ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 111, 3 October 1914, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THEATRE ROYAL PICTURES. To-day and to-night the management feature Kalem's latest dramatic entitled, "The (Wiles of a Siren," tin: story of which is a & follows: Hughson, a wealthy cynic, resolves to start life anew in the country. He meet, .Millie Paiiker, the daughter of a country parson. A month later the cynic and 'the simple country maid are married. Upon bis return to town, Mughison finds that his wife cares nothing for fashionib;. society, preferring to spend her time aiding the city's unfortunates. While in the slums, Millio meets Kosa, on o of the- submerged. Broughtora, Hughson'.! friend, is also Interested in charit\ work. As a result lie and Millie, b-> come friendß. Cora Greyson, an i.dventurcss, loves Hugjhson. She makes Win suspicious of (Millie. Millie discovers that Broughten is searching for'his missing sister, whom she finds later to he Eosa, <and brings her back tto Broughton's arms. Hughson, ignormt of t«i:s. finally orders Millie to ruturn, to her father. Ilia faith in womankind is shattered, he. (joss back to Cora and resumes bis old life. Hughson learns of his terrible mistake, however, when Brought/m and P.osa come to express their gratitude. Hastening to the country, he finds that Millie, heartbroken, lias gone to Africa to take up missionary work. The husband, follows. A tribe of native go on. the warpaih ami. attack til,, missionary party. A friendly native giv< B tlie warning. He meets Hughson with a (party of hunters. The whitt. men go to the* rescue. The missions ar e about to foe burned alive, when Hughson, and his paxtv arrive. A hot 'battle ensues and tha blacks arc beaten. Hughson finds bis wife. Clasping her in, his arms, li c begp Millie for forgiveness. The preceding films include somo fine subjects. Scats mav be userved by ringing''plnne 3(16. EMPIRE PICTURES. "A DAY Or jAY'S." To-niglit's Btar picture at the Empire Theatre, "A Day of Days," comes direct from America, and is classed as a drama dealing in the remarkable way with life of the present day .in the fashionable, night clubs of New' York. Photographed at one of the great city's biggest clubs, and enacted by a company of American actors, licjuL«l by the eminent player, Mr Cyril Scott, 'the reproduction is said to be. strikingly true to life. During the unfolding "of i lie plot the best act of the famed Oriental ■plaiy "JCismet" is worked in. '•Kismet" ip the drama made so successful iby Mi Oscar AKcbe and Miss Lilly Braylon. The reproduced scene is said to be a feature of the presentation. The story told by "A Day of Days" is said to be of throbbing interest. It shows how a young heiress is lured into a gilded night club, and is rescued therefrom by a manly lover. The breathlessi thrill of the situation is simultaneously accentuated and relieved by .t grateful vein of comedy, which addß to effect of the picture, "A Day of Days" occupies i whole of the second part of the programme. The supporting pictures include: "Winter Kportsi in Bwnd(:ii,' : "A Boarding House romance," (come !y) "Fresh Water Aquarium" (nature study), "The Latest Pathe Gazette." and "Closed at Ten'' (comedy). Emlirei, "Phone. 365. A -SPLENDID ORGANISATION. ■LEROY, TALMA, AND BGSCO.

T'ho famous trio of magic workcio, Leroy, Talma, and Bosco, open at the Theatre Royal on Monday next. A|.art from the vast aggregations of illusion and other magnetic appurtenances which the famoug trio introduce, a strong supporting programme of vaudeville art ifctua, embracing jugglers, dancers* and musical specialists, assist in the pro.(rramime unexcelled in interest by any company that 'has ever visited New Zealand. Leroy is a magician with a worldvide reputation. He has not only gained the plaudits of thn great general public, but his fellow-magicians, and even his rivals, acknowledge his great t rid undisputed talent as a wonder worker. Mdlle. Talma dexterously handles ■coins in the mast astonishing manner, and hor triclca are usually brought up to the standard of fine. ant. Sue is tne greatest and most artisticu coin mam--I'idator in the world to-day. Her art is «o well executed lUia.t even under the very noses of the most observant of persons, Mllo. Talma produces money in a way that maken, great financiers look sheepish, eo to speak. A bright cintrast to the serious side of Ixrov. pud Talma's art in the delightful foolin> of Bosco, a droll comedy conjuror,, who extracts a fowl, a iturkcty or a rabbit from one's pocket as easiliv as the citizens pay a tram fore. The Company vill arrive fromi Auckland on Mondav, night, and the full strength of the "'' n embers will bo busily engaged unu. the curtain rises preparing for their gieat magical and vaudeville festival of the evening. The box «lan ia now on view a.t Hoffmann's.