ENTERTAINMENTS, ETC.

Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 50, 1 March 1905, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS, ETC.

THE 810-TABLE-AU. At tho Opera House last night, every picture presented by Mr. Williamson's I3io-tabloau which showed a Jupancsa success was applauded to the echo. Except lor a slight shading of figures in tho immediate foreground, tlio war scenes aro vivid enough to awalcvtt a martial thrill; tho pathetic tableaux being equally realistic and moving. It would bo hard to find a moro stirring picture than that of tho great Toronto iiro, and it is to bo hoped that it and the rnteresting Nikko Festival will still find a place in the new programme advertised for this evening. A matinee performance was held this afternoon, and another is announced for next SaUrrday^ FULLER'S ENTERTAINERS. Messrs. Harley nnd Williams aro tha bright particular stars at His Maje&ty'a Theatre, where a largo audience last night applauded their "motor car" hketch. Other aitists were üb?o well received. Further new talent is being imported by Messrs. Fuller from Aus« tralia. Ardo, an exceptional .contortionist, Mr. Bob Foster (comedian-) , Miss Eileen Murray (.soubrette), Mr. Herbert Stanley (Tiumorisit), Mr. H. Harrison (ventriloquist), Mr. Bert Giynn (comedian), and MaSicr Merling (soprano vocalist) arrived in Wellington from Sydney by the Moerald this morning, and are to appear at His Majesty's Theatre witii Fuller's Entertainers on Saturday licit. WILLIAMSON'S GILBERT AND SU& LIVAN OPERA COMPANY. For some considerable t«no past thero has been a pronounced feeling expressed on tho part of New Zeal^urdcrs for a revival of the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Mr. J. C. WfiHiam,son recently organised a company, after a oonsiderable amount of trouble and expense, to present these ever-popular operas, which, judging by the rownt experiences in Sydney, aro not likely to be forgoUcn for many years to come. Thero m every reason to believe that the advent of tiho Qilbprfc nnd SuUhian (revivals will fully establish their lftaority of claim over tho lat-er and lighter class of musical play. It is tho intention of the management lo present all tho repertoire during tho limited season. A lecture on the law of mental healing was delivered at York Chambers hwb night by Mr. J. Goodman. The lecturer Contended that history showed that man possesses a power over the functions and sensations of the human body which can. bo worked at will under certain conditions to alleviate pain. 110 quoted tho cures at l>ourdes as instances in support of his contention that this power ia evoked by suggestion, or an appeal to tho soul force. To-night a "re-union social" will bo held in .tho Donald M'Lenn-staeet Primitive Methodist Cituich, when addresses will be dcliveredi)Teferring to the past twenty-fivo years' Church work. Refreshments will bo handed round, and a special thank-offering will bo taken up. The programme arranged for tho song and piano recital to be given by Miss Amy Murphy and Mr. Cyril Towsey at tho Municipal Council Hall next Tuesday ovening, should win tho favour of all lovers of chamber music. Full particulars will bo given in due course. The Port Yucht Club will hold its picnic and sports meeting ab Day's Bay on Saturday next. Air. Robert Parker's lecture on Shakespeare and Music wfll be given on Friday evening next at. tho Svdnoy-street Schoolroom. The musical illustrations will include many well-known songs and glees connected with various plays, and also tha " Midsummer Night's Dream " overture. Seats may bo reserved for the lecture- att tho Wellington Piano Company's office* Molesw-orth-street. = — a