ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3954, 10 June 1913, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

/■ POLITE VAUDEVILLE. The Polite Vaudeville Company, which will inaugurate a season of four nights at the Opera House on Wednesday next, not only bears Mr Beebe’s name, but a long list of other names as well, including those of some of the finest artists in the entire vaudeville profession, and the Gisborne season should be highly successful. The Timaru ‘•Herald” states: It is one of Mr Beebe’s / beliefs that no high-class vaudeville performance is complete without the introduction of a few excellent musical numbers, and the result is that the present company has? two superior operatic vocalists in Miss Ella Conrad, soprano, and Miss Ruby Cox. contralto. Both of these ladies have had much experience on the concert and operatic stage, an deach possesses a well-trained voice of exceptional compass. Their perfect rendition of selected concert numbers is an innovation in vaudeville that is greatly appreciated by music lovers in particular and the public in general. To those who are fond of clever comedy and eccentric dancing, the speciality act of Mr Will White is commended. Mr White is said to stand alone in his particular line of business, and his number is always received with much enthusiasm. Lovers of grace and beauty will find much to admire in Miss Rubee Raymond, a chic American star, whose charming acrobatic toe dance and pleasing personality have earned for her the title of America’s electric spark, _ or the girl with the smile. There are seventeen artists in tlioi company; the whole programme bristles with pleasing surprises. The show is staged in the smartest possible manner. Other acts on the bill include the Rollicking Rpckleys, Comedy sketch artists: the English Arteens, lady and gentelman acrobats; Kielderson, in his new protean act ; the musical Bartletts j Mr William Fairbahk, comedian; Miss Edie Leeder, serio and dancer; and Mr George Walton, Scotch comedian. Reserved- seats may be booked without extra charge at Lucas’.

PATIFE PICTURES. The brilliant Vitagrapli comedy, “The Scoop,” again delighted a big audience at His Majesty’s Theatre last night. The acting, mounting, ancl setting of this fine production are in the Vitagrapli Company’s best style, and the comedy was received with very hearty manifestations of approval last night. “An Old Appointment,” a delightful episode by Harry Furniss, the renowned artist, also greatly pleased the audience. This gives splendid views of the quaint and beautiful institutions in and about London devoted to the care of the aged. A spice of breezy "Western life was provided in the stirring story, “The Fraud That Failed,” in which the outstanding feature is a fight to the death between two men travelling at breakneck pace on horseback. “Captain Barnacle.” the delightful old salt who is always going about helping people out of trouble, has seldom been seen in a happier role .than that of a. -reformer. In this film the Captain takes in hand a young fellow who is on the downgrade and makes a thorough man of him. “Eavesdroppers” was a pretty comedy, and no better educational subject has yet appeared than “The Colliery at Lens,” which shows the interior of one of the largest mines in France. The gorgeous “Niam Giva Festival/’ the “Pathe Gazette,” and, in short, every film on this nicelybalanced programme _ is well worth seeing, and it is certain there will be a large crowd present to witness its final screening to-night.

OPERA HOUSE PICTURES. A last chance to witness the “White Glove Gang” ns offered to-night, which will see the final chase after a most up-to-date and clever band of thieves who work with a system which is astounding. Everything is to their hand—motor cars, false policemen and a horde of followers, who aro at their leaders’ beck and call. The him is a fine and exciting one, and should he seen by everyone. “The Soldier’s Furlough” depicts a soldier who does not return to the fort at the end of his period of leave. His brother is killed, by a desperado and he sets off to avenge him, and when he returns to the fort with the noted desperado’s, body he is naturally pardoned. . The exciting chase and the introduction of trains, etc., make the picture chock full of incident. Some very fine comedies are introduced, the-ehief one being “Cow Charmer, . Orator and Knight.” It is exceptionally humorous, and ‘‘Alkali-Ike’ ’ is a good second to it, Ike being right in his element as a devil on his way to a masquerade ball. “Steel|>Making” and. “Lapland Scenery” are two fine subjects. A visit to-night will please patrons immensely. .