ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2499, 28 June 1915, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. At His Majesty's Theatre to-night tho weekly change of programme will be presented by the Puller Vaudeville Company. Several new artists will appear whilst ,1 nnmber of popular favourites will reappear. Much interest is taken m the reappearance of Miss Dorothy Harris, an American rag-time vocalist, who since her last engagement m Wellington has apnea red with considerable success in the leading theatres in Australia. and India. She will introduce tho present season's New York ragtime successes. An important first appearance will be that of Little Verlie, a child contortionist, who is said to perform some amazing feats, which includes skipping with 0110 foot whilst the other is placcd behind her head. Tho Tossin* Jostros, America s comedy jugglers, wifl appear here for the first time in a seriesot jugging and hat-throwing feats, which concludes by tho balancing by the male member of a Japanese rickshaw, which contains the female partner and which weighs 300 pounds. Victor the ventriloquist, will discard his dolls ? r a Bo ™s of conjuring tricks and illusions Mr. Dan Thomas, the pantomime comedian, will submit a budget of character and and comic songs. The bill ™ a] s° Mcludo the Musical Sundowner, Mie Fellowes, and the Throe Ruddles, and Eileen Henry. "LIL 0' LONDON." The King's Theatre has as the tonrnllt tlu f f eve " m S, a ' pioductiou of Metros™ p & • woll "known London wol?, V plot i"' e is said to be well up to the usual excellent stvle of the* company, and has the additional S,™ ' days of Empire preference, of being all British." The leading role is sustained by Mi ss Edna FluRi'ath, a clever little a'ctrcss, who is fast coming to the front. Lil o' Loudon ?? a quaint character taken from roal lire, and part of her history woven into a drama, which for characterisation and no?, I'll"!* t-i S Sa '-' has selc,om been equaHed. Lil, owing to tho telement which she has known as home boin° burnt down, while her father is bein° pursued by tho police, finds herself with a tmy tot of a sister, homeless and starving. A young society chap, S* f? rt ™? ther k/ay that she looks after the tiny child, takes her to his fiat, and this leads to many complications, some of which are comic some tragic. The end of the play is said to be gripping in its intensity, til's father burglarises the house, and Lil struggles with him. Neither recognises each other, till lil falls stabbed. The lights are turned up. Then the father recognises his daughter. The end is one that will rank as an artistic triumph 'Hogan's Aristocratic Dream" is a two-reel Keystono feature of a very novel and highly mirthful eliaractei, abounding in situations calculated J? audience. "Picturesque oamorma is a- scenic study, and other items include "The I'hantom Thief," the prize drama fox which the "Daily Mirror gave a thousand dollars for tjic most suitable ending, and the newest War Gazette.