ODIVA’S SEALS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17178, 23 October 1923, Page 5

ODIVA’S SEALS.

Theatregoers will welcome the news that Odiva’s seals are to return to the Opera House on Monday evening next for a brief season. Those people ■who saw these clever performers at work on their last visit here some time ago will welcome the onnouucement. of their return. The whole company is in charge of Captain Adams, who conducts the many astonishing acts that are included in the display. He begins by inviting his audience to ” get acquainted ” with his familv of seals and sea lions and assures them that no cat or dog about the house could he half so kind or gentle as his pets. At his command one of the pets comes galloping out of its cage and following its master down the steps shakes hands with members of tho audience and allows them to freely fondle and,caress it. Other seal.-; perform such feats as imitating a baby crawling along, a. bird flying, a. singer who concludes with an impressive -..remolo, and aerobatics and contortionist executions without the least difficulty. Another member of the troupe goes in for a good deal of hand-clapping ax- appropriate points as he watche-s the performance from his cage. The Odiva girls, who perform graceful evolutions in the huge water tank, are both fine swimmers. At one stage one of the girls is in the tank with five of the seals, and they swim round her, daintily taking a. piece of fish from her hand as they pass. It would take too much spare, to record in detail the many clever and ridiculous things the creatures do in and out of the water. This remarkable act is one which must he seen to he appreciated. Intending patrons may reserve their seats at The Bristol.