ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 121, 9 October 1912, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE PICTURE PALACE. A complete new programme of pictures will he shown at the Empire this evening, including a great Secret Service story by the popular Essanay Company, "The Eye That Never Sleeps." Th* hero of the picture meets with some thrilling adventures whilst hunting down a. notorious gang of counterfeiters. TJi» Liibin Company are also to the front with a Western picture, "The Rescue of Captain King," a tale of wild life in. Arizona amongst Mexicans and Indiana in the days of frontier settlement. "For Her Brother's Sake" and "The. .Sacrifice"" are also excellent dramatic subjects. Tlw chief comedy item is by the Vitagrapk Company, entitled "Captain Jenk's Diplomacy," and there are also other amusing comic and interesting travel pictures.

THEATRE ROYAL PICTURES. Keen interest is centering in the star picture, "The ftngeawe of Fate." to be shown at the Theatre Royal for the first time to-morrow night. It is a 2000 feet picture said to fairly bristle with exciteing incidents of the wild life "Out West" in the rush for gold in the roaring days of '4O. Another picture of more than ordinary interest is the Vibagraph Western drama, "The Prayers of Manucle." The Lubin Studio are represented with an amusing comedy "The Runaways," and I'a'the -with a beautifully coloured drama "The Miracle of the Flowers." The Australian Gazette shows all the latest happenings in the Commonwealth. An entertaining vaudeville turn is supplied by "The Zims." All round the programme is one of the beet that baa yet been . secured and will prove popular with all classes of picture lovers.

Mil. SCOTT-LESLIE. Mr. Scolt-Leslie, the gifted entertainer, w'ln will appear in the Theatre Royal on Friday evening, was mapped out, far nautical honors by his parents. Tin glories of the sea did not appeal to him, however, and. like many other youths, both before and since his time,'li« decided, after pome experience, to seek another vocation. While still at sea, he had -c.ne. remarkable experience, as, on retunnnii home from one voyape,' he found his family mourning his'death. Tt ■happened that the ship on which h<- was son-ii>" occupied i'lfl days on the pas*a#e from San Francisco to' Entrlnnd, A* an entertainer, Mr. Scott-Leslie has achieved considerable distinction in (Trent Britain and the other countries of the world where he has appeared. Tn character work especially he is exceptionally versatile, while his elocutionary abilities are of a hijrh oTder. Mr. Oliver Farrow (an excellent, baritone with a fine reputation) and the Misses Gwenyth Evans and Daisy Evans will appear in support of Mr. Scott-Leslie. The box plan is now open. , _