AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 50, 13 October 1911, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

WEST’S PICTURES. At the Town Hall this evening West’s Pictures will submit tho usual change of programme. The dramatic pictures to bo shown are “A Child’s Faith,” “The Connecting Link,” and “The Cow-puncher’s Glove.” The scenic pictures cover a wide range, including “Modes of Conveyance in China,” “A Stag Fight,” “Herring Fishing,” “Wild Birds,” and -“Eruption of Mount Etna.” “ r J he Man with the Doll” is a comedy drama, and the comic section is represented bv “Suitors for tho Hand of Helen,” “The Crank,” and “Hank and Lank.”

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE

. At His Majesty’s Theatre this evening the second programme for the week will be shown. The chief dramatic picture is “On the Mexican !J order,” which is claimed to be exciting and interesting, and the other dramas and the scenic and comic films are well up to standard. “The Mexican Border” deals with the trials of a young Englishman who goes to Mexico and is married to a Mexican girl. He befriends an old Indian, who promises to show him a large amount of gold in one of the ancient Indian temples. The Englishman sets out in search of the gold, accompanied lay his wife, the Indian and four Mexicans, whom ho believes to be trusty; but the latter kill Indian and imprison the wife. The Englishman, however, has a plan of locality of the gold and successfully unearths it, in the meantime sending word to friends in the United States asking for help. On the border he is held up by Mexican troops, who will not allow him to leave the country, >ut his '.American friends arrive and tout the Mexicans, enabling the hero to retire with his wife and a large fortune. . The love affairs of a young Lornishman are dealt with in Plain Song.” He loaves his betrothed in a Cornish fort while he voyages to America on a trading trip. On arrival in America he loses his memory and forgets his name and his past life; out his brain remains acute otherwise, and ho soon becomes the head of a large business. Twenty years after his arrival in America, while' at the docks, ho hears some Cornish sailors singing a familiar song and this has the effect of restoring his memory of his past life. He hurries home to Cornwall, but finds that his bethrothed has left her old home. Disconsolate he wanders up and down, but finally is re-united - to his loved one through hearing her singing another familiar song at her window. FINAL SKATING CARNIVAL. Considering the state of the weather there was a very fair attendance of skaters and onlookers at the final skating carnival held in His Majesty’s Theatre last night, and a very pleasant time was spent. Prizes were awarded as follows —Most original lady’s costume, Miss Slight; 'jest lady’s poster costume, Mrs Robertson; best gent’s poster costume, Master Gollop; funniest gent s mstume, Mr Wilson : gent’s half-mile race, Mr Jones; couples’ half-mile race Miss McQnay and Mr. Kelly; potato race, Mr Jones ; best lady skater, Miss McQnay; best gent, skater, Mr. Dickenson;' most graceful couple, Miss Clark and Mr. Allan.