MRS. SCOTT-SIDDONS.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 32, 7 February 1877, Page 3

MRS. SCOTT-SIDDONS.

The Castlemaine " Eepresentative " relates the following incident m connexion with Mrs Scott- Siddon's final performance m Melbourne : "When Mrs Scott-Siddons left the theatre by the back entrance m Little Burke"street — a most unsavory neighborhood by the way — there were crowds of the gallery boys waiting there to bid her farewell. They swarmed, but they were* quiet There was no rude jest, no loud laughter, no coarseness, no jostling, only steady waiting to say " good bye." Then the lady, m her modest promenade dressy "came out to get into the unpretentious wagonette. The boys then crowded up to look at her. With true food nature and kindliness she shook ands with a few of the nearest— l saw one boy kiss his own hand after it — and just as the cab was going away a small fellow said "Give me a flower, please;" The cab was stopped, and the* bouquets thrown by the dress circle were* 'divided as far as they would g"d* among the throng. Not one asked for a penny, but all asked for a bud or blossom, and when .they were all distributed, and the vehicle was going off:, a tiny shrill voice gave the word, and three cheers for Mrs Siddons were given with immense heartiness — if riot with accurate time — and many of them ran after the cab calling " Good bye " as far as the Town HalL This was an evidence of genuine feeling, regard, and appreciation, and, be it remembered, was obtained, not by an appeal to the lower tastes, but to the higher of the class of persons who are popularly supposed to care only for ' breakdowns ' and a liberal display of legs."