Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-30
'PEPPY POLLY"
At THE CRESCENT
Dorothy Gish In Delightful Play
"Wednesday and Thursday

DESTROYS of securing evidence again
st the heads of the state reformatory.
a young girl. known as Poppy Polly,
has herself arrested on a charge of
burglary, pleads guilty, and Is SEN
fenced to three years Imprisonment at
the institution she desires to enter.
The girl is Dorothy Gish, and this
happens In her newest play, Poppy
Polly" coming to the Crescent. We'd
nesday and Thursday, Oct. l and Q.
With two cents and no supper,
Poppy Polly decides that the best
thing to do is to go to bed and forget
1t until morning Polly has enough to
buy. a morning paper but no break
fast.
The morning Courier ADVERTISE
ments show stenographers are wanted
in three places, two of which Polly
visits withou success. The third, the
chamber Of Judge Monroe in the
county courthouse, results in her OBJ
tanning a position as social secre
tary to one of the city's most promi
mem leaders of social and church af
fairs. Dinner Is included in the po-
sition, which is entirely to Polly's sat-
isfaction except for the dumb member
OF the family, a monkey, which Is not
exactly to her taste as a companion.
Polly's sick friend Is also out of a
Job and reduced to starvation or theft
o1iO A oliii cdSltI TOaQ, ana Is
arrested for misconduct on the streets.
Polly hearing of the girls misfortune.
visits her in the Jail and tries vainly
to influence her new found friend
Judge Monroe.
Polly's new employer takes a vital
Ftnterest In he reformatory, and he
heads a committee of investigation.
which is shown through the place.
The committee informs the judge
that the Melville reformatory is a well
conducted place. Later, Polly tells
Judge Monroe everything, and asks IL
there Is not some way by which the
matter can be brought to public view.
1t is decided that Polly shall get
the information.
Stealing a coat from a pawnshop
does nothing more than get q call
down from the owner and protection
from a good natured policeman.
Throwing a brick through a jewelry
store window succeeds admirably, AMI
in company with several bad charac-
ters, she takes her first ride in t.
BLACK Maria" The trial results :.
her being sentenced for three years.
Polly finds conditions worse than
her girl friend had pictured stool
| pigeons flourish at the expense of
| others.
DR.. James Merritt, physician Of tn
| institution, revolts at the conditions
he sees and denounces those in au
thority.
Polly loses some of her enthusiasm
In her solitary cell and the doctor
| visiting her, finds her in no condition
| for such treatment. Reporting the
| case to the matron results in Polly
being taken out of the cell and put
| to scrubbing floors. Here the doctor
/ finds her again and a friendship starts
| between them. Polly is-placed In the
doctors Office as q stenographer.
Polly writes a report to Judge Mon
| roe, but this is intercepted by the ma
| tron who news of Judge
Monroe's sudden death. Things look
/ bad for Polly. and just as DR.. Merritt
asks her to be his wife, the governors
agent and the matron burst in upon
them, and DIR. Merritt is placed under
arrest. Polly appeals to the agent
| who, after hearing her story, takes her
to the house of Judge Monroe where
her story is fully corroborated by the
| late ~jurist's secretary. Z.
Through the assistance of the gov
ernor's agent, Polly and DR.. Merritt
are ~pardoned and they are married.