ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 181, 9 January 1915, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE PICTURES. To-day and to-night, one of the best comedies ever turned out by tlic Key- I. stone company will be presented. It 1 is 2000 feet in length, and! features I the popular comedy actress, Mabel Xor-1 numd, who is supported by such fam- I ous comedians as Charles Chaplin, Max Sonnett and Harry McCoy. "Mabel at the Wheel'' is the name of this funny film. It abounds in comical situations, and is characterised throughout by the swiftness of action (which has made \ Keystone comedies so popular. The preceding programme is advertised in the amusement eolmun. Seats may be reserved up to 7.30 p.m. ROYAL PICTURES. The feature on to-day's new programme is Domino's "Fires of Ambition." Jim Patton and Joe Braly are partners > in a mining claim. Jim forces a quarrel over the division of their first "clean j up, 1 ' and, thinking that he has killed j •Toe. puts the body in a canoe and letj it float down the river, where, later, .-tunned, but still breathing, the injur-j ed man is found by the Indians. The j redmen take him and nurse him back to : health. But with the restoration of his bodilv vigor, his mind remains like that j of a little child. All memory of bis his- j tnry and knowledge of his identity have ( forsaken him. Jim disposes of the iVlgotten claim at :'. bi,r nrice, and is elected, to Congress by the wcaU'..,f ui"' • interests of his district. He meets the daughter of Senator Carew, and think- ! ing that marriage with her will further bis political ambitions, he divorces Ins wife! Paton and Senator Carew pass a bill providing for Indian Preservation. They are called to a western fort to confer with the chiefs. Among them is Joe Braly. The sight of Jim brings back Joe's memory, and he plans revenge. Joe, whom Jim fails to recognise in bis Indian dress, promises that the Indians shall go peacefully on to the Reservation. He then orders the redmen to watch nil trails from the fort. They attack the stage, ta,king captive Patton. Making himself known to Patton, Joe binds the hands of his old enemy, ties a canteen of water round bis neck, and turns him loose in the desert. Seats may be reserved by 'phone S«5.