ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 533, 14 June 1909, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THEATBE BGZAL. From the vorld'e etoek of morisc plstme* tho latest novelties are drawn lreekly for exhibition, at the Theatre Eeyal, and modem ap- ' , purtenances insure thai a uniformly dear outline is presented. This Idnom&tcgrapi entertainment' has sprung into! popularity sQ over the world. Those minute running pliotogrepfei can reproduce a Hraroa, tell a thrJHing tni* oc a pretty romance. Itoeorer, tho mrndssat. . science may be demonstrated, the beauties of fur-oft" lauds niaybo brought near, and &o oV ings of tlw civilised and savage world mar be ' presented with realism, to a comfortaHo, stny-at-homo audience. Oe« of the feature* which Messrs. Fuller snbmit locally this week ' is tho gyroscope film. The fundamental priu-' •. ciple of the monorail is expounded therein, andi' au interesting lecture in mechanics occupies only five minnfces.- The gyroscope, in the form of a top, is shown spinning in apparcntly-im- .. . possible positions, and tho unswerving lines of ; ! '*i its vibration, marked out on ft black table, prow tiho accuracy o£ one of Nature's laws. Tho cinephone, a phonograph . donblos the effect of the pictures.' Orchestral accompaniment is superseded, and the ch«rao- ' : tore in the pictures are made to eing, talki and ■-■..• laugh.. No longer does all Found depend nm ,"-'i ■'" unsatisfactory, appliances behind tie Borom. •.'' and the ; cinephone is much more plcianfj to ;i the car. -Pictures, to whieh the. cinephone ae- ■ i,' companiment is heard are: "The Waltz Most Change to a March," "John Willie" (conrioL " " /: and "The Galloping Major," and tho best of ■ ■• - :he others are-. "Winter Sports," "Weary ViS- ; V ie at the Carnival. , " "Coffee Cultivation," and' ' ' "The Buffoons." The sorios will ■ W icpeatel '" : ' every night this week. >, .. ■ ~X;'.>fs THE EOTAL .PICTDEES. .' ' " ; - ; : : Florence in the thirteenth ' and fourteenth " v ' centuries was renowned for the high, achieve- ' ~!'- ments of its sculptors, poets, etatcanon, paint- -•■'' r' ers, and inventors. It was the home oFart, '' '' literature, statesmanship; and commerce.. Bat -'" '■-' the history of Florence does not tell of many v-m' sudden and rapid changes. of individual' for-r tune that must; have occurred within her con-' s ' nnes, and the petty revolutions and kaloido- ' "<>' scopic motions of: political partiis. Just snoh » . . , sudden change jn the government of Florence! ~" ' is, splendidly depicted in a writs of pictures ! '"'' : '" ?•".?■ j b^E slloW|l , nt His Majesty's Theatre; on- /,V' titled "Count Ugolino.'"All tho darker«taneni» ■ ■ of.character aro here concentrated and intensi- •'"''■"' lied—jealousy, hate, murderous treachery, oadi '- : - *':■' pitiless revenge. Count llgolino-rknown to his- - '-•-,'•■ wry as Gherardosca and immortalised in a cele- " brated episode ■of Panto's inferno—oonspircel : -'• to obtain chief power in Pirn,'murders the reigning prinne,'is frustrated of his ambition, however, by the intervention ofl.be Pope,'and > ' in company with his two nephews dies a "■ ghastly death by.starvation in,a dungeon by the Arno; The various episodes are vivid andV thnlhngy and the whole forme one of the most ; impressive series of pictures shown in Welling- , •;-•■ ton for some time. "How a Drummer • Boy "'.'"' baved- the Flag" has an intensely patriotic anS/ ;: : "' sympathetic appeal. Of comic pictures and ab- "' surd incident there is a pleasing variety, calcu- i r; .c:' lated to gratify , the most divers tastes.! The .•.■,:.?•;• series entitled ''Kenilworth". is particularly fine] ,)■ and effective; Tbero was a' packed audience on' . Saturday night. The'pictures will* be repeated to-night. , . , ; ", • '. '_ ' ■■"■'■-.'■ ■'.•• OPERA "HOJJSE,; : ■ '■;•■ '-'"^ Th« Allan Hamilton Dramatic Company ooa. .vj;.:- , ) oltwod lta season in Wellington on Saturday '■•.»-■• eveninr, when "A Message from Mare" was v--'.-. revived before a large and appreciative audi- , • enoe. It was,by far the best hill of the season, ~.',".] and—remarkable enough in a combination con- """ '"" 6titoted to meloarama—tHe company m> '<■■•' seen to'better advantage in Bobert Gantheny'e I \'; v appealing play than in any of the molo-.'i--;' dramas included in the reportoire. '*The com- .:/- pany ; . ia to appear, at _ Palmerston , North to-, ' •■; t,-v ; night:and to-niorroW night, and at Wanganui' Viv on Wednesday. ■~'■>■"■ ' ■ '~..;. V '.CHUNG .LING SOO, . -;' >; "* Chnng Ling Soo, the famous Chinese ami.- "V ; jurer,. Rnd the' members of Mr.' Hsrry' ''-■''•- Rickardfi'e Vaudeville Company, accompanied ;.':■ by Mr. Allan Hamilton, who is in charge, ar-1 -.-■.'»(• rived' from the south by' the ; Maori yesterday,; ' ■ and will inaugurate n short, season ■ at., the t Opera ' House this evening. Chung Ling Soo j 16 Raid to; be one of. tho w clKrer«et. magioiana > who over deluded an audience. It is stated ' there ie a neatness, smartnees, and effeetiwv 'ness about his tricks that proclainl tho mas- ■ tor hand. Much of hie eucoesa is dae to the. , fact Uutho is a real enthusiast, and practises the art for hie lovo of.it. Jt may bo generally assumed that , the, paraphernalia, .a,. oonjuror carries would bo of a flimsy chara(stra. No-thing,-however, could be more'erroneous. Erery article is perfectly made of, the best material, . and would be a revelation tothe best joiner and mechanic. An excellent combination oi vaudevillo artists support ■ Chung LSng Soo. " They conmst of the two Bolls, tiro olever Eng- '~.-■:••.; lish dancers and vocalists, tho Wheolers, com- ':, .;..■',. edy trick cyclists, Stewart and Lorraine, musi- ■■!; ' •sal specialty attists, Mr. Ted Ealman;-a ?oong ~..,v v English comedian, Madame Camille Cornwall, .;■ pperatio Boorano. Australia's Little Tich, and ;."-, tho Australian D'Artos. The booking;at:the ■';■" Dresden is already very large. Early doom '■■'^' will be open from 7 to 7.«, and day tickets .f' ; are on sale at A matinee is en- '<■■><.• nounced, for Saturday "ntott. ; : ;..i.,.'; ■ ' •-■■■■■ : / .:■ '• '• • .■ " '.' ■. ':-i^ "MISS HOOK OF HOLLAND." : :' ~- .' "Miss Hook of Holland" is ( the first r 1 '" Dutch comic open to bo produtnd in AustraliA. "..:".!i For the past four .vears Miss Hook" has filled the Prino of Wales' Theatre, London, and has ' been acclaimed'one of tho greatest musical sue- ■-.?. cessoe of recent years. Melbourne and Sydney playgoers have endorsed the London verdiett ' : ' and shown their 'appreciation by flock-' ''S ing in thousands ■ to, the ' theatres m. /:..>/ both .cities for several months. Wellington : i» ■; • even now keenly interested in the appearance , ■ of the alluring little : !ady, and the debut of ,j Messrs. Meynell and Gunn's English- Cemio "'..''"', Opera Company, of wliich so much has beon '■■', written. Mr. William Cromwell and Mr. Edvrin. ; Brett, tho principal-comedians of 'ho company, bayc already gained a big reputation in the oot- '.u; onies. Their humour is/said to he fresh, un- ;'..- forced, and plentiful, and to possess the rarei ■'-~" characteristic: of being original.. Tho company .:;.,._ is '.regarded as one of the' strongest that has '. ... ever been brought to Anstralasin, all tho'prin? ,r." cipals being , of particular prominence on the " : '-.:■' London stage. Thn season will commonce at th* ', '.'•:■■■ Opera House,on Saturday, Juno 28'.. ■ '.'. J

[■< i ;:;•LECTURE ON• RUSSIA, i . : ,'.'.'', -r- ,: A■ lecture on.Social Reform in Russia, cov- .'/V ering interesting .details of life ih'.thoiand cf <•■■-■"• the: .Tsar,'- was given in the Opera- Houso : yes- ■'.- ; terday evening by I)r. iL 1 . C. Bovanoff. The ■ seating accommodation .was nil taken.up by .•, S o'qlock,'and'by tho time the lecturer too'k ~v the platform • people were standing all round ~.. tho back'of' tho'circlc- -The-lecturer said-he '.'(: had. severnl letters /encouraging him ~ in his work;"f6r'which he was gratified.- Hβ' ' dealt: at ■considerable length with ,the priv4-\-tioris and despotic .'treatment -to ■' which the . ;■■" majority of-, the Riissinn people are subjected, '..■,* and remarked 'that with the exception <if tho • aiitocracy' pr. czarnom one.li person in.Bnssia ; . ; n;as difcontented'.with, something or _ other. ..'. . Every ppijin-l' reformer. 1 hu urged, should -.»t ; ~. the standard.himself and'not.seek' for ill in :-.'■. his neighbour,-but -rather for good. The only ■;" i?aj ■''to-bring' hiimanitr to a bottoT slate wai*. to'coi.alongseeiinKlgofld.; The . lecturer dealt ~ ver.v.fnllyiwith; his,subject, atid was given aa '■ attentive.hearing. > ■:•:■■ "■' ' .- - - . •;.

: v -.: ; .wKDNEspArrpps. ■ .'! r . ' The .Wednesday, "pops"- inaugurated-; by th« .■•'•/■ WellingtoniProfesfiional Orchestra has caught • -:v.' the tasto.of'the.public. The third.concert of, ■•'.•■Oi the..eeriee..\i:ilU'.pe,. , .giyen , at ._ the ■ Town. Hall - t, on .Wednesday, and an attfactive v programme rnj. is? in course of. preparation, nnd, it has been ,',}; <. arranged that : Miss Estelle Bcere and her. pu- ~-;;' pils'aTe to' present ■ wme spectacular dancing.- .< Mrs.' Orr Loring, the Dunedin soprano, who ia '■-.'„. been specially engaged for this fierics of con- '' ' certe, will sing several popular songs, Rnd Misa •'"} Baker, n> contralto, who sang' on Wednesday '*'•'"' last,, mil 'again aprwnr, nnd .will eing , "The 'Enchantro«s," .by ■ Hatton. . Tlio. children's ■■> >*. singing contests will also.be continued on Wod- | nesday evening. The orchestra 'wilU also per- HKJi form 'LacombsV "Anbado . Printauierc" for. 2 • Oboes, Rosenfeld's ■ '-'Characteristic Sketch," : , ; , "The Vir&ininii Skedaddle," and'a Romanco by ■'■■,';' Tltco.- Bendix,'"ThcDawn.of lio\c." Tlio man- >'"■• ngement have decided. to' present £1 to' each. :'•'• » five-hundredth person purchasing a Is. ticket :•;■(., tit the drors: The" box plan ■will opon nt the ><.•■■• Dresden to-day. ■ ..■•.- , , '..-,-,[