AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 8, 4 January 1913, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE

Monday’s complete change includes a very strong Indian drama, “The Price He Paid,’’ a tale of the white man’s lust for gold. The scenario, written by Colin Campbell, runs:— Bounding Deer, child of Wandering Wolf, chief of a tribe of desert Indians, is thrown from her horse, and injured. Wandering Wolf sends fori medical aid. William Black, a clever doctor, but one who has a weakness for drink, takes the case, and treats j the injured girl successfully. In! gratitude the father pays the doctor, in very valuable gold nuggets. The; doctor asks the source of such wealtlj.i It is a tribal secret however, and the 1 chief refuses to divulge it. Later! small pox breaks out in the camp and] the doctor is again sent for. He re-1 fuses to como unless the chief informs him of the source of the tribe’s wealth. The chief’s beloved daughter is stricken and in desperation, fighting between love for his child and hatred for the doctor, he agrees, telling him that if he will only save his daughter he can have all the gold he can carry. The doctor, however, indulges in a debauch and when he arrives at the camp he realises he is too late, but does not tell the chief; he first demands that the chief keep his part of the compact. He is taken blindfolded to the mine, and greedily loads himself down with more gold than he can carry; a courier from the camp announces that Bounding Deer is dead. The Indians would wreak vengeance on the doctor, but are stopped by the chief, who prefers a different kind of punishment. He is turned adrift with his gold and without water on the desert where certain and lingering death awaits him. Included in this new series are another two splendid pictures, “The Half-breed’s Treachery”. and “The Widow Casey’s Return.” TOWN HALL. THE GAY FOLLIES.

“The Gay Follies” will make their first appearance at .the Town Hall, Stratford, on Thursday next. The company come with a big reputation, and a ‘splendid evening’s entertainment may safely be anticipated. Speaking of a performance at Napier, the Daily Telegraph said: “It was bright and breezy, without a dull moment from start to finish, and furnished an admirable wind-up to thei holiday. The first part of the programme took that form made so popular by the Scarlet Troubadours, the performers being attired in black and white. Item followed item in quick succession, and the appreciation of the audience was manifested by the fact that every number was encored. Jhe company contributed a pleasing melody in “The Gay Follies,” and a humourous sketch, “The Motor Car. Huo-h Steyne’s comicalities were excruciatingly funny, and Miss Edgar s soubrette novelty, “Mary was a Housemaid,” was responsible for roars of laughter. Another very pleasing item w r as Miss Lily Moore s song, “Every Little Movement, Hugh Steyne assisting. The “Madrigal of the Follies’ quartette was a popular number, and Miss Cissy O Keefe was beard to distinct advantage m “Caller Herrin’.” Kennedy Black Iris Edgar, Clifford O Keefe, and Lily and Lulu Lusanne also contributed to this part of the performance. Seats may be booked at T. G. Grubb s.