ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2143, 8 May 1914, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"THE DANDIES." The record of "Tim Dandies" in tho past iiould go to jiwo that tliev have a true conception of ll !c desires "of tl,o public. the now compatfy of "The ]tanfi'f , comcs , to WolJiiigton ivitl, "ti.o highest credentials, and there is no f.ou.jt a K'olnu Of Keen expectancy <m Ellington cifcijtons to view and listen to an organisation of entertaiucrs winch successfully Rpw.nved in the city of .\delaide for tJeniv-sevc" consecutive weeks. Bemenibraiice of tiio successes of Edward Braii.-coinho companies which have appeared herem the past should go far towards putting the newcomers in a ]M>nuj;i,r light, oven oeforc the ope«in« performance, which takes place in " tiio Town Hall to-morrow night. The y resentcompany possesses 'a trio of versatile comedians m Messrs. lioland ilonrv George Taylor, and Harry Webster, nhl.v supported by Miss Naomi. M'Quoin, a vivacious comedienne. The vocalists ot tiie paity are all equipped with excellent voices. They are: Miss Ethel Walker, soprano; Miss Linda Bradford, contralto; Mr, Andrew Pace and Mr. David Lyle, tenors; and Mr. Henrv Webster, baritone, Mr, Herbert Brahms is the pianist, and Mr. Arthur Keighley stage manager and prodneer. Fref]',!ent changes of programme -will be made during tho ■season, A feature of tho concert pari, of the entertainment will be jfcno inclusion of several well-known operatic quartets and sextots, The plan is at tho Ih'csflen, TANGO COMPETITIONS, Bis Majesty's Theatre was crowded to Mdlo./atioJi last evening for tho finals of the tango competition. Tl/o compet-i.-tiens were commenced 011 Tuesday night, when tho audience selected three causes of tiio competitors as having given tho most praiseworthy exhibitions. Last night another six couples figured in the dunce of tho moment with more or loss success. Mr. Phillips, who controlled tho contest; sorted out the three best performers at least the trio ior whom the audiwK'o clamoured most. Then the audience discriminated .between the capable half-dozen tango couples in the final rest. _ Considering the fact that closa on 2000 pairs of critical eyes were focused oh tile exhibition, the competitors danced exceedingly well. All were too reserved, however, in their movements. Tiie iinal three couples wem then selected, and Mr. Phillips placed them as follows:—Miss .Maimont and Mr. A. Aussai, 1: Miss J. Burnett and I\lr. 11. Goklblett, 2; Miss L. Nover and Mr. L. 3. Subsequently Mr. Walter Fuller presented,the prizes to the winners. Tho ordinary vaudeville programme, current for the .week, constituted tho remainder of the evening's entertainment. A tango tea is to bo given at- His Majesty's Theatre at 2.30 to-morrow, when Mr. Phillips, tho American expert, wul dance with any member of tho audicn«j who chooses. THE KING'S THEATRE. The sreat film drama "Leah KfesU'lncli is being screened at thn King s Theatre this week, is attracting much interest among pictorial lovers, file plot of the story is no dimbt f;u;iiiiar to many, but its screening seeius to constitute an instantaneous success. There is ail exceedingly fine picture of Vienna, and, accompanying it, is, of course, the rhythmic strains of the "Barcarolle," from the King's Orchestra. Included amquig tho remaining items is a very comical Keystone subject, "Mabel's Strange Predicament." A matinee performance will be given at 2.31) to-morrow aiternooii, , PEOPLE'S PIGTUJRE PALACE. "From out tho Storm" is tiie i.j;) c of the star .picture on tho new programme presented afc tho People's Picture Palace yesterday. Tho story is a complex one,, full of. taction and sensation, in a pisturesquc-setting. Tho pfot contains eiiselly ft pretty young woman, and two men. ouo good and the othci bad. Tho good young man married the pretty girl without Jjnov.'ing anything about her past, and the two lived very happily. Their heme, was out West in the cattle_ country, .aiid there was an Indian raid and other complications, which kept the husband away . froni home. Just- about this time tiio bad man broke gaol, and, seeking slwlta from a storm, found his way to the house of his former companion and ae- | camp-lice, the pretty young wife. He ; tried Jp persuade her to come back with iiim to the old life in the city, and finally prevailed upon, hoi-, - but in their flight they find the husband, help- ■ less and. sorely wounded. To run away was then out of the question, and they returned home. A rather serious diversion was made by some Indians- on the warpath, and just here the bad ni'an : played the hero, defended the, wouaded .man and his wife, and himself met death bravely. Of course a 'rescue party saved the other two unhappy people froiij further unpleasantness. Tho rest of the programme is made up of pictures varied in character, but all entertaining. THE EMPRESS THEATRE. "Tho Compact," a feature drama by tie AS. Company, takes precedence in tho new programme introduced at the Empress Theatre continuous pictures yesterday., The compact- is an agreement between an eminent barrister and a struggling young lawyer, who bear, a wondcrtul facial resemblance to earii other, by which tho younger man agrees to impersonate the other, who, through being a victij.i to tho morphia habit, finds that he is no longer able to play his part in the world. The impersonator i.s paid £'1000 for'his services. In ootirfc ho conducts a case with such ability as to cause widespread .comment. The barrister in the meanwhile has .retired to a room in tho slums, where he administers to himself an overdose of morphia and succumbs. Thcro he. is found, by the other man, who is also accompanied by the victim's wife. Sc that tiio world will never know ihaj- tlip barrister has ended his career so lgivo-minimis-ly, tho widow and the young lawyer agree to marry secretly, arid tli« latter continues to impersonate the dead mail. In the Lubin drama, "The Measure of a Man," Sandy,.a; human derelict, drifts hi jo a Western (/irrigation camp, A shift boss brutally assaults the newcomer, but- tho superintendent comes along and dismisses the bully.. The discharged man then sets the Mexican labourers upon Sandy. . A large pay-roll is to bo delivered at the eainp, and the bully and his gang plait to seize the camp niid steal the money. Sandy is alone in the camp, when iho Mexicans raid the gun house, and armed with rifles set out for the powder house. Sandy seises a hydraulic nossxie used for sluicing, and keeps tiio mob at bay until help arrives, "The Williamson Weekly" comprises a collection of topical Happenings in various parts of theworld. Othc-r excellent films are "Upper Egypt," tho Lubin comedy "Tho olnmberviiio Scare," "Tho.Tangled Cat" (Princess comedy), and "Tho Unburiod Past" (S, and A, drania). "UNCI43 TOM'S CABIN." A' »e«r_musical melodramatic version of Mrs. Harriet Beeches* Slmve's renowned work will be presented by the George Willoughby New Dramatic Com., paiiv at the Grand Opera' House on Wednesday next. It iii said that tiio production will be rnn on distinctly novel lines, tiio original story of tho horrors of slave life in early American days being unfolded, whilst- brightened by unifjiic- scsnic eli'ci'ts aiiu- darkey joynight plantation festivities. Melodrama is a law unto itself,, and its ways are not to be measured by the ordinary rules that- make the art (of ike stage. Its requirements will therefore undcuhledy be fully met by the promised attraqtioiis -ia "Uacls Tom's Cabin.''

1 hero is a 1;u n-1 ; j jn:e ot Incident of every "jnd, from merry-makings on the old l>iunt;ttioii to thrilling enc'ipes jicrsss use Irozen ic<y pursued by wolf bounds; (jtul pathetic illustrations of old-Liino slavo sales, ilio heart-touching last moments of Little iOva, the <lcal.li of the. abnorrat Siimui Logree and the apotheosis of L'i.cic Tom, with its really remarkable seen is adjuncts, particularly j" rospoct of the real waterfall silvered fry the moon features, calling for instant success. Leading parts will bo assumed by Mr. Cyril Aiaekay and AIi SS( iNelko Forgusson, and the remaining roics will be sustained by the fufi strength of Messrs. WiUoughby, Ltd.V, strong combination. Tho production js to i)o liiuler tiio supervision of Mr Lester Brown, from Now York. Specialty numbers arc to bo introduced by the Fra Comedy Four, New York Jubilee Singers, ami the National Dun. The boi plans arc open at the Dresden. HUNGARIAN CONCERT, Weather did not favour tho concert winch was given in the Concert Chamaj" 1 9?° i0 ': vu last •evening by a'- • , enes ' for tho rain foil sumeiexiUy t'j make people foci 'iiicliisi Ovi to tiiink twico about t'Viniing nut into the damp and the chill of a murky early winter night. However, the audience had the pleasure of listening to a programme of Hungarian music, chioflv for tho vio.m and puino, and that the- standard sot by Mr. Czenes is a high one was illustrated by the programme selected for tho occasion. Sarasato, I,isgt Kolor Bela, Biiiary, and Agghaay-Hubay. were among the composers chosen to it I lustrate the capacities of the pupils, i life programme opened with a violin solo, "Alfoide Bucsuhangok" (l'arewoll reminiscence), bv Kcter Bela,' which was played, by Jliss Myrtle Mi/aughim'. Other violin solos by tho same composer were "I'nsztak Fia" (Son of the Heath}, played by Master Eric Meier, and "Honvagy" (Longing for Home."), by Miss Frieda Walter.'' Mr. Henry 1 Holmes played a Hungarian Dance, No. 5 (Brahms-Joachim); Miss Myrtle M'Laughlin,' ' 'Ziegenuora-oisen" (Sarasate); and Miss Frieda Walter, "Hungarian Itlmpsody," No, 8 (Liszt). Two quartets, arranged for two violins, the viola, and tho 'cello, figured upon tho programme, tho performers in' tho first (by Block) being the Misses Mary O'Neill, C. Smythson, F. Walter, ano. K. M. Parks, while in tho second quartet—:i requiem by Bihary—were Messrs. Czenos, L-. Walker, S. Gordon, aiid T. Lomas. >A Rakoczy overture, played by , the orchestra, brought an interesting and enjoyable concert to n close. The accompanists of the evening were tho Misses- Phyllis lianify and W. M'Laughlin. Tiio orchestra was composed of tire following players.—Violins: Misses W. M'Laughlin,. M. O'Neill, C. Smyth son. P. Walter, F. Hanify, K. 31. I'arkj Jlessrs. it. Holmes, T. Gottlieb, T. Grant, L. Walker, 6. ..Mael'hmi, 35. Meier, 0. Harris. Violas: .Messrs. S.. Gordon, 0. Dealy. 'Cellos; Messrs. B. Gilbert, A. Onenes, T. Lomas. >