TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4319, 14 January 1893, Page 2

TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

Mr L Tennyson Smith's Entertainmen\. Nothing could demor strata more clearly the popularity , of Mr Tennyson Smith than the tgfli audience that attended pie TutHh| Royal last night to hearts of recitals illustrative of the humor- " ous. pathetic, and tragic phases of life, the large assemblage proving that as an entertainer, 'whioh is certainly his forto,"he'is even better appreoiakd than as a lecturer. The ' ohair was ably filled by Mr E. Feist, • who announced thai lie had been asked to preside in plaoe of Mr Lowos, who was unavoidably absent. Spaoe will not permit us to detail the various items of the lengthy programme, which delighted the audience from , start to finish, The' olocntionary I selection was a choice one, and embraced the heroic, the grave, the ludiorous, the comic, and the path" etio, and in whatever phase of life Mr 3mith momentarily placed his thought, he spoke,, felt, and acted accordingly, WlwHfill- were so successful, iC is dHSfiut to pick out one item as being better than another, but tho lmmorof tho extremely laughable description ol a concert at R—, and the young man who always kept his engagements, kept the audience in roars of laughter, and elicited tremendous applause, while lovers of pathos and tragedy hud a raro tre.it in the reaitih of" Poor Little Joe, and Trowbridge's life-like sketch, "The Vagabonds," Mr. Tennyson Smith's 'eveuing(of recitals will live in tho remeTß&e ' of those who had the good fortune to hear bim and his name will long be a watchword in Uastortonas an elocutionist aud true exponent of character. During the evening an excellent musioaprogramme.which contributed much to the variety and completeness of the entertainment, was rendered by the Masterton orchestra, Messrs Clifford, Nioholls, Master Wallio Jago, the Misses Perry and Williams, and Mr. Candy, who for his capital rendering of the violin solo " Hopo told a flattering Tale" re- . ceived a well merited encore. The arrangements of the evening were oarriedout in a manner verycreditable to Mr Markland (Mr Smith's private Secretary), the Committee, and all concerned, At the close Mr Tennyson Smith expressed his thanks to the Orohestra and friends who had kindly given the musical itomß, There will be no meeting to-night, but the lecturer will give an address to-morrow evening after the usual services.