Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1915)

558 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD July 17, 1915 {Continued from page 555.) detective is revealed. He reassures the frightened pair. Then his retainers bring up the poor maid. Her explanations make Detective Duck suspicious. He takes charge of the matter, allowing them to peep into his wonderful ^"rubberscope," where the actions of Lady Baffles in wrecking their home, are revealed. Detective Duck soon learns that Lady Baffles' search is based on the contents of the torn half of the letter which her accomplice, the butler, secured. So he captures the butler and, disguising himself in the latter's place, reveals to her the contents of the mysterious package. Puzzled, she finds a book containing pie receipts. She then finds the other half of the torn letter. She joins the two parts together and discovers to her disgust and chagrin that its contents are a simple reference to the little pie receipt book. Then the jubilant detective sarcastically reveals himself, but Lady Baffles retains her wits and as he is about to close in on her she calls her mysterious powers to her aid and manages to again slip through his fingers. EVERYTHING FDR THE PLAYHOUSE THE HONOR OF KEXXETH MGRATH (July 24). — Howard McGrath is a Wall street broker with few scruples. His nephew, Kenneth McGrath, the son of a deceased brother, is his chief clerk. Doris Van Xess is an heiress whose fortune is left in the hands of Howard McGrath, her guardian. Mrs. Wheeler Van Ness, her mother, does not share this fortune, for she is anxious that Doris marry Baron Von Zeller, an impoverished German nobleman with a couple of debtridden castles. Howard McGrath attempts a corner on the stock market and is tightly squeezed. He realizes that a marriage between his nephew and the heiress will solve the trouble. Kenneth, though he secretly cares for Doris, is, at the same time, incensed at the idea of marrying any woman for money. He takes the latter course and his refusal to enter into the plan arouses the anger of his uncle, who decides upon other measures. Accordingly he sends one of his clerks with a letter to Mrs. Van Ness urging her to permit him to invest a sum of Doris' inheritance on his speculations, promising a big return. He signs Kenneth's name to the letter. Mrs. Van Ness persuades her daughter to sign a check for the, amount asked. Kenneth and Doris have, in the meantime, become interested in each other, Kenneth refraining, however, from showing his regard for the girl because of his uncle's proposition. The speculation fails and Doris loses a large portion of her fortune. Mrs. Van Ness accuses Kenneth of treachery and he, for the lirst time, learns of the investment. He is shown the letter with his forged signature and denies any knowledge of it. His uncle in turn accuses him of lying. Kenneth leaves the employ of McGrath and secures a position as reporter on a daily paper. Doris secretly believes in him. She is pressed to marry Baron Von Zeller, whose estates are heavily mortgaged, the elder McGrath promising to rehabilitate the fortunes of Doris on the consummation of the match. Doris urges Zeller to press his suit, promising him in turn his fortune will be rehabilitated by such a union, keeping the financial straits of Doris from him. McGraths' plan is to use the names of both of the contracting parties in the organizing of a new stock jobbing scheme, securing investments on the alleged backing of the supposedly wealthy pair. Kenneth is sent to interview his uncle and is refused admittance to the office. He calls on Mrs. Van Ness and is told that Doris will not see him. Angered at both his uncle and the girl, he threatens his uncle that he will write a complete exposure of the scheme. He gives him the alternative of dropping the scheme or being exposed as a fraud. The unc e gives in. Zeller learns from Howard McGrath that Doris is no longer an heiress and takes ship for his country. McGrath is forced to tell Doris the truth about the note urging her investment in the stock deal. Kenneth is thus reinstated in the good graces of the young woman and their marriage follows. His uncle is forced to quit his crooked dealings. BIG U. THE BURDEN BEARER {July 22).— Ruth Chalmers, head saleslady in a department store, is in love with Harry Edmonds, architect. Rather than wait until Harry has made good, they decide to wed at once, and both work and save to buy a home. One evening after work they are married, and the next morning Ruth returns to work. The female employees are informed that all married women are to be discharged, and Ruth and Harry decide to keep their marriage a secret. They plan to save and buy a home of their own. Harry is visited by Henry Allison, a wealthy business man, and ordered to prepare plans for a large residence. In the course of his business with Allison, Harry meets Alice, his daughter. To keep up the appearance of not being married, Ruth still resides with her grandmother. Some months pass and Gardner, the floorwalker, falls in love with Ruth. Harry's calls upon Ruth become less frequent, and she finds that he is paying attention to Alice. The work I5AVEG3°o Use the Hommel A. C. Economizer. Cut the cost of current for your M. P. Arc (if you use a rheostat) and get a brighter, steadier light. Exhibitors everywhere enthusiastic about it. Makes 37c worth of current do what a dollar's worth does now. A sure-flre way to save a clean 63% all year round. Exhibitors say it is the greatest triumph in current saving appliances. As good as nuggets of gold to you in the money it saves. Let Hommel give you facts and figures. Write for FREE bulletin. Liberal allowance for old rheostats. Do you need supplies? 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Alice enters as Ruth leaves, and Ruth overhears Harry tell her that she is the only one he loves and that Ruth is nothing to him hut a friend. At this she is heartbroken. Finally the baby arrives, and Ruth returns to the store to make money to support herself and the child. The girls shun her, not knowing, of course, that she ia married. Gardner, the floorwalker, is in love with Ruth, and, despite her supposed misstep, treats her in the same kindly manner that he did formerly. Ruth finally knows that she loves him ; but still she does not tell of her marriage to Harry, who has virtually passed out of her life. Harry, who has not seen Ruth for some time, goes to the Allison house, which" is under construction, and is injured in an accident. He is taken to a hospital, and, knowing that a grave operation is confronting him, calls for Ruth, realizing at last that he loves her and not Alice. Ruth leaves the store, be-" Ing summoned to the hospital, and comes to Harry's bedside. He begs her forgiveness, which she grants, telling him that she has ceased to love him. Harry's injuries proves fatal. Ruth returns to the store, where she shows that she Is under great excitement over the affair. Gardner offers to walk home with her after work, and asks her to let him share her troubles. Then Ruth tells him of her marriage. Later, after the last vestige of grief has vanished, Gardner proposes to her and is accepted. BROADWAY UNIVERSAL FEATURE. SCANDAL (Five Parts— July 19).— The story opens with the male gossips inside the cr\ib gazing from the window and making comments on the passers-by. Green, a member of the club, lives in the apartment beneath that of William Wright, a broker. Wright is in business difficulties, but his business associates have not yet learned this, as his wife's father has promised to relieve the situation with a loan. Daisy Dean, Wright's stenographer, is in his confidence. Daisy has her foot caught in the elevator of the building and Mr. Wright takes her home in his car. As he passes the club window, the gossips and Green see him with Daisy and slander is started. Green, coming home, tells his wife of Wright's joy ride with his office girl. Their servant overhears and quickly calls the news up the dumbwaiter to Mrs. Wright's maid in the flat above. Mrs. Wright enters in time to hear the discussion and her slumbering jealousy is fanned into a flame. In Daisy's neighborhood her ride in Mr. Wright's car has occasioned some comment, especially from Susan, an old maid aunt next door, whose brother, Robert, has long loved Daisy in secret. Daisy is engaged to Austin Clark. Mrs. Wright has particularly noted that the stenographer always has a bunch of daisies on her desk. In the most innocent fashion, Mr. Wright comes home with one of the flowers in his button-hole. The fact that Daisy is seen morning and evening in Mr. Wright's car gives color to the lies that are now freely circulating. Daisy and Austin quarrel and part. Mrs. Wright haunts Daisy's neighborhood in a taxicab and has her worse suspicions confirmed in the fact that her husband is seen outside. Without giving him a chance, she leaves him. The father withdraws his financial support and ruin overtakes Wright One morning the newspaper has an item which reads : "Wife of broker leaves him on eve of his bankruptcy. Mrs. William Wright returns to her father's house. She will apply for divorce from her husband, naming his stenographer. Daisy Dean, as corespondent." By the time the gossips get through with Daisy Dean, she is glad to marry Robert, next door, for protection. On the day of her wedding. Austin repents his hastiness and writes that he has never ceased to love her, but it is too late and Daisy hides the letter with his photograph. Wright, broken and penniless, is saved from suicide by his old mother. Time passes and the old trouble seems forgotten. In their new happiness, Daisy and Robert and their baby go to a seaside town for the summer. Robert's work calls him away and his sister, Susan, in spite of her dislike of Daisy, comes to stay with her during his absence. In the meantime, Austin, who is now engaged to a girl in the town, comes down for his vacation. He and Daisy meet and he introduces the two women. Daisy remembers his photograph and letter hidden away ; gets them out and burns them, but Susan recovers the end of the letter, which was burned and which reads: "I have never ceased to love you. Austin." She sends the letter to her brother. Daisy is included in many of their engagement festivities in a perfectly innocent way, but to Susan's suspicious mind there can only be one conclusion placed upon their intimacy. The letters and insinuations to Robert breathe such suspicion against Daisy and Austin that