AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 70, 31 March 1913, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE

The performance this evening hi His Majesty’s commences ten minutes earlier than usual, owing to the inclusion in the programme of a special film “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” The star, picture is a drama depicting an era in Mormon history, when this great American i religious body ruled its disciples with an iron hand, overcoming its enemies by the aid of the “destroying angels.” “The Powcjr of a Hymn” is a good American drama. The mother teaches the hymn to her sons, George and Tom, who are adopted by Judge Reynolds after the good woman’s death. George proves a tractable and studious boy, but Tom is given to bad asociates. One afternoon the Judge,,(finds him gambling with a number of boys of his own age, in a vacant 10t,, ; He takes the young ;6y home., talks to him and tries' tb nfluence him to keep away from eVil companions. That night Tom runs awhy from home. Twentydive years roll by. George has never heard from Tom and is now a criminal court judge. Tom, on the downyard path, is arrested for forgery and is held foi rial before his brother. Tom, after serving his time, Swears vengeance against the Judge. He learns of his home address and at night goes to the house with the intention of squaring his debt. Crawling through a window in search of his brother, he suddenly hears the tones of the hymn which he learned in his childhood. The fudge takes a revolver from a nearby desk and. starts after the intruder, fom tells him who he is and the purpose of his visit. The Judge’s three-year-old child, who has been a witness of the entire scene, leads the outcast to the chair. The Judge places his hand on his shoulder and calls him brother.