Amusements, Meetings, etc.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14295, 18 May 1914, Page 2

Amusements, Meetings, etc.

BIS'MAJESTY’S THEATRE. LAST DAY OF POMPEII. , The presentation by the management of His Majesty J S(CTi,io3tre; tb-night is going to be the of- its kind , ever screened iu Wanganui. Even the great Quo Yadis picture is not to be compared with ,it ■ Last Days of Pompeii |s one of those beautiful themes taken froin the book of one of our best English authors. Lord Bulwer Lyttou. , Following is a brief synopsis of the picture:— triodius, hhe gamester, mill Diomed, the wealthy merchant at the house of Glaucus (in love with lone). Clinthus, the Christian.'The Sign of the' Cross. . Tim Bling Girl, Ny-. dia. Nydia’s jealousy of. : lone.. The philtre: a deadly potion, and its effects. Nydia-, innocently- gives Glaucus the potion. Arbaces assassinates Apaecidcs,. who had been converted to Christianity and charges Glaucus with the crime. The , trial of Glaucus and Clinthus. CJinthus, the Christian is condemned to enter the arena with a tiger, whilst Glaucus, armed with a. stilus,, is to combat with a lion. Whale Glaucus and Clinthus still faced, the" beast in the arena, a vast sheet of vapour 1 •shot up from Vesuvius, a fire that shifted and wavered every moment, now lurai-' nous, now' dull and dying red. The people turned to flee, but darker and larger spread the cloud above them. Above all was heard the voice of Clinthus, who was surrounded by his Christian friends, “The .hour is come, ho cried. The next moni- !?£; k la , uc l’ s all( I lone guided by Nydia, the x bhnd girl, sought the shore. In the silence of general sleep Nydia bent over Glaucus and kissed his brow, and then turned away When the, lovers awoke’ their first thought was of each other, them next of Nydia. They guessed her fate in silence, and wept-for her as for a the a S^de?. ClV ' Seats be booked at n cd fu dl, y ncxt - iil the Druids’ Fall, the Wanganui Labour Party are giving a benefit euchre tournament and nance in aid of the a*:,tressed family of heir la.e friend, Mr .Stevenson, Tickets arc sel.iutr last, and crov/( j jK anticipated, as the public know that this is a real deserving case. The Labour riuty ask. all to come and assist. A novel feature will be the Boy Scouts, who will have charge of the door and the supperroom Mr Copley, the Pianist, is getting special music for that evening, which pro-i.ia.s to he a huge success. The Hallway Social Club, whose advertisement appeare in another .column, again notify their usual 'progressive' euchre party, and dance. The prizes axe, well worth striving for. A good supper m provided, while the dance music is of the best. Apart from the, usual prizes a, really splendid prize is offered for points in the euchre at the end of the season. At'the Museum Hail, at 7.45 p.ra. tonight (May 18th), Mr .A. W. Bradley, the Keyot General‘Mission, will deliver a lantern lecture on Egypt, the umous aspects of the ’’country, its people, and customs, British reforms', and the work of~Mi; sions among the Mohammedans. Admission is free.