AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 82, 7 April 1913, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

THE BUTTERFLIES. The bright and breezy flight of Butterflies gave another change of programme to a crowded audience in the Town JUall concert chamber on Saturday evening. The list of ltem f' , a ? 111 tho previous programmes, sparkled iii turn with merriment or gripped the appreciative sense of the audience witli their artistic quality, not a dull moment being possible in the whole two hours or more of the entertainment. As before. Mr. l> red W. Dennett, the talented pianist of the company, aroused his hearers to enthusiasm over bis solos on the Instrument, his rendering of Liszt's •• Rhapsodic Mongrolse" resulting in perfect storms of applause and demands for more. Miss Marion Arinitage was again more tuau successful with a new budget of Yorkshire dialect soug.s, ami Mr. Foster-nine's une voice was exhibited with notable effect in "Star of Eve." Mr .lack Waller was as usual the keystone of some excellent nonsense, while the other members or the party all had to respond to imperative encores. \ The programme will he repeated this evening.

OPERA HOUSE.

Aα entire change will be made in the programme at the Opera House to-night. The Crimson Ramblers, who have made a very favourable impression, will be hoard in new selections, and The Lessoes. sharpshooters mid jugglers, and The Clnxdys, aerial and trapeze performers, will make their debut in Auckland.

fiLOBK PICTURES

Tho change of programme presented today at the Clobe Theatre Includes several particularly entertaining subjects. NJck ■Winter is the particular hero of tho programme, his latest exploit being quite a sporting event, in which he rides a famous mephorse to victory, and lutor captures a gang of thieves tliiit attempted to abduct the rarer. The story is full of thrill and dramatic incident. A fifty-mile niito rare is a fine sportlns plctnre. and the Island of Java scenes show n number of unusual landscapes. "Bertie's Korrowed flumes" and

"The Amatonr I'oisoncr" provide adequate romedy, and the Ganmont Graphic series impresses world events of the month quite pleasantly on the minds of patrons.

QUEEN'S PICTURES.

Tho now proßrnmrne at the Queen's Theatre Ik notable for its drama stories.

"A Road Agent's Love" has a Wild West sotting, and it tells how a road agent bemuse of his love for a girl delivers himself to the sheriff under her escort in order that she might cot the reward and free herself from the debt of an unwelcome suitor. "Ills brother's Crime" is a drama of a particularly powerful nature. Two brothers love the one girl. One of the brothers commits a crime, and the other is imprisoned for it. but escapes just on the eve of the guilty one's mnrringe to the girl. Exciting incidents crowd thick and fast, but eventually justice is done, nnd the plrl gets the rlebt man. "Work in the Telegraph Department" is an interesting cdncational film, as also is "Life ot a Danish Peasant." A couple of excellent pictures represent the comedy element in the programme.

PICTURE ENTERTAINMENTS.

•The Secret of the Safe," an engrossing story of a mystery, aud "At the l-'oot of the Scaffold." pointing the moral of the danger of circumstantial evidence, will be two of the now sot of ninis screened at the King's Theatre to-night.

('has. Rende'H masterpiece, "It is Never Too Lnti> to Mend." will be shown In moving picture form at the Lyric Theatre this evening. Thy series will be an entirely new une.

The weekly change of films will be made at the Uoyul Albert Hall to-night, when an entertaining selection will be exhibited. Chief of th<ts« will he "Tlie Blacksmith,' an exclusive dramatic study.

A change of bill is being made at the King George Theatre to-day. The feature film is "Too Late," n powerful historical drama fouuded on fact.

"From Fireman to Kngineer," "A Humble Hero," and "Playmates," are three splendid dramatics being screened at the Newton Palace at present.

HUGARD TUE MAGICIAN

Ilugard's father toured America and Europe many years ago, aud was known as the " Wizard of the .North," and no doubt many people from the Old Country will still remember him. Jiugard is suid to inherit nil the cleverness of his father, and, iv addition, has the experience of later years with their great scientific advancements, which he has made the most of. . As a sleight-of-hand pertormer llugard is said to acknowledge no equal, and many papers place Him on a par with the celebrated Dante, who was world-famous. Speaking of ilugard's performance a leading Melbourne paper says:—" Preceded by a big reputation as a -conjurer and exponent oi the magic art, Hugard came as v performer ot whom much wan expected, and it may at once be said, that it has rarely been the fortune of an audience to have ottered in the space of a couple of hours so many testifying experiments, and such a wealth of remarkable accomplishments in sleight-of-hand. . As a card manipulator, llugard most assuredly acknowledges no superior, and while be has at his command the whole stock-in-trade of the conjurer to which local audiences have been accustomed, this artist has gone to the very limit, and his extraordinary feats in up-to-date magic would Impress, If not almost convince, the most practical and sceptical." is supported by a strong company of high class vaudeville stars, and shows at His Majesty's Theatre to-night, for a season of six nights. Seats may be reserved at Wlldman and A rev's.

INA BOSWORTU FAREWELL.

The opiuion is confidently held by the representative committee which is organising the farewell concert to Miss Jna Bosworth for Thursday evening next thut the event will be a strlkiug success. That it should be so is gracefully fitting, for various reasons. In the first place. Miss Bosworth and her skilfully manipulated violin have beeu generously available for many worthy objects in Auckland, aud, secondly, her playing has been so promising as to elicit from visiting professionals of highest musical rank the advice that she should be given the best training available in Europe. Furthermore, the lute Governor (Lord Islington) and Lady Islington were so impressed with the possibilities of Miss Bosworth as a violiniste that one of their last acts in this Dominion was to bespeak the interest of Auckland citizens in her behalf. Their Excellencies offered generous assistance. Inasmuch as they promised to be responsible for the welfare of Miss Bosworth and her mother during the period of study iin Kurope. Several notable amteurs have come forward to assist at Thursday's concert, and the programme should be most enjoyable. Miss Bosworth will play two of her favourite items.

ROLLER SKATING.

The maple floor at the Priuce's Rink, which it is claimed is the nearest approach to ice, was extensively patronised on Saturday, the evening sessions being particularly well attended.