AMUSEMENTS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 69, 16 September 1924, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

KING'S THEATRE. ••MY WILD IRISH ROSE. ' TO-NIGHT. Ireland—the country about which, poetsi and bards have sung for centuries. "My Wild Irish Rose" screening at the; King's Theatre to-night and to-morrow niglit is a romance that will appeal; to all. sons of the Hand of the brogue. It is a love story, for what story that was ever romanced in Erin's Isle is not a. love story. Then there are touches of humour, and the titles of the pictures are expressed in: the broguei of the country—a fact which adds a great deal to the appeal of the story. The an all-star cast intreprets the various roles. "My Wild Irish Rose'is a special attraction, but usual prices only will be charged. ♦ TOWN HALL TO-NIGHT. A special treat has been provided for . the fourth Chautauqua programme which is $o be .gfcveh at the Town Hall this evening. Of Misa Eileen Pascoe-Webbe, contralto, the Melbourne Argus says:— "The Municipal Concert last night was held up for about a quarter of an hour. . . The effort that provoked the demonstration was the performance of Miss Eileen. PascoeWebbe of the old song, 'Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes.'" The Melbourne Sun said of Miss Pascoe-Webbe: "With something exceptional in its contralto quality and real temperament at the back of it, Eileen Pascoe-Webbe's voice should take her a long way. It was revealed at a concert in the Assembly Hall on Saturday, when she sang Frances Allitsen's 'Like as the Hart' with every word of it well considered." Miss Lesbia Dobson, %010 pianist and accompanist, under the pen name of "Ruby Bodson," is also a song wrter; three of her songs being in course of publication at the present time. , . ■'..,. . 1 Dr. D. Carpenter, the noted American scientist, will lecture on the subject,r;iß Mars Inhabited?" CARDIFF TO-NIGHT.

A lorry leaves the Marble Bar at 7.30 o'clock this evening for the Football Ball at Cardiff.