a humorous and) characteristically audacious farewell of New York. ' At the oomclueion of her act, which/ as usual, was greeted with thunderous applause, Mr Percy Williams, proprietor of the Alhambra, the Colonial, and a number oi other theatres, appeared on the stage aiwl presented: the popular British comedienne with a loving cup inscribed, "To Marie Lloyd, the greatest artiste and best fellow that, ever came over the pond." Mr Williams assured the audience that it was the first time he had ever ventured to appear in public on his own stage. Miss Marie Lloyd seemed for a moment overcome by the compliment, and' then rushed affectionately towards the manager omd anmounced, ''Mrs Williams is in one of the boxes, but I don't care. I'm going to kiss him.*' Mr Williams/ in comic alarm, tried to evade the onslaught) but it was in vain. Before he could escape Mies Marie Lloyd planted a 'resou'mdtog kiss an his lips, much to the delight of the audienoe. < a ' ', ..i-i— !■»■:»