AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 35, 10 February 1913, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE. “Lieutenant Daring, R.N., and the ship’s Mascot,” is to be the star film at His Majesty’s Theatre this evening, and the popular picture hero is sure to provide the maximum of enjoyment while the latest of his remarkable adventures appears on the screen. The Lubin Company is represented by a charming and endearing photoplay, in which light drama is seen at its best. It is entitled “His Life,” and tells of the neglect of and subsequent penitence for home and mother by a young American who left his native village and settled in New York. “Swift Waters,’’ another light drama, provides an acceptable character study, including a powerfullycast portrait of a man, in the true sense of the word. “The Darling ot the C.S.A;” is a sensational story ol the American Civil War, and pictures three pitched battles. On the scenic side some beautiful seascapes are shown, while the industrial section is represented by “The Sulphur Industry in Sicily,’ of special interest in view of the projected development of -White Island, New Zealand. “His Luck,” and “Bessie’s Dream” are especially mirth-provoking.

WIETH’S CIRCUS. The passing of the months has again brought along a perennial source of joy and amusement to the old as well as to the young, in the circus with its sawdust and gay young equestriennes and its jokes that never grow old. There is strong similarity between one circus and another but their visits are so rare and their atmosphere so strange that the visitor usually goes in a state of expectancy and leaves with a sense of satisfaction tinged with regret that the days of his youth are gone. Messrs Wirth have always strived to intro duce something out of the ordinary and this year have again succeeded in their efforts to present something entirely new and wonderful, and the very full programme with which they will open their season in Stratford on February 14th is well up to the stan-j dard set by the firm. The circus opens with a grand parade which introduces the whole of their large company of over 300 performers, besides the elephants camel, buffaloo, horses and wild beasts. Hilary Long, the “Upside-Down phenomenon,” perform almost incredible feats, and | with apparent ease and comfort. The menagerie which includes a number of fine elephants, and will open from 4 to 5 in the afternoon.