ENTERTAINMENTS AND MEETINGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11553, 17 January 1901, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS AND MEETINGS.

DIX'S GAIETY COMPANY.

The City Hall was again crowded last night, when the entertainment provided met with the utmost enthusiasm. Little Eileen Boyd repeated her successes, the applause being frequent and hearty. Mr. J. C. Bain, in conjunction with Little Claud Sullivan, proved irresistibly funny. Miss Molly Bentley made her last appearance, and received an enthusiastic send-off. Mr. Frank Clark and Mr. Joe Cowan provided an excellent specialty in the second part, and their single turns were also capital. Miss Olive Lenton's dainty style pleased the audience greatly, and Miss Ida Clarkson's Scotch ballads were well received. Miss Mario Boyton and Miss Gladys Bewth provided capital items, and Mr. Charles Howard. Mr. Charles Hampton, Mr. Jack Steele, and the Linwood Sisters, were also excellent. On Monday next Mr. Dix will introduce Ferry, a wonderful contortionist. AGRICULTURAL HALL. There was a very large audience at the Agricultural Hall last night. In the first part-Miss Lena Young, a contralto vocalist, appeared, and made a very favourable impression, the audience heartily applauding her item " Bred in Old Kentucky." Her second song was also redemanded. Fisko, the boy juggler, gave some very clever feats, his juggling of a cannon ball, glass bottle, and a piece of paper being especially good. Miss Lottie Lome made her first appearance with Fuller's Bijou Company. .. Her songs, "Always Take Your Opera Glass," "E'es a Bloke," and " I Can't Live Wivout Him," were each encored. The other members of the company repeated their former successful items. To-morrow night Mr. Will Watkins will reappear, and on SaturdayMiss Trixie Le-Mar and Mr. Aubrey Douglas will make their first appearance. *—I * f V KERSHAW, THE ILLUSIONIST. A large audience assembled in St. George's Hall last night, to witness a performance by Kershaw, the illusionist. The entertainment was a highly interesting one, the audience) being delighted with the smart and inexplicable tricks placed before them. There was a variety of clever card tricks, and all sorts of dainty morsels to eat and drink were brought apparently from nowhere, flowers were produced at the word of command, and the ladies in the audience had only to name the colour of ribbon, they desired, to have it revealed. Two heavy cannon-balls, and several articles of wearing apparel were brought out of a hat lent by a gentleman in the audience, and a lady's handkerchief came from the centre of a candle. With these and similar illusions of the good old-fashioned kind, a pleasant couple of hours were spent. Mr. H. TGarratt diversified the performance by some musical specialities, and a lightning sketch in four minutes, giving a good illustration of the simplicity of landscape painting. Mr. Purcell proved an efficient accompanist.