ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3168, 20 August 1917, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. To-night aI, Hie Majesty's Theatre a season of one week of the "(Jlobn of Death " us featured by. the Stale Troupe of motor riders, will be opened. The "globe" is a lingo cage sphere, built of steel, is 18ft, In diameter, requires u fflfl. wagon for transportation, weight, 2i tons, took seven months to build in New York, reouircs fifteen men to move it, and is claimed to be the most expensive and coinolicated apparatus ever constructed for aij amusement purpose. Mounted upon an lndiau ™n? r, ii" ,0 ' 1 AviUl Bu " l0 - p ~Trcs wnighins ZOOlb., Miss and Master Slaig completely loon tho inside of Iho globe, not once, but half a. dozen times, at tho terrific epeed ot a niilo a. minute. DiirliiE this whirlwind, ride they cannot see, and nde by .liidoncnt aud instinct. The motors when at. full speed make 2200 explosions ner minute. A bis supporting bin l s announced. Billy Brown, the coon comedian, TvilJ make his few final appearances prior n o Jwi Ae S for America. The Bunty tm h d '?.<,°V" U Pfsent a new sketch entitled Sandys, Dilemma." Balto. Olcmo, Ulvalli, Ford and Pcrrin and Molinari. the operatio star, will complete the bill.

THE KING'S THEATRE., There wore excellent attendances at both screenings of the film "Idle Wives" at the Kings Theatre on Saturday. This picture is described as' r. seouol to "Where Are JJy Children?" and it deals with an evil that is perhaps only too acute in many homes of to-day. The lesson is brought by means of a "picture within a picture. Three couples-from separate crades in tho social Bcalc-a-ttend a picture show, and the fiM they witness illustrates to them the futility of the lives they arc '.leading. "Idle Wives" will a E ain be screened this afternoon and evening. EMPRESS THEATRE. The chief picture screened at the Empress Theatre this week is "The Crimson Doye, a fine film, in which Juno Elvidge and Carlyle Blackwell lake the leading roles. Tho story ie that , ' of tho Rev. Cameron, a. minister, wno is asked to resign from his churoh because of the attention he pays to Adrlenno, a regenerated show lady. Sβ resigns and goes to tho North Woods to spread the Gospel among the lumbermen or those parts. Adrienno becomes a teacher in tho settlement. Faro Kato, who gurscs a hatred of Cameroa, who has rought about the capture of her lover (a murderer), accuses him of being tho father °f her child. The. lumbermen, believing ill of the minister, set fire to his church .thinking he is inside it. As it happens, tho only occupants of the building arc Kates baby and an idiot child, and these Cameron rescues at great, personal risk, hato retracts her lie, and Cameron becomes the idol of the North Woods. The ftar film ls supported by several other pictures, ' EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. The principal picture in the new bill at Everybody's Theatre tells an exciting story of the adventures of a war correspondent. Patrick O'Hara is the "star" reporter on tho "London Blade," with a reputation for getting news by tho uso of lnsh wit. When rumours of a Balkan war reach' London. O'Hara ie sent to tho scene of the trouble. Before leaving he comes across the photograph of a, military officer and his fascinating niece, the Lady Maryska, In a fortnight or eoOHara reaches Tarom. and he is heard by Maryska indignantly refusing a pro-" position of marriage to her. She has learned to love him; his dash and his gallantry on the field of battlo have captivated Tier. Sho pleads with him, and convinces him that a hurried wedding .in the Balkans will stand good for all time so tar as sho ib conoerncd. The pair are *h!.« ' a -r£ their life i 8 ono of ' '°ns hapEffi »V n su PP° rt . in E Pictures on the '•V lla n'f S 1 1"'!"* on ° of them, fun™ v e . Mtmes - b s ln 5 a screamingly =^-r^Pad O dr d War?? ri X. th C 0 SSK2 £%«&?"* the rol -

"THE WHITE CHRYSANTHEMUM.'" The final performance of "The White Chrysanthemum." by the J. and N Tail ™f Comedy Company, was £ iven lu the Grand Opera Houw on Saturday" nii?ht J r f r ;. Ba "y Lipino ana* the other members Of the company were all in good form, and heartily 0 audlonce ensaßed the production NATIVES' ASSOCIATION CONCERT. ■7 n =i Co S°S"V in .connection with the New Zealand Natives Association Patriotic Fair will bo given this evening. The programme win include Bonus by New Zealand composers, elocutionary items, violin solos by a gifted New Zealandpr, and dancinc, etc Most of tho items will be given in native costume. A feature of the concert will bo a poem written by tho Hon. Sir 0. 0. Bowen, K.C.M.Q. Tho poem, which is most prophetic, and stirrinc. is most appropriate for this occasion and the present times Ine poem was first published in Christ church in 1861,