ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 177, 21 April 1908, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

.-. opera ndusii.... V ■ Holiday ' attendances ■. iwero; > experienced' - atboth, the matineo and evening performances, of-. "Cinderella," at,.the : Opera •• .House , yesterday.' Miss Helen Barlow,' 1 iii part;, and the' irresistibleJlr., Sheridan; .-as,. Cinderella's, stepmother, . acquitted themselves .to' tho delignt, of the" crowdcd aiiditricos;. who'gaVo' eloquent expression to thfeir" approval.,', Tlle'.pantoniiinti : will bo repeated t'o-mght, arid there' will' bo'-a matineo to-morrow : afternoon. . .- ' ;A' . DOMINION' BAZAAR; : VM There "was ",a splendid'.'. 'attendance at the , Dominion' Bazaar list. liight, hundreds Of poo-, pie naving aqcided. to'finish their, holidays by a visit to the Town / Hall, ; where once moro"' 'Signor Borzonifs, pupils performcd-' tlieir clever; dances „and.'marcnes,/; to,-.the;,delight.,'of tho spectators.' A bmk . trade ...was' done' atvtho stalls,-, and -.the .side .shows .attracted, a. great' : many visitors.' -' The takings .-for. the -evehini* amounted to X1i1)... V '• TTIE.<TRE -ROYAL.';' .r ; . Quite remarkable"people -are : the' Les' Reg.giardos.(Antonio ana, Kitty); who .riiiido..'their first appearance before . a crowded hoiidly' . audio lice 1 at tlie Theatre' Royal' last' - evening.-'J-h® (ady. Uqes some clever plate Spirihiiig and balancing, /lier most remarkable 'feat being ; the _■ spuming 1 -' ofa huge bofrl . on, top - thtf flexible. handle 01 a;carriage .wliip,- the' bend o£ which rests oii/tho upturned: efigd of Y-. plate held in her, mouth., •; I'lie feat,.elicited' a rbulid. ot applaUso;, .. Antonio is" versatility, combinedwith amodest bearing. .-' Nothing : comes, amiss 1n- u ~A fte r : tf gsiing Svith tbreo billiard' balls,, ne fixes an 'array of net!pockets to'hisperson,• does , tho • most , astonishing'tricis in catching;tha. balls, and iii' transferring them' with lightning rapidity, from one- pocket to the : othe r- , -Wien he operates with a huge, shining cannon-ball'which ho tosses about with surprising ease arid deftness: on his ..welMevelofleci muscles,, finally, throwing it well up in.- the air and allowing, it > alight oh the back of'his" neck, a la Cmquevalli.; - The' most' thril'line pait.-of. -the 'act■ is.' tho '.sword-swallowing.'. fourteen •or fifteen inches-111 length,,' ivh'ich ' d «^ ;hls throat with^ifarming-ease, and. lvitty .follows ■ that - up with- "swallowing Va Jner .blade a foot in length,-, following .it -with thrusUng . down/her-throat thfee bladls;-which', she .wthdrawsi one .at- a . time.,": Not vtd .btf outdona.Antonio, taies.a. sword- quite' ojghteon. • a ? d jtJW'Ws: interior with-. a fine . relish. , Then •; attaching-a bayonet to-the;,. butt'of a', rifle; he -places'the' rifln 6 :•»*, 'fires-: 'the :• attached.nf10.., As absolute proof of- tho genuineness' a oleo^!°,: light' is -.attached-to the-end _ of' a blade; which the lady -swallowsthe stage darkened the glow of the light can btf seen through'the , flesh as it is passed up and down. last: evening ? s pro? v^tt saw the appearaiice hero of Miss Voro. Hamilton the possessor of a tuneful soprano voice of pleasant timbre. ' Tho Va£: tells, clever horizontal aar performers made a successful re-apoearanco, and Mr.: Tom Burrows repeated Ins remarkable -fancy! club swinging. performance. Other turns " were presented by Molvin and Praivlev SaimmV Snd Pete !' so n. Jack Willis,

• HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE •4?. *a» the <*» in the other. theatres tho pubho had to be .turned away, in largo'crowds from His Majesty's Theatre last' evening when a capital programme of high-class pictures was submitted to an interested n,i,l ionce The xlass of films nou being sented management is equal' to the ton' r • 0 >en .shown, in.Welling-:

Beethoven will bo the subject pf tho second lecture-concert to be given by Hiss Richmond and SJr. R. Parker to-morrow, evening. The , concert-givers will have the . valuable assistance of | Uerr Max Hoppe, ..Mr.v and: Mrs. H. rombs, and Mr. Leon Cohen'in the concerted music,; and Dr. Kingston Fyffo will sint- two of tho composer s finest songs', "Adelaide," and nrlr i °'n. Seats, may be reserved at the .« w;won Piano. Company,; Lambton .(Juai. ;•