ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 518, 27 May 1909, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPEEA HOUSE. - 'Another crowded house greeted Mr. Harry /' Rickaids'a, vaudeville entertainment! .at : the ' ■: Opera. 'Houm 'last/.night. . ' Cinqiievalli is . the > "star *' .performer,Vand, received-a great ovation.on making his. appearance. His assistant ~ alfeo' oreyer,,.in his own line, and. ? pr6vided much amusement with his qnaint aptics. To-night this. combination—a very., entertaining ono—concludes its season. -y: . THEATRE EOYAL. At, the Theatre Eoyal last evening the excellent ourrent programme nas again presented..A. - remarkably, interesting Ifilm included in -this week's bill is that depicting President Taft's / /inauguration 'into office, which took place aa late as March 4 last. > The Jsecring.'of. this film a few weeks after the big ceremony shows no 1 little; enterprise. Othergood pictures are those showing the final; scenes, in the life of Mary Stuart, and ■ . some '. exhilarating cavalry . manoeuvres, in Morocco,- where -. the Foreign Legion harry'the. turbulent sons of the desert from year-end to year-end. '.. • " '■' THE EOYAL'PICTTJEES. : . Standing-room was -at ; a premium ,at His -.-/; Majesty's Theatre last evening, when the usual ..change of programme was presented. There is nothing .very .distinctive' about the present series of pictures, but thoy are uniformly good, and their production is up to the. high standard maintained by the management'of the Eoyal Pictures. 'Among the pictures, that are noticeably good is "A Bad Companion," a temper's;- ance drama in five minutes, in whioh the evil :i effects of excessive driijking aro powerfully depicted. "Copenhagen Under Snow" gives a . very fine idea of the-Swedish , capital "in the winter days. ' The fine . wide' streets are seen piled up with snow I ,' with a battalion of carts engaged on its removal.- Copenhagen takes it enough <to judge : from the merrymaking, that is inoluded in the picture in the form ; of snow-balling and 6kating. , Another strib- : ingly unique picture is that showing the opera--tions of seal-hunters . in; Arctic regions. The . .frozen .'land,stretching away. into .the .dreary ?/:distance, ..is shovtn, with the ocean \dotted with hundreds pfacebergs: ' A ; .'.seal ' is ' sighted;' the shot, is;fired, : -.and one - sees .the■ boat-..put off to. secure; the dead, seal, which' is brought' to , : .the ship. ; and'flayed on-deck. /After'the : fat has ,; been scraped;away wi th- keen-bladcd- knives, the valuable- skin "is- placod.-in a. barrel /of salt ~ ' water, .pending -. the. final,' i ouririg, operations "Marvellous .Ointment", is the , title: of 'a tumorous picture," in, which : a .lady cheapjack ; dispenses ointment that equals the power of Mophistophelcs in the restoration . of youth. • " Morgan, the Pirate,'' institutes another seriei of . dramatic pictures. that .threaten 'to vie in : popularity.with . the', "Nick. .Carter" adrcn- , tures. Other, good'pictures'includo "The Will of a Youngster," "The Wary Policeman," "A . .Message from the Sea," and : "Picturesque usual : matinee'will be given on Saturday afternoon. ' ALLAN HAMILTON'S COMPANY.' There is every prospect that the new combina<;tion. organised-by Mr. Allan 'Hamilton will be launched at the Opera House ,to-morrow : night under, the happy auspices. - Already the advance • booking i 9 heavy, so that; a crowded premiere looks .likely; ,:"In-^the ; 'Eanks," which is to be '.. ',the . initial ' . production, ... has : been - recognised throughout, England and Australia as .a very; . fine. -play, and a strong;, company: has been ' secured,-, including artists -who have .made a , name in the melodramatic wprld. -Special attention has also been given to the mounting and . dressing, the: whqle of the scenery, which totals' . jome 200' tons; 'having been'made and painted In Sydney during the laSt six months. The company arrived in Wellington yesterday morally .who. is also directing ; the tour of Chung Ling Soo, arrived by the . «ame :boat, . and leaves this evening for Duno- . .din, where thoy opeii on Saturday, night. DR. BAENAEDO'S BOYS. ■■■< : It is npt often-that a representative of such ■ fin institution as, Dr. BarnardoV visits our . ; shores, and it is pleasing to know .that much' attention has been paid and generous hospitality shown to the Iter. W. J. Mayers and his party of lads, who: give such striking evidence of'tho work which tho homes have done A . return visit to Wellington has been fixed for Jnne G and 7. Tho moving-pictures will bo a peat attraction, .and the jprogrammo rendered by the i trained lads will be as novel as it "?s Interesting. . Mr. Mayers is, endeavouring to > raise in Wellington to meet the cost of two beds in tho now, Barnardo Hospital Of this sum. £300 has beon raised, and it is hoped that, the balance, will be made up at the return meetings.