FIRE BRIGADE BENEFIT.
r ..AT HIS TO-NIG-HT. : . .-At His Majesty's -"Theatre to-night an ex&llciit Xiiogiainmc of pictures wjll^jje slioavii m aid of iho funds of the Gisborne iFiuo' Dviga.de: The object is a worthy one aiid. combuiijd ; with a. first-class • pi v o' gramme slioultf ensure a crowded attendt aii«.\ The principal picture is a fl-v^aet jliPtro cpinedy» : " r f he Spender." In, -which the iavb^i'to p.laycr, Bert Lytell, i& seen m !o,ne of his bcst^characterisations.f f ihe story cQngerns Dick" Bisbce, f t« , wlipiri lifjß nieaiis <;JijQs-meiH, aiUV. "Tightwad" aß|s-bee,-old and. a misanthrope. The ytfouiig man has no money to- buy the- gopq things of life, while the' older- man possesses a million, but lias lost the art of hanpinefes m his ; greedy for gold. .Dick conr^ve-s .a -plan to- help his umae, old ."Tightwad, ," hack to youth: aa ct enjoyment and m return reap soine. rewards himself—a Ko.me,lpr tli<; ghl he love-sand ..is going to marry. How, at" Dick's Instigation, :,i he old man casts off :hts ag»'wiiti his oi.d. cipthes, ' i§ cleverly shown? and the happiness the' younger inaii is able to : teach ; the elder shows that money is only a. sotti-ce of pleasure when nsed for tlw? happjnejss'.or others. The. play i s vital; and compelling; for ; . ifhunifin power, its comedy' is most dc-li-ratHy and lightly .-. handled. iw,h(lt« -.-t.hr 'rp'jnancc which runs . tJirough' tjic 7 stoi % y is rofreshin? m its simplicity and* chhrm The supporting pictures will be a Billy West comedy, "The'-.Messenger," arid "r 'late- edition.o f thd ' Ap additional attraction. ftili, be ' the musical progi-ainmo to be supplied by an orches-: tra comppistng"-Mis : rGj-a5 ; ?on-'and Messi" C. \Vood Chrisp.W:Durfrigr"the.lnlerv,a" !;s>vee"ts will pc solU liy young lady volu-n '■teer.s f,vp.iA; the ftlrls! Emergency v .Club and, the , -hockey . cliui. i Tickets ;may bf ■pvocuted.., from.. members .iof..4he Brigade •or, 'at Mk : C. VV, MUir's, sto-tlonei\ '".'" •/
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 15080, 1 December 1919, Page 5
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311FIRE BRIGADE BENEFIT. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 15080, 1 December 1919, Page 5
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