AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 974, 18 February 1910, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES. Another large audience greeted the fine picture entertainment provided at the Foresters' Hall, last night, when the usual change of programme was submitted. The star picture of the evening is entitled "Sister Angea." This picture is a revelation in colour picture work, and as a subject must easily take first place among the many fine subjects we have had produced in Masterton. We are shown a dying soldier on the battle field surrounded by his chums, who are trying to cheer his last hours.. His one thought is of the young lady to whom he was engaged, but having parted she has entered a convent and taken the veil. One ot his mates manages to get a letter through to her, and she endeavours to persuade the Mother Superior to let her go and be present at bis death, but the convent laws will not permit. She kneels before the altar and invokes the Virgin Mary's aid. We are shown the Virgin Mary leaving the altar, and descending to earth, takes the place of the nun, and blessing her sends her to minister to the dying soldier. This is really a marvellous picture and should not be missed. Another fine picture well up to the standard is entitled 'The Indian Runner's Romance," the intense dramatic situations brought forth great applause. The remainder of the programme is a varied series of fine comic and scenic subjects, and should draw crowded houses for the next two nights, when it will be replaced by an entire change.

POLLARD'S MERRY MIDGET CO. Monday next is to be a great night at the Town Hall, when Pollard's Merry Midget Company will appear in their many and attractive roles. This complete and perfectly organised company of star midgets will delight the people of Masterton with their numerous excerpts from comic opera, pantomime and the vaudeville stage, rendered in the most up-to-date and brilHant style, also several perfectly arranged and gorgeously costumed ballets. One must not forget the novel and most interesting attraction, the Wonderscope, which is an entirely new and original idea combining the wor.ders of the cinematograph with the action of the living midgets on the stage. This most complete and powerful Company will conclude their entertainment with a brilliantly staged production in two acts and a tableau "The Death of Nelson," set in an absolutely perfect scenic effect from the brush of Australia's most capable artist, Mr Rickets, of Sydney. The management have decided to charge only popular prices so as to place the advantages of the wonderful Company within the teach of all. The box plan is open at Miss A. E. Rive's