AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 76, 4 August 1913, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S PICTURES.

A crowded audience witnessed, th« great Panama Canal set of pictures ,pn Saturday evenin';: at Bernard’s, wliWl ti e verdict u“ the public was that it was the greatest educational film y«t photographed. By special request the management will give a return visit o 4 ’ this great canal picture next Friday and Saturday, also a matinee next Saturday afternoon. To-night’s bill of fare includes some fine dramatic subjects. “The Last Blockhouse” is a dOOO feet film by the Kalom Co. It is a story of the Western Frontier days in the early 40’s, and is stated to bo a very clear picture and sho .plondidly acted. The “Greater Wealth” scenario runs as follows: ■ Moliu Sharon, a greet magnate, and i, millionaire, has only one daughter, and is alienated from his wife. His daughter becomes ill. Young, his humble employee, views himself as a. failure because his income shrinks as his family responsibilities increase. Young’s own daughter also becomes very i’ll, and as all his happiness is centred in his home, ho grows morose and vengeful. Ho attends an anarchistic meeting, and is prevailed upon to remove Sharon, as an enemy of mankind. The millionaire’s daughter dies, his own recovers. Young confronts Sharon as ho comes from the death-bed scene. The picture of his palatial home and ‘ the empty heart, days the assassin’s knife and leads both to a better observance of the opportunities of life.” “Easter at Atlantic City,” and a host of dramatics and comics should tend to make a very good programme. “THE BED DANDIES.” Mr Edward Branscombe’s now famous English Costume Comedy Company, “The Red Dandies,” will return to Stratford appearaing to-mor-row night at the Town Hall. On theii return from New Plymouth, the Red Dandies will play a farewell night iu the Town Hall on Monday, August 11, and theatre-goers are indeed fortunate in again having the opportunity ol seeing this merry band of entertainers, known popularly as “The Red*.” They are entertainers in the full sense of the word, for “The Red Dandies” give their audience over two hours of brilliant mix-and humor. This famous company of Mr Brauscombe’s is a uniformly strong combination of. beau-, tilul singers and good actors, and every item they put on is thoroughly enjoyed. The ' personnel of the com-

p>anv is ns follows’:-—Miss Hilda Ban®, soprano; Miss Fvelyn Ward, contralto; j Miosf ’lrene Voere; English sohbrotta ; J y.v Oli'.or Peacock. baritone; Mr Gai via Wood, basis'; Hr ‘Leonard Griffiths, of uniijuo ability; Mi i.HoiWn,’ comedian and eccentric dancer ; 'Mr 'Olalidv liampier, u iWish, •,1 11 ,1 li Jl I .r cuaracter comedian. All tli« items submitted will- bo entirely new. Box plan at Grubb’s. “PROFESSOR brafmar; ;' il ’ On iSaturday evening the Town Hall held a good and apreciative sudionce co witness the secoiid performance of 1. ■ ' /l ,’i lilOl UJ IlCtm li'.y'i the great Professor jJJraemar. . At,.the opening bt the. ( performance, the Professor awakened the ’ '■ u ii.i iv :;H‘ i'j : . ■ sleeper, who, to the. relief of the. audience, loft the/stjjge feeling none the worse for his novel experience. The; Professor gave a very,instructive scientific lecture on mesmerism, hypnotism, and catalepsy in a clear comprehensible manner. The first portion of the programme was some very fine mesmeric tests with a number of our local lads, and in the second the hypnotism created no end of laughter, the Professor being cheered again and again for his fine work. Ho cured a great sceptic by using the needle freely on the arteries, tongue and face. He pierced each subject as he dropped into a state of slumber; this, as ho explained, was to prevent fake and fraud on the stage. The humorous tests were fishing, witnessing a horse race, catching frogs, doing a trip down lover’s lane, and acting the salesman; the latter test fairly brought down the house, one energetic salesman would have most certainly ended his career of salesmanship had it not been for the prompt manner in which two gentlemen in the circle held him back from walking in mid air. We have had hypnotists here in Stratford at differast periods, but never before have we had the pleasure of witnessing such a genuine performance as Professor Braemar presented on Friday and Saturday evening. The last Item was r< ally wonderful. Madame Doree was placed in catalepsy, her bead on one chair and feet on another, while five man stood on the rigid body. This brought to a close one of the finest entertainments of the kind yet seen in these parts, and <m the next visit to Stratford the Professor can confidently look forward to record houses.