AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 56, 20 October 1911, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE. There was an excellent audience at His Majesty’s Theatre last night, wheif the week’s second programme was submitted. “The Lost Ribbon” was a highly dramatic picture of western American life. The heroine gives her intended Inis band a piece of ribbon, which, being lost, is found by his rival, by whom it is used against him in his absence. The climax comes when the young lady’s house is beset by Indians on the warpath, her lover turning up with the batch of cowboys who arrive and disperse the Indians, everything then being explained satisfactorily. An interesting [fcatpre of the film is the portions.uvjjere tile ..relieving cowboys ride at breakneck..speed down a steep bill. The,' “Queen of the Nihilists” deals with 'the trials- of-Rus-sian revolutionaries, the principals in the story eventually escaping to America. The other dramatic films, “His Child’s Captive,” and “Stage Romance,” were equally well received. A splendid set of views of the City of Rome were shown, and the 119th Rathe Gazette dealt with a largo number of interesting current events.. “Betty Becomes a Maid,” was the best 'of the pictures in the lighter section,' showing Betty becoming a maid and then a wife in a very short space of time. A millionaire is about to visit Betty’s household, and the unexpected resignation of the waitress makes- it necessary for Betty to carry out her duties.' Betty’s elder sister has been advised to “set her cap” at the millionaire, but that individual fails to be attracted by her, and devotes all his time to the waitress. The scene in the kitchen when the millionaire declares his love to Betty is particularly laughable, the complications resulting from dough and Hour being highly amusing. The big cook-lady, though a minor character, is a laughable circumstance. Ihe maximum of laughter was also £■ pph’od’ by “Foolshead as Engineer,” “Neighbouring Flats,” and “Their First Misunderstanding.” Iho programme will he repeated this evening.