AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 86, 24 November 1911, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE

There was a good attendance at iiis Majesty’s Theatre last night to witness the change of programme. Slim Jim’s Lust Chance” was an excellent dramatic picture. Jim, described as “of tho under-world” is released from prison on the same day Tom Denton. Jim proposes that joni should join him in his criminal life, but Tom declines, but ho finds that “his last job” always stands in tho way when he seeks employment, and he decides to strike for the West, where the Indians and cowboys so essential to the presentation of a drama have their being. Here he readily gets work, and quickly is placed in a position of trust. Some months afterwards, Jim, apparently driven by circumstances to earn an honest living, turns up at the farm on which Tom is employed. He approaches Tom, is given work, and for a time does well enough, but tho desire to take the belongings of other people overpowers him one day, and J om catches him s-tcaling money from his employer’s desk. Jim appeals to ipm not to tell on him backing up his appeal by a threat to tell the employer about Tom’s term in gaol, but his appeal and threat alike fail of tneir object. The employer is called in, is told of Jim’s lapse, and in turn is told of Tom’s “past.” Jim is led off to durance, and Tom is bidden leave the ranch, which he docs at once. But during Tom’s stay ho has become more than a brother to the ranch-koepcr ? s daughter,• arid after Tom’s departure _ she sets off after him. While she is getting away, Jim escapes. He had been placed in a rough-and-ready lock-up, and while the guard at the door is directing her the way Tom went, Jim breaks open the door, steals the guard’s pistol and cartridge belt, mounts a horse and strikes for the horizon, happily the same portion thereof as Tom and the girl have struck for. . Tho girl overtakes Tom, and while they aro speaking together their horses are taken by Indians and they have to fly. Tom and tho girl get into a good position, and Tom opens fire on the Indians. A 7 ery soon Jim arrives on the scene, hesitates a moment, and then ranges himself beside Tom, and together they pepper the Indians. But the ultimate salvation of tho lovers is not yet, though it is brought about indirectly by Jim, for his absence from the lockup being observed the cowboys of the ranch set out in pursuit of him, and when they appear the Indians are easily persuaded that there’s no place like home. The father becomes reconciled to Tom,' and Jim is offered a further chance to live honestly because of his gallant behaviour; but that nonchalant individual puts his hands in his pockets and wanders away over the prairies in the general direction, presumably, of the underworld.

Other fine dramas were “Tho Carrier Pigeon.” “Letti’s Temptation,” and “The Drop of Blood.” The industrial section was represented by “Brewing Beer,” and the scenic film's —“ln the Pyrenees” and “The Cinematograph in Africa”—were of a high order. The “Rathe Gazette, 127” as usual dealt with the current events of the world, of chief interest being scenes in London and Liverpool during the recent big strikes. The comic films—“A Double Deception,” “His Best Girl’s Brother,” and “The Job and the Girl”—were highly amusing. The programme will he* repeated this evening and Saturday evening, and a matinee will he given on Saturday afternoon. CRYSTAL PALACE PICTURES. Lovers of motion pictures are reminded that the Crystal Palace Touring Co. are to give an entertainment in the Town Hall, Stratford, on Tuesday night. It is said that the electric motion pictures, screened by the company, arc of the highest standard, being projected by the latest model machine. The services of the Stratford Lyric Orchestra have been secured to play selections during tlie evening, so patrons can rely on spending an enjoyable evening. Popular prices of admission are to be charged.