AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 39, 16 October 1913, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

r THE JULIUS KNIGHT COMPANY. The new comedy "Milestones," which Mr Julius Knight and the J. C. "Williamson comedy company are to present for the first time in Stratford at the Town Hall, on Saturday evening next, is written of as a play saturated with everything which has agitated puhlic thought . for fifty years. Politics, industrialism, progress are said to.be reflected in it, correct to the last detail, until the play becomes an eduction. The contrast in social atmosphere between the years 1860, 1885, and 1912, it is stated have been wonderfully created by-the authors,' while at the same time' the play has been given a very high acting value. It is described as a play very much above the ordinary standard, as a diversion and a lesson combined, as ah entertaining study in social evolution with a background of dainty sentiment and subtle Immpr that makes the play an artistic masterpiece.. Although this! is Mr .Knight's fifth visit to,the colonies and he has been seem in many parts. J his. performance in "Milestones" 1 is said to 'be :idie"most versatile'he has so far appeared,in. The box plan is now open at T. G. Grubb's.

BERNARD'S PICTURES.

The verdict .of the audience who. witnessed "last night's change of pictures at Bernard's wasi: The best programme yet, seen .here..\. The star filni, feet in leugtii,' featuring. Miss Asta Nei!seii,' ! i>; undoubtedly one of the greatest dramas seen .here. The plot is very sensational and easy, to follow, and was taken in the presi net's [a£ Seville, introducing' a Spanish bull'fight. .Other star feature dramas' scenics'. and comics are of a high order. The English Derby of HB3 is clearly depicted from start to finish, and a striking view" is given of the disaster to the King's horse by a woman suffragette who rushed to her doom, and tends to show the extereme length to which some of these persons go. This programme will be repeated this evening for the last time. | Friday's change will reveal -another series of the latest, including the great American sporting drama, "Nigger Jim." • There can be no doubt that the bulk of the people have a very decided partiality for horseracing and anything appertaining to that sport gives the average New Zealander just what he likes. It is a drama with a United States racetrack as its background. The person who gives the drama its title is a negro lad employed at extensive training-stables in which are two strong "fancies," Prince* Chap and Bess, for the Albany Cup, a hurdle face. Jack Dodd, who is to ride Prince Chap, loves, and is loved by, the daughter of Prinee Chap's owner, one Hart. Dodd and" Miss Hart go to the stables to look at Prince Chap and find Xigger \7irn being thrashed by Bess's rider. Dodd interferes, and knocks the bully down, and so earns the negro stable 'boy's gratitude. The picture is taken in natural kinemacolor. Dan McSweeney, the versatile Irish-Scotch comedian! will reappear both on Friday and Saturday in his latest comic songs.