ENTERTAINMENTS.
. "BREWSTER'S MILLTOXS." • It iv,'is a crowded mid enthusiastic house that watched llisf night tlio squandering of Brewster's million.-.'. All 'iici|uitfodtlieiusclvcs very well, and Ihi> plav ran smoothly throughout. Among the actresses Mis. Brough and Miss 1 Nellie Calvin divide the hmmms between them, and Mr. M'M/ihon is deserving of special menlion for his representation of Joseph M'Cloud, the peppery Scotchman. It whs almost ns well worth while to watch the. audience as the stago when tin! yacht gilt up ste:im. They went quite wild with excitement from tlio first' motion of the vessel, and, 'as the. storm progressed most .realistically,..with rolling deck, swishing ■-waves, and 'lightning nml • thunder, and the .deck sloped, this way and-that with many a _most convincing ,and uncomfortable little' wriggle, hundreds of people Who would linvo been reduced to; the depths'of despair bv a storm in real life, applauded enthlisiastieally, •' and '1 enjoyed' themselves immensely.- The company ,will appear again tonight. THEATRE ROYAL. . Several new performers,at the Theatre Royal gave fresh-variety to the admirable"proprammo which tlio Puller Company presents .each evening. Will .Tames, the Englishbnnjoist, Mis* Miilvcna Moore,. Australian souhrclte, and Gilden, a double-voiced v voealist; all made an excellent impression: • They will appear again' to-night. ... ~/... .... . .. . .., ... ■ iiis' ma.iestV's. ; The picture entertainmcnt-nt ,His l Majestv'n Theatre, was,repeated Inst.night to nn enthusiastic attendance. A cpmplete change of programme will: bo glvin to-night, and- ther'o will also -be.: a-mntiuoo-porformaucc. • . WONDERLAND. . V'" Wonderland', with -its.'varied -sensations and excitements, .delichted '.a..large crowd of visi- : tors yest.erdnv'.' For to-niffht is promised a clever fireworks' representation of a' naval battle on the lakei : ... ■.. ' j _ A musiVn] narty was 'given a t the Torv Street Mission Ha 1.: by- ,-. ; Mrs.'.-Willis;?' last- evening; {bister Isabel presided, and, a-.rery: 'enjoyable evening'wa's snent. 'A .Tananese-'Juet.' in char; acter, was rendered bv Wissfs Edna'Willis and Lawrence; Misses Arnold and Rosenberg gave recitations; songs were contributed- bv the Misse/j Gray (2) 'Britfain'. and Mesdames Enmes alKl.a pinno-.'solo was rendered'bv* .Miss Benge. •• \
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 116, 8 February 1908, Page 7
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