OPERA HOUSE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLVIII, Issue 12362, 30 November 1904, Page 2

OPERA HOUSE.

MR, P. R. DIX'S REFINED

ENTERTAINERS

Referring to a performance .by Mr. P. R. new company of. refined entertainers; that is advertised to appear to-niitght at tho Opera House, an exdluuiey says:— .. Mr. P. R- Dix is to be oongrat.uLT.tod on getting together such an excellent combinat <on as appeared in the Princess Theatre lasb evening to an appreciative and crowded audience, who evinced their approbation by encoring nearly every item. Mr. Dix, in catering for the pub--1.3 taste; -has broken away from old traditions and eliminated anything likely to .offend tho fastidious, substituting in their iitead turns of, refinement andworth. Tho Choristers consjst ot tour lads, ranging from .about. 12 years ot ap-e, a'Jtired in Eton suits,; and 'the ! blight, wholesome presence of the Litt.o enaps as they stepped on tho stage was roosived with applause, that showed thov had ab once established themselves in 4e favour of the .house. Their voices were clear and bell-like, and their performance throughout was refreshang. Miss Alice Layton sang twice, recemmg a .recall on each occasion, but her best effort was Tosti's '^d-bye. Mr. George Warsaw sang Jude s MigMy Deep" and "The Skipper," both of which he rendered admirably, and he was obliged to reappear dn* response, to un-dan-iahle encores, Mr. LasLue Warbon, with his coon melodies, secured the favour of fho audience, who insisted on <his com"™* forward many times before they would allow him to retire -finally. One of the most brilliant items of the ©venire- was the performance of the W hosiers,' who allone were ■ worth going a long way to see. One could not credit w.ithou>, seeing, what these two men can do with their bicycles. Trick riding wan art wMdh has been expounded m limaru before, but never with such oompietencc? The "Wheelers concluded anamusin"- and startling performance, in the course of wblich one of them rode round the stage several times on tho back wheel of tos machine, with a most surprising effect. Placing a table, with one end boarded up ,in the middle of the stage, Mr. Hoy Wheeler rode hard up against the' boards, and somersaulted over the table, taking his machine with Itim, and riding off the stage. Mr. George Dickie is without doubt the- cieveresib ventrtloquiai artist we have yet heard. His work is refined, $lever ,and highly entertaining, besides being most amusing.-