AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 38, 1 October 1914, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

BERNARD’S PICTURES.

Last night’s audience was pleased with the picture “Down Vesuvius.” Phis picture is the only one that has been taken in a volcanic crater. The series are impressive and will live in memory. The scenes of the Ba,\ of Naples are excellent, and the 'scone at the floor of the prater is iemarkable. The camera man, Mi, Burlingham, certainly had some nerve to grind the handle in such danger. Other fine pictures are: “Gaumont .-Graphic,” “Quercy District” (scenic),' “A Night Out” (comedy), “The Story the Gate fold (a beautiful drama), and W. W. Jacobs’ “The Third String,” contains laughs right -through.

“THE WONDERFUL STORY OF OUR EARTH.”

Yesterday afternoon the children of the Convent school along with adults, attended the last of the educational lectures. This lecture, “The "Wonderful Story of Our Earth,” was like the others in being splendidly illus trated by pictures. The first of these showed the earth and moon swung in space, and the phildren" were asked to think of them as two stars, 01 edead and the other dying, the moon being jus.t a great cinder, while the earth undoubtedly ha,d still heat in its interior. Through the throw ug off of this heat into space, the inside of the ea,rth was becoming smaller and the crust upon -which we hve, and which is calculated to be about 75 miles thick, consequently becomes to big and began wrinkling. In (his wrinkling action was to be found the cause of earthquakes. Great cricks extend right down through'this crust and these are known as the worl 1 faults. One of the world fau.ts runs through New Zealand. It branches off into five lines from Lake Taupo, three of which leave New Zealand, and all along these lines, the lecturer told his audience, active volcanoes,® hot springs, and geysers were to be seen and earth shocks exAll this was clearly illustrated by pictures. A very admirable set showed how .the crust of the earth was made up of water-form-ed and fire-formed rocks, and the molten rock or lava was seen to undejlie the fire-formed rocks. Quick and slow movements of the cinst were illustrated by views .-.aowng vertical sections of; the crust, and what took place underneath our reet at toe time of movement. Recently depressed and elevated land in New' Zealand wore shown, and the i arises of depression and elevation dwelt upon. The rivers were shown to be great carvers of continents and with ihe material carved out, in some instances huge deltas had been formed at the mouths of rivers. A splendil physical map showed the great delta at the mouth of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers in India. Glacial action was shown to be responsible for our sounds in the South I.sla id. Pictures of glaciers in Switzerland and Now' Zealand illustrated tins fact The action of the sea in carvi.i* out bays and forming peninsulas was well illustrated by pictures taken on the coasts of the Dominion.