Academy of Music.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4724, 27 February 1884, Page 2

Academy of Music.

A very successful entertainment was given in the Academy of Music last night in aid of the funds of the St. George's Sunday School. The house was fairly filled, the front seats being well patronised. ' An overture by the orchestra commenced the programme, th; Misses Coney following with the ducf "Youthful Homes," which was well received. Mr Airey's rendering of j 11 Ebren on the Rhine/ 1 elicited deserved plaudits, and a historical recitation by Mr Lush was given with good effect. Miss Day sang " By the Blue Alsatian Mountains," and Mr Coney " The FreeLaDce." A recitation by Mr Coath, " Curfew must not ring to-night," was delivered with more than ordinary amateur ability, the applause being loud and ( ontinuous. "Ask Mamma," given in response to an encore, was equally well rendered. Mi? Macky gave " The Kerry Dance," Messr Beale and Puckey a selection on the violin and piano, after which Mr Sowerbj sang "Good-bye Sweetheart," receivieg a vociferous encore, to which he did not, however, respond. Mr Wiseman's " Thames Items " concluded the musical portion of the programme. After an j interval the curtain rose on the Waxworks Exhibition, of which Mr J. M. H. Lush acted as showman. The figures represented were —Bluebeard and Fatimr ■ Brittania, Mary Queen of Scot' ; a Maori queen, three heathen goddesses, Mrs Gamp, Ned Kelly, Topsy and Eva (from " Uncle Tom's Cabin}," St. George and the Dragou, Mr Snagsby and poor little friend Jo (from " Bleak House "), and the Midshipman and his Aunt (from "H.M.S. Pinafore."). The living actors deserve credit for their impersonations, though the collection; of subjects was hardly as good as at the'lr&t entertainment. The showman, aftelbriefly referring to each figure, recited the history of a midshipmite. The curtain fell, but was raised in a minute or two revealing at the back of the stage a representation of an angel in the act of watching over the body of the midship mite; this scene was splendidly got up. The interest of the audience was throughly sustained throughout the entertainment.