ENTERTAINMENTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXV, Issue 11786, 24 September 1913, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE NORWOODS

AUDIENCE ENJOY THEMSELVES.

There is not the least doubt as to the drawing power of the Norwoods, as the Town Hall was again crowded last evening, and judging by the shrieks of laughter and the continued applause the entertainment was entirely to the liking of those present. The antics of tho subjects when they were persuaded that they had been pouring fleas down their backs, or that they were catching fish over the stage, were laughable in the extreme. The "star" turn of the evening was when the subjects wero seized with the idea that they were monkeys, and proceeded to act as such. Three of them climbed up into the dress circle, and there they clambered about the railings, and gibbered at each other for all the world like the animals they were imitating. • With the assistance of Miss Winifred Norwood, the science of mental telepathy was demonstrated in a remarkable manner. Those in search of a bright entertainment, full of humour, and calculated to make the most staid member of society laugh till his sides ache, should visit the Town Hall to-night, when new features will be introduced.

THOMPSON-PAITNE PICTURES

"IN A VvOMAN'S POWER,"

The change of programme to be screened at the popular ThompsonPayne Theatre this evening comprises a well-varied and excellent all-round series. Pride of place will be held by a 2500 ft drama, entitled, "In a Woman's Power." The story is briefly as folI lows:—Rejected by a woman on the grounds of his loose conduct, a man forces his way into her house, and accidentally shoots her. He is imprisoned for ten years, but after four is released on parole, and marries the daughter of his landlady. He meets his ancient flame, avlio threatens to hand him over to the police, and during the excitement becomes a inanaic. On hur deathbed she is forgiven by the man and the wife. A Kalein drama entitled "The Battle in the Virginian Hills" will be an interesting subject, being the story of a bitter feud and its results. "Tracked to the Sandia Mountains" is a frontier release givim' a realistic idea of Western life. An interesting domestic study will be given in the Rex Company's "In the Blood," while the Selig production of "The Scales of Justice" will also form an interesting feature. Honest John Kennedy is presented with a medal for efficiency and bravery by the board or police commissioners. He becomes engaged to Polly McGuire, and by so doing incurs the revengeful enmity of "Slippery" .Jim Quinn, the political boss of the ward in which Polly lives. Quinn, who has eyes for Polly, much to that young lady's displeasure, threatens to undo Kennedy before another week has passed. He plans a "frame-up" on Kennedy, and with tho aid of a marked fifty-dollar bill and a well-known crook, 'manages to place Kennedy in such an embarrassing position that the policeman, although innocent, is discharged from the force for accepting a bribe. Now Polly turns against him, believing him to be dishonest. Through a strange change of circumstances, Kennedy rescues the wife and child of the crook who implicated him and caused his discharge. Moved by the occasion the crook gives Kennedy the evidence necessary to convict Quinn, the man higher up, and Kennedy reinstates himself in his old position on the force, after which Polly again returns her love and hand. An interesting study will ge given in '' The Busy Bee,'' an English industrial film showing the wondorrul works of our little friends. The Eclair Journal will show the latest fashions and topical events. Two interesting scenes will be shown in '' Tho Golden Shell" and "The American Rhine." A well-selected variety of comedies will include "Polidor in Danger," "The Tyrant Husband," "Bloomer a \egro,"*aud "The Way of Life."