AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 45, 16 October 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The star picture at the Theatre on Thursday night will bo "The Eye thai Never Sleeps." The plot deals with Chief Burrows, of the Secret Servict Bureau, and runs as follows:—"At his wits' end to discover and trach down a clever counterfeiting ganj: who are flooding the city with "pho ney" money, Chief Burrows calls ii Howard Mayrio, the greatest sleutl in his department, who is enjoying : well-earned vacation. Burrows shoup Mayne samples of the eounterfei, money, and begs him to take the case Mayne finally consents, and takes Mason, a clean-cut young assistant, t< aid) him. Returning to the National Club, Mayne introduces Mason to i gentleman he has been playing bil hards with, and all repair to the bil hard room. Mayne and the strange; finish their gamo and Mayne wins. Tm stranger settles their wager and hand: Mayne a five dollar bill. Mayne i; about to pocket the bill, when he is amazed to discover it is a counterfeit He and Mason now watch the stran ger depart,- and see a supposed ped lar of pencils accost him and quietlj give him a package of the spuriou; money. Mason is now sent to trail the counterfeiter and watches him en ter a tough shack on the river front. Returning, ho informs Mayne, win hits upon a scheme to get in witl the gang. Disguising himself as ; common- thug, Mayne finds refuge ii the gang's rendezvous by cleverly be ing pursued by a policeman. The coun terfeifcers take him in and make niri one of their number. Mason now trails the chief distributor to the rendezvous, is set upon by a watcher, and if made a prisoner. Feeling their rendez vous is unsafe after this, the gang pre pare to move, and tho chief tell* Mayne to keep watch over Mason. A moment later, Mason is amazed to set the supposed thug hold a knife-black conveniently for the cutting of hi. bonds, secures a brace of guns from his pocket, and the startled gang arc suddenly trapped nicely. Quickly. Mayne ' handcuffs them, then astonishes tho chief by puliing off his rough cap and revealing his identity as tin greatest sleuth of two continents." The programme outsido of the above. oicturo is well up to tho standard ol Bernard's best.