THE LORGNETIE

By Pbndhnnis,

Capital houses continue to greet the serio-comiquee, the ballad singers, the fanny men, the Btrong man, the gypsies, and all the rest that go to make np the Gaiety exhibition. Mr J. 0. Bain, whose engagement has drawn to a close, has no reason to complain of the patronage bestowed on him, and his patrons, I should say, are mor,e than satisfied with the way in which he has amused them. Since last week the company have received a farther addition to its strength in the pereoa of Mr Arthur Hahn, a basso of great power and excellent expression. Hiß voice gives evidence of carefal train iog, and at the end of each of his songs he is rewarded with a ananimons round of applause. Mr Hahn obliges in both first and second parts, and his items are nicely selected. Sanißon, the youthful lifter of heavy weights, and who was with the company a month or two ago, has re turned, and lifts solid iron bars, weights, and other heavy things, and swings them like trifles through the air. Messrs Leonard, Edwards, Hall and Watts keep the ' foolery ' going at a hamming pace. Some of their com micaloßities are new, while others are distinctly old, but all are good, and sometimes we cannot have to much of a good thing— at least, that is evidently what the end men think. Miss Daisy Cbard has fairly re-established herself, and not only sings and whistles well, but looks pretty. Miss Lulu Zesch contributes each evening a well-Belected ballad, or rather two, and renders them well and pleasingly, while Miss Malvena Moore delights all and sundry with a little patter song, and also does a pit-a-pat with her tiny wooden shoes, and never fails to ' fetch ' the house. The show concludes with a very funny farce. The Christchnrch Kinematograptiic Syn dicate are exhibiting for a short season at the Opera House. It is perhaps the beßt known company in its line in the colonies, and has the additional advantage of being able to show the very latest incidents at the seat of war. 