ENTERTAINMENTS
"GRUMPY." Another crowded house paid its tribute to "Grumpy" at tho Grand Optra Houio last evening. Mr. Cyril Maude in the leading part, of this excellent play, i> a ievelation of sound, sympathetic acting, lie does not need his great reputation as an introduction to the favour of a dißCiiminatlng, or even of an ordinarily impressionable audience. A great actor iu«w a (treat play, and Mr. Maude haa made of "Grumpy" a play that no one can afford °The"piay will bo produced at a matinee to-morrow and again w-inorrow " • —-6On Monday and Tuesday ••■veninee AI-.-Maudo and his company will rrencnt "Gcncrod John Regan," preceded by tno Ecroen E cene from "The School for beandal." Tho last two nights of tile fita.ou are to bo devoted to a, revival of lom Kobertson's charming play, Caste, ii» Mr. Cyril Maude as Ecoles. On VTedneHday afternoon next a special matinee of "Oastc" nill be given for returned soldiers and nurses.
HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Walter Johnson Revue Company, which made its reappearance at Ills Majesty's Theatre last Monday, contlnuca to stage "The Honolulu Girls" nightly., lho piece is in two acts, tbe first of wn ch is set in London, ard tho second in Honolulu. Tho principal parts are played Dy Miss Lola Hunt. Mr. Harry Burgess, and Mr. Gus Pranks. Catchy numbers, amusiuß skits, and excellent dressing render the production quite a big attraction to the revue lover. Also on the programme is tho usual number of miscellaneous vaudeville Iteme.
KKG'S THEATRE. The final screening of "The Mormon Maid" will bo given at Jho King's Theatre to-night. Commencing to-morrow ac 2 the Harrison Fisher Girl. Olive Thomas, will make her second appearance in a new Triangle picture, "An Men Break. In the ipart of a professional dancer in the production, ehe is said to almost parallel her own metcorio rise to fame, lne picture is so designed that Miss Thomas will haTe ample opportunity of displaying the talents that made her popular as a musical comedy star with tho Zeigfield Follies. The largest and most elaborate setting ever ereoted on tho immense glass stages at the Triangle studios provides the background for much, of the action in this production, and more than lour hundred peqple participate in this one cafo scene.
EVERYBODY'S THEATBE. Enid Be"«elt will bid iarewell to matrons of Everybody's Theatre to-night in her latest Triangle succese, "Tho -Mother Instinct." At the change to-morrow Mae Hurray and ilobart Bosworth will be eecn in "The llormon Maid," a picture dealing with Mormon secret practices. This picture makes an onslaught on the practices carried on when the Utah settlement was wholly and completely under the domination of the Mormon elders. In addition to this feature, the fifth episode of Tlio Secret Kingdom," entitled "Carnage tall No. 101," will also be shown. '
EMPRESS THEATRE. Juno Elvidgo and Q. K. Lincoln will maki' their farewell appearance at tni' Eiupreee Theatre to-nifflit, in "The Worn Against Him" To-morrow morning Vitvi Clayton will be Boon m a, stirring Worm drama, "Souls Adrift," a play said to bo orowdod with powerful situation. Tie action opens on ft luxurious pleasure yacht, whose saloon is dedioated to riotous drunken revels. Escaping one evening, the heroine comes upoii the engineer on d«;k, and as he turns ahe discovers that lie i» tho man to -whom she had once ffci. engaged, suddenly, the acht r«'"3 and the muffled roar of an _ oiplosion Bounds, and this chance-met pair are tho only Burvivors. The plot does not seem to be dra-wn for the sole purpose of tnrowine the pair on an island, but everything is Bald to lead naturally up to a splendid climax.
ORCHESTRAL CONCERT. An orchestral concert will be given in the Oonccrt Chamber on Friday of next, week (under tho direction of Jlr. Harry Tombs), in aid of tho new Kindergarten School building. Mr. Tombs must have been busy for somo time past assembling his instrumental forces, as the programme is quite a pretentious one, even for an orchestra in weekly rehearsal. It includes tho Haydn Symphony in ]) Major, the Meditation from Massenet's "Thais," the IntenncKj from the lrallet "Nalla" of Delilies de Ift Hayo'e "Arlequin," the overture "Schauspiol" (Kcler Bela), and Beethoven qnintet. Tho soloist will be Mr. Sigurd Lcstrup. It was Mies Crane, not Mies Haines, who gave the exhibition of club-swinging ut the i'rench Red Cross concert on Wednesday evening. '
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