WELLINGTON WING WHISPERS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 29 January 1908, Page 69

WELLINGTON WING WHISPERS.

By Peteb Pan: - ' " * " '-. . " , JanuaryDear Pasquin,— The- event of- the; week has," I of course, been, the Appearance of. Madame i_ Clara Butt' and her. husband,. Mt-^Kennerley ' Runiford.-/; .There was "a. great,. audience ,on [ ( TuegdayT iiight at the '.Town - Hatt, and' -a greater, -last, -night.," Thp 'patrons- expected much," : -but I anf, sure their ,expectations -were^ more .-Jhan realised. - They\jyere." simply elec- , .'trifiedf "at - t^e-^ magnitude-." 'of '-the , range -of i madame's vdiceV and' I, doubt "whether sucn' applause, has" "been-, "bestowed ''on . any artist,- in After- the final 5 ' "duet onVmuesday -evening, -between, niadame. a^d ,her, husband' the; 'of ha'nd-olapping, >"brayosj" and' cheering' was ©arsplitting, and • the • artists were i recalledN five J times" to ljoy their acknowledgments. , There is no "doubt about Madame'Butt^possessifig "The" Voice." A' great tre%t" is" -in? store".* for As I said last' week; a\third concert has been, found necessary,;, an! it will be' given tomorrow' evening. Mt* Kennerly w«a. 1 also in fine' voice, "on ' Tuesday, and the many . encores 1 He received were" a -tribute to • its excellence. -■ * -<Q* " - -- : z r j -Pollards- have re-staged. "His" Highness .the ; Bey,"' and "Bluebell,' and ' 'to : morrow' night I -the company will "essay" "The" Isle of Bong Bong," "a new American- musical comedy, ,for> the^ first time in? New Zealand. "Mr Low" informs me"' that the .rehearsals have beenvery eatisfactory indeed, and" as new,costumes and scenery have been specially made for 'the production, and Mr Pollard haa put > Ms best' work into the piny." it - only needs the -appreciation -of the" public to naiake _it a - success. Mr Harry > Quealy will make his first appearance with--this, -company in- the' "Isle of Bong', Bong, ', being oast as. General Caramba. ' ."°" ' ' What /should.-, prove an., effective warning to. the individuel, who, 1 - brimming over with^ beer bravado, , thinks it only necessary to pay hia .shilling to obtain a mortgage- aver a theatre and, a right to interfere, with/ the, auHlencetjwas .'dealt' out to a. young, man -at the MagistratVi Court on. .Monday. Boswell" . Dean-wenJ; to- Fullers', on Saturday night, after gaining . entrance -refused ."to^put^ out his, cigarette,' and ferea-ted "a" 'disturbance., He was' removed by the police, ■but-had not sense enough to" go away, and' commenced T:hrsateh-ing-'Mr Ben Filler." He' wae*'arresteaV and' on Monday." fined altogether* £6, with' the ' 'alternative of a' month' s^ imprisohmen*; ' - This is how it should be." " - - \ There is a- particularly strong bill at- tne, Theatre Royal just now,- huaded by Allan Shew,- coin manipulator, '"who, in, his. line, is an artist of the" first water: He put in -his first appearan,ce- last night, " and made a , good impression.-- Zinska (aTtistic 'poseur); Tod Callaway. Bob -' Lloyd,- WMts -and -' l<ucas, ! Ethel. Madame Carelli,- A. L.-;.Cfopp, and the Lucas sisters are also", features in the • ! bill. ' '-„'■-,. ' , The Eoyal Pictures -commenced a season at His Majesty's -Thjeatre-on -Monday night, when this old-time temple of vaudeville, was , packed, to. the doors. Business has/b een up to highwater mark ever"sin<je.<- • ( . '- - Another^ Bid 1 . — Montgomery's showed- lor one night only in the Town Hall on Annl-, versary night, and "attracted.a large audience. i Mr W. Low, ' business manager xor Bollaid's, had «. ' stroke of bad luck*" when the. company was- at Rotdrua. Thieves entered his bedrooni, J.nd relieved him of- "a, .goldwatch and locket, three gold medals "presented to him as championship trophies- for his prowess on the running track, a gold, sovereign" case, and five sovereigns. Fortunately he had left the night's takings (ovei £100) in a friend's '.safeN-