The variety cntertaimment presented at the Olympic Theatre on Thursday by Mr. R. Bell in aid of the Swatow Relief Fund certainly lived up to its title in giving a programme to suit all tastes. The audience, while it did not exactly tax the seating capacity of the hall was most appreciative and the artistes were generous in granting the encores demanded.
Madame Kelvey's pupils, charmingly costumed and graceful, gave tambourine, toe and sword dances, an Alice Blue minuet, and a coster song an clog dance, while Miss Dorothy Kelvey sang and clogged most acceptably. The Del Monte performers, the Misses Gray Mason and Petty from the Follies, made a great hit with the crowd, and the four IJantlofts whirled through their spirited dance with verve. The Louisiana Trio discoursed some favourite Southern melodies to. an appreciative house. Mr. A. Shenin's piano solo from "Rigolette" and his encore were rendered with musicianly finish and stood out among the numbers. The Silas Brothers and Mr. Camero in their three-piano novelty were very clever and amusing and sent every one home in high good kwmour,
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