ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 11, 13 June 1913, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE CHILD PIANISTE. It is doubtful if any items at the Winter Show have attracted more attention than the pianoforte recitals being given by Miss Ruby Curran. Yesterday at both afternoon and evening sessions the crowd that gathered round the space where Byers' pianos are being exhibited, was so dense that it was a matter of considerable difficulty to get past. For the most part people were content not to attempt to pass, as the playing of this child was ho finished in expression and technique that hervarious items were a delight to , listen to. Miss Curran performed on two Byers' pionos, one a drawing-room grand and one a baby drawing-room grand, and her playing brought out the tone of both instruments to a marked degree. Tliis little lady is destined to go far in the musical, world if she continues at Iter present rate. As before mentioned, her expression and technique are wonderful in one- so young, and her execution in some of Chopin's works was demonstrated to a marked degree, There is no doubt that Miss Curran is gifted with great natural ability, and the way It has been cultivated by her teaehers, the good Sisters of the Convent, at Wanganui, reflects great credit oh them.- Miss Curran will give a short private recital at the local Convent this morning by special invitation, and will also play at the Show this afternoon and evening.

EMPIRE PICTURE PALACE. "Dr. Gar-el-Hama" will trick and mystify his pursuers and the 'general public for the last occasion in New Plymouth at the Empire to-night. The usual matinee will be held to-morrow, commencing at 2.30 p.m., when a complete new programme will be shown, including a powerful drama of circus life, entitled "From the Regions of Darkness."

THEATRE ROYAL PICTURES. Lovers of the popular Maurice Costello tand they are legion) must have been delighted with the telling drama "Six O'clock" unreeled at the Theatre Royal last night. The title is derived from the hour some fateful news was to come to hand over the telephone. Maurice plays the leading part, supported by Tefft Johnson and the two Costello children, and the combination secures excellent results. A fascinating arid novel item was "The Dairy of a Duckling." Hundreds of these tiny downy creatures are seen soon after their first peep of daylight, and then one is singled out, and a really delightful and amusing nature study ensues. The fly is one of our most dangerous enemies, and a film shown last night, "Why you should kill that Fly" deals with the "fly pest" in a comprehensive manner and provides an education to all thinking people. Pelig's "God of Gold" proved to be a strong drama of the vanity of vanities. Five young men, hopeful and glorying in their strength, begin buckling on the armour of a work-a-dav world, and outline their ambitions at the stag dinner. The artist is for creative things; the doctor is aflame for science; the soldier observes the gltfries of conquest; the hardy, wholesome farmer observes the advantages of useful life in supplying the world with substance; but the'financier tells how he will surpass them all in the accumulation of gold. With this engrossing incentive, the picture follows his feverish ambition as he forgets wife and family and soils the escutcheon of an honored name, with all the jov in life subordinate to mere groveiling after gold. He loses friends and family and grows more mean and miserly until at last he finds himself in age utterly alone, save for a valet he has schooled in his own mould. As lie dreams alone by his fireside he sees the group of early friends, and sees their success in the higher things of life. It so moves hiV conscience that he flings into the fire his only friend—money, and falls back dead, then in rushes the miserly valet, and wai.ma, snatches the charred remnant of a wasted lire from the flames and. sneaks away, leaving the dead unmourned. This programme- will be repeated again tonight.