The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. WEDNESDAY., OCTOBER 16, 1912 SHAKESPERIAN REVIVALS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 October 1912, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. WEDNESDAY., OCTOBER 16, 1912 SHAKESPERIAN REVIVALS

Wiil iSlnikespeare—that blulF, reiine<l, clear-visioned, many aided, widely read, sometimes ignorant, and often transcendental genius -continues iu find favour with a goodly volume.! of people. "Wellington, this month, is witnessing Lite presentation of several of his plays by a company of Kngli.sh actors and actresses whoso abilities are high ; and Wellington, wo are pleased to note from its newspapers, is rewarding the enterprising actors with large attendances of discriminating people. This is characteristic of "Wellington. For twenty live veins we have known Wellington as a city wherein iShakesperian plays ::nd players always have, received profitable patronage from the public; unil just as often and as regularly we have seen at least one critic infor.ii- | ing his newspaper readers that "Shakesponre spells ruin" to tlnvatrical managers. T( is thin? that this venerable "gag" should he iiuveneratoo,, and the managers encouraged to- re.cr.ard fthakosporian prospects in their true perspective. Wellington surely has no monopoly amongst colonial cities in regard to appreciation of the Hard of Avon? and Wellington, from far-aw-'iy Miln to present-day Asch.e has given liberal patronage indeed* to all the Shakespearean presentations. The Talse perspective has been obtained in consequence of a too keen observance of the crowds whose idoals ;nv best suited by the enactment of "The Worst Woman in London" and ''.Shall Wo Forgive Her," nnd the accompanying dives into t!u Thames and the .screams beneath the locomotive wheels. Those are the more obvious section of playgoers, ■hut thank the gift givers there ar« others, just as there is caviare in contrast with blood puddings! Students ami a<lmirers of Shakespeare are found everywhere, and no centre of population fails to produce them iu profitable numbers for the reward of deserving actor-managcrs. And tJioso who are kept by their duties away from the cities still follow with interest the recorded stories of the latest presentations, and proKent the actors -with good wishes foi iheir success, failing opportunity for more liberal reward. JWUIT TRJOE BLIGHTS. Kkli , as a preventive of blight on fruit, trees is tTio discoovry of a pomologi.sfc in Marlborough. With the sea so close as it is to tin's district, local fruitgrowers should have little trouble in testing the experiment. The il a [Thorough experimenter writes that he has found that spreading kelp about bis fruit trees has kept them free from blight. As a test he planted an apple tree infested with aphis blight, and applied kelp, and the blight gradua'ly disappeared. The contributor says: "I cannot tell whether it is the saline or iodine properties of seaweed that are responsible for tlfo immunity from disease. Some assert that the proximity to the son is the chief rea- \ son, bul. other orchards the same distance (about five chains) from the hen eh suffer, while the, trees here escape." He says he has never sprayed his trees, and the Government orcharflist luas never found any trace of blight on them.