The Alaska citizen., 1916-09-04
"Her Own Way" Is
 the Bill at Thorne S


 Her Own Way" five-reel Metro feature, was the bill shown at Thorne's last night to a large audi ence. It will repeated this even ing, starting at S:30 o'clock, the price of admission to be 50 cents The charming dramatic actress. Florence Reed. is seen in the lead ing role She is supported by { number of equally well known stars in the film world.
 The story told in the picture is captivating in the extreme, its sit uations being very romantic. Geor giana Carley, the woman, and Rich ard Coleman, the man, have been friends since childhood; each has grown to love the other without the other having become aware of the fact.
 Sam Coast a wealthy young man formerly a miner, also falls in love with Georgiana and is determined to let nothing stand in the path of obtaining her for his wife Georgi ana is of wealthy family, and her brother, through money left him by his parents, has 8 consider able fortune. This brother Steven Carley, is of lovable but weak disposition, given to speculation. and Georgiana has great trouble in pre- venting him from losing every cent he has
 During the Spanish-American war many young men volunteer for ser vice. Amongst them, Dick Coleman, who obtains a lieutenant's comm1s- sion, and he prepares to leave for the Philippines. Before leaving he realizes that he loves Georgiana, and decides to propose to her, with the intention of marrying her on his return.
 Sam Coast is aware of the affec- tion existing between Dick and Geor- glana and uses every effort to pre- vent them coming together. He has himself proposed to Georgiana and has been laughingly refused
 When Dick calls upon Georgiana shortly before leaving for the Phil ipptnes, with the intention of pro posing. Sam breaks into the con- vsrsation, keeping the two young people apart, and finally in a cunning way informs Dick that he has pro posed to Geor8iana himself, and has been accepted This naturally upsets Dick very much and causes him to leave Georgiana without mak ing any declaration, and he acts In such strange way that Georgiana cannot understand what is wrong with him. He finally leaves for the Philippines, followed by an agent of Coasts, who has also en- listed, and whom Coast has en- ployed to prevent any correspond ence passing between Dick and Geor giana while he is in the Philippines
 Sans next step Is to accomplish the ruin of the Carley family. in order to force Georgiana into such a position that she must either ac- cept him and his wealth, or suffer hardship and poverty Georgiana however, is obdurate and in spite of the loss of her fortune and even her social standing, still keeps the family together
 Through the ambushing of Dicks regiment in the Philippines. Dick Is believed to be dead, so Georgiana learns from the newspapers She Is again confronted by Coast, and the situation has become such that he has it in his power to dishonor her brothers name. To prevent this, she makes the final sacrifice of her own love for her family and agrees to marry him.
 Dick Coleman, however, was not killed in the Philippines. but simply wounded and taken prisoner He escapes and unexpectedly arrives on the scene at the Carley home just in time to prevent the mar riage, and the misunderstanding are