AT THE THEATRE.
It is often said that clever children rarely grow up clever. A flat contradiction to this statement is fotmd in the fact that two of the greatest act-' resscs alive, Mrs. Kendal and Miss EMen Terry, were both celebrated as children. Miss Madge Robertson, as the former was, made her first appearance at the Marylchone at the mature age of three. She was supposed to play the part ol a blind child, but it so happened that she was wearing a new pair of shoes which were much too beautiful not to claim all her attention. Arrived on the stage, Baby Madge opened her eyes wide, and observing in the very front row a favourite servant of her father’s, who had been especially allowed to go to the theatre to witness her debut, marched straight across to the footlights. “Sarah !” she cried, extending a small foot, "Sarah, look at my lovely new shoes f”
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Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 20, 18 December 1906, Page 8
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157AT THE THEATRE. Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 20, 18 December 1906, Page 8
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