AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15517, 18 February 1916, Page 10

AMUSEMENTS.

• — ? ■ CHORAL HALL. Mr Clomem Wragge lectured a t . the j Choral Hall last night on "Weather. and Climate." in the course of which! 'ho described how forecasts of the sea- j (pons were effected. There was a ■good audience present, and the lecture was listened to most attentively. An-i !other lecture will bo given this even-: ing. j QUEEN'S THEATRE. | "In the Days of .Famine." a Broad- ! way star feature drama, in three acts ! (Yitagraph), featuring James Morrison and Dorothy Kelly, is the principal picture in the new programme shown for the first time yesterday at the Queen's Theatre. It is a very line picture taken amidst the snows, and forests of : Canada, and is a stirring tale of the j 'Ted year," that most disastrous vear \ in the annals of the Hudson's Bay Company, when smallpox raged throughout, the outposts of the far North-West. One of the French-Cana-dians is entrusted with the perilous task of going out and burning the plague-stricken cabins, and in one of them he finds that the only survivor is a little five-year-old girl named Jeanette, who by some miracle has escaped the dread disease. He knows | his danger, but takes her away to an I isolated cabin. He manages to pull | through, and after many months they make their way back to the settleI ments. At twelve years of age she i.i sent to school, and after five, years rej turns. A young lieutenant and the ! French-Canadian go on a long journey, I nnd the Canadian meets with an acciident- and has to be left behind. How- ! ever. Jeanette heads a rescue party land he is found alive. The, whole picture is a beautiful photographic study of snow and forest scenery. The supporting films are: "American Fashions—Hats" (Pathe), "His Body- | guard" (Lubin comedy), "He Fell in ithc Park" (Nest comic), and the latest "Pathe Gazette." GRAND "THE ATEE. i Charles Chaplin, the inimitable comedian, still continues to draw large I crowds to the Grand Theatre with his i laughable comedy, entitled "A Woiman." The supporting pictures yesterday were all new, the principal drama being an Essanay production [called "The Whirlpool." This photoi play, in three acts, is well staged with | excellent photography. The opening j and closing scenes are novel. An angry ! seething mass of grey waters, boiling from unknown depths, symbolises the : evil which befalls the man and the 'woman who stray from the path of i virtue, as told in the story. The plot holds one's attention well, especially . the third act, which is exceptionally I well acted. Chief interest is centred .in the acting of John Cossar, as the | State Attorney—the absorbed, self- ! contained lawyer whose chief pleasure jin life is his work and who forgets ithat his wife needs companionship in j her home and a few pleasures outside iof it. A particularly interesting film jwas "Shell Manufacture for the FamJous French 75 Gun," which showed the, ; making of shplls from the raw material to the finished article, a feature beinc; the employment of thousands of French women in the ammunition factories. "The Eclai r Journal" showed an interesting budget of pictures, such as the annual pilgrimage of patriots in France to Chantilly in honour of French heroes, the battalion in Kitchener's Army composed of navvies, Brii tish Artillery moving through London ' on its way to the gallant Serbians, Lord Derby's recruiting scheme, a gigantic I American railway smash, leading I American aviators exhibiting their ; skill in the air, etc. The same films j will be shown to-night. During the I day sessions special pictures will be I screened.

SYDENHAM PICTURES. A fine audience attended the. Sydenham Theatre last evening, when the change of programme proved most interesting. ••How We Hear, tho Emden"' was a very instructive picture I record of the incidents which surrounded I the finish up of tho notorious German raider. The film was obtained by I special permission of the Commoni wealth Government. Another excellent film was that of •'Jealousy,'' a j telling drama of heart interest.' Two I splendid laughmakers were included •in the scries, chief of "which was a j splendid Keystone comedy, in which ! Charles Chaplin is seen in one of his : mirth-making characters. The others were: "Mr Ja-ra and Love's Young Droam," and "Tillio the Terrible Typist." A tine edition of tho "Gaumont Graphic" was also screened. The programme will be repeated to-night. • j HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ! Another crowded houso assembled at His Majesty's Theatre last night to witness the star drama, "Tho Crucible." produced by the Famous Players Company. The programme will he repeated this evening. | EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. j The naval drama, "How Wo Beat tho Emden," and the Chaplin comedy, I "The New Janitor," proved irresistible 'attractions at Everybody's Theatre yesterday, all sessions being crowded. The . same pictures will be shown at the I usual hours to-day. | GLOBE THEATRE. The popular serial, "The Million Dol- ; Jar Mystery," which reached its climax in tho two final instalments presented 'at the Globe Theatre this week, attracted further large houses yesterday. The same programme will be given today.