ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 October 1915, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE PICTURES. The eliiei attraction on the present programme of Empire Pictures is Vitagraph's detective drama, "An Affair for the Police.'' In this fiirn everybody is mystified. A clever woman proves herself more clever than the police. She furnishes a big surprise. Another twopart drama is Domino's "The Shoal light." Ezra Tucker, for thirty years keeper of the lighthouse, receives a let* ter from the (iovemment stating he. has reached the age limit, and asking for his retirement. Tucker, who has a real personal affection for the light, which he regards as liij own, is heart-broken. Ilis sorrow, however, is soon replaced by a feeling of deep resentment towards the new keeper, Coates. They become enemies. Coate'i -ou. John, a young captain of a fishing vessel, arrives in port, "id enquires the way to the lighthouse of Hattie, Tucker's daughter. .John makes a favorable impression on lier, and soon they fall in love. Several days later Hattie sets out in a small boat for the village. The boat overturns and John rescues her. John dismisses Adamson. his first mate, for drunkenness, and, greatly infuriated, he overpowers old Coates and turns ofT the light one very foggy night Tucker goes out to big good-night to his light, and is amazed to lind it is not burning, and feeling there is trouble, he and Hattie start for the lighthouse. They find Coates -enseless. Hattie is put through one of the windows, climbs upstairs and lights the light, thus saving John's boat from being wrecked. Adamson, who has gone out on to the big rock out in the sea in a row-boat, loses his boat and is drowned by the rising tide. When John reaches the lighthouse the next morning a happy reconciliation takes place between ali parties, and the picture finishes with a love scene between Hattie and John. Five other films were shown.

ROYAL p;rn RES. To-morrow at the matinee tiie management of tile Theatre Royal will present Lubin's powerful feature drama, "The Bond of Womanhood," a play that shows truly that "every cloud has a silver lining." Chief of the supporting dramas is Edison's "A Chip of the Old Block. - ' John Westcrbrook, president of the Wheat Exchange Bank, learns that his grandson, Harry Westerbrook. is at Deer Lake, living with an old gaiiiekeeper, Herbert Wesyerbrook. John's son has a son Paul, a teller in the bank, whose attentions to Mary Wenlworth have been received apathetically by her. She is bored by Paul, and goes lo Deer Lake to visit her friend Myri:c. She meets Harry, and they fall in love. Herbert's wife i in the city, is much concerned over Pant's chances for the hand of Mary. Ilarry arrive.s in the city, and is made bank messenger by his grandfather. Paul steals money from the bank. The detective reports that the j thief is very close in kind to the president. lie is assured, however, that j Harry is not the thief. At a dance at the Westerbrook home. Harry looks in. As lie stands in the corridor, Herbert's wife comes out and hands her necklace to John Westerbrook. who is tatting to Harry. John is called away, and leaves the necklace on the table. Little Helen. Paul's sister, picks it tip and goes away. The mother returns, an ( | Harry is accused of taking the necklace. Helen has given the jewels to her mother, who has hidden tbeni to incriminate Ilarry. Mary has seen her hide them, and exposes her. Harry and Mary rejoice on the following day when llarrv is informed that he has been made toiler in the bank to succeed Paul, who has resigned after an exposure, following the arrest of a fellow teller. Five other films arc to be shown. \