SECOND EDITION. AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13336, 27 March 1911, Page 7

SECOND EDITION. AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC

PULLERS’ PICTURES TO-NIGHT. In our advertising < columns to-day, Messrs J. Fuller and Sons’ announce their programme for this evening. A glance at the subjects indicates that the selection of pictures is one of the most attractive yet put forward. The film showing King George V. on the way to open his first Parliament is an admirable production, con- , veying a splendid idea of the pomp and 1 ceremony prevailing on such occasions. A picture with a strong local interest is one illustrating- the mountain passes of New Zealand, in which the glorious scenery of the Buller Gorge and other prominent beauty spots are special features. The film is an excellent specimen of coloured photography by Pathe Freres. Three very fine dramas will be shown in “Winning back his Love,” “An Eye for an Eye,” and “A Vote that Counted,” while prominent in the comedy section are “Tweedleduinas s Policeman,” and “Captain Barnacle s Chaperone,” the latter an excellent production by the Yitagraph Co. There are several other attractions of merit, amongst them being “Flowers.” a charming nature study. Altogether the programme promises to be one of the best yet presented by the Fuller proprietary, which is perhaps a bold statement to make when previous exhibitions by this firm are remembered. The musical portion will, as usual, bo provded bv O’Hara’s Symphony Orchestra. y ■ ' HUGH J. WARD’S FAREWELL, Hugh J. Ward and his popular associates make a farewell visit to Wanganui on Wednesday next at the Opera House, when they stage the farce comedy, ‘ Seven Days.” The new play is in reality an acting edition of the amusing story, “When a Man Marries.” Save that the Japanese butler does not figure in the caste, the plan of the story has been closely followed, and the rbof-garden episodes may be said to have been dumped out of the book on to the stage. Apart from the domestic element, and what is called o “trial engagement,” the fun hinges on a dinner, which is given by “Jimmy M ilBon,” and which ends in everyone being quarantined on account of the illness o the Japanese, who is supposed to have small-pox. In the play it is explained that the trouble over an official notification on yellow paper and a Japanese servant enmeshed, and mixed up ten respectable members of society and a policeman. There are three acts, the first in the drawing-room, the second in the kitchen, and the third in the roof-garden of a riverside house. ' Here all the character; of the,play are seen The cast of “Seven Days” includes Miss Grace Palotta, Miss Celia Ghiloni, Miss Maud Chetwynd. Messrs Hugh J. Ward, Aubrey Mallileau, Beg. Wykeham, Robt. Greig, and H. fl. Wallace.

ANTONIA DOLORES. ‘ Thus a southern exchange:—“ The large audience that assembled in the Drill Hall last evening in expectation of a musical treat, realised their anticipations to the - full.-. Mdlle. Dolores is a great favourite with the music-loving portion of the OamTaru • public, and she more than satisfied their" most 'exacting requirements. As Ifdlle. was singing, one seemed to lose all idea of the conventions of the theatre oi concert platform; it was as if one were sitting in his own home, listening to a friend whose beautiful voice reached to the inmost recesses of one’s inner and better nature. For Mile. Dolores is the possessor of a marvellous voice, and the use made of it was not a whit less marvei lons. Her range of style reached from florid operatic air. through charming lyric, to simple ballad, and each was distinct in itself. This was most marked,- when the last group of songs on the programme was compared with the first; the former being characterised by a beautiful silveriness of tone that marked them off from all the previous numbers. In her opening colelction of old English songs Mdlle. Dolores a! onco secured the sympathy of her audience, and the underlying pathos of “When I am laid in earth,” the exquisite phrasing and beautiful trill in “The lass with the delicate air,” and the fine crescendo and diminuendo in “My mother bids me,’ should go far towards re-establishing these old-time lyrics in popular favour, and sweep away some of the trash that often masquerades under the name of music. The beautiful melody of Rossini, coupled with the trills, turns, and echoes with which Donizetti’s number abounds, gave the audience a display of musical talent aa beautiful as it is rare. An entirely different element was introduced in Schubert’s “Ave Maria.” Here the characteristic was devotion, and Mdlle created an atmosnhere that at once placed the listener in sympathy with both singer and song. MdllVs’ New Zealand tour has been remarkably successful and big houses are sure to grest the popular singer in Wanganui on Jfhe 30th and 31st insts.