ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 16, 14 October 1919, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS

"THE EYES OF YOUTH." "Do Luxe Annie" was staged for tho last timo yesterday by tho J. and N. T;iit Company. This evening tlie company will produce Max Martin's play, "Tho Eyes of Youth." The part of Gina Ashling presents a mnny-sidi!d character for Miss Emelie Mini to show her divers talents in. Gina is somewhat of a dreamer, and has a hankering to lmow what the future holds for her. She is in tho drawing-room when an emaciated Indian hawker calls at the door, and whilst speaking: to her faints. The man is revived and invited to rest for a while, and it is then that lio hears the girl's desiro to gaze into tlio future. Ho represents that it can be done, a.nd • produces a crystal globe into which Gina gazes fixedly. There is lightning change of scene and Gina is discovered teaching a number of children in a frowsy country school. The littlo 6cene i 6 enacted with the aid of some twenty children, and as it fades away, tlio old drawing-room Is restored, with Gina still gazing into tho crystal. Episodo number two 6hows Gina as a grand operatic star, and a fascinating scene ensues, in which slio has the conventional quarrel 'with the management, an understudy is put on in her place, and she has tho mortification of hearing lior sing her wav to success. Tho opera is Charpentier's "louise," awl a good deal of tho music, including the throbbing "Song of Paris," is actually heard. It would not bo wise to relate the end, but tho play, a big production, is roinarkablo in many respects. Tho lightning changes of scenery—all executed with tho aid of a revolving platform— m:o tho mechanical wonders of the play. "DAMAGED GOODS." Tho last night of "Damaged Goods" is announced by the management, and' tho Town' Hall 'and the Conec-rt Chamber will no doubt bo well filled to see this powerful and telling story by Brieux. Tho film is a plain record of the effects of the veiled plaguo u[.on a man's career, upon his family life; and upon his child. It is 1 a warning so awful that its lesson cannot bo escaped.