ENTERTAINMENTS AND MEETINGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12279, 25 May 1903, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS AND MEETINGS.

IIIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Tub final performance of "Sweet Nail of Old Drury" takes place to-night a). His Majesty's Theatre. On this occasion, as on. Saturday night, souvenirs in the fora of autograph photos, of Miss Nellie Stewart, • ill the title role, will be given away. To-' morrow night Miss Stewart and her com* pany will produce for the first time in Auek-* land the comedy, "Mice and Men," which J has been highly spoken of wherever produced, 1 and comes to us with a London record of j 385 successive nights. The role of Peggy,' the heroine of the piece, gives Miss Stewartt ample scope to display her versatility. The story concerns itself mostly with men and' maimers of the eighteenth century, and action centres round our Peggy, the ward of a philosopher and scientist, Mark Embury (Mr. Harcourt Beatty), who endeavours to train and educate liis ward according to hi# own methods. He falls in love with ."Peggy, who retains for him only the affection of & child to a father, and becomes enamoured of Embury's scapegrace nephew, Captain! Lovell. After some complications Peggy is free to marry her lover, and thus " the best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley." The box plans for the four nights of the run are now open at Messrs. Wildman, Lyell, and Arcy's. Haddon Chambers* "A Modern Magdalen" is underlined foi ' Saturday next.

CONCERT AT ST. GEORGE'S HALL. At St. George's Hall, Great North Road, Mr. Jno. Tudor's fourth concert drew an- , other largo audience ,on Saturday night. > Master Davie Brett sang "As a Mother ' Loves Her Son," and scored an encore. Misa ' Pearl Goodyear was successful in an artistic song and dance. Mr. H. Long, in his baritone songs, was well received. Mr. John Tudor and Miss Pearl Goodyear were warmly encored for their amusing double turn. "The Strolling Musicians." Mr. Jack Lewis was recalled for his very clever coon impersonations. Miss Hettio McGuiro, in a character song, "I'll Go and Tell Mamma," for a little girl displayed mud] ability, her acting and facial expression bringing" down the house. Mr. Owen McAuliffe, a droll comedian and vocalist, received encore after encore. Miss Tillie Watts sang sweetly and was deservedly recalled. Mr. Ned Polder sang a clever old man's song and was encored. Mr. John Tudor and Miss Pearl Goodyear finished the first part with an original sketch, entitled "Mixtures," in which they introduced some up-to-date dialogue. single specialties, a lightning combat, etc., for which they were loudly applauded. The entertainment was brought to a close with Mr. John Tudor's amusing comedy, entitled "Just Back from the War."'

THEOSOPHY. Last evening, in the Theosophical Society's rooms, Mr. F. M. Parr lectured on "Theosophy in Dailv Life." Mr. Parr .spoke of the wide field covered by the term " theoso- .*», phy," saying that, indeed, all true knowledge must be thoosophy. It was not a sect, he said; it recognised no separateness between itself and all'systems of thought or forms of religion. The true theosophist would not say that lie was superior to "another, but only that that other was his brother. He spoke of the help in daily life which theosophy brought, revealing, as it did, the mysteries of human nature, with all its different parts, and 'showing how these might be brought under control, thereby revealing to us how t< attain that permanent, unfading joy foi which the human heart was ever longing. An interesting discussion followed.