"DAMAGED GOODS."

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXIV, Issue 17732, 4 December 1919, Page 2

"DAMAGED GOODS."

HIS MAJESTY'S TO-NIGHT.

It is not aft exaggeration to state that no modern literary or dramatic work has ever created such an amount of discussion as Brieux's "Damaged Goods." That the message it carr>3 has been effective is proved beyond all doubt by the immediate, recognition of scientists and local authorities* in their wholehearted effort to combat the ravages of this dread Bed Plague. The film version is to be shown at His Majesty's to-night and to-morrow afternoon to women, and to-morrow night to men, the segregation of the sexes having been decreed by the New Zealand censor. The autho/ has "taken off the gloves" so to speak, and vigorously attacks the system which has in the past encouraged the conspiracy of silence on this awful scourge. "Damaged Goods" stifles none of the facts necessary for a full inculcation of its tremendous lesson, scenes taken in a hospital, {showing victims of the dread disease, contribute greatly to the picture's authenticity and moral appeal. The whole story is profoundly moving, and is not for one class of men ajid women, but for every grade of society. "Damaged Goods" has received the unusual . endorsement from scientists and the clergy, and we are informed that the picture is well worthy of encouragement. Box plans for all three ex;hibitions are on view at Upton's.