"THE ROSE OF JOY."

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXV, Issue 10713, 5 July 1915, Page 7

"THE ROSE OF JOY."

TOWN HALL, TO-NIGHT.

The charming operetta, "R;>s>' of Joy," which is to be staged in the Town Hall, Mastorton, this n"-"irg by a company of 50 Carterton performers, organised by .Mrs Birss, promises to draw a record house. Apart, from the worthy object of I performance, which u in aid of ibe Wairarapa Wounded Soldiers' l< v .n>d, tllp piece is worth coming miles to see. 'lt was played with great success in Carterton, crowds having to be turned away. A feature of the evening will be "the sale of an Autograph \isiV which Mrs Birss has gone to infinite trouble to complete. The collection of signatures is unique, there is not a similar bock in the Dominion, and not likely to be one at this time. Levd Liverpool, .we believe, usually declines to give his autograph for any book; but 'he has signed this. Tlie Prime Minister and his colleagues have placed their autographs in its pages. The Loader of the Opposition, Sir Joseph Ward's signature follows; also the Speaker and all members of the House and Press Oallerv. The collection of signatures is alone very interesting, and a study for anyone who endeavours to trace from handwriting the characteristics of tho men/ The book is in fact a human :locumeiit with an interest valuable for o.V t'me, for the signatures in it ire of tlie men upon whom rests responsibility for the Dominion in this criticn' period of our historv.