AMUSEMENTS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10241, 2 September 1909, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

HELLERS COMPANY. Tlie well-known mystifiers and entertainers, the Hellers, who v ere m Oamaru about ten years ago, are revisiting this town on Monday evening nest, the 6th inst., when they show in the Opera House. Prof. G. W. Heller is a mystifier and laugh-maker, and his spiritualistic seance causes amazement wherever it has been shown. Madame Maude Heller, the hypnotic medium, gives . replies to questions thought of by the audience relating to the past, present, or future events. Mr A. Black is a baritone vocalist, Mr W. Douglas musician, and Mr J. Carson operator of the biograph. The Hellers give a refined, unique, and interesting entertainment suited to a general audience, and the popularity of their performances is very well kuown. The box plan is open at Begg's music store.

I MISS NELLIE STEWART. Miss Nellie Stewart, supported by a powerful company, will make her reappearance in Oamaru on Friday, September 10th. This announcement will be read with pleasure by local playgoers, and interest will be added to the occasion by .the fact that "Sweet Nell of Old Drury" is the play clioson to bo staged. There is no doubt that as "Nell Gwenne" Miss Stewart is seen at her very best. It was as the orange girl with whom King Charles fell deeply in love that Nellie Stewart first scored a triumph in drama, and "Sweet Nell" is proving by far the greatest attraction for playgoers during the present record tour. There arc over 50 members in the Nellie Stewart combination, all of whom will come to Oamaru, and "Sweet Nell" will be I staged on the same scale of magnificence as when produced in Sydney. The plan will be opened at the Dresden on Tuesday morning next, at 5.30 a.m. BENGOUGH. A concatenation of circumstances militated against the financial success of Mr Bengougli's first appearance in Oamaru : | the weather was shocking and goers were suffering from a mental indigestion induced by over-indulgence. But those who were present found the cartoonist an exceedingly capable exponent of his art, his work being rapid and interesting and his incidental patter diverting. Several sketches of wellknown figures were depicted, and the audience was in a state of suppressed merriment while the characteristic features evolved under the skilful crayon of the artist. Mr Bengough also treated his audience to a worthy recitation of the experiences and views of the American tar at the close of the round-the-world cruise. The sentiment contained was an eminently commendable - one, and Mr Bengougli's rendition did it credit. The pianist, Miss Carroll, played several solos of a more or less colorless nature, and Mr Claude Allan, though the possessor of a good voice and fairly good style, sang in an equally colorless way. We are not fond of the whistling prodigy, but we must admit that Mr Gardiner possessed the accomplishment in a very high degree, and apparently gave great pleasure to his audience.