POOR SYDNEY!

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 136, 30 August 1927, Page 1

POOR SYDNEY!

Actress’s Criticism

“LIKE NEW YORK” CLOTHES AND SLANG LONDON, August 25 “Sydney is a suburb of New York. “It is becoming seriously Americanised, and takes its lead from New York rather than from Boncion or Paris.” So says Annie Hughes, the famous English actress and creator of the name-part in "Little Lord Fauntleroy ” in an interview in the “Star.” Annie Hughes, formerly Mrs. Mayne Lynton, has returned to the stage after 25 years’ absence in America and Australia, and is now playing with Miss Violet Vanbrugh in “The Woman in the Case.” Luring her stay in Australia sue worked quietly as an Empire ambassadress, says the "Star.” “Sydney’s clothes, pictures and slang are American,” Miss Annie Hughes continues. “AUSTRALIA’S ELDORADO” "It seems a pity, because Sydney is Australia’s Eldorado. "American fleet visitors said that ‘American men may spoil American women, but, gee! Australian women certainly do spoil their men,’ and that is true. "Englishwomen are the finest m the world. No others have such a manner, dignity, charm, beauty and sweetness of voice. “Neither American nor Australian women can understand the English manner. "Australia is the happiest country I have ever lived in. . It is a land of perpetual sunshine. "I had an umbrella given to me 30 years ago, and had never unpacked it until I came to England three years ago, since when it has been in constant use. “CALL US POMMIES” "The Australian man in the street dislikes Englishmen. They call us ‘Pommies,’ and do not especially want us to migrate there. "England will never know the Duke and Duchess of York’s tremendous services to the Empire while in Australia; the effect will last for generations.

“Australians love the Duchess and think the Prince of Wales is the world’s finest hero. —“Sydney Sun.”