AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 64, 21 February 1916, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. -“WHEN THE LIGHT CAME IN.” An entirely now programme will be presented at His Majesty’s Theatre to-night, headed by a master production of the Lubin Co., entitled “When the Light Came in.” The story unfolded .>s full of tender and pathetic incidents,* which holdjf-ij’ie* iVttenlidn of the audience throughout its entire screening. “The Girl From The East” is of the sensational order, woven round a cattle ranch in the south-west of America. Supporting films are: “Australian Gazette.” “Father’s Love,” “Matilda’s Fling,” and “Left in the Lurch.” , i The management of His "Majesty’s Theatre have secured the services of the famed Russian musician, Henri Lissack for a short season. The picture music therefore, will he enhanced by the inclusion of this violin virtuoso. WIRTH’S CIRCUS. Writing in the Los Angelos Record of September 17, 1912, Estelle Lawton |Lindsay, the well-known authoress ‘says: “May Wirth is the latest woman to do things that the world had solemnly declared no woman could do. May is the Star Equestiienne in the Barman and Bailey Circus. She is 16, and pretty; she is built like a brick wall, and she draws a salary I that must give the opponents of woman’s independence a pain under their ribs when they think of it.” The writer describes how she interviewed May in the dressing tent of the Burnum and Bailey Circus and says “May Wirth stood stoldidly, pulling her high priced legs into a pair of pink tights. Turning suddenly to avoid a tornado of dogs 1 lost my balance and caught at her to steady myself. Her flesh was like iron under .silk. My face must have betrayed my astonishment, for the girl said carelessly—“ That is what my profession does, gives health and strength. I began riding when 1 was seven. Now 1 can do things no woman ever did before in the history of the circus business, and some tilings that only three or four men can' do. For instance, 1 do a forward somersault on the back of a running horse. No woman ever did that before, and very few men. Since 1 came to America from Australia, 1 have learned a more difficult feat still. In circus parlance it is called the “hack across.” Now and again one likes to improve you see. This act consists of turning a somersault from the front of one running horse to the hind-quarters of another in the rear. Don’t tell me women cannot do anything they wish and that they will work to do.” Wirth’s Circus opens in Stratford on Thursday next.