AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 207, 29 August 1912, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

MISS -MARO-AR-EfT COOPER, There was a largo audience at m. Majesty's Theatre last night, when J_£ Margaret Cooper and lier company of efih-S tainei-s appeared In a new programme. _ri„ ' Coopers charming manner at the. piano an* - the appealing artistry that characterise Ji„ performances have captivated afl w_«__s - heard her, and last night was inrt7r2lll Hon of the previous evenings in the cord M ! '■'■ ''■' reception accorded to the songstress *Tk9 ;: "l>rean__nd'' and "Agatha Green"'-.„»*'l latter by request), "lnii-mstoaes" :S»| "Catch Me." and "Visitors" and "____" ■■■■''■ Miss Cooper showed her reraartahle venlßli tllity and her interpretative skill __FS' ! Horace WJtt.v, .the baritone, Mr"'ftoS 1 I«slle, the raconteur and JmmorUt _SS| 4>ignor Manzoni. the mandolin expert. ._»■*''» contributed new items, and Mr. Cnarl«_ Lawrence's sympathetic . accon_p-i__ii«i_-*;_ were, as before, a pleasant -feature -cHtt. §m entertainment. ° 5 OPERA HOUBE. .vjjj ■ L .v£'] The Opera Honse vandeville entertai*_ ' ment attracted another .big audience _utSi night, the various artists all recelTte _='.S generous measure of appiansc. t i -—I ■ . _|X WEST'S PICTUiRBS. * "*<»": -n. 1-1 The star Item of the new progran_n_e d West's Pictures presented at the Boyal Albert Hall yesterday is a -rank ta'two' acts the story being called "Retribution"' I Briefly, the plot concerns two sisters _n4 the manner In which each, one of then '■• stands up to the straggle which, is ne_iXJl sary to make a living. One girl beco_e»s m stage-struck, and, stealing the s_vn_s '.'&% _] painfully collected -hy her sister and ler»i ?5 self, sets out on the frothy career of Vat vandeviUe artist. In their separate p__, v I the one girl becomes a famous dancer, an. the other, married, passes xhrongii many trials and sorrows with her husband, tronV : eventually he falls heir to a fortune. > E___: the paths of the sisters cross again and a' fS sensational conclusion shows how *tne ins- . band of one sister deserts bis wife __.!oider,'_.!.' to pay /-ourt to the other, the' &_____ M dancer. The unfolding of the story as tt»S several incidents in it are revealed <m-a_ screen will provide sufficient e_MtiOT_lt_nU;; to satisfy the most voraclons. The pro-., gramme also includes the cinematograph repredinction of the Anckland-WeHfiigtoa foot-:; bail match of last Saturday. Pot the rest,?l there is a wisely-selected -variety of drama, j scenery, and comedy, sufficient to provide.? : ;' enjoyable entertainment for a couple ot v j hours. * ,-k-tJ . ■;'■'•■■ .fill Q«DBE?jrS th___.__bbl; . - W\ ————— ''"'..' >X: An interesting- programme was' _resentea j • at the Queen's Picture Theatre ols Jnonj- ; :li Ing. T_e first rtf.m of the scries Is.'ajaetini W& entitled ''Traditions in Sonthera. Italj," Sifl i r chiefly devoted to a representation- ct ttjeij famous "Passion Play" by the pe_wih_S '. "The Call of a Woman," or **_ WSfe'a D* M votlon," Is a type of popular photo-pky. A young school teacher reforms' tn__.'■„ rough and marries him. All goes jff^jWaß ■ a time, aspecinlly as'he she - * «_-»' of -mms ■ coming a great writer. Howe—er, he pt» sunstroke, and consequent wegienlng of tik'fy' br_lh motes Irlm revert to Site old cabin, : Destitute six nwntlis later,'W*«to».t!i»/'; story of his lift, and i _s accepted. ■ 9<ril**- ' . ry famotis, he does not recagnt m 111. wfft : ' At a banquet in his nonour, ate %___« ; -.' | " reaserts itself, and lie has tohe taken to! ■= f oana-torhma -jrhere his wife Is a nape; rj__er her treatment, he ren-vcre In, ' reason. The p-og-amme inchides a'-naiber--,;. - of other interstlng films, inchjdhigThe'r »; ; Insurgent Senator" and -The Counsel fir&j . the Defence." The latter grips the: -ten- | , tlon to an unusual degree. Comedy not | L neglected, the best t>etng "DBily'fi -Savim. 1 I ELEOWORA BE d-SNIEEDS. •..'"? _ i - . | Great Interest has teem aronsea-li' 1 ' inuEica.l -ircles in Auckland- in "the.forui- ,|- ---coaling visit of EJeonora de CSsDetos, tie -' t grand opera artist, and her 'Uflcnteu cajW -. i I party. The visitors-w-iil -ppesr'ln Hie T^n , Hall on Saturday, September 7, —then «t»J | One program-me will be 6nbmitted. feC".:..' wan Madame Glsneros' success during Vf ■ ; j Melba grand opera season In the Co^S- . wealth, that Messrs. Partus and MJJ | engaged her for the toor wMch she has W-:- ---! completed, ai.d throughout which .*? M. i I wdth ntasnificent receptions. Madame Wf . . subsequently return to America to' wai' .: . important -ijragemeirta WttlD ™«_S!2S«a 1 phia Grand Opera Company, <wW>s_*_,2_ j ; route at D_w>lura to give two _2SS_5t 1 • there. She is supported by Paul,P«"Wj*...) , a Can_dlan tenor, -wfco Is a «JPJ™3 J of song and a master of dKOona- , '■ EngUsh tvrics. Her cellist is Jau>g_ Ijl Si ! ling, whose style Is> oroad -— Tt^Sn_M J - fa tbe fortunate possessor of a njarreuw-* ■ j beantifnl Stradevarius 'cello. • ' .' 1 •PICTURE EM^IvT-IN___Nlß.-' ' ; :- 3 ; There wJU be a complete change cfjpto- I , tnrcs at. the Newton Tlctnre W™*_?St2_ the new programme including "Sworut wnt j Hearts," an American drama. -j* ; ' The current programme at the i#™ v Theatre comprii— pictures which 1» »JJ*"r_ ; aud variety make up a most deHgnnat w tertalnment. ,_____. «t The midVweekly change of P«_g2__'i , the King's Theatre, to he made «H™ff_ , contains "The Black CTia-cellor, __„_T ' Ijovo of an Island Maid." and an exceiie» • comedy, "Thou Shalt N*ot Covet." SKATING RINKS. -. There will be a hookey con_teHt*ma» ! the Prince's Rink to-night. _» Next Wednesday c-vening will be OOJ? , night at the Royal Rink of the «*«£ , ment of Athos and Read, trick skaienv ' who liave rather an unnsual repotanoni" ' skill in their own Mne.