AMUSEMENT.

Evening Star, Issue 13144, 28 December 1908, Page 5

AMUSEMENT.

HIS TIJSATRE. "KT^ T 'l*** r * , «t Saturday evening, when tB« BBwdHolt Cbnjpanjr br"«n««4 ' The ■9mfrlmm t , ..- l The. audlenee was not only **§?' _&£ "<AW»ndMUo, and everything SJJnsr Wl a swing from start to finish. . Tfts scenery, which la always such a fctrcfflg japlnt in all Mr Holt's productions, WW a, feature of the production, the race between the motor car and railway train feeing; a masterpiece of stage realism. The piece will be played for two nights longer, WIDE-WORLD PICTURES. The Princess Theatre was packed to the doors on Saturday night, and many latecomers had to be turned away. The Wideworld Pictures Syndicate are to be con-, gratulated on the excellent series shown, and the audience, needless to say, were highly delighted with the programme. A well-balanced orchestra enlivened the »vening|s entertainment. The same pictnies will be shown again this evening. WEST'S PICTURES. Two picture exhibitions—one in the afternoon and one in the evening—were given by West's Company on Saturday, »nd on both occasions large audiences were present. In the evening several were refused admission. An excellent programme was submitted, A new and even better teries will be shown to-night. BLUEJACKETS' ENTERTAINMENT. The variety company from H.M.S. Pioneer had an audience that filled the Forester*' Hall to the doors when they £ave their entertainment on Boxing Evening for the purpose of supplementing the funds for tlie istabliehment of a cottage hospital at Port Chalmers. The stage was prettily decorated with flags, and the programme was rendered in the hearty, rollicking style of the sailor men which pleaees at the time and furnishes a happy recollection. Flighta of doubtful fancy were never resorted to, the well-defined tracks being followed with ease and made bright and attractive by the resourcefulness of the performers. 'Every turn had a charm j of its own. The songs were well sung,! the sleight-of-hand tricks were cleverly • Informed, and the blindfold boxing match ! was highly amusing. A tvpical farm laborer only disclosed his 'identity hy moving round with an agility not usually fredited to the «ona of the soiL. The ongthy programme did not permitnof calls :or encores being Tesponded to, not even ivhen two stalwart bluejackets danced the hornpipe with the nimble movements of the typical lightfooted sailor man. Mr H. M. Northrop sang 'The Captain's Lifeboat" and 'The Deathless Army.' Dr Murphy gave the sleight-of-hand performn:ce. Meson Wheatland and Powell, the liatter comedians, ako gave a comic sketch called 'Saarky,' and danced the sailor's hornpipe, Mr J. Henderson was responsible lon- tit 6 'National Toast,' the ' Sailwy atorjY and 'Paddy's Ghost.. 1 iW. snndetruni and Kinnaird gave the exhibition of boxing blindfolded, and Mr Hanky wng 'Farmer Giles.' The tableau 'Brit--inia by the company was very effective, ;he crossed flags- surmounting the crossed words held by two bluejackets. After the National Anthem had been sung, Mr •J. Mill (mayor) thanked Captain Miller, us officers, and men, for • providing the jntertainment, the proceeds from which would practically assure the establishment 11 1. °° tta g e hospital. .Air Mill then billed for three cheers for the captain and us crew, and the audience responded heartily. MADAME ADA OROSSLEY. The box plans will be opened to-morrow norning at ten o'clock at the Dresden for :he two concerts to be given here by Madame Ada Crossley and her magnificent company on Saturday and Monday eveninirs next at the Garrison Hall. The management announce that ticketa for unreserved seats will also be put on sale to-morrow at the Dresden and at Jacobs's. Madame Lrcssley and her company are due to arrive to-morrow night at Wellington by the VVarnmoo, and proceed straight through to : Invercargill, where a concert (the first m '■ New Zealand) will be.given on Friday evening next. Madame Crossley"s tour through kho pomimoa tt necessarily very short, as she has to be in London early in the new year to take the contralto solos at the •Handel-Mendelssohn Festival.