AMUSEMENTS.

King Country Chronicle, 8 November 1913, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

COSTUME CONCERT AND COMEDY COMPANY. A SUCESSFUL PRODUCTION. The Auckland Coatume Concert and Comedy Company, which appeared at the Town Hall, Te Kuiti, on Thursday evening, deseives a special word of commendation, inasmuch as it lived and acted up to it's reputation and fully justified the kind things which had been written concerning it. Com posed a3 it is of the very hest talent produced in New Zealand, it would be strange if the company were not a success. The programme produced by the company is something of a departure from the ordinary, and makes every opportunity for the individual talent of the artist being displayed to the fullest extent. Dramatic and humorous sketches, monologuns, songs and recitations, offer a wide field for individual effort and it is not too much to say that the performers individually and collectively fully earned the applause they received. Miss Zoe Bart ley was quite up to the usual high standard in the humorous sketches with Messrs Montague and Borradale, while Miss Valerie Collins appeared to advantage and received well deserved encores for her songs. Mr Alan McElwain's rendering of the humorous sketch "On Strike" wa? much appreciated by the audience, and he had to repeat the item by special request during the second part. Mr Borradale, in his various items, displayed excellent versatility. The concluding one-act comedy. "Going Away," kept the audience convulsed with laughter, the parts being splendidly taken by Miss Bartley, Mr Montague and Mr McElwain. Mr Leslie Lipscombe presided at the piano in his usual finished style. EMPRESS PICTURES. "Indian Raiders."—Tom Brown, a settler, and his wife are sitting in their little- homestead when they are startled by Indian war cries not far off. Barring the door they make preprations to save their lives. They decide that Torn, shall endeavour to get through a trap door on the roof and get help, while his wife and child hide in a cellar under the living room of the farm. At the last moment, S however, Tom decides to take the child with him, in case she should cry out and reveal *.he hiding place. The wife, Elizabeth, is taken by the Indians and Tom mourns her for dead. But she manages to make her escape, and rides away in the direction of the fort. The next morning she leads a strong detachment of cavalry to the rescue of the fellow settlers. The troops arrive in time to prevent the | massacre, and Tom's joy is great on I being re-united to his wife.