SIR HARRY LAUDER

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 628, 3 April 1929, Page 14

SIR HARRY LAUDER

AN EVER WELCOME VISITOR It was in 1914 that Sir Harry Lauder made his first personal appearance in the Dominion, and it is questionable if any other artist could have achieved during that period of anxiety and tragedy, when the public mind was engrossed with matters of vital seriousness, the great success of Sir Harry. It was a great tribute to his art and his judgment of human nature to infuse in his audiences brightness and happiness and so make them forget awhile the war clouds surrounding them. Sir Harry himself was “all merry and bright.’* There was sadness in his heart, yet not for those to see, and so he carried on. The gramophone has ever been Sir Harry’s great ambassador, for by this means he is known to millions, and gramophone owners who did not possess a full set of Lauder records were looked askance at. He has in his time written hundreds of songs, but who does not know and who cannot whistle or hum the refrains of “I Love a Lassie,” “She’s Ma Daisy,” “Stop Your Tickling Jock” or “Tobermory,” or know the burr of his Scotch accent in his delightful rendering of the fine old ballad, “Hocked in the Cradle of the Deep.” To ensure support commensurate with the world fame of the star, E. J. Carroll has made careful selection of a company of international artists to support Sir Harry, and as Mr. Carroll has ever given only the best, entertainment seekers have something to look forward to. The Auckland season is limited to nine nights at His Majesty’s Theatre, from April 17, and the box office of reserved seats opens at Lewis Eady, Ltd., on Monday, April 15. Country patrons are invited to make application for reservation at the box office. All applications will be dealt with strictly in order received.