ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1952, 8 January 1914, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

■; J J:";. ; ,., !nt J : : inV ?;^meHonn'*?pta > T J Si'.-W'itluxt tlie Law," .was ld : ligiwiisfccf«re;jai : i.!arge,;fiii(iience,..aii!.,tlie •Si evcning.-^^^?*-'':'. at the Opera House irl SJpj!n;J'M;Ooriiiaek,;:"t])o famous " tenor, is 3iiVili|cbniiiiPMo ; ?iiistcoiicert season;-'; Tho ■.:■; :i)rogi;aiiimeifoi- the opening eonserfc is a )i; ;paVticular!y';'attractivG one. and aheuld ; pf i:attracti|a' : \very;.!argcvaudience.;: Sir. ?S sMiCormack' .will sing "Tito Aura Amor'-' Sylvia" (Schuft? v "J'at l'kttro en Revo," 10* jVMot'heV'of Mine" (Tours), and tho Irish s!i songs Minstrel Boy," "Tho Next '£ -Market' Day.- and ."Lagan Lovo Swig." "a, -Misst.May-Huxley, the brilliant young ,y "Oaro Nome,"' from is ;\"erdi ! sj.">''Higo!otix)':'; "Deb Vicui Non , 0 T SardaiS"i?«froii! -. v : "Figaro" .• (Mozart); sr'j '"Fen-ymanlssLovo" (liordsorf), and "A s| (Cowen).: ■- Mr Donald ,t fM'Beath;stho'; violinist'with the party, e -, ' (Rics), ' Handel's g: S"'Arioso")"'i"and -Van'Goen's "Scherzo," ' r 'ahd/with'Mr.'Vincent O'Brien, will play ■/. Beethoven's "Hondo from Sonata-inD. q' ;Mr* Vincent O'Brien will be the accom- & fpanistftjiThe; box plans for both con- ;{. cert's aro'opoh' at the Dresden, and day if, sales of, 55.. and 35.. tickets may be'ob-'' 3 '; ;.taijwd;.at::Christoson's. to-day;' '"■s¥*& | ; MA^ESTY'STHEATEi! Q, MTho :) current .vaudeville programme at ,1/: His ''Majesty's' 1 : Tlieatro is an entirely j! pleasing- one;'." Good entertainment •' is ;-'' provided, by tho various _ artists, iflio t» 'excel in tlieir respective items. Much t, ; -interest'.is \ccntred on a clover and .;; quaint .turn staged'bv two American sufis' .'fleurs,'-; Jewell, and .Jordan Other iu- \- tereating itoins are provided by Henri 1 : French'■(comedian),'' Carlton Max (vcri--3;. .;triloquist),._ and Irving Sayles ' (coon •£ .':'■..! Tho programme will be re- ;;* vpeated^this';'.evening. ■■■''■ ■■' ■ ■■"'■'■ ft p|€|THß KING'S THEATEE.'' v; ';' : ;' £?'The,' : wdndcrfully realistic depiction of 1; ~J'Thc ;;; BatUc of Gettysburg," thi> most ,':' disastrous. fight of tho American Civil .: ; ..War,' which for general eSecikmce a.nd « "realism .would bo Juird to equal, at- ['; fra'ctcd another,excellent attendance last [.' livening,, nnd was ■ enthusiastically ro- '} "ceived. ■■'••• The supporting films are _ all 1 good. : A charming drama in "The High- ,',,: born Child and the Beggar" is embcllish- ,■ ed'by a vocal solo, sweetly rendered by ;■. Mrs. Costelloe, while' during the sereen■i ing of the Scotch comedy, "Playing the '■" Pipers," quite an interesting feature- is ' the music supplied by a- vigorous Scot- ': tish piper. The programme will bo re- '■■ peated to-night, and for Saturday after--1 noon a special matineo performance is announced. ' ;;: ■"■ THE EMPRESS THEATRE. . • "No Place for Father," an A.B. ■ "feature" drama, occupies the top of to-day's new programme at the Empress ' Theatre continuous pictures. Of that production the "New York Motion ■ Picture News" says:—"lt is a drama, and very true- to life." A young man ■ goes, to tlw; city to make his way in '■■ fife. 'He gets' a good position through bis father, dees well, and marries a society bolls. The father calls to see tho latter if hen his son has a graiid ball at. his mansion. The oM man is turned away from the door by his sou, who , is ashamed of his father's sliabbinesG. Tho son, however, is soon in serious financial trouble, but his father savc3 ' him and then passes out of the young . man's life. The supporting subjects ■■■ include:"Tho Pointsman's Daughter" • (Gaumont.drama),"The Dotiblo Chase" (Liibin coniedv-drama), "A Cure for .Suffragettes" .(A.B. farce-comedy), and '. .others. :-',\..,;:.\- :.,..-. ~-... _.. ~,, . ,/<■; i if|£*€ Britannia" theatre! ': : - %■ - ' v "Tiio'Way to Happiness," a star ■ .drama by tho popular Vikigraph Company,, is the principal'attraction of to- ' day's-new programme at tho Britannia Theatre: ■■ The story is one of a young society latlvj tired of idleness, who seeks "to'do'some good and visits tho slums.- There she mcels Alfred Wallace, a mission worker. How tho two make, the sunshine como into many dreary homes and also themselves tit-tain-the way to happiness provides a charming story. A powerful drama, ■ "The Living Doll," by tho Ga-umont Company, is an interesting offering. A farce-comedy by the famous Keystone Company, '''The Speed Kings," is said ..to provide plenty of laughter. Other subjects to be screened include;—" The Blind Miner," latest "English Gazette," "Hall Caino at Home," "Sports in Morris England," etc.. Tho music by the' Britannia Orchestra is an added nightly attraction at this theatre. ' "THE'SHADOW OF THE CROSS." ' ■'.' Tho picture of "Tho Shadow of tho * Cross," introduced to Wellington _ byMr. Edwin Kilpatrick, and shown in a special studio .in Harcourt's rooms, Panama Street, yesterday for the first time, has been acclaimed as a nmrvel'lous and mysterious picture, and all those who saw tho painting yesterday j could not but endorse tho opinion of tho i .thousands who have already attempted to penetrate its secret. Whether ilio story of the origin of tho picture is true or not does not matter. If tho story had no foundation in fact, it could doubtless have been publicly denounced long ago. But the story lives, and the .public of every country in the world have ■ accepted tho incident of Henry H Hammond, and he and. his untutored " 'brushes as genuine. But there remains this —that scores of jwople went to tho studio in Panama Street yesterday ■ mostly sceptical and doubting, and left it wondering. A room hung with thick mnroou,.; curtains, .several chairs, '.contains'' a life-sized portrait of ..the ■-.;Christ walking in a gar- ■■ don.'The painting as a work of art. is . distinctly crude, with, several technical faults, especially in the colouring, which is garish... Tho spectator is told to watch nnd the electric. lights arc turned off, leaving the room in utter darkness. To some it may be five minutes, to others longer—"only unit," announces the con- . troller of the arrangements. And the mystery happens—the garden is oxaduallv illuminated with a hazy light, in the : centre is a dark outline of the Christ |* of the pk'turc. and across tins shoulders, I bearing Him down by its weight, is the | Cross.: A few of the visitors yesterday confessed that they could not' see what thovwero expected to see, hut. the vast ! majority saw. The audiences wcro given opportunities to examine the picture in the light and in tho darkness, in and out | of the frame, but not a sign of trickery, illusion, or false lights could be discov- | ercd. Whatever tho secret, the picture j is a-strange one—mysterious in tho ex- r tremo.''hi2hiy'religions'in its feeling, and seictitifirally a nroblem." From Ito S J o'clock Mr. Kilpatrick will hold con- j timious rcceirtiotts until further notice, J