The Waimate Advertiser. PUBLISHED DAILY. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1916. "H.M.S. PINAFORE".

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVIIII, Issue 446, 14 November 1916, Page 2

The Waimate Advertiser. PUBLISHED DAILY.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1916. "H.M.S. PINAFORE".

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10 ..ei-iio are, i-i j -,ar eomem]ii- upon in© ipnde ui W. lj. smit.li, Uie bf.ggvst fiijrivsoii. .[ tupi ,ei-oi' ot i.hi.a-in, who J had originaiiy bedi a newsp.apxr-se,- . ■-■:• on 1 tic si reds, all I had, by Avoiding htni.-eif tip'’ wjin ditigenW.i'.oic, a member ,d i’ai Lament- and at -e.iglh •'Uiiicr of i-ne s .Nilyce.’’ Lharaeleriscd as Sir Jußtph roraer, the First L. rd of the Admiral, y cojii'Cij aibeurd one ol He-i Xtajt'idy's sthips of war, and holds an official m-q.'ocii ■n.-.Hc brings with him an entourage enough for an Las.een poien.ale—>.aU his “sist-.-rs and his eoiisius and his aunts.’’ Sir Joseph imerl'cii'cs bcfcwffdi the captain and his men, and generally shows his ui,ter lack of knowledge of MM-craft. The clover patter in which Gilbert makes these c name tors ridicule, themselves is an essential feuure of the comedy. At. the. samp timo the whole construction is so free from direct personal linpntation and is such obvious fun llial nobody's feelings ar© Jmrt, and even the, First Lord joins in the joke against himself. That “H.M.S: Pinifurct’’ lias served the serious political Ld’d'O"© lot" which it was written is best affirmed 1 by another question. Jjejb it b© asked, “What man is there tc-day in Britain 'or out of it who' would dar© to assume the control of the Admiralty entirely lacking a, knowledge of the ways of the seta?