AMUSEMENTS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12017, 6 March 1920, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

M ARTON—TO -NIGHT. “A MIDNIGHT ROMANCE.” An expose' of the methods and practices by which criminal intelligence seeks “frames” and lands its prey among the social sets, and the part that hotel employees often innocently play in the plans of the ultra-crooks for landing big game, is made in “A Midnight Romance,” the second of the series of special feature starring vehicles for Anita Stewart, to be shown at Everybody’s Theatre, to-night. The extremes of entertainment are accomplished in the opening scones of a boat of refugees from a foundered liner being landed on the American shore, and in the closing scenes of a grand ball and reception in honour of one of the refugees, who, throughout the production, is known as Marie, a hotel maid The sitory concerns her experiences as a servant employed by the Sea View Hotel. A peculiar phase of the production in that the audience has no more idea of her beyond that then the members of the cast who succeed in involving her in a series of thrilling and mysterious experiences. CHAUTAUQUA. -The Chautauqua is making its first visit to Marton on March 10th to 16th, and it is to be hoped that the Marton people will take advantage of the musical treat, and educational lectures that the Chautauqua offers. The Chautauqua had been well received in all the large centres of tho Dominion, and is highly commended by all tho towns, where it has,been. The opportunity to hear some of the best artists and speakers obtainable has been made possible by a number of local business and professional men. Let us hope that the people of Marton will support this group of public spirited men, and make the first appearance of the Chautauqua a success. The fact that over ninety-five per cent of the centres where the Chautauqua artists and speakers have appeared have voted a return engagement is sufficient guarantee that the new. movement is of the highest type of entertainment.

The railway working account, published in this week’s Gazette, shows that to the termination of the period ending 31st January, revenue from the North Island totalled £3.695,233, and expenditure £1,835,938. The South Island figures are given as £1,933,749 and £1,489,679 respectively. Grand totals are therefore as follow: —Revenue, £4,618,972; expenditure, £3,315,617, the figures for the corresponding period of last year being £4,015,559 and £3, 709,344 respectively. The subject of the interchange of teachers is again being taken up, writes 'the Rost’s London correspondent, the London County Council having authorised the British Empire League to recommend twenty Canadian teachers to their services each year for one year’s experience lin the schools. A generous rate of I salaries for teachers has been arranged by the council. London teachers wishing to take up work oversea are also granted a year’s leave of absence. Four Ontario teachers have already taken up work in London under the scheme, and several London teachers are interchanging with teachers in Canada and Australia, where similar arrangements are in operation. A typical instance of the good work effected by the St Dunstau’s Hospital, was told by Mr Olutha Mackenzie in a lecture on the famous institution for blind men. In a village in England there lived a blind man who was confined to his room, and was waited upon hand and foot by his mother. As a natural consequence he became broken in health, morbid, and miserable. Hearing of the St Dunstan’s institution he managed to gain admittance to that hospital. To-day that man is a prosperous bootmaker in his native township, and keeping his mother. Surely a great debt of gratitude was owing to Sir Arthur Pearson, for the great work lie was doing for humanity’, emphasised Mr Mackenzie. Mr R Kerr, Thqresby, Martou, wants well bred gelding. Messrs H A Goodall andUo., land agents, Bulls, havp some new announcements in to-day’s issue. *