AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 119, 12 July 1911, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE. To-night at His Majesty’s Theatre an entirely new programme of pictures will be submitted. The chief ' dramatic pictures is “The Girl in \ the Barracks,” an exciting love story of Russian life. “The Two Paths”/ is a tale of high emotional interest. A fine film will be screened showing scenes at Subiaco, Hungary, and “The Hunter” shows the operations Connected with the collection of bees from their native haunts. The comic section is well represented, some highly amusing films being promised. WEST’S PICTT RES TO-NIGHT. The weekly programme at the Town Hall will be submitted this evening by West’s Pictures. The number showing scenes in Benares, the customs and the people of this beautiful Indian town are seen to great advantage. “Chinese Pottery - ’ without a doubt is the finest industrial picture of this particular trade ever screened, and from beginning to end the film never loses interest. The comics are well represented, “Priscilla’s Engagement Kiss” causing great applause and laughter. Another very funny picture is “When Lilly’s Uncle Flirted.” The pranks of Uncle’s two nieces cause him much pain. Auntie leaves for a visit, and in her' absence Uncle takes the opportunity to flirt with the housemaid, but is foiled each time by the giiis.

who have the laugh all through. A l| particular item in the programme is The Cheyenne Brave.” This film is acted entirely by Sioux Indians, and a very sensational canoe chase is .wifnessed. Other dramas are: ■•When a Man Loves” and “Khama,” tuc iat- , ter being one of Pathe Erercs’ ocl cured masterpieces. The piogrammc is v« i t well-balanced, and she ild f'lOi the requirem'r i- of ail jmture lovers. It is announced by advertisement that children will be admited to the body of the hall for threepence. NICOLA, THE MAN OF MYSTERY. A much talked about entertainment is to open a short engagement in the Town Hall, Stratford, on Saturday night, when Nicola will make his debut. This is Nicola’s first appearance in'Stratford, and judging from the interest taken by local theatregoers his reputation as an entertainer must have preceded him, and it is safe to predict a big attendance. The Nicola show is a distinct novelty, and is said to be different from other entertainments of the kind. From the earliest times when the great Egyptian sorcerers and the Hindu Fakirs mystified and amused the people o; the early periods, magic was the best form of amusement, and so it has been from generation to generation up to the present time, magic is still among the most fascinating <>f entertainments. The Nicola magic is nof of the old style which a e have seen here in the past, but quite up-to-the-minute. Nicola, although still a young man, has invented and improved upon the old style of magic, until it has become a science, and the prestidigitators of to-day are indebted to him for many of the new and improved methods now used. Nicola is said to perform his feats with such rapidity that should one turn to a friend to express his opinion of an illusion, he is likely to miss two or three equally astonishing feats. Nicola carries over fifteen tons of paraphernalia, and more illusions than any two magicians extant. He is ably assisted by a corps of trained assistants, and the magical programme is interspers ed with high-class vaudeville special ties. The plan is open at Grubb’s where seats can be booked for the oik performance.