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AMUSEMENTS.

"THE GIRL FROM RECTOR'S." Speaking of "The Girl From Rector's," to be staged here for the first time 'on Thursday evening, the bourne "Punch" says:—'"The Girl from Rector's,' introduced by Hugh J. Ward's popular Company on Saturday evening to an audience rocking with -laughter, is a : diluted French farce of four acts, seething with fun. The first is a smile, the second a scream, the third a chuckle, \ and the last a riot'. The plot cav- ■ orts briskly round 'The Girl,' who, in j odd moments, is the frigid wife of a provincial judge, but is in the habit of breaking loose from her matrimonial ties, and having a gay, wild and woolly time in little old New York as the President of the Night Owls' Club, and also as the affinity of Dick O'Shaugnessy, a young bachelor Johnnie, who suffers from too much 'Girl' and champagne and too many outings with the boys. A weird old Professor, cousin of the Dicky Bird,persuades him to court a sweet;damsel on his, the Professor's, behalf, but Dicky promptly falls in love with her himself, and they become engaged. Then follow a series of ludicrous complications, in which 'The Girl,' the Dicky B; "1, the Professor, the Judge, Dick' s ither-in-law, 1 and the very recent :ng wife are mixed up in an ap_ • .-entry hopeless tangle, from which is evolved a succession of ludicrous situations, which only serve to make confusion worse and worse, till the final sorting out and' happy ending. The whole thing is an irresponsible burst of bustling frivolity with a French flavouring, which is piquantly agreeable without broadening into vulgarity. Mr Hugh J. Ward's merry band of conspirators against gloom handles 'The Girl' withgleeful brilliance. Summed up,—'Tis a mirth-provoking diversion, 'The Girl from Rector's.'"

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES. The usual change of programme was presented at the Foresters' Hall last night, and the new series is fully up to expectations. A finer collection of films has not been shown in Masterton. "A Komance of the Weßtern Hiils" is a beautiful and pathetic drama from Indian life. An Indian girl is adopted by a clergyman, and she becomes a member of society. She meets a nephew of her adopted parents, and he becomes infatuated with her and she falls in love with him. He betrays her trust and then deseits her. "The Toreador" is a very exciting picture, showing Spanish love and hate. A real bull fight is shown, and the disappointed lover is seen being gored by the enraged bull. "Thou Shalt Not" is a powerful drama, in which a consumptive young man wishes to marry. Several fine scenic subjectß were produced, including "The Valley of the Ausasca," "Where Teakwood Grows," "The Silkeborg Lakes in Denmark." The comic pictures are exceptionally good, and afforded great amasement, particularly "A Knot in the Handkerchief," "A Desperate Duel." "The Right House But—and Foolshead as a Porter." This excellent series will be produced again this evening.

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10086, 6 September 1910, Page 5

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AMUSEMENTS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10086, 6 September 1910, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10086, 6 September 1910, Page 5

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