AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 23 October 1913, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

THOMPION-PAYNE PItTUREI.

"IN THE EAGLE'S OLAW."

An enthusiastic audience Avas present at the 'P.P. Electric Theatre last evening, when the change of programme included the big Ambrosia .feature "In the Eagle's Claw." The play is a masterpiece in plot and acting, and well deserved the applause it received. Another fine drama was the Rex Go's, interpretation of "The Empty Box." The author, who is a cynical overbearing man, thinks that all women am shallow, and wanting in balance. He makes a wager with a ifriend, who champions the women's cause. The author empti&s his cigarette case and fills it with smoke, and his friend places it in the presence oif a woman. First one, and then another opens it. The third woman is selected by the friend. She does not touch it. The second woman tells her it is a trap that has been laid. Half in pique, she opens it, and.the smoke oomes out. She had picked up a cigarette belonging to the author, so fills the box again with smoike. When the anther sees the smoke still in the box, he congratulates her, but she tells him the truth. He tells his friend, who assures him that a woman who is. : brave enough to err and confess is worth having. The author thinks it out, and the cynic is lost in the lover. Other fine dramatic items were "Greed of Gold" (Kalcm), "Caught in His Own Trap" (Victor), and "The Creole's Love Story" (B. and C). A fine A.B. comedy .featuring Dolly Nicholson was shown in "Mugsy's First Sweetheart." " The Eclair Journal showed the latest topical ©vents and the fashions of London and Paris. A strong supporting series of comedies includi ed "Professors 1 Stout and Thynne as Poets," "Polidor and Champagne," and "A Crstey Motor Ride." This series will be repeatd this evening.

TOWN HALL PICTURES.

"LES MISERABLES."

The Masterton' • Picture Company will conclude its "Les Miserables" season at the Town Hall this evening, when the sensational picture drama will be shown for the last time. The film has attracted record houses and it is safe to assume ihat picturelovers have rarely, if ever, witnessed a finer* production than this great work. This afternoon a special matinee will be given, so that the litthe ones may have an opportunity of witnessing the picture which everyone is talking about. Candy's orchestra will,, as usual, render the latest* musical themes, and should add to the general high tone of > the entertainment.