MOBBED BY WOMEN

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 71, 25 March 1914, Page 8

MOBBED BY WOMEN

Paul Dufault, the Canadian tenor, is a very handsome man, and his special i'orte is the singing of tender love-lyrics. Naturally h" wins tremendous admiration from liis feminine, ■auditors.' In Bendigo recently, Mr 'Thifault had, the.'unusual expeiience of bein,^ swept from the stage by a mob of fair admirers: - The popular tenor had! concluded liis programme *with his thrilling rendering -of "Tnyictus" and, in response to '.the. xnevitnblo encore, ' saiig th© -dainty. -"Sylyelin." Not satisfied even then," ■'■/Brink to' me Daily With Thin© "Eyes," was given; and yet another love-song added, and t3*&n tlie tenor remained, obdurate, bowing repeated)lyV but refusing to yield another notel. The enthusiastic orowd of. women surrounded the platiform, and if hen it waa evident that Mr Diifault.would, absolutely sing no more, crowded On to it, fairly: submerging him in'fermninß enthusiasm. Oae faitis oven reported to have carried a pair of scissors; and snipped'-.a, •sojiycnir from the tenor's? silvery lock^. A : dozen maidens escorted jVlri^jfaaltto hie,.hotel arid sereijadwj 'him vit'b. one of his own songs, "iAnsTTcr- but the tenor is repoi-ted tto- ik&rpi ■ Jock^-his be^oom^ d^