ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1390, 24 April 1915, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

FULLER’S PICTURES

The Kalem Company are responsible for another big attraction at the Town. Hall this evening in “The Dancer.” A remarkable drama replete with exciting and stirring situations, visualising some beautiful dances. The Keystone Company are well represented in, “Killing Horace.” The fun in this rollicking tarce reeks with the contagion of laughter caused by two Irishmen loving one girl. Of course, there Is a fight in it. Where there is a fight there will always be a happy Irishman. With other items of special interest. The programme throughout is an exceptionally good one and should not be missed.

On Monday evening for one night only the management pre sents a virile and vigorous drama in Edison’s best manner, “The Shattered Tree.” A tale ol the cultured east and rough but manly west ; a story illustrating that it is the pace that kills; a play set around the robbery of ,410,000 ; a drama ot cruel condemnation and glorious vindication ; a sweet underplot with a fine love story. In brief it shows Mr Norwood’s two sons, Harry and Jack —Jack the spendthrift Harry overspeculates—At his wits’ end —He steals from his father’s safe, 000 —Jack arrested, shoulders the blame—Jack banished to the West —Harry plunges deeper into guilt —ln hopeless plight —Harry’s suicide and confession Jack’s innocence established —The influence of the West and a good woman —Jack’s sweetheart Marjorie—The trysting place—The pledge beneath the tree —Jack’s pledge, “my love will last as long as the tree beneath which we are standing” Jack goes home Poisonous plots—Efforts to shake the girl’s faith in her lover—Jack having restored the fortunes of his father goes West —• True love united —Happiness. Other items of interest are : “Pickles, art and Sauerkraut,” over 1,800 feet of grand Vitagraph comedy—there is none so good ; “Pathe’s Latest Gazette,” European topicals just now are full of war interest, authentic information of great happenings at Home ; “Manufacturing Incandescent Lamps,” Gaumont’s very interesting industrial series ; “The Man with the Glove,” Kalem’s peculiarly striking sensational play ; “Sacred City ot Benares,” a fine Pathe colour of the renowned Indian town ; “The Sky Pirate,” a grand Keystone comic, every foot of this comedy is full of laugh explosions. Patrons are specially requested to watch for special announcement for next Wednesday and Thursday, 28th and 29th.

ROYAL PICTURES.

A glance at the programme to be screened at the Royal to-night will convince one that it is of a good class, being well-varied and good subjects. It opens with “The Electric Spark, an Open Door to the Beauties and Wonders of Electricity” ; “Australian Gazette, No. 21S,’ 1 is practically a trip from Perth to Brisbane, showing events eu route; “John Range, Gentleman,” is the life story of a gentleman, gentle in oil things that go to make living a happiness : “Tango Spree” is a delightfully whimsical farce by the Edison Comedy Company; “Four Footed Wait” is a wonderful animal drama, reputed to be quite the best play of its kind to date ; and the “star” item ol the evening, “Romance of the Saw-dust Ring,” is an exciting and highly dramatic story of circus life and is vigorous, powertul and spectacular. The final film is a Keystone comic, “Bombs and Bangs.” In addition to the above usual programme, an extra item, “The Derelicts,” will be shown. Monday night : “For King and Country,” a magnificent patriotic picture.

“WITHIN THE LAW.”

“Give them a living chance,’’ that is the cry which Bayard Vellier, the author of “Within the Daw,” sends ringing once more into the ears of the world. It is the shop girl he champions in his play and he voices his plea through the character of Mary Turner, a strong minded little woman who is sentenced to a term of three years imprisonment for a theft of which she is innocent. It is for her sister employees that she makes the appeal to an employer whose humanity consists of giving publicly large sums of money to charitable associations and institutions, whose humanity sends a girl to prison for three years so that her fellow employees may profit by the example. On her way to pay the penalty enacted by the law the girl says ; “Give them a living chance,’’ we work nine hours for six dollars a week and yet you don’t want them to steal. Do you know how we girls live ? No, of course you don’t. Three of us in one room doing our own cooking over a two burner gas stove, our washing and ironing done in the evenings, and then the first time one of them steals it is often because she needs a doctor or some luxury like that, and some of them do worse than steal, they started straight too, and some of them get so tired of the whole grind. “I’m not their guardian,” replied Edward Gilder, proprietor of the emporium, “I pay the same as any other store.” Then comes the last agonized appeal of the girl who is doomed to suffer for another’s crime, “but you don’t pay them enough to live on, won’t 3'ou dp something about it.” “How dare you speak to me like

this, take her away officer. ” Then the girl delivers her final speech : “Oh he can take me now. Three years isn’t for ever, and when I come cut you’re going to pay me for every minute of them. There won't be a day or on hour that I don’t remember that it was your word at the last that sent me to prison, and you’re going to pay me for that. You’re going to pay me lor the five years I’ve starved making money for you. You’re going to pay me for everything that I’m losing to-day, you’re going to pay.” The following acts take place after a lapse of four years, and are all worked round the revenge sworn by Mary Turner in the first act of the play. “Within the Taw" by special arrangement with J, C. Williamson, Ltd., will be staged at Foxton in the Town Hall on Tuesday next, April 27th, and the box plan is on view at Mrs Teviotdale’s. where seats may be reserved without extra charge.