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Show Last Days of Pompeii o . (.'rented .Motion l'lcture Drama In the i World. Tho Photo Drama of tho Last Days J of Pompeii, coming to tho Oprea lifuusb next week, Ic not only tho (greatest spectacular plyas over pro-ducid, pro-ducid, but portruya somo of tho great-cot great-cot chnractcra of lovo nud Intrigue over shown. (Jlaucus, a young Athenian, Is in lovo with lono, tho most beautiful woman in Pompeii. ArbaccB, an Egyptian high, priest, who Is powerful, auo loves hor out Is repulsed. Nydla, tho blind daughter of n king, is a slave owned by Uurbo, n retlreu Gladiator Gladi-ator and keoper of a Tavern. Ho sonds hor to sell flowers, and tho best people In Pompeii become Interested In her. Arbacea sends for Nydla to dance beforo his guests In tho temple. Ileturnlng to hor muster, sho reruses to tako part In ruturo orgies. Uurbo is angered and beats her. Hor cries reach tho eara or Olaucus, who rushes in and buyes tho blind slave. Nydla thanks tho gods and rails in lovo with hor now master. Thou follows many scenes In Pom-pcllau Pom-pcllau lire In which all tho above named actors tako part, and showing scono8 or lovo, tho lions and attempts to tako tho lives or tho horo and horo. int. Alt. Vesuvius thou awakens, belches forth a river or molten lava, and tho people, blinded by smoke, run lilthor nud thither. Nydla, accustomed accustom-ed to And hor wny In darkness, guided Olaucus and lono to tho seaohoro; a boat takes them to tho ocean. It all ends dramatically and Is easily tho preutest photo ploy over produced. |