ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1788, 28 June 1913, Page 14

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE BUTTERFLIES. The Butterflies presented auother de lightful entertainment last evening, niu one which met with' the hearty approvn' of a delighted audience. The season which was for nine nights, outers upoi its last four performances this evening when a change of programme will Ix presented. Those who like really gooc music and an attractive evening's enter tainment should not miss seeing thi: gifted company. The suasion will close 01 Wednesday next. THE ATE E ROYAL. Tho current programme at the Theatp Royal includes many entertaining items Bletsoe's "Crimson Ramblers" seem to 1>( as popular as ever with their auditors and a number of capital turns go to maki up tho evening's entertainment. Carni and Francis, billed as "Continenta Athlete," are a pair well worth seeing and the Mangeans troupe are a ver? clever hand of acrobats and tumblers Miss Olive Sinclair contributes acceptabli vocal items, and "Mons. Herbert is < musician who specialises in the use of al sorts of eccentric "instruments." Th< programme, which has had a popular rui during the week, will be repeated for th< last time this evening. THE KING'S THEATRE. "Heart .of n Pierrot," with Miss Ast; Nedlsen playing in the title thi leading item in the current picture pro gramme at tho King's Theatre this week Other good pictures are: "The Tender foot," "The Squirrel," "Absent-Mindei Abe," and "Tiny Tim Steals ai Elephant." All the pictures are good o their kind, and the programme as a wholi is bright and varied. It will be soreene( for the last time this evening. Ther< will bo a.matinee performance this after noon, HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The first section of tho "Lcs Miserableß' picture will be screened for the last tim* at His Majesty's' Theatre this evening and will givo place next week to th« second instalment. The repre sentation of the great novel is necessaril; condensed, but many of the moving soene' with which it is so richly endowed ar< vividly portrayed, and as a whole tho pic ture must be adjudged' one of the fines of its kind that has ever been produced Other pictures which figure'in the curren programme are "Scenes on the Pad a River in Borneo" and "The Joke Wasn' on Ben Bolt." There will be tho usua matinee performance this afternoon, "QUO VADIS." "Quo Vadis," claimed to be a. grea picture success, will be seen at Hii Majesty's Theatre, Wellington, in July When sold by auction in London, tin '.English rights of this great dramasrapl it is stated realised and the luckj purchaser is reported to have amassed i fortune over tho transaction. "Quo Vadis' was honoured by their Majesties tho Kinj and Quean at the Albert Hall, London on May 6. This is the first time thi Royal patronage has been extended to i moving picture. THE EMPRESS THEATRE. The last presentation of tho preseul programme of the Empress Theatre con tinuous pictures is announced for to-daj aiid to-night. The foremost attraction i; the A.B. "feature" drama, "If Wo Onlj Knew." A careless nurse-girl allows f little child to wander away, and her coin, pleto disappearance causes her parents tc believe that their. little one has beer drowned. Their grief is • transformed tc unbounded joy when tho child is brought !;afely kick to them, after an adventurous •experience. ' The supplementary subjects include: "Polly and the Jewel Thieves" (drama), "The Bath Chair" (A.K. drama), "Hunters of tho Air" (bird study), and a number of comedies. ■ A new programme is to be introduced on Monday. SPQRT , SHORTTS' THEATRE. Shortts' continuous picture show is still attracting tho crowds, and the theatre in Willis Street was well filled at different sessions yesterday. It will be open as usual to-da.v from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. This afternoon there will be a specially attractive programme for the children. "PUSS IN BOOTS." J. C. Williamson's pantomimic extravaganza, "Puss in Boots," which enjoyed such a successful season in Wellington recently, will be staged in the following country centres after its Auckland run:—New Plymouth, -on Mopday, July 7; Eltham, Tuesday, July 8; Havera, Wednesday, July (9; Wanganui, Thursday ami l'riday, Julv 10 and 11; and Palmerston. North, Saturday and Monday, July 12 and 14. As it is impossible to stage, the pantomime at Stratford, the management have arranged with the Railway Department to run a special train from there at G.4S on Tuesday, July 8, which will leave Eltham on tho return journey at 11.20 p.m. Play-goers of Eeilding are. to. have the opportunity of witnessing a production of Puss in Boots" at Palmerston North, as a special trail! will lcavo Teilding at 6.50 on Saturday, July 12, leaving Palmerston North on the return journey the same evening at 11.30. "Puss in Boots" is without a doubt one of the best pantomimes yet staged in tho Dominion, and play-goers in the North Island towns will probably embrace the opportunity of seeing it. The box plans'will be opened in each town three days to the opening night. , SUNDAY CONCERT. On Sunday next, in place of what would ordinarily have been on® of the society's orchestral concerts, Mr. Herbert Bloy has decided to givo tho orchestra a rest, and will sustain tho programme himself with a violin recital, assisted by the Orpheus Male Quartet, which lias recently come to the front in musical circles. This will doubtless appease the appetite of tho many patrons who have so often requested Mr. Bloy to plav on the orchestral concert evenings. Ho will select tho daintiest possible gems from coinposors of the seventeenth century up to Sarasate. The concert will oommence sharp at 8.15.