FERRY, THE HUMAN FROG.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 30 July 1901, Page 4

FERRY, THE HUMAN FROG.

Referring to the Company that appears in the Opera House on Saturday next, a Northern contemporary says :—One of the largest audiences ever seen in Ewart’s Hall, witnessed the antics of a human frog last evening. When the curtain was drawn up the stage was seen to represent a swamp, with decaying stumps of trees, rushes, grasses,, etc. After a few seconds, the head of a giant frog, with massive eyes, was noticed in the rushes, and with a croak he hopped out into full view. After Seeming to make an inspection of his surroundings ho commenced to put himself into attitudes such as no ordinary type of frog could ever hope to do. Not contented with the stage, however, he takes to a large stump about five feet high and there he simply holds the people spell-douud by entertaining them with actions that ar*> marvellous, He seems ■to be composed of indiarubher instead of flesh and bones. With the greatest of ease he twists and twines his legs and arms about his body until one wonders how be is ever going to get them back into their natural positions, After a performance of ab lit half an hour’s duration, he jumps off his perch, and executing a few more froglike tricks, removes a mask and shows the face of a man. Rounds of applause greeted this action, and after bowing himself off the stage he was seen no more. Songs of a patriotic nature were given by the clever little artist Miss Millie Bertoto. She brought down the house in her funny allusions to several members of the returned contingents, win were present, at the invitation of Mr Perry, (the human frog). Mr Harry Stanley next appeared and kept the audience laughing with his comic songs. The second, part was devoted to_ pictures, thrown upon a screen by a bioscope representing the famous drama “The Passion Play.’’ The illustrations were remarkably clear, and did not tire the eyes as some machines do.