AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 42, 14 February 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE. The programme inaugurated on , Monday eyening was repeated at H ;s Majesty’s ,Tlieatr,e last night. The star drama ‘‘Lest in the;Jungle” was again highly popular, as also was, the great comic “Charley Wants a' Son-m-Law.” The drama “The Sheriff’is Brother” rises a good deal above the ordinary run of picture dramas. It tells of a young lad who. runs away from home and takes up the occupation i f a highwayman in the west of /.merica. Unfortunately, his brother is in the police force, and becomes sheriff in the district in which his younger brother operates. The elder brother has been bidden by his dying mother to look after his younger brother, and the final act, where the sheriff has the highwayman bailed up is one of sudden and surprising action, and of deep and stirring emotionality. To-night will be the finish of a uiy fine set of pictures, making way for the big change on Thursday . vju.n.cr. To-night the great West-end Picnic picture will be screened for one night only. The film is very clear and steady, and holds a considerable amount of spicy fun, showing as it does a great number of Stratford folk sporting themselves in the water ai.d on the sands. This is the only picture taken of the picnic. To-morrow evening an entire t haiigo of pictures takes place. WIRTHS’ CIRCUS. It takes a big crowd to fill a circus tent, but Messrs. Wirth Bros, had more patrons last night than they could conveniently seat. This year great additions have been made to the . menagerie, which was well patronised during the afternoon, and the management have been successful in securing leading acrobatic artists from the four corners of the world. The star (item last night was the performance of the troupe of white Polar hears and the timed grizzly bears, togethei with two boar hounds. Herr Schmidt, in a quiet and unostentatious munr.ei got an immense amount of clever work out of these attractive but ft.'ocious animals. As usual the clowns supplied humour in abundance, fending the juvepile section almost into convulsions. Mr. Cooke’s jockey act, followed by the Christies Bros’ burlesque parody act, was c ne of the best exhibitions of the evening. The Bastiens put in a lot of good »ork. and I were well applauded for their efforts. A tor is and Le Van, on the aerial bars, did some astonishing feats, very , neatly indeed, the funny man, especially, being one of the finest performers who have ever visited the Dominion. The Adelia Sisters and George walked, danced, and skipped on a slender wire rope in a sensational manner. “Earl Dudley,” the only riding horse in the world, wiio was specially trained by Mr. P. Wirth. performed on an express van, and included in Ir's performance a jump \ over a pole while still .m the nnving waggon. The performance concluded with the sensational act of the

Flying' Jordans. Their trapeze work was excellent, and tin? turn amply justified the poster expression of the “Greatest Flying Act in the World.” During the evening it was announced that Messrs. Wirths’ Circus would visit Stratford from now on once a year. The annnuncenK .it was received with rounds of applause, and already quite a number are looking forward to the Circus of 11)13.