PUSS IN BOOTS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144134, 2 July 1913, Page 5

PUSS IN BOOTS.

In the big bunch of specialty turns introduced in “Puss in Roots,” the stupendous pantomime production to be staged by the J. C. "Williamson, Ltd., management on Monday, night next at the Theatre Royal, that of tho Gaudsrnidts and their two handsome dogs, black French poodles, rank as one' of the cleverest and most entertaining. Quo animal especially is almost uncanny in his extraordinary intelligence. On his first appearance he comes down to the footlights carrying the placard “The Gaudsmidts and Me,” and, having shown it to’ all portions of the. house, takes his place at the side of the two acrobats. When they do intricate tumbling, he, it is said, does the same. When they roll on the. ground lie is with them every time in all their antics, and finally, when they throw somersaults he does so, too, cleanly and admirably, and as if he thoroughly enjoyed the fun for its own sake. “This dog alone,” said a Sydney' paper, “would make the fortune of any pantomime.” Another big specialty act is that performed by Messrs. Collins and Hart, who hail from tho New York music halls. At first thev appear as an extraordinary horse, which provokes shrieks of laughter, and later on in'the pantomime ns a pair of strong men wiiose feats of strength simply beggar description. “It was really wonderful,” said a Sydney critic, “to watch one of the partners being thrown in the air, caught and balanced on the other’s upraised hands, or being held out at arm’s length.” “The, climax was reached,” said another critic, “when' after some astounding feats Collins rested the whole, of bis body on bis 'finger and. swung round upon the others face. This is certainly one of the most wonderful and at the same time funniest acts which has ever been witnessed on the Australasian stage.” The. box plans will bo opened at 8 o’clock on Friday next a.t Collier's. A queue will be formed from 7 a.m.