ENTERTAINMENT AT FOR SON BY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6485, 30 August 1882, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENT AT FOR SON BY.

Tub second • of" - the -variety ;■ entertaiments,; under the.auspice3ofthePonsonby Bowing; Club;* was given last•'evening Ponsonby'HalL- Considering the > codnter ~ city' attendance was satisfactorily large.. Theentertainment' irad : opened by a- chorusby the:company. course 'of evening'/Mr.; T?. s Tremain . : saijg,; ;".Slome'i da.y-&iH-.»trandeft haefc-v again."} anil. •'Daisy 'Darling,l both ,-of"'which *ere f -exceedingly -wellf received; J.and; ,'th(i effect of > the? L».ttei , was 'noiaceabla. "'- Mr.C.Stenart. sang an amusing jcoipic song, and Mr. 6. Gaped -alsogavetwo .ofi a similar character. ;c,Mr.,'iL Apitin's rendering of "Come where; my , love. lies. dreaming" rjtndFarewell; Leonora (IITrbvatore),'<;was very.; oommendable, ; and; would have-done credit .to-,a professional. The; touching!song,' i'Cradle'sEmpty, .-Babyfs Gone,. by Mr.'A. W..Farquhar,' was .well received; and an jenccre •wa3. l insisted; 'upon though the length of-the. programme ! wonld not permitofa response. The second part of "the programme affort ed somei ercel- ; lent amusement, c : Messrs.,' Eiley .Brothers '■ performed'-' the . doable :' silver shoe'; dance, -and were encored, iwhiln- the performance of ; a double- song> -'and idsmce. by: MeJsrs. Mettam 'Brothers, was : prodEctiye>of\S!> much amusement' that: it -was, with the ; greatest"" difficulty.4Jthat,-the.-, performers ■were able vto retire..- after, iavirig .-appeared in response toehthusiasticeneoresat.'least : half-a-dozen timeal- ■ • The execution; of a violin solo . by. Mr. James_Cook is alro worthy of" special mention,- and'-in response to" a hearty encore he 'gave jthe; celebrated cuckoo' solo.;; ■' As on the former occasion,.the performance 'of; the amusing fsrceentitled " The Darky Photographer— concluded the entertainment. - The living-status, repre ; sented' by Messrs.- ;G.- 'Leatham Land :J: Ferriday, were - most-natural,"- and drew forth"' the ~-heartj''> ; applauses: of i the audience, and-'inthe'concluding tableanxrepresentingthe conflict of the -Soman gladiator. the effect ; was '■ very. pleasing, and was heartily appreciated by. those-: present - The success of- these' entertainments are" due to the' nnited-efforts'of the committee; and Captain Farquhar and Mr. : -Stanford, of the Fonsonby Club Hotelj who supplied the flags aid other, decorations, hare bean indefatigable in thair endearoms to assist the xommittee. y I 'l i ;