AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 31, 19 January 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE

Of' all the programmes yet seen a; Bernard’s, the present is one of tin nest. There is a groat variety, am. every picture, dramatic, scenic, or comic, is of the best yet seen here. Tju first series of the Del'd Durbar picture gives a very good impression o, the great Indian event, and is vein steady. “The Way of the Eskimo’ (drama) introduces to the pictim world Eskimo actors for the first time and is’ of absorbing interest. The Cut Jinan Diamond is a wonderful indus trial picture, showing the many hun dreds of native diggers working oh tin mine face, drilling, blasfng, etc, am the great panoramic view of the Pretoria mines puts one very much h mind of a busy bee-hive, from dig ging and delivering the precious germ till they are placed in the Roys' crown and other high-class works _ r value. The coyiic pictures would brim tears of laughter j.o the most solemn The drama “A Stranger in tin Camp” is a very thrilling picture, in deed. Though it deals with Western American life, it not rely for iff success to any great extent upon re yolver shooting and horse riding though, naturallv. a Western A.men can drama could hardly get throne -1 without the horse and the “gun 1 * be lug to some extent in evidence. Tin story deals with the trials of a Indy teacher who is appointed to an out back settlement. She duly arrives and becomes highly popular amonj her pupils, ,all of whom arc of the genus cowboy. One, especially, if more particularly taken with her. 0) - the same day, however, her husband ,arrives. School has been,'dismissed fog the day, and he seeks Ifer out ui the, seboolhouse. He grapples her by thq.throat, but is, interrupted by tin smitten, - “pupil,” who, e'tlief by do, sign, or accident, has walked -ijfF wit], bis ,class-book and Has conic back tD return it. The husband is separator from his wife, and he fells the pupi 1 their relationship; and the lady toll: hiimfurther that she lias left her band because he was drunken and boat her. The husband leaves tin seboolhouse and a little later tin whole of the parties move to their respective, homes. The husband gather: up two desperadoes, and with them agrees,to do violence to the pupil who has hee.n, shown so much favour by hi: wife. He proceeds to his wife’s mow in the hotel, tells her of his inten tiers, bents her until she is insensible. and then departs after loekirr the door on her. Then one r>f tW desperadoes goes to the pupil’s bouse and hands him a- note, supposed t<~ he from the teacher, asking him to meet her at the seboolhouse. Without any anticipation of foul play, be proceeds there, hut is instantly pounced on by the husband and his friends and hound hand and foot. At this point, thinking, nrobablv. that n thing b° gun is a thing half done, the husband indulges in too many visits to tin flowing bowl, and in a somewhat elevated condition, proceeds to ropor l progress to his wife. She, however, lias now recovered consciousness, hears his staggering footsteps approaching, and when he enters the room she has no difficulty in dodging behind him and escaping unseen through the door, which ho had left unopened. By the time he is fully aware what lie bar done his wife is at the sheriff’s office, and lias despatched the sheriff and a posse to liberate her friend. The husband proceeds back to his friends, and the whole three are surprised by the sheriff and his men. The husband, however, manages to get out oi the house, but just as he is mounting one of the horses belonging to one of the sheriff’s party, he receives a revolver bullet from the owner of the horse, and is finally released from earthly cares. The final scene shows teacher and pupil sitting on a couch, closer than a brother, and the spectator is allowed to imagine a conclusion to suit his own taste.

For Monday evening next the management have secured direct from John Fuller and Sons, tho groat Australian convict drama, “Rufus Dawes,” a new version of “The Term of his Natural Life,” by Marcus Clarke. This picture is 4000 ft. in length, and gets right away from tho ordinary every-day picture. It is a. very clear and new film, and should be seen by all, dealing as it does with early-day convict life in Australia. A large programme of the best will also I)G included.