"DIVINITY OF MOTHERHOOD."
;,•; "God|." Jilary . "sends .children , for another, purpose .than/ mere--15 1 -- jto keep up the. race— to enlarge our hearts, to make us. unselfish, 1 to give biir stilus higher aims, and to call ; but • all biiiv facilities, to oxterded enterprise . and ! ; e?£Qrtion, to \bring i-bundioiu' . firesides i)vlg^lit/, 'faces, a nd Ij apny smJi^j t and lovJaig, tieftder hearts." But. to. -an. age of 'morbidity .there ar£ not , wanting . women Iwh'b .decline" tl^ft . r.e^pbnsipilities of motherhood until; it,|i,s too; late for them to irealj.se w.'lyatj they, have ,lost. It is i-ourid' this subject., that "The \ Divinity bf jMoth'erhood ,■'*•■ -which is to b«( slibwn' a:t His Majesty's Theatre. onMiiy; 3rd, '4th, «md sth -is w6yeii. The. picture deals with infinUe charm with &• subject, .that -'s- ircgavd'edr as Jaboo. - :; While being a strong- , socioipgicaj. -"'•; §taidy, .- it » is ..investetl wit,h- fv gcntlp,igraciousness ,sat \robs it of . any ' suggestion qf , sensationalism or sordidness., ITie ' pictn re .Is descVlbed as a sermon,, a lesson,, and a ~ hiimanism m one. .and. full «f vivid interest m "Its-ap-peal ' to domesticity. Miss. Marguerita Fischer sustains the leading role'.'bf the childless one, and there is a>strong supporting cast associated with her.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14283, 27 April 1917, Page 5
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194"DIVINITY OF MOTHERHOOD." Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14283, 27 April 1917, Page 5
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