AMUSEMENTS.
BERNARD'S PICTURES. To-night's new series" of stiir i'ea"Till Death : no Us MmiX&mi of Patho ' s ! ,es U colored' dramas), is" a most attfetio ■■ production; 'tfid ' scenario of which is|; rKerisivtioiiiVl,- y«f true tiff life. "Servian Gipsy's Marriage," ,r-Visit? to'!'Mount :'M'piDa, l .i .'/jLatestKdrtir jMirimV' .Surprise,'/ and the screamingly funny comedy, "Alkali Ike's Home-coming'' ai'o .sivpported by the great.. "Than." drama; "While Baby Slept,", .which runs as follows:—The young; farmer's wife had one trial—her husband's fntherj whom she wished to be sent to the pobr house. At last her. husband consented, and she drove away to make arrangements at the almshouse. Life old man knew her intention, and Helpless and friendless, sat in his chair and 'prayed for death. He was alone in the house, except for his tiny grandchild, who was asleep in the . next room. Through the door crept a venomous snake, and made towards i fcfle inner room.'" The 'invalid was i powerless to aid the child. He was quick witted, however, and when the farmer's clog came into the house, wrote a note, attached it to the dog's collar, 1 and set him out to find his - master. The warning reached him r just in time;' ancV he saved' hijj'baby . . s»h, just as the wife arrived with an' attendant from'the almshouse. When. , she found out -what had happened,' she was and tenderly embracing the old lhan • told kirn ~ that his home" would always 1 be with them, and the old man was happy once again. j
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 83, 8 December 1913, Page 2
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250AMUSEMENTS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 83, 8 December 1913, Page 2
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