THE GLASS BLOWERS ENTERTAINMENT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2563, 2 April 1887, Page 2

THE GLASS BLOWERS ENTERTAINMENT.

NoTwiTBsrAMDiNo attrao* tious of the His clever assiatarifs" were' fairly well .patronised-;'iitMttie v -theatre. Hoyal; .Mas.terton, laßt Gvoriing The : first.-objects.... that...claiin-'the.'visitors, attention on entering tHo ibiiUdiog. are"; .the.''.e'jdiibits. of. glassware,"'arranged 'about the. stage and hall, ; !,Tho most' -complicated of • all is the • working -model of'an American' low-pressure beam engine, which is -entirely cpu- ! struoted of plain'and colored glass; a.fid is actuated by {steam, generated'iff ■ a pair of glass,bojlers, thus enablln l g'the : spectator to comprohend the pnhoiple of. the steam engine much mote readily and morer thoroughly than would, be possible-'with a/great'deal of theoretical explanation...; apart from There.'is also, a model >fe.v M$ priesßtire. horizontal engine,' whibn "driy|a a .minature quartz orushingr batterj|ana phain pump similar to thd§e.m'||)gue .in thecold oUmatea of Noriib; Amiica, There is ; illustrates .the effeot.of a)moap|eriO' pressure, and—rstill.' ting •tO'the lady heaftirul-siecir men of a bonnet, trimmed f artiß,t|ally. wholly with glaßs';4|fr!tyooa!oofe : contrives by' mean?;oMiacbnvelat! tional.lecture, which; accompahiol his own deal of useful information,;- He: takes, {vholjow cylinder- fronVjt with very little meehasics' aid *part' from his blow ; pipe., a number, of decanters, 'with,Kwuglrticies sua: ponded inside them, wina ,'glasW/; caadeiebraj m elaborate Turkialj

hookah witbiits .twisted sundry .other; articles, explaining the methoatys;,heproceeded.. By means of a splnwng wheel he 'drew out the glass to .a remarkably; .fine thread, finer than the finest hair. Inootherr r parts of the. room Miss Maggie and , Miss Isa- Anderson are to be seen engaged in the manufacture of- various., .ornamental objects,which ' : with great, interest by the;visitors, •' •move about- from-.place to place ; e&miiiing, the numerous Exhibits, "'" or can.take, a seat opposite, either - worker and follow the processof glais V'; rQaniptilatJon, At the' close of the • '. entertainment a number of "glass • articles werepresented to the audience by a system of' ballot, which -has" the approval of the authorities, and by which everyone present takes part in, As an educational medium the exhi- ..- bition ia well worth visiting,'and it' ; should be-Specially instructive •to the : younger portion of the community,' A .', ~ matinee will be held this afternoon, at..'.; whioh children will be admitted for .;; sixpence 'aich, and evory child will .; receive a present, . : v -