AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 96, 24 August 1915, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

.4 i S MAJESTY’S THEATRE. There was a good attendance of patrons at His Majesty's Theatre last evening, when the current programme was screened for the first time. The “star” him, the 10th instalment of

lie “Adventures of Kathlyu,” entiled “The Warrior Maid/' was well revived. The supporting pictures were 'The Lear’s Omelette,” Another

Lhauce,” “A Peculiar Honeymoon,” “The. Little Engineer,” “A Canine Rival,” Australian Gazette,” and

“Hogan’s W ild Oats.” The same programme will be screened this evening.

MR PACE.

A veil attended meeting was held m the Foresters’ Hall on Sunday evening, when Mr Page, who comes with credentials from the British Mediums Association, gave a trance ad-

ilrvtts on the “Mystery of Death.” At the outset, the speaker emphasised the necessity of coming in an unbiased manner, and allowing , the full play ol reason. Many misconceptions ( aero prevalent regarding spiritualism, whose advocates believed in (1) the fatherhood of God, (2) the brotherhood of man, (3) the immorality of the soul. The Mystery of Death gave a number of people grave concern, while on the other hand, it breathed with perplexities, but it was unreasonable to believe that it is anything more than a “change.” “Progress is the Law I of Life,” “Man is not man as yet.” In the physical world, we are met with the “indistrnctibility of matter,” nothing was destroyed, but merely a “change.” The speaker emphasised Sir William Hamilton’s famous die-1 turn'“That in the world there is no-| thing great hut man, and in man, I there was nothing great, but mind”;! | in him were all the potentialities of j greatness. If matter is indestructible, can we yOneeive of consciousness, j art, love, etc., falling into the abyss I of the unknown and being “no more.” J