LIVING PICTURE EXHIBITION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 121, 18 June 1901, Page 2

LIVING PICTURE EXHIBITION.

Theke was a capital house at the Tin atre Royal last night when Messrs Cooper and McDermutt gave one of the best enter'air,monts ever given in New Plymou h. The pictures of the beautiful lioyal yacht, the Ophir—her departure from Home, her arrival in M- 1bourne and thesiriesof pictuies connected witti the Duke ani Duche«s of' York w. re r al'y splendid. Some ve,y good pictures of the iate Queen A'ictoiii, of King Edward VII,, and other membe:s of the- Royal Family were all exce'lent productions. The general items we-e well selected and admirably shown. Soveral of them wore quite new to the audience, and were apprei:ia' ed accordingly. A pit tire of views takon !i\ m a beat g >ing dawn the river S 'ine iu P.uis was nn txceedi gly in-j e osting one, ovrry dotail of the buildings, bridg-s, «nd river-boats coming iut veiy e early. A ve y remarkable p'ciui'K was one i f vhwb taken from up in a ba'loon. Tho peculiar appearauce, of pen| le, cabs, etc., as shownat Jillerenr. bights was Vrry extraordinary, ( speci ii:y when they moved over th'j surface of the st> eets and footpaths. The show wound up with an excellent! iep e-entatiou entitled "The As'rono! mer." " Astro'oger " would be morej correc 1 ", as his vanishing tricks were very amusing, A ferture of the ent»r-| •ainment was the loud speaking phono-j graph, which could be heard distinctly all over the building, and was certainly •ho loudest that has ev*r visitsd the di.tiict.