ENTEKTAINMENTS. "WHY MEN LOVE WOMEN"

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 71, 23 March 1912, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS. "WHY MEN LOVE WOMEN"

Jacobs's delightful comedy, "Beauty and the Barge," was performed for the last time last night by the Allan Hamilton Company, before an appreciative audience. To-night a play entirely different •will be stagid — Walter Howard's drama of Indian life, "Why Men Love Women." This play serves to bring out the versatility of Mr. Hamilton's company. The play is chock full of incident, and there are many stirring scenes and situations. The" Sydney Morning Herald, in commenting on the play when produced in Sydney, said :—: — "The scenic effects are thoroughly in keeping with the piece, while the dialogue gives the members of the company even more opportunity for displaying their undoubted abilities than I did the_ first item in their repertoire. I The artistic tone with which the entire production is infused struck home forcibly upon the large and interested audience last night, and the unfolding of the story was watched with a> closeness of attention which betokened an I utter absorption in the play." "Why Men Love Women" will only be played to-night and Monday evening, the season closing on Tuesday witE "A Meetsage from Mara." TO-NIGHT'S ORGAN RECITAL. Mr. Maughan Barnelt (City Organist) will have tho assistance of Mr. C. H. Stephens, vocalist, at to-night's organ recital in the Town HalL A "special request" programme will include the Fantaisie on Gonnod'n "Faust," Bach's "Toccata m F," and compositions by Lemare and Rubenstein. The vocalist's contributions will be Clay's wellknown song, "Sands o' Dee" and Peliseier'a "Awake." f _ MUNICIPAL ORCHESTRAL CONCERT. The next concert is fixed for Tuesday, when a specially good programme will be presented. Some of the items are: Overture, "'Caliph of Bagdad" (Boieldieu), Jarnefelt's "Berceuse" (with Mr. Bloy solo violin and Mr. Johnston© solo 'cello), Sibelius'e "Karelia" Suite, Strauss*s " Blue Danube " valse, and selections from the works of Bizet, Coleridge Taylor, and Techaikowski. The vocalist will be Miss Adelaide Bruce, who will sing Giordani's "Caro mio beu." Such an evening's musical entertainment is worthy of a large audience, and it is expected the Town Hall will be well filled on Tuesday next. CHARITY ENTERTAINMENT. ' Messrs MacMahon and Donnelly, of The New Theatre, Manners-street, announce a special entertainment to-mor-row (Sunday) in aid of the Children's Hospital Easter Treat Fund. The programme, which has been specially selected, will be appropriate to the occasion. The whole of the proceeds will be handed to the secretary of the Children's Hospital. THEATRE ROYAL. To-night the weekly change will take place at the Theatre Royal, when an attractive programme of vaudeville will be presented by the management. A juggling item by Hugo and Olga, which has to be seen to be appreciated, will be included in the programme, and King and Millard, two fine dramatic sketch artists, will make their first appearance. Another item will be some clever and picturesque dancing by Miss Olga Lear. Many other attractive "turns" by well-known and popular artists will be included in the evening's entertainment. FULLERS 1 PICTURES. Tho current programme of pictures at Fullers' Skating Rink, Vivian-etreet, includes selections of a very high order iof merit. The leading films are entitled "Regeneration" and "The Frontier Girl's Courage"; "The ' Bootlegger" and "The Little Spy" are other interesting studies. PARIS THEATRE. To-night the Paris Prize Picture Company will present at the Paris Theatre (late Bijou, Ingestre-street), an excellent selection of bioscopic gems, including the following items: A etimns? Western drama, entitled "The Two Fugitives"; "La Jacuerie" is a Pathe drama, illustrating an episode of the French Revolution; "The Wonderful Eye," an amusing comic; "The Soul of Venice," drama; and "Conquering Carrie," a comedy subject. An orchestra will supply the incidental music. The management will present' a prize, value £3 3s, at every performance. i To-night a special prize is to be presented, and the following are the conditions : "A prize awaits the man, woman, and child who attends our opening performance to-night, and, on entering the building, submits in writing the best solution of 'How the management of the Prize Pictures may give a. prize at every performance to one member of the audience without in fringement of the Gaming and Lotteries Act.' " For the best received a. gold watch and chain, value £7 JOu, will be presented to-night. Full name must accompany each written answer. ADELPHI PICTURE THEATRE COMPANY. The best of pictures, bright music, and general comfort, are the three aims of tne management' of Wellington's latest picture theatre, which is being erected in Willis-street. In our amusement columns ifc will be noticed that the directors of the Adelphi Picture Theatre Company, Ltd., are offering £30 in cash prizes for the three most original suggestions for a. name. Three members of the press have kindly consented to act as judges in the competition, which will close at the end of the month. Tickets may bo obtained at the 'Adelphi Confectionery Co.'s shop (104, Willis-street, next to the theatre), or by_ enclosing the price of the ticket required and stamp for reply from the manager, Box 785, . Wellington. THE NEW THEATRE. "Ali Baba," the star picture play at The New- Theatre, Manners-street, wHi appeal to both parents and children. The story is taken from Burton's Arabian Nights, and is exquisitely mounted i and acted. With the elders, as well as the young folk, "Ali Baba" has already become intensely popular. The great American War story of "Barbara Frietchie" is also showing at The New Theatre, and is warmly applauded. "An Indian's Love" is a story taken from Redskin life with many thrilling situations, and includes some beautiful scenery. An incident from a great . strike is pictured, showing how a non-unionist was ostracised, and how ho won the respect and admiration of unionists by saving their leader from being burned to death. "The Subaltern's Wife" and While the Master Dances" are two of several highly comic pictures. The theatre is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. KILBIRNIE SKATING RINK. The Kilbirnie Rink continues to attract a. large number of skating enthusiasts. A couples' race is sot down for this evening, and on Wednesday night a race for ladies will be held. GARRISON BAND. The Garrison Band is holding another concert in the Day's Bay Grounds tomorrow. A special programme has been arranged by the conductor, lieutenant T. Herd.