AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 151, 26 June 1909, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

WEST'S PICTURES. I West's Pletotis arid fie (Sroen's Orchestfs. Bring £ most irieeessffil seaidii. fa a Close it His Majesty's Theatre with Mi performance to be given to-night. THE QPliiS. fiotSE. The Seaet-Marlow Company gave, artf other performance. of "Lured td Lbflilpri.'* before an appreciative audience. The piece will be repeated to-night; and Oβ lloriday jpext. wiH give" pMc'e t'6 "The Woman PayaV 1 THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL. The Paihe Pictures' presented at til Eoyal Hall last high* w≤3 witnessed By i good audience. . A. matinee' was held this afternooif; and ififire will be another entertainment to-night. TlVOIil THEATRE. The Tiyoli Theft ire, Nekton, continues to attract satisfactory audiences; the entertainment proving thoroughly acceptiijle to the patrons Of tifs. Mow popular place of amusement. CHUNG KENS SOO: There is much controversy about Chung Ling S'6'6, the wonderful Chinese magician, who .wul appear on Monday evening and following nigfits as star attractibn of Mr. Hkrry SlckardS' Company at Hi 3 Majesty's Theatre. Chung Ling Sod's artistic hoarding posters illustrate: success df a simple yet ingenious device. New Zealand 1 audiences have

noted that Chung Ling Soa never spedka at all; and they consider that significaiit in an , Entertainer, who iiitist by experience be now familiar wrth a good width of the wotld. Even pidgin English, which students sky will eventually become the Esperanto of the earth, might be at least a little more eon : vincmg than silence. Aa to the secret of iis art; there is wider dnreTgence .of fiew; many going to the length of declaring that he is a hypnotist; vtho; by some occiil-t jsovver delttdeS hie audiences 1 into the belief that he is doing some: tßirig almost supeniaturaL Seats can b"e booked at Wildman , arid Arey's, and early door day tickets can be purchased on Monday at H3S: Cafe; dILIFORMA SOTS. A TALENTED COMPiJfY; Tie Califbriria Park Ciut> boy<Sj a picked band of clever young imisiciana tind athletes from the California*! social institution -with tie success bf which Major S. ,S. Peixotto's name is so closely associated, were introduced to the public of Auckland at the €.'hofal Hall last nigfit.. The greater fiark of tie evening was devoted to an. iiiusirated lecture bj- the Major bit "The City Boy," as the problem. presettts itself in the big American cities; and although, ine §ui> jeeE matter of hie self-sacrificing arid STicc'ess'ful quest should be interestinj* to all thoughtful and intelligent people; yet a email section of the aiidierice ; evidently attended under a misapprehension fis tq tie character of the evening's entertainment. The manifestation, of their _disapp_oinment was of a- variety peftainiiig to tfiat Sbo'dTinfi whjicli we would Sain Wa.ve had the Major and his band think Auckland lacked. Tlie boys opened the proceedings v*ith Eeveral _ band selections reiidefed with that verve anil Criapness wnfeH M characteristic of American band music, the musicianly qualities of the young instrumentalists being displayed in a measure that dfliglit&i theif audience and produced round ftftei . round of applause. this, Major Peiiottd was officially welcomed by Mr. L. j. Bagnall, in the absence of the Mayor; and then for an hour, the aims, work; an d. PTPS? 63 ? °%. the famous Ainericari institutidri for tlie sdciai develogmlSt of boys upon healthy lines were cii plained. The one inspiring idea of the promoters of this c'Mb, Eaid the Major, was to save the city Boy from de : generating iiita a BiaSg yytiflg matt 8f the street—;-to imbue him with a desire for the natural pleasures and healthie* ambitions of life, and_to_ encourage him to the development of tnoie instinctive qualities possessed_ by boys which, only given the opportunity, would lead them tq the higher and ndbler idSaH Sf life. The loiig series of illustration 3 which accompanied the lecture the numerous branches of meatai and physical culture that were a part of the club life of this" boys, the irie*s of parties en route through the beautiful and diversified land of California on walking tours; a favourite suimrier paStime in America, conveying a_ particulairijr interesting impression of a phase that is one of the most popular features of the club with its meniDerS. At tie conclusion of the lecture; the band gare several more inspiriting selections, elbsing , witli "The Star Spaiigled Banner" anjf "God Save the King.-'

This afternoon a matinee performance was jfiVen at the Choral Hall, specially reduced cTiarfes being iiiade for children, while this evening .the season., closes with a diversified programme by tfie boys,, fbdtball rilly of California Itfiiveriity,.ana; several otksf exceedingly lhiferestiiijr items petujiar- to American life beinar a part of what promises to be a thoroug-lily ettj'dyable entertaminent.