The Washington herald., 1914-07-08
St0fies Of the Photoplays.
.sThe other TrnIn."

playing tonight at Central Park.
In a dingy little attic. in one OF the
cheapest tenements In New York. little
] old lady is huddied up in chair by the
/ side OF q table. In her withered and
trembling fingers Is a letter. which in
forms her that she viii be admitted TO
the poor house. She goes to the rail-
way station and asks the agent TO inform
her when the train arrives. He answers
in the Affirmative. She sinks into bench
and falls asleep? The agent under stress
OF business fails to wake her when the
| train arrives. She wakes up. The agent
| approaches and tells her the train has
come and gone but that there will be an
other at Il O'Clock. The old lady again
falls asleep. On the opposite wall dis
solves OF scenes from her life appear.
She sees herself a maid again. pretty
Mary Baxter. She sees again the young
minister. John Gordon; she sees the
wealth OF love that beams from his eyes
and tells his hearts story. She Is his
sweetheart. She hears again his plea Tor
her love. All had she but listened. Why
did the beckonIng figure Of Fame" en-
tice her away. She refused the shelter
Of his love and lefs her home. The Wis
ion fades. The little old woman turns
restlessly on the bench.
Again a vision NoS she sees herself
the leading lady of a burlesque show.
Her beauty at its zenith, her popularity
at its height. She has attained her ambi-
ton. The vision slowly fades. The little
woman. as though troubled by restless
dreams. turns again in her sleep. Then
a vision appears The exterior OF a the
ater. At the entrance door Is large
poster featuring a beautiful woman in
tights. Babe Baxter. the Queen OF Bur
lesque." John Gordon comes along. He
sees the picture and stops. He does not
see the gaudy poster-the women IN
tights. those red letters; he sees the lit
tie New England maid. his little sweet
heart, Mary Baxter. who left home TO
seek her fortune. He thinks of her in
nocence, her youth. her ambition Then
he thinks OF the lines he so often read:
There were Ninety and Nine that safely lay
In the shelter q the Fold;
But one VS. out on the hills away.
Far oh from the Hills Of Gold
As he thinks of these lines. the poster
dissolves into a vision Of the blue hills
OF Bethlehem. He sees the shepherds
tending their flocks. They count their
sheep and one is missing One shepherd
looks about. He would look for the lost
sheep. The other shepherd tells him
to leave IL. He shakes his head. Il love
that sheep better than the rest" He
leaves to seek IT, John Gordon sees the
bleakness Of the wilderness He sees the
little lost sheep straytng. stumbling
along blindly. He sees the shepherd
come on and gently take II up and place
IL on his shoulder and return with II 10
the fold. The vison fades and John Cor
don Is standing before the poster OF Babe
Baxter. He enters the theater. His ap-
pearance is greeted with jeers. He heeds
them not. His little New England sweet
heart is before him on the stage. He
goes to her dressing-rom. Two gentle
men are with her. They retire with a
smile Of derision- Mary Baxter and john
Gordon are alone. The modesty of
former days returns and she hides her
thinIy clad limbs from his sight. He
begs her to leave that life and to come
back TO her old New England home. She
refuses gently but firmly. The vision
slowly fades and the little old woman.
is cuddled in the corner Of the waiting |
room
Again a vision appears She sees her |
self. some years later. still an actress. |
but what a difference. Her beauty that |
won all hearts is faded. The form that
commanded the price OF q leading lady
is devoid of grace She is forced to
accept minor parts. She sinks lower and
lower in her profession until even the |
meanest parts are denied her. She tot
feeble and gray. She totters across the |
threshold Of her poor. dingy attic. She |
reads again the letter from the poor |
house. The vision fades. The little old
woman sits back in the corner. The sta |
ton door opens and John Gordon, the |
young minister. comes in and approaches |
the bent form. gently touches her and |
beckons her to follow. The head Of the |
little old woman falls back against the |
wall. The form is still but from that |
form comes the spirit of Mary E5axter, |
pure. sweet and young. She isSeIo:u=-I |
in white garments and a smile rests on |
her face She slowly follows John Cor /
don. Together they slowly approach to l
the foot of the Golden Stairs. Together /
they slowly mount to the throne OF God. |
An angel with golden trumpet announces
the coming Of another soul. The agent
in the waiting room approaches and
touches the little old lady on he shoul- I
der. People, ask kindly II she b going
to take this train. He lifts his hat
she has taken the other train"