AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 379, 3 May 1910, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

, HEWITT PICTURES. Despite the fact that there were two counter-attractions last night, there was a very fair attendance at the Theatre Royal, where the management of Hewitt Pictures .presented another Complete change of programme, which, it may be said at the outset, was quite as attractive and as much appreciated as any of its predecessors. Hewitt Pictures have now secured a reputation for giving a first-class show, and as long as ui'iu-j similar to last night's are presented, that reputation will not only be easily maintained, but even be enhanced. Where every picture is of such an excellent character it is invidious to particularise, but possibly a description of one or two of tne "star" pictures may be interesting. Onawanda gives a striking instance of life in the backwoods of America in the days of early settlement. It depicts the case 01 an Indian who is kindly received and sheltered by a settler in spite of the protests of his neighbors. The settler goes away for a trip, leaving his protege in eliatge of his habitation. j)uring the hitter's absence on a shooting expe 1: ti.m a tribe of hostile Indians burn the hut and take the settlor's children captive. For this the neighbors blame the Indian that was sheltered. On his return, however, the settler still has faith in his protege, and that this was not misplaced is shown by the devotion displayed by the Indinn, who, braving countless dangers, rescues the children and brings them back to the settlement, only to be shot down by his tribe as he accomplishes his mission. "The Fly Pest" is very interesting. It traces the life of that insect from the egg and shows the amount of harm that it can do in disseminating disease. Housewives who were present last night will at once institute an active crusade against it. "Napoleon and the Princess Hadzfeldt" is another "star" drama of an historical nature. Numerous other pictures of an educational, dramatic, and humorous character were shown, which we regret we have not space to describe. We would, however, advise all our readers to see the programme themselves; it will be repeated to-night.