PINAFORE IN THE PARQUETTE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 49, 26 February 1880, Page 2

PINAFORE IN THE PARQUETTE.

thought, a nice .benefit for., a . charitable!, . pgf fjose i^oujjd -bp^tP/ have.,a,Nejw; York dra^atiicjaod .musjeal organization give gramme Wsaeft with, the , New r ,York, sociejty. To, the disgust ,of the lnhabitantstthey, chose.., Pinafore, which had be^n t pja^ed and, sung 637. times m yfia* tojwn^-more.or less.' .'.Tbere. was nqtn^ BOQiety.hadv the ' money \ and : would neithdr refund nor change the prograrniqe.. of)Tho / njg,bj}.,came and tHe . g^'e t^as: paclc ed ;%'r qbirity is popular. in^Jbjip^wp. .a^presaid^;. ! '.' ( When ;;..the" le^aierbf 'tbie ,'ojpcfies^ra swung his'baton fc>! jfj©^ c^ev^, oH^ind/'ore',. to ( v : .begih^ ; twenW'or 'tlurty finger's a'catt'ered'abbuf ; the scaudjence,,5 c aud jence,, took up the chorus and gptj'.ihrdngh" 'with • . it "■''. 'in ' ' splendid style,, tO/.t^e^paiua^d^the distress' ,o^,,tue f^mnji.'^et^ojsiem on the. stage." Sd !; it, weni on tnroug'KbuV-'%e*'eveninj|i'.^'_iA. j lofftlginafore coin^any, i^^e^.Ji&p-' qTO^.cjrcle|an,4Jßaiig^thV 'opera, amid coul(| üb.eu b.e seen jby^ the expression of/, their e^esV ''T^el^w,T|ofF Jcpmpa^y.'j' were , Binging'ftjpl mpge^ j^and.wpuld "not give up^^VJio^ai^company'.were, singing for fup.'jnd'wer^j sucK ' ,|>ig. j return's th^6 We^ kep^ on and audience had tfi'e pteaßure, or agony rather, .oflistening to' Wo renditions o£ JPind/orejitthh