Trenchant Criticism.
To the place of entertainment had reMorted a gracious and gaudy youth, got up regai'dless and resplendent m goodly apparel. Enamoured was he of one of the singers m the opera, and he had bronght with him a bouquet. The lady , appeared upon the stage to sing her principal air, and with feverish eagernoes he handed his floral tribute- to an tuner and adjured him to pass it over the footlights as the song was ended. But when the air was done the admirer of embodied art saw the singer retire ■witout his bouquet, and directly afterwards the usher was perceived lugging the trophy up the aisle again. " You see," said the usher, on reaching the surprised youth, "I really didn't have the face to hand up your flowers for that kind of singing. Why, she blurred her atoccato passages frightfully,, and her crescendo near the finale broke right m two m the middle. And her trills ? you yourself couldn't have foiled to notice that she made a complete mess of them. I can't encourage that kind of work,even while acting as somebody •Ise's deputy," and he shoved the bouquet into tho young man's arms and dif Appeared into the lobby.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 131, 2 May 1884, Page 3
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203Trenchant Criticism. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 131, 2 May 1884, Page 3
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