The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

salary is only SIS a week. His home is a Harlem flat. He is bitter against his
 employer, Captain Williams. president of d steamship company, and formerly a South Pacific trader. Joe believes that Williams is determined to prevent his advancing, and he Is jealous of his more
 successful fellows. His discontent is in- creased by the hardships and privations which must be borne by his wife, Emma Brooks. who had been accustomed to a
 home of luxury before her marriage. On his income they can afford no more than the cheap apartment in Harlem, and Emma is obliged to do her own house. work.
 Joe resents his failure to advance all the more for the reason that Captain Williams professes an interest in Emma, whose father was his former associate
 in business. He thinks that for her sake, if not for his own, his position should be bettered, and his salary increased. His lot is made still harder by the aunts of Emma's mother Mrs. Harris, who had
 disapproved of the marriage and who Is socially ambitious. Emma's younger sis ter, Beth, plays her part, too, in goading Joe to desperation. Comes a night when temptation masters him. An associate in
 the office, Jimsey Smith, friend of Joe's, and once suitor for Emma, has keen promoted. Joe has been passed
 over. That night he begins to steal,
 taking some of the money he had col lected during the day. His thefts con- tinue. The Harlem apartment Is ex- changed for more expensive accommoda- tons in hotel. There are pretty gowns and greater pleasures for Emma, who
 Believes Joe's story that his salary has
 been advanced. the advance dating six
 months back. There Is a season of hap
 piness for the young wife, and for her
 mother and sister, too who rejoice in
 what they consider Joe's success and from which they are quite ready to profit
 Then comes the discovery. Captain Williams a man who has carried into after life the rules of conduct he learned on the South Pacific, who believes the only way to control men is to crush them has set a trap for Joe believing that if the opportunity were allowed the young man he would become a thief
 Joe walks into the net. When he is found out he sees but one chance to buy escape from punishment. 1t Is for Emma to bargain for his freedom with Cap
 tain Williams, man who has hoasted
 of his purchase of women Joe tells
 Emma that he stole for her, that her complaints drove him to dishonksty. At
 length he prevails upon her to go alone at night to Williams apartment, pledg
 ing himself not to question the terms
 she may make so long as he goes free.
 Emma undertakes this mission in the
 belief that Williams Is hard and coarse
 and vicious. She fears the man. On
 this occasion. however, she discovers a
 chivalry hitherto unrevealed Williams
 proves himself man and Emma's real
 friend The woman returns to her hus-
 band with the assurance that he will not
 be punished, but the nights adventure has opened her eyes to his real charac- ter. Joe finds that though he has gained
 his freedom he has lost his wife. Such is the greatest of all New York sue cesses written by Eugene Walter, which will be seen here at the Bijou all this week. with performances nightly and matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- day.