AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 124, 27 May 1919, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

• 'MB- > •' ; : UU • THE KENNEDY COMPANY* ,** Th®^iaverage person ■who seeks an •Veiling ’a amusement is generally qu'te.. Satisfied to find that one, or two of the 1 artiste and a percentage of the items on P the programme come up to the standard ■ pleasing to tha+. particular person, > but m. the Kennedy Company of entertainers m -went one better than this at the Theatre Royal last evening, as each performer was enthusiastically received, and the programme of vocal, instrumental, and humourous items was sparkling and diversified, in some case the artiste feeing compelled to appear for the third time! Mr Keith Kennedy, the brilliant W young violinist, delighted the large audience with his wonderful artistry, Splaying the sympathy that denotes the skilled instrumentalist. Hte opening. number, an “Introduction and Rondo, I hte own composition, was received with evident pleasure, but it was m the “Devil’s Trills Sonata" (Tartina) that Mr Kennedy was afforded faU 6 tc Ms ability. This composition was write E ten about two hundred ago aa the a< result of a dream during which baton g} visited the domposer. On awakening Tsrtini wrote the music he had_ heard t} itt Ms dream. This wonderful piece of u of music was most artistically tendered, e( and -the apdience expressed 1 their appro- n elation of the artist’s -skill by demo)- t j Native applause. As an encore Mr Kennedy played a delightful descriptive compdsit'on of his own, TheSongof p tbp- Birds,” being compelled to appea ;S ( Sain when he played popular Scottish * and Irish airs, winch also met with due n SpxiclSon. ’in the second part ot t , ; programme Mr Kennedy r*ayed s “LtebeMreud” (Kreislerl, one of the > jtfnw’bf the evening and, after " Contributions, the audience was Toth to (t , part with him. Miss Btonwen Jairhall . has a nice’ soprano vo’cc of good rang Sd partcularly good in the higher reglstfer, and her opening solo, \nltmelte” (Dell' Annual was maiked by » finished, renderine of the cadema passages, and was deservedly encored. In the second part she sang Gounod a “Serenade.” with violin obligato, and “Mother Machee” wa. given as the encore number. • Miss Mimmie Boaidi etf his’ 1 a pleasing presence and as pleasm a; mezzo-sonrano voice n^ed Rweetlv in several ballads. Soul _ot SS “ was given with great expression, afi&so-her encore number, “Coming Home ’ Her appearance m the second part was an even greater. success, and her rendition of the favourite Beneath Thy ■Window” was a vocal treat, ten wa|< enthusiastically encored, and My Riosarv” was also sweetly rendered. Two IS were rendered bv the yonng iSies* and their vo'ces Wended delightf&jy. As, an encore “A Perfect Dav waf Mine. Miss Jennie Cree and Mi Ad! Cree are the humourists of the companv, and they am “some” humourists too*, their contributions keeping the aud'ence in roars of laughter. Miss Cree as ,a monologist, presented new songs, which she sang with charming naivette, difeblaviug considerable skill as an accompanist. Mr Ad Crocs Scottish patter and songs went wth mej' » .that, after,® treble recall m which Jae/'Shared tho iononrs’ with hist partner, hfi .was' compelled to remind the and;-J er&e that the programme wa s a lengthy one. and 'they weTe appearing attain the following evening! Madame Bertha Ken. riedv was at the piano, and proved an accompanist of sympathy. The seapdn wiM close to-night, there being a complete change of programme the master violinist playing the Finale from Mendelssohn’s Concerto. • HAYWARD’S PICTURES “LITTLE SHOES ” Henry B. Walthall, whose name became fammip for his work as the Little Colonel in “The Birth of a Nation apPAars in a new and fascinating role in p r i«. f«tow “Wl« Sho^.” which was presented at Hayward s on Saturday to crowded houses. In tMs he is ably supported by Mary Chaileson and the two clever children Mary McAliater and Jack Paul. The story is novel, and appeared; as a serial in Munsey’s Magazine. It concerns the struggles of a boy boro In poverty to overcome the obstacles to wealth and position'. Seeing him barefoot .andtettcred in the cold streets, a rich hide «;t1 compassionately takes off her shoe? and gives them to him. httle gift forms the spurto his ambition, which is eventually realised. When he ha® "iad/i» name and fortune he meets the little girl, now grown up, and, through the death of her father, in impoyemhed circumstances. They form a friendship based on her kindness to him when Ud and this rioene into love. Another instalment of “The Fatal Bing, the nopular serial, the latest budget of topical events, and otW films ro ™ y V* the programme, which will he finally Ahown to-night. EMPIRE THEATRE. S “HEARTS OF THE/WORLD.” . Tn “Hearts of the World,” the etupendODß W. Griffith’s motion picture Slavwiwch is to be presented at the to-morrow evemng, and also at 2 and 8 mm. on Thimday. where' happioaßS and all the joy #«iir H whn •loved their homes; h.rof* Ami the", amts aw the hearts SfTewet-M to.a,y. fwro the story of “Hearts of the World edHondSa the picture from its inception and through- , all its remarkable developments and thrilling in which the devilish methods of the Huns ate in no w »v. exaggerated, if curoen history is to be believed, and the braverV of woman-stands out m manner s rot overdrawn, reflecting the glory of the sex and its strength to triumph over the powers of evil. The story m “Hearts of the World” is. it-is said, more than a war drama. It m* a P lay wlhich centres the Me interests of »| vbung man- and woman, _ and lr! VJ J the conflict of the war is graphically depicted in P’cfnres taken on the battlefields. From the mectajji lar point of , view "Hearts of the World” “can only adeonatelv be desenb- ( as stupendous, “To_ attempt anv-, thing like a comprehensive description, j * states a Bvdney critic. ol th ® scenes, would be to coun disastcrThe Atrial trenches are pictures fully mantled). the onrush of the attackers, t e . desperate bavonet fighting, the terrific ' hand to hand encounter must be witnessed to fully comprehend their intense realism. Hmh explosive shells bprsf ip the v ; rinitv of the trench-: at>d the next minute the sides are seen! falling in. engulfing the human tide . thev contain. The enemv in massed i formation, rushe? to the attack, they, dislodge the men in the trenches, then comes the counter-attack, and the re-

ulse of the enemy. The cumbersome, ut highly efficient tanks are seen in 1 :tion, the “aerial navies" drop their eath dealing missiles, the deadly poim gas is seen being despatched on its ork of destruction, and all the other istruments, methods, and apparatus of fim visaged modern war are depicted. .g an example of what modern cine* latography can accomplish, the scenes i the German trenches during a heavy j jixi storm stand out as most note- ' ■orthy, and as highly realistic. From c iie point of view of direct'.on, the re- t apture of the village by the French -t nd their Allies is most impressive m• i ■g stark realism, and the absence of 3 nything 'savouring of the theatrical — c lie individuals are not actors, the build- 1 igs are solid stone. 1 1 HTRRENDER OF GERMAN NAVY. FILM AT MOTUEKA. f The Dominion has been greatly im-: s iressed by the cinema film of the sur-;i ender of' the German fleet,, which is o be shown a f Motueka to-morrow, , svery British subject must feel uplifted i t the sight of long lines of Hun war- ( hips, truly a procession of whipped' urs, received and taken charge of by he film will nof come round again, and he present opportunity should be seiz- ( id. Messrs ,7. and N. Taifc have spared ( leither trouble nor expense to obtain | -his film, which has upon if-, the hall nark that it is official; and they have ilso obtained the services of Madame ?ower to add by her singing to the itrength of the entertainment. Inending patrons living at a distance nay reserve their seats by enclosing ,he necessary amount and posting it to ■iidlton’s, where the seating plan for } Motueka is now open. As' the accommo-j Nation at the Institute is limited, pa* ; irons are advised to book early. |