The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-10-21
GEM PROGRAM
Sunday

"The Escape" produced by W. D..
Griffith, the man who made possible
THE Birth of a Nation" recently seen
in Portland, is founded on the science
of eugencs. When shown at the Glenn
mer theatre in Seattle, The Escape"
attracted widespread attention among
physicians and psychologists. The orig
inal play was written by Paul Arm
strong. The scenes of the moving pic
ture director dramatically clinch the
authors points and make the greatest
of argument for better living and high
ideals.
So great has been the demand in Sc
atte that the play, a synopsis of which
follows, was shown from 10 O'Clock
each morning until midnight, and the
entrance was always crowded.
May Joyce, child of the slums,
longed for better life. She Continu-
ally besought her father, stevedore,
to try to better the condition of his
children. With the exception of May
these children were in a bad way.
Jennie was pitiful example of the
visitation of the sins of the father up
on the children. Larry was fast be-
coming a crook. He was hit by a
stove lid thrown by the father in a
drunken fury. The wound healed, but
the boys natural tendency was intensi-
fed, "BulI' McGee, a power of evil
in the neighborhood, wanted to marry
May. To gain her favor he had Larry
set upon and, after a fight. arrested,
McIiee obtaining his release from the
police. Here appears DR.. Won Eiden.
an ambulance surgeon, called in to
patch up Larry. DR.. Won Eden was
impressed with the character of May.
"At all costs, he told her, escape
from these surroundings. Partially as
result of the faxed saving of Larry
and because there seemed no escape,
May passively agreed to the marriage
with MCGee. On the morning of the
wedding, however, a fly leaf message
from Won Eden proved the deciding
factor and she left by the fire escape.
Jennie's admiration for brute power
caused her willingly to take Mays
place. May found work in an office,
from which she was later discharged
In the meantime, she had met the SEN
ator. who, in admiration of her beauty,
gave her his card reading, "lf you ever
need a friend come to me.
Jenny's marriage resulted in a baby
which always cried, to the constant an
ger of McGee. McGee falling over the
cradle in drunken stupor, the child
cried no more. May. unable to obtain
work, finally went to the Senator and
found "the easy way. A fanCied i'll
ness led her to meeting Won Eiden
again. "You need now more than ever
to escape" he told her The Senator
condescended to offer May marriage,
but she, influenced by the words of Won
Eden, again escaped and found the
work she needed in hospital.
McGee sold his wife to the promoters
of foreign concert dive. She threw a
note from the window and it came into
the hands of Larry. The police raided
the place and rescued Jenny, who was
brought to May only to die. McGee
escaped. He traced his wife in hopes
Of getting money and found her dead.
Leaving there, he was tracked by the
authorities and finally cornered and shot
by Larry, who had joined the chase.
! His murderous tendencies now fully
aroused, Larry determined to kill his
! father He was, however, Intercepted
| by DR.. won Eden, who took him to his
apartment An operation was per
formed on Larry and the splinter of
bone, which had so long penetrated his
brain, was removed. Through the
operation Larry became a normal man.
Mays love for Won Eden at last awak-
ened and the surviving members of the
Joyce family became happily united.
Mays ecSape to better life was COM
plete.