THE PRINCESS THEATRE,

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8869, 29 July 1890, Page 3

THE PRINCESS THEATRE,

Mr Saint Maur'a Dramatio Company repeated "The Ironmaster," at the Princess Theatre last night before a capital house. The play was received with manifest approval throughout, and the principal performers had to appear before the curtain in response to hearty calls on more than one occasion. To-nijrht "Booties' Baby"—the dramatised version of John Strange Wiiittr's novel of that name— la to be produced, with ecenery of the best description. The story may be briefly narrated:—A baby is born of the clandestine marriage of Grace Harcourt ai:d Captain Gilchrist, the latter being a brother officer of Booties, find an irreclaimable though aristocratic, tcoundrel. He deserts his wife and repudiates his offspring with a view to seeking the hand of an heiress. The mother, driven to despair, convey? the child to her husband's quarters, and in mistake places it In Booties' bed with a polite note recommending it to the tender care of the finder, B >otles discovers tlie little one, and despite the jeers of his brother officers, resolves upon adopting It. while the father, Captain Gilohrist, who stands by unmoved, suggosts that the brat be 6ent to tha workhouse. The baby is entrusted to the care of the wife of the toper Simmom, and this closes the first net. When the next opens some five or six years are supposed to have elapsed, and during that interval the baby has become the daughter and delight of Booties' regiment. Grace Harcourt comes upon theseene.and all unconscious of the ohild'B identity becomes greatly attached to her. Booties, as if in sympathy with her affections, offers to marry Grace Hnrcourt, but for obvious reasons that young lady refuses. In time she confronts her faithless husband and denounces him for his perli£iousn''ss in insinuating that his former acquaintance with her was not of an honourable nature. In the laet act the villain ia killed in a horse race, and the way is thus paved for the marriage of Booties with the woman who had been so wionged. ______________ There ara more cures made with Dr Soulo's American Hop Bitters than all other medicines.