WELLINGTON WJNG WHISPERS

Otago Witness, Issue 2363, 8 June 1899, Page 47

WELLINGTON WJNG WHISPERS

Br P. Bourbb.

June 1.

Dear Pasquin, — Fact is, there ain't no whispers! May, with its awfully damp weatherology. has gone by, but there was no travelling company at any of our places of amusement to stand in the wings, mount to the flies, shiver, listen to the gentle pattei (not of each other) of the rain upon the roof — and kuss. No fuss, no kuss. The Amateur Operatics smiled the whole of their seven nights, although the rain pelted down good-o. Well, they might smile, for the house was full every time. No house contained less than £100, and the top night reached £135. As the society was playing " on its own," and as it started the season with a credit balance of over £200, you can figuie it out and not do any injury to your feelings in concluding that the bank balance will now take a. little breaking. I'm glnd on't, for the society is venturesome, and deserves well. Faint heart never won a fat purse; and it's a poor society that doesn't get a show sometimes to rejoice. Probably the society will now feel so good that it will commission Arthur Adams and Maughan Barnett to write its next opera. So ought it to be! ' Now let " Orpheus," of the Post, have a say on the subject: The expenses of the production have been, of course, heavy, but it is expected that the society will, after settling up, find itself with a balance of about £200 to credit — an embarras de richesse it has not hitherto had the happiness of experiencing. The result of the season has shown the wisdom of the expedient adopted by the society in asking the public to select the opera for performance, and the funds in hand will enable it to embark on the next season without any worries as to finance. After the curtain had fallen on Tuesday nighfc, the members of the society met on the stage at a supper, during the course of which the toasts of " The President " (Dr Colline), " The Conductor " (Mr M. Barnett), and " Stage Manager ' (Mr A. Levi), " The Hon. Secretary and Treasurer" (Messrs P. Levi and C. Zacariah), etc., were honoured, and compliments were also paid to various people who lent their aid in carrying the opera to the perfection which it attained.

Miss Katherine Hardy, who won histrionic fame both in Wellington and with the Brough Comedy Company on its last tour through Australia and India, was married at St. Paul's pro-Cathedral (this cityh by the Rev. T. H. Sprott last Saturday morning. The bridegroom was Mr Henry G. Warren, of Tomoana, Hawke's Bay. Miss Hardy is the youngest daughter of the late Mr H. Hardy, of Leeds, Yorkshire. The wedding was quietly conducted, only members of the family being present, and the bride was given away by her brother, Mr T. M. Hardy. Mr and Mrs Warren left in the afternoon by the Monowai for Sydney, and after a short holiday in Australia will settle down in Napier.

"La Poupec," one of the new ojieras re cently acquired by Mr Pollard, is to receive its first New Zealand airing in Auckland this month.

It was suggested to our Amateur Operatics that they should give an extra night of " The Clondoliers" for the benefit of the families of the men who went down with the Ohau. The Operatics were willing so to do, but it was found on inquiry that there are practically no necessitous cases — at least not yet — so the idea has been, allowed to pass by untouched.