PRINCESS THEATRE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17069, 30 July 1917, Page 8

PRINCESS THEATRE

The wet weather brought a very big harvest of business to the Princess Theatrl on baturday, the auditorium being full both afternoon and, evening- b „;3,/ e - nsa^ on c act is Praised patrons tort"Th* 'pi K rSt »PBf««™» of the Staigs liL T1 f u ?'obe of Death." Notices from the north indicate that this act has proved an enormous draw everywhere, for it offers a thrill rare in the annals of vaudeville, iho apparatus that the Staigs use is a hufre sphere of latticed steel, which is braced to the. Inside this Master and • Miss bta.g perform on ordinary cycles and on motor cycles, and it is said that their doings are httle short of miraculous. Thev ride *°,Ti a i d round t h e globe, mounting higher aDd i n *°? , » fa^ er anS faster h™<L ** f nly , flyu] S blurs apparently hanging at right angles to the walls of steel .binaily the man, mounted on a motorcycle 3 le n 6 f ly IO T the • lo °P' at the terrific speed of a mile a minute, not only once nf in nm *J° Z T Um^-' c *• pressure of 10,000 pounds centrifugal force upon the globe. During this hazardous ride le cannot possibly see, and manoeuvres merely bv mst.net It will be shown for one weel only. In addition an entirely new proFES^V 1 P romi ? e « &°m the' Gadabout Trife* M S % Armand TriUer Murfayne, BiUy Brown, Laurence Johnston, and other popular artists.