ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 179, 3 April 1915, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

“LADY WIN DEM E RE’S FAN.”

A better attendance than that which greeted th e Plimmer-Hall Company at the Town Hall on Thursday night would have been more creditable to the jgood cause which is being furthered by the Company. The Company selected “Lady Windemere’s Fan’ ’as its local presentation, but the piece did not find favour, the indefinite finish to an interesting story detracting considerably from the merits of an interesting history of self-sacrifice on the part Mrs. Erlynne, the mother of Lady Windemere, who is unaware of her 1 mother’s identity. O ftha ladies. Miss Beatrice Day, a s Mrs. Erlynne, again proved her ability as a dramatic actress; Miss Ena Shananan, as Lady Windemere, got through a heavy role successfully; and Miss Nellie Calvin was well cast as the Duchess of Berwick, the prim but loquacious adviser and critic of the sterner sex. Miss Marjorie Soper, Muriel Dale, and Alice Holroyd filled minor roles. Of th e gentlemen, Mr. Winter Hall as Lord Windemere v;a: impressive, and Mr. Harry Plur.mar was a pleasing Lord Darlington. Mr. W. H. Varna as Lord Augustus Lorton and Mr H. Halley as Charles Dumley provided a deal of comedy, and Messrs V. Edwards, H. Hare, and P. S. Latham were also creditable perforinera.

"WITHIN THE LAW.”

TOWN HALL TO-NIGHT. There is nothing quite novel in the idea of an innocent girl sent to prison devoting herself to revenge on the ■nan who placed her thei'e. Nor is .here now anything fresh in .detective' stories and the methods of the New fork police force, the Third Decree, ind all the rest of it. But to combine the two ideas as Bayard Vellier does in his unusual drama "Within the Law,” to fashion a girl who has drains, and brain s enough to work out ler reveng'e in pervious parts, and yet “within the law,” so that the most -.droit detective can not ensnare her — hat is to make the basis of a play at mce unusual and thrilling. There are nany fine scenes in the play, and the nost sensational is that in which the ittempted robbery and murder are •epresented. A most unusual weapon is the Maxim Silencer used in the nurder scene of the drama. The present company were all rehearsed by Mr. Morrison, who produced the piece ! or the New Zealand tour of last year under the J. C. Williamson management. "Within the Law” will be stclged at the Town Hall to-night for the opening performance . On Easter Monday “The Rosary’ will be staged. The box plan is at Finch’s Bazaar, where s'eats may be reserved without extra charge

“THE ROSARY.”

EASTER MONDAY NIGHT.. The well-known world-wide success, "The Rosary,” by Edward Rose, is really a plea for wholesome, clean, manly living, and the emblem from which the title is derived is merely a symbol. Th e creed on which the play revolves has no room for religi■us c:tnt, hypocrisy, or moral weakness. It preaches the joys that are natural to a life properly spent. The Tama has a strong comedy element ight through. It i s not written from he beck cf the same name by Florae'e Barclay, but the author conceiv'd th e idea, from the words of the ong of the same title. There are iC-m'e beautiful scenes in“ The Rosary,” vnd the full production will be staged v- the Town Hall, Taihapa, on Easter Monday night for the farewell of the famous “Within the Law Company,” and the box plan is at Pinch’s Bazaar, where seats may he reserved without extra charge.

METEOROLOGICAL,

Mr. A_ R. Panin has kindly supplied “The Taihape Times” with the •Jolowing observations: —The rainfall cor the month of March was 3.13 inches, it being the wettest month experienced sin®e May last. Ther e were 19 days with,rain and the maximum fall was 0.55 inches on the 17th. The average fall for the corresponding month of the previous nine years was ‘3.08 inches. The mean maximum temperature temper itn’3 In the shade for the month was 6i.i> degrees P. The mean minimum temperature in the shade wa s 46 degrees P. The extreme maximum temperature in the shade was 73 dejgrees P on the 3rd, and the 3xtreme minimum temperature in theshade was 37 degrees P. on the 3rd. The moan terrestial rad. (grass) temperature was 42.9 degrees P., the minimum being 32 degrees P. on the 3rd. The mean earth temperature at wo feet was 57.5 degrees P., ranging from 59.8 legrees on the Ist to 56 degrees on the 31st.