ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 9184, Issue 9184, 7 April 1910, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

. HATWASP'S 'PICTURES- ■' Zfwp&rtdig.' H»B *rfts "well Ehed i a < Haywgxd's weekly -change , ;!T. ~„1 :, . " xhe piw,ares. ■*,-««.- /a CP' i < .'- J 1 ' r I ~ :J< Crc I'V - d ' -> at j a tlif f J £ - J i- - "" jjya -'•J.i.-tf-. - ■» —- , ; , J* \ . * i " rr 1 % ' 1 "• ~c..-r>r»- y-r '■; "OiU X i ! -•<—- »-• - - *• r t U a,. - - , . "••- -'• - 1 ' J T \, J- r <"t ' I », "I't ) I 'J * -* . , , , • '; V * i* - ,i < <i J h h 1 t j \ < - 1 iiss-ti Mill: v.-.hnir/it 7 - J( . d " IC. J \ / * *. 1 ■% ! 1 , n r} ("■ 1< O J <" 1 J ' L IV* r 1 Vt- _ -u - - d - . d 1 .i-rk >\ nr s X/ju.iJ -i V «-«-• , - ; a- '\L rj' ; *515 -V co'.nic loavaw -- especially the Pathe to M«rrT *» V™"".'. I'rJ <-t Stick Proportion. v*ien of Tangle:oat fallowed «-*"»• 13OMPSOX-PATXE - ICTITRjwsT 3i . -?«-«h programme put on, at we Oper* Hoaee last t mgK 'XXTut with regard to the _ picture W- sM'orcr -ivt Doiniawa apples pa-„ feri - <o P«!b««®s. an » « «s«. "T aiai-un! M «?■"'-* "f •H" W»« partiality tMt lias own e^wrf, the proprietors town* no. o r.'a-"- r res.h pictiiroe esa -' r---': their Patron*. ™th tas Th;r;^r ß i b^me in tbeir aiteudaxtce. Lasv -• T/'Vrsmaae was q'.'.ite equal co w. and which have give? the piomore than a local reputatwru Tae« a . couplft of star one <Jepicu:u thr- life SM-7 -of a iion-taraer. in hife «:ctrein-;y an-a r-alikssr- it wat. one c: toe pictures t&ai has be?a eaown a«re. a-id "was loudly applauded. Auot-er ;n- - was tfiv him sacjwmg oexaib i» connection with the p<sux.i.> the pictures covering a penoa from'the hatching of a oil bk.-elv-bro appearance on trie ta.Jxe. « etat*' that appeals to xfie great inai'jritv. The dramatics aod ooraios were a'iVhst i* •ciaiioad -of thera. and patrons ar* assured ox an interesting evenrng's entertainment. programme will be repeated to-night. "PETER PAX." Ur J. C. Williamson's attraction for rj-r. xiijrflii T>o6s66ses more than ordinary Kt»r«stT Maav theatre-goers were rhsapt/ointod that Xew Zealand v;a; not v irnmodiyt'-'iv aittr tli6 lir^t iraiian tour, but "everything, comes vj those who wast, and this remarkable piay will be produced lor the Inst tjriie j.d Xe-.v Zealand at the Opera House. Ins ft-rasou i« limited to t-.vo niirnt«. viz... Wednesday a.nd Thuriduy -nextcf the London perforrn «• t }} • ~- Stead, the enjirjent critic. «Jijfc=- 'luiagj'.e one of Hans And<' o ' Lanmng Xrnas .Etories. one of . 3iavne Raid's ThriiliDg romance' ' ' a Red Indian, and Mr R. L. Stevenson s tales of bold buccaneers, all rnixea up ■ Vj "*■■? i;fid trie rf-KiiliJritr cijucilssaifj ved'up in huldorous burlesque fashion lor trjp. delijrht of the young folk,-, anci yon have "Peter Pan/ Gray-bearded grandfather though I am- I felt as I at 'Peter Pan' that I renewed my youtnXt steiaod as if I had never grown up. I was in the magic realm of tne sc-a.p-hunters. the enchanted wood__or gnomes. revelling in the daring devilry o: f tne pirates, "and clapping.my hands v.-jth ceJisrht over the exploits of the darling, delightful, invincible 'Peter Pan." and I wondoTCid h.% I isit- the v«h£tfcif;r some of our wealthy men who do not know what to do with their riches cou;d lav up for themselves treasures in heaven bv taking ut> the theatre and packing it from Soor "to ceiling with the rx>or children of London town, to whom seats in the theatre are as unattainable as a dukedom. Each houseful would make a thousand kiddies happy the vrho.e oi one golden afternoon, the memory oi vrhifh would never in subsequent years to shed a little radiance o%*er the dull grey suualor of slam life. Think of it- I-ite niercv, it would be twice blessed, blessing him "who gave and those who received, and for this purpose no play _is so a-Q; xriirablv suited to initiate tJis oi thank-offering as 'Peter Pan.' Old and younar have enjoyed Peter Pan. and will. I hope, go on enjoying 'Peter i.an. 1 wieh thev could afi see it Box plans will be opened at G-- si. Bennett and Co., next Saturday morning for each of the two nights.