ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 615, 18 September 1909, Page 13

ENTERTAINMENTS.

le ..-. ~.......' . ' . . » ALL STAR VAUDEVILLE COMPANY. , a (; Charles Maurice's All Star Vaudeville Comas Puny, which commenced a season at the Opera 10 House last evening, reintroduces tho old-style 11 • minstrel and. variety entertainment of tlie class "■ popular in Wellington for so many consecutive " years. Although the cod-men jnugle the ; y tnjubourino and clack the bones at tho tor'O minals of v the crescent of performers in tho s > first part as of yore, there is a minimum of ! .Y minstrel business, compared with those turns e " which come under tho heading of vaudeville. s > Seeing that Mr. Maurice's company comes unsung, and almost unheralded, it fulfilled its 3t functions very satisfactorily, and in several in--10 stances tho artists rose considerably above' the | !r mediocro, hut there must be some sky even in !S an "all star" firmament, and it was apparent 10 in patches. By far tho best entertainer, the je company stands possessed of is Mr. George t-. Sorhe, whose clever coon songs were well sung, whose dancing wa£ a pleasure to watch, and whose minstrel business generally ' was guito good. In the second half ho appeared in a smart drum-major's kit, and gavo an electrical display of baton or staff-spinning, in , which his silver baton becomes a thing of twisting, twirling life, earning the performer j an ovation. Vocally, Madame Blanche Cnrelli .-. is one of the sweetest and most cultured . sopranos'heard in Wellington: for some time, d The visitor has a mellow soprano of good even - range, of excellent quality, which she iised ir with much artistio discretion in the aria, "An & April Morn," • which she concludes with a top C—full and clear. As an encore, Madame gave , a plensinc rendering of Gounod's "Sere- • nade." Tho company includes two soubriittes. : Miss Pearlie Golden, whoso namo is fully jus- -- tilled by her nppearance, hit the fancy of tho i. audience in "The Cake Walk Craze, , ' which entailed a smartly-executed dance. Miss May " Daphne showed a good • deal of » verve in her song, "Trading Smiles." Miss Vera Daphne and Miss Thelnia Wood sang songs about mother and homo in a mane ner not inconsistent with the artistic demands- ') they made. Miss Florence Hayward's song, '. "Come Back to Me," was marred by an'inade- „ quate idea of tompo. Mr. Walter Jamieson, I who acted as interlocutor, Bang 'Tarewell, s Soldier Boy," and Dick Shaw and Gus Armer ' contributed comic songs and a patter turn in the second prirt. Mr. Headlam.a monolognist, 8 is'clever up to a point, but some of his jokes e need filing down a little if the susceptibilities 0 of tho audience are to be a consideration. prognimroe, which included a number of mov--1 ing pictures (among them a splendid one of v the Wilbur-Wright nerophne in flight) was ~ brought to a close with a farce entitled "The 1 Coming Man.". The present programme will . be submitted until further notice. ■ ' - K . '■'■ /-THEATRE ROYAL. : I M. .Blcriot's. flight across the English Chan- . nel and tho many other moving films—humorous, dramatic, and instructive -which have pleased, tho patrons of "Fuller's" for several a nights, were again displayed last evoning; This t. evening tho Fnller Proprietary will pre«mt t another complete change of pictures, includt ing many of .Patho Frores's latest picturo pro- - auctions, which havo never been seen in Welf lington before. The "star"'picturo is'entitled a On and Off. tho Stage." The picture is de- . cidedly novel and- peculiarly fascinating. r Other pictures are entitled: "Tho Now Stono- , grapher," showing . a business- man's 'worries :hrough a jealous wife, portrayed in excel- . lent comedy;, "Tho Bank Noto" is a Pathe r art illm of exceptional merit, tho acting and ] theme being all that could be desired. The - SPS ln £ Picture is entitled "It's a Diiforent 3 "in Again, and altogether tho programme . promises to bo exceedingly attractive. 1 ■'•'/'.■ , HIS MAJESTY'S. ' «. ■'.' Tho full and varied programino of moving > pictures, which has already been described in • these columns, ius repeated by-the Royal Pic-' j tures Proprietary .last night. • "The Cowboy's ■Sweetheart is a coloured film depicting > ymdly the Tomantio rescue of a cowbbv bv a ■ ' heroic prl.. . ."Yachting at Cowes"-and ■ "Lathams Channel FligTit". aro among the , ihere will,bo the usual matinee and eveninu » display to-day. - - ... > OLYMPIA FLORAL CARNIVAL. i'' • .The closing, nights of the'skating season are' [ at hand,, and a gfoat deal of interest is bolng I taken in the grand floral carnival on Wcdues- ) nay night next mth which the season teriuin--1 ntes. Tho management has decided that no ~ trouble will bo spared to make tho carnival a , memorable one. Tho costumes to" be worn'by r the performers promise to eclipse all previous ones, as far as-artistic charm and orieinalitvare concocned. The battle of flowers, it is said, will be something quite out of tho ordinary. To avoid the extra crush 'at the doors, patrons are advised to book their'seats early. ..-'. MOCK SPIRITUALISM.,' Mr. T. W. Driver; whose conjuring fcata under tho name of Prof. Robert Kudarz, are remembered, promises to.repeat, in the Town Hall next Wednesday night, the "apport" pro--3 ductions of Mr. Charles Bailey, medium. Jlr 5 Driver states that he will be stripped to tho f skin,'and,, undergo a rigid examination by a , .; committee,'and j-at will.produce"articles'smii- -' Jar to Mr; Bailey's "materialisations." Hβ.will also perform,a."number of sensational conjur- ' 'ing feats in imitation of the "manifestations" 1 of spiritualism, ■ : •.■._■ I ... : .ORGAN RECITAL. '■ ' r Fantasie on' "Carmen," by Bizet; Wolsteni Irolme's "The Question and Answer"" (by re- . quest), and an overture to the "Occasional Orai torio," by Handel, aro tho principal items to >bo played.-)?y Mr. Barnett on the Town Hall - organ to-riight, at 8 o'clock. - . ' !.'~ . - , "DRINK.", .', ~ : . ' /The great kinematograpii film l of Zola's striki ing novel "Drink" will bo exhibited as follows: • —Masterton, September 20 and, 21; Pahiatua, • September 22; Hastings, Scpteihb.br 23 and 24; Napier, September'2s to 28; Daiiuevirkb, Sop- ' toinber 29 and 30. The film, which takes forty • minutes to. show, was viewed with much ad- ■ miration when it was exhibited in Wellington ■ some weeks ago. ,',■■ .'■ .- /,