AMUSEMENTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 648, 4 March 1914, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

EMPRESS PICTURES. "Robinson Crusoe.' Robinson Crusoe cannot overcome his desire to cross the seas in search of adventure. One day he runs away to sea. The ship arrives in the South Seas, and is wrecked. Robinson is the sole survivor. In mortal fear of wild beasts he sleepß in a tree. Next morning he swims to the wreck and secures supplies, a cat and a dog. One day on the island, he comes across footprint? and hurries to the shore and is in time to kill several cannibals, who are pursuing one man who has escaped. Then Robinson makes friends with his man, Friday. Their peace of mind is broken by the arrival of a small boat from the ship of Captain Hardy, who is rowed ashore, with his daughter, and bound and left on the rocks. That night while the mate and hiß companions are throwing dice in the. cabin they are suddenly attacked by Robinson Crusoe and his companions, and after a terrific struggle, the crew are defeated. Robinson and his companions embark on the ship Tfaey are attacked by cannibals, who are repulsed, but in the fight Friday is killed by an arrow and is buried at sea. On the long voyage back to Crusoe's motherland, hia acquaintance with the captain's daughter ripens into love. Robinson Crusoe and his wife live to a ripe old age, and he never tires of the circle of childen who surround him, clamouring for a recital of his Btirring adventureß. WIRTHS' CIRCUS. Wirth Bros.' Circus, Ltd., described as tha "Greatest Show on Earth," opera in Te Kuiiti on Wednesday, March 11th. Each year sees them coming along with more beautiful ladies, more captivating horses, finer lions and tigers, more ponderous elephants f»nd funnier clowns than the last time. This year the spectale is of more than ordinary merit. Nearly 100 performers comprise the company, and they include Daredevil Desperado, the audacious aerial artiste, who will defy danger by leaping head foremost from a height of 87 feet, alighting on a concave platform of solid wood upon his cheat and hand. La Belle Victoria, the beauty of the circus world, and the acknowledged queen of wire artists, gives a performance on the tight and slack wires that is nothing short of wonderful. Alfredo, described as the flying man, the 20th century mid-air marvel, is far and away the most wonderful of all trapeze artistes ever seen in this part of the world. Then there are the Flying Cadonas, the original Nelson family of nine members, the crack American acrobat combination, the Bastien family, also of nine members, a won derful French troupe of acrobats, the Hobson sisters, America's wire-walk-ing prodigies, the Stair sisters, contortionists and gymnasts, and a acire of others. It would not be Wirth s Circus without an annimal act, and this season's is the most novel and interesting of the many that have been introduced by the enterprising management, being given also by Dorados, performing sheep and pigs, the only act of its kind in the world, a group of a dozen a pure white polar bears who, assisted by two grizzlies and a pair of splendid boar hounds, exhibit an intelligence that is absolutely astonishing. These beautiful animals also form one of the main attractions of the menagerie, which will be open from 4 to 5 p.m., and which also contains the only hippopotamus and a large mandrill iti Australasia. '