ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 April 1919, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

BARTON'S CIRCUS. Writes the Auckland Star:—TKe brightest scintillation in the firmament this week is the Fredo Boys, eccentric gentry from America, who combine toleraly good violin playing with astonishingly excellent acre-bating. The pair churn out- music continuously from their violins imperturbed by their violent physical exertions. They play standing up, lying down, topsyturvy, turning somersaults, and in almost every conceivable position. By way of further variety, they play the'fiddle on the bow instead of the bow on the fiddle, saw away in duet, each one bowing the ether's instrument, and keep the melody going while in all sorts of contortionist attitudes. Its a queer way of serving up musical fare, but for daring, originality, and skill the turn would be difficult to beat. In addition, there was the cream of last week's bill to turn on —the Dick and Dorothy Trio, who came on to trip the light' fantastic toe in many a fanciful variation; Elocutionist Donald Cornwallis, who exhibited more of his "movies" and recited "Man the Fleet"; Billy Brown, with shrewd Emerald wit for Irish folks to shriek at and other heads to puzzle out at leisure; the pleasing warbling of the full rich contralto voice of Edith Cowley, and the ecstatic thrilling of Dora Oberman, who appears with undiminished popularity; Chadwick and Campbell, with martial music, ragtime, aud ehurch-bell representation on the concertina; Kitty Clinton, announced under the heading of that ever-multiplying family, "the vivacious comedienne"; Kingsley and Graliam, who harmonise and burlesque; and Waite and Weight, in merry gag and sparkling joke. THE PEOPLE'S. LAST NIGHT OF "PANTS." Charming little Mary McAlister appears finally to-night in the delightfully entertaining picture "Pants." It is a picture no parents should miss, or anybody else for that matter, for it cannot fail to please. Good numbers are in support.

JEWEL CARMEN TO-MORROW. A new photoplay of peculiar interest ia anonnced for the People's Theatre beginning to-morrow. It is caned "The Girl with the Champagne Eyes" and has as its star the beautiful Jewel Carmen. The play deals with the life of a person of such exotic and fascinating beauty that it stands in the way of her making a living as other women are permitted to do. This girl, however, choses to become, a thief, to keep herself from falling lower. It is enough to say here that slie injures through her offences the very man worn she comes to love and it is her efforts to make up for this great harm that we See depicted .in a large portion of the play. The play is presented in excellent fashion. Most of the scenes are laid in the far north—in the crude civilisation that follows those who seek Sold.