ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 198, 19 February 1912, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

EMPIRE THEATRE.

_ Both at matinee and soiree in the Empire Theatre on Saturday the audiences were large and the fare excellent. An audience composed largely of children (as in the afternoon) is a wholly satisfactory one, for youngsters are remarkably appreciative and "get ahead" of a picture story in a remarkable manner,, "The Baby and the Bomb" is ian anarchist story in which a member of a murder society is drawn to upset a royal procession. The arch anarchist brings the clockwork bomb to the house, sets it going, and leaves it in a handbag. Enter the "baby," who thinks the dear gentleman has left his bag behind. She races through the streets with it, escaping death from cars, trains, trucks, and so on, and hands the dear gentleman his bag just as the bomb is timed to do its business. He has a moment to rescue her, and then goes back and is completely blown to bits. There is a nice series showing how the boots you wear are made in the great factories, a screaming comedy of the bad boy, his sister and her "young man," a remarkable Selig drama with a clever bunch of Indians, heroic cowboy, a lot of shooting and heart interest, especially at the point where the hero rescues the baby from the Indians by shooting half a dozen of them, much to the delight of the juveniles. A scenic series shows wild animals at home in the jungle. "Jim Crow" is a racing drama with "dope" in it, virtue winning in the end. There is a magnificent vaudeville picture, showing five girl trapezists doing their clever turns, "Elephant Racing at Pcrak," and a fine new Foolshead film. "Ranger Pals" is one of the finest, for it shows with the simplest and most telling art how a man may lay down his life for a friend. Altogether a pot pourri «f pictorial gems difficult to excel.