ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 252, 17 July 1908, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

■ . : ♦ •' THEATRE ROYAL. . .The entertaining bill -.with;which': the' Ful> • ler Company is entertaining; followers .of . the, popular house of. pleasures of ; .a kghorder, ■ the movement.-being brisk and refreshing . from'the-rise"of-the;curtain'. 'Belle Gibbons, tho lady'.barit'orie, Kadamo, a Japanese wir&- ; 'walking : expert,: Tod : Calloway; -.and \Chaa., Moody are • about tho ' brightest of the/clever 'o'ollection.of.artists, . all" of. : whom appear ;to have, made their'way .into the .good graces .of . local ■ audieric&si•.The bill .will-be altered tomorrow.- evening,. . HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE/. . ' The programme which-is being put-before :patrons of Hi's -Majesty's Theatre at present,: js' att'rkting'large-houses,.-and >'the. audience are not- slow in' slowing'theirapproval or the; fare p>ri>vided*''by'the management;' The pic- • turesV ; of;'the Anglo-French I ' Exhibitionare instructive,'and' : there is'_'amusement' in.plenty in other screens,, ivhich includo the laughable efforts of a .bridal couple tb elude thexamera;. fiend. " A'matirioe performance is announced for to-morrow afternoon;. >. .•» ,'OLYMPIA'SKATING RINK. • Olympia is now a wcll-linown word amongst the Wellington pleasure-seeking public, judging by the numbers that occupy the floor at the Olympia Rink daily. "The toboggan lends . ail additional attraction, whilst'the Olympia Band enlivens the proceedings every evening and Saturday afternoons. _ To-morrow night, the presentation of prizes won at Wednesday's carnival, will take place. The management announce that early nest 1 month another of the popular carnivals will be held entitled "Ye Olde; Skating Carnivale." ELOCUTIONARY AND MUSICAL . . ; RECITAL.. . An elocutionary and musical; recital, given under the auspices of, tho Wesleyan Literary . and Debating Society,. took placo in Wesley , Hall last evening. No doubt the exceedingly unpropitious . weather, prevented a /greater. , number ,of people from being present, •. but. What-tho audience lacked 'in numbers.it' made' ; up for in appreciation.of. the programme presented to'- it. Miss Pringle. opened tho entertainment of the 'eVehing" .with the well-known ; pianoforte solo; "Polish D'ancb;," and/later on i gave.'another/solp ."Callerhoo,V' whicb was I encored/; Two humorous sketches, "Tho'Uoblin iHauiitcd Girl',' and, "If. I Dar st, hut l Darsen't,!!iwero'well : recited by Miss Flossie . Dix,\ who 1 was- recalled, for niore. Mr,, Carr was down |oii tho programme'for two songs, WbicliMiko'every other item,. of-'the pro- ••• gramme wero encored. May-Harvey recited Bret Harte's stirring'poem' "Theßida !' of Jenhv M'Neal," "Hogar,''.which'was impVessivelv rendered, "Jest a weary ; 'in. for ■ yer-i". aii'd "Joe and I at tho Theatre," the ' last a bracketed, item. ' Miss Simp- •• son gi'cally pleased the audience with. her flute solos, a lady-flute -player not- being commonly'met' with. An.enjoyable evening's cntertammWt was.' brought. to.' a close .with!. , . the comedietta."A Joint tlouseliolcl," by .Miss Haiw'eyandVMiss-May Harvey^• • Miss.BHnglb accompanied\mosti of • the musical items; . ; -Tlio rilissiou Band, ■ undfer ' Bandmaster Baker, continued the series of- 1 municipal concerts'* at' the Town ' Hall last -evening; Owing t-o the bad weather, there Was a' very small attendance., The programme v/ss of a popular nature,"and- the, band- gave n nuiybor of selections, jivKich were/much appreciated by thoso prr-sont; . : Tlio-Wellington;. Choral Society- will .pip, •• a concert l in aid;'of-' the' wriod wind--iirstru- . ments fund at. the Town Hall to-';ght. ,

' Tho condition of the" more popular, parta of the. Thamo:; ort Sundays and. holidays is . anything but desirable,'aiul this is mostly : taaributalilo to tlie,'wanton igniranco of thoqe afloat, who aro more at' homo'in a basinett<j . ' tliari a b^at,'and'would be' better supplied with a spoon than aii oar.—" ilotor-Bbat,"