"FROM IN FRONT."

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 612, 15 September 1909, Page 4

"FROM IN FRONT."

THEfBACHELOR. •;; ■-H■■i''-^2;:,(Bit.'i ( ?EBB;vMB?E.) v ;■'::■:' ' .:.: vj. "•'• ?fe ?'v'' ?. l l rVad Monday'B-articie. on"A Peep : Behind." ?;">3'-i-Sincellien I.seeih to hayo disroveredfthatthero ? '('Aα- :i ■• are, * two!' }vays; of • seoing • a ■ paatamime. i Let 'me; :""./'' : 'r>^';i' ; ;■'' 'x'V.'v'v'.; i-'-? : :?It was.nSt"really myiaulttliat I'went to.tier "v£ niatinee ,6a ! Saturday .jaftornoqn,: tttt-'Kugby .is; tfe? into ;its ; sumraOT sleep. and leaving .the; 'W ; Vacant afternoon; .the issociation,' ; vwith- its :: armsV. clasped. ;oi-'i ground'; the iehieidj; has', leached / tbo.,inoriliTind : ■■;#> 'iti.stage; of tho^eeaspaiji ; and! "diabolo; T^chVnmqte l •|i; i ':.f:--'-'V , etrentf6asjaHanlts'' l ojr ; i wff;totWTJpe', ,e te on s' 1 '?4; yjeVdcratjeSt.[Rugby-game^doegnpttappeal.to'; MS-i&.ofi;''. is sbinotliing'in tho: ;, 'W.':& intoei?.' i.swds "Delifintedi I'm;BUTe," air'of .extreme self-abnegation, Perkins then s'j??<C ; J'-.'!.''told : -Mts'.' , -'Pi|-'ithiat.''he jyQald',Vnoj;::ga,'to .the jP:.r\ : ■■' :~ We]lington-Otago ; ' ipotballimatch.'. tiiat.: after-. kivi'VJ'i/'Bpojv-ohl 'these ; ,painft^ly-vprevnricating. marS ; he ;wwld take' thb youilgj;r g iV{'stew'fo^ihe-niatiiice;instead.';lt, , •;.f:'- : A have beeii cruel:'to,',dim admiration; '*');'■. 'of her'considerate spouse's solf-denial by gently' f]=i? •■'v: : - iemarking that. th» match 1 was ; being played in: ■ J fe;;-^DuD,edin!, With <juito : iv:Elqw. $t, tne. bliss, ot )';;';; '-•;" dqin5sticity;.itealuis.:pver'm?',;'we startea/.off; ! xP : '•:"'':■■ 'Wili •the , 'se7.on. young. to ; bocome v ae-v V/quainted , .irith'' : the--/varying ~odrantiires.'V.6f, ■\>"-!; ! ..y.'r : -:'."Jaek and Jill; , - -Calmly'and''collectedly-,'.and ; i-:S-i', ; : ;ivith>the.indiffeTonce of the married person,-l-'w-r •-.*'Perkins soon , submerged-Ihimsolf/;as.for as ,coii-i'ii.-ii-C-trol;;6f: the ■ smallvcontingent ywas! :• concerned,-!;!.''-:■>,■'L-.'andi.qoicJvly. some of the Responsibilities of. life 1 , i£ j?;7 ; -'■■ weighed/ijheavily; S~'a£terr"TwUtly; i: : if^; ■;: -hboKing 'one young ?un' from , a shop'doorway, J X\ ;:•%';•.•" ,'i wonld at ■ qnc6 ; 'have ftb.'" glide 'half jacross-tlie ■'-'KiJv-i/'ioad' to Tescue. another.-from-, some electric /■■';■. -j; ; Juggernaut, -only: to-find. on' my, : return- the ; ; ?';-'."■.:.various, units, bf theXbattalioa scattered along:. ■Ki : #i : - the;.shop-fronts, :and'to -W greeted■•,..-.witbi--:a-. r«v,' y ..,,->;.\BpeCulatiyo.:query..from Perkins as to Welling-; w''-.-?-,'.? 'ton's; ■chai'c?ai'iaainst/'QtttßO-'on;.thb 'compara-; i'M>-'v'':--:itivttVjhefas:' > of i '".wosei-ix^''-:t)roTinces ; '-''Bhowingef -;■.'.'■"■■:•. 'ogainst.Southland.:. Tha assurance of Perkins!; ffv'j-ci': Somebody/ha3Somewhero'6agely.;rcniarked that; alUthings must come'to', an end.V My patience, •.'■i'-'v. V';'.had,run,put,.'and contemporaneous ;■ therewith;

we» reached the Opera House v v . Perspiring, petulant, and frayed of nerves, I, felt like Tfinng to some president* prqmier," or patriarch (which Seoms to bft the ioricot thing '-wio'nowadays simply , discover the , -North Pole, or just as simply give away twO| millions' Tfotth of Dreadnought)~-"Goal at last! Present ydu with 'Jack and Jill ,, Libeity and; "freedom ••' But not wshmg to givo offence by making aa invidious selection, I did not wire. Anyway, subsequent happenings showed ine tha( it would have been precipitate—liberty and freedom forsooth 1 Perkins allowed me to get the mno ticket's—i early doora tool—and also to carry two Struggling youngsteii up tho 597 steps to tho fabuly/ 1 circle, witfi another sturdy nair pulling at my coat-tails. Agifeitedly I pointed opt Perkins that two of tho Qock had strayed away, /but ho serenely replied that it wris , "all right,'? > * they wouldn't get lost Atrivnl at the door oi entrance eqnelohed a jlan which a rebellions mood, had incited in my mind of letting the other, i ffvo stray too. -■ • *

~'h.i■ '.J', : \ 'f ,v pah'demoiiiiiniS. -'Small" : ; salesman, "-yelling: ;■ .Vj. the; benches'; ■.chatteHiii ) ':; ; Bhop-ftiifl3i'; ifl''3'orKit'^iriiaterfami]ia3/i'''»ia'':tenS'"raaioeii:rtiliff,isiwith f?:W :•/:' clutches; 6f;\bairii^, I 'fiil(l , j , tl(O' I Wtt6lliJ ! f'»'OilSL i, (rf. ;to two-yeaKbld-'JIe-w''iZeilawi! #rP '■ : - '■'■ Perkins ms aM bs?-h*batHe-i3carred 'i'fi ffe^warrioryVbut'Of;Vwas ■fkatfut' whether .atf-gite. \to£ %';■': would !stod' the's{ra3a^V.. ? '^*" T ;'* l 'i' ! : :■^;p^ : ■', ;sj;r'/.■^'•[■*:^li r 6eolreed! some fin ; *-v^> , "';V-V>ifflinbdi4torndglibbnrhood ;^-, -(lisfeributing-\e9me: ! ! :;ttj; ;7Vrans— th^>family.:.ibaker,.-vjwho; S3V;'.-?'■':'•jSßd ; .Beeij s ine.t'pn v Wβ tbi;PeTlrins'~>pri-' Gj^W^mus/tsecundtis,■ etc.,,;.and ;6etHed,;claw.n'tovseo! ;;£ :y:; ; .:.v.;,the. ! ,i)VrforniancqS with;!.tho:hope Vth&t''.',tliertf jv;r;.'.fe;:ft'f s well'that hope Springs" r.mijan tho.. paJi^^toranjcnccd'jl , in wjtb,; ;yqupg'••• ,hnmani{y--they $¥>■■'■' }ifljVlert, I'they fblimfaed-yWivfipback, virae>'iii.ttd6tioh;-'my '/vliM'fofr-the-'Scenej^tte-'' :?V.V';X'.'i' and; the Ilatetstvstylescin ;hoad-dTesa.'./it£,under- 1 v^-i^r , :'' etantt tJ^t r in;.Mediisy(SpeuTtOf;id9an,oy;calt it: few--"-.';-, vacfc?~Jack ■anq.^itriaaiJai'Blaxi life' i.:A Whefe :.;■,' ; :y;.V;v:fdls{ey^ >r-r' ■: ■■.;"; ■:N6rth-!6ii'SiutK ; 1 • '■M-P&i J pjfou6ttcd=d^ntp;; : aii«i'a»^to; v''.:''-:-!'.:'-".;. ;-.'BTinS"iJ'Af-the;;fiitej?of .tfii3:'end;'«<ij?(d; ;ssMeaiW S>SV;Cp^i^B^B;f?matt'%y; s pns^ :! iaoth6):'e;Vlai(ier;<beat; '■&!'/•(■'•i'*i:v:6'.teltb6 with- his-tpes ori'my:baclc, : andsbth'ers: pii'-Mi»Z shriehifl i'delighlf ermifld-'myvidewtcd.^cad.',;;'■ j v';'' ? : ,'i'.■'.;■;'•,;OnftJtoe- I !;bad tta ; get. 'fijiifi;-!?-: ,Bi!fajrly view : of the ■ stage. ■• '■'\. '■vO'T:-;^' l "-w^'8OTB?M^'to-etwd^ijp,-Bnd-vyM:jnst' ; gefc' :^:S;:!;stiDg v glimpse' of "•tha. slowi 'Ci'r,x'' : ,'^T.t«n ; l waa.ponctured asifip a'epcw-po|4t;,.ai!<l: :?;/ ;<:v?!.'"an'oiigry,>laay'.on't!ievnMt. bench' adjured mej f:;:!A v f: : '^'-^K;^^",^nt)'•sil;^.dp,^ra«'l^^ , , -is, ''jivVv-rvot.a.'.pea,ce,ablo" disposiqo.ri—dad '*oven' thov&h, fc,': ■ ;■' i: i;.'rl -thought. t^j3^tlio';^a?i^ i ßtrawj''f I could not :.There : .-\va3 v one,"manvneat:by, my v'SCftV?'-\syiSpathyi s rThe'-ish9vri i 'had barely ■cbinnienced ■•■j.flt:'.' .-;*h'on ;1; become ''-.aware-- of-liia.; presonce, , . v/Hff v'S^i:-/V:'iß^rtod>oll^'mildlj; i .:by,\Wkiiß''seme , ': : ' fKv'V-j'ifrp'nt.of him:|a.sit down.;-J.6radualljr'his tqno ;3 J ::' 'v.:. , ''" 'becamei , mojifSporeinptDryi' 'as,,'sweeping'aside , iiii;-f-i- ■.■■;• 'yoangsters,':- he -rapped V4bvit ftia'ap; '? yfi\V:v']iea^' Wllithtlady-Bifedftjni in front f .With :?.■..;/'';" 'iJcpntinued: appealingshie. •voice , .became raucous,' ;'-; :'■■ yefc: m«e;;titiJS9tf9, -; andi after %jre|tort frqm i/'' iv: ■!■; the Itidy s : escort, >!''that->th6so ibbhind -shonld ■!-/':.:,";.;•;::.- ,?tand'. ■.'-K!..:';. ing,,anu, then—silence. jPoor- fellow, ho" iiad iy;;:had lost his -voice! ; W-'i!?:-: W-'V.-.-.;:;;^."-' , ;'- |at';;.'-/;.vi-iSo'-tcI!!-Premier. Asquith I :find that the ;Suf. i;i V^aC;'.): --fregpttes will.year him.dpwn;-'.v.Thq':penalty of '■#'■-£ to .'feminine. porsistcncß is '-great-..-'':) Kff : ;'%'&■ j.yl -had;to extricate linysolf- at;tho interval, to ; ■:.-'S t'•:, ?'.■■;■ ' Ret■ raoie,'.buns-^or-tte-'jpupi;■■'•: Perkinses, as quito/patfieticMly'said tlmt he would :i, : >7...'v;,;:' "to stay■; to rlook after,; the -children" 1 • I '.■i'?'J.'. ; 'i'j ■ ;,, also' took 'tho , ; opportunity tii brace myself up [?J5-^; i ,:K,;.V/for i :thersecpnd:■ half ;■: during' cpnrse,: of *■:.'-' .which I understnud.a big -pantomimo rooster ;V : .' ; '"'*'C-'; ; .and'one of the ;real -species.fought,: the Noah's «- ! - ?'.;.• t J i Ark.emitted its'.world of ftniinals, and the' old fftV;vvV": : ;,'woman i'Wrf:' '",-■.'crou3'family,' thowholp terminating'amidst a ■ W»ze; of Vnnsel ;'and i«!eptri'9>ligW.§,)' when'ctha i-Z ■ ; ; .J' ; i : ■•■': . ! aflairs of Jack and Jill and sundry princes 'arid Hft■ i! Si: ■;•';■;, griiac^sse^ ;wete.. .straishtenod ; s out.:-.;-?/Then the |%:f ;,''->. '■':. /pressuro on" mo- was relieved.' ■','■:' .' fi''.v/'? v '-.^t'"lS ß( > r iliß , Perkins's nuory as;to whether -I. was stay : .thore; Irested a few; minutes, to fei'S-y..'. ■'■;'> recover my'seven .senses, feel if'any bones-were ey/':i' v,: Ki ; : Dtokon,iad)Ustimy collar nnfl;tie; luioct sundry V'.':'i-t',. ;; ;,V:<lints out of ;my hard - hati, and then I : stumfe'iXf::!v:'i,bled,downstairs;into'tho. sunlight. 'I-left P*r-; i)S ; .'f> s -->S kin?—he had lost.fqnr'of tho.young ,scions j;--,;i vS>::-';■ who'camo-with us'(impsvanid othor namoa hb p^:-;?:'fev:.was'.y.calling\ : :thcm)—declining tfrtZwV- 'Siwilii'ipr-;'listen ■.-to , ;laiii:''ineTitabl6.''''aioiiologu*' B. , iV■. , W■^i■iv. : •w^■■■^™''■' o^, •■•t n and f5-'t^?^-:'r : h(ippy who wero'at thb matinee..' .-.;■ -. apology to: all;blder;pcqplo jvho;l £;£'(,■-■'■;;" : :;annoy ediin!tho, uay's when..tho,.matinee panto-£-;;-t;:'.;v;:'\' aimo or' panornina .was to. mo just "It., :■ lam going toiany-moro-matinees -unloss'.eh-e;:W-S^';';.--'-.: should j's','S;fe rf , ,';';; meet the: eye ..of- MrVJ J;", O.;Williainson's ;repre!':{J;';,. .> h '•'■; fentattvo ho' ,will know;'. that: my absence -from f;:;":"-' .'"';:;this- ; afternoon's v : performance;. '&"not" due ito Wt -vSf'^itajy , ;ls«k' of /respect- for "TheTirin ''or: their £^^^■f!^V^-■'■:;■■ffltodiα';.j:pn>pMly,'lro , m'■ l Polar bear ;: end;tho.'dimin-utive:dancerg to Jack and Jill, the i ; f : ' J ;v:';.;' :: :' 'Prince Opulent,"tho Widow Cobble,' the Baron, ttf'i'J «V' : V '■' "etc.,;and^not^forgttting;tho.: ~A'-K J ,': i''•'/ V'tra,;because, I.'.hare altoredithe..motto , ,on the p'\''y. :v C ; ; :: tf"n9y.'crest:to,;"SaHyo aui,'peutl" ' j; .:_:(■':: ■