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Show "A Mucirmt or tiii: hii.i.s." An unusual Itomnu subject In motion mo-tion pictures at the Orient Monday night, April 20. With tbot regard for variety and versatility tho Famous Players Film company hns delved far Into tho past for tts latest release, back along the dusty roads of tlmo that lead to nn-cleul nn-cleul Homo and the days of Nero. Tho play, entitled "A Daughter of the Hills," presents l.aura Sawyer In the title role, and attempts to show that oven thou, when savagery was Btrengtli and cruelty glory, tho love of a man and a maid was u greater roree than all the primitive barbarities barbari-ties of tho period. With a tramiull simplicity tho story relates how a gontlo shepherdess, nil tenderness and sympathy, wed a brutal gladiator, wrought a reversion In his primitive heart and spiritually conquered con-quered his savage Impulses. Paul the Apostle, who at tho tlmo of the story was a prisoner In Home, aids In accomplishing ac-complishing till" victory, The spirit or the story will guide the Imagination back to tho old hills or Ilothlehom. It Is thoroughly Christmassy, Chris-tmassy, yet u strong story for all times, and a distinct departuro from tho general trond of Homnn subjects. Tho Imperial barbarism of Nero nnd the sweet gentleness of Paul form nn Inspiring contrast, heightened by the louderness of the heroine. "A Daughter of tho Hllln" was one of tho ndvnuce ugeuts of civilization. |