AMUSEMENTS

Evening Star, Issue 14187, 12 October 1909, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS

i FULLERS' PICTURES. i A distinct advance in some respects on ! preview entertainments is this week's programme at the Princess Theatre. •"

To-morrow afternoon at 2.30 a special matinee performance will be given at reduced paces for children, and should the weather prove unfavorable for outdoor pleasures, the young people will be well entertained at the Princess Theatre.

MIRTH, MYSTERY, AND MERRI- • MENT. To-morrow night the Australian Variety Company open in a special holiday bill, olid announce the special engagement of several clever artists. The programme will be full of good things, and the story of 'Buying a House,' by Mr Gus For, Dan J.eno'e double, will go far to excite the risibility of the audience. It may be i ' worth while mentioning that this is the identical number performed by the late | .Jan Leno when commanded to appear be- : fore the King at Sandringham. Mr Ted j Donohue, who swings the clnbs, is known ! to many, and his act always calls forth I admiration and applause. Mr H. R. Vin- ; cent, who will conclude the first part of \ ' the entertainment, pronrisefi to mystify and is lightly styled a "wonder worker ■ and mystery master." His control over cards, etc., is wonderful, and the audience i will see some uncommon tricks. In addition to the above there is a Lancashire clog dancer of undoubted merit, vocalists with talent and power, a young eoubrette, ' and a bevy of beauties who wiß do a song ' and dance item. The whole performance \ will conclude with a slight American comedy, 'A-Busy Day,* and will bring to a ! close a pleasant evening, and no doubt a : happy holiday. There will be no early ', doors, and prices are popular. ' '

ALHAMBRA THEATRE. In this <osy little theatre, for to-morrow night only, a most attractive programme ■mil be presented by Messrs Puller and Sons. The entertain meni will consist of a series of moving pictures, which have never been shown in New Zealand. They have been constructed by the latest methods, and deal with up-to-date topics. The films cover a wide range of subject, including not only comic and dramatic studies, but some \ery fine views of Paris taken from a balloon, as well as 6cenes in Java, Brittany, and the beautiful city of Washington. The prices are popular, so tho I Alb.am.bra fhould be well filled to-morrow ■ evening. LABOR DAY CELEBRATION. There is every promise of a record atat Outram to-morrow, when a most enjoyable day's outing is assured. Everything has been attended to to ensure the comfort and enjoyment of patrons. Those who desire lunch can obtain it. Hot water and milk will bo ready on arrival of tho train. The secretary reports that arrangements have been made for the sale of tickets at the station to-morrow '• morning from 7.45. Tho Baby Show will ' be held in the Outram Schoolhouse at 2 ! p.m., and will no doubt draw a large crowd. The special train leaves the mam platform at 8.55 a.m., and will not stop ' at any station. Patrons from intermediate j stations can travel by tho 9.20 a.m., and arrangements have been made for the safe of Labor Day railway tickets at Caver-' sham to-morrow morning.

' THE BREED OP THE TRESHAMS.' On Thursday evening next, at. His', Majesty's Theatre, the much-anticipated and thoroughly interesting J. C. William-son-Julius Knight season of eleven nights of romantic nlay will be inaugurated, when, for the hnst time in Dunedin, will ■ bo presented B. M. Dix and E. G. Sutherland's brilliant romantic play 'The Breed of the Trashams.' Judging by the public interest evinced in tho representation, a full house ,'s practically assured. So much lias been written about Mr Knight's performance of Lieutenant Reresby, otherwise known as "The Rat," in this play, that an expectant public will await with moTe than ordinary interest the elucidating of this difficult and complex character. A special feature of tho production is said to be an uncommon elaboration in scenio effect. Several of the scenes displayed are spoken of as veritable masterpieces of the scene painter and master mechanist's art. Tho company number over seventy members, including an operatic chorus of ladies and <;entlemen and a complete corps de. ballet-. M,r Hal Campbell, the eminent American musical director, will control a specially augmented orchestra., who will discourse the dainty music incidental to the play. The play is produced under the personal direction" of Mr Julius Knight, .Mr Thos.. S. Foster being the stage manager. The box plans for the season are now open at the Dresden, where adiatue booking is reported as unusually heavy. 'The Breed of the Treshams'" will ho staged for three nights only, and will bo succeeded on Monday, October 18, by 'Monsieur Beaueaiie,' which charming romance will be played for one night only, giving way on Tuesday and Wednesday following to 'The Sacrament of Judaf' and the play that is described as having roused the Empire—' An Englishman's Home.'