AMUSEMENTS INDEX

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 433, 15 August 1928, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS INDEX

St. James Theatre. —The ‘‘League of Notions” Revue Company (Queenie Raul and Mike Connors). His Majesty’s. —“ The Goose Girl” (Patrician Amateur Operatic Society). Town Hall. —Municipal Concert. PICTURE THEATRES Grand. —“ Garden of Allah.” Strand. —“My Best Girl” (Mary Piclcford). Prince Edward. —“ The Gaucho” and “The Gay Defender.” New Regent. —“Tip-Toes" (Dorothy Gish) and Meazza and Adrienne. Majestic. —“ Circus Rookies" (Karl Dane and George K. Arthur) and “Soft Living” (Madge Bellamy). Lyric. —“ Are You Fit to Marry?” “The Demon Rider" and Sidney Dan. Plaza. —“ Dress Parade” (William Boyd) and “The Upland Rider.” Tivoli. — ‘Dress Parade" (William Boyd) and “The Upland Rider." Everybody’s. —“ The Gipsy Princess” (Liane Haid) and ‘‘The Phantom Flyer.”

Rialto, Newmarket. —“The Flight Commander" and “The Law of the Range.” Tudor, Remuera.— “The Showdown” and “The Last Waltz.” Britannia. —" Doomsday” and vaudeville. Capitol. —“ Lady Be Good” and ‘fßaby Mine.” Empire. —“ Circus of Life” and “Won in the Clouds.” Edendale. —“l Will Repay” and “Jaws of Steel.” Regent, Epsom. —“ The Flight Commander” and “The Law of the Range.” Royal, Kingsland.— “Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come” and “A Hero for a Night.” Adelphi, Grey Lynn. —" Ben Hur.” Embassy. —“ Are You Fit to Marry,” “The Demon Rider” and Sidney Dan. DANCING Dixieland Cabaret. —Dancing. Click Clack Cabaret.— Dancing.

By “THE LOOK-OUT MAN.’’ ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS No, “Anxious,” a chiropodist is a man who teaches canaries to whistle. PIECE DE RESISTANCE Members of Parliament have been made to eat their words before today, but we understand there is no truth in the rumour that a favourite dish at Bellamy’s is cold roast parrot. ANOTHER OUTRAGE Sydney police are troubled with these razor-slashing perverts. “Fortynine Stitches in Hospital” was the heading put up by an Australian paper over the account of a recent outrage. It is the last straw which breaks the camel’s back. These razor-slashers can go too far. SPORT SUPER OMNIA “England is becoming so cosmopolitan,” complains a prominent little Englander, “that it is now difficult to ascertain which is the prevailing race of the country.” We cast our vote in favour of the Derby, though the Oaks probably runs it a good second. “Where are the hardy yeomen of two or three centuries ago?” asks the same man. Probably we would find a few thousand of them at one of the prevailing races previously referred to. BUDDING BANKERS “Four-fifths of the boys who leave school to-day wish to enter the employ of a bank,” says a Christchurch bank manager. “We have reached saturation point. We still have a waiting list of boys who left school last year, and in another three months’ time we shall be inundated with another thousand applicants. The only remedy is for boys to turn their attention to skilled labour, such as carpentering, plastering, and bricklaying.” Very sound reasoning, of course, but we can understand a boy's wish to work in a bank. There’s money in it. , * * INKY FINGERS To provide against corrupt practices at the coming elections, authorities in Greece have hit on “a new and original plan.” As each person votes at the booth, he must place his thumb on a pad of indelible ink. The impression thus made does not wear off for several days, and. dishonourable electors find themselves thwarted if they attempt the pretty custom of “voting early and often.” We take off our hats to the Greeks, but would like to point out a serious weakness in their ingenious scheme. Schoolmasters and journalists, who should control the destinies of the nation, will be unable to have even one vote. SPORTING LITIGANTS A dispute was recently settled in the London High Court by spinning a coin. When the case was to be heard the litigants sought a little time to have "a few words” about the question. After the judge had retired they found that it was merely a matter of £5 between them. Each, however, persisted in thinking his own view the right one, and just when it looked as if the case would have to to fought, one of the litigants asked: “Why worry over £5 when it’s a fine day at Ascot?” “I don’t think we should,” replied the other. “Then let’s toss for it,” suggested the first man. The suggestion being accepted he produced a handful of coins. His opponent called—and lost. When the judge returned to the court, he was informed that the case had been settled on certain terms.

TEMPER IN ELEPHANTS Kibby, the worst-tempered elephant in the London Zoo, has been found dead. The night before Kibby died he seemed to be in the best of health, and there was nothing suspicious about his appetite. In the morning all was over except the inquest. He was tile only male African elephant at the Zoo, and was growing big and strong, with a fine pair of tusks on the way. He never carried children, for his temper was worse than uncertain. His first exhibition, when he was quite a baby, was due to his diet of orange bitters. To stimulate his appetite a dose of strychnine, which would have killed a man, was injected into an orange and given to him each day. He took the giant pill with growing suspicion, until there came a morning when he determined to investigate. He squeezed the fruit with his foot and tasted the pulp with caution, squealing with rage when he found he was being “doped.” “He’s ‘rumbled’ the orange trick,” reported his attendant, and never again could Kibby be persuaded to take his medicine.