ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2012, 20 March 1914, Page 10

ENTERTAINMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Good grade- vaudeville i'orins the nightly attraction at liis Majesty's ! Theatre where the Breuuan-FuHer iiuuj- - agement are now staging some capital turns. Valentine and"IBcll, wonderfully daring and very comical, are showinjj in a splendid trick bicycle act, in which' ev-er.y feat is marked by marvellous ease. In. tho region of the broadly comic the ■songs of Millie Doris .are successes, while the many who aro now interest(3(l iu th-e tango may seo Lcs Ban Malagas, dance it with Spanish piquancy smi grace. Other artists on tho bill are: The. Rosa Valerias, Tom Leonard, the- Strattoits, the Phillip Sisters, and Agnes Rawes. KING'S THEATRE. Tim Alluring tanso dance- is still astrong draw at the King's Theatre, where, a ijicturo sliowiny; how to execute t th© daiiee is just completing a week's, run. At tha outset the theatre proved all too small to aooommodatc those wlui wished to cain adtnksion, and last Bight the house was again crowded and the various movements of the dance wore ca.ffiKty folio wed. 'j'oniorrow afternoon a special tango matiiieo parformanee is to be Kivcn. THE EMPIISSS THEATRE. The Reliance Couipanjr's feature costume!«oniedy, ''Our iUutital Girl," whieli Was introdueod with the ivasy progranmie at the? Empress Theatro coutinuaus pietiirtfs yostonlay, appeals particularly to. the ladies on account of the beautiful gowns shown in one yf the sciMie-s, A pretty country j»ii'i leases her home to visit her wealthy auat j.n New York. Her lover decides to follow her. Her eiothes are too out-of-tlate for her relative's taste, so she takes her to the famous_ stowi'oonis of Ijiieile, tho noted New lark modiste, whero beautiful living models parade in bewitching gov/ius before, proaiwctivo customers. Among the most • distinctive '-creations shown aro the , "TKuusient , Sorraff" gown, the "Bianea'';g.own J -the "letliar ftatair" gown, and a. novelty, the "Yots'd Better Ask Me" gown. The A.B. Company's feature drama, "A Timely Interception," deals with an old man who lias saved up tho necessary immy te enable his only daughter to marry, his adopted sou.- On tha ovo of ttrei'i- wedding tho old man's brother loses his' employment, and liis Jittln danghter being ill he appeals to tho other for assistance, iTie old maii hands him

nwucy, and bis daughter's wedding has . thorcforo t« be postponed hjdcfiiutoly. The old mail snoseipicntly falls, -upon evil .times, and is about to too evicted ftom.lijs little, horou when the adapted ■ sou fatls .oil cu tho property, which discovery brings wealth and happiness. An extremely interesting .nature study, "African &a Birds'?; tho Selig drama t "The Flaming Forge"; "Mysterious Ways" (Labia Western drama); and "Those Little Flowers" (A-B. comedy) are ether iiteestiia-g subjects on tie prograuitne-. CECIL HAINES FAREWELL '• , . RJSUITAL. . To-night, in the large Town Sail, little Cecil Haines will make her final appearance before a Wellington andienuo prior to. her departure for Sydney. At popular reqtio3.t, Miss Haines will appear quite a number of times o.u tho programme—-sire will take part .in two Dickens character sketches, "Tho Friendly Waiter" ("David -Coj> periieltl") awl "Dick Swiyeiler and tko Marchioness" ("Old Curiosity Shop") ' being aisooiatftd with Mr. Norman Aitkca and M>- ,Y. <\{. Clark lfsjoctii'ciy,' In the "Mad Tea Party" scene | she ■wilt take, tho part of Alice; with little Mafjorjo OSShcfl.. she will dalles '.the Argentine Ta,ngo; and for her.farewell item she will . recite, .by special, reqne-st, "A Trip to Blackpool.'" Other .CTutributors to the programme mil, be Miss, Agnes. Segfief, song: Miss Hazel .Jeffery, Shakespearean recitation; Miss Ethel Lissirek and Dr. Norman Hales., humorous sketch; Master - Roflney ' I'ankburst, sang; Dr. Norman Hale*, ■ huiitoFOfls. Song and ehonts; Master L, | Power, sketch! j Miss. Zita Cjiiapifran, i "A Farewell to Cecil" (written by sl]\ ; Frank Morton); and the latest juvenile : dances by Miss Joan PlimniM-, TluimMi Rogers, Peggy Refives, 'and Wyonno. ■ Haybittle. "Mr, D. A. IJenfly will play [ tho accompaniments.