AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 251, 21 October 1907, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

THE OPERA HOUSE. .__. crowded audience greeted the change at. the Opera House on Saturday night. The entertainment provided was bright, varied and original. Several new artists were introduced, including Zemphy, an extraordinary individual, who appears to distinguish colours by smell, and contour by touch. This remarkable man,-with incredible rapidity, __ paints pictures upside down, and blind- - folded, right side vp —and does them well too. Sterling Stewart and Dunbar also made a successful first appearance in a screamingly funny comedy sketch "Matrimonial Discords." The Valdenes, clever trick cyclists and jugglers, demonstrated to the audience that they were complete masters of their art. In addition to being clever their performance was a graceful one. Miss Violet Dunville, a sweet-voiced soprano, with an attractive personality, Was delightful to listen to in several dainty ballads. The Quealys gave a new sketch, "Owen's D.T.s" The skeleton dance by Miss Nellie Quealy was a revelation in terpischorean tactics. Other contributors to a programme possessing real merit were Miss Maud Florence, Mr Harry Linden, .vliss Ida Berridge, the Rose Sisters, and Messrs Morris and Wilson. Some excellent pictures were depicted by the Warwick bioscope, one of which, "Detective's Tour of the World," was a particularly fine film. The same programme will be repeated to-night and throughout the week. MACMAHON'S PICTURES. MacMahon's picture entertainment continues its successful career at His Majesty's Theatre. On Saturday evening there was another large audience. The excellent scenes showing the main incidents in ""Robbery Under Arms" aroused enthusiastic applause, and th* other pictures recently received from Paris were no less successful. One of these was a picture shown for the first time in Auckland, entitled "Prince Harlequin at the ilagic Toy Shop." This proved to be a capital scene, both amusing and clever. It represents the chase of his lady-love by a doll Punch, in which the distracted lover on a wooden horse follows her through fairyland, meeting the most startling adventures en route. This 51m will be shown again to-night. Mr. Howard Vernon and Miss Yinia de Loitte repeated their interesting sketch, "Rip Van Winkle," and Miss Iris Vance contributed several illustrated songs. The first change of programme will be given to-night, when a number of new items will be given, including a fine picture, "Lost in the Alps," and a funny imitation of a brass band contest. The artists will appear in new sketches.