ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3765, 26 February 1913, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

HUG AR D—TO-NIGHT

In presenting the above attraction at tiie Opera House, commencing this evening lor a- season of 'three nights, the management state that they are offering <T one of the most remarkable entertainments that has toured the world.” During his travels in the East, Hugard has .procured some very costly costumes and effects, and it is said that in the second part of the programme, where he presents Ling Sing Soo and his Chinese assistants in the celebrated Oriental act, “A Night in a Chinese Palace,” the stage is one blaze of Oriental grandeur and effect. This act runs for 70 minutes, during whidh not a word is spoken, yet the audience is he'd spellbound! by themarvels shown them. This act is su'd to have mn in New York and; London alone for six consecutive months. Hugard’s great rifle act is the talk of every place he has visited, and is his own original invention. He allows three local riflemen to bring their own, rifles and cartridges, load them and. mark the shells and bullets, also to have a committee on the stage. The bullets and shells are also marked by different individual in the audience. The men then fire from the back of the stalls. Hugard then catches the bullets, returns the exploded shells (with cordite) and bullets with the grooves of the rifle upon them, hot, and all the private marks upon them, his act is the only one of its kind in the world, and must be seen to be believed. Hugard, is supported by a strong company.

PAT HE PICTURES.

First-class entertainment awaits patrons of Patlie Pictures at His Majesty’s Theatre to-night, when the midweek change of programme will make its'appearance. The new series is of infinite charm and variety, and is hound to thoroughly please all lovers of the silent stage. At the head of the list comes a big colored drama by Patlie Freros, entitled “A Woman’s Ambition,” which for acting, mounting, and setting is about as good a production as lias appeared for some time. The story tells how Juliet Morin, the wife of a well-educated, vieeless man, revolts at- the daily round of duties, some menial, all monotonous. She and her husband are invited to spend a few days at the country bouse of a wealthy friend, and the young wife finds herself in a new world. She has her share of adulation and flattery, and before her stay is over she knows that Albert Sellande, one of her host’s guests, is in love with her. She returns to town, more out of harmony than ever with her life of monotony. Sellande later urges her to leave iier husband, promising to marry her as soon as she can obtain a divorce. Juliet decides upon the fatal step, and the pair fly to Geneva. A few days later Seflande is arrested as a. swindler and a forger, and the misguided woman is left stranded. She is bitterly punished for the foolish act she lias'committed. Being penniless she sets out to wa’k to Paris, and hunger drives her to ask to he put in prison. Her request is refused, but her miserable plight arouses the sympathy of a kindlv old sergeant, and ‘lie tnkes her to his wife, a laundress. The woman gives her work as an ironer, and one day she is requested to take a parcel of linen to one of the big hotels in tile city, and on doing so finds herself face to face with her husband’s friend. He tells her that her desertion has destroyed her husband’s reason, and that his lunacy takes the form of believing that his Wife is always with him. He takes the repentant wife ! hack to her husband, and the sleek of , seeing her restores his reason. He is moved to pardon, and Juliet frub; that a woman’s best ambition is to love and bo loved. The story is powerfully i acted, and contains manv touching ! situations. “The- Doctor’s Debt” is a cleverly-constructed Lubin drama, which concerns the lives of t] ie ini mates of a lighthouse. “Two Daughters of Eve” is a well-acted play, wlii'h shows how one woman maligns another simply became of imr profes-sion—-an actress. “The Training of a London Fireman” shows the nerveracking trials a fire recruit has to go through before he is qualified to iorn ft ■■The Valley of VorsJe" a. beautifully-adored scenic, and a new Gazette complete a pro- ~ ammo that is certain to vastly please all tastes *

merry widow opera, coat PAX A'. '

T ,le . box plans for “Our Miss Gibbs, -The Merry Widow/’ “Bello d 3St\v Yoj;k, and “Cateli of the .-eason, will he opened at Lucas’, tobacconist, to-day, when heavy .hookings may be anticipated. Mr 1 rank 0 Sullivan, who is in advance ot the Company, recalls the fact that 1,,", 11 oe last visited ■Gisborne with the j-ollard Opera Company some 11 or 12 •\ cai ' s ' a f£°; no less than fourteen hunUred seats were hocked in one dav tnineh included season tickets of six nights) constituting a record for New -Sea kind. Several members of the present Company were members of the i) I *™, organisation, viz., Misses D. Connor, John Rolston, Miss Ucsie Evesson, Miss Cliff Palmer, and others, that the company has made good m the Dominion is testified to by !' tocoul business they are meeting with everywhere. Press reports to hand refer in highly complimentary tsims to both performers and performanees alike. Miss Eva Moore plays the parts of “Mary” and “Lorna” resnectiveJy m “Our Miss Gibbs” and Ihe Merry Widow.” She has essayed some characters with success in the United States under Charles Frohhian’s management. .Altogether a leal treat is in store for Gisborne theatregoers, and the o|iera House should be filled to its utmost capacity eacli evening.