FERRY, THE HUMAN FROG.
To-hiqht and tomorrow evening (Tuesday), phygoers in New Plymouth will have an opportunity of witmss'ng the extraordinary performance of this marvellous person. Speaking of Ferry, the Auckland Observer says:— " ' Ferry, the Human Ftog,' ib pretty much the talk of the town. Hj ig one of the greatest wondeis we have had here. The stage is transferred into a sort of leafy bower, with a stagnant looking pool at hand, and after ths twittering of a bitd in a tree close by is heard, Ferry, made up as a frog, and in orthodox attitude, bobs up with a croak.' Then be hops about in a way that pu's I in the shade the leal frog, and gees through a number of feats tn s ii.ks and things that are simply marvellous. He seems to be boneless, and more like a piece of mechanism than human muscle." " Ferry" is tuppoittd by an excellent company of vaiiety aitints, including Mies Alice Laytos, mezzosoprano ; Bertoto, d scriptive voca'ist; and Mits lil'ian James. A large number of Bioscope pictures will a'so form part ef the entertainment, and the whole should secure a full nous for the company,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 118, 10 June 1901, Page 3
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196FERRY, THE HUMAN FROG. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 118, 10 June 1901, Page 3
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