AMUSEMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVI, Issue 14924, 17 December 1912, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

HA Y WARD'S PI C I' I R ES. More than was promised in the i.uvertiseu programme was put on at ia<- | Lyceum last mglit, wnen a Oig nolioay audience was g;\-t.-n a bill <>: tare wnic.i should satisty cue most lastmiotts. Jt was brimful of good tilings. A very line exclusive drama was "'l'lie Vengeance of I'art', or tlie Hearing Uavs of 49." '1 in.- picture is one oi elisor...iig interest and compels attention iroin Jir.sr to last. it deals with a gold inning venture in the wilds of Norm America. 'I wo young men go out to -*eek a fortune, one being married, and !he other covers iiis wile. The married ni;■ >: is successful in finding gold mi! ticient for a fori line, whereupon iiis jealous mate throws him over a precipice into a river below, and thinking lie will n. vcr be heard of more in this life, 'j;oi-s none, and alter lour years .succeeds in ;.'crs tiding the sorro'wing, young and ) :-o:.r.y widow to marry him. She only ac <-s tins however by icason of j;< -overly. Subsequently events show that h< r first husband was picked up by Indians; he recovers from his injuries, and si i-t.e----quently, when his little eiiild is t; ken by the Indians of his Lril>:< iie 's ; ble to rescue it. and he finally has the salisiaction oi seeing liie man wi:o ias l:e----trayed his wile and played nim l-iise, shot by the Indians, and his bones are left to bleach unburied. Every detail is well worked out. and the iliinax prompts the audience to hearty applause. Some pretty- acrobatic work is introduced in a picture of the Van leeill,. order entitled "Calibre's Dwarfs." A very good drama was one ontiiled "'1 lie Lost Necklace" ; "Cowboy l.iie in U.S.A.. ' was highly interesting: and "A Woman's Strategy" was .mother « xcellent drama Lie. The comedy Cii ji.ent was well supplied in a film depicting a i>ew cure, tor divorce: while the goodnight picture called "Overdoing it." was one of the best comics ever >.cree.ied at the Lyceum. The same prograui,ne will be' repeated to-night. PULLERS' I'lC TUHES.

It goes without saying that sifter the holiday there was a big bruise at die Theatre Royal last' evening, and the selection of filing justified the house. 'I he. j)ietiires were all excellent, niul well suited for a, holiday programme. The best was a Kalcm drama, A .Prisoner ol the Harem," one ot a remarkably line series of pictures depicting Eastern life. In tUis case the scene is laid in Cairo, and the story tells how an American girl is lured away from her home by a tricky .I'asiia, and rescued bv a voung compatriot touring Egypt. The street scenes are very line, and the plot ef the story is jiootU "'J he International -Motor Ue.at .Race'' immediately found jVvour In the Gazette and •'.Scutari"' some sp!eri<i.,u views of troublesome Turkey and the contesting armies were given. 'Kobin Hood ' v.-a 3 a line reproduction ol the well-known old English >tory. A mosi delightiul and clever storvctte is '•Buster in Xodland," acted throughout by three gifted children. The other pictures were all well received. Yesterday afternoon a special children's nuuinee was given, and ;i large crowd rolled up to enjoy the programme. Last night's programme will be shown again to-night. FOLEY'S PICTURES. Foley's pictures were shown | 0 a lame audience at Fairlie last evening. The new programme contains some cM-e!!out pictures and was much appreciated. Cowboy Sports," depicting the h-ppv-go-lncK-y lives led by the vouth? d' Arizona, was a very popular lilrn. and was warmly applauded. The same pi mi res will be shown at Morven to-nigh;-..