AMUSEMENTS.
BERNARD'S PICTURES. Last night's programme proved to be a brilliant series. "The Child of the Jungle," a. wild animal drama from Selig's famous studio, kept the audience fairly spellbound. The film depicting the departure from Portsmouth of the Australian navy appealed greatly to the audience. "The Runaways" is a*very fine colored dramagraph with a first-class scenario. These and other fine films will be repeated this evening. The groat detective drama, "The Black Lily Gang," which illustrates the triumph of good over evil, will be screened.. A, gang of robbers, Who have' taken lit'black \)U/ioY their .symbol, and oalLtj-iejn-selvesthe "Black'Lity Gang," decide to make a raid upon Mr Castlemaine's villa. Mr Castlemaine is driven by his daughter.:-Kitty, to the railway station, and on the return the, car breaks down. Mr Duncan, a friend of the family, arrives in his car, and takes Kitty under his charge. The gang enter the villa and make a good haul. The authorities place tile ease in the hands of Fox, a clover detective, and Mr Duncan and he became friendly.- Fox suspects Duncan. J: police force their way into the stronghold, and Fox at once accuses Duncan of being the actual thief, and tears off his disguise, disclosing the chief of the Black Lily Gang. A performance in aid of the Convent school sports will be held next Saturday afternoon.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 88, 13 December 1913, Page 5
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