AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 7, 24 August 1911, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE. , V'skating” carnival. os tv’s presented an animated appearance!,last night, on the occasion of the gi-eat .skating carnival, held for the <purpose of hringing/ti^o,,skating . - to a close. Tljere were a.large number of ladies and gen tie meh Jn fancy dress, and tiio unmoor-of oiiipokers was considerable. T Jlo ~foucy ,m,iecl and cleverly arranged, the judges Gormfcy,Render, and Bush) must jia.yo had soiqp,jiljculty in making tjipjr awards. (ioso present iucl ade(j,,(.i[ fairly la rgp, yon tinge ut from Elthariip,' A potato.,bfice held was won by Jones, and Mr r and Miss Bernstein,' i'lltliani, annexed the couples’ race. Prizes for dresses were awarded as., follows,;—Most original lady's dress, Miss Coolie (Maori); most original gentleman’s dress, Mr. Barry' (t’oolsiiead); 'prettiest lady r ’s dress, Miss Pearce, in'ow Plymoutn. Tlie weekly change of pictures will be submitted at His Majesty’s Theatre to-night. Tho chief feature is a representation of tho popular drama “East Lynne.” In addition an excellent general programme has been arranged, the comic element being more than ordinarily well represented.

On Thursday next a nig (attraction is promised in the film of tho Lang-ford-Lang fight, which took place in London m • ifebriiury of tins year. Speaking of this picture the great sporting writer, Mr VV. W. Nangnton, says : —“Quito the best pictures 1 have seen. A great spectacle, Lang made a fine effort. Some of the situations where they gave and took with uncommon determination and stood too to toe tiie while, should have lifted any crowd to the highest pitch of excitement.’' These pictures reveal the real story of*bho famous contest, and show what an excellent chance of victory Laiig had until the sixth round. CORONATION SKATING RINK. This rink will ho open this evening, and each evening and afternoon during tills week, but will he closed on Monday:evening in consequence of the social, and dance to he held on that nights, P,ij the Licit September the proprietors will hold a grand fancy aress add 'phstor skating carnival in tiie Town hall. Particulars will lie advertised in to-morrow’s issue. On September J 2bii a children's fancy dross skating carnival will ho held in the Coronation Rink.

WEST’S PICTURES. West's Pictures r. time led a ready good audience in tlio Town Hall last night, and everyone was wo)! pleased with tlies excellence of the programme. ‘‘ln the Arctic Ocean” was a line introductory number, capital views of icebergs, the midnight ton, etc., bein”; obtained. “King Lear” (Sbakc.sp.oarc), a coloured drama of the first older, was, watched with more than ordinary interest. “Through Holland” and “In Old Tunis” (scenic), “The Outlaw and the Child,” “dean and the vVaii” .(dramatic) wore also accorded much appreciative attention.' The comic numbers brought down the house as usual. The Coronation film took up most of the second part ol the programme, -and represented the King and Queen’s entry into London —a truly magnificent sight. A glimpse of what the streets of London were like during the Coronation procession was given (taken overhead), and the people appeared to be packed quite as thickly as a hive ol boos, but wore ou the move all the time, Tbo great naval review at Snithcad brought the Coronation series to an end. Next week an entire change or programme will bo given.