DRAMA AND MUSIC.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14476, 24 June 1911, Page 1 (Supplement)

DRAMA AND MUSIC.

EQUSA SAVINGS. Tho followittft ara a Few of Soman's sayings:— *'A musical instrument i& a good Jiko a gun—much d-epeudß on the man behind it N " ** Tho world does not care a rap for your naujo; it cares only for tvlruv you can do to i>loafcj, umubo, or instruct." " Aliuiic'iy golden tongue apcaka to ail alike, and ileavo 14 help him v.iio cannot understand." " I'oel and painter, novelist and historian, maid and matron, youth mid man, are alike worshippers at tho shrine of melody." "Noxt to being born, the mc&t important evout of my life was when X bfguu the wtudy of music." " T/:t us hope that tuo number of thosa wlio find no resixmaiv© chord in tlid wclKug ton«i of music aro of the -very, very tow." "From my earliest remembrance I wanted to ho a musician. and X -have no recollection of ever wanting to be anything oi.se." " -Mu.sic, mathematics, arid babica are the only original packages." CHILDREN ON THIS STAGE, • A deputation of women waited on. the New .South Wales Minister of Kducatioh,luid protested against tha new departmental regulations preventing children un<ler. 14 yours ol ago appt-'aVing on the stage. Mrs Yates, a former 'uefcre.ss, who acted as tpoJa-iwoipan,. &aid , tliat a girl of 14 years put on.to tile stage was nervous, and just at aci ago when fjbe needed careful • treatment-. She was at what might bo called tbo gawlcy stage—all- logs and wings—rand was apt to 'say that she was quite capable of taking care of herself, \lf girls went on the stage young -they gradually learned all about trho life, and 4it J. 4 years old were pretty well able to look after them&ely6s. - Mr Boeby t in reply, said that ho was determined that children under 14 yeujrs of age should not be allowed to appear in certain clasws of entertainments. Consideration must be given to partioular cases. .• ' A FAIRY FLAY. - Speaking of the rivivii of *' A \ L . d summer Is'iglit'B Dream at His Mtiiesty's Theatre, tire London limes say.s, "The salient. merit of this product on )3 that, once ;t has brought ua into tile forest, it remains a fa.ry play to tun very end." and at orwy .moment.- •in*' only possible interval is 1 during too performauco of tlio comedy at court; but wo know that the fairies are.c6m.ng there, too, a little later, and how lon,' . is it since Bottom was translated? liut 1 tliu&o four levels, who have sometime* | boen found a little ted.ous, are f'ar [ from that while they carry on their I absurdities tvith little fair.es peeping j from behind trees, and little iair.es j crawling in on all fours to listen, or j flying up and down in and out on the j sky L>eh il<l. The whole forest is humming with littlo fairies; and it tueinod ; . as if tlie lovers k4t it. for they nil lour I became l.ghter, more fantastic, • loss J solemn and pompous than tl.'i-y thowed j siciis of beinii in tho lirat act. .-As.lor l.'uck, that little rogne fairly rolled on | the ground witli laughter at tlio mortal ( fools, and only grew solemn with -rliflf.eulty when Obero'n, a. monarch lvho took affairs of stata a thought too gravely and grandly, was looking at him. If s;jnj» one vo'ild tench Mnt-Iter Uurford Hampden to c!i\itk/o instead of 'shouting irith laughter, lie noald 1)6 as . good a, J'uek as there is evev likely to be." Elsewhere tlje same authority observes: ''Tlie Breaking of the verse w-i.s not up to tho mark. Sometimes the sense \rae spoiled,, soiretimes the . ili.vmo, mor* often tbe ryLhm." . Mr Bonrohier se»nw to hav« n&d« * Hit its Bottom. ,;•*

JOTTINGS, x A little tct of real - lire acting was witnessed izc A street in Adelaide recently. Wvilifl.ai Desmond, who. ,Js leading man in J. C. Williamson's "'l T he TliLef ; ' Company, was walking down the street with ;i friend, when .ho observed tlirce jnen tackling a ioiirth man, who apparently was carrying more sail than ballast. The latter was roughly pummelled by the trio, and was linaiiy stretched out in the gutter just as Desmond arrived. Besides beins an actor, Desmond lias a New reputation as an amateur boxer, and to keep himself lit lie plays baseball and Rugby football', .fie did nob take long to decide upon talcing a hand ;»i tho mnlce. Gra<p : u% the nearest. lie deftly swung him. off his feet and .laid : him pro no in the gutter beside the : drunk. A well-directed punch settled Ac. 2, and cr-xlsirdy neistiaded the third combatant that .safetv for him Jay only ii flight. At any rote, ho took to his lire!:;. No. I r. :S e wratur i'uJly to ?n's feet, muttering execration, und pulled off his coat with busincss«'ko intent. However, one look at the tail, muscular figure, wiho stood n?iidy to receive him, was suffic'ent, for he readjusted his ooat and slunk off in tho crowd, obviously unwilling to rNk a . furtjK'r expari-eueo at the hands of tho weli-dressed stranger. An early tour of New Zealand k propoeted by Nicola, the remarkable who is annearing in Au«trounder the direction of J. and X. 'iait. According to his present plans, tiie matdeian will commence his season in Auckland about June 2G. visiting such towns as WanLuumi, New' Plymouth, .\ap:cr. and Gisbcvne. before ,'living his performance in Wellington ■aiKVUfc the first week in August. Yi.vts will l)o made to Duncdin. Inverrareill, Gore. Oamaru, and Timaru, the tour concludmjx about Sentember 15 -Ada Beevr's M'eornl South 'Afrirein tour is arawm;* to au end. In 1905 sue made her first South Afr'can apin Johannesburg. Theno is rcc-rrd of her sinj/infr three songs to an audience wfio rsveived her m dead silenr;>. -She. Jeft the stnpe in a condition of bitter d-. ; sano<r'ntm«*iit, belfovj'i'her effort s were futile, but cro ehe hn3 reached fior dre?sin'/»-rnoni tho theatre ranp; with nimhnso. r.nd she had io siim fire more s.oiu/s before th© s-udiewe would alkjw h3i* to leave.