Marriage of Two Popular Young Members of the " Look Who's Here" Company.

Free Lance, Volume XVII, Issue 920, 1 March 1918, Page 8

Marriage of Two Popular Young Members of the " Look Who's Here" Company.

Miss Amy Murphy has a sweet, melodious voice, and she sang "God Send You Back to Me" with tender sympathy. Then together the pair harmonised with good effect in the "Miserere" duet from "II Trovatore." The Musical Bentleys (xylophone specialists) are a. popular couple, and thejr hammer haunting music out of their instrument most acceptably. Arthur Croxton, from English pantomime, provides good topical stuff in one of his songs and gives variations on the ancient joke of the Vicar's announcements. For pretty dancing and a remarkable eye for stage effects the five Lewins deserve their warm welcome. Denny and Dumiigan give bits of entertainment wit-In a strong but acceptable American flavour ; and Bluffo does balancing miracles. Another turn with daring and skill is that of the Tossing Testros. The sharp-shooting experts, Bonita and Lee, crack whips and shoot, with deadly aim; and Les Warton, despite the handicap of some particularly hoary stories, gets the "laughs" just the same. * * # * Three N"ew Zealand travellers who have just returned from six weeks of delight in Sydney and its surroundings bring some entertaining gossip. They

saw "The Willow Tree," I mean the one with special associations for Miss Kathlene MacDonell, and the galleryites were a. revelation to them. From the New Zealanders' point of view, these ladies and their escorts are surely enjoying the extreme latitude of the only speck of longitude on the globe which would tolerate them. They are not the pig-tailed flappers either, it appears, but ladies whose visiting lists are quite what they should be. s * * # Miss MacDonell was not the only victim. A member of the audience, who had the audacity to appear in an evening dress instead of being correctly skirted in dark taffetas and blonsed in the orthodox transparency, was promptly counted out by the Gallery Ladies' Vigilance Committee. "We, in New Zealand, have been often twitted about being unresponsive audiences. Probably we do not applaud merit nearly as much as we should, but neither do we make scenes.