ROYAL STANDARD PICTURES

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12753, 28 March 1910, Page 2

ROYAL STANDARD PICTURES

Both ou Saturday afternoon and evening the Druids' Hall was crowded by children at the matinee and adults who were crowded both upstairs and down. The popular pictures of 00lJingwood street had a number of new tales to tell on the occasion of the bi-weekly change of programme, a veritable holiday bill full of gocd things, and as is invariably the case, all new to Nelson. "Why Girls leave Home," is a drama in three acts, in which you not only see the stage of the theatre in which the drama is being acted, but," how it is received by the audience of the dress circle, family circle, and the gallery patrons. The expressions on the faces of the audience, sympathy for the. hero, tears for the heroine, hate and scorn for the villan, is all depicted, while the drama runs its course. One stout lady in the gallery, in her excitement of villany vanquished and virtue victorious, throws her arms round and embraces the. wrong man. "The Cowboy Millionaire," "In the Watches of the Night," "Wanted, a Child," are all good, while the screams of laughter elicted by "The Biter Bit" go to prove that a bit of fun is enjoyed by all. Mr Edward Travis, who commences his endeavour, to beat the present piano continuous playing record of 61 h- nrs 30 minutes at the Druids' Hall oil Thursday next, will be supplied with a special piano from Martin's music warehouse, and will play from sight anything that members of his audience like to suggest. Picture matinees wall be given each afternoon.