BEER AS A BOUQUET.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3403, 6 February 1920, Page 7

BEER AS A BOUQUET.

ARTISTS GET A “'l‘Ußl\'.”

AN OPERA HOUSE INCIDENT.

The crash of a bottle on the stage, the gurgle of escaping beer, and the clatter c.reated by the bottle-thrower as he tried to escape from the gallery provided an exciting Surprise in-tel-. lude in the action of the musical re—vue at the ‘Auckland Opera House on Tuesday night. Behind the footlights the performers gasped, at the ‘breaking of the bottle and the waste of the beer, and then carried on with the frivolity; while the attendants in the auditorium chased and caught the interrupter. Consequently a Workman, !Hughie Parsons (40), who had added la melodramatic touch to the frolic. of jthe “Let’s Go” comedy last night, came before Mr J. E. Wilson, S.M., charged with having been d.isorderl_v while drunk in the Opera House, and with having damaged 3 Carpet on the stage. It was stated that Parsons had‘ been a rather noisy‘ patron of the gallery, but had taken the tip when an attendant cautioned him to be quiet. Immediately 3«ft€l'\Vard's he had thrown the bottle of beer on the stage and bolted. Miss Maude Mills, one of the actresses, testified that the bottle struck the stage and broke close to where she was standing, and at a spot to wlrnre she would have ‘been a moment later. The manager stated that the broken glass and tho contents of the bottle had stained and spoiled a new floor rug, depreciating its value about‘ £2. Parsons ’only explanation was that he had had a few drinks, and was not quite conscious of What""he was doing when he ‘threw the bottle. He was fined £3 and ordered to pay £3 4/ to cover costs and damages, in default 21 ' days ’imprisonment.——Star.