ENTERTAINMENTS.
HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE, ; Change nijtiit at Eis jWajesty ! s TJjcatro always draws a good "house," and hist evening's ntiewlaaco. was jio c'SCo.pti.ou to the nils. This Week's bill is tip' to the best Ilrewian-Ftilkr Company's. standard. Chief among tho' Hew ftitlac- k tions woro tho Rosa, Vcilerio Sestcttoi, a [ clo-ver little eoinpany o( teut \yJro wx-; psirts, consisting of three Indies imi throo men. Nothing scenied a tfoutto to them, and they nsed' tho two wi.ro ropos stretched ttcross tho stagp in tho (iaffle way as other people would w« a rondway or a street.' The artists ( wiD.ro | absolutely fearless, and some- of tho! feats, portermed by eoftniii iiW-nibers of the t,roi.ip& wore exccj)tioua% clover, and included running) juitiping, and rtciobatij tricks. On o;t)o ooeasion a malemoniber of the company yuftped Ovftr a table backwards, and t-jiis feat was -surpassed when a lady tighb-wiro ciport jnmped o-ver a tabic- and tlifoo cli-alrs, which were- lield in .position on orto of ■Oic wives. As sofln as oiw membw had fi«is ? H.er3 a .tufii aMeftcr was toady to fcefip the auAienfo accttpled. Th« coitcludinp; net- of the opening was pertefliod by a kttlv wire-waHter standms «i tiro wire, witkvu* the- aW of the umral Uin-: brella, and titoiiitg a sonrersanit backwards to ttic .(jroinuj, JV.rii and Lizotte, two tlajrttih , dressed porforinci's, tielfehlcd tho audience with their pTq.j'iKg a'iid singing o! fa-utine, Otio duoslroweil lwr ability as a imisician by; playing two of tteo SGlectki-is on the tTombrine. RoealJs 'were freqiietifc when tl:<?So two vefsatite artiste tiwi'jr tUMi. Tte Gcflrgia IVio also made their first a.ppeanuiso. f-hey \v»e WOed as Araeriea's. foremoßt tslkhtji. ■ and daneina eomoiii-a-ns, attd ftiSY prove"d j worthy of tlie-ir title. "Tho ■pnrfonawtce ! tfey (invo was a pood -one. .and Wto trio ivork?d well toenthor. Their dnfitsiiw waS"excellent, and the pcurifsl-v work a:ii.d liy-jiky was first-class, Los Itou Mnfegas, kvo fiaMcf-s. \s'h-ism the progfamwo annoiiueod lia»l mmo 'd'ir«ct from Stein,' gave seVGi-at Spanish &hicps... Otherswho appeared reere Charles Zoii. Seerjra Bowki'i Ajaies' Raws. Tom if-vrowd, and OurHflii and giitten. f'lto pro- ■ gsummo will lie pr-ocEuood thraughoitt tho j week. j
THI THFATBD
M the Head of tho new prog*amnio itrtrorluet-d yastWay' at the Empress 'Iheaitf© sontinuous pictures is the lialeni ■Company , * sensational '.feature" drama., It is vre : pr-es.e'ntetl in the plot- that Nell, a ttysj: and. girl of ..tlio shims, is «aught picking a pocket Her captor gives her a Aaftpe to reform, and iao liberates hen Noll then sets oti't to lead a hob , life. She obtains * .position in; a milliuei'y shop, and her tutwe bears promise of liappy days. But fciitj a criminal, waylays ter and slio goes bacls into the old life. Later while rushing across a road she is accidentallj knocked down by a motor-car. She is severely iajUFcd, and is conveyeij to a hispital, wiiel-fl she maJies a goed ro-covc-ry. Br. Lane, a yovmg surgeon., falls in tee with i\ell, and proposes, but tjio thouglats of b.or' past' life pWinpi Kdr M Tc-lusp his offer. Inter, tasWer, $!io Jearjis that Brent li.as bfren sentenced laa a- WKg term of trnpfistiumftiit, BoMoviiig tliat tlae deetar uiH new hear of. her gntecfttleuts, Nell Ws proposal, and they are married. The story of Brcni's -escape from gaol, his Gtttoy into Dr. lA.im's .house., his flight fcojn tie d'etoqtires, and Ms death ars- «:u----folded in some, thrilling that fellow... The. film ■occupies evef hw -an hour in the unwinding It is s(ipj)prtod by "The Sorso 911 Bill" {A,B. 'fareccomedy), "'fte- Alir' , (charming of. a pjcitires.fiije Trver in Iftanco).,. "TW Mill ou the . Heath" (C, and U. Eftelfeh rtistib . drattia), "GivonclQliiie," and ofterSi .. ■•,.. ~..■: . ~.
Tho for tho recital to-.lje-given to-HigJtt on tho SW-irHall organ line been siilected by Mr s Pago with great care, ami lie intends to ploy a lvunibc.r of items wliich -have proved of .great, cnwymejit to his fgrmer cilccs, uverture in J , (Fftttfes), Sfeatiy Mr, Page's second audience -Sii Welfing'ten., wfll : lvo repeated. JJeaiaJo's S.crcitaflo, Musetto, and SolitiKlo froin tho Areaduto Idyll were mucli enjoyed tttai tliis .papular coiiiposef played theso j.ieeos in Wcl' tingtoii Eonlb years ago. Tschßi'lfOvslvy's Syanj)i>o'wis I'atlwtiqiie (s.eeoiid movement) is taken from the last sympliony the- grtp.%. tmnptfser wrote. Walthcr's ftke Sang from "Die Meistefstagers" fWagner)'' Was tiftfortuflately ,teft ovsr i'rpm Ur- Page's Wagiienaai pragrainmo , last Saturday week .oMng tq tfie l:ijte~ ness of tlie hour. This tteiii ap.peafS on to-iiiglit ! : s prtigraTpmo. A great favourito . jvill bo played M Mio wo.ittlerfiil -SortatiiW 'in A Mtoor by Karg Elort. Popular prices will to chargefl.
An important Announcement iis insert* ed: in this issue in, regard t-o tko St. PateicVs Day sports at N<jwtoWn i?af.k on Tuesday, March. 17, A: grand Irish national concert will bo held ill, tli*> ovening, when Mr, ,I?attl IMaultj. &ia world's greatest tenor, will sing.
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