MR LESLIE-HARRIS IN HAMILTON.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8004, 8 September 1906, Page 2

MR LESLIE-HARRIS IN HAMILTON.

After a two months' theatrical drought, with but one musical event to appeal to pleasure-seekers, tne Town Hah, Hamilton, was weil-tilled last night wita a higniy appreciative audience, whicn speedily recognised in Mr Leslie Harris a numonst of tne first water. It is no reflection ou other entertainers who have visited tuis town to say that hu differs, for the better infinitely, in his manner and ia his methods. Tne musical ilhutration, introducing the " Honeysuckle and the Bee," with parodies of the great composers inter .voveu, .vas an example of one of his styles. The pathetic monologue " X mas Bells," was a specimen of another. " been but not Heard," pantomime sketches of orators in dumb show, created shrieks of laughter, and the parody of Albert Chevalier's old farmer, witu his " I knows what 1 jcuows, and I hoars what I hears," was realistic and clever. "A singing lesson," with Miss Bosina Buckmanu as pupil and Mr uarris as professor, was very funny. An encore was insisted upon, which produced " Prituee pretty maiden," the ijuiintiy humorous duet from Patience, ana so eutnusiast.C was the audieucj that tne enore was repeated, lu Miss iiosiua Buekmaun New Zealand possesses one of the tiuest sopranos ever heard in the colony, or even in Europe. Her range is remarkable, and iier voice superb. The jewel song, fr^m

" Faust," scarcely did her full justice, but in i'osti's •' Goodbye " she saug nugmtiiceatly, responding to the clamorous plaudits of the audience with " Cowiu' thro' the Rye." Her other songs included, "TlueeGreel Bonnets" and "Tließ;rth of Dawn"—this latter a beautiful image of dayspring in music. Mr Harris doubled us up again with the parody of a little gin's lament on the death of her doll, and excluded a delightful and only too swiftlypassing entertainment with an amusing musical sketch, "The Cnoral Society." May he soon return, bringing with him tne charming vocalist who is associated with him.