MONTGOMERY ENTERTAINERS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8917, 10 September 1907, Page 2

MONTGOMERY ENTERTAINERS.

An. exchange, baysA really flue' series of pictures enlightened wail to tlxo story told iu the opera-drama “Parsifal,’” and a representation of the groat carnival at Aico \yas given With great success. The gay revels} of tlio light-hearted populace, outer-: lug with great zest into the spirit of the carnival, were enough to excite envy iu the breasts of colouialu, The great procession was seen to liQ a marvel of art, ingenuity, ami resource. All that imagination could conjure up for spectacular effect wm

,-liossbu mmo pageant. Views of the groat cars bearing dainty weird, fantastic; anci grotesque croaiibui- of fertile minds, -togetubi’ with tho throng of laughing, dancing revellers, wore realistically pro? sonted, “Black Beauty” was tho title announced a series of pictures showing the wonderful sagacity and faithfulness of a horse, whoso master had been robbed on the road. A very laughable film, “A Moonlight Dream,” dealt with the old topic of an inebriate’s experience in dreamland, including a hazardous trip through space, and the prpsaie awakening'. The results attained ip this fanciful class of pictures border on the miraculous. A few vaudeville items were introduced in. ■the first half of the programme. In the comedian “business” Mr Will Monks kept the audience in a simmer of merriment. His song “Do, ra, mo,” made a hit, and together with an eccentric daucp was encored. Mr E, Montgomery gave a flue rendition of “I Want to be a Soldier.” The song, which has a tuneful lilt, was nicely illustrated with coloured slides. When the words of the chorus were thrown on tho screen the ‘gods” joined in the refrain.