"Nay, an' thou'It mouth, I'll rant as well as thee."

Evening Star, Issue 2863, 23 April 1872, Page 2

"Nay, an' thou'lt mouth, I'll rant as well as thee."

To the Editor. Sir,- —I entreat a small portion of your space to answer Mr Robinson's literary effusions—- “ For I neither court his favors, nor fear his hate.” It was on my suggestion to Messrs Geddes and Willis (being their manager) that the terms were offered to Mr Haselmayer, and my offer was based on the engagement be (Mr Haselmayer) played in Auckland and the Thames, where the expenses of either theatre are considerably lower than here. The Professor’s ageut could not have thought them so very extortionate—as, after the conversation, there was only a difference of three pounds sterling. He then made an appointment with Messrs Geddes and Willis to meet them at eight o’clock the same evening and settle: from the time he left no signs of the agent were visible. I have made arrangements will all the principal “ stars” who have visited Australia—Catherine Hayes, Madame Anna Bishop, G. V. Brooke, the wizards Anderson and Jacobs—aud this man is the first who has ever shewn such bad taste as to publish his employer’s business—a matter that should be, I imagine, strictly confidential, and confined only to the “trusted ones in office” ; or, if not, away with commercial integrity. Robinson (Crusoe) says he will keep the letter as a curiosity. He ought: curiosities are more in his way than gentlemanly dealing. For instance, the “ Singing Duck ’’ aud the “ Weoden Crocodile"—the two greatest swindles ever presented to the public. Verb, sap. If the agent thinks to make capital by advertising his show in this way, two can play at that game. lam too busy preparing “Timo and Tide” to say more than that:for my part, I like opposition—“ Opposition ia good for the public. ” Essay! Come on, then, Mr Conjuror, and we’ll see whether a mouse crawling up to a piece of sugar on the top of a stick, or innocent maimed canaries, or tricks with the aid of a galvanic battery, will rob us of the liberal support which we have always received at the hands of a discriminating British public when we place before them such a legitimate treat as “ Time and Tide.” I am, &c., J. P. Hvdes, Manager for Geddes and Willis. Dunedin, April 23.