AMUSEMENTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17321, 22 May 1918, Page 10

AMUSEMENTS.

Enlighten Thy Daughter" continues to attract record business twice daily at the Octagon and, King Edward Theatres. The great appeal of the play- hinges upon the difference in tho lives of two youxio- girls cousins, caused by tho difference in their home environment and training. One caretul, conscientious. thoughtful mother teaches her daughter what to avoid and how to avoid it, while a careless, reckless un- ! scrupulous mother allows her daughter to become, through ignorance, the victim of a young scrapegrace. The management announce another Goldwyn photo spectacle oommencing next Saturday, "Polly of the Urcus, featuring charming Mae Marsh. .those who saj£ the photo drama, "Intolerance will remember the tragic part Played by Margery W,lson as Brown Eyes. This demure little lady has the lead in a very fine Triangle drama, which will commence at the Queen's Theatre to-day. In Flames of Chance" sho plays godmother to three soldiers at the front, one of whom comes back to claim her as his wife. Charles Chaplm in The Adventurer," and a new ' instalment of Tho Neglected Wifo" will be shown as well. At, the Plaza, "The Groll Mystery" is • g ° t nd a PP rociativo houses. ! oV m 13 on ,° of reat interest, and there «wiT S ° Programme a fine comedy, Whose Baby? and a lovely scenic. Today a new item will be added in the eighth 8 ' ' ,The Girl tho "A Little Child Shall Lead Them" is the theme of the photo-drama "Gates of Gladness, to be screened at Everybody's Theatre to-day. Delightful Madge Evans p 4l ? the little daughter, whose : childish innocence helps to mould the for- ' tunes of many people. Madge's father is a , poor artist, who has been estranged from his brother bewuse they had at ono time both loved the same Tvonm In tho mean u-Tfc th * lr , father had died and tlie elder ' brother inherits his estate. He marries, ■ h,s little son through an accident blttor - HiS oW housekeeper then decides to appeal to the poor i artist brother, to allow little Beth (Madge Evans) to visit her as her niece. When I the artist is driven to desperation bv i poverty and his wife's illness, and conr dCS to r ° b rich brother, the little girl comcs upon 'her father fust as her uncle not knowing who tho burglar is fires a shot, at him. She is wounded and the resulting situation contains some P at ]. los - } Tho fourteenth chanter of , /Lucille T/ovo _ heads tho supporting s"h- ! jecte which include a laughable L.-Ko , ™ bor °< '