AMUSEMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16231, 29 March 1917, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

.VIVIAN MARTIN AT HAY WARD'S. I '■ •; ■■' " A'rich set of curls adorns tlie head of Vivian Martin, the winsome actress who, takes the part of the heroine in tonight's 5 reel drama "Th© Stronger Love" at Hay ward'a Lyceum, It is a really charming story. On Thunder Mountain lived Nell Serviss, "a wildf.ower of surpassing beauty. Tlie. Servisses wero at lead with .the Rutheafords, who lived on the other side of the mountain. Jim Serviss, a cool, cieartyed young mountaineer, was the loader of his clan, and Jim ,and Nell Serviss was a sort of mountain betrothal, for Jim loved Nell v-ith all ilia heart and soul. Torn Serviss, his vicious, worthless brother, also loved Nell and persistently annoyed'"her with his attentions., One day a handsome stranger from the city, that distant fairyland, came into this little, world -•'iid went to live with' the- Rufcherfords. His actions puzzled the "moonshining" mountaineers, wlio snsoected him of. being a "revonooer." Noll Serviss arnd the now-oomer become close friends and this friendship soon grew into something deeper and stronger. Learning of his search for radium ore Nell showtlie stranger a rich deposit Jienr the Serviss "Moonshine".' still. ' SGortly afterwards, on the might of a dance, in the schoolhouse, the still was burned by the revenue officers. The newcomer ,was. suspected and tlie. Serviess's started in' the "get" him. In'a eacrifice few women have ever been called on to make little Nell Serviss, of Thunder Mountainer humiliates herself that another might he saved, and by so doing triumphed in "The Stronger I,nve" that lifted, her higher than the mountain peaks. There is also a tworeal Mangle comedy entitled "His Busted Past." This famous brand of comedies are very popular with Tlrnaru picture goers. ' This one is exceptionally good and should aifrn-d much laughter. A very good number of the Topical War Budget is also included in the hill. Seats may he reserved -over Lyceum phono 470. No extra, charge: