ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 20, 18 October 1907, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

• • ; •.■ ■- ; • ■■'•»- — — : ,/"' - ... OPERA HOUSE. * . •'■ . "A- Beautiful Fiend" was played byj the; ' B Meynell and Company before:,,. fc a large audieuco last .evening. The drama :■ maintains, from ijlie rise to the fall of:-the .. . curtain, a high*, pitch .of excitement of. the-'. 3 thrilling order, and in regard to. the mount-. ~ 3 iug audi dressing takes rank with the best " productions of the class seen in Wellington. . 1 Miss .Maud Jlildyard, -as,-. Wanda Lubinoff,. ', gives a performance that revolts while it at-' tracts admiration for the; actress's skill in :..-. her-art. It is a shuddery characterisation that induces one to think that .'Russia: is a good place to be out of.' Good work'is done r/ in l the'play by Messrs. James' Lindsay, Con- . t way Wingficld, Will Bpvis,' and: by' Miss .'/,' * Quinn, as the somewhat placid 'young lady ■"■' \ who suffers at the hands of' the lovely fiend.'■■■■' ■• [ The uniforms of the men and Miss Hildyard'a . i frocks arc brilliant accessories,toi the plaT. '•■ t Tho play will bo repeated this, evening. . "1 , ' '.. " THEATRE, ROYAL.': : ... :-,.''■ ; As usual there was'a'largo attendance,a(.> " tho Theatre Royal last' night,' and the enter.. ' taimneut provided by Fuller's. Vnudcj'illsI Company kept the audience in unabated good; ~. ■ humour. Dalbeanio , repeated his amazing > feats of equilibrium, . Stewart and Lorraine , made sweet music out'of all sorts and sizes , of queer instruments,' Walker and Hughes juggled joyously "on the lawn," and other . bright items wero contributed by Misses Ger- ' , tie Everett, Pearl Livingstone, Sterling, Dun'bar, and Gertrude Emery, and Messrs. Arthur.. ... . George, Keldie, Davis, Charles Hayes, and Stowart. :'■-..- '. . ''■, LECTURE ON. JAVA. ■, , At the Salvation Army Citadel last'nighl : Major Glover delivered an interesting address on Java. He was engaged there in Army ~ work for a considerable time, and acquired a, ' . ■first-hand knowledge' of native life and'eus-,' ; toms, which provided ample material for a' : ' bright address. His remarks 1 wero rounded' off-with song and story, Miss Glover 1 singing some quaint native airs in pleasing style. The . proceeds wore devoted to tho Self-Dcuial Fund,'. \ ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. ; .' —* —— ':-; '. DEATH UNDER CHLOROFORM. , ."; ■ ( [BY TBr.EaitAril.—l'KKSS ASSOCIATION'.] Ashburton, October 17. ;' ;, Mrs. Alexandra StudholuKy wife of Mr, -,-'' John Studholme, of '"Coldstream," South Canterbury, died suddenly under chloroform at tho..homestead yesterday afternoon. ■• The • deceased lady was a daughter of tho late' '; Dr. .Thompson, Archbishop of York. Sho, ? ' married Mr. Studholme in 1897. ' '' '."' An inquest was held to-day, before Mr. .',;',; V. ti. Day, S.M7, coroner. Tho 'medical cvi- .' donee showed that deceased.bad been'.confined, to her bed for eight weeks. Yostcrdaj Dr. B. M. Moorhouso, of Christch'urch,' administered chloroform to allow of an ox-,', uminntion being modo to discover tho com-- • plaint she was suffering from! Though/a post-mortem examination of all vital organs : except tho brain was made, no cause of death, was found. This was attributed ~to-tho:. . chloroform acting on deceased when..''.'sho '~.'.-. was in a weak condition, and suffering probably from some distention of .tho'-intestines, and stomach. ■ ■ ■ _ • .-•' Tho-jury, without retiring, roturncd_a vor» :\ , diet in accordance with the medical evidence.