TOWN HALL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3363, 16 December 1919, Page 4

TOWN HALL.

3 THURSDAY NIGHT. ‘THE 20th CENTURY ENTERTAINi ERS. " . i WHO. IS ASTRASi i The programme informs one th'?P ‘she is straight from the oricnt, the lhome of mystery and mysticism, and i that she presents supernormal feats of’ psychic perception and white magic. 'She is an attractive_ young woman . with a pleasant rather than a magnetic rperrsonality. A certain fascinationland weirdness is imparted to her‘ useance in the presence of a young panther, a wonderfully“ rich spotted’ lfelinc specimen with large green eyes: lthat gaze on one in the strange hyp{notic way characteristic of the big-_ flgest animals of the feline ,~;p€cies, and‘ [her-‘south African lion The feline lscrvos the purpose of creating a foil to the general proceedings, and if one »is not immediately concerned with the description of an article or in—a peep over the border into the garden of ‘summer yet to \como. one. feels impelled by some strange influence to watch the pretty 9:n‘i.m‘a‘l’ that gambolsv about like a puss in a playful moodOf course the panther is secured but" it looks so innocent that one would” like to stroke its soft coat. A whip held in Astra’s hand, however, suggests that the pa'l‘lther may not be as playful as it looks. Astras suppliesa turn -of complete interest and ge-n—----uine character.‘ There may be a little speculation in some of her replies, but: that is generally in the w_£ly or ornamentations, the'bl-ight touches givento description and reply to questions of thought that keep an a.udience’s~ attention rivetted on a turn and maintain close interest till its close_ Noone should-fail to see Astrfi perform with her wild animals. Usuafpopular prices-. Plan at Pratt and Co.