ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 94, 16 September 1914, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE DANDIES.

J lc.MrißjD l'joruuiis.

A Wellington journal says.—"lt is extraordinary iimv vcr*iiilo the Dandies are, and how entirely Uiey tiro en rapport with their large and oiithnsUiHXic audiences.. IV'.m ufie tragio " JJhe fibbers,' in which Ails. Bradford triuwphed over hacicnevesi t.o Mr llarry \\ i lancinating ragtime meiodies it i,s a far cry, but men waa very acveptaMe. Indued the audience was greedy for M,/r,; of every item and the performer* had at last to politely ignore t-Sie peroia'tewt encores and put on the nsxt winger. Air Henry is unique. ]lia talk- -lli e quaintest, most incon-equcmt, and entirely fa«-inal--I%' rainblo over Various topics—trom Ma-sickness to stinging was punctuated with iiineli mirth, and he hao tuo happiest way of getting in touch with »\is hearer*, to f-::ty uoJii/ig a'oout hi.i wealth of expression of feature anil lingers. With Mr. Andrew Pace, who 1-as a ('harming voice, Mr ilenry did a ■ciever dude duet. In the seaside courtship tuat rounded oil' the excellent programme, he wa.-) the mueii-interrupted lover, and Miss McQuoin tne girl, while the other Dandies ligures as the various evil influences t'hat mar the peace and heauly of an JOnglish water-idacc. Mr George Taylor U a'favorite, and one has got to so ossociate him with drolleries that his singing .<;f ''Kither O'Hynn" la.st night was a delightful surprise, lie and Mi.-u did a fine ragtime cowhov sketch, and a Mexican tango, quite dill'crent to what has been shown here. Mr David Lyle's voice was heard to advantage'in '"To Life and Jon,'' and an encore wa.s no: to he denied, and Mis,* Hthel Walker eang "Amandin," with much sweetness and sympathy. An unusual item—-Willi a touch of pathos— was "Cigarette," in which Mr Pace philosophised harmoniously, and ''Canoe," a concerted chorus, was one of the heat things on Ithe programme Thei Dandies appeair in the Theatre Royal next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. The plan opens at to-morrow morning.

Uiis popular picture piay-houso con tiniies to duliyht oaeh evening crowded audiences. Tim i>rogr<Hmne screened last night, ml ; 0 be shown again tonight contain a druma-Lio genj entitled Hie Lure of Loudon," 3i'4o feet in all. u _ tins remarkable romance we see JJaisy, the younger child of JJr, VVestliury, stray from liei- luxurious lionie and aft::r \va.tderuig llircugh Ule London streets, taken by Charlie Jsnook s, a chilil ot the to lii.s hovel in Uic Last End, where she is adopted liy his parents, mid i ri soon trant-fcrred into a tiovs or-Hpller in Uircus. On" day, William Anderson, an artist in search of a model, notices flier and asks 'her lo pose for him. Charlie Brooks, now an experienced newsboy, receiving a jku-m, take.s 'iier to the, theiitrc. Keiult, a bad taking, a scene (111 their return Home, and Charlie intervening to shield Daisy from the eiueJty of his father, deals him .a olovv which causes his ilea-th. The police arrive, and Ch-JTlie is taken to prison. Daisy goes to the artist, who paints her and gives her shelter, until Ogla Westhury (the d'oc'tior'si elder daughter, mid the artist's '.recognised lover) jealoiw of her, aemunds her dismissal. She leaven his house and after tramping the streets decides oc SU'CWQ, I!« [luempt is frustrated In l.i'orge Stair.Xoird, an imip.res*irio, and fnona of tho artist, at whose studio Ho iias seen lior. She dancth for him and he gives her an engagement as Daisy Sinclair lo accompany Jiim on li,is Australian tour (is "danseuse" at li week. Before Jeaving, .slie ha H the satisiiiction 1,-f Seeing Oliiulie Brooks acquitted by l,h e t .<:nrts, ilm j engaged by a nieichant as liis clerk. On her return to London, she is booked as "Premier J>anseiise" : >t the Empire Theatre. On tue opening night Olga, her father (no-v Sir John We.sCbiiry, Ilea t surgeon at. o famous hospital) her mother and the artist William Anderson, comes to see | her dance. After n, further series oi

(xciting inciilemtw, nhe i s knocked down by a taxi, and taken. unconscious lo (lie hospital -where Sir ,lolm WVstlmrv ;s thrt hea. I surgeon. H,» examines iw>r iiiju-ries, which are not. si rio'in, and recognises a locket ami chain round her J:(ok. The remainder of the film is full of happy incident, "Mludies in i„nl '-»(*•" i< a senrt+ -t-'ii.i!. adults and tilie young folk will delimit ■«.