AMUSEMENTS.

Evening Star, Issue 14638, 7 August 1911, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

HAYWARDS* PICTURES. The weekly change of programme was effected in the Bums Hall on Saturday evening, when an audience filling all available seating accommoda!ion testified frequently their appreciation of the films screened by applauding heartily. The entertainment i'or the current week is excellent. Eleven films figure iti tl*e programme, providing mawrial to suit all tastes. The small boy has liis Indians, hunters, and prospectors, the lover of the real drama other than the Wild West type has a couple of" films for his or her plea .sure, v.-hile the. comic and scenic department are also provided for. The uhoie show glides along smoothly, and when closing time r-orei'S not even the most grudging would wish that he had refrain'd from indulging in the night's eiiU'itainmcnt. It is difficult to say which film takes pride of place, but " Surf liiding ' must find a place in the appreciation of all. Surf riding is a sport s;ome st::ps higher up the'ladder than local surf bathing. It is not indulged in by tiie white man, but by the natives of Hawaii. It, is 1-n venturesome for the ordinary- bather. Each native has a peculiarly-shaped flat piece of wood on which he paddles out to the breakers, where lie. rides over the crest with easy action, and the most unsophisticated can easily see his mode of surf bathing is worth ten of that on St. Kilda beach. The dramas have for their basis the same old fourlettered word. 'Midnight Cupid' tells of an immensely wealthy young; man who. .sick of heing -postered by the attentions of mothers and eligible daughters for the matrimonial sphere, elects to take a change in style of living, and pose>s as the long-loug son of a country farmer. He gets two things he didn't bargain for—plenty of hard work and a wife, an exceedingly pretty one at that. The former did not agree with him, but tiie latter ho rather enjoyed. A prospector who had two nancees was the subject of ' The Chief's Daughter.' It suffices to say that he lost bo tit of them, for it was inevitable that both should " run into each other," as the saying goes. The

* I'atho (Vazeti.-* ' reveals a number of moro than usually interesting evcntr in other countries, and the ' X.Z. Record.' a film of a similar type, depict* the arrival oj' the. Sheffield Choir a< Christehurch, and also a mrmlier of beautiful Hour] scones at Sumner. The doings of a small member of tlx; Didnms family is one of the. best comic screened here for some time. The damage Didnms worked in a single, hour would take months to repair. She was a- truly terrible youngster. The programme will he. submitted again tonight. It should ix>. mentioned that th« Coronation film will also be. shown this evening. FULLERS' PICTURES. The usual hi-weekly change of programme will l>e. given, in the Princess Theatre tin's evening. A Monday night audience is always a large one, and it is safe to predict that the popular High street theatre will he greatly patron sod to-night, for the new progranrnio pro. mises to he one of all-round merit. Pride of place, will probably fall to a pictorial version of a comedy sketch by Dickens, "How Bella Was Won.' taken from ' Onr Mutual Friend.' Patrons of the Princess have had several pictorial representations of Dickens's work presented to them, and no doubt the latest film will lx> hailed with delimit. In addition there will lie a collection of dramatic dnHuding o?ie from the Wild West, 'Red Eagle'), scenic, topical, and humorous films .screened.

ARCADIA PICTURE PALACE. The prime attraction of the present programme now lwing shown by the New Zi-aland Biograph Company, at Cargill's Corner, is an excecdingiy pretty and uncommon Canadian love story, entitled ' Tlie Roses of tinVirgin,' and in which the Kalem Company's beauty actress, Miss Alice Joyce, is s"en at her best. The programme, which will be screened again to-night, would indeed seem a picked one, as all the subjects are good. SOUSA AND HIS BAND.

Thpy porformod t\rir© on Saturday and drew crowds. In tbr» enrolling tho Garrison Hall wns fillod, nnd Inspector Donaldson Flopped the salo of tickets before S o'clock. Tho was much of tho, game rharae*tor as on previous evenings—plenty of marches and other so-ra-Ilnd popular music for the crowd, and our- or two itr-ms addressed in mnvintins.. Amongst the Int-Ur may h r > mentioned the oontral piece of a suite of "TTiroo Quotations ' by Sotisn : 'And I. too, was born in Arcadia.' It ?ptrodnr?R pome Kcdif and nrottv work for tit." roods. ' In Tprhaikowsky r s ' 1-?J2 Overture' tho playing was rcroarkttbl" for its restraint. Knowing Sorsa's liking for sonorous effect's, on." would have expected Idm to ininott into ilii' interpretation of this overt Tiro nil the -laii/o- and clash' that, he ooifd rakse lest-ad of ibis be s<-pn;cd to bo I j.ie.bil- oor.-cmci! lo produce a clear | definition <>' tin* various th'-mes. a:;-! \v.- te-.d-r him tho thanks or j tho stirji:nee lor his musieianr, cwr- ! ri: : " of th'* option. Mr Herbert L. I C'hsr'v' '■■ ronx'l solo to bo I sir-led out for special prniVo. lie -'ets i a f'-runeridoiu; tone without the leash i shade of coarseness, and wo have never before heard a cornet player so jroid in his i r-afmont of a diminuendo. whilst his bro;:ih manarronioiit and p-i-i-in- ;ir" simply faultless. Mi.---. Vir ■rirji.i Tloot san- very nicely inde,d, ■ add if the ae-onrpanimont had driven 1 -r h;iJf a chance her son;.:, ; Anrii 1 ■..•rn.' would have Ikhui ono of lh-"- f<--i- ---, tuns of -.lio concert. frxiws and his bond are now away. We -diall r'Tn?::;-b-r the \isit. Jt hap revealed mur and 'in' prov -d methods of cfjiio-r';. ninna:-'- :■-•*!,'. notably the announcement of the r-T.'onros and (ho strict eeonorr'-'sin- < i iirr— bet-.voer: the items. Mi:s.i;-:dh\ o-rhaus. Sense, ha;; not entirely satbhed the critical—not that he cannot do -o. bet he has. not tri-d lo—at any rat", .he has not played to tln-m <ohdv. If" has prefon-ed to play to the poo?-,!--, fi-.ii in the popular staff maiidv roli-d on hj ■ h;n- e/.j-tninly tesdo a doer) iu-pre.-'ion. The peculiar;' v about all the :;■ rferniauces is thai thov never _ re-'■eak-d an effort toward; precision. .'"•■::tt;-.a sr-cmed to be or.i'e fr-e from coe-c-rti as to entries, fpiittanc-os., ;ur!!. and so forth. 130 knows his mo n and they know him, and the mutual ronlidenee is an effective, insurance xzninrt iviisiakes. R„_ that on the who].., thon;-; 1 ! tho visit leaves some expectations unsatisfied, we ntay nnifo in snviej4 tluit- we bave lieard a rireat exj/osition of baud work ana reorhed a lossoti in bri]liat;ce. 171 .v THKATRK. Th" photo play - f! T- X<\er Too Late to Mend ' was shown for the Jast time b"fere a biifre audience at His Majesty's Thwute ii.i Saturday cvor>:ne. ]X)LLK!t KIrLMINCI. TOWN" JIALL JITNK. Tn" -•■J>:.'vi i r;n': be <>jx»n thi.< wofk <-■'.) ijii.-v evcTtieg aad W*»cii:«<(lay and Ratnrd:iv for ordii-ary vv'iih Tue«iay and Thursday sal as=ido for beginncre. Th* ',s-<-*k!y chance' br the band titkep place ihx,-. evening." v/ben tin hand will be heard tn a fine *dr.ciJor. of new waltefif. fiTtDl'-XTS- CAPPING CARNIVAL. The public are Teminded that the, tu>dents' capjiinq carnival w-ill be held in Hi* MajoEtv's Theatre *m Thursday and Fmdav nest. Ths fntortainment th:s xeai promises to excel all previous efforts on the. pai-t of the student?. As usual, tho ftutertainiuent tviH be held on tiro evenings. Tte bcr plan is now open at the Dresden. The book of songs contains all the songs and somo excellent cartoons, and is a very good threepence worth.