VIOLA DANA IN "THE INNOCENCE OF RUTH," AT HIS MAJESTY'S.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXI, Issue 16690, 21 July 1916, Page 6

VIOLA DANA IN "THE INNOCENCE OF RUTH," AT HIS MAJESTY'S.

That popular screen artiste, Viola Dana, of. the Edison Coy., is the principal player m the- chief attraction at His JNiajesty's Theatre this week-end, a wholesome*five-act play, "The Innocence of Ruth.'" This pay is quite up to tho highest standard of cinema productions the Ulterior stagings, costuming and acting being remarkably fine. Most of tho ocenes are interior, and the story concerns the lives of sev_ eral who find places in one of the highest strata of New York life. The principal character is Ruth Travers, who, on tho death of her father, becomes the ward of David Carter, a wealthy young man, who enjoya life to the full, but who, notwithstanding, ifi a very highprincipled person. His home becomes hers, and her charmingly ingenuous ways have a marked effect on Carter's mocle of living, and filially he becomes enamoured. He takes her to a charity concert, where she gives a dance recital. Among others, she meets Mortimer Reynolds, who ruined her t'other, and he is attracted by her beauty. Carter, disliking Reynolds, takes-her home, but doe* not explain why. Edna. Morris, Reynolds' ward, meets Ruth in the park some time later, and hearing that Carter objects to Ruth seeing her, she blurts out that Ruth is living only.by the generosity of Carter. Learning that this is the case, from Carter himself, she leaves his home and goes to Edna. How she is eventually won back by Carter forms a fine conclusion to the picture. The latest European news in animated form is contained in the Gaumont Graphic, and another topical picture showing a happening nearer home is Anzac Day in Sydney. "Love One Another,"' a Billy Reeves comedy, is most amusing. The same series will be screened to-night.