PQLLARD'S OPERA COMPLY.
The box plan for the forthcoming season o£ this popular combination was opened on Saturday, and during the day a large number of seats were booked. As " The G-eisha," with which the season will be inaugurated on Wednesday night, has become immensely popular with local playgoers, it may he of interest to them to learn exactly whart " A Geisha " is. The following, from a tourist's note on Japan, gives a very good idea as to her attainments and duties. A geisha girl must be highly accomplished, because her chief duty is to amuse. While not by any means a musician, she must be able to perform on the samisen, koto, tzuzumi (a drum), and other musical instruments. She danceSj—singS', and talks on the lightest subjects, j&jid. always holds herself ip
readiness to entertain her guests" according to their mood. A witty geisha, one who is a good talker, pretty, and graceful, will not lack for employment at any time, and generally makes a very good living. While it is not at all necessary for her to rouse mirth, her object must be to beguile the time that is irksome to her guests. Thus it often happens that one feeling depressed will send for a geisha girl. The geisha is a natural actress, and her taste in dress is exquisite, her movements incom-
larable in grace.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2416, 28 June 1900, Page 54
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