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AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE,

“Go where tho crowds go” is an old saying, but always go where you get your money’s worth. No doubt the present bill screened at His Majesty s Theatre is of the best, but it wAh make way for a gigantic change of films tomorrow evening, when the star picture, “Tho Little Stowaway,” a tale of the slums, will be screened. “The Sea,” and “A Rich Man’s Home.’ will also be shown for the first time. The plot of the star picture runs as follows Dot, a poor flower girl, being badly treated by an old couple, kisses a little boy good-bye, and decides to leave tho place which was her home. She buys some hoy’s old clothes, disguises herself and slips into a largo laundry basket on tne whaif, and is taken aboard sli p ns cargo. A young married couple, whose child has been kidnapped a short time ago, leave on the same boat for a voyage. The young couple sadly look at alocket. mid are watched by two gamblers. They decide to steal tho locket, and then- planning is overheard by Dot. She locates the stateroom of the victims and enters and conceals herself in the berth, where she finds a revolver under a pillow. The young lady enters, tho gamblers suddenly come in. seize her, and attempt to get the locket. Dot jumps out, covers them with the revolver, and marches them to tho captain, who has them put in irons. Dot then takes tho lady aside and explains that she is a girl. Dot, staggering from nun gcr, is given something to eat, and the lady then explains to her husband, who comes in. When the ship gets back to port, Dot shows them where the boy is kept. The child is recovered and Dot is given a good aonm with the young couple, all ending well.

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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 39, 9 October 1912, Page 5

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AMUSEMENTS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 39, 9 October 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 39, 9 October 1912, Page 5

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