AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10615, 23 April 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

THOMPSONrFAYNE PICTURES

I iThere was a large ait'tcnd-ance at 'the Foresters' Hail last evening, io I witness .the usual eluuigc of programme, submitted by tho ThompsonPayne arai.hgement. -An excellent programme, icon sibling of well-seleofc-ed films of the latest productions, were screened to the evident isatisftacItidn and enjoyment of all present. Ail' exceptionally interesting etory of "ine Waj'-back icountry" mis illustrated in (the dramatic study "In the Hot Lands." Other dramas were:—"The Scandalmongers," "The Voiceless Message," and "Gaptain Barnacle, Diplomat" A natural history study of ''Fresh-water Fish" was an interesting and instructive film of exceptional merit. "Tho Wreck of the Delhi" ,wa6 also shown •and proved a picture full of inte-reet. A Gauraou-t Graphic, provided .pictorial pews itf-ms interc-sting to all, A.u excellent series of comic films, was inchidcd in the .programme, and even the unwilling were absolutely com lulled to laug'h -at the <best of the bunch —'"'Has Brother's Double." "A Slight Mier.ake" and ."'Twas Ever Thus," (concluded a first-clets programme, ithklh was screened in the T.-P. style—the best. ll:e game picture will be exhibited to-night, arid again iito-onorrow everting. By special request, 'Mrs Julia Ward Howe's immortflal wok which set America ablaze "Battle Hymn, Republic," will be produced.

"EYERYWOMAN."

The box plans will be opened this morning at 'the Dresden at 8 o'clock for the first and only production in. Masterton of the gorgeously mounted modern morality play, "Evcrywoman," which is to be staged here on Thursday night nest. In order to obviate any crushing, a queue will be formed irom an early hour. The success enjoyed by Walter Browne's drama in Auckland is without parallel in local theatrical history, even the records established by Mr H. ft: Irving having been eclipsed. A good deal of the. success of the piece, it is said, is due to the brilliant manner in which it is presented by Mr J. C. Williamson's company. The heart of tie spectator goes out to ''Everywornan:'; on realising how childlike and innocent she is in dealing with the forces around her. Thus the play take* particular hold on fathers and mothers. With their retrospective view c.f things they are able to appreciate the wierdly delivered wisdom of Nobody, the dantesque spirit who seems to direct the allegory. To young ladies who arc in the situation of the heroine, "Everywoman" will either afford delight as other plays do, or the 4 should be prescribed for them as an education, an agreeable homily. The company will arrive m Masterton on Thursday morning.

THE NORWOODS AND VON ARX HUGE COMBINED SHOWS.

A large crowd attended .at the Town Hall last evening, when Professor Norwood, <tflie famous hypnotist, and Von Arx, the conjuror and illusionist, gave' their first performance in SVLniskerton. Tilie part fctf the enterItainment which rivetted the attention, of .the audience, and at .the same time caused the greatest amusement, was the .hypnotic seance, in which the Pro- • fessbr operated on a number of resi- ; den its in such a manner as to cal ! forth the most uproarious laughter. ; They were given (suggestions of vari!ous kinds A\ihilist in a Ihypnotic condition, and their actifons, contortions and expressions .simply defy description. It is an extremely difficult Wring for anyone to laugh .heartily at a given oue, but when given a suggestion that .they were .being tickled leach aaid every one of tthc-se hypnotised last overling rocked and rolled labouib in: a fit of the heartiest rnd most convincing laughter. Ton Arx", the American magician, ; performed a number cf clever illusions, including "The Witch of the Flfrrmes," and showed marked dexterity in the paln> ing of billiard 1 b&lls and coins. Professor Nonfood 'announced that at some 'future date a return visit wight be arranged. , '