ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 June 1918, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S. VAUDEVILLE A HUGE SUCCESS. Looming on the horizon as a dancing genius little Verna Bain made "her first introduction to New Plymouth audience at Everybody's Theatre last night, and amazed everyone with her interpretative gifts and sense of rhythm. Her toe work was faultless in the daintily executed "Rose Dance" and her own conception of the "Dance of the Allies" revealed that she is not only a dancer of exceptional talent, but a young artist able to express her feelings through the poetry of motion. A Russian dance concluded Miss Bain's offering and evoked tempestuous applause. This is a turn of outstanding merit provided by the daintiest little dancer who has yet been seen here. Quite a child in years is Verna Bain, but she possesses the skill of Madame Genee. She is very pretty, and graceful, and with her wonderful gestures and facial expression, her dances each tell a story. Her performance of the dying swan is remarkable. She is all in swansdown feathers and acts to perfection. Mr. James Bain was seen and heard in a round of comic songs, dramatic sketches and character impersonations. "Jimmy Bain" is one of the best patterraen Australia has seen, imported or otherwise. Father and daughter kept the crowded house amused and interested for three-quarters of an hour. Some of the little girl's feats of strength and skill need to bo seen to be believed. The same programme will be repeated to-night for the last time.

LAST NIGHT OF "SUDDEN JIM" AT THE EMPIRE. IPteture-goers have the last opportunity to-night of witnessing Charles Ray and Sylvia Bremer in the great Triangle masterpiece. "Sudden Jim," at the Empire. "Sudden Jim" is full of fire-action and the story is vivid and picturesque. Altogether it is a picture well worth seeing. Apart from the main attraction the programme is full of other good things, being particularly strong in war scenes. For the change of programme to-mo"rrow (Thursday), the management announce the latest Metro release entitled "The Eternal Mother." Ethel Barrymore, the celebrated star, is seen at her best in "The Eternal Mother." Maris, the heroine (Miss Barrymore), marries a worthless wretch, with whom she leads a miserable life. When he and their little child are reported killed in a railroad accident, she marries' Dwight Alden, a wealthy mill owner. Surrounded by luxury, she is heartbroken when she discovers the condition of the children working in the mill. Alden refuses to improve conditions. Discovering that her first husband, Winch, is alive, and that her own child, whe is also living, has been injured in Alden's mill, she leaves his house. How she wins better working conditions for the little children in the mill, and great happiness, is well told in this heartstirring photodrama.