DAISY JEROME.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 4 January 1923, Page 4

DAISY JEROME.

1 t„ET e£f d€d b^ a-"ecia% selected feaJ X? - fi,n//r r rit^- Con' nne Gl'iffith at her1 test in "The Single Track," the Opera' House management last night presented M:ss Daisy Jerome as an extra special W rear treat. The little lady who has made whole kingdoms laugh, came on like a veritable packet of crackers and received a thorough Cordial colo-i nial welcome. Full of life and "go" she1 j literally stormed the big«hudieuce with a boisterous ditty pecuimrlv appropriate to an -audience, a ftn'ge part of which has'probably spent'the holiday; :at the seaside. -The pertinent query! of the song'evidently tickled the popu-' la r tancy. Song followed song in quick1 'succession, the clever and sprightly, little woman "ringing the change, * I trom grave to gay and back again as her fancy pleased, and always she, seemed to "hit the mark" of popular approval. She is a real fun-maker but though comedy is her professional forte | it may be doubted whether she does not get closer to her people when she touches their heartstrings with her more sentimenta] "stunts." For i,n----i !n™ nfi c' • altnouEh he T vocal hurricane Full ior the Shore" provoked much I merriment, she undoubtedly created a deeper and much more favourable impression when she sang her pathetic masterpiece, "Mother," a little song with a big human anpeal. Again, while her amorous "Good Night," with its lilting chorus, got circle, stalls and pit all humming the retrain, it was not m artistic merit equal to "The Press, the Pulnit. and the Petticoat," the semi-dramatic solo with which earlier I m the evening Miss Jeroi|e demonstrated the wide range of her versatility. Wot only is Miss Jerome a commediene; she is a brilliant quick-change artist as well. For practically every item she has a fresh frock, yet sho is scarcely on* the stage long enough for her accompanist to play over the prelude to her. next song before she is back again in some new and gorgeous creation culled from her wonderful wardrobe. This evening Miss Jerome will make her concluding appearance at the Opaya House, and the occasion will be marked by an almost complete change of programme. "Mother," and'perhaps "The Press, the Pulpit, and the Petticoat," will be reneated, but the new star items will include "The Heart of a City," i "Smart," ?nd "I Don't Care," three of the gems of her sparkling repertoire.