ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3121, 27 June 1917, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

i ». HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Ono of the finest vaudeville items produced in Wellington is on the Programme at. His Majesty's Then Ire tins week. Ibis act is submitted by the Togos. two extremely clover Japanese, whoso tmn is particularly well staged The chief performer is a juggler and balancer or a vorv high class. The inoßt sensational portion of. the turn is, however, supplied by tho younger member o d " o ' " ° walks over the heads of the stalls awn cuce to the family circle by means or a thick rope, and then, still standing gracefully, slides down to the stage again. He also carries out the feat while blindfolded. Violet 'fre.venyon again appears in a number of ditties. There grc Severn oilci vaudeville items oti'tbhfhalf of the bill, and .the other half is oecupic( by the Walter Johnson ltevuc Company comedy entitled "The Flirting Widow.

ENGLISH PIEKKOTS. . \ The bright little band. of entertainers, tho English Pierrots, who for the past : six weeks have been entertaining crowded 'audiences at the Concert Oh amber «,r the Town Hall, will conclude their Wellington season tonight. The company has become very popular during Us stay, aim many will regret that the. season has to be brought to a close.

THE KING'S' THEATRE. "The Trice She Paid," the famous novel by David Graham Phillips is full or powerful situations, and Director Capnelani has seen to it that none of them ire missing from the picture version in whioh Olara Kimball Voting is screening twice daily at the Kings Theatre, u» week This is a real society play de-luxe, and is being eagerly followed by patrons of the silent drama. ,

THE EMPRESS. Alice Brady is always popular, am! never has she bait a greater .pPPortiinity than in "All Angel of Mercy, or Darkest Jtnsb a a grippiug "World" photo-drama now heuHne he bill at the Empress Theatre. The story describes the net of political intrigue i/to which a bcai'tlful iat stumbles among the Nihilists. c niarkable scenes of splendour at (litflutRi'an Court are contrasted with the tciZs of lonely Siberia, where some of the characters are sent to work out their salvation A special film will show the a - rival in Auckland and Wellington of Ml Massey and Sir Joseph Ward. ' EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Marcerv Wilson, who will be remembered as Brown Eyes in "Intolerance, has another sympathetic role in Ihe Last 01 the Ingrahams," a gripping Tnaiigleplay, featuring William Desmond. In a senuonce of very powerful scenes is shown, the conflict between a bigoted puritanical community and a man and woman endeavouring to live down an unfortunate past. The villagers set out to tar and feather rile poor girl. wlft. is heroically defended by Desmond with a garden hoc. thei enu is well contrived and pleasing. Billio Burke learns some saddening facts in "Tlpe Bitter Truth."

J. 0. WILLIAMSON'-OOMEDT COMPANY. In the comedy "Baby Miue," which is to be presented by tno J. 0. Williamson, Ltd., farce Comedy Uompauy at the Grand Opera House on Saturday next, Mired Hardy, sickened by his wile Zoiea petty deceits and flirtations, and even more disgusted-. by her unwillingness to assume the responsibilities ot motherhood, leaves her ulouc in their Chicago house and takes up residence himself in Detroit. Aggie Jinks and her husband Jimmy—the former Zoie's confidante, and the latter the other party to one of her smallest • flirtations-concoct-' a plan to bring hubby to heel. The idea is that after the separation has existed for some months Hardy shall be apprised by wire that a son has been born to him. The son is lo he hired from a homo. Unfortunately, between the time the wiro is sent and the hasty arrival ot a repentant and excited father, the outside party to the transaction—the real mother-refuses t« fulfil the terms of the contract, and there is no baby. This is where Jimmy's troubles commence. He is sent out by the distracted woman to beg, borrow, or steal a baby, and choosing"''the most desperate of, these alternatives, duly delivers tho infant in (Info to avert a scene. But oven while Hardy is making the acquaintance of his heir, a not-to-bc-soothed mother is raising trouble downstairs. It -is evident that the baby cannot be kept, and during the brief space, when Hardy is washing off the Htains of travel aud shaving in the next room, poor Jimmy is dispatched to the waßhcr-woman's to borrow one of her twins. Unfortunately he returns with the. new baby under bis coat just as Hardy conies baok for another look at number one, and the only way out of the diflioulty is to break it to the latter gently that he is the father of. twins. •Since number, one's mother is still \urgont for her baby, this second lie involves the immediate seizure of a. third infantJimmy's job again. It becomes a splendidly hilarious game of hide-and-seek, and before the collapse of the whole thing Hardy is the jubilant father of triplets. The. box plans for the first three nights of the local season of this splendid comedy "Baby Jline" are to be opened at the Bristol to-morrow morning at special prices, which are advertised.

FIVE v SHORT PLATS. ; At the Concert Chamber, Town Kail, on Thursday and Friday evening a programme or short plays will be presented in aid of tho 'Wounded Soldiers' Hostel Fund. The plays, which have been rehearsed by Mr. Oulford Bell, are well contrasted—comedy, drama, farce, and fantasy follow one another, maKlng a very entertaining evening's programme. An orchestra under the direction of Mt. F. Wolfgang will provide the music. The proceeds go to the Wounded Soldiers' Hostel Fund, and the entertainment is under the patronage of/Their Excellencies tho Earl and Countess of Liverpool.

BENEFIT CONCERT. A benefit concert in aid of tho widow and children of the late Mr. W. V. Fitzgerald, who was accidentally killed • at ltoseneat-h ou June 16, was held in the Town Hall last night. There was a very large attendance, and a substantial addition was made to the fund that is being raised for tho dependants. The programme included a solo by Mr. Eugene Ossipofl, the well-known Russian baritone, a violin solo by Mr. Norman -Watson, a recitation by Miss Mabel Hardingc-Maltby, a musical monologue by Mr. W. W. Crawford, and other items by Miss Mabcllc Williams and Messrs. 0. Moore, Norman Aitken, li. Barnes, h. Hanlon. A. Russell, W. B. Keany. and V. . M'Kcnzie. The Orphans' Club Orchestra provided music, and the programme, concluded with a scene from "Sherlock Holmes," parls being taken by Messrs. W. W. Crawford, N. Aitken, P. Latham, and W. B. Keany. WELLINGTON HARMONIC SOCIETY. Attention is drawn to the concert to he given in the Town Hall ou Saturday next by the Harmonic Society, under the baton of Mr. 11. Temple White. A choice selection of part-songs by standard composers will be rendered by the chorus of 50 picked voices, who will be assisted by Miss Eileen Driscoll, vocalist, and Mr. Herbert Bloy, violinist. Miss DriseoH's items will include a recitation and air from Debussy's "I/Enfant Prodigne," while Mr.. Bloy will play, besides a bracket of s6los, tho famous "Devil's Trill." by Tartini. As a large audience is anticipated, . subscribers and others are advised to reserve seats at once at. the Bristol, where 2s. tickets are obtainable.