ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 January 1920, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY S. A "JEWEL" FEATURE "DESTINY." This afternoon and to-night, at Everybody's, the principal attraction will be one or the famous "Jewel" special feature ''Destiny," starring Dorothy Phillips. Out of the ruck of pictures that are "just movies," there stands one now and again that hears the impress of reality. Its people seem more than mere screen characters—they seem folk that you know, or might have known. Their motives are understandable. Their actions are based on emotions common to all of us. They get down beneath the veneer of photoplay convention to life itself. "Destiny" is such a story. It tells of the choice that we have at the cross roada of life —how one path leads to destruction and the. other to lasting happiness. It tells of ambition, of greed, of the clash of will against will, ot love, and of hate. "Destiny" screens for t\vo occasions only, this afternoon and Anally to-night.

THE PEOPLE'S. SHIRLEY MASON TO-NIGHT. Bill, the Kaiser, wrote an ode to his son, Willie:— "The Crown Prince -sunk them transports fine, And now the whole damn ocean's mine. Your U-boats gave me all the boodle, So here's the order of the Golden Noodle!" But you'd better see "Good-Bye Bill!" a Paramount picture by John 'Emerson and Anita Loos, starring Shirley MaecAi and Ernest Truex, showing at the People's to-night. The latest Gazette, Pictograph and comedy are also on the programme. , The matinee to-day commences at 2 p.m. *j

N.S.W. STATE ORCHESTRA. Unbounded enthusiasm marked the opening concert of the New Zealand tour of the N.S.W. State Orchestra, which was given in Auckland on Wednesday night. There was a crowded house to greet the and the conductor (Mr. Henri Verbrugghe'n) and his instrumentalists were cheered again and again. The effect of the orchestra's presentation of the various works included in its programme is simplv electrifying. In a rehearsal of the ""Messiah'' with the Auckland Choral Society the conductor simply astounded the members, and critics stated that after an hour's practice under Mr. Verbrugghen the chorus was scarcely recognisable as the same with which he commenced. The Aueklanden? .believe that the performance of the "Messiah" with the orchestra will eclipse anything that has ever been heard in the Dominion before. At Hamilton on Thursday night the orchestra gave its second concert, and the experience of Auckland was repeated. Mr. F. W. G. Mel.eod, of New Plymouth, who was at the Hamilton concert, stated to the organiser that the performance beggared description. i In a lengthy reference to the visit of the orchestra to Melbourne in October last, "The Triad,'' a distinctly critical journal, etiya: "There can be 'no doubt in the mind of any person who attended the series of concerts given ... . th:it iheir performances were of an infinitely higher standard, speaking generally, than anything heard for many a long year . . Some of the best work was "in the "Pathetic," "Fantastic" and "Spring" symphonies of Tschaikowsky, BerloTz, and Brahms. . . . Each of these great works was played in pitch a manner as f.o make of it a genuine emotional experience. If Mr. Yerbrugghen had given ms nothing more than these three symphonies, the first week of October. HUH, would still have been memorable for Melbourne. . . . The last number played in Melbourne was the well-known Tannhauser overture in which the members of the orchestra rose to the occasion splendidly-. . . . the players of the bass instruments stood nt the end of the overture in their determination to make the Good triumph over the Evil . . The moral was pointed most effectively."

The orchestra appears for one night only in New Plymouth' on Thursday next. The concert takes place in the Coronation Hall. The plan is now open at. Collier's, and patrons should hook immediately to save themselves from disappointment. Guarantors, to whom the plan was opened yesterday, were quick to avail themselves of the opportunity of early booking, and the public will be wise to follow suit to-day.