SAVAGE CLUB

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1426, 29 April 1912, Page 5

SAVAGE CLUB

openim; or the season. With joyous jot ami mony soup the Wellington Savage (.Hub, lrv>li from it> Minimcr Aevp, inaugurated its 1?1J m:\soii at the Masonic Hall, lioulcott Street, on Saturday night. Sui-n was the ntU'iidance that the hail itself was packed, a.ld ilie auto-room had to Milliee late-comers. The lepee of liuiiour ivus occupieil l>y Sevaso M. Marks, vice-pi\'sideut, in the absence i>l (lie I'hief Siivjigp, Ueneral Uudley. who telegraphed his relict at bi'ingmiaule to 1)0 present owing to übj-enee nom Wellington. It was nnaonißi'd that he would preside at the first korwo hold after his return to Wellington. The programme opened with a selection by the be.-t batnl) which the club has yet mustered. For tone balance, precision, and quality the lavage t'lub's OrchesJro could not Iμ- much improved upoa in Wellington tor a band ol its size. The opening overture was spelndiilly reeeivwl, and Savage i). A. Kcnuy's smile of (jrali(iciitiou at the success of his labours addi'.l to the demand for a "bis." Later in I lie evening Ihi) orchestra delighted again in an attractive lontasia ul "The Jklle of New York," music of a catchy ijuality, of which one never tires. The membership of the club has been considerably augmented, until now it stands practically ot the limit, which is to sav, that nou-peri'oi'inei'K who wish lo join have, now to wait until others drop out. The- qualification of a performer may, however, still sccuio him nil entrco to t'lio clnuiued Bohnnian circle. Among the. ne»' members who contributed to the programme on Saturday ovening were Savnge House, who sanj; "OoodNight, Beloved," in a small, cultured tenor voice, trending to falsetto in the upper register, and Savage Shaw, a serviceable baritone, whose voice, howexer, was not robust enough for the dominating sentiments of "Hybrias, the Cretan." Savage J. if. Clnrk, who is always welcome, recited «ome new verses, the subject of which was a grim incident in an army surgeon's tent during war, luid as an encore gave a poem of Ostvu- Wilde's. Sayago Logan played a violin solo accejitnbfv. Savage Znnte Wood recited "On Strike," a very amusing satire on the labour agitator. Savage Thco.. .Querco wig a couple of pretlv trifles, and Savage Isaacs sang ol the difficulty which he experienced in keeping his eye-glass in his eye. "Fishing on Sunday," a elas*ic«l quartet embodying a fine moral argument', was feelingly given by Ravages Newfon, Kenny, Gardner, and Parsons, who hud, perforce, to dip further into tliVnrsl'ir works to pacify the recall. The Mmldcrsfeel Bclli'ingers, a trio of strangers-.-in motley, who showed tlmf there is.«. pontic side ro bell-riiiging, and who iiji.inerd laughter as weli as admiration, for the comic spirit in which they.rang'runny familiar airs. Mr. Bloy accompanied the bells on the pianoforte. The evening con« eluded with the old chorus "The lurpedo and the Whale," from Planquette's comic opera "Olivette." Jipference of the. korero would be incomplete without mentioning vpv>nil stories told by Ihe Chief Snvagfl for the night with characteristic humour. The fact that Mr. John Buillio. of pktura fiinip, w,-i c present ns nn lionourrd gur.i! i.* nirntioneii elsewhere. The accompanitn»nts v:evt played h? Sareig? D, A, Kenny ffiti coiiiuminit* tkill. ••-' '- "•