AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13903, 30 November 1910, Page 11

AMUSEMENTS.

THEATRE ROY AT;. The final performance of "Lover's Lane , ' was given last night at the Theatre Rojnl by tho lMimmer-Dennis-toii Company, when there ivas an cxi .-client lioiisc. The piece went ■.veil : throughout. The competition for tho prize offered by Messrs Piimnier and Denniston in connection with "The '. Passing of the Third Floor Back" ; Hicif'd over 250 replies. The adjudiea- • tor selected two as of equal merit. :*nd the prize o> £10 10s w ill be, divided. i The i.-llowing were the answers of Mrs : Alic!:<:•-■' Campbell, Avonsidc, and an ~ji,.)ii.v.-..i-)ii.s eoinpetitor. under tho norn! de-plume of '■(ialk-ryite," to whom the i j,rize has t-ei'ii awarded. Mr.s Muhael i Cnnip'H'll's answers are: (1) ''Who is ' lie:-■■—"-The Stranyer is doubtless t> t author's conception of the Divine nine r pi-!f latent in all people. He is i endowed with t!;o power oi lifting ire ! real' from the unreal,' tho true Ironi ! the ful.se, and this him the po^er

over others which the play so poworj fully illustrates. , ' (2) "The meaning ;of the play is tho realisation in each mind of 11<i.s Divine self which is imnlnntod in every human sou! waiting )<ji the awakening spark which shall ! turn the most iunoble life into one of nubility, unselfishness, and love." Tlie answers of "A Ualloryite" are:-------il) "Who is her , '--'"One of the helpers ~.{' humanity. Stasia says, 'What is, f1 , ..- lc<kkl of \is all!-" A cry wniiif; from the soul hy the liy[>ocrisy which she sees around her. The rry id hoavd hy 'The Passer-by.' who socks admission to their cirdo and shows to t hem all their •true, and better self. And this is the ! lesson that there is in every one, cheat. 1 cad, coward, etc., a true and I hotter self, and huw much happier we ; would all be if we only acted up to j that better and nobler self, for it if.

1 there, evon in the lowliest." The I anonymous competitor has requested I that "should the answers he deemed corI root, the prize money should bo sent Ito the Chri.stchurch Hospital autliorii ties to he spent on a Christmas-tree for the little .sick children j FULLER 'sTpiCTUItES. ' A very excellent programme was I given lnist night at the Colosseum ;n ! connection with Fuller's Pictures. The I films of various industries were exceedingly interesting. To-night there will ho a change of bill. The principal new pictures will include "Through I Branderhury," "The Right to Labour," "Vacation 'in Havana," "Picturesque Sydney, ■' "Little Angel of Luck," "Valmero, the Golden Shell," -'The Governor's Daughter," "Norway to New York," "Girl of Triple X Ranch," and several humorous films.

OPERA HOUSE. I The programme submitted at the Opera House last evening met with the unstinted appreciation of a large audience. Farrell and Gaffncy provided the "star" vaudeville turn, and the pictures of the Kelly C4ang provided an interesting bioscope study. The same programme will bo repeated this evening. HAY WARD-WEST PICTU R ES. The- current programme of HaywardWest Pictures was repeated in His Majesty's Theatre last evening to a largo audience, the films depicting tho manoeuvres of the German fleet, and the Portuguese revolution corning in for most attention. The programme) will be repeated this evening. VOCAL RECITAL. The vocal recital to bo given, this evening in tho Durham street Methodist Church should be of great interest from a musical point of view. It will bo given by Mrs Ernest Firth, a lady who possesses a very fine contralto voice, and, in addition, is a cultured musician. The accompaniment, being on the organ, will afford a much better opportunity for the full display of the resources of tho voice than if a piano were used. The programme of vocal numbers will include, amongst others, "O Thou that Tellest" and "He was Despised," from "The Messiah"; Bjumenthal's "Sunshine and Rain"; Liddle's setting of "Abide with Mc" ; Gounod's "0 Divine Redeemer" and "Entrefkt Mo Not to Leave Thee," and

Needha'm's cradle song, '"Hushcen." ■Mr Ernest Firth, in addition to playing the accompaniments, will play five organ solos. '•THE MESSIAH." On Wednesday, December 7th, Handel's oratorio "The Messiah" will be given at St. Luke's Church. Judging from tho way in which the rehearsals have gone, the oratorio should be successful. An offertory will bo made in aid of the organ fund, and it is hoped will Vie liberally responded to. wajnonFpark. In addition to several school picnics already held at Wainoni Park, there are a largo number booked for December. This season a free naval duel will be given for the entertainment of every picnic visiting the Park. Mr G. L. Petersen, advance agent for Wirth Bros.' circus, arrived at the Bluff by tho Uiiruaroa on Monday to make arrangements for the Xew Zealand tour.