PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 112, 28 May 1901, Page 2

PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.

TO THE EDITOR, Sir,—The storm in the teacup, r&'sod by my first aDd perhaps in-ert-axel by ray second letter on this subject, has had an unexpectedly long lifr, and is perhaps stM ragi.-.g in the minds of some of your roaders. On the eve of the 22nd inst, a person who chose thj queer pseudonym " Phillit his only joy'' w-.s moved to aUa'k me jin your issue of that da* e. I was accused of " throwing chunks of abuse," of being deficient in the true art of criticisu, and of having a dim recollection of the Dunedin orch*st r a, and I am asked what is a " hearns'jaw." L"t this writ' r look over the correspondence for "chunks of abuse." The conductor c'rOTg-s in) with ignorance and with h ei' g oni of a crowd of opponents to prog'i ss in •ccuse mo of the fame two vices and a'eowiih ma'ife. I will ask the impavti l leader to judge as to who has tihrnwn chunks of abuse." Let me asuire "PhiilU" that my recollact'on of tbe Dur.e'-in o is perfectly cleir. I* a' ly conducted by Mr. Arthur Tcvsey, .-nd it is i->t resting to rw. llect t.liat the leading vio'inists and i :<_any other sol :is ! s in that orchestra wore not resident of Duredin or i'» •üburbs. Now in coi.cl'is'on let me warn Pliiilis that when mi oppoaent uses a tetm unknown to her it is not wise to oak publicly wh*t tha meaning of that term is. If she finis a quotation has been "bn ogled " or misapplied she .my jail in. In this case, as the question is asked, I must answer it. The " hernshaw," or handsaw, is a bird With l >ng boak acd legs, of which one or more varieties are found in' this co'ony. It makes a good fi-herman or catoher of frogs. For further particularsreid in some well annotated edition, the play of Hamlet, Art 2, scene 2, lines 366-7. In conclusion tat mie assure Phillis and tho oJhe.s that " fuzzy " Clarion in as anxious for the welfare of the Philharmonic Society es they are, but perhaps le.g inclined to be content with a low grade of mediocrity.—Your#, etc., Ohkion.