AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 61, 11 March 1916, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

■wiimrs , circus. ' ! The hig shows of Wirth Bros.. Ltd., open | at Auckland on Saturday, March IS. near H-olkoii tftrent Bnths. A programme of cxceptkmnl mfrit will be prepared. The Roya; ■Wirth iKamlly nnd P.ipt-ain Hilling's performing son Is :ir<- nt the haul of uhe bill. The former have just returned home afkr a tour round -the world lasting live yencs. With them la .Jftes '.May Martin Wirth. whose career an a rider has been remarkable. She is an Australian gtrl. who received her early trainftl£ Willi the Wirtih rSras. Show. After «l starring engagement with the hiice Barnnm ami Hnlley Show she went to Kugland, and appeared at the premier amusement |>hices. and also before King George and Queen 'Mary at the lllyjnpia. The act in wliirlr"thc family appear is railed "A L'lmis Modern." nnd is a delightful lrumtier. Captain Iluilns's seals are described as the most wonderfully trained ani-m-als that have ever hren presented to nn Australasian public. I They jugclc wllih balls and bars In a mar- • velloiiM mamier, walk tne tight-rape, and', ride a pony. Juggling the while. They play , tiiT.es nn a set of elr-ctrir bells, and combine In the -Seal Hand." which is excruciatingly ' appear. The Twins are two bar ■perforrtiM-s-rtf'-tai- gentler-spx. Their-, per-' "Tormdncc is KrnriTiil and" clever, and thoy I are said to aeromplish feats that few uieu can equal, lxiuvain on the aerial wire has many new things 10 show, and tie Krnejstonlans and Novikoffs. in their jierial act nre .-lever beyond the ordinary. Mnssa Marnier, the Rusfdnn Cossack, gives a gral>hl<- cxpositi<£i of rhe Ccwsaek modes of! warfare, and does wonderful things while hts horse is at the pallop. A group of voting Aiislralhin-'brod lions, horn and trained in! the mini try. supply nn item of more than I ordinary interest. These and a number of' 1 highly trained bursas and elephants are but' , 2., I> "' tu ' ni!i 1° a very i.-ngthy programme. T he /.m, is open f rom .) to 3 doily, at :i nominal fee. nnd nn interesting sight Is the feedIng of the seals and sea-lions. Matinee per-' formnm-e.s will be given on Wednesday and Saturday. Th-e box plan is at Wildman and Arey a. < LYRIC THEATUE. Mary Plckfortl. the idol of picture lovers : will appeal- a t the I.yrie Theatre on .ilon<lay in the lNnyor film Compau.Vs prodtic- ' tlon emltled "Mistresc Nell." The aim an elaborate photo-version of the celebrated ' play by <;<»;>. c. Hazleton. pictures the driiiii;; ilays of gay King -Charles 11 Mary riekford plays th« title role of pretty Neil : Gwynue, tuo whimsical, inipulsivi- and ' piquant little favourite of the pulilie and < monareli of England. An excellent east. 1 Including Mr Owen Moore, who plays I Charles 11.. coutrllmtes to make the play ■ one of unusual Interest and merit. i I; OTIIEK riCTURE SHOWS. \, Allen rioone is appearing at tho Grafton ' Theatre to-night in a typical Irish picture, 1 "The Hrtiei." A line attraction is offered at .Everybody's • Theatre next week, wheu Tittell Brune will , appear in "Esther Redeemed." , "The Abduction" continues to draw large i' ■audiences at the Graud Theatre. The picture will be screened for the last time , to-night. "The Arrival of I'erpetua." featuring the ' ■bewitching picture actress Miss Vivian Mar-: tin, is now showing at the Princess ! The sensational melodrama, "Th-e Girl With the Red Feather," is the film at the ■ hcail of the list at the King <Jeor ,Y e. i "The Wolf," a trapric masterpiece, with a ' wealth of glorious snow scenes, is a popular ' Him 011 the programme at the Globe Theatre. ] A Kalem drama. "The Prison Stain" is I a sensational picture now being screened I, at the Palace Theatre. " | A big racing drama, entitled "The Second String." will be screened at the Arcadia on Monday. "The Coal King" proved it great success at the Queen's yesterday. "Charlie's Elopement" provoked screams of laughter 1 Leo- Delaney and Julia Swayne Gordon arc playing the leading rolee in "The-1 Tigress." a splendid feature of the King's programme. The management of the Victoria Theatre at Uevonport announce for Monday and Tuesday a bill including a Viragraph' Broadway Star feature. "The Silent Plea " and 1 acEil'd,^ rroyd y eutitled "Charlie Chaplin aa