THE DRAMATIC CLUB.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 68, 13 February 1883, Page 2

THE DRAMATIC CLUB.

I (TO XHSJffibXTOR OP THE STANDARD.) ? SiB f — ltr^ypar issue of Sa'urday last, .app^ars^^jtf purports to be a report of mmgetinjjflCeld on last Friday evening, for tne purpose of establishing a dramatic clnb in this township. Whoever contributed the production refer re I to, must certaiuly be a very fanny individual, and it is quite evident that irMinrqnm-iFmsmi^ with him^ if.eyen, utrany consideration, he can be amusing *at the expense of rbthTStsT -Ptefle .^dni^Biti^MF^EatttJrTTir the pasition of myself and others who were present at the meeting referred to. "" Would you 'like to see your name pUfcscd from-' mbiibh tq'inxouth of.Oy.our -sobVH soribers. One would say, •« There goes the heavy* tragedy man,", low comedy man, or the, lessee of the .Foresters' «- Elal£ as thecase^may be, or be met by jj several of the leading citizens <} pf '^jal-Vu merston, and iregjaes ted to ,pu,t :*, another ' shilling in. '* 1 fail jto see where the fun comes in. ,An erroneous impression has, .jalrgadyl beak . estabij^Hpd; and , ,X- j 7 trust in" justice, to my^etf and. o^jberg/^ you will n tin'd[ .space in ibe cplpmng^^ your valuable, :p t ap"e'r,ipr tneae fesy. linei^,^ Au^'l ,mu'st iprotest Buc^yUn« G:% justifiable jTiWties ' .^ejng* tatcen^ .lijT;;, making use of my name, tq ; assist' any! .^ contributer to your J>aper* amusing the public at the expense of my y tepu.tatiotti l It .is a]nio3t "neediesa for me t? s»y ti^V >r the 'meeting wasconid^oted . in]* mobi x orderly and becommif jnanner, no v oue present, laying tt olaim to any. i .BpeciaLq> adaptation for heavy tragedy J low c'omedj,;, >.%. .^nejsj* <^or 'S { another" sinking.'' . Had your contributor been r ' present he^ might justly l'ayclnini' to the low comedy business, and~l trust-^ "l/Ke^'next "meeTing^oS^ Thursday evening he will make his. appearance, as he is undoubtedly" fitted to 'take several parts, add; eb inak¥ i|p for the, lack of talent aa exhibibsfd by the presumed convivial promoters at last Friday s meeting. In conclusion, I may inform the writer of the, funny repbri, ;t ihat' ; individu'aUy 'l^do f n6t lay 5 ' claim (to heavyi tragedy low comedy, otj ecclesiastical ? . fitness.. , i . N either , am jD specwllyjadapted;for the. i' shilling' in Vr bußinesßi 'All , BOcfciiftccopiplishmenti.c I leave to him, reqaestiug him at the', ; same timetoileave my name out o£*njv.{ future, productions he. may: favor you > With.~li am, &Cifj-\im'.r:., V.TM •• ■„ ';•■;;" f M. r "Waltis h n s 'nam'e was ' oijly -nienV l tioned in the capacity of chairmin, and ' in. that, position, we t he discharged hts 'duties tb the entire"satisfaction of the : lV : meifltiiijj/*'' J^pna of his. J acquaintance would* aui^ebt hiitii of P being a party in tile '«" sfitlling in^Bat - why is he so reticent as to what really^ took, placerv at the u meeting " in question ?. Was otfr report (the pccaf, sipnal ! "shilliiig^n " 'exijeptecf) correct'" in ; "details? If s 1 6 J , i Wcanilot < see !: wherß.^ Mr Walton's c^uss. y of complaint coined ' in. We learn that l ne presided with the most becoming gravity, and lestrained any undue -exuberance of spirit* by «. d'Vcreet blending ,of the/'s.uayiter in tnodo" with the J °fdrtiter irrre 4 " which is proverbially characteristic of him. — ;ed.m:s.j 1 l * v;/i l <■■ l y^^