ROUND ABOUT

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 201, 19 August 1940, Page 5

ROUND ABOUT

, • (By Aitclie 1 .). Offering plenty of copy [or this column avus tlie* Red Cross Revue held in the Grand Theatre, but with memories still lingering of the nest aroused by my critf icism of the baby contest, most of it will have to go by the board. k .One question which appears to - be pertinent is Why dress girls as nurses,, just to make things look , nice? We know that, people have a [ love of but surely thai part of the business was raiher futile, *.« s w ; Allowing sleeping dogs to lie, we • will pass over the major portion of the comments we would like to > make and concentrate on '"Fumed Oak." There has been a goodly propor- ■ , tion of strong adverse criticism of , this play, it being suggested that such an 'awful' thing should never . have been presented. And why was . it 'awful'? Because, we suppose, 'Henry'' used some common or garden everyday language. The words this character had to use were about ninety per cent less in strength than would conceivably „ be uttered by a man breaking at last from a fifteen years \repres-* sion of .thought and speech and, incidentally, they were drastically cut. from the script. But the majority of those who complain about such things, and, to be particular, complained about "Fumed Oak", are, more often than not,, the' people who use the expressions at home, smugly registering 1 disapproval because, after all, the seats next to them, might; be occupied by "decent' folk. Bernard |. Shaw shocked pre-<G.reat War audiences with the use ~of what is colloqiualty known as 'the I'great Australian adjective.' He was the pioneer in ' portraying on tlie stage the conversations'met with in every walk' of life and since /then authors have not 1 been afraid to break away from the artificial, unreal presentations. * w * ■ The acting in Noel Coward's all too short play was up to the vbest amateur standard, with stars going to Mr BoswellJ las Henry. Mr Bosweli was excellent and made an ideal interpretation of the henpecked husbandl How adaptable New Zealandcrs are, even to petrol restrictions, can be seen from' the'following adver-* tisements:— No need for a car, Our meat will fillyou so "full you't want to —B. Fsteak and Co. ' : Don't worry about petrol. r Our produbt - Smells better.—City works. " ; ; Put your care safely in the shed.- , —Padd, Locke and Co., My system will, enable you to laugh at petrol restrictions. Six months with me and you'll push your car up any hill.—Samson, the Bodybuilder. Bike Pumps. Bike Pumps. New car given away with every pump sold.—B. A. Peddlfer. waste petrol by trying to spot off your trousers. Buy a new suit from . "our wide range.—Dubble, Brested and Go. Notice: Owing to the shortage of petrol Ave are compelled to make a small charge for* filling cigarette lighters. Charge, Id for 100 fills.-— Amalgamated Cigarette Lighter Filling Proprietary, Ltd. At the request of the Government we are reluctantly obliged to re-*: quest members not to use the closr* ed garage and running car engine method. Subscriptions are now oVer due (half of estate, senior mem-, bers; lock of hair, juniors)—lnternational Suicide Club. At the recent meeting of the executive it was decided that with so lew cars o*n the road all the joy had gone out of hiking and the club must disband. Outstanding subscriptions must be paid.—Call of the Road Trampers' Club, Inc. Rumours that I have gone out of business are false. I am still sell- • ing chocolates, cigarettes and matches.—Phil Upp, the Busy Bowser. Soldiers! The ancient tribes of Brazil drank petrol before battle to give them courage. O'ur spark-* ling ale is the modern —Ale I tier! a*m ' • In Germany a man si rolled *up to a corner and, pausing,, tightened his trouser ; belt another notch, i A Gestapo member demanded* [ sharply: "What are you. doing?'* ( "I was just having my beakfast,'*' ' was the reply. ' , „ *