MR. BERT GILBERT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 728, 29 January 1910, Page 3

MR. BERT GILBERT.

K #/'/;/: ■ 'Mr. -Bert'. Gilbert,- •the'/,EngUsh'AaotoV'':Vwho.is toVmake/his first appearance : in '.':/:' .Wellihgton.;tliis 'evening' in :"Tho-King-bi '-/v'; ;Cadonia;"-..isVsomething/ , more, ia ;';'.•: ramedianV;"MoSt;cbmedians/are. actors v !wno7.-'&, by.tho.exercise'/of .their art create'laughi :;'i,; .ter/ in..a/.greatef" or : less" : - degree: vjlhey;■/■'■.';;.-; .have;, to -'Work.;t6;/gain'"their..-effects,--;na:-:;l;/ matter ;how- ; inyisible . their -/'efforts - may//;;:?.-', be..-to:the audience:,,But-,the.;case- of;Mr. 1 '•;:'/! Gilbert -is.- quite/jiifferent—he. cannpt'-'help; : 7',; being! curious ."element.comes :.-:..' :from;/him.,as-''iiaturally..;as; crearn'rises;:,:;j from-'-'.'gppil.• ih.ilE '/Wellington./has/,been.;-'■'. ■ threatened "withlSfr.- Gilbert W.mpre. than;;..i-'i; ,oho' : '.time-'they.'.are./'rWly-/.'/;: going, ,'tb '•' get", the "genuine ■'• article," rein-7.5 ':■''■: vigbrated' by--a,;trip thr6ußh',the.';;North/.;i;;;i Island-.'- •'•He-'/actually-- reacliedHNeWv. Zea«;./; 'la'niL'on-' one'v'occasion, but ./an-; accident.: ../'■ happened'.iniAucldahd.thatjprevented'him ■:;.,•' continuing .the; tour; .thioughi'.New/'Zea-;./'::; la'nd;/Of course'it, '.—to-airbut'Mr.7GUbert;''.:He;was'kicked;., ;:? ,severely, /on ..the..' head- by. the; pantomime/-;■ ;>7 mule-on- the. Auckland/stage; and,-as the,-./'l hind.legs' of. the mule were-being i'played.'../-!" by a; particularly/ athletic ;/ybung'r man,:-..;.(.» who;was champion 1 '. 1 half-backXfor,; : :h'ia;'.;,:-: county,'-:'tßere/\vas :;mbre.-force;-than'vfua.;./';; : ;, in" it; He. was'sadly-missed- en that tour,: :'-j.VTho;.silent'iplacesi, which ".formerly ;,''rang;i;?. .were/'.'as "discbncertuig '-. to';; ■■;. the.other players as to/the audience, only.;;"-,; the! latter did not khow.why. ... ;.7 ,;/'; i ' Mr.7 Gilbert arrived.-iii : town.last.even-i.' ; .7/ ihg", and'took up^his'abode.at thpiGrandi/v;' Hotel,--where:he.was'met'-.by;a';DoinNioN.-,::;// representative; The. hour /was propitious.;?;?; Always,busy ,' the .comedian/was-. thinking,'; 7: -. out-subjects'.for ■'.■£•:. already- been- told '.of, Lyall .Bay .and; thai: .;/'' anti-scanty;/bathing.-'attire .agitation;:;ani;7;,-"E.-.A. Smith" i(6f 'whom /we ;will : :dbiibt-, : '. : less .-.hear,; this - evening).' /But-. <still' hei;,; 7 looked dissatisfied.// It' was , f6uiid ! .that ! b'v:. /:.; •was'''"disgusted/ -with7the .' railways!.' timt- T /7; table; like; quite' a /number.; of .'other lessi, •.:-.. humorous;people.."'He/.had 1 had/to; leave;'..j,: a/ very:'comforfable/ibe'd;;-;jn;,Napier; .at;■' '. something '.■■'■■'.■ ing,and''had'been-struggling .Acrbss7the;;w-j island tho.long/day/.through. '<■•■ .-.;' - ~ ".'7:| /Mri Gilbert, has play'eC7 more-'.'parts.-v-.i than•'would) fill'a-columh./not, only.-' in-,; -7 'musical comedy, /butyin;.comedy,; drama," ' coinic operai'and farce, and .he.'Cpmes.to.:.'.' .Wellington/in, the -fullness of ; his?laugh-,-7:/; ; tef-making- days;- ■Eighteen7"month/s ;, of y : x .; strenuous 'pantomime-work ireccntly, as- .-..-;,■;■■ sefted'itself''''6n>his-6}-stcni;;;and he.had ; ;,- toi lay off ifbr- .a few. -weeks',, to .'breaths:;;,. ;; the invigorating'air at the-Medlbw'Baths,', \7 at).-theba'ck':of.':,Sy(rsey'towii,-,i)ut/ : he.;.ha?;;::;;; since regained':all;.bis.-old-timo V-v.';':.