AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, 3 October 1919, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

TI-IE KIN G-’S.

' At the spécial -Ireq'uest' of those who through previous xengagem-en-ts were-unr a,b’le~'tTo see Olga Petrovawin ‘-“~The.Li~fa Mask ’ ’ last .nigh:t, it V has zbéen. decided‘ to repeat“ this: great (11=a::na,' which ‘has practically been “created by the famous Russiafn éartist. - 3 - .7 -: 2 ‘

To~nldrrow_- night ‘AI-ice .vßrady‘ 'will‘ appear in’ “The: Hand of" 'Dc.a.th,’_’ :a. sensaltional and thrill;ing L‘dra'ma,- .supported by what. is _pl‘:lctic.a'lly-fa. ‘double programme; - ' ~.- ' '

TOWN HALL PICTURES. “THE COUNTESS CHARMING” TO-MORROW NIGHT. The following ‘is a brief synopsis of this really interesting Inelodrama.— Socially ostracised, because he had unintentionally olfended a leader of society, with whose daughter he is in love, Julian» Saunders swears “revenge” on the would--be social mentors, and ‘to this end he poses as a Russian Countess. VAs _/the Countess he rents a izarge house 31031‘. jthen Vandefrgrifts, leaders of society, and not «far from the «:ountljy.club._ The,Counf-ess Ch 1 ming is amused at_f.he efi'usiv.>, way in which she is re-xaidixiifited to the select ciicle. andi ‘once fairly, established, Jillian proceeds t.o _mal{e good a promise to‘ Betty, his syvecthieart, to collect a. la_l‘g‘e sum for.tlle Red 4.'_CroSS. He steels one man_’s Wallet, ‘another’s valuable scarf pin, and fro.lnMrs Van-dei-girift hersclf.he_ teliesv a priceless ncekless of pearls. The various thefts are soon discovered, and a detective is. sent to investigate. Suspicioii points ‘towards the unknown Countess, a-nd the evidcucz is strong‘ enough to w.n-rein-7: her a.l‘l'-est .

The Countess gives a 13111 at the Ccl.Ltr); Club, and "it is arnn-_;2l that 51-.c'sh-all then be. arres’fed. Just as the oflhcrs are a"bout»to seize her, the C-nun te.; -t1 rng off the lights", and in the confusion disappears——for ever. Confusion, cm'iosity, and mystery—Where is the (‘..;'.u'tess?