ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 54, 22 July 1912, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE THEATRE.. Variety is the keynote of the change of programme which was ushered in afr» the Empire Theatre on Saturday evening! The house was packed. The series includes industrial, scenic, topical, dramatic, and comic films, and the second half of the programme is heralded with an unusual attraction in the shape of a cornet solo, "The Village Blacksmith, 1 " played by Mr. G. Saunders to the accompaniment of colored slides, illustrative of the song, and the strains of the orchestra. The solo is sympathetically and sweetly rendered by Mr. Saunders, and it quite "took on" with the audience. The dramatic star is provided in "The Meeting of the Way a," a Vitagraph production. The story has a moral, which has the virtue of not intruding too muck on the general theme 'of the piece. It has to do with the contrasted careers of two college graduates (brothers), one of whom seeks nought within the halls of learning, except that which appeal v to his sense of pleasure and enjoyment. The inevitable sequel follows—expulsion and disgrace. The other brother is a. burner of midnight oil, and when he. quits the college he is master of a degree. Years pass by, till one daj he is delegated to defend a man arraigned for murder. In a dramatic scene at the trial, he discovers that the accused, irfio, though guilty of many debaucheries, is innocent of the capital charge,, is none other than ihis long lost brother. The brother, who has sowed his wild oats is acquitted, and is befriended by his counsel. Thereafter he settles down, having been at last brought to realise the old old truth that he who sows must rcau accordingly. To a large extent he is influenced in donning his "winter garment of repentance" by the accidental influence of his brother's two clwirminfir children. These are identical with the pair of clever child actors who have figured in hundreds of films. There have been many films descriptive of the land of the dams and dykes, but none so exquisitely lovely as "Picturesque Holland.' It is included in the current programme, and stands out on its own for its beautiful twilight and moonlight views of those quaint water-ways the canals. "The trouble in Tripoli" is i topical film., which af)'ord.s a comprehensive look into the manners and customs of that part of Africa, which is at present the seat of war between Italy and Piii'kev "A walk through a poultry farm is both interesting and instructive "will "H gl p er , VC , in a trick comi(, i \A lule the C ook slept," proves verv diverting. In it the laws of equilibrium, are seen to be topsy-turvey, such i„animate objects as sirloin.s of beef, pots a . lu | t, '? f like ( I)e i»S suddenly gahanised into life. "Hogan's Alley" (an Edison comedy), "A note in iho /V ,cvcr \v OMWved comic and a Selig drama, "The Ace of Spades'' 'V\ f r V ° f the Tcmain ' 1 iff films, own 1 ean attrae tion of. their