ENTERTAINMENTS

Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1638, 7 May 1925, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

EMPIRE THEATRE, TO-NIGHT.

“WHERE ARE MY PARENTS?”

Would you sell your child for £SOOO a year, if you thought he would have a better chance in life? This was the problem that faced Cecilia and Aubrey St. John when they found that their £12,000 yearly allowance had been withdrawn, and that they were without a penny in the world. They had always meant well by their little son, but they had denied him love and companionship, the things that he longed for most. Perhaps there is less risk of condemnation in betraying the confidence of an empire than the confidence of a little child. Certain it is there can be starvation of the soul as well as of the body, but parents often lose sight of this fact when the hectic modern social life takes all their time and energy. It was only when Cecilia St. John found herself thrown into the hourly companionship of her son that she found loving him was one of the few things worth while in her life. Was mother love strong enough to overcome the temptation of accepting £SOOO a year in return for his education? This is one of the gripping and appealing incidents in the strong drama, “Where Are My Parents?”