THE JUDGE’S HUMOR.
His Honor Judge Gillies ie something of a humorist, and can on occasions give utterance to good things. This was evident on Friday last, when the Judge occupied the chair at the Shakespeare Club’s entertainment. At the termination of a scene from' the second act of “Coriolanus,” His Honor paid a very high compliment to the young lady who read the part of Yolumnia, and wound up his remarks with the affectionate sentence :— ‘ Tell her I love so.’ The prim mamas in the audience . stared with surprise, and the modest young ladies blushed and giggled at this outspoken profession of love by such a sedate looking gentleman as the Judge, and such exclamations as ‘ Well, I never !’ ‘ Only fancy I’ and ‘ Suck impudence 1’ might be heard whispered about the hall. The surprise vanished, however, when a goodlooking young gentleman stepped upon the stage and began to warble in sweet tenor tones, ‘ Tell her I love her so,’ which happened to be the next item on the programme. The Judge’s joke was at once preceived, and the risibility of the audience was excited thereat, while His Honor sat still, looking * as serious as a judge,’ apparently unconscious of the hit made by him. —“ New Zealand Public Opinion.”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2592, 12 July 1881, Page 2
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210THE JUDGE’S HUMOR. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2592, 12 July 1881, Page 2
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