ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 196, 27 January 1915, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE THEATRE. A well-satisfied audience left the Empire last night, and rightly so, for the programme presented was excellent. The star, "Her big Scoop," features Maurice Costello. Sent to write up' Mrs MonI tague Bulger's ball, Fanny Stone, ia | society reporter on the Eagle, is treati ed very shabbily. Fanny meets Bert Bailey, who has just started a new paper called The Era, and they plan revenge. They catch Mrs Bulger in the conservatory with a long-haired poet, and take a snapshot of them, which, interesting picture Fanny publishes in the Eagle, with her account of the ball. Mrs Bulger is furious and demands Fanny's dismissal. Fanny is discharged, and while lying on her bed that night, crying, she overhears two men, who occupy the room next to her, planning a bank robbery. She "shadows" them, and assured a big "scoop," offers to Bell it to several of the big newspapers, but they are sceptical, and finally she takes it to Bert. He agrees to take her "scoop." Bert then goes to friend, Detective Kelly, and puts the Btory before him. They tell Mr Jaanieson, th<j manager of the bank, and on the night when the robbery is to take place, Bert, Kelly, and Fanny are all put in the strong-room, so as to be in at the death, as Bert puts it. The robbers are admitted by the caretaker, and are captured after a struggle, in which Fanny saves Bert's life. Next morning, the New Era is out with extras telling of the capture of the robbers; the circulation trebles in a single day. Jamieson is so delighted with what Bert and Fanny have done he advances capital to publish the New Era on a larger scale. As for Fanny j and Bert, they decide to become partners in the newspaper, and partners for life sb well.