Universal Weekly (1917-1934)

■THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY 21 gradually it is evident that Madge alone brings him to this home of squalor. Cora Hayes leaves for New York, where she has secured a better position. She writes enthusiastically to Madge of New York and its life. Meantime, Blake proposes to Madge. She is rebellious, but accepts him, and the day is set for their marriage. Garvey is pleased, and proceeds to get drunk as a celebration. The only thing which reconciles Madge to her marriage is the money which her father gives her to buy the wedding clothes. Soon there is another mouth to feed, and while Helen tosses weakly on the bed, Garvey paces up and down the room angrily. Blake enters, and Garvey's anger changes to a suggestive leer, as he points to Madge, who is holding Helen's baby in her arms. Madge receives another letter from Cora, who says that her boss is willing to give her the "onceover" for a new poster idea. She urges Madge to dress well and come to New York. Madge is determined not to become another slave, like her mother and sister, and decides to go. She thinks kindly of her father for the first time, as she counts the money she managed to save on the wedding clothes. Then she discovers that Blake had given her father the money. The wedding day arrives, and while Garvey and his wife get dressed, Madge weeps. Madge tells Helen of her plan, which is spoilt by her discovery. Helen pulls out an insurance check for $200. She gives this to Madge, and tells her to cash it in New York, and take with her Blake's money. Madge is grateful for Helen's sacrifice, and dresses in her old clothes, escaping by the window. She arrives in New York safely, and is taken by Cora to her room. Later, when she is introduced to Russell Hanlon, Cora's boss, she is shy. Hanlon approves of her appearance, and takes her to Crinnell, the artist, where she is to pose for the poster. But when she sees the scanty costume she is to wear, she runs out. That night Cora is surprised by Madge, who blames her for having misrepresented everything. Cora tells her that Hanlon has decided to alter the poster, and that he wants her to come to a little dinner party that evening. Madge goes out and has her first taste of wine. She begins to feel dizzy and sick, and the party is broken up, as Cora takes her home. All her money is gone, but she pawns her new clothes to send Helen the money to return to Blake. Meanwhile Garvey, in one of his insane rages. Centre — The poster John saiv. Beloiv — John broke into the studio at the psychological moment. "You don't expect me to pose in this, do you?" dies. Blake takes Helen, her mother and the baby to the little cottage he had kept as a surprise for Madge. And in New York Madge is starving. When Madge receives • Helen's letter, telling of Blake's kindness and of the little cottage, she is driven to desperation. Almost mad, she goes to Hanlon's office and asks for the poster job. Hanlon tells her she is too late for that now, but he has a magazine ad for which she can pose. Madge accepts the offer. Later Blake discovers the "ad" in the magazine. He is shocked, and determines to bring her home. He secures her address from Helen and leaves for New York. At the lodging house the landlady tells him she has gone in a taxi with a gentleman. Blake goes to Cora and forces her to tell him that Madge is at the Crinnell studio. He arrives there just in time to save Madge from the clutches of Hanlon, and takes her home. Next morning Blake tells Madge of the little surprise cottage waiting, and she nestles in his arms with a sigh of 'content. A SAMPLE READER. When "Bluebird Day" arrives "Fires of Rebellion" will be displayed at your theatre with Dorothy Phillips playing the leading role. This photoplay is based on the problem of life, wherein a factory girl is led to quit the surrounding in which her kindred have existed for generations to seek an adventure in social betterment. She goes to a great city, finds evil and temptations that she had never dreamed of and, finally, discouraged by her fight against the entanglements of her new environment, goes back home, content to resume her life of drudgery as a factory hand. (