ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 July 1917, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE XE\Y DADDIES (Mr. Edward Branscombe'g latest : srapany, ''The Xew Dandies." who have just concluded a very successful season of four weeks in Auckland, are announced to appear at the Empire Theatre tomorrow and Friday and Saturday evenings. This company is said to bs the brightest combination yet sent to the Dominion by the Bransconibe proprietary. "The Dandies" stand alone in the particular class of entertainment which they present. It is established in high favor with the public by virtue of the ■ fact that, apart altogether from the acknowledged merit of the artists, the programmes are excellent from every point of view, and nothing of a questionable nature is allowed to taint the performance. The company appearing this week includes many faces new to the district, among the artists being Miss Dorothy Manning, Jliss Linda Bradford, Miss Ivy Davis, Messrs. John Wellby, Andrew Pace, Courtney Ford, Harry Graham, and Philip Hardmau. A complete thange of programme will be presented on Friday and Saturday. The plan is iioiw open at Collier's.

DRIVER AT THE GOOD TEMPLAR HALL TO-NIGHT. Mr. Thos. W. Driver, the celebrated magician and exposer of spirit mediums —"the man who exposed Bailey"—will commence a two nights' season at the Good Templar Ilall this evening, and there is every indication of there being a crowded house. It is many years since Mr. Driver first appeared iu New Plymouth, since when he has added many new "mystifications" and tragical novelties to his already extensive repertoire, which embraces all the most noted tricks and tests of the spirit mediums. Referring to Mr. Driver's entertainment the Nelson Golpnist says: —"That Driver, the magician, is a strong drawing card has been fully proved by his two nights' season in Nelson. On Saturday night hundreds were turned away, and last night the School of Music was packed to the doors. Driver's magic is as good as ever, and he has not lost any of his old dash, while as an exposer of what is known as modern spiritualism, he excels, introducing, as he does, nearly all the famous manifestations of noted spirit mediums. His "spirit pictures" are a new and inexplicable mystery, while his production of apports and table-turning seanco are extremely remarkable. In presenting this class of work of the spirit mediums Driver undoubtedly "applies the acid." ;