AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1917, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLAtfD’S PICTURES.

On Monday evening at the Princess Theatre the Triangle'Company present Frank keeiian and Efiul Markey in (lie iinique story of “Jim Grinisby s ‘Boy’." Jim Grinisby was the kind of niaii who “hadn’t got a friend on earth,'* but no one was game to be bis enemy. The greater part of bis iialuiv was made up of a hatred l«r women, and It is 'only reason for keeping a “darned female for a avife was to have a son. Ibe play is full of originality from beginning .to end. Frank Keenan as the gruff old mountaineer, “,liin Grimsby, ha» full scope for his great powers, and Fin'd Marlcev who plays opposite to hi in is'Rjviaintiy pretty and full ol charm. “You know T wanted a boyami you gave me a girl." Ibis is old .Jim Grimsby’s greeting to his wife lifter tL6 birth of a baby. It was a girl alright in spite of .Jim’s cry: “Gawd, it can’t he a girl—its already named Bill" His is a wonderful character, this griifl' prospector, and he raises the girl as a boy until the time when the woman begins to assert herself, and then Jim finds lie has met his match, and that a girl is not so had after all. The supporting films include the vim comedy. “A Lemon hi the Garden,” and a piclureisation ol 'ti) C “Bowling Tournament in Wellington.”

PR 1 N CESS THE A TRE,

SOOT AND THE FAUCES

Tlio entertainment at tin; Princess Theatre on AVenesday next in aid oi the Y.M.C.A. is going lo 1)0 something „f a local record. Never has there h e en so ready a sale ,of tickets, and the attractions of Hie pe'rformance pi°mise to crowd the theatre, to oversowing. The subject is of greater importance than that of purity The idea of Captain Root and the Fairies i-s to present the snhjeet in a manner to exercise a healthy influenee upon the thought and memory of the hoys and "iris! The scene of this pretty oantalaid in.Lilrval* tho abode of the Fairies, whose guiding principle is cleanliness. Lilyvale is invaded by tho power of dirt represented by the l.'ack brigade, under the leadership of Captain Root the invasion is successful lv repulsed by the magic power ,if the lilies of which each fairy possesses one. Personal purity .is thus strikingly exhibited In the, light of a strong defensive weapon while later on its magic charm wins over the very lives that

were at first enemies. In other words Soot and Company are completely changed by the healthy influence of pure surroundings. They ftn ( | they are far happier clean than dirty. The moral is sought to he impressed by such household symbols as soap water, soda scrubbing brushes. These together with the music, dialogue and numerous opportunities for amusing situations will, it is hoped convey by implication the important lesson that underlies the story. There will be a strong music programme in support.