AMUSEMENTS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11656, 11 June 1912, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

HA Y WAHDS' PICTTP.E3

Tin- comic side «»f the entertainment I ■,i the Picture Palace was »" evidence ■,-t ni«lit '-Willie, the Hunter 1 affording imioh mirth-provoking laugh- c t".- '-The Bell -of Penance" was the i m; V;„ dramatic iilm. in, which « '; man "aves two voting women from tlid t Inrv of an enraged Mexican. I lie t Pivcr Loins" is a fine colored scenic. "N'.u Pinkerton and the Thieves is < with tlie exploits oi the great t Pmkcrtnn Detective Agency in Ame- < rica. '■Willie's Sister" is a, dehahttiU ■ little comcdv-dra.ma. in which Willies colleo-e chums are taken down a number i of ne"s bv that youth, who has.been 1 rather roasted. ■ "-The Maid has a, 1 Sparkiin- Idea"- and "Jack Tar Sinuses « l>i- Fri-nds" are two . com-odies that i -reato considerable laugher. "But the 1 ,;;■(,.rniinnic contains :about a dozen fine < films, and is one of delightful vnna- 1 tion. ! The tame programme will be repeated this evening. NORWOOD AND VOX APX COMBINED SHOAYS. The Norwood and Von Arx Combined Show.-, will annear in the Opera. House, Oaiviavu en" Monday next. June I<. P>ofes-or Eve.iett Norwood i*s a hypnotist and mental tclepalhist. The enter'xainment' is described as a continual series of hiutihs from the raising to the dropping of'the curtain. These laughs are cau=ed bv the grotesque attitudes the subjects sometimes find themselvesin when the snell of hypnotism is removed. Duriivg the peinmmanee lys specialties will include "'I he Hypnotic Minstrel Show." "The Circus/ and "The M"usical Comedy," in which the subjects, bv suggestion, believe they aiv reallv minstrel, circus, and, music.ii come'dv aitists. alid give hypnot'cally unarrested performances. including dances, songs, a.iul circus leats.... Alan M-Ehvain will appear in monologue ami mimicry, in wjiich he is churned to be a worthv successor to the late Mel. .15. Pmirr. 'George Mmphy is as a' veiy clever comedy juggler. \on \rx ' the marvellous magician, is a brother of Nicola. The box plan open,-; at the Dresden on Thursday.