AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3496, 26 May 1920, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

THE KING-’ S.

TO-NIGHT ONLY-——‘ ‘MARIE, LTD. ’ ’

Alice Brady, as Drinu, Hilliard, in her latest ,:Seleelt-. piequire, “Mlarie, Ltd.,” is the essence of all that is lovely and ehzmning. She is full of the joy and abandon of youth. The pieture is :1 fascinating one and certain to hold the interest. of the most blasc 'tllezltregoel'. The story is centered about the hat shop‘of “l\l-arie, Ltd.,” one of the fashionable and exclusive establishments " on Fifth. Avenue. Miss Brady gives an excellent; chm-aetel-isution of the girl. who gave up a promising career as :1. teacher to become a salesgirl in her mothel"s shop. Her n1otl1e1"s anlbiiions Xo‘ Inzlrl'y her to :1 man she does not IOVO adds €‘tllO’[l1C1"C1llZE11]glCI1101]lgT0 Dl'in::'.< L-Ompliezlfed life. After many he'al'taches am] tears the path of happiness stretches out to meet her. An excellent CO=1l1€(ly, “Ring up the Cul‘f::in,’o’ will also be shown.

PICTURES AND VAUDEVILLE. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. Xylophonists extraordinary is the description of Rcnaux and Arta, who are included on the programme at the King’s on Thursday and Friday. Their lightning and brilliant performance with the hammers have earned them great fame, while their repertoire includes the most unique ragtime melodics and operatic gems. A change of pictures and programme will be ottered each evening. The Prince’s visit to Auckland. Rotorua, and Wellington, will also be show - ;. These pictures give an excellent idea of the wonderful children’s displays in Auckland and Wellington and the unique Maori reception at Arawa Park, Rotorua. Parents could not do better than allow their children to sec these historic scenes.

LYRIC QUARTETTE. TOWN 'HALL—TO-NIGHT. In the lyric quartette, opening at the Town Hall this evenig, patrons can. look forward td enjoying one of the best musical organisations yet heard in this 'town. The blending of their voices is admirable, and so skilful is their modulation that no orchestra could be more perfectly balanced. Every variety of taste is catered for in their contributions which range from the humorous to the sublime. In nursery rhymes, they specialise with their quaint harmonics, while in the treatment of ballads their tender and sympathetic delivery invariably gets the house “to a man.”

Individually, too, they éxcel. while their assisting artists, Mis Jessie Bartlett, the well-known contralto, and Miss Evelyn Harvey, a gifted pianist,

and violinst, are of a calibre wort§;{' of the talented Lyric. Quurlctté. The box plans are at’ Praft’s and it would be advisabkc to secure seats early. There will be no pictures shown at the Town Hall to—nig'ht, the Com cert Company lmving been prevailed 1113011 10 Supply the full progr:mlme.