AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 6 May 1914, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS

PERMANENT PICTURES

Last overling the Theatre Royal was again .packed to the doors. To-night a complete change will be screened, headed bv a, .splendid Kalem drama, entitled. ■•The Riddle of the Tin Soldier.'" Ethel Andrews is interested in settlement work. Her l'atln-r refuses to co-operate with her. Ethel kidnaps her five-year-old brother Archie, and places him in a tenement as an object lesson. To make t lie kidnapping aopeav the work of criminals, Ethel sends her father a note demanding 10.000 dollars. Andrews euj singes Madelyn Mark, a girl detective, to iind his son.' Madelyn unearths several clues, among which the fragments, of a tin soldier belonging to Archie. Ethel regretting her rash act, goes back to the| tenement to bring Archie home. Cang-| stci-s capture them both, and send a note to Andrews tolling him his son and daughter are prisoners. Madelyn discovers that the paper on which the gangsters' note is written has contained powdered jasco berry, an original drug used in cigarette making. Later she succeeds in tracing Ethel and Archie 1o the tenement, but finds them gone. Passing a crowd on a corner Madelyn scents the odour of jasco berry, and finds the man who is smoking it. She follows ; him and discovers the cottage where i Ethel and Archie have been taken. She slips into the house a.nd enters the room where the two are confined. Discovering a telephone wire outside the window Madelvn taps the wive, with a- pocket 'phone, and summons assistance. She is discovered bv the gangsters, who are ' just about to break into the room when the police arrive. A desperate battle j ensues, ending in the capture ot the kidnappers. This afternoon, by special request, "Quo Vadis?". was screened tor children. IMPERIAL PICTURES. The popular Lvrir was again packed to the doors last night, when s great feature, '"Convicts 10 arid 13. received its final screening. To-night a complete change will be submitted, headed bv a profoundly impressive ! drama of human heart interest, from the noted Film d'Art studio, entitled ". he Diary of a. Princess." This magnificent production is 3500 feet long, and is bound to prove a great attraction. especially to the ladies, who cannot fail to be touched by this heart-gripping subject. The supporting items are an excellent lot, and include Keystone's latest • comic, '-Rural 3rd Degree." • "Ranch Stenographer" is a 1000 ft. Nestor comedy'; Cine's present an educational in "An Escort of Life Guards." "The Trifles," by Rex, and Lubin's, "Supreme Sacrifice," represent the dramas; whilst "A Study in Flowers" is a very fine coloured subject tfy Gaumont. The series will run until Thursday night, inclusive. OPENING OF SKATING RINK. ttention :s drawn to the announcement of the opening of the skating sea- < son in Nelson on Saturdav next at ing's. Hall, by Mr Harry Williams. Mr \Yil-' v Hams-is well-known iri the skating j world, being fresh- ' from. Sydney and Wellington, and "Is the present holder of various world's record's in roller skating feats, including short and long distance.