The Washington herald., 1914-08-18
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The Coast Guards Bride" a two-reel
Victor drama, will be shown at the Mary
land today. The story Is as follows:
Cast-Irene, the belle Of the village,
Irene Wallace; Steven Graves, petty rev.
enue officer. Walter Miller; Nellie, resort
keeper. known as Flash Nell, Ida James;
Sim Brady, q tough character, Nelie's
friend, Charles Hutchinson; Briggs, a
coast guard, Alex. shannon; The Hermit
Of SpoOk Island, a wild man, Albert
Frisco.
Steven Graves. a petty revenue oficer,
secures a position as coast guard on a
lonely island or the coast Of Maine.
Prior to his departure to the island he
marries Irene, a pretty light-hearted girl.
who loves him devotedly. On the island
where the couple take up their future
home there is an eccentric. wild hermit,
who hides away in an improvised cave.
After Steven and Irene are settled on
the island, and when the days pass by
with dull monotony, Irene begins to pine
for other society besides that Of her hus-
band Again, she runs across the hermit,
and thoroughly frightened, she begs her
husband TO secure a new position in the
navy yard, and take her back TO the vii
lage. Steven. believing that he is doing
the right thing by his wife-that is, kind
ness should make up for her lonesome
ness, Is obstinate; he laughs at her fears
and refuses. Time comes when a des-
perate longing comes over Irene to get
away. Determined, she writes a note
asking the finder to come and take a
pretty girl away from the island. places
the letter in a bottle and casts 1t into the
sea Steven finds the bottle, reads the
pleading note, replaces II in the bottle
and casts II again into the sea. Then he
awaits Developments, always watching.
Sim Brady, a friend Of Flashy Nell, a
resort keeper, finds the bottle and shows
the note to Nellie. They determine to
secure Irene and use her as a white
slave. In the meantime the hermit has
been watching Steven on his daily
rounds; he gets a wild desire to gain pos
session Of Stevens telescope.
Sim Brady sets out in a boat for the
island and Irene, observing his approach.
comes down to the landing and informs
him of her troubles. He offers to take
her back and she agrees Steven tho
while. sees them leave from where he
waits behind a cliff. The hermit comes
upon him from behind-there is des-
perate fight during which Irene and
Brady get away. Steven finally over
powers the hermit and rushes to the
boat landing: he takes his own boat and
sets OF In pursuit.
Brady takes Irene to the resort and
turns her over to Nellie. The latter
locks her in and orders her to minGle
with the sailors and other freQuenters Of
the resort.
Steven finds out from a drunken sailor
where Irene is being held: rushing TO the
place, he finds the door locked. He
breaks in through a window. and follow
ing a terrific fight, in which the inmates
Join, he succeeds in escaping with his
wife. He takes her back to the island.
On the next day he received letter
which notified him that he has been ap-
pointed to a position at the navy yard
Realizing his position in the matter,
Steven informs Irene. foTgives the esca-
pade and both rejoice.
The news that A. NJ. Dresner. mana
ger of the Washington Film Exchange.
is going to marry Miss Rose MOgOl. of
Baltimore. on August 30. comes as a sur
prise to his many friends in the city.
Following the ceremony, the couple will
take their wedding trip to New York and
from there to Niagara Falls. Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. Dresner will live in Wash
ington.
The cast for the Vitagraph company's
ma gnificent production of Shakespeare
immortal Hamlet" has been selected,
and Director James Young is now busily
engaged with rehearsals of what is eX-
pected to be the most pretentious film