AMUSEMENTS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume L, Issue 175, 6 October 1917, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

HAYWARD.S PICTURES. The usiia! change of programme -will be presented :•'. the Kit; pi re Theatre this afternoon and f \*-.:i-itj. Tlie chief feature will be "The Iced Bullet,"_ a delightful comedy-drama which features William Desmond. The drama deals with Richard Deering, a wealthy New Yorker, who spends hie holidays in his : lodge in the Adirondack?. His com pinions there are his little daughter Evelyn and his ward. Donald Greene. Greene wants to marry Evelyn, '-••iti-j 5 ' forbidden bv Deering to seek the ■-■■rl S hand. Deering'* reason thai there is- a strain of insanity in Cve.enes famihv One niqht. while Green _i« in K e w "York I'itv. Peering is mysteriously. shot. A New York crime .specialist, Horace. Lee. is engaged by Evelyn to.. solve the mvstery. Lee is af first puzzled as to'how Deering was shut, because there is no weapon in the room, and both doors and window* .were loot-

Ed from the in«ide when the shot was fired. Finally, however, he discovers an infernal machine in the long ""H oi the room, arranged in --uch a way that the freezing of a block of lee caused tho flrin"- of the revolver directed at Deering's bed. Justice, however, overtakes the wrong-doer, and all ends m a delightful close.

PEOPLE'S PICTURES.

Tlie popular stars Harold Loekwood and Mav Allison, will be seen to-night. at the 'Theatre Roval Hi a splendid Metro entitled "The Promise." which is said to excel all their previous productions. In the «tory Bill Carmody. a likeable voung chap. is wasting his - time, strength, and money in Broadway restaurants." The girl he loves. Ethel Alanton. is alternately delighted with Ill's nrowess at football and disgusted with his mode of life. His father loses st large amount of money because the youth forgete to deliver some bonds entrusted to him. To cap the climax he gets into a nghfc in a cafe, .and with difficulty escapes arrest. Bill and Ethel quarrel, and he make up hi* mind to leave home and "make good" in his own way. "Bill" finds work in a lumber camp in the great North-west. His courage" and bravery grow as his sinews harden. "The Promise" contains the lesson, told in a story of breathless interest, that a man can always "come back." if he is willing to do so. and that'the best panacea for the ills of civilisation is hard work, done with a stout heart in the open air. The scenery in this picture is very fine. There are also some good supporting pictures.

I»ALMERST(XN NORTH SHOW

Our readers amrnSft *h* gpntier sex. are .ngain notified that entries for these divisions of the big show in which they aro particularly interested are due to close on Saturday next, the 6th October, and that prize ' lists for same way be had "re e on application to the secretary. Box 85, Palmerston- North. Cookery, needlework, photography, art, technical and public schools are included herein. All live stock entries, includ ing dogs and competitions, will close on Saturday. 13tli*inst. All classes have a splendid allocation of prize moneys, If not already in possession ■of a prize schedule, send for one at once.