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  2. The Theatrical

    FEW features of the theatrical life of Sydney impress the close observer of the stage more than the marked popularity of every ...

    Article : 1,590 words
  3. In Lighter Vein.

    TWO well-known actors were playing golf, and every stroke proclaimed, that they were novices at the game. Several fair sized pieces of ...

    Article : 1,363 words
  4. Music and Drama.

    GILBERT, in writing "Ruddigore," poked fun at the old-time melodrama that was played during the mid-Victorian era in certain theatres ...

    Article : 233 words
  5. Chaldean Domestic Architecture.

    AS a side-show to the great work being done by the British and Pennsylvania Museums under the directorship of Dr. Leonard ...

    Article : 1,462 words
  6. The Bushlover.

    THE nearest approach we have to the famous humming-birds of South America is undoubtedly Queensland's own little sunbird, very aptly so ...

    Article : 231 words
  7. The Bear Blunder.

    SOME time ago it was remarked in this column that happily nowadays one could as easily picture gunmen shooting willy-wagtails as slaughtering native bears, ...

    Article : 243 words
  8. The Musician's Hands.

    IF man had developed claws or hoofs instead of hands, with their 10 marvellous digits, it is hardly conceivable that art could exist. Musicians, who are ...

    Article : 238 words
  9. Amiable Satire.

    GILBERT was a humorist, first and last. His more serious work never scored any great or lasting success. Perhaps this embittered him against the type ...

    Article : 696 words
  10. Clever Cocoons.

    OUR common pine (Pinus insignis), which is really a native of California, is a splendid timber tree, often attaining a height of 100ft., but it is subject ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 281 words
  11. An English Note.

    THE nature-lover is the same the world over, whether he haunts hedges and coppices, or the bush and scrub. He is an observer of the little things, a gleaner ...

    Article : 314 words
  12. First Century Musical Jars.

    MUSICAL jars, supposed to be 1800 or 1900 years old, have recently been found in ancient tombs dug out of tufa rock, during road-making to the ...

    Article : 142 words
  13. Million Shilling Orchestra.

    AN appeal for 1,000,000 shillings has been launched in Melbourne with the object of establishing the nucleus of a permanent orchestra in that city. The ...

    Article : 102 words
  14. Joseph Conrad.

    WERE it not for his wife's book, "Joseph Conrad As I Knew Him," we would still know remarkably little of a man who, ...

    Article : 1,097 words
  15. Under the Fuller Banner.

    THE Fuller management at the Empire Theatre announces a special show week attraction, commencing on August 6, in the production by Jini Gerald of the ...

    Article : 299 words
  16. H.A.C.1, "Mayfly."

    FOUR out of five boys at the present day would choose an aeroplane rather than trains, motors, or toycles for a gift. Little boys are ...

    Article : 1,054 words
  17. Charming Melodies.

    Notwithstanding adverse criticism, the opera ran from January to October, and very many of the musical numbers became as popular as those in previous ...

    Article : 240 words
  18. The World of Pictures.

    TWO pictures about which a great deal has been talked and written during the process of their production are about to be shown at ...

    Article : 589 words
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