The Halifax Comet. — 1904-03-05 (Halifax, West Yorkshire, England)

WATERH.OUSE STREET, HALIFAX. Investment Business only—No Open Accounts.  Viings Oenerat  The pages of the Strand Magazine for March include some of the best known and most popular ra,,,nteurs of the day. " The Adventure of Black Peter" is the latest of Conan Doyle's " Sherlock Holmes" stories, and reminds one somewhat of the earlier stories save that the environtnent and treatment are new. It is a tine exciting tale. Mr. W. W. Jacobs, in " Dialstone Lane," is as funny as ever, and the illustrations of Mr. Will Owen are as ludicrous as the story. It is a long time ago now since Mr. Max Pemberton wrote " The Iron Pirate" and "The Impregnable City," and he has written much since then, but the series appearing month by month in the Strand Magazine certainly show no falling off from his earlier work. His present story, "Echo," is that of some papers lost or stolen from the French War Office, and tells how the wrong man is blamed, but justice is done at last. " Artists' Types of Beauty," i an anonymous article to which much interest attatches, to a large extent from the numerous illustrations. A very pleasant chatty article. "Old Ballads" is another interesting item, and the quaint woodcuts staring at us from the pages bring back recollections of Jemmy Catnacb. and the time when every public event, from a famous battle to the latest" 'orrible murder," was sold and sung on the streets by a race now quite extinct. The illustrations to " Battles with Bergs" give the untravelled reader some idea of the dangers in the Northern Ocean. Every footballer, amateur or professional, will be grateful to Mr. 3. B. Fry for "The Heart of the Footballer," which appears in the March Strand iVlegazine. Altogether this magazine takes a lot of beating.  * * *:  Five hundred pounds in twenty-five prizes of £2O each are offered to readers of Tit-Bits in a competition dealing with the strand War Map. The conditions seem simple, and if it has no other result it will at least stimulate aknowledge of the geographical position of the combatants in the Far East.  ~_ From cover to cover the Wide World Magazine for March is literally packed with good things. First we have "Caught in a Death-Trap," being the awful experience which befell a young girl on the coast of Yorkshire ; the personal \narratives of all concerned, and specially taken photographs of persons and places. The number contains over a dozen fascinating stories and articles, and is, as wual, profusely illustrated with photographs and pictures. A' * * _  , The place of honour in the Sunday Strand for March is given to an interview with Lord Overtoun, in which he statse   plusical &Prantatir  In Old Kentucky, seems to be a favourite piece with Halifaxtheatre goers, as was testified by the fashi o n a ble and appreciative audience which assembled there ;ast night. The house was  packed in every department, and hundreds were turned away. The piece is well-played, and the darkies' variety turns are fine, their d3ncing being exceptional. By the way, it is the last week of the Old Theatre, it being closed next Saturday, to give way to a more imposing structure. It was erected in 1790.  * *  Fun on the Thistol is not dead yet. It will shortly be sent on tour again.  Congratulations to Mrs. Kendal who has just celebrated her jubilee as an actress. Mrs. Kendal's first appearance on the stage as a child was made at the old Marylebone on February 20, 1854.  There is another very good programme at the Palace this week. At the top of the bill are the Klein Family, a troupe of marvellous cyclists, who appeared in place of Will Evans, absent through illness. The troupe go through an extremely clever performance and win well-merited applause. The Paul Hesse Trio in an acrobatic wire act, are another very good turn, and Edward Clode uses his splendid voice to advantage in the two capital songs "Chorus, Gentlemen " and "The Deathless Army." Abdy's canine hippodrome introduces performing dogs in a novel and amusing performance, whilst Mdlle. Marvelle's Cockatoos show what can be done in the way of training such unpromising material amongst the feathered tribe. The Mayvilles give a Liliputian act worth seeing, Reilly and Taylor are quaint comedians and Lily Flexmore, a nice looking girl, gets through an amount of leg manipulation that is more difficult than graceful.  -.144.re5; ,r. -171 . /. _ _  411111 b...