AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10691, 12 August 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

THOMPSON-PAYNE: FUTURES. SENSATIONAL RELIGIOUS DRAMA. As usu.il the Foresters' Hall wa- ? crowded at the afternoon and evening entertainments. On Saturday the audience being delighted with the supero programme submitted. This evening the programme will coritau two," exclusive dramas of 3000 feet each, entitled "TW Flower of the Mormons" (a sensational religious drama), and "Nick Carter versus Zigomar" (a great detective e-toryy and a sequel to the drama ;'.Zigomar, recently .shown at the Foresters' Hall. "The,Fldwer of the Mormons" ■«' even a stroriger story than "'ilie Victims of the Mormons,"-which was presented by the firm some weeks ago. Disconsolate over' the death of Ji:s wife, the English blacksmith of a little English country town is a. fit <sub-

ject for conversion to the Mormon faith, and is persuaded to emigrate to Utah, the city of the Mormons, taking his only child, a little girl, with liim. After ten years he is thoroughly established :ti hi;:, new home, a.;ul the child h.is grown to a very pretty girl, called "The Flower of" the Mormon City." Bathing in the lake one day, she is overcome by cramp, and is rescued by a young settler, i.ving outside the 'Mormon City, and the friendship quickly .'.pr-iogrt to passionate attention on both sidet>. The Mormons, however, have other p'.au:.'. and in order to effect their own nit!::, we see them adopt the most devilish devices. The story is good from tin jump,, and Vueh sensation is contained in this aordisfc' wonder of 30(JO feet:. Merest Thompson and Payne claim ,that i—■ presenting this feature of features in to-night's change, and the rmlttthe' sones combined • w:th it,, a pictorial treat is indeed in rrtorc for picture lovers, "Nick Carter versus. Zigomar" is a triumph in s>en:snti*« So rapid and so realistic the episodes, that the spectator is whirled away into a region of breathlcrs and enthralling "interest. The grip of the story;never relaxes for one moment. A strong' serie-y of dramas, comedies and scenics fcupport these two special itare. in. order to suit the convenience of pa-, irons the entertainment will commence-! at 7.45 o'clock.

.fIASTERTON PICTURE CGMPAm j THE FLYING CIRCUS.' The Town Hall was crowded- I\v an thusiastie audience on Saturday afternoon and evening, when the - Circus" programme way screened. In tlieir selection. of a programme tho management excelled themselves and the result was one cf the finest scries of picture-plays yet presented in Masteiton. The "Flying Circus'' is in itself aw entertainment of the highest standard, and the many, good thngs said of this gem of cinerr.:stocr.iobic art. we.ro splendidly bornp out. From the first stage of the dvuna, which pictures the arrival of the circus in the town, to the last act, wlie'.e .Tack Breeze, the hero of the piee\ I* s saved from a terrible death, bv hi* sweetheart, there :s ='.iot a dull partin this'snperb.photo-play. There'-s- a reality about the whole thing, 'which adds to the 'interest of the many thrilling situations portrayed on the canvas. Thift drama will he -rem? fibered as one'of the best of its hind presented" in Masterton. "The of the Species," is. an A. B. drama'rf extraordinary interest, and wonderful dramatic forco. "Tho He.irt of Man"Yitagniph drama, is otl« of t'-'i-best efforts of thus company. "Ausirr.lian G«»ette" revealed many and glorious wenders, wlr.lo "Ano'entRome" and "The Birth of a Drag ).'. Fly" are feature films of a high educational v(jluc. Much mirth m created by "The Painter and tho Pigs," "Spiritualistic Concert" and "Hip First Law Suit" which are a tri.> of wonderfully clear comics. This programme will he presented to-night and to-morrow, and should not be missed.