AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 81, 11 March 1916, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE. MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY. Stratford's Picture Palace, His Majesty’s Theatre, was’well patronised last night when the current programme was screened lor the first time. The “star” picture was entitled, “Shanghaied.” which is the 10th episode of the “Million Dollar Mystery.” The picture excellently port raves the adventures ot Florence and Jim Norton. Florence is abducted from the fishing village and tuheu aboard a launch which is burned in midocean. The occupants are rescued and taken aboard a ship on' winch Jim Norton has been forced to work as a sailor. The lovers meet and by the hero’s artfulness they gain the land. The picture is thrilling in, the extreme and on no account should this week’s series be missed. The supporting pictures are; ‘‘Picturesque China,” “Professor’s Painless Cure.” (“An Hour of Freedom,” “Napoleon, Chimpanzee,” “Pathe Gazette,” and “Nearly a Prize-fighter.” The same .programme will be screened to-night. THEOSOPHiCAL LECTURE. (Contributed.) The lecture entitled “After the War, A New Era, and A New Race,” drew a keenly interested audience to the Foresters’ Hall last night. Miss Christie spoke of this world as God’s school of seven standards or races, the first race that was solid, i. 0., had bodies of flesh and “coats of skin was the third race—the negro and in the middle of it came the separation of the sexes, when we became male and female as described in Genesis. Seven divisions grew from that root race, improving in type until we have the negro of the present day. Aitei the 7th was established there came a great cataclysm and the majority of the bodies were killed, the configuration of the-world was changed, and the new type ot body winch had been gradually forming took the lead, this type was the yellow-race-man, Chin- | ese, Mongolian, Tartar Japanese and J Red Indian, and this yellow race dominated the world until ! becoming powerfully wicked, its home Atlantic was submerged, and we have the account of that as the “Flood” of the time of Noah. Now again a new race is beginning and as the bodies of the present one are mostly unfit lor the coming conditions, that is, too unplastic and gross, and the minds of the majority too set in old grooves to he capable of expansion, so we have this awful war to set the souls free from them. All the rebellion of past centuries, the rage of competition, class hatred, race hatred, religious persecution, and private malice lias been accumulating into a terrific thought-form, a cloud of smouldering anger. Germany with its love of power, and its doctrine of hate has been the magnet which has drawn it to concentrate there, and Europe is red with the blood of it's noblest and best. But they are 1 not dead, they have but lost their physical bodies, and they will return in one of two ways to the world arid those who love them, in bodies of the new type, and t into ’ the beautiful conditions they | n-ave their lives’to create. The Lord I Jesus, and the Lord Christ and other great'ones are upon the battlefield, and you and I too can do our share of helping if we take the trouble to learn how. Miss Christie will carry this subject further on Sunday night and will answer questions.

FETE OF NATIONS. PATRIOTIC PERFORMANCE IN STRATFORD. This afternoon the Amusements 'Committee of the Stratford Patriotic Society completed arrangements with the promoters of the highly successful Fete of Nations at New Plymouth to give a one-night, popular price reproduction of the excellent programme given in the series which charmed New Plymouth. This will take place on Wednesday evening in the Town Hall. It is desirable to state that the whole of the proceeds of this perlormance is to go to the Stratford Patriotic funds, and the performers are all giving their services without lee, the only expenses falling on the local committee outside rent of hall and advertising, will he the charge for transit of scenery, the performers all reaching Stratford and returning by motor cars kindly provided by New Plymouth friends. ' Further particulars will appear on Monday. The box plan is at Grubb’s music warehouse.