AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 20, 24 September 1913, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY'S PICTURES

Packed to the doors.by a most appreciative audience was the order last night at Bernard's Theatre. Thursday's big change will reveal another grand set of liigli class feature films, headed by a famous Nordisk drama, entitled: "The Man in the White Cloak." The scenario runs as follows:—Lady Hamilton and her daughter Mabel are left almost penniless and unless money is forthcoming by a certain day their property will he sold. Lady Hamilton is taken ill, and Dr. Dawson, Mabel's lover, is sent for. He is shown a* picture of "The Man in the White Cloak," and is told a legend by Mabel of how her ancestors, fearing ruin that would come, hid certain treasures which would be found at the hour of need. Robert goes to sleep and on awakening lie sees the ghost of "The Man in the White Cloak," which leads*him to a certain spot in the grounds where tue ghost points to the ground and vanishes. After a little digging, he finds a passage which leads to the treasures. He is followed by Yorke, their solicitor, but after a struggle the treasures are saved and all ends piiyThe Pathe Gazette. "Sago Crowing in Borneo," "Under the Make Up," and "The Orchid," are pictures of the latest releases, embracing Vitagraph, Bio, and Pathe.

On Saturday afternoon the essay matinees will commence, when the school children are promised a rare set of educational films. Prizes ranging from os to 10s will be presented to the child who writes the best essay on the subject of moving pictures.

A COUNTRY GIRL

TO-MORROW NIGHT

It is hardly necessary to remind theatre-goers of the performance to be given in the Town Hall to-morrow night by the New Plymouth Operatic Society. That the public is looking forward with great, expectation to the production of this popular musical comedy is evidenced by the exceptionally heavy booking, and it is safe to predict a most successful season from every point of view. The principals are. splendidly suited to their parts, and the choruses go with a delightful swing. A ballet has been introduced after the opening chorus of Act 11., and is performed by nine young ladies who have been instructed by their dancing, mistress. Miss I). Knight, of Auckland. This item is bound to be one of the mast popular of. the performance, and lovers qf the tcrpsichorean art should not miss this on

any account. ,"A Country,Girl" simply bristles with delightful numbers, and the music is of that sweet and lingering order which captivates the ear and remains in the memory, a pure "linked sweetness long drawn out." Such numbers as the "Coo" song by Marjorie (Miss, Olive Buckman), "My Little Girlie" ,by. Geoffrey Challoner (Ms J. W. Bashun), "Try Again, Johnnie" by Nan (Mrs Dell), "Yo, ho! Little Girls" by Barry (Mr Alf. Gray), "Under the Deodar" by the Princess (Miss Ethel Buckman), and "My Partner" by Sophie (Miss V. Gilbert), are worthy of any setting, and after Stratford's performance every small boy in Stratford will be eagerly whistling them. The opera is lavishly dressed and the scenery, which has been specially painted for the occasion by Mr A. M. Bradbury, will lie as line as any hitherto seen in Stratford. Patrons for "A Country Girl" are reminded that the performance commences at 7.50 sharp, and that the doors will be opened at 7 p.m. Box plan and day sales at Grubb's. Special train leaves for New Plymouth, stopping at intermediate stations after the performance.