THE LORCNETTE

Observer, Volume XI, Issue 753, 3 June 1893, Page 7

THE LORCNETTE

By way of celebrating the 74th anniversary of Victoria's appearance in this vale of tears, the enterprising Ashton (who will hardly condescend to speak to anyone beneath the rani: of an M.H.E. since he struck oil with his sixpenny pops) raised the price of admission to City Hall to one shilling. Bat it made no difference in the attendance. Lots of people couldn't get in, as usual. The entertainment was certainly worth a shilling, worth two or three shillings for that matter. The septette orchestra (leader Mr A. E. Hunter) opened the ball with some capital selections. Then followed Mr Stebbing, and when the applause elicited by his singing had died away, Miss L. Warren vocally described the song that reached her heart. It seemed to reach the hearts of the audience, too.

Then came Mr F. Carter with his harp. 'Love Sleeps,' which was encored. 'I Wouldn't, Would You ?' was recited with charming effect by Miss Ruby Clifford. ' A Soldier's Life For Me ' sang Mr Tapper in that fine tenor of his with ' The Anchor's Weighed' as an encore, flerr Zimraermann and his violin met with a great reception. Mrs Kilgour sang sweetly about ' The Garden ot Sleep,' Mr F. "Oryland valiantly declared ' I Fear No Foe,' Mr C. Brown contributed a funny Dutch song very funnily.

. Miss Warren and Mr Stebbing sang 1 'The Wind and the Harp ' very sweetly. Then came Mr B. A. Farrington who essayed to describe to the audience how 'The Charge of the Light Briga.de,' might be handled by various reciters. The audience stood ' the pious reciter,' ' the schoolboy reciter,' ,' the professional reciter,' ' the French reciter,' but when Mr Farrington came to ' the nervous reciter ' they drew the 'me, and howled ' give us your own style Farrington, old man.' And the mimic retired disgusted. It was very funny. One of the best items on the programme. Farringfcon made a huge hit, but not exactly perhaps in the way he intended. Mr White sang ' The Ghost of Benjamin Binns ' very funnily, and Mr Tapper gave one of his best songs 'My Sweetheart When a Boy.' The comedietta 'As In A Looking Glass,' concluded the entertainment.

Encouraged by the crowded state of the house on Saturday nights, the ever-popular Paddy commenced a Monday night season, in addition, last Monday. A heap of attractions were provided. A Japanese youth gave a marvellous but to some tastes, repellant exhibition.. He tied himself in knots and .drew them tight, and just, when it seemed that he had got himself into a hopeless tangle, he would give a wriggle and come united again. Then a plantation darkie came on with a song and dance, ' My Educated Feet.' This artiste appeared to have bestowed more education on his feet than on his opposite extremity. He got plenty of applause. A pert young person in a pink dress sang, in a shrill voice, 'Awfnlly Awful,' which proved so much to the taste of the audience that she was compelled to come back and oblige again.

The educated dogs made a great hit. These canines can do almost anything but talk. They waltz as correctly as most ball-room frequenters, and one of them skips as knowingly as any school-girl, the professor, their -.instructor, holding one end of the rope while a big dog holds the other in his teeth. The Tankard troupe of Japs gave a very clever exhibition of balancing, &c, but the dogs were, to my thinking, the best feature of the show. For Saturday night Paddy has prepared another 'great bill,' and will doubtless have another big house.

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