ENTERTAINMENTS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 511, 5 March 1920, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

LYCEUM PICTURES. At the Premier Hall to-morrow (Saturday) evening little Emmie Gorman, the child Bernhardt of the screen, will appear in a big photodrama entitled "Our Little Mother." This is a story that combines pathos, humour, laughter and tears. It is a picture for the young, middle-aged and the old folks. She is housewife, chauffeur, cook, laundress, and above all daddy's comforter. A picture that must be seen to be enjoyed. Other items are gazette, animal study and comedy; also the first episode of the big spy serial "Wolves of Culture." MONDAY. "DADDY LONG LEGS." Mothered by an ash-can, christened by a telephone directory, and reared on the wholesale plan in an orphanage. These were the legacies left Judy Abbott in "Daddy Long Legs." As Judy, Mary Pickford makes a triumphal entry into her long-merited position at the head of her own company, her own production from her own studios. Although she has become recognised as "the world's sweetheart," she has never in the past done anything that so justly entitled her to the soubriquet as "Daddy Long Legs." That it is her greatest success is undoubted. The great critic, the public, has already set its seal on the production, and pronounced it good beyond measure. The box plan is at The Bookery. Reserves 2s 4d, other prices 2s and Is 6d, plus tax. Children 6d and Is.

WIRTHS' GREAT CIRCUS. The magnificent circus and menagerie of Messrs Wirth Bros, Ltd., which will visit Pukekohe on Thursday, March 11, for one night only, took forty years to organise and bring to its present position of Australia's foremost entertainment institution. It has travelled twice around the Globe, and its proprietors have each circled the earth six times in search of novelty performers and strange, wild animals to bring back to their native country for the benefit of their brother Australians. And with a whole lifetime behind them of success added to success, the Wirth Bros claim this year to have got together a show that has never been equalled in Australia or out of it. Among the novelties never before seen Wirths now present the Eddy Duo, who perform marvellous acts on the silver wire, turning back and | front somersaults on the wire, the only act of the kind in the world; the Cavine troupes, four ladies and two gentlemen, in an act entitled "The Maniacs of the Wire," running, dancing, leap-frogging, and somersaulting on tight wires with as much apparent ease as if they were on the ground; the Three Garcias, whose marvellous strength and agility in acrobatic tumbling has astounded three continents; the Zoe Sisters beautiful butterfly ballet in mid air. where they swing from slender cords held in their teeth; the Flying Winskills on the trapeze, with a Charlie Chaplin clown, who might well be Charlie in the flesh at his best; La Bell Onra, a beautiful and superblydeveloped lady gymnast on the high trapeze; Leo Montfort, whirling around in his trapeze Loop of Death like a stone in a sling; and Silly Danny, the clown, with his flock of performing cheese, the only act of the kind in the\vorld. A welcome reappearance is Mr. Tex Bailey and his trained horses, dogs and sheen in living statuary poses, faithfully reproducing the fascinating alabaster statues of the world's art galleries: the marvellous Howards, thought readers. Accompanying the circus is the finest travelling menagerie ot wifd animals south of the Line, which will be open to the public at a small charge, from 4 to 5 p.m., when the lions, tigers, jaguars seals, elephants, monkeys, bears and hyenas will be fed.

NGARAUWAHIA REGATTA. MAORI AQUATIC" CARNIVAL. ST. PATRICK'S DAY, MARCH 17. The annual event, which gives the place its claim to fame, the regatta and Maori aquatic carnival, vill again be held at Ngaruawahia on St. Patrick's Day, March IT. Given a fine day, there >s no festival held in the Dominion which has the peculiar attractiveness of the Ngaruawahia regatta. This yeai there will be a full programme ol rowing events, and the usual sports in which both whites and natives take part. The Maori aquatic events are particularly fascinating, the canoes' race for the bride being especially good fun. Decked out in their pictures,|ue costumes, seat eel in rows in the long war canoes, the Maori rowers provide a sight worth seeing. The delta where the regatta is held is flanged by both the Waikato and Waipa Rivers, and is a picturesque spot indeed, just the ideal for picnicking. Sitting under the shade of the line broad spreading sycamores, one may watch the pleasin'r poi performers' graceful, rhythmical movements, and the more vigorous evolutions of the haka danceis. Sideshows a'pienty will, as usual, be there to amuse you, and. you can travel at excursion railway rates What more could the heart of the holiday-maker desire ?