ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS

OPERA HOUSE. .. ' The Williamson Dramatic Company again played "Tho Silver King"- last night before a largo audience. Mr; G. S. litherndge's return -alter-many'years to thopart of Wilired: Denver was" tho.occasibri of n very interesting and pleasing performance by tho veteran actor. Miss Jithel ■ Warwick'• as Nellie Denver, Mr. Harry Plimmer as the Spider, and most of the other members in tneir various roles" were thoroughly appreciated. The season closes with a repetition of "The Silver lung" to-night. ; ■/'; THEATRE ROYAL. '- ; y ■■' Tho bright vaudeville programme which has held tho boards.at "Fuller's" during the week ■ was repeate<l last knight, to' a largo ' and.' enthusiastic house. Therewill be another performance to-night, and the usual weekly change'on' Monday. - •'■ ';.''; . HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE; - _ Lord Kitchener's reception in New Zea-. land is anticipated by; one of thb moving picture . films. at His i' Majesty's,':. which shows tho welcome accorded to .the great soldier the other day at Sydney.'.- Thero are many other good, items in the cur-rbnt-programme, which is'quiteup to thb high'Royal"Pictures' standard,' Matinbo and evening • displays are announced for .to-day.y.,:- /'.;::' : •",■: ;■','. ■ / r :\'P' STAR PICT'DEES.:// /;';':, y There' is plenty of /varioty ,in:the proi grairime of moving',pictures":exhibited nightly at St. Thomas's-Hall, .Newtown. Thoymanagomcrit: lias been, successful in securing some novelties which have found-much-tavbur with their patrons.:'.

■ /: '■: CAETEE,' THE MAGICIAN. ;:'//, _: Charles J'.' Garter,, the' 'magician, .who is making his second tour,of ;thewbSd„ 1 find 1 whe opens;.yliero.;:iu ; Wellingten on :■ Monday- night, after an absence of,", two years, tells an interesting story.coiipern.iiig;the lucky escape, from death .ivhich' Mrs.- :Carter': nau ..while; perl'orrinng ,'at. ..the other.' night;, 'In ~ a niagiciau-s show ~'must.-,:-go ivith:; clockwork, .precision;: and.' .properly,' too.': In riiy.pretty:illusion called ! "Alagical' Divorce,'', :or < .''Out; of. Sight,", wherein.Mrs. Carter-is,hoisted in the air ;by means of. a windlass,' and immediately before the .eyes of _' all 'beholders, .with nbtUijig coveruig'.or sbreenirig hor,' at ■;the report of: a pistol disappears and isseeii. no more. Wriile;in'j>apier : , the'■:.other night,-.someone'made use'.,of,';iny pistol during the day. to do sometargct praotiob, , oi" for some other purpose; and/of course, in . utili6irig'"the ..revolver extracted.; the ;. blank .cartridges,'' and ''replaced' them: with; bullets:', Upon finishing,"with: the weapon! /he pnt.it' back in' its: acoustoined place,' but; without first .'haying 'lehiovcd. the bullets. .At/night,''upbn'.myycallihg, for tho revolver, it was -.given', tb me,/as I thought,-' i-eady: for ;tlio.,illusion,'. that. is,. filled with'blanks. I broke'the pistol and looked I at. the:erids. of /.the cartridges to be sure; that, the' blanks :wcro. filled,'and that, none-had; already'been .discharged,, never thinking- 10 see,whether, they were bullets or, hot." Previous, to this'illusion;.!' usually,employ the saihc' ; gun:fer another, trick, and.upon'this:nieriiorablo. night.l discharged,. the- .weapon—not' suspecting that I had fired a bullet—and werit;abbut: preparing for the'.illusionwith Mrs., Car. ter.'- Everybody 'being' in readiness I was about.to;iire-:whioh;in this,illusion Ldo three times—w;]ieii;one'of ,my assistants' whispered-to, bio, to fire in the air,.as the pistol: was': loaded with bullets., Breaking the gun/ I disebyorcd, to. riiy .aniazcincntfive of the six-bullets originally put in "tho ;'pistbl intact. -The blanks ■: were liarided-to'me.r.arid I finished; the illusion ..without ttiahap/:/...-";..; /,,/; ///"''/v //.y^/;'/>/; : wbNDEE4AND;'/-' : ///;;'/'; Wonderland ■ will' be. bperi this/evening,' when the., tea' 'gardens.. will- bev illnmi-: .natcd., The/'niiniatureirailway, as: well: as.'thb'ohutb, swing,.: toboggan, and belter skelter; will; lie-',run, free of cost to .pat-' :rbris;';/ -/-.'/.-■ '':/'■'■';.- y. ::;:',-':''.'./•.•/'y