I. O. G. T. ENTERTAINMENT.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 546, 18 November 1875, Page 2

I. O. G. T. ENTERTAINMENT.

The entertainment giren under the auspices of the Good Templars oa Tuesday night 7 was, in point of merit, a great success. There was a very good attendance, but the darkness of the night and wet weather kept many intending visitors away. The programme was an excellent one and redounded to the credit of those selected to draw it up. Th« performance commenced with the farce of " A Thumping Legacy." The characters in this ax* numerous, but it would be inridious to mention the names of those who performed in it, as each one was perfect in his or her respective parts and played them to the amusement of the audience and credit of themselves. After an interval of about firo minutes, Mr and Mrs Cox, who had kindly volunteered to assist in th« >ocal part of the entertainment, sang' "The Harp that once through Tara's Hall." this was well rendered, although Mr Cox was suffering from a severe cold at the

time. Mr C Smith followed with a comic song " The touri§t»" aad ia xespoM* 4o en encore, sang " Come along do." Miss P. M. Crawford then recited that favourite piece by Tennyson, "The Charge of the Light Brigade,* which also received \an encore. Mr Stewart greatly amused the audience with the comic song " Beautiful Girls." Another internal of short duration was thea given while preparations were made for the performance of the Arabian Box Mystery trick. This was iucwcessfuliy gone through by Mr Good. He vwas locked in the box, which was afterwaids securely bound by several members tf -the audience with about sixty feet of -stout.isj, c. ,The curtain was then dropped, and >wfaen -raised again after a lapse of •about one Biimite Mr Good was seen lying €>n th« top of "-the box smoking a cigar, while the' lid Teniaitred as secure as when "the curtain fell. tChe tFick is -a very clever and met with great approbation. Mr 'Good stated he would be ha.ppy to go 'through the -sanre .performance at any 4%ture entertainment, when in -addition to roped in, he would allow himself to f be haridcuffed. After this, vide programme, "Jffr Mylrea " trotted out"' "The Good St Anthony" to the admiration of a large fportion-of- those present, bat -we do not '"think the song was well choosen ; one more -stlect4n its character would perhaps have *been more appropriate and would have 'had a*better effect da * l clarifying the atmosphere."" ,The gem of the evening was a • jioog by Mr Harkins " Kiss me -and I'll ;~go to -sleep." 'This was most excellently if rendered by that gentleman, who possesses ea rich ' r bary tone- voice. "It's nice to be JFathei?" -and one- or two other songs of a t-similar terminated the vocal Vpkvi of r the progranata.*. An Etheopian JiFarce — "The Great Arrival" concluded *the whole. This was a most grotesque jpiece of " Nigger" delineation by Messrs >Harkitis, Johnson, Crawford, and, «s th« : advertisement had it, a bladder, the latter : apparently taking the most prominent part !in it, beingmsed for the purpose of curing < a toothache, which one of the characters » was to be -suffering 'from. The i patient was well beaten the head with it. -The audience were convulsed at 'this novel mod« of curing that ailment, but. the patient thin-ks he has had enough •of At. for some time to come. • This wound i up the programme, but- the audience would not go till Mr 'Harkins sang again. He told them if they |did not go he would use tire bkdder on them with better effect than he had -upon his patient Mr Good then came forward, and on behalf of the Committee, thanked Major Clare for the use of the building and also those who had so kindly bestowed their patronage on the occasion, after which, the audience dispersed, everyone having spent a most enjoyable evening.