ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 606, 8 September 1909, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"JACK AND JILL." Bright, tuneful, amusing, and amazingly oi'ijrinnl in incident, tho pantomime "Jack and Jill" is having an excellent run nt the Opera Houso this week. Among the numerous diversions from tho thread of tho popular nurseryrhyme tragedy of Jack,. Jill, and tho buckot of water, are the "Teddy Boar" picnic, tho giant rooster, and tho belligerent bantam, tho surf bathers, and tho skaters,. mirth-provoking incidents, every one of them. A matinee is announced for this afternoon, and the usual per, fottnaace will bo given' at night.'

| ,• PULLERS' PICTURES. Fullers' Pictures at tho Theatre Royal-this week are a ■ very lino series. To mention but a few of. tho latest triumphs of the art of kinomntograpky which aro screened nightly at - this well-known houso of amusement, tberoaro the "Naval Review," u magnificent and spectacular film, tho "Richmond Horse Show';" do-: ptotuig some very tine specimens of the equine species, "British Bluejackots," and tho intensely '• amusing "Bilhken Grin." To-night will bo shown for tho first time the striking film,depicting Bleriot, tho famous French avia-, tor, in ' his record (light across the, English' Channel, Here is if. Bleriot's own story of the great iiight:—"At 4.35 a.m. tho. sign is given, in.an instant lam in the air.' I, begin my flight steadily. Tho French destroyer has seen ,mo. The destroyer going at 2G miles an hour,l am making. 42J miles. The. moment is supreme. Below me is the .sea, and ;tho surface is disturbed, by wind. In. ton minutes I passed, the destroyer, and am sbon lost' to sight.' Presently I see the green cliffs of Dover, and away to the west I sea the spot I intend to land on.' Tho.wind has;tnken nie out of my cou.rs6j.but within a few "minutes I find myself over dry land. Avoiding, tho red buildings, I stop my motor, and instantly my, machine."'and' fall straight upon the land from a height of 60ft. In'.two seconds I am safe upon English soil, and'this ended my flight, across the English Channel."' • ' • ; ; |-';'. ■':•','■ HIS MAJESTY'S. ;'?[. 'Last evening tho programme of pictures which .Binuo>Weducsdayy last has had such a popular run. at' His Majesty's Theatre, was screened for the last time.- 'To-night, an entirely new programme of pictures will be shown; including some fine art studies by Pathe Frores; namely, "Vidocq,"-"Tho Chess Players," and "Theiwful Symphony." > ' . • ' V '■"■'■' 't VOLYMPIA RINK.. ' '■;.'"■'.' last' weeks of that highly popular winter indoor sport, roller-skating, aro announced. The Olympia Rink still continues its three sessions daily, and'is as strong a draw as ever.