AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7, 13 May 1913, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S PICTURES. There was the usual crowded house it His Majesty’s Theatre last night, and the new programme was accord'd an enthusiastic reception. “Tho Daughter of the Slums” was the star picture, and this excellent French film was watched with interest. The story concerns a young girl, who shelters in a restaurant from a gang of thieves and is befriended by an arist. The friendship thus strangely formed ultimately causes ructions between the artist and his fiancee, but n tho end the little daughter of the Inins is the medium by which a broken heart is satisfactorily mended. Tho acting is good, and the staging is everything that could be desired. “The Mayor’s Crusade” is a typical American picture, the new Mayor hav:ng the existence of Dale’s sweatshop brought under his notice in a forcible vay. He proves quite equal to tho occasion. “Artificial Butter” is a nicture that should interest every one in Stratford. How margarine is made is what tho film sets out to tell, and the tale is well told. The Maurice Costello drama is most welcome, and tho popular picture actor has lost none of his dash. The Pathe Gazette, always up-to-date, screens one or two glimpses of fashionable Paris, and in addition to views of famous ac-

L rosses in amazng gowns, supplies its natrons with snaps of the new French President and members of his Cahi•net. “The Legend of tho Chrysanthemums,” “Case of Burglars,” “Partners,” “The Button of his Braces,” arid “Captain Cuff’s Neighbours,” are all first-rate pictures, and '■nmolete a notable collection of first■•lass films. To-night the series will be screened for the second time.