ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3640, 28 September 1912, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

TE HAPARA METHODIST HAND OF HOPE.

The monthly entertainment of the Te Hapara Methodist- Band of Hope was held last evening, when there was a good attendance, although not quite so large as on previous occasions as far as the adult portion of the audience •was concerned. Mr J. A. Jones presided and the entertainment was thoroughly enjoyed, The programme opened with a recitation entitled “Manv Ann” by Miss Holly lain aids, who recited so well as to receive a well-merited encore. Another recitation followed, Sybil Lysnar reciting “Mr Nobody” cleverly and having to respond to an encore. An excellent gramophone selection succeeded this item, and then Marjorie Weston and Kathleen Sceats rendered in a creditable manner a pretty duet entitled “Little Sailors,” being loudly applauded and recalled, when they again acquitted themselves well. Flome Maid on o recited nicely “ibo Seedling ” and in response to an encore sang "A Woodland Spree,” showing that she could sing as well as recite. A recitation bv Mary Jiffen, entitled “Meeting of Ships,” was excellently o-iven and warmly applauded. A reading “A Domestic Trouble,” by Miss E. Rush was creditably given, and a quartette, entitled “Where is the Boy in the Jacket of Grey?” by Maude Mason, Sybil Gregg, Rita and Ruby Collev won loud applause. Later on the same little girls also appeared in another quartette, rendering New Century” very successfully. Winnie Hepburn recited “If You Please” pleasingly, and Kathleen Sceats, Marjorio Weston and Dmah

Roche, acquitted themselves creditably in the singing of the trio “My Old Kentucky Home.” A recitation “Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little. Toes, ’ by Francis Bullen, was enthusiastically encored, and the quartette “Way Down Upon the Swanee River” by Blancho Maidens, Elsie Roelie, Laura Gibbs and Phyllis Maidens was warmly applauded. Marjorie Lysnar received an encore for her recitation “Two Little Kittens,” and Ruby and Rita Colley won loud applause for their capital rendering of “The Village Blacksmith.” The programme was also interspersed by several hymns, and a feature of the onteri tainment was a dialogue entitled ['“Wanted a Cook/’ in which the various characters wore creditably sustained by the following: Belinda Honeyman," Miss Muriel Rush; ill’s Constance Proud, Miss E. Rush; Ellen, Jessie Stone; Lizzie Blanche Maidens; Mary, Phyllis Maidens; Lucy, Alice Edwards; Kate, Myrtle Colley; Jane, Elsie Roche; Sarah, Laura Gibbs; Harry Honey man, Mr H. J. Gandy. During the evening the chairman announced that in future the Band of Hope would meet every Friday evening at 7.30>, when Mr H. J. Gandy and others would he present to assist the boys and girls in tho preparation of songs, recitations, etc., for the monthly ’ entertainment. A . register would be kept at these meetings, and it would then be known who attended and who played truant. He trusted there would be as large an attendance at next Friday’s meeting as there was that night, inviting the boys especially to attend and equip themselves for the monthly entertainments, and not allow the girls to have everything their own way as at present. The accompaniments for tho singing were ably played on the organ by Mr H. J. Gandy.

RATHE PICTURES.

‘•The Banker’s Daughter,” a powerful Kalem drama, forms the principal attraction in the new programme which will be submitted at His Majesty’s Theatre this evening. The story deals with an exciting run on an American bank, which is embellished by a pretty romance between the bank teller and the President’s daughter. The Vitagraph players provide a clever drama, entitled “The Telephone Girl.” During the burning of the factory in which the girl is a switchboard operator, she stands steadfast at her post, notifying all the departments until everyone escapes safely from the building. She is overcome by smoko and rescued in a brave and heroic manner bv a young fireman, who is injured in bringing her through the flames, and who, of course, eventually wins the girl. “ 'Vi fey ’s Ma Comes 'Back,” is a comedy that will appeal to everyone. Itobert. an advocate of physical culture, his mother-in-law to try it. The old lady puts on the gloves, and Bob thinks he has fallen into a threshing machine. Otj her dramas that will meet with a warm reception are “The Beast at Bay,” “Paris Motor Bandits,” and “The Little Goatherd.” The. Pathe Gazette is full of topical subjects of more than passing interest, while “Some Famous Rivers” supplies a scenic subject of rare beauty. The new programme is one of exceptional merit, and it is safe to predict that it will meet with a most popular run.

RIFLE CLUB SOCIAL

The Gisborne Rifle Club, which was recently formed as tlie result of the activities of ■ members of the local branch of the Overseas Club, will hold its inaugural social at Bedstones’ Hall this evening. A splendid programme has been arranged-