ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2693, 9 February 1924, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

WIRTH BROS. CIRCUS,

Wirths’ Circus will open in Foxton on Wednesday', February 20th, for one night only, on Easton Park. The new artists just arrived specially engaged by Mr P. Wirtli. include llie following:—Prince Guiseppi Bignoli, smallest jockey and comedy' artist in the world, Bert Hughes and company of ladies and gentlemen, who play r basket bail on bicycles, a very clever act. The Egochago troupe, of hull fighters from South America. Big Alfredo, Spanish clown and trained dogs from Cuba, and Havana. Mirni Wharton and Louie Carmelle Duo jugglers extraordinary. Alfred Clark, England’s greatest rider. These are a few of the new artists who will make their first appearance in New Zealand together with the rest of the company. The huge aggregation of stars includes Evans and Perez, equilibrists and Risley artists whose like has never been seen in Australasia; Miss Eugenie Pearl, a trick rider extraordinary; boxing ponies that sent Sydney- into hysterics; Mimi Wharton, the strongest girl on earth and many others, to say nothing of the animal acts that are perennial sources of wondering admiration. The Menagerie, with its many recent additions, will be open from 4 to 5 (including the largest herd of elephants ever seen in Australia, including Jessie, the baby elephant also baby leopard and baby- monkey). ROYAL PICTURES. Suspense keeps the audience gasping in the big dramatic scenes of Katherine MacDonald’s latest film, “The Woman’s Side,’’ to be screened at the Royal Theatre to-night. One of these tensg moments comes when Mary Gray, bursts into the office of the candidate who is running in opposition to her father and threatens to commit suicide un- , less he prevents publication of a story which will defeat her father and destroy her own good name. A very powerful drama. Also an excellent Mermaid Comedy entitled “Kick Out.” Prices 9d and 1/6, children as usual. On Monday night.. Marjorie Daw appears in “The Butterfly- Girl,’’ with King Baggot and Fritzi Brunette. Born with a silver spoon in her mouth and reared in an atmosphere of pampered idleness, she loved to lip admired hv men. Whether y-ou like this type of girl or nut, her romances will interest you. A drama of the modern society girl. TOM MIX IN “ROMANCE LAND.” Swaying a hundred feet above the river in a tool bucket less than six feet in its greatest measurement, rocking with the swing of the cable as it tossed from side to side, Tom Mix forged ahead in mid-air, for more than three hundred yards. When he climbed io safety he had -till another dangerous task before him—that of freeing a girl from the hands of kidnappers. This is one of the many exciting scenes in “Romance Land," the leading film at the Town Hall to night. The chief supporting picture is a Sunskiue comuiy “Fresh Heir,” while a picture of Canadian winter sports and a Fox News are also included on the programme to he screened at usual prices. On Wednesday next a story of tiie Canadian North, “The Snow Bride,” will he offered at the Cabaret. Coming, “Rupert of Henlzau.”