ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1405, 1 June 1915, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

HENRI FRENCH. The above performer made his first appearance before a Foxton audience at the Town Hall last night. The attendance was very small, but those present were given a particularly clever performance. As a juggler and conjurer Mr French is in a class by himself, and his balancing feats on the single wheel were something quite out oi the ordinary. That Mr French is an entertainer of a very high class is proved by the fact that he is able to keep an audience fully entertained for over two hours. Although there was only a handful present last night the amount of appreciation that greeted practically every item would give anyone outside the impression that the house was full. With a rifle Mr French proved himself an expert, the William Tell act being sufficiently convincing in this respect. He also gave a couple oi selections on the mandolin, and afterwards played the same instrument whilst balancing on the single wheel. Altogether the show was undoubtedly the cleverest and best of its kind that Foxton has seen, and those who attended last night came away satisfied that they had got more than their money’s worth. Mr French will give another performance to-night, and no doubt after the good impression created last night, will be greeted by a' very much larger audience. ROYAL PICTURES. Lovers of the works of Charles Dickens should not miss the screening at the Royal to-night ot “Marlin Chuzzlewit,” a play adapted from the book of the same name by that renowned author. To-morrow night two special star features will be shown, “Officer Jim,” an interesting, sensational drama, and “Sammy’s Money Scheme.” There will be .110 pictures on Thursday on account of the Variety Fair in aid of the Belgian Fund. FULLER’S PICTURES. “THE SPITFIRE.” A programme of exceptional merit will be screened at the Town Hall to-morrow night for one night only, featuring Carlyle Blackwell in the renowned melodramatic farce produced by the Famous Players Film Co., “The Spitfire.” Bruce Morson, a young American, leturning from travels in Egypt, is robbed of some valuable jewels in a London hotel, and chases the thieves to the yacht “Spitfire,” at Calais, which the crooks Lave boarded and taken command of under forged orders from its owner, Marcus Girard, who is in London. The yacht is just about to sail out of port, but, by a ruse, Morson manages to get aboard, and promptly falls in love with Valda, Girard's pretty daughter, who is also a “spitfire.” The crooks tell Valda her father is a smuggler, show her the jewels they have stolen, and convince her they are guarding them for her father, and that Morson is a custom officer, spying upon her In order to trap Girard. Valda indignantly turns upon Morson, orders him into seaman’s costume and compels him to work his passage to New York. On the homeward voyage, Morson undergoes many ordeals, both humorous and dramatic, and is evenly finally accused of the theft of his own property, before the final denouement, which shows the burning ot the yacht and the heroic rescue of Valda by Marson, What comes after is graphically detailed, and the audience is shown clearly what Morson does to the human spitfire. Also a very funny Bunny iarce—the pith of pleasure, “Private Bunny.” Outwitted by a conductor and his uniform, Bunny joins the army. He reappears in his home town in his military trappings, and again lays siege to the objects of his affections. She is captivated by his marshal air and raiment, overwhelms him with attention and gives a party in his honour. His enlistment for three years never enters his head, so he decides to stay at home. He is soon arrested as a deserter and put iu durance vile, where the audience continue to roar with laughter at him. On Saturday the management announce a huge treat in a pictorial masterpiece by the famous Vitagfaph Co., “The Lily of the Valley.”