ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 118, 4 October 1912, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE PICTURE PALACE.

To-night is the last occasion that, picture patrons. wilt 'have of viewing the present excellent collection of The programme includes a powerful Lubin drama, "The Physician's Honor." Mr. Arthur Johnson, in this well photographed picture, plays the part of a physician who was true to his duty, and still further' endears himself to the pit. ture-loving public. John Bunny is seen at Vis best in a rippling comedy, "Irene's Infatuation," and the Selig Company has sooifed a great success in "The Little Stowaway,"> adapted* from the story by Bret Harte. Commencing at the Matinee to-morrow there will be a complet# change of programme, incluUing' n» Edison masterpiece, "The Corsioan Brothers," from the romance •by Alexandra Duma#.

TINY TOWN: Tiny Town lias come and gone, and its visit was a,ll too short. Undoubtedly it was)one of tho most unique shows ever staged iri New Plymouth. The publi« who attended the Theatre .Royal yesterday afternoon and last night .found much to interest themselves in this happy, dainty, and remarkable band of midgets. They were a many-sided crew and students of human nature couli ilmve spent hours in studying them from a purely physical view-point alone. They were devoid entirely from any frekisij element; they were not "Cornish Pixies." Their only abnormality was their wonderfully small stature"; otherwise they approached their more rationally sized fellows in every particular. The inhabitants of Tiny Town did not rely solely on their lack of inalies to excite interest and attention. They staged many novel turns, and proved themselves a eleven and versatile band of performers. Mostly blrey figured in circuß acts, but they tad more than owe string to their bow. Th« miniature ■village was opened an ihour earlier than the performance proper, and HOW tflie people laughed. Who eouid restrain their _ risible tendencies at t3io eight of "Police Constable Armstrong" —the world's smallest minion of the law —ordering giants, or rather 'men more thaw twice Iris own size' to "move on, move on, there!" Tho fifteen inhabitants of the Midget Village, who.% average height is 34 inches, were introduced with solemn and quaint formality by the decorous Mr. Arthur, and later on, whe* they moved among the audience, they were not slow to volunteer information about themselves. "His Worship the Mayor" was too funny and too dignified for words. The programme of vniulp. ville items was delightfully quaint. Tlavnti Fassid,. the smallest man in, the world, san<r in various languages, but it is safe to say that the most popular member of the Company wa* Mififl Hansi, who was at once the belle of Imv Town. A good clown act is funn* enough at all times, but the midge* clowns (Messrs. Alphonso and Pompeo) were incomparable. The star turn of th« circus was provided by the. midget stronr man (Mr. Alfonso), a perfectly developed specimen of humanity, although nndor 40 inches in who perfornnnf surprising feats of strength. There was no question about it the audience enjoyed itself.