Joseph Blascheck
In an article on "Pronounciation," contributed to a London magazine by Mr Joseph Blascheok (the famous entertainer, who is making a farewell tour of New Zealand) quotes a atory of Madame Christine N'illson, whose peculiar pronounciation of the British language sometimes produced rather humorous effects. Sir Arthur Sollivan wrote for her "Let me Dream Again"—a song which attained a Sreat popularity. The words of the refrain, it will be remembered, are: "Oh, do not wake mo, Waking would be pain." But when Christine Nilleon sang them they eoundecl uncommonly like "Oh, do not whack me, Whacking would be pain."
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 May 1915, Page 4
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101Joseph Blascheck Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 May 1915, Page 4
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