ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 125, 20 October 1914, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE THEATRE. An entirely new programme will be presented to-night at the Empire; Theatre, which will embrace several ait-j tractions, of which the A.B. Company's drama, "The Wedding Gown," will be the most important. In this film is embodied an appealing story of a young girl who leaves her hoanie in tlhe country to live with a rich aunt in nlhe citiy. There, amid all the gaiety and glamor of society, the girl forgets her devoted lover in the country. She is impressed I with (her aunt's desire that, she should j wed a leading society man, and she accepts a wealthy wastrel's proposal.. The girl notifies her mother, and the old lady forwards her daughter the wedding gown that she terself has made for her in anticipation of her marriage with her country lover. The sight of the :gown (brings back to the girl a realisation of her position, and the step she decides upon brings about a surprise for her friends and a happy climax. The suipipoiiing films include '"Pathe's Ga.-: zette" (topical), "AVintcr in Whe Vosgea Mountains" (scenic), "A Day in a Steel ' Works" (educational), "Little Raven's , "'heart," and "Heairtfbroken Step" Bwew "Bloomer's' Duel," "A Masked (drafitaef, \ - • , -■ Mix-up" and in Trou'bie . (comedies). Seats way be reserved by [ 'phone 305. )

VIVID WAR PICTURE. .A Bi-.uvii.iiai boU>ii,ii AT MO.NB. AVIXji .JiiAiiißAiL K. H. liAVlia.

London, September 2. A nou otiicor of the Kovai ~-.i'i«iU.i.<! itgiiiicai (one of those in l>i .jjiia.tr-ueni.Tai K, Jtl. Davie*' cumaiiiUiU; iiuai.deu home iias given the following avvuum ox uie 'iijj'iixing around Mow:— "I'Jio limiting really began on SaJ.-ur-dayi, and cuui.mutd wiui very jittlo iuteiiii.sa.oii uiii-ii i.uu&d'an' u.giu, when wo fell bat.. liia.ei covi'i' of da'rkm'ss. 1 need Imui.y say lßai it wus a Jucu ui»-appooui-i.lll, to \*tr ohaps to have Ito fall lack beioi e Ulii e Germans alter tlhe grand way we had stood to th«m for nearly four day.-*, but we ihave every confidence in our officers and we all knew that if the order was given there must 'be good grounds for it that we could no: •ee at the moment. Fwm the first it was clear thai, the Germans were trvin" to tmrn our left,, rather than risk an attack on the strongly entrenched position extending along our front for ten miles. But tlhey were a bit put out bv tho quicknesß with which we turne'd about and gave tluan a hot time there. After a pretty steady artillery fire, they came on with a iruslb, evidently hoping to drive us out before we Iliad time to. entrench: but they did not ma'ke enough allowance for the speed With v.'llidi we got to woTk, and w/hen they came a'long 'we were ready (to receive them in a fairly strong position. As tiler came into view in the open in fiont of our trendhes, our imen 'opened on thorn with a steady fire that, never once wenlt wide, and we could see dean-cut gaps in the tightly-packed ranks as tlhe hail of lead fire tore its jagged way through them. They were a, game lot, ilioweveT, and they kept closing up tlhe gaps in 'their ranks as if they tvere like bo many marionelitbs. Flesh and blood cannot stand this sort of thing for ever, and after a while they began to come along with less confident step. Then 'they halted for a few minutes, gazed about them in a dazed »ort of way, and ran like lliares. Their placo was taken by another bluish-grey mass behind them, anxl this came on in miiucii the same wa i until tihey, too, ihad had as much as they could stand, and then tlhere was another bolt for the rear. This advancing and retreating went on for Qiouts, each retirement masking a fresh body of men, and by the time they were close enough to tarl themselves on our trendies it was an entirely freslh mass of men, wflio (had suffered little from fur fire. "it, tho,. j

cooksure of themselves,, but they had forgotten our men posted under cover on their 'right,, and, just as 'they were steadying themselves for one last rush, a withering firo was opened on Ithcm, and at tiho same time we cleared the way for the Hussars, who were at' them right, aw<t left as' soon as our fire had ceased. Hell's fury Mazed from the eyes of the trapped Germans a» they tried to grapple with ttieir new foe, anil I we gtood there silent spectators lest wt i should hit, our cavalry. It only -took them a few minutes to make up their minds, and, wiUi a Hood-curdling wail that I will remember to my dying day, Vl.iey ran as if all the fiends wore after them. They were cut down like cliaff, and it was at. this ipoint that most of the prisoners were taken by our mien. Rifles, bandoliers, caps, and' everything clbc 'that couild be east off. were sacrificed to speed, and many )f the scared men outpaced easily the tired forges ■ of the Hussars. "Later, during a lull in the th'ht. •went out to collect their wonnrlerl lvin-r near our 'trendies, and you would hv 1 - ly 'believe th<> furv that was manifested against us. T think tliev hate us t'n times more than ifhey do the Frencfh. mid that is saving a lot. Those of them who talk English teH us that had i' 1 wt been for the. interference thev woud have Ibeen in Parte I>v now. dictating 1 terms of peace, and that is why they liate lis so."