AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 22, 19 September 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S. Another good house witnessed the very excellent series of pictures wnich were screened at Bernard .s ior the last time last evening. To-night's programme, it is stared, goes one better, a feature of tne programme being a ' magnificent film entitled “ War’s -tlavoc," Kalem’s latest and best civil war picture. The story is briefly tnis: the Battle of Sumter’,a Fall interrupts tne wedding of Captain I aulkner and Jennie McFerscn. _-The_ceremony is completed, however, and the .dashing Confederate makes for tho front. A year later sees Faulkner’s regiments in tho vicinity of his old home. A railroad car of I ederals is on route to attack tne camp, and by some strategy Faulkner's wife and a negro woman got tins news to the Confederates. &he cuts the wires and shoots an operator wno attempts to telegraph from a tree, but he has managed to give warning and the Federals return. The , two take charge of an engine, and run it into collision with tho Federals’ train, and save the day. As tho sun goes down the flag of the Confederates floats over the home, and FauiKner and his wife are happily re-united.

The usual matinee will ua held on Saturday. Recognising the educative value co the children of these delightful entertainments, it is surprising that the attendances are not larger. To would certainly he a retrograde step if, through lack of support, the matinees wore to be cut out of the week’s amusement. "WHO’S WILLIAM?” STRATFORD, TUESDAY, 24th.

Theatre-goers in Stratford are promised a real treat on Tuesday night, when tho Wykeuam-Nable Comedy (Jo. appear at tlie Town Hall in ‘.'Who’s William F” Individually and collectively the, company is strongly cast, as was clearly in evidence in this charming three-act musical comedy at the Eltliam Town Hall last night. Shortly, the story runs: A married man returns home late at night, and, in a strangely truthful way, toils his wife that owing to a breakdown on the '■‘twopenny tune,” which detained him in the tunnel for some hours, he was unable to return before. The husoand, Jack Carruthers, makes his explanation in a voice which, like iiis gait, suggests that ho has noon having a convivial evening, and his wife disbelieves him. Finding that tho “truth” is not effective, Carruthers decided to invent a story, and states that he missed his train, and stayed out"with William Smith, of Pickleton. The wife also doubts this excuse, and telegraphs to William Smith. Carruthers reads the impression of the telegram on the blotting pad, and gets his friend, Frank nawtroy, who of course, arrives on the scene in the nick of time, to pose as the now indispensable William Smith. A real Mr. ami Mrs. William Smith, who livo at Pickleton —a place Carruthers had named on die spur of the moment, and did not really believe to exist—appear on the scene. The complications multiply with each succeeding move, and cannot be thoroughly appreciated unless seen; for oneself. As may he imagined, the situations created are ludicrous in the ixtrorae, and as staged by this clever combination, are irresistibly s.de splitting. It is a li'dit and bright lutlo piece, abounding in humour and interspersed with catchy songs and snatches of dancing. The company is playing in New Plymouth till the week end, and returns to Eltliam on Monday ■tight with the “Belle of Newport ” before appearing in our town on Tuesday.