AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 14 June 1915, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

PERMANENT PICTURES

rAs the programme for to-morrow night will consist- entirely of patriotic subjects" a complete' change of programme will 'be screened at the Empire Theatre- this evening, when a very: fine varied selection of films will be shown, " icliiding a Vitagraph drama, the latent keystone comic,' and an Australian Ga•jette. • 'The star- feature will be 1 a Domino~ drama "entitled "The Romance of the-Sawdust Ring." Jim Flint, the ringmaster" in Codv's Circus, in order to get' rid of Jack Dorn, his rival tor the: Jqy© ,t>f- Polly Wells, a bareback rider, managesto have Dorn on a felss charge Soon after, ' while intoxicated, he insults Polly, and is discharged by tha owner of ] the .show. In. revenge, Flint "looses the . and Polly is pursued', by a lion to an old barn, where sJie climbs up int oa horse stall out of tha : ; frantic beast's _ Teach. Dorn, meanwhile,. has made his getaway, and ls 3n - Mdino- n the same barn.. He comes to PollyTs rescue. With no; weapon save a pitchfork he. saves hep . life and disables the lionl Flint, escaping across 'country,- into a waterhole, where he is found and'fatally, wounded by one of "the wild blasts which his own fury hfid loosed.

IMPERIAL PICTURES. '-THE VULTURE'S CLAW." Large and enthusiastic audiences attended the Lyric Theatre on Saturday &> witness the new programme, headed bv a "beautiful Cines ilrama, entitled "The" Vulture's Claw," -The of Vhicisas follows: In- the Far West ■ 'ichard Galloway, has . made a fortune j buying gold from the miners. His aothoJs axe and thei dis-con-■i-cnted miners - are helped' "by cowboys to stir tip strife against Crallovv.a>y. One of their number, Alec Gerravd, was madly in Ipve with Mathilda, Galloway's daughter, arid refused to join iri the plana of vengeance. A new element is now introduced £>y the • appearance of John Ferrer, a friendless adventurer, who arrives at the : settlement in order to find emplovmenjt, lind at the instigation o v Mathilda is engaged by GaUowaj\ As can' be imagined Gerrard and j! eirer become 'rivals, and now the action ,of the story begins. After many thrilling events are portrayed on the scene a period of sevefi. years elapses., and. Ferrer and Mathilda are happily married tod settled in Vera Cruz. Among •\heir many friends is Birkett-, a _wild beast tamer. Albert, Ferrer s little son,is ! anxious see Birkett s show. And- mother and son witness an exibition by "the wild beast <amer. •i-wo "of the keepers. engaged by. Birkett, are two of the "miners -7 1 . been. responsible for , Galloway's death.; They recognise Mathildra, and determiner to -cirry out their oath of ® n ~ ceance made seven years before Like hriman "vultures in despicable nature, they engage s rooms next to the Ferrers'! and at a favourable moment thev -kidnap little Albert. The iaithful dog, ; "Rip," starts in hot pursmt. I'he 'disconsolate -parents, tan find no trace of their bov. Rip to the his quarry like a leech. At last Peter falls in: a- chasm and: is killed. Joseph Still, dashes along on his with the boy in front of him, the hound in close" pursuit. The river is reached, and a side slip precipitates the _ viJam into, the water. Rip plunges m and gS&izes Joseph by' the throat, and then drifts Albert-' to safety. The feat is a - wonderful one, . and shows the dog to-be almost human in intelligence. Child and dog make their way home, where : uiey are. received with frant.c iov .' Witm ' their ' child rescued from vultures' claws, and their enemies ■lead, , and Mathilda have . thine to" mar their future happiness. A' brilliant War Special and excellent comedies and ■ complete- a first-clisa . programme, which will »e finally screened this evening. Reserves .Hounsell's or] Lyric Theatre -GRAND PATRIOTIC ENTERTAINMENT. A erand patriotic entertainment in to and Wounded. Soldiers' Fund will be given.in the Jsm- ■' pire- Theatre to-morrow (Tuesday) «ven- • W "For the .occasion Mr: Saunders (who is giving the gross proceeds to the fund) SLSSmUd »S»-4000 feet o« topical- subjects, and m addition speeches will be-delivered by the Mayor (Mr C. J- Harley), Mr T. A. H. Fiefe' M-P., -Bishop Sadlier, .and ~ Father ,Finnerty, while the .band of the 12th. Regiment will; play the grand _de«crit)tivi -fantasia; A- Soldier s Lafe- _ Popular prices -of 2s' and Is k® charged lor admission, but 50 seats « the dress circle have been set aside, and these will be so-d by public auctiott' in ■ Traf thfy evening bv Mr A.- Gould! The box plan is now - open at the- Empire Theatre.