AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 83, 13 August 1923, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

BEAUTY CGMPETiTION. The Manaia Witness of Fiid'iy reports: Mr J. H. Ho: ton, of rtho Empress Picturos, mat Mr Chas. Ward, Picture Manager, of Stratford, and Mrs Ward, on Tuesday afternoon last, and marshalled a bevy of local beauty competitors before the kinematograph machine. Some sixteen girls had entered for the contest. Mr Ward was highly pleased with the local piospects, as ho found the young ladies inclined to regard the business seriously, whereas in most other towns ho had difficulty in securing exp. essions of natural composure. In several instances, however, the movements of the local

girls were a little too sudden. Mr Ward has visited most of the Tarannki centres, and hopes to secure a good place-, for Manaia in the final showing on the ■screen. The visitors were kindly entertained at afternoon tea at Mr A. H. Christie'& residence, where the films won©, taken. The, screening of the "Beauty by Biograph" competitors should draw crowded houses.

THE KINO'S THEATKE, TO-NIGHT. "TOSCHY'S FRAME-UP." THE PLAYTHING OF BROADWAY "A sick man couldn't help laughing," was the opinion of a constant patron at the King's on Saturday night, in referring to the Johnny Hines film, "Torehy's Frame Up." There is no doubt it was the groat-est"r2b-ticEler of the series, some of the situations being sta tling in their originality and irresistibly amusing. Torchy advises his f iend to elope with the girl of his heart, but events did not take the turn anticipated. The girl and Torchy were captured by the police on a charge of breaking into her father's house, but the couple had changed clothing in the ear, and Torchy dressed as a girl was sent to the girl's own home while 6he was taken to gaol. The father in a tantrum at his daughter's escapade sent Torchy to her bedroom and ordered the maid to •deep with his supposed daughter to prevent a further elopement. The real lover was under the bed, where he had taken refuge when the police made a search of the on iliscovering the ladder at the window. Their antics and the uproar when the maid Teamed the sex of her bedmato were ludicious in the extreme. The girl by this time was up before the magistrate, but Torchy arrived in time to explain and get them married before the father like a ramping lion burst on the Scene. The main picture, "The Plaything of Broadway" was a R^alart"-pro-duction of society life in New York and the story of a''dancer who made a bet to entangle a famous doctor. Failing' to catch him by feigning illhealth, she acted as. a nurse in a slum quarter of the city, but both doctor and nurse'fell in love with each other. 'To raise money to build a children's hospital, she visited her old haunts one night, and in return for promises of financial support for the object agreed to dance as of yore. The doctor attended at the request of a friend and saw the whole riotous proceedings, leaving in disgust and horror. Their subsequent meeting and reconciliation were pathetically dramatic. This good programme will be repeated this evening for the last time. TO-MORROW NIGHT. i Marie Prevost, the delightful and tempting Universal screen star will appear at the King's Theatre tomorrow night in her latest comedy romance "Kissed," which is the story of a beautiful young flapper who longed for romance and to be kissed. The picture is lavishly produced, there being many wonderful scenes of fascinating dance halls with the merry throng in fancy dresses.

DANCE AT LOWGABTH. A grand dance is announced at the Lowgarth Public Hall for Thursday next. TUTUTAWA. THE DIGGERS' BALL. (P.0.C.) The Tututawa Diggers held their annual ball on Frday evening, August 3rd, the proceeds being in aid of the Pearson Fund for the blind. A collection was taken in the hall and the company responded in a most generous manner, the takings being in the vicinity of £B, which is very creditable for a small place like Tututawa, The Diggers in their usual generous style left nothing undone to make the evening a pleasant one. Mr E. P. Brough gave several humorous recitations which were encored, Mr J. B. Norris gave a step dance, including a hornpipe and Irish jig. It is rumoured that tbe ladies are giving a ball on August 23 rd. Messrs J. Simpson and L. Walker were M.C.