AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18329, 12 November 1921, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC.

PARAMOUNT PICTURES. TO-DAY—“THE GILDED LILY.” At. the Opera iimiso at th e matinees awl evening avosioas, a fine programme has votue lu hand for screening. Mae Murra/estabiished herself us a warm fu>’ ourite in the big bupsr-produetlmii “On With the Danes,” in Which ha,' pourtrayal as the butterfly after e. • tering into society Will long be remembered. L “The Gilded Lily,' she plays a part not dissimilar, i

which la also tremendously interesting. The scenes are laid in i. •- city, as were those in the pr.-ivio-. production just quoted, with ti.,3 difference, that the gay life Is inflected from an even more intima angle. Mae Murray enacts the ro of a beautiful salamandrine woma. who gets all from her train of a. ■ mirers and gives nothing—surf el ten and sickened by the hollow moeke.. of the pursuit of pleasure instead c happiness; who keeps herself clean and pure against heavy odds, am. whose heart is hungry for love and . quiet home far from the garisc night-lights. How she is wooed by one of the denizens of the Great White Way, and by a country boy whose eyes are dazzled by his first view of the night life of a great city —how she finds which of these men has character and a heart, and how she finally finds the happiness she had hungered for, but in a most astoundingly surprising way, give Mae Murray the biggest opportunitytor dramatic acting she has ever had. In view of the attractiveness of the programme, and the fact that week-end night are popular at the Opera House, seats should be secured at once. MALE CHOIR CONCERT. The box plan for the Male Choir Concert to be held on Wednesday next opens at H. I. Jones and Sons for honorary members this morn ing and to the general public on Monday morning. The programme is one of exceptional interest and variety and should appeal to lovers pf all classes of music. The Hawera Male Choir, assisted by Miss A. Vin. sen and Mr Ernest Drake, provide the first part of the programme, and lhe s econd consists of the rendering of "The Desert" by the combined forces of the Wanganui and Hawera Choirs, with a strong orchestra, MiDrake taking the tenor solos. TOWN HALL, WAVERLEY. BY JINGO DANDIES. Next Thursday night this bright company of entertainers will pay a return visit, and Lhe theatre-going public of Waverley will have another chance of seeing these clever artists. By request the management have decided to conclude the entertainment with a dance, and this alone should attract both old and young. Y.M.C.A. A week of prayer will open tomorrow with a men’s meeting and tea at 5 o'clock. The speaker will be the Rev. Hugh Beggs. A meeting- will be held on Monday evening at 7.4 5, and thence each week night from 7 to 7.30. All members are specially urged to attend.

A rare musical treat is in store for all who attend the Wanganu. East Baptist Sunday School Anni.-j-ersary Services, to be held in th a 1 Town Hall on Sunday next. The scholars will be assisted by local talent, and an efficient orchestra and will render hymns composed by Dr. Sugden, M.A., 8.M., B.Sc., (Master of Queen’s Coillege, University o.£ Melbourne), and set to the music of some of the greatest composers i.e., Wagner, Schumann, Schubert, Hum. well and others, under the conduct, ership of Mr J. W. Wellington, at each service. All are welcome.