Interviewing Pelissier.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 12, 22 March 1911, Page 36

Interviewing Pelissier.

It is not an easy task to interview Mr. Pelissier, the chief of the “Follies,” and the successful originator, at a new form of entertainment. Here is an example of the manner in which he teaches the harassed Pressman. “I see, you want a picture of the house I was born in and photographs of my aunts, and that sort of thing. I can read you an appreciation of myself by myself if that will help you any. At an astonishingly early age I showed unmistakable signs of humour, and created shrieks of mirth among my brothers and sisters by tripping up blind old ladies in the street, kicking the crutches from the grasp of a passing cripple, and a thousand other innocent drolleries. At the age of nine a family council was held to see whether I should be educated or sent to Eton. After a time I went abroad, and on my return from the voyage I was cheered by an enormous crowd, with both of whom I gratefully shook hands.” So he continues till the bewildered interviewer takes his leave, not knowing a bit more about Mr. Pelissier that when he came.