ENTERTAINMENTS, ETC.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 26, 31 January 1907, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS, ETC.

THE EXHIBITION ORCHESTRA. The coming to Wellington of tho Exhibition Orchestra was looked forward to as v groat cvcnl, but' Us per-formances will mark a musical epoch. Appreciation of tho sterling merit of the orchestra was attested lust night by an audience numbering considerably over two thousand persons. The splendid balance and superb genera) effect achieved by tho performers was absolutely astonishing to the gieat proportion of tho listeners, and inoro vigorous, more sustained, and moro spontaneous "applause than that so persistently given last night has never been heard in Wellington. An excellent programme was given, but the characteristic Wagnerian overtures to "Tannhauser" cud "Rionzi," and Liszt's beautiful "Rhapsody Xo. 2" wore outstanding numbers both by reason of intrinsic merit and of tho sympathetic interpretation given. The final performance by tho Orchestra will be given in tho Town Hall this evening, commencing at 7.45 o'clock. fa THE WILLIAMSON DRAMATIC ~^- COMPANY. Tho Opera Houso was well filled last evening, when "Tho Virginian" was again presented. To-night tho pky wil be staged for tho last time. On Friday and Saturday, tho last two nights of the scasou, the romantic military drama, "Under Two Flags," a dramatisation of Ouida's novel, will be presented. The two leading characters of the play,, as of tho book, aro the Hon. Bertie Cecil nnd tho Vivcndiere Cigarette, and will bo interpreted by Mr. Charles Waldron and Miss Ola Humphrey. FULLERS' ENTERTAINERS. This week people in search o£ enter* tainment in Wellington have had littld reason to complain of tho rangre of choice offering ; and it says a good deal for tho money-spending capability of the citizens tbat the management of each concern doing business has had little or no reason to complain on the score of small attendances. This remark, particularly applies to tho Theatre Royal, where the weekly bill presented for the first time last Friday night has beon drawing excellent houses. Tho same programme will be repeated to-night. AID TO PRISONERS. A concert arranged by tho staff at tho New Zealand Titrfes Company, in support 'of tho 'movement for a Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society, was held in the Missions to Seamen last night, and was largely attended. Amongst those who contributed to the programme were Madame Blanche Arral and the members of her cqmpany. Mr. Herbert Flcmming, of the Brough-Flemming Comedy Company, also came forward to assist tho -good object in view. Miss Bertha Miller ■ gave a monologue, Mr. A. Watson and Miss V. Solomons recit.itions, Mr. T. R. Cook a violin solo, and songs were given by Miss M. Chuichwavd, Miss Ivy Jones, Mr. N. J. Bennington, and Mr. Cyril Solomon. The editor of the Times, Afr. A. Wilson, during an interval in tho programme, addressed the audience, and explained tho progress of the prisoners' aid movement up to the present. He urged that tho society should have a secured income of £200 or £300 a yeai. Up to the present £100 had been collected. Mr. Wilson's appeal for help for discharged prisoners was ably second by Moore. A collection in aid of tho society taken up in the room realised £10.