ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1593, 9 November 1912, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE. To-night is the lost opportunity that theatre-goers will have of witnessing Jansen, Tho programme Which he has subniitted during the last week, has been a good one, ever varying devices succeeding each other with rapidity. He is sunported by a capital little vaudevillo company, tho members including several -wellknown American stars. On Monday nest Jaasen will commence his West Coast, tour, starting at Blenheim, with Nelson, Westport, and Greymouth to foil)*. This afternoon there will be a matinee, at.. which children will be charged one shilling to all parts of the house, 10-night tho final'photograph competition will be held. An outside judge has selected what he thinks is tho hest -reproduction of yes-, torday's photos, and the committee will declare the winner, to whom Mr, Jansen will present a cheque for three gguineas,: The winner of Inst night's competition was little Eric Basil Thompson. THEATRE ROYAL, A divorcing innovation At the Theatre Royal 'just now is the entertainment provided by '"The Crimson Ramblers," whose programme of catchy choruses, songs of the light and. popular variety, is much •enjoyed during tho first part of the ing. Vaudeville holds the stage during, the second part, and among the artists are Hamlin and Mack ("Texas Tommy. Dance"), Cliffo Quartet, the Anderson Trio, Leonard Nelson (of "Mr. Booze" celebrity), and Harold Heath. The programme will be repeated for the last time this evening, • ' FULLERS' PICTURES. Two and a half hours of healthy amusement is to be had each evening at the Skating Rink, Vivian Street—the home of Fullers' Pictures-. The current -programme includes a variety 'of subjects . calculated to please aDj- crowd. Among good films screened 'may fee mentioned "The Laurel Wreath of fame," "From. ■ Cetinje to Reika, "Sharp . Practice," "The Vagabonds," and "Tilly at a Boardinghous'e." . ■ • ■„■. -~..- "THE MONEY KINGS." West's. Pictures, : : -who > make a special feature of exclusive- subjects, will screen one of tho famous Vitagraph eiciusives at Tho King's Theatre on Monday night next. "The Money Kings" is said ta be a bit of realism from the history of Wail Street finance. A steel magnate, ivho realises that should war occur he would benefit by millions of dollars, has a peace draft stolen from America's envoy to the 'Peace Conference, hut' through the inter-, ference- of-his. daughter, who engages her; aviator cousin's assistance, and who brings the correct draft to the mail steamer by his hydro-aeroplane, war .is averted, with consequent disaster to the t steel magnate. The picture' ends happilyby the millionaire giving consent to the marriage of the peace .envoy to Iris daughter. :' THE NEW. THEATRE. A change of programme was screened at the New Theatre yesterday. The change, is an excellent one,' and includes, many exceptional pictures of merit. Ohe of the best .items is entitled, "Arabian Treachery." A .number of insurgent Arabians visit the British consul on a call o£ peace—or what the consul erroneously: supposes to be a peace call. -W'hile'there the chief of the Arabians insults the consul's wife. Who/i'n.turn, becomes' angry with.hinvand spurns his advance's. The chief is determined to avenge himself, and absconds with the consul's little girl. The alarm is raised, and the English officers pursue the Arabians,, but without knowledge- of the ground. 'They chase the Arabians,, who havo by this time disposed of the child to a confederate, whotakes her awily to a deserted hut on tie' desert, where, they are won't to Store con'trabandrifles., .After the.officers hayq.i set off in pursuit, the mother- of the \ child follows, led by a bloodhound.. The hound follb'wsj'he'trailajght-to the, hut,, ' and'the,mother"*clasp'slu* jtetrified;thild» and prepares to leave'with ife No iiooherhas-- she'opened the-door' than She sees that'three prowling lions are approaching. ' She bars the door, but as it is but. a.'rickety affair fshe'soon? sees, that,,she. must devise som'e other .means of escape.. In the'floor of the* hut is. a well, where the rifles are lowered,, and round, the walls some light Eastern mats. _ The iiK. genious ■ woman bridges the cavity, with the light mats,* and 'fakes Shelter in the: back room. The lions break down the door, and makeTa rush, across the mats; which, yielding.to their weight, impfiS* ons them in the weli. Thus the wife and her child are enabled to- escape, and join the officers, wlio aroon the point of killing the Arabians, whom they have.captured. "With the Enemies' Help" is the next best items on the and tells an exciting story of claim jump/ ihg. The best scene,is where the wite 6f the prospector sets out at a break-neck pace in a covered-wagon to get a. claim registered. The wagon comes to grief, and she is helped to the village by her enemy, neither of them knowing at the' time that they are enemies. Other items are: "The Bowstring," "The Sun SmUg, glers," "In Quarantine," and. "Contrail ChiM Stealer." On Monday a Hew.star, picture, "Foul Play," .by .the Edison Com-;, pany, will be .screened. . SHORTTS' PICTURES.. The new programme at Shortt's Continuous Picture Theatre drew' large attendances of spectators yesterday. The leading items include the high-class Vitagraph drama, "Consciienoe,'-' "A Bear', Hunt Romance," "The Matrimonial Agency," and "Early Uising." EMPRESS THEATRE. The now programme at the Empress Theatre boasts of two excellent dramatic films. "Arabian Treachery" is a good sensational, drama, involvang a very realistic scene in which three liohs attempt to get nt a woman and her. child inside a frail, hut. Tho woman is the wife of the British consul, and the Arabians have captured her child and placed it in the hut. By the aid of a bloodhound the mother nas teen able to find her daugbter, and "is just 'about to escape when she sees the lions, 'In' panic She suddenly thinks of an idea. In the middle of the, hut is a. squaro-holo used for storing ■ rifles-and* ammunition. This the. woman . temporarily covers pver with some light' rush mats.' The lions burst, through the ffaii dofir, ailxl,. rushing across the' -hut, fall.into the hole, while the mother and child escape out of ii, back wind.oyr. ' Another good modem -drama is "With the Help of the Enemy." The story is of a young prospector who ultimately finds gold and stakes his claim. A gambler and his wife passing by boo the claim and jump- it. The prospector comes back to Work, and finds the, gambler on Ms claim. A struggle ensues, and the prospector is worsted. His wife, however, takes the wagon arid makes a dash for the townsliip to register their claim before the olaimijumpers can do so. The wagon,' however, smashes itself against ft rock, and the horses bolt away, leaviog the distracted wife on the wayside. The gambler's wife, also off to the township: with like intent, passes the wagon, andt not knowing the other, gives her a lift behind. On arrival .it the registrars oiiice, the gambler's wife wastes a feiv precdous moments greeting friends, While tho other woman tegisters her husband s claim. The claim duly registered, she; returns to her husband with the sheriff and the gambler is told bluntly to hit tho trail. Another good drama is a 'jSow Beginning," a pathetic story of modern married life "Bertie's Book el Magicand "Molly Learns to Moto" are both entertaining comic items. Others are: "St. Private Catalonia," "Mary Had a Little Lamb," "M.akiug Fishhooks, and.. "'ltalian Switzerland." PIANO AND SONG- RECITAL. t Mr. Horace Hunt mid. Miss G.ori-rude Hunt will present an excellent programme at their recital in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall hext Monday evening. Mr. Hunt will plav all four movements of Grieg's Sonata in E minor, togethor with well-selected items from the works of Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, MacDowcll, and others. Miss Hunt will sing. the. "Pruver," from La Tosca, and brackets of other songs bv Mozart, Hohn, and Mallinson. Miss May Donaldson, violiniistj the assisting instrumentalist, will colb tributo solos by Wisnin-Wsln and Saint-: Saens. Tho reserved scat plan is at the Dresdeu. ■