AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13907, 5 December 1910, Page 9

AMUSEMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE.

■ Fuller's Vaudeville Company attract■ed a* Urge attcndanco to the Opera I Home ion Baturday evening, when th© ■ excellent prpgramme that ran all tli6 wwk tfn* successfully rope&ted for the rait time. To-night the usual change , of programme will he made, a special ; mlnre of which will be- a return to ta'e'nopular minstrel first part, in which WtlLaDpeat Scot Gibson and Will Mettton,» (bones), Jim Gnffney and Jack j Esowles (tambos). Items -will be given v'by Iho McOornlaek Duo. Tom Viviafl, > { Ruby Wallace, Blanche Carelli, Vernon and the Two Roeebude. The ]' l SK'ing Gnzaes will ajprpear in new [" feats, and Farrell and Gaffney will give ' new dances and sketches. A special , biogra&h film depicting incidents in the • career of-Johnny Vane, the Australian bashrailj&lf, will tie screened, and mil ] be described by Mr Alfred Boothman. , . HAYWARD-WKST PICTURES. Toe final exhibitions on Saturday - afternoon and evening of last week's . prbgtamme of Htoywiird-Weet Pictures '"*ere very largely attended, and the l.flhtts shown were greatly enjoyed. ToN aighj; a new selection of films -will be 1 including "Uncle Tonx'e I; Cabin," a film 2500 feet in lengt&j ]< which trill l>e screened with special ~ musical accompaniments by n choir of tajrty voices, soloLsts. and the grand organ, and an industrial film of notable v'ihteri'st describinit the "Building of the ss. Olympic," the greatest ship that ■; has ever fbatsd> and which accommo- -- aates r>6oo people, has nine decks, anl , Cdet.over one and a half millions. ' FPLLER'^PICTURES. ; T!v» matinee and evening exhibitions "tot Fuller's Pictures wore witnessed , -by. ' irery large attendances nt the Colos- \ sfenm on Saturday, and the very varied •ad excellent films shown were highly ■ appreciated. To-night there will be a . change of which will in* - dode nictnres illustrating th<e dramatic ' and sensational incidents in "UnclA Tom's Cabin," that enthralling story of slave life in America. Other draTOntic films to be shown are "The Stronger Sex" and "A Mother's Cross." Scenic pictures will include "Manxland" (second serjes), "Feeding th<J • fetli. ,, and "Philoe, the Dead City.' A good'selection of humorous films will he screened. ,u tim ST. LUKE'S. Ott TVcdnesday evening Handel's - eratorio of "Tlie "Messiah" will bo given ■ in St. Luke's Church by tho choir or ■ the church. The treble and alto &olos ' will be takfii by the choirboys, th«» tener solos by Mr Reginald Ashcroft, ■-and tho bass solos by Mr W- A. Carew. Mr Lilly, the organist of the church k - *ill preside at thtj organ. A collection »ill be taken for the organ fund. , ORCHESTKAL SOCIETY. - The popular concert by the Orcnes* - tral Society will l» given in the Tliea* te> Royal on Wednesday evening next. object of tho concert is in aid of ; the mv.sic library fund. The orchoetrei .items comiiiise seloctions from '"Tanit- 1 : ; liaiiwr" nnd "Lohengrin," 6chubert'fi '• I overture "ltosamtmde." and his "Un[ifiiusbed Symphony,'' and Liszt's "Rhap* tewlie Xo. C." etc. The eolo vocalists i |*ill be Mr.s Arthur Mead and Mr E. A. | |,Caerlyon-Beimett (of Napier). The plait J*f reserved seate is now open at th© pDrceden. j i- DRAMATIC ENTERTAINJiEXT. Wl l . Under the direction oE Miss Lucy |I»WBJ>- V»- pupils will give a dramatic

,!Z n « nt on Wednesday and \r 7rlnT r* , at the-Wcet End nail, *Z L Btree f ' r "° programme *H1 indude scene* from y £ L}k v.. Swan, ami the comediettas of "Tivontv ORPHEui~SCCIETY The Christchweh Orpheus Society's srvonth Hiibecnption concert takes V\ ar ,? on * "day next in the Chora! Hall. 1. he programmo will consist of orchestra selections, glees, and choruses, and violin and vecal solos.