AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3541, 31 July 1920, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

TOWN HALL—TO-NIGHT ONLY

. BILL-IE BURKE IN "THE MAKE BELIEVE WIPE." Phyllis Ashbrook, „ fiancee of Roger Mason, a lawyer, is hostess to a party of friends in the Adirondack mountains. John Manning, wlo is bethrothed to Anita King, accompanies PhylH s on a mountain climb and both are lost. As twilight and a storm approach, they find refuge in a cabin where they spend the night, Manning bei"-r stretched out before a fire while Phyllis sleeps i n a bunk. The fear of

j bears drives Phyllis almost to distraction and Manning is comforting her with his arms about her when when Anita, Roger and other friends, appear on the scene. The explanations offered by Manning and Phyllis in their own justification fall on deaf ears and the only way out of the difficulty, it is suggested, is their immediate marriage. Manning consents to make Phyllis his wife in name only and the nuptials are celebrated. On J parting at the railroad station, the suitcases of Manning and Phyllis are exchanged accidently with the result j that Phyllis becomes possessed of Manning's effects and he of hers. When she discovers the- exchange, she

decides to take possession of Manning's apartment. When Manning en route to San Francisco on his way to China, finds Phyllis' suitcase and contents, he returns to New York, When he reaches his apartment he ffnds Phyllis' lingerie scattered about, and believing himself the victim of a practical joke, he seeks to nirte ner apparel just as she returns to the' '_ room. Being in a sportive moor?, she ■ affects to believe that he has a wo?u;;t! concealed in the apartment and

he is trying to reassure her when Anita, his former fiancee and Roger arrive to arrange for a divorce for Manning. They hear'Manning in con versation with Phyllis and unaware of the latter's presenec in the adjoining apartment, Anita believes Manning has a strange woman* concealed therein. She vows to look at him again and she into Roger's arms as Manning Phyllis enter the room. Manning then realises- that Anita loves Rogers and as they leave hand in hand, he knows that after all, the love of Phyllis, his wife, is all he cares for. They then fall into each other's arms happy ia their mutual love.

THE KING'S

"A BURGLAR FOR A NIGHT." J". Warren Kerrigan in *'A Burglar for a Night," (Paralta Plays), has some stirring times in the role of Kirk Marden, son of a railway magnate whose interests are threatened by fival capitalists. The story begins with a street shindy in Hong Kong after which the action shifts to New York, wherethe hero rescues a pretty girl as his yacht comes into port. The girl is the daughter of the Wall St. pirate who is trying to corner the hero's father, and later o n plays a charming part' in a romantic sequel. In order to circumvent the Wall Street conspirators,. Kirk Warden arranges to crack a but is caught in the act by the girl he rescued, and in order that she won't be able to give evidence against him. contracts a fake marriage which' is put straight later on. "A Burglar for a N'ght" is a real good.'play. The seventh episode of "The Man of Mischt" will also be shown. Usual" pric°p wTI be charged.