AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 March 1922, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

ANNETTE KELLERMAN

APPEARS TO-NIGHT.

At tlie very zenith of her fame, in | radiant health and with a figure which is at once the envy and admiration of half the civilised world, the world famous Annette Kellerman will appear at the Princess Theatre to-night and to-morrow night (Thursday) for a brief season. In a crystal tank, of huge dimensions, clad in a simple bathing costume of >ber own design, Annette Ivellermau will show her extraordinary skill and grace as an aquatic expert. Miss Kellerman has been designated “the Lady Versatile.” Not only does she swim and dive, she also sings, dances and converses with the audience with a charm, of personality- and individuality that is exhilarating and entertaining to a degress. The many thousands of Miss Kollermau’s picture admirers will, no doubt, accept this opportunity of seeing the famous s l ar in'person on the stngje. Hut the seal is set to her work by her strikingly beautiful aquatic display. The properties required for this delightful act arc all in order. The water in the tank

is quite dear enough to enable Hie gyrations of the swimmer’s beautiful body to be easily followed. Her diving is graceful'and beautifully tuned, an I I'l’o cisc and grace of her movements an■ !er the water makes it simple to lidrrstand why she has been described is a mermaid, ft is rnclo'ib'odly ;n ■to' a.s b.'Utiiful as it is unusual. Miss K: Herman will lie supported by the Tivoli Follies International Vaudeville Company, and Air Stuart Barnes is an entertainer from the Palace Theatre, New York ; Martini, the funnest down with a circus of his own ; Bosie, the canine marvel; Tom Donnelly, a stepper of the higher merit; Ernest Jones, eminent baritone : spedal musical selection ; event extraordinary. Mr Fp'i Norden in a symphonic mrsicale presentation, “The Chimes.” A three hours’ entertainment. James R. Sullivan presolds by arrangement with the N.Z. Picture Supplies. Ltd., on" of Miss Annette Kellerman’s own pictures entitled “AYhat Women Love.” Box plan now open at Mclntosh’s and l ook to-day.