The Washington herald., 1914-09-26
ToDAY'S PHOTO DRAMA.

Alone in New York" a great photo
| play. produced by the Mittenthal Com
pany and presented by Sydney B. Lust.
manager of the local branch of Warmers
| Features will be shown at the Garden
| Theater early in October.
The FIVE parts in which this production
! is presented are crowded with a rapid
succession of powerful and absorbing
scenes.
Jack Reynolds. young New York
| newspaper reporter. through drink finally
] found himself reduced to the status of a
| tramp, and while roaming about the coun-
| try stopped at a farmhouse to beg food.
| The story OF his downfall aroused the
| sympathies OF the family. especially
Helen, the-farmer's daughter. When Jack
left he took with him money enough to
make a new start. a repentant heart. and
a firm resolve to become worthy the love
OF Helen.
A month later he was again prontably
employed by large New York daily.
At this time the New York Opium
Syndicate was at the height Of its opera
tions. Hong Key, the directing head OF
the syndicate" was the most brilliant
and INSCRIPTIONS master the opium and
white slave circle had ever known. From
his elegantly furnished headquarters in
the heart Of Chinatown he directed the
criminal operations OF his emissaries in
every part OF the country. Many men in
fiuentiaI in civil and political life were
stockholders in the syndicate.
Into this seething metropolitan hOt-oCd
OF crime came Helen. the farmers daugh-
ter. to visit New York girl friend. Doro-
thy Greene.
Trouble started for Helen as soon as
she rkached the big city. Dorothy failed
to meet her at the station. owing to a
! serious accident She lost Dorothy's ad-
dress. And. with perils on every side,
Helen was alone in New York.
She started on her quest for her friends
home, and as she made her way through
the surgcng crowds and under the garish
lights of the great city, her fresh and
youthful beauty attracted the eyes Of the
cadets of the underworld
Suddenly she felt a stinGing pain in her
arm. The next moment she fell unCon-
scious. The poison needle had done its
work. A man and woman forced their
way through the crowd which quickly
surrounded the stricken girl The woman
exclaimed: That il my niece" The girl
was carried to a waiting auto. and
whirled away-a prisoner Of the dreaded
syndicate"
When Dorothy recovered from her ac-
cident and found that Helen had not ar
rived she at once wrote to the girls
mother The latter frantically hastened |
TO, New York. and with Dorothy notified
the police At the station house she was
met and recognized bv Jack, performing
his duties u police reporter. Jack heard
the story with sinking heart. He feared |
That Helen had fallen into evil hands,
and gave his pledge to the weeping
mother not to rest until he had rescued |
the girl he loved.
In the meantime Helen had been kept
drugged under the watchful eye Of the
chief lieutenant Of Hong Key, the Wiz
ard of the Opium Ring.
There were terrible orgies inside this
gilded den Of vice. New York girls were
being brought in daily, and all were sub
jected to the most brutal treatment at
the hands of their jaiers.
One day a prominent banker who was
secretly in partnership with Hong Key.
dropped in to collect his share OF the (
profits.
After the transaction the Chinaman !
offered to show his partner their latest .
capture. His lieutenant dragged in .
struggling girl.
The banker stepped back in speechless ,
horror.
The girl was his own daughter.
During all this time Jack carried on an
untiring but fruitless search for Helen.
He was almost in despair when one day
while passing through a narrow street In
Chinatown. he saw small bottle fall
from a window. and smash on the side
walk. In il was this note:
Am held prisoner in this building.
Help"
The handwriting was Helen's. Jack
summoned promptly the police reserves,
and led them up the fire escapes They Il
battered down the barriCaded doors and u
crowded inside but the slavers had es-
capped with their prisoner.
Rushing to the front. Jack saw the un-
conscious form OF the girl in the arms of !
a fleeing cadet. The reporter flung him
self upon the man, but was confronted J.
by Hong Key. who had left his lair to J
oversee the escape. The powerful China
man dealt Jack a stunning blow. When
the police arrived the villains had disap-
peaTed.
Turning their attention to Jack, the
police raised him 10 his feet. lie felt
sharp pain IN his feEsAy1. AnA elsosV-