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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1446, 3 January 1918, Page 32

The lucky securer of Miss Maude Fane’s shoes during the boom scene in “You’re in Love” may have the souvenir autographed by Miss Fane on application to the manager (Mr. John Farrell) in return for a donation to the Blind Soldiers’ Fund. Additional interest will be attached to the coveted morsels on Monday night, when a £1 War Bond will be placed in one of the shoes, so the energies of aspiring owners —if it is possible—will be redoubled!

Mr. George Stephenson, his friends will be pleased to learn, has recovered from his recent illness and resumed his managerial duties at the Auckland Opera House.

Mr. J. P. O’Neil, that clever exponent of Irish character, is a member of the Tom Haverley Company.

“My two real loves are comedy and cooking. Of the two, I think I would sooner win applause in the latter art. On my farm in New York State I exercise this domestic virtue with inordinate pride. All the old farmers round about come to see me, and from five in the morning till ten at night I am making things for the cupboards. My letters from the farm tell me that they are all asking when I am coming back. That pleases me more than anything I can say. And I shall always regard the remark of one old farmer —it was repeated to me by one who overhead it —as the greatest compliment ever paid to me. He was going home after eating a meal at my table. Very comfortable was he feeling. Across a field he saw a neighbour. ‘Say,’ he shouted to him, ‘there most certainly ain’t nobody ’round here can cook like Connie Ediss.’ I hope to live to cook another dinner for that old man. But what I most hope is to return to my own England—and dear old London. They don’t mind there whether I’m old, or fat, or anything. Just so long as I can learn a part, I know that there are warm hearts to welcome me.” —Miss Connie Ediss.

Sincere regret will be expressed in local musical circles at the death of Mr. Henry Gilleece Dutton, which took place at his residence, Mt. Eden, on December 25. Mr. Dutton came to Auckland from England in 1910, to take up the position of music master at King’s College, Remuera. Since 1911 he has been organist at St. Sepulchre’s Anglican Church. He held also the position of local secretary for the Trinity College Examination Board, and conductor of the Auckland Savage Club. Mr. Dutton composed several orchestral pieces, one of which was played at the last performance by the Bohemian Orchestra. Several of his works have been played by the London Symphony Orchestra. He was 33 years of age and leaves a widow and one daughter.

It is reported that Mr. Roland Staveley, who began his histrionic career as an amateur in Dunedin, and who was for many years with J. C. Williamson touring companies, is to produce an Australian-made five-reel feature film.