A box plan showing but four isolated seats unbooked in the circle bore testimony to the attracting power of the superb "Romeo and Juliet" film showing on Saturday at the Princess Theatre. The subject might easily have remained on the programme for an extra term, but had to make way for other attractions. In the selection and presentation of the music incidental of this film Mr Martinelli and his orchestra excelled themselves. In the circle on Saturday night was a young man - evidently a very young man - who had provided himself with a toy, in the shape of a flashlight, which he focussed promiscuously on patrons. An unexpected interview with a vigilant manager put a timely stop to this impertinence.
For the present week the management will "star" a cowboy subject (1500ft), "The Round-up at Pendleton, Oregon". The cowboy theme has been generously exploited, but a trial run of this film shows it to be of such exceptional spectacular merit that it has been decided to run it for a complete week - a decision in itself a sufficient guarantee of the attractiveness of the film. Another strong number is a picture story of the famed doings of Dick Turpin in his daredevil ride from London to York on his splendid steed, Black Bess.
Amongst the supplementing subjects are "Handy Handless", "Round New York", "She Never Knew", and "His Mother-in-law".
• Some extraordinary revelations are about to be made in connection with emigration from Scotland. It has been ascertained that the number of deserted wives and families who have been thrown upon the rates in Glasgow is so large that the annual cost is estimated at between 5000 and 6000.
Inquiries in other parts of Scotland have brought out the information that in proportion to the population the percentage of desertions outside Glasgow is even greater, so that it is computed that the public expenditure due to this cause in Scotland must be between 30,000 and 40,000. The figures are so striking that there may be a disposition to regard them as grossly exaggerated, but the data appear to be beyond challenge.
• During the course of his lecture at Gisborne (says the Times) Dr Truby King pointed out how women's feet were being contorted by the use of tight shoes. Under natural conditions the big toe should stand out similar to the thumb, though not quite as much, but they had now feet which no artist would look at. "Instead of having masks for our faces," he added, "we should change our dances, and invite women to come in bare feet or with sandals on, and take this as a count of beauty". - ODT, 5.8.1912
