EVERYDAY TOPICS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 4, 30 September 1907, Page 6

EVERYDAY TOPICS.

1 '• 1 " Mother Goose " has bj.eir a source' of great delight to the ; small people of this 'town, who love best of ail to. go to the evening performances, since then they are convinced, they see a great deal''more. than is -provided for .them at' the matinees—besiilss, it is so much morei fun to be with; the grownups: ' .The animals are.the'dearest part of the'performance to' thetn; 'but the vagaries and extraordinary distortions of the horse bewilder the tiniest ones. Two ..fairrhairal childrennear mo sat and.gaifeiiCi.at .it smilo, and only when it fell down' could they understand ,why tho audiencejaughpd. The adults have enjoyed " tire pantomime as-much as the children, and the Opera Houso has been crowded every ovening. .... '" " Fr'aiileih H6ihze v , J of''tlitf' Ttfusgrovo Grand .Opera Company,' is report 0.1. to have bought the Turnituro of r, Melbourne mansion, 'and to have leased a flat in-Melbourne. The gymnasium in ~ , Dairymaids," : the.-now comipl, Sfficra noji being: played in Sydney',', to bo charming. <; It is a scheme!'.of blues pansy-purples, white and gold', and ai! the shades mingle so beantifnlly_ this' quite an. achiovomcnt ;,in:.'ci)lpur is ,obtainedi ■ When thjft. curtain "rises tb; young ladiefT'of tboVacadftmy are bus? at tneir'''excrcises,:>whicii; fire mor« than dumbbells and .clubs, for sonsare boxing, others r'are fencing, am there is a tug-of-war, and so (jn, unfc:the bevy, of; Sandojv gir]s- 591110 011 11. clinging: wbite.rolcs. Then .there is » great display of muscle, to ,the accont paniment of- music and song, dc-scrip-.tive of .what: " Gibsori ought t:. be on-'Sahdow training; ''Some of tit pupils .are.,in,purple,,.and some in blu< .aihl, white; Itl)enniode. l 9f, ! tbe','costuiiu.!; taking the form of diyifled; Skirts an tunics, caught in at'the waist with : bolt.- -. : <■~. ... When ithednst mail left, London tin Rrincess, of. )Vah's,' who .went abrom •just beforo'"Goqdwood,' ivas'-onjoynu. 'tier incognita tour , 111 .Germany 'am' '-Switzerland as much as in"', forme-, ■j'ears, when, ,as this year, Mr. Fran' arid Lady J E\'a Dii'gclMo hiiVfclbccii lie ''companions'." The-big schoolroom at the AVellinj: ton 'Girls'"C6llege was', prettily. <h coratcd for, the ontcrtainment givi--011 Friday night by old girls and pr<-3ent-day scholars. A trellis of swoel briar and other flowers made,an eflcc tivo ba'ckgrouiid'. for. .'tho .'jl'i'fcJty frcei ■vorn by the girls in tho enntata o: titled "The-Hours,"-which was chair, ingly rendered..' "