PRINCESS THEATRE

Evening Star, Issue 16550, 9 October 1917, Page 4

PRINCESS THEATRE

Another bright and jolly bill at Fullers' last night, and quite a long one. Nothing particularly outstanding, but a good, oven lot of entertainers, who gavo a satisfactorily large audience a couple of hours' solid enjoyment. One of the new acts opened the proceedings. This was Harold Loekwood, who manipulated ropes and whips in an amazing fashion. After doing things with a lasso that only a dexterous cowboy could do, he took a stockwhip and calmly flicked the ash from a cigarette and the neck off a bottle. Taking up the lariat again, ho roped up a bov good and tight with ingenious twists and "turns made while standing the stage length away. This performance was rewarded with unstinted applause. Another newcomer was Ernest Pitcher, who, after a two years' absence, is giving Dunedin the benefit of his jovial presence for a short season. Mr Pitcher has a budget of real funny yarns, wluch he told last night with-all'the oldtime effect, while he also gave ample proof that ho had lost none of his skill as a performer on the concertina—especially in regard to the imitation of a church organ, wedding bells, and the chimes of a post offico clock. Mr Pitcher received a warm welcome, and deserved it. Clemo, on a return visit, repeated his pleading act. He is a versatile ai-tist, and his juggling' and tumbling is of the " quick and lively" order; while his performance on the xylophone may l>c put down as a particularly fine one. When shewashere a short time ago Madame Lorenz won admiration by her neat and clever trapeze act. This lady reappeared in tho bill last night and repeated her success. Of the stop-overs, Milner and Storey made a hit with another of their highly amusing eket-ties, or, i-ather, sei-ies of " stunts." It is the one in which they introduce that decidedly clever "geography lesfon topical' acrostic song dealing with the Allies and Germany. Warren Hastings, the sweet singer of popular ballads, retains his popularity, and scored heavily with two Irish songs and the favorite 'ls It Nothing to You?' Baron, tho ventriloquist, with his droll companion "Nobler," kept the house rippling with laughter " Nobler "is a ho'sun tight this week, and as irrep'ressibly funny as ever Billy and Doris, it wa,s very evf-lc-nt, have danced themselves into high favor with Princess patrons. The other two turns were those by the Coleman Sisters (character singers") and Jolly John Laxkin (who sang and pattered nesToisms). To night the bill will be further- strengthened by the addition of the Devons, whose "black magic" act is said to bo some'thiiig big.