ENTERTAINMENTS AND MEETINGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12399, 12 October 1903, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS AND MEETINGS.

WOODS-WILLIAMSON DRAMATIC COMPANY. Tin-: revival by the Woods-Williamson Dramatic Company of the popular nautical drama, "Hands Across the Sea," drew a crowded attendance to the Opera House on Saturday night. The play received an admirable rendering, and met with the hearty approval of "those in front. To-night the management announce what should prove a great attraction in the play "In Old Madrid." This is a dramatisation by Miss Maud Williamson of F. Marion Crawford's powerful work, "In the Palace of the King." ■'.;,:. \ : ' |

Tne season of eight weeks, a phenomenal one for Auckland, comes to a regretful conclusion on Wednesday evening next, and the three farewell performances of this really popular organisation should attract large audiences. , >

FULLER'S ENTERTAINERS. Fuller's Entertainers are steadily gaining in popularity at the City Hall. This was again evidenced on Saturday evening last, when a large and appreciative audience was present. All the items . were satisfactorily rendered, and the audience, as usual, set up a great demand for encores. The comio element was well represented by Mr. Bob Bell, who is now well established as a popular favourite. The Driscoll Boys, too, are comedians of a very high ' order. Their double song and dance, "My Yellow Venus," was exceptionally well given ,and elicited hearty applause, as also did their Irish sketches, " McNulty, You're a Daisy" and " Domestic Pets." The Clare Sisters first provided a double song and dance and then an interesting society sketch, entitled "May, My May," in which they both showed a marked improvement on their first appearance the previous week. In several ballads Mr. Chas. Waite was heard to good advantage, and the items "Brothers" and"The Coster's Linnet" met with a very flattering reception. Mastei Thomas McDonald also succeeded very:well in a pleasing little ballad. Mr. Joe Watts and Miss Madge Lucas continue to gain unstinted applause for their Irish specialties and legmania tricks. Miss Jessie Dell maintained her reputation as a serio-comic singer and dancer, as also did Miss Kinnaird in her capitally-rendered ballads. The-en-tertainment, which concluded with a screamingly funny farce, entitled "Hypnotsomnambulism," will be repeated this evening. For Wednesday next the management announce a special holiday programme and the first appearance of Miss Tilhe- Dunbar.

DANIEL FRAWLEY COMPANY. " Arizona," the first production of Mr. Daniel Erawley and his company, will be presented at His Majesty's Theatre to-night. Mr. Frawley comes to us with a great reputation from the Land of the Stars and Stripes, and he brings the most famous of his national dramas, and a company said to be unusually strong in every detail. ■ Added to this is the hall mark of Mr. J. C. Williamsons management. We gave an outline of the story told in "Arizona" in Saturday issue. The following is a list of the principal members of the company:— Daniel Frawley, Messrs. Harrington Reynolds, J. R. Amory, Jeffry Williams, Wallace Shaw, Galway Herbert, Harry Plimmer, Thos. Foster, H. MeLennan, Frank Crosslev, Stanley Ford, and John P. Wade, Misses Mary van Buren, Eva Dennison, Blanch Douglas, Christine Hill, and Belle d'Arcy. In the programme the American system is carried out, the characters being set out in the order of their appearance on the stage, instead of in the order of their importance. This facilitates the immediate identification of each character. BEATRICE VARTHA CONCERT. Miss Beatrice Vartha, who is shortly leaving New Zealand for America, will* give a concert in the. Opera House on Friday next, October 16, when a first-class programme will be presented. One of the items selected is.the Mozart " Concerto in D Minor." •The critic of the Christchurch Press writes: —"This brilliant execution was followed by a storm of applause, which was not allayed until the gifted performer returned and played a charming 'Berceuse' by Chopin." Herr C. Lehmann (violinist) is a prominent member of the company, who has earned laurels in Australia and the South by his artistic playing. Miss Florence Karelle (contralto), Madame Chambers (soprano), and Mr. Wilfred Manning (baritone) will also assist. Mr. r Arthur Towsey is the musical conductor. " : .»,.'

EXHIBITION OF FANCY DANCING. At His Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening Mrs. Malcomson Boult's pupils gave a bright and artistic exhibition of fancy dancing. There was a large audience, and a well-selected programme, so arranged as to embrace the dances of widely ditferinijj peoples, was carried out in a wholly satisfactory manner. Part one opened with an overture by the orchestra, followed by a grand floral march (Swedish), with limelight effects. A skirt dance by the Misses Clarke, Henry, Edgelow, and Alexander proved to be a model of grace and sprightliness. Miss Queenie Boult gave an exceedingly pretty Florentine dance, and was rewarded with a hearty round of applause. Another very pleasing item was a skipping-rope dance by the Misses Ellen Lush and Muriel Tibbs, whilst a Russian bell drill, with which the first part of the programme concluded, was delightfully given, the following taking part Misses Boult, Edgelow, Alexander, Clarke, Conolly, Cooper (2), and Nordon. The second part was nothing, if- not diversified, including as it did gipsy, Japanese, French, and Polish dances, besides a charming recitation, "The Minuet," by Miss Alda Ralph, and "Ye Okie Englishe Courte Minuet" by Miss Queenio Boult and Mr. Richardson. The larger pieces were as follows: Dress rehearsal at a gipsy camp, Misses Edgelow, Clarke, Alexander, Henry, Conolly (2), Lush, Ruddock (solo part, Miss Boult); Japanese dance, Misses Bock (2), Gilmour (?.), Bundle, Young, Perrin, Crozier, Cronin, and Messrs. Anderson, Crozier, and Gilmour; "Les Arcs" (French fete dance), Misses Bock (2), Conolly, Sloane, Crosier, Farrell, Perrin, and Walters; Polish winter dance, Misses Boult, Henry, Clarke, Edgelow, and Alexander-. The concluding item, was a well-ar-ranged tableau, entitled " Good-night," during which Mr. Hamilton Hodges and Miss Aicken sang " Good-night, Good-bye," a piece which was written and composed by Mr. Malcomson Boult. From first to last the programme went with a swing, encores being frequent.

COURT CITY OF AUCKLAND, A.O.F. Court City of Auckland No. 3978, the oldest court of the Ancient Ordei of Foresters in this province,, and whose membership now totals 411, celebrated its fortieth anniversary by a most successful smoke eoncert in the Foresters' Hall on Friday evening. About 300 brethren were present, including the district executive—Brothers W. Ramsay, D.C.R.; Hosking, D.S.C.R,; W. L. Rowland, D.8.; and D. J. Wright, D.S.— and members of sister courts. Brother J as. Stiehbury, D.T., presided, and was supported on his right by the chief raugor of Court City of Auckland (Brother E. Jones). During the evening it was stated there were 21 courts of Foresters in the Auckland district, with a membership of over 2000. The following toasts were honoured:—" The King," proposed by the chairman; "The High Court and the Auckland District Executive," proposed by Brother C. Sheppard, 1.u.C.8., and responded to by Brothers Wright, D.S., and Ramsay, D.C.R,; "The Visitors," proposed by Brother E. Jones, OR. and responded to by Brothers Dazeley (Nil Desperandum), Morev (Zealandia), Walker (Onohunga), Holmes (Newmarket),' Kent (Victoria Devonport), Kidd (Birkenhead), Campbell (Waihi), Kennerley (Pride of the North, I names). Thomnson (Star of Helensville), Jarmer (Petone), and Hemp (Mount Rose, Nevada): " Court City of Auckland " s o'rf?f™ by , Brotl, W. M. Neumegon, 1.D.G.R., and responded to by Brothers Robinson (secretary) and Jones (C.R.). Items were contributed by the Unique Quartette (Messrs Abel Rowe, C. and V. Atkinson! and Ashby), Messrs. Steel, McCarthy, Wil' fred Manning, Thompson, Darlow, A. Jackson, McMurtrie, W. M. Neumegen, Karl brown Brough Linden, and W. Libert. Mr Alf. Bart-ley played the accompani-

THEOSOPHY. YT A , fc }*. t Theosophical Society's Room-? Mutual Life Buildings, last night, Mr. M Parr lectured to a good audience on "Matter and Infinitude." A very wide field of investigation was, said Mr. Parr, suggested by his title, embracing the whole realm of existence. Matter, he said, was a truly marvellous thing, taking on such innumerable variety of forms, many sciences comprising a vast bulk of knowledge, bavin? been built up by the study of those forms which it assumed. Coming to the point whore matter vanished from sensuous cognition, he said that it simply extended into more and more subtle states, stretch into infinitude; and as it was to be noted so far as our senses took us, the finer the state of matter the greater the potency, it was to je anticipated that this would continue onwards into infinitude. An animated discussion followed.