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lhe Fmpire.
The management of the Empire Theatre is to be congratulated upon the all round excellence of the pro- grammes presented each week No expen e i spared to secure stars of the highesL order and such enter- prise will reap its own rewn,rc1, Heading the bill this week is Hetty King, the world's greatest nm.le im- personator I forget now e;actly how many times she has Andeavoured to visit this country hut, at L st she is here and her tour under the aegi, of ther Afriol.n Theatres should be one great triumph. There are many who have tried to imitflte her but, the e efforts hn.ve failed and, one , (ter seeing her can only come to one conclusion namely Lhnt f'he stands a.lone. Her impersorrntiorn:;
whether they lie of n soldier, i1 sailor or n thndy etc., are all nrnstcl'piec s and . 110 should lie :t grcll.t attraction n th B111piro ior weelrn to come. Addition and ~Iitrcngrt in theil'
~uperh c'.·hihitions of clancincr pnv :1
welcome return visit a.rid, as on previous occat.ions. charm everybody
"itli their del1ghtlul cla.ncing. t)cott Sanrlers the famous clrnrncterising
THE S.A. JEWISH CHJ; WNICLE
comedian, al::;o pays ri return visit and he t-oo, i cle-;t•1·verll ,. p 1n1lar, whilst the other n"weorner:; it1 the per;;ons of the Testn. Si Lers are charllling c:-omec1ienncs and dancers. Rcrnaining oYer from 1 he previou · week n.re, Lola Kra1,;a.vi1rn, \Yho giyes a further series of select.ions from het extensiYe reperh>ire, Frank Fay anu the Little Lady from Dixie, Key and Keyworth aod Brennan amd Newton.
His Mljesty ·s
Despite the fact that the gorgeous pantomime, Cinderella is in its fourth week at His Majesty's Theatre, it is still drawing crowded houses and, in order to cope with the demand for seats, no less than four matinees have to be gi'>en ea~b
week
All
records have been broken a11d it is no small wonder for the piece is staged with an unseen anc.1 unheard of magnificence.Th? New
Bij~uIt seems that tho management of the Bijou Tbeatre is SJJUring no expense ancl trouhle to prnvide patrons with tl.io iinost picLurcR obtn.inalile The attrnction this week bas been a.n .\meric<tn clA.ssic entitled "The Olc1 Homestead'', a fine story full of eomecJy and tragecly a.ncl, with but two exceptions, it has bacl the longc t run of a.ny other pictme in Americ<t. Also includell in the progrn.m111e was a cornedy picture cal!Pd "'I'bo Hay. cec-1''.
The Orpheum.
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To- ight at 8.
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AN IN 'rANTAN'EOUS SUCOE::;S.
THE GORGEOUS
Pantomime
Cinderella
Producecl by Philip D. I..Jevard. "'
0lans at C;:irlton Hotel.
EMPIRE
1 A frtcau Theatre~ Ltd.1
To-Night at 8, 15.
Our Great Company headed by
Hetty King
Scott
Sanders Addison & MitrengaFrank Fay at <l tbe Lntle L1.1d}' from Dixie.
Lola Krasavina Vesta Sisters Key
& Ke yworth
Brennan & NewtonPlan" Ht Carlton Hotel.
New Bijou.
P onjola.
Th Carlton.
The Lesson.
The Houi;e of Sunerlat1ve Attractioni.
I he Oroheum .
Heaclirg tho Yancleville bill at the Orplieum thi:-; \\'eek is Ted Marcel, the . katinf( c01nedin.11 who was so great a success at the Empire a week or so ago, al o included in the programme \\·n.s the lively acb by Vide::i.u arn1 E.ii·by During tbe earlier· J1itrt ni tlie \\'eek tlrn pl'incipa.l pictur' wrts ''Twenty-One" the story of a lllOdorn Prin ' Charming and a~
up to dn.te Ci11d0rella.
L afe,t
\~usic.T'' o very p pulal' num lie rs lieu rel during the reccn holiday season were a one , teµ ancl also a two step of the same 11a11H' by Debrot Somers entitled 'Christmas :\Teclley' i.;uh- lislieL1 hv :\les-;rs. 1\ei!.h Prowse and Co. Thi-; same hm1 have al o 1·ecAntlv is:;1rnr1. ''Hoek-A-Bye l\Iy Baby Blues,,''" Africa/· and "Twilight f_;ove" a ,·cry iioe <lancing song.
