ENTERTAINMENTS.

Waipa Post, Volume VIII, Issue 362, 30 October 1914, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

PREMIER PICTURES

A fair number were present at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening to witness another good programme, the principal film being “ The Naval Spy,” which proved most realistic.

One of the most remarkable photo-dramas ever filmed will be shown on Tuesday next. It is entitled “ A Day of Days.” The principal part is taken by the famous American actor, Cyril Scott, who is well supported by a strong cast. Percival, after many adventures aids an heiress, to escape a villain, finds a card in the villain’s hat that sends him to a ’notorious gambling house, where he breaks the bank, and where later an attempt to rob him is. frustrated by timely aid. Later he again rescues the heiress, becomes involved in a fight with the villain’s hired man, and in the final chapter thwarts (he villain’s schemes by marrying the heiress just as the clock denotes the end of his “day of. days.” The supporting pictures include some remarkably fine sceri‘ics,and beautiful photography discloses some rare views. GEO. W. WILSON. There was only a fair attendance at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening, when Mr Geo. Wilberforce Wilson, the wellknown New Zealand hypnotist, made his second appearance before a Te Awamutu audience. In order to assist him in demonstrating the science of hypnosis Mr Wilson had the assistance of several gentlemen from Hamilton while three or four local gentlemen responded to his request. One of the “subjects” while under the influence, gave a splendid imitation of the cries of a morepork, a weka, and a seagull. The antics of the supposed showmen in charge of “Buffalo Bill,” “The Five-legged Calf,” “Chimpanzee,” etc., created a large amount of fun. A suggestion from a member of the audience that within a stated time one of the “ subjects ” should walk from the front of the hall, on to the stage and there walk on his hands, was duly performed. A Hamilton resident was placed into a cataleptic sleep, the body becoming perfectly rigid. Placed with the head resting on the back of one chair, and the feet resting on another, the body was capable of supporting the weight of several persons; The local “subjects” did not prove so suse'ptible to the influence as those which appeared on the occasion of Mr Wilson’s previous visit, an explanation being given as to the reason.