The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-11
The Daughter Pays,
IMoUing Picture, at
Auditorium Th'sdoy

Anolher great picture, The Daugh-
ter PAYS" viii be shown at the Aud
litorium Thursday evening. The story
/ Is by Mrs BaiHe Reynolds and Is full
of humal interest Miss Elaine Ham
fmerstein. daughter Of the famous OPP
era producer and herself a finished
taetress. is the star IN this production.
While Virginia MINORS and her
friend, Miriam Roseborough. are vis-
ting a London art gallery they at
tract the attention of Osbert Gaunt.
He is man Of gentle nature. who,
because Of being Tilted IN his younger
fdays by a beautiful woman has be-
come a brutal cynic. who lives with
the one ambition Of causing some
lcruei humiliation to the women who
has made him suffer. That woman Il
the mother OF Virginia MINORS.
Physically. the daughter is the
duplicate OF her mother. and Gaunt
concludes that she Is also her moth
er's duplicate mentally and spiritually
Gaunt also observes that Virginia ap-
pears 10 be greatly taken with Mir
brother Gerald
The Roseboroughs are wealthy. but
nos nearly as rich as Gaunt. who fig
ures that II he cuts in with an offer
Of marriage and Virginia accepts him
lard throws over Gerald. it viii prove
that she IS her mother over again
His plan is to marry her. take her
away from the gay life Of London So
Ieiety. and while keeping up outward
appearances. TO heap upon her every
Insult and tranny that he would liked
TO have inflicted on her mother
To save her family from poverty
Therefore Virginia accepts Gaunts
proposal Gaunt starts his campaign
Iof vengeance on the very day Of their
marriage by bluntly stating The rea
son he has married her Finding he
cannot break down on her submits
Isive quietness. he becomes aware
that he is nor deriving the satisfac
ton out OF his revenge that he ex-
ipectea.
Virginia decides to make the besf
Iof an unfortunate situation and Il
Iobey GBunt 10 everything. but refuse.
Ito accept his standards or show any
lfrieBdIiness towards him Il is onl,
when he opens her private mail before
her eve that she tells him how sht
loathes him More shaken BY this
than he cares 10 admit. he IS still
more worried when her physician in
forms him that the nervous tension
has brought his wife To the verge 8
a physical breakdown. and il IS i'm
operative that she 1--we him 1T one
land go away to some place where sh.
can have complete rest aud quiet
Gaunt's revuIsion of feeling is com
plete. and in ;he shame and miser
Of what he mas done, mingled Wit
his ioy IN having got back his belle
in women, ne begins making remorse
ful plans OF how ne VIII mako friend
with Virginia
Gaunt reveals his love. but The bar
trler Of distrust and the memory d I'll
past will not permit of camplet
and immediate reconciliation II
decides TO Kill himself and leave he
free to marry the man be thinks 81
loves
A friend fails into a ROLE filed Wit
gas ard Gaunt goes down to rescu
him Re finds the unconscious ma
and sends him up 70 safety but re
mains at thea bottom himself II
gradually loses his senses and feel
himself sinking when d last his con
sciousness IS penetrated py the soun
lof Virginia voice calling "Osbert'
want you Then he opens his eye
land finds himself on the grouni
his wife's arms Then follow ex
plantations and cancellations an
tOshert Gaunt begins AGAIN to Great
happiness in place ot the misery ;
had caused