Item 01: Oliver Hogue letters, November 1914-29 December 1915 - Page 186
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Also there was a child of 5 yrs who conducted the orchestra like Sousa. It was unique. Wilkie Bard is very funny while Elliott is quite the weakest & best of the thousand Coon Song Singers I ever heard. Ellaline Terriss was next in a sketch & the Diving Belles dived divinely. The West End Cinema served to while away an hour one afternoon.
Harold Price & I went to the Shaftsbury to see the grand opera Carmen & while it was good but not up to the Australian standard by a long chalk. It is in English which of course is a great advantage. Peg o' My Heart is here. I've not seen it yet.
2.11.15
Called on Arthur Mason the other day & saw a file of the Herald, also saw a lot of Blue Gum articles. [written by Oliver Hogue] Glad to see them. I guess you've all seen them. Mr Southwell (of Palings) called out to the hospital to see me & we went for a stroll or