CORRESPONDENCE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3584, 6 January 1883, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

*• THE "VERMONTS" AT AYAIP/rtfA. [To the Editor op the Daily Telegeaph.] Sir, —One of the members of the Vermont A*"ariety Troupe does not yet appear to have recovered from his reception at Waipawa on New Year's night. He saya in this even- ; ing's D.T. that my report of the performance of the troupe was "not so veracious 1 as one might wish," but he fails to show where my statements wero wrong. He [ says the "stump speech and songs were ' ' encored. '' When '' One of the Troupe has a better acquaintance with the stage and an audience he will doubtless know the difference between an encore and a rise. Indeed, " One of the Troupe's " veracity is not of the best. He says he was "informed in 1 AVaipawa that the rotten eggs were purchased at midday," ko. Hear that, ye AVaipawa storekeepers. Now, the loser of " those eggs informs mo that they were not ' obtained until the first interval in the performance, and then an adjacent fowlhouse suffered. (Bad action that of tho I AVaipawa boys, though.) "One of the t Troupe " must have drawn on his imagina- _ , lion for that statement. "One of the .' . Troupe appears to be very sore because [• the banjo sketch was not mentioned, i Well, my opinion (shared also by numbers of others) of that banjo (aud guitar) sketch was such a 3 poor one that out of charity to the " artist *' > (who certainly appeared to do his best, poor ' fellow) I purposely made no mention of it in the report. " One of the Troupe " volunteers some useful information as to the use ' of the words "let off," and says that fire- • works are "let off." Quite correct, so t they arc—(ho has evidently been reading the t" Fire Brigade advertisements) —so is gas. AVell, " One, &c.," should explain that little matter to the gent who "lot oft'" "Jack's Yarn," and tell lum to put a little "lire in 1 his singing the next tune he appears in I public, and not render a good song as if it was a "dirge." "One of the Troupe" again draws on his imagination when ho says ho '' was told the next day that it is nothing unusual for a AVaipawa audience to s rush tho stage." Such an act has never yet 3 been known in AVaipawa (until the "A r er- " monts arrival), the audiences here usually * - putting up with a very indifferent entertain - 1 ment before even "hissing" the perform--1 crs. In conclusion I woidd like to give s "One of the Troupe" a little wholesome advice, for lie's not such a bad fellow, after :> all (off the stage), and that te 3 Tomoana, and don't agahi attemj.t stage business ; you were never meant for it—or ;• any of the " Vermont.." —I am, «S:c., ". * Own Correspondent. I AVaipawa, January 3th, ISS3.