ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2190, 1 July 1914, Page 11

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"THE RO.SAIU'. , ' Those who havo wot yet soon "Bie Rosary" at the -Grand Qpfrra, Hniise should note that there will bo wily Wo more performances of this pretty drama. To-night and to-montfw night -nn?. te be tho last t\vo porforma : i!.(;e3j"and tile ! : a§t .two opportunities of w'itnfissiwj; tie Sayings and doings of .Fatfej--felly, from the time tho curtain rises till it d-fops on the church of tte- ."rosary," wMi Father Kelly all smiles as fie says his last prayer over th». head of tlm villain who has been feouglit to- hfe feet at last. The play is goad, clean, wholesome, and full of heart intc-Ksfc to everyone who has tho .goCcf fortune to witness it. It is Wwtii'uHy fliw-uitfed and dressed, and played as it h I).V Mr. Reynolds and his coadjutors it will bs long remembered. ' MISCHA ..ELJIAN SEAS&X. JMischa. Elman, the gre.it vioJifl-ist, who is- to oiJen a season iii tho Town Hall to-morrow and Saturday, is only 23 years of ago., but ftiteft lie was a mero lad he had reached ajfotie nw* turity—so completely, iiidiecd, tliat rtlien Joachim, who had been a. irn-aryellq-us child himself, first 1,-ieard him hi Berlin, he refused to believe tliat Elnja.n cmli be so young, stating, that. evgn. the qualities of genius would tint rentier it crjdible that a child-.of Is.could play-wMi such "masterly, skill,"..lt ivas mi Is*-: don later .on that Joaqhtm, threw his arms around the troy, oxefaiftrinK, , "Jiischa Elman, yott. are flo longer »n ' .infant prodigy; you are'ofie <$i us." Utffc■ Elman did not stay ori:e of Us) ie , slVen.'; eclipsed his. masters-, until iiojV& is''stated, he stands, feup.rfflre So fef a,S .violinists are concerned. "I eannfit- _te L , , member eyer to havo'.heatd iitje yioliti] concerto, in D major by ffith its hair-raising difficulties., 'jtnor.e ' per- : ! fectly played.". This tvas' ; Wi.tfceit 'by a Hanover critio wheii Efmriri wits ' be-, ginning his public life at-13, and; in-tljis. strain critics have be.eh' Writing of him over since. ' Ho was ojvly 37 vrhon ho. first visited America, Jf'et life Success was phenomenal. 'In'Austfalfa h.e.Mj ovoked'the same line" ttf '&vftitFftblfy eomment, but the enthusiasm qf the irudi* j ences there apparently knows ijfr hWin#i for at tho conclusion of each eoncg-rt there Were ■ unique scenes of public proval; he was never allowed iv ' finish until he had been recalled; .at least .half a dozen times and pjayed- ha.lf m many , : encores. At his initial -c6hq.er.-t in flfel-': bourne, Elman receive:!, a; letter" ■■f-Wim Madame Melba wishing him success,. ■while Baron Rothschild ftistfsent him v cablo wishing him success in ftis-- Australian tour. At each, co/nceyi lisrs j Mischa Elraan will give an entirely -ijif* ] feront programme. JJe Sfppfears here in.-! the Town Hall to-nionw ThnrstiayV; and again on Saturday evening* Ms ©«y two appearances her 6. lie. box plan fat-, tho 10s. 6d. and 7s. 6d> seats ii'not at the Dresden for both concerts. Day • sale (45.) tickets ar© at Chfistesbn's. ■ HIS : An entertaining prog-raiiinvs is.-, staged 'at His Majesty's Theatre this ttftefc . One of tho-chief Wr.Bs is thftt giveii. by "The Goyts." The man in tljts j»i> formance is-a very clever liandb-ifaim-gr;.' and. he •has' with raM. ,swo rem-firlcaWj?' clever trick dogs.- ; ffte.' dajicitifi , d-J . Behtzer and Lawtan is etfc'efen'tiy .and ■■ tho music of the 'Slillaf SMei-sf' is a , treat. 'Also' on tho biltaMi- Heave's Mannikins, Lavinia Tj;Sßn, the Smali-fij Hilly The W-aJdrons, -femes: Opio,'and The Crystal Sisters, \ THE KING'S TfiEATRfe "Down tho Crater c& Vesttvius" is tho star picture at t , ho,K;mg-ii3'hea-tr«.«,j This; wonderful, series..',pf. ... yiow| ■frfte" '■taken dijfing ai desceftt By 'Mr , .- iFrsfefick Burlington into t'ljiS -cta'tef, -Qlisg-r' good pictures are, '- <; 'Tlie Story ' thfe Gatei Told" (drama-tjc),;.: ':'3 , JW-- -A-rf'-'Or tho Furrier" (ind'n'stria:!), '''A Hightl ■Out" .(comic), "The ■ Wrd , . Btrtag 13 -J (humorous). " ■• ; THE EMPRESS THEATRE. } The concluding sessions. of the- fivs». reel sensa'tional '. feature, "The Vulture of Gold,".ace for to-; day and to-night. JJli?,. pictuta is Mt of,' "grip, , ! and has no difficult? ;in: Jiptdihg;,' the audience from, stait to flh-ist "Hatching Chickens'*,findustria 1} and : ; "Winning Her Lover , ' (cortve'iij)- ero:; arnongthe best of tli.e sapporting" Items-. A new series will appgftr to*mo.rrow, -' : . EVERYBODY'S PIETtrRES- . Crowds .of people. ,^ero'tftrnei afray from Everybody's fletWea- Ills* nj-glit at the old Opera Ho.use,.. ins* latest .C6M-..-, tinuous picture hou.so ' jii : tho ci%-, ■ "Orders Under Seal , ' i? tlie Mtf pjo : turo. . It is. a powerful, naya-J .drama,' well worth sceuig.. ..'...,.. . THE HARJIQNISTa. ' : Thoro are many b.eau.tiJH)l seng .cydes'i which are t<6 seldoki. heard by Wellington. .tijusic lovers, a-H.d- , " this fact has led to the; formation of the Harmonists' Quartet, tt'hio'i ;par|y will' produco in tho Town %&\l Goucef-b Chains her to-night at 8 q-elocß tho- -spng cycle, "The Bagoda of I%v«*B-," The., cycle has never before hee;n h.eftrd 1 iS' this city, and will be petfonnitf |«, t;h& presence 1 of his.ExcelleUe* the \?<jvertOr and the Countess of LKgriMoJ, 'fto- hox plau is at the Ureseen. . '..,', . : "PAXIL JONBS." The second performance.of. the- ' lington Amateur. o|>ejdtic Boefety >is due at the Grand Opera House oft; Weduesday . next, tflien Robert Ptajfo ■ quetto's romantic .-. and tiineM liglii. opera, "Paul Jones," :yill be presented, •: This will, be the first,, time eti■ ■iefiordthat amateurs in New. Zealand ■ faavfe played, this opera, ftough -"ftJp Va-n Winkle" and "Les Okmjteis ■ M Coirnife. ville," two operas also M PlftUqUette,havo been frequently .staged , sue-.-cess. "Paid Jones" : .jnaikes ..cOijiside.fable demands on beth jjrincipals. and chorus throughout, .as.tfieie are <jcca--: sions, notably in the finale of thg second act, where the .iypifk-.-flp.prflach.ea tho grand opera standa-flj, tut th&.cast. is showing; excellent foim a*- tie ft*., hearsals, now being conducted Uftder. the experienced eye pf Mf. #si& PaHsfdj who as a manager and producer has no. equal in this. part of the wqflfl ; The society will again lih*o the. assistance. ■ of Miss Helen G.a'rd ? ner,. tti«s : deter Dunedin sonrano, who will im s.upjjottcd by such'talented jjeople. as;. Misses' Cara Denhard, Marie Jlicssfs. A. W. Newton, ;V. R. Sfepedlft, .<&.) Norman H-al'cs, (Dr,) Isaacs,. AV. J, •McrWith, Dccimus. Ikwlgfc and &&ot». The box plan may be seott wfc the Dres* den after 9 a.m. on Friday ftSst.

THE MUSICAL KHNNTW S Tho talented Ivguj ody lai ulv rommcnco a tour'of tho \\ annpi i , Ghv town on Thursday oveinng Vtu m , they will visit Martmborougl , , realhorstoii, Carterton, ind Masto-ton, m that order. ~ Tho Hutt Bowling uitl Taiinis Club"? fourth annual concert is to be gnon in tho Town Hal!, Lowei HuU, ou Fuilay, July 17, undor tlio direction of Mi K. J. Hill. A splcnmd programme u promised. The hot plan 11 now open at R. Hannah ind Co'c, Lou pi Quit and tickets mav iUo ho obtiuicd fiom members of the club