ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 738, 10 February 1910, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

; >:;; ; ;-;THEATRE{Ep'X>VL..;v.;ivO .-? A. very -bright' programme is'ibejng staged, nightly; by , Fullers'- Vaudeville' the Theatre' Royal,"'''The Martlii sisters.have.thoroughly established themselves- in popular ;favour,, and' Mr. Jack Russell,'the English descriptive vocalist,, another of--the '.most- recent ad-, ditions: to- , the company,. ;is heartily (jrceted every evening., Tlieleats of Professor, Godfrey's cockatoos,. monkey, and dogs,: still .form :a leading .feature of thb entertainment. .' The '■■ programme (which ■will be. repeated, to-night)..'also" includes dancing by Miss Bella: Perman,-' songs by. Miss-.May Nnrelle, Miss Nellie , : Leslie, Miss' Bobbie Burhs, Mr. , ,Wallib.'Ric'ardp and , Mr. Charles ■ Smith,. acrbbatic;.displays by: the: Gastelles, comic business by Mr. .Will Robey, and legerdemain, by Alberto.--:; .:;.':• -::r':: ;- : : ■'■"'■■::'-. .•■;.

■' .'."^hisjmajesty'?.;;;:- ■:; ■"'': v ; . ; :Th4 . time ' has! 'arriTed■• ""wheii-' , .'HisMajesty's. Theatre can- no. .lonuer•; accomrhbuato those. who assemble nightly /to see the /pictures. Last;. evening; again; ivhcn;.the iie\V: programme' was'pMSented, .all seats. iii tho. theatre wero 'occupied considerably before the !hour '. for'' the cbmme'nce'uieht, of tli* ' pefformaiice; 'Oiie df ;the most attractive v pidtiires 'of tho new / series; is. that'. showing ' a : swrmming arid..;diving-exhibition/.by. Miss: Annette Kellerhian, ,tho .Australianvgirl. : . '. It is. .nh American, film, Miss/'Kellernian .having, giveri-. a special., exhibition ■ for' , the purposG.Vbf. being:.''sppblcd.":-,.Befbre ; entering the ./water, JSiss-'KeUermnn'Roes l.thro'ugh a .number, of •exercises; and. then ■slje ■ dives ■; with.- .perfect' grace.' .'(•• Her/ high', .and^fancyr.dives-'from::a -'pier : worth "seeing;.and;evcn-experienoed-mvim-mbfs; might -:lim\ many.:lessons frbm-.a' study of lior movements in the water. In: tho. picture, .''The National' Cavalry," horsemen are seen in: uppnrehtly impossible ■ feats,.., their taking,: them; up. precipitous slopes,•■:across water jumps/.and ■ down' ,'poi-pendioular. '. cliffs, with hardly a 1 single .false step. ; Tlien.tho" horsemen give: an vunusual oxliibitibni.of trick-riding. 1 Under the title'bf "The , -Chief Events of , .1800" ■ the: : :kinomatograph.machihe un'fbids to view runnibp-photographs of the' jHenlsy-,regatta,: the, Arrival- of ; Dr. Coolf: at 'Copenhagen, ■ and oth«r notable':hnp: : Openings, in ;tho Old' World: during .the, past ■ year. , . : ; A ! story of the' mountains 1 is contained in 'the,.picture called "Tho ! Mountaineer's Honour." .■' The people of thevpiohire; are capable .actors,: and .tho .mountain' ,, girl.'v'Harum-Scarum," has , a particularly■' ■ taking -way • with • her'. ; -;'' In ? another.'picture,. Drowsy. Dick"•■ dreams' niost -absurdly-of ,his.' : marriage' tp'...'a qlieen,'- and is .Having a<truly!;royar ! time: w;hen he , is-rudely; brought back-to' conEbiousness , ' by' a jet of - water : from' : the■ garden., hose.' This ■ pictrire ' kept the house laughing most heartily.' Tho Rhino, waterfalls; are., the subject, ; of', another. • good..film, and ' a dr'aniatio Patho- 7picture, -.'"A Story of ,:Cirous Life," : was watched' appreciatively;,' last' •'• night! :, ' An- , ' other iacoeptablb picture, of. the dramatia type, tells nn'interesting; story-, bf. a cabin-■ My!s '.promotion. On' Ijeing captured by! "savages,iii the So"utli..Scas,' he isthron'ed as , king,' all ' lib . had". a : skull burned', on.' his ohest by, his.■'cruel? shipniates.i .The ; rest of thoWcrewt fall-into' ;thp.:haridi>-'bf-*the -skull-worshippers,how- , e'ver.V and -'■ the : erstwhile •"■ cabin-boy' takes , : delight.i'in punishing them.. : other: .pictures,-of "which-two' , comic' bries, :

:"W6ddirig Among ; th.-6 : :ling '■.and"''Bone Merchants" ' and "A lniost,' , . are particu-' larly.' diverting..;' The.pictures will be; shown again this' evening.';. ■ v .:..; '■;■■'. ' "

'ML CORMSH PI\IE

' :Tho.''diminutive being '..known, as' the Cornish Pixie began his ■ season iri; Wellingtqnfycsterday.,afternoon,Avhen his re-, ception' at tho .coriieivof Willis Street •and Chew's. Lane was thronged by/ visitors- .eager to;.interview ;tho-miniature man.. He is 25J inches high,and weighs under lOlbs.avoirduppis. 'To'see him ns ho niakos. the- tour of tliß.room seated on ithe hand. of. his manager, one canhardly iiimgino him•. anything but nn-.or-dinary-child's doll,': which .'"'illusion i he' quickly dispels as he-lands an': upper-cut .or. crack oil: the- head to an'unsuspecting ■ male visitor,"-, or "takes '■ a'■ hat and : tries it .du; •to fe amusement ;of ■'' his - audience, 1 as it almost" , envelops, him. , .The Pixie enters , into .the 'fun of the whole business, heart'and 50u1../The Pixio was discovered by Captain. Neville on the Cor-, .nish coast.and it is'believed he was being taken to London for show: purposes, and.is a,survivor.from.a.shipwreck. During the: week the wee; man will be on view from 11.30 till 12.15, from 3.30 to 5,30, and fr0m.7.30 to 9.15. ; : '■'.."■ - . ;'

PEOMEN VDE CONCERT

'About one .bundled''-'and ' fifty people assembled. at the. Athletic ; 'Park last evening,: to hear; the.promonado concert :by'.:the .'Tramways. Baud and ;;tho ..Lyric 'Malp Voice Choir,' which-,had.. been : arriinge(!':in..ni(l.;qf tho : band's expenses-in cbnnectibn with tlie Wanganui band congest.:.. The' park :diva's ,'illuminated ' by electric lighf,. and -the /night, • though misty,, was.', warm?, and : ,pleasant.' : The prpgrammo of .items was:, tastefully'. ;inv ranged; and very successfully ."carried out; the fbneert; being' a' very enjoyable ..one. The ."' instrumental.'. numbers Tho bontest march "Electoral," the selections "The Porter, of:Havre"/and . "Thd ■Bello-'-of ■' Brittany,",, and .the .march "Irwell Springs," by the full band, under .Conductor.' J.. R. .Clarebut; , a' quartet; "iTsclia'ikowsky's Songs," by mombers of the band;.and a cornet duet by Bands-: niph".-Evans: arid Cole.' The Malp Choir,, under Mr.ylT. Gladstone Hill, sang, very taatefully, , ' the part .song, "Hunter's Mnrch," the/ Hallelujah Chorus ■■ (with bajidaccoinpaniinent), and- tlio part'songs the'jrerry'Druni":'and Comrades in Arms." ' \.There , 'was ;also a pleasing octetj "Spin, Spinj" by mpmbers of''the chair;'• < ■ 'y-\ ?'<' ' ■ ' : ■'■ '■■' ■" '■'' ■■'■'■■

-■■.": BESSES O , TH , BAEN BANB; ; A telegram from Christchurch states that the Besses o' th'. Barn -Bond, opened their second Australasian'.' tour thero last night. There was. an .overflowing,, audience, nnd the entertainment was n signal triumph. .Tlio band ; hail nn extraordinarily cnthusjitstic 'reception, tbpiisands 'cheering outside the theatre. ; ' , '■!■ ■ . , ~'.,, ;;; ". - : ' : : ■ '. ■ '{] 'A very successful dnnce .wns ([iyon Inst 'night in Fulllord's' , Ha')l; Brooklyn, many of thosel'tiVcsont' beinc visitors from , town. ■Sir! ■ J/'Prn'ser supplied" the music, and Uγ. t.eoper netml as M.CL