ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 613, 16 September 1909, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE. Another largo audienca/assembled at' the Opera House last nightVto witness the performance of "Jack and Jill." 1 The various features 'of the pantomime delighted' the audience, and the'performance was again a complete success from ovory point of view.-' . THEATRE .ROYAL. ' , The "present excellent programmo of pictures shown at the Theatre Royal' attracted another large audience last night. . Some of the finest items were -"A/Modern Port,''' "Making Bamboo Hats," and '"The- Bleriot.i Flight, from Calais to Dover." Tho pictures were much appreciated; and heartily l 'applauded,. ;'., , ■ : HIS .MAJESTY'S. .': . ■ Seven thousand feet of .film each evening is the : record ; maintained at ; His Majesty's Theatre." , The. pictures : are never dull, and tho, weekly attracts' more people than the' theatre .- can accommodate.'- last, evening again, .when' every seat in front was occupied, nmhbers were; allowed on'the, stage, and still many .were turned away. -Ingenious'storyetto pictures' comprise' the major portion" of the week's ' programmo., The. kinematograph' presents the most impossible and absurd happenings .with; such, a real setting . that v : one .is momentarily deceived, into':.,'the'-Xbelief ■'' that spooks _or tallies'' have "taken . possession'. of things;' Then there, are thoso-which toll more sorions tales, but which, after all, are built oh a very slight framowork. In sections which describe a'- hairbreadth escape, .which offer .a peep.into,'detective prowess, display methods of winning' tho Victoria Cross, the pictures, rush' on,''and,invariably leave : satis-, taction in their, wake. ' Genuine tiews -are always : welcomed. . Of -the pictures" shown'.last evening, Channel Flight," a' splendid airship: picture, "The 'Honey Industry,and "Yachting 'off .Cowes" belong; to .the;, latter class. . As.'a, bright and interesting film,, showing yachts under full, sail'in a glorious breeze, that fronrtho Isle of Wight : ,has probably more merit-Jhan any other'."presented- last evening. The; trim'-yachts with 'swellirig-;sails are/seen splashing • along almost within - arm's reach. Tabloid drama is represented'in "Tho Milliner and I'the Thief,""The : Strike," ; and.'. "The Foundling,"'and .other .pictures, calculated: to make mnny'a laugh, Vjare .' "The - Magnetic Sqnirt," "Bo.ting Fever," "The: Talisman," and.. "Theodoro's Concert." Tho . new programme will be. submitted ] nightly during the week.'-;'::V~ : :v >■' OLYMPIA RINK. ~ Devotees of the pleasant pastime of skating stiU'muster-insooanhmbers.at the.' Olympia Eing, IngestreiStreet, and the three daily sessions aro maintained. A-band enlivens proceedings in the evening, and, "among : special features,l. a floral carnival is announced for Wednesday, September 22. : ■ ME. DRIVE'S PERFORMANCE. , [ : On? Wednesday, September .22, at tho Town' Hall, Mn Driver, conjurer, will give an imitation of tho feats of -Mr. Bailey, tho Melbourne, medium. ". . . 1, ■ /, ' ]