MET HIS MATCH. The concert was over, and the performers, having had a grand reception by a large audience, were recounting some of their'former experiences, certain of which wen rather high-coloured. "I was singing a pretty song once, said one. "It was called 'Row Brothers, Row, the Stream Hum Fas%,' and when I was half->va 3 through the audience were bendin.a backwards and forwards, and 'pull ing' for all they were worth !" "That's nothing," said anothei vocalist. "Why, at my last concerl I sang "The Last Post,' and tin whole house began to lick imaginary postage-stamps, and rushed out t< the first pillar-box so as to be sun not to miss the last collection !"
The man who rises is seldom read; to attribute any of his success ti jjure luck.—Ernest Chalmers.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 497, 4 September 1912, Page 7
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131Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 497, 4 September 1912, Page 7
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