AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8, 14 May 1913, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S PICTURES. Augustus Carney, alias “Alkali ike, ’ has a big comedy all on his own, which will be screened at His Majesty’s Theatre on Thursday evening. This time “Alkali? Ike is dissatisfied with his boarding house, and, when the buxom Soffie, a two hundred pound widow arrives in tbwn, buys out Tony’s place and nails up cards announcing that it will be opened on the following Tuesday as a li st-class boarding house, “Alkali” is the first to gee it, rushes hack and begins to lay plans for switching at once. The following Tuesday morning “Alkali” is found hard at work stuffing everything he possesses into a big barrel. Meanwhile, all the other hoys in town, with their belongings on their backs, meet before the door of the new boarding house and clamor for admission. One by one •Soffie admits them and, when “Alkali” finally takes leave of his irate landlady and arrives at the new place, he finds the rooms all gone and is refused shelter for the night. Mad as a hornet he hangs around and, after supper, sees Soffie and the hoys in the parlor singing and having a hilarious time. Determined to win her with music, “Alkali” secures his trusty banjo and serenades outside her window. After sundry misadventures, Alkali realises that the world is “agin” him. The management have decided to give another matinee on Saturday afternoon if sufficient inducement offers.