LIVING LONDON.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIX, Issue 8127, 28 April 1906, Page 5

LIVING LONDON.

A large audience greeted the opening production of "Living London," in the Town Hall last evening. The pictures shown were of a varied description, and were such as to keep tbe audience interested for over two hours. Unlike other sets of pictures there is an absenoe of that disagreeable flickering, which one usually finds in such entertainments, and this factor alone tended to make the evening's entertainment enjoyable. The principal piature of the evening, "Living London," was preceded by sets of pictures which flitted pleasantly from subjects grave to gay. The programme opened with glimpses of the Creusot steelworks in full operation, and pictures of the prooesses of smelting, forging and rolling masses of red-bot metal were thrown on the canvas. This gave way to pictures uf a humourous type, suob as "The Henpeoked] Husband," and "Tbe Two Little Vagabonds," who had robbed a hen roost, and a rabbit] hatch, and set fire to a haystack. The famous fountains of Versailles were well portrayed in plain and pretty coloured pictures. Tbe race for the Frenob Grand National Steeplechase was a capital piature. Tbe horses coming out of the saddling paddock, £he race, the field taking tbe jumps, tbe totalisators and crowds were all vividly brought before the audience. The film, the reception of the "All Blacks" "at Auckland,. was another good picture, and as tbe picture showed tbe famous footballers ' coming off the steamer, the audience loudly applauded. These very agreeable "curtain rai<?ers" having been dispensed with, "Living London" was ushered on. The world's great metropolis in all its phases of life was brought before tbe audienoe and visitors to tbe Hall last ; evening were able to "do the city" J lat N a very small cost, and with.lesa fatigue than the aotual visitor to London. The busy streets with all their wealth of life and motion, were faithfully flashed from tbe machine. In one minute -tbe Thames, with bustling tugs, trains of bargee, or a conglomeration of pleasure-boats'at a lock, appeared on the sheet, with Westminster, the Victoria Embankment, and Cleopatra's Needle following. Then tbe eye would be carried past the monuments of Wellingon and Nelson, through tbe Marble Arch into the Park. The Tower of London, and St. Paul's would loom up, and in turn would {arrive tbe places and scenes which are as dear to colonials as to Londoners. Tbe oosters, tbe children of the Ghetto, the flowergirls in Piccadilly, the gutter-mer-chants, tbe traffickers in Coven £ Garden, and in tbe meat and fish markets, were all clearly outlined by the magic tape. Tbe kinematograpb worked splendidly, and tbe stage effects were excellently in concord with the aotual piotures. Intervals were pleasantly filled in by Mr Sydney Monk, tbe tenor, who was in good voice, and rendered in an excellent manner "Flight of Ages," "Till Death," and "Golden Silenoe."

A matinee will be given at 2.30 o'clock tbis afternoon, and children will be admitted to all parts of tbe Town Hall at balf-prioe. Tbe iinal entertainment in Masterton will be given at 8 o'clock tbis evening. On both oooasions tbe management promise a obange of programme.