"OUR NAVY."

Evening Star, Issue 11674, 5 February 1902, Page 4

"OUR NAVY."

There was another large audience at the Princess's Theatre hist night to witness this admirable and instructive representation of life in our royal navy. There is something fascinating about the steel-walled ships that guard Old England and her colonies' shores, even as there was about their wooden prototypes, while Jack Tar is just as much" the idol of our hearts to-day as he was of our forefathers. A presentment, then, of a connecterl series of animated pictures dealing with Jack's life from his entrance into the navy till practically his discharge mast necessarily prove a draw. The pictures are uniformly well chosen and characteristic, while their projection by the splendid bioscope, used by Mr MacMahon leaves nothing to be desired. The more serious affairs of life aboard ship are judiciously relieved by pictures in a. lighter vein, 'showing how Jack can take his pleasures as well as his manual toil. Rome first-class views am also given of historical events marking our naval career, such as the battle of Trafalgar, Sir Richard Grenvdie's fight off the Azores, etc. ; also others of contemporary interest. The whole entertainment is a distinct novelty, and cannot fail to impress. The last appearnnro m the Princess's Theatre, is ;.■:"-•■•■•

night, after which llr < ■ ■ fsr to the Alhambra Theatre