AMUSEMENTS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11774, 29 October 1912, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

HAYWAII'D'SP-ICTUJRES.

The series opened at Hayward's Picture Palace' lua.i evening is an excellent ono, unci the p.c:-ui:ea were highly appreciated by tile spectators,, who evidently found in tlie worldielis stories a , lining. . method of winding, irpthe holiday. There is an appealing ''note of pathos right; through ''Her Diary,'' -in elderly lady who lives in the poorhouse, receives a letter stating that'-she can regain her hot.ie, which her brother (now. dead) had bought from her many years ago. Bidding farewell; to the other inmates, she. sets out /with a glad heart, for the dear old home, which she has.pined for. so long. ; A black servant greets her enthusiastically at the this is her welcome' home. She looks around the familiar, room, and past memories, revive. Seated by the tire, she takes hev~ diary which contains a record of the eventful happenings in her life, and slowly peruses .earjh. page. As

.e-ach leaflet turns scene.after scene Appears' and disappears,- and, each incident forma one more link in the tragedy of the widow's life. The closing scene ends :u her being restored to her son.- "The Judgment of Solomon" is a very interesting story ~.dealing with two mothers who are passionately fond of their babies. But while one never leaves her child, the other, one is pleasure-loving, and does not consider tli9 welfare of her infant. During the night the neglectful mother unconsciously stifles her infant, and, when she discovers what she has 'done, she exchanges and places-the dead, child on the other-mother's lap. Then follows a heart-rending scene between the two women. The picture-is bea-uti-fuily colored, and shows up the gorgeous dresses to- advantage. "The. Shrinking Raw Hide" is a Spanish ■ tW». mance. "The Australian. Gazette', shows the'usual interesting events, while ■•Catalina" depicts old --Roman; bridges and picturesque scenes, with the Pyrenees in tho background. "Miek Winter and the Banker": is a clever eomcdv, with an aeroplane;figuring in the scene. ' In "Contrail's Inheritance an old friend, Max Linder, is featured. "Palidor," as adoptive, ifa'.ther: is :anbtb'er. good comedy. By special request it was the intention of the Management to project' "Tho Fountains of Versailles,"' already a popular subject .in Qamaru, but owing -to unavoidable delavs it liad-not arrived. .The picture ■will be screened to-night "should'it come to hand. A striking feature of lastnight's entertainment was the tuneful music of the orchestra. -J