ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 671, 23 November 1909, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THEATRE ROTAL. '•■ The !-. patronage'. extended toiiv.Hw'/.Tlieatrß' Royal, last gramme being ■run; i oft- .by,-, the;Messrs.;:Puller. this-week : .received: i ts' due'-appreciation.-' "The •Park-nt .Gasuta/VirfnThe-iMelbourne Gup,•'■•.and '•The Fear"' wofe the' popular favourites. One other very interesting film was entitled "The Last of : the- Sword Swallowcrs." The■ hero of this series acquits himself' in; a.-; manner % well calculated- to ; ! please "all lovers : of the - sensational.. .The programme will;be repeated this evening. . .. f- -- ■- 1 ..• ROTAL PICTURES. . Despite, unpleasant weather, a largo attendance congregated• at His Majesty's .Theatre'last'evening Itovwituess the; programme beingj shown liy: the Royal;-Picture Syndicate this week. Among:the cjiief attractions were:. "The Dash to Death," and : "A phild ofithe Forest." The . programme will '.be repeated thisevening, and an -entire change, will .be given, on Wednesday evening. , . • •.. /.- • • STAR PICTURES. Tho appetite of Newtown people; for. entertainment has received; a'fillip; with the advent of the Star " Pictures, at 'St. Thomas's Hall.' 'Attendances ;have' been; increasing' nightly, and all previous records were, eclipsed on Saturday evening. ; list - night, ! also; the "weekly : change drew a good house,- and. the , new. pictures were, found to boVquite 'as' diverting; as, any that had preceded them. One of the pictures,, entitled "An , Easy Victim," aroused interest from the f.*ct;'that ;it -was' connected with the .mysteri6us' ; p6wer of; hypnotism;. -'A-;you'ng. girl lis: put'.into' a'.tran'oo; by : J:he ;',villain ; ?of the' piece, .who endeavoured, .'-by meansof 'suggestion,.,, to . cause lier. to commit ,'a; theft. ■; At the last moment'; she rebels,-. refusing to do ! wrong,-and a specialist", is: called in ;.'to,rid< her .of the spell, The! affair, ends. happily." .The'/ charlatan, of- course, gets his deserts, - and;:tho..; lady,' whose;,lover .also 1 has been influenced, ■is' restored to' a I normal mental state, the theory having been duly established, ■that '. a.; person! of- upright principles .will: not ■commit: a: crime;,while uhder hypnotic, influouco. "The Miller, x his Son,-, and the Donkey" tells the;old .story of who fol- , lowed. tho advice; of all whom; ho met on tho way .to: the ; fair.: The talo. . of.-"A Slave's Love" is .well ' told in - a |series .of coloured ..pictures;- : it. is " a tragedy set in; royal precincts. 'Another coloured film, i."ln .the Days: of Oliver" Cromwell,"'is the' feature of. the second part; ' Modern hero-worship is portrayed in- an f amusing picture, which makes a' shop assistant- behave hysterically over a -matinee leading-man. Humorous pictures form an 'important part of the programme, the best being: "The Hide of the - Bear/' "Thomas's Baby," and 'When .Women, Rule." The pictures will be repeated during the week. BOYS' INSTITUTE; CONCERT. ' ■The Wellington Boys',.'.lnstitute funds should benefit by : the elocutionary and musical recital which is to ~be -given in the Concert Chamber of the Town > Hall this evening; The '-recital has been • arranged by. Mr.. J. M. Clark, and the contributors will, bo Miss Christine Pidot, Mrs. Martin Williams, Messrs. E. J. Hill, and Mr. J.' M. Clark. ' A grandconcert: will be held ,in the Town Hall to-morrow evening in,, aid of-tennis grounds for -the Wellington Lawn .Tennis. Association. The- programme is. advertised in another column. .' ' - .