LITTLE MEG CIMINO.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18573, 27 November 1920, Page 10

LITTLE MEG CIMINO.

Infant prodigies and child wonders are so often foisted on a credulous public without being able- to produce the goods as advertised that people are apt to become sceptical of this type of perfbrmer, said the “ Manawatu Daily Times” recently. Those, however, who went to the Palace last evening prepared to come away disappointed wertj delightfully surprised and thoroughly pleased with the entertainment provided by the little Meg Cimino, the child souhrette. This baby girl, born with the lilt of music in her blood and the instinct of tlio dancer in her tiny dainty feet, is all that is claimed for her in the most ecstatic notice “ She is so natural,’’ is heard on all sides among the enthusiastic audience. The people who said it knew what they wanted, and what they wanted they got. Little Meg was charming from the first moment she tripped out to the fcolights like some dainty elf till she disappeared to the wings smiling and courtesying her thanks for the spontaneous delighted plaudits of the audience. There is nothing strained, nothing awkward, about her. Her art is innate, requiring no artifice to relievo it. Meg first appeared in soubrette costume and sang “ Frenchy,” with a grace of gesture and clearness of enunciation that would have been the envy of the best of her seniors. She terminates that item with a graceful little dance. “In Sergeant Daddy, V.C.” and her concluding number, “ Give Mo New Zealand,” Meg was equally, delightful and it was only after .continued recalls that the audience would let her go. This charming little performer commences a season at the Liberty to-day. 1