New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

to Holder the personifcation Of the
finest qualities of charity and piety-
an ldoL a wealthy and busy man who
gives much of his time to the work of
the church, When, at a little dinner
Holder mentions that the plans To
tear down tenements to make way for
q new parish house do not meet with
the approval of the poor people of the
.distrct, PARIS declaration that the
rector must not take "the agitators''
seriously satisfies the clerpvman
Parr's word is almost law to the rec
tor-~not due TO any fawnng spirit, but
because of admiration for the banker,
me agitation against the new parish
house-believed by the people to he
Part OF real estate speculation-re-
suits IN march on the church. Thev
rush down the aisle and are stopped at
the foot of the altar by Alison Parr.
tne bankers daughter who has been
hotihed of the peoples anger. She
iushes from her Office in settlement
house to prevent the infuriated mob
doing violence in the church. Violence
Will avail nothing. she tells the crowd,
and they are about to leave when the
rector enters. They spun him as a
Iool or Parr. The rector is mystified
because he cannot understand the
cause OF their anger. "He, too, is a
victim, like YOU" she cries. He has
not sensed the bitterness against the
Banker and does not feel the sting of
being called his tool"
AiIson's parting message, that she
/ hopes he will "see the light" puzzles
him still more He is ignorant of the
cause of her leaving home, of the trag
edy OF the clerks family and the shat
tered love of the shop girl and the
bankers clerk. He falls on his knees
IN the church praying for 'the light"
Mrs. Garvin. wife of the distracted
oank clerk, enters quietly into the
church to pray. Her sobs are heard
ony Holder, who turns to aid her. He
hears that her child is i'll and that she
needs help and he hastens to the bed
side of the little one. Garvin, who
hates the rector because he is the pas
tor of PARIS church, corners Holder
| 10 tell MIN of the questionable stock
transaction in which he lost both his
| savings and his position. The rector
is stunned by the story and listens
with dismay to Garvin's demand for
justice and not charity.
A playing piano disturbs the sleep
OF the sick child and Holder steps
across the areaway to still it. He
creature, indifferent to the finer in
stlncts, a victim of the questionable
resorts she, began to frequent when
Parr drove love out of her life.
! PARIS loneliness, too, becomes a
force in opening Holders eyes to the
truth. The sadness of the banker,
whom he admires, and the momentary
| look of agony upon his face when he
| tells the rector of his son who sank
into the depths to disgrace his name
and break his fathers pride cause the
! nrST stems Tho t1rninc Nf -.
viewpoint. The hard exterior opened
for moment and revealed a hunger
| ing heart, a hurt which became Hod-
| der's hurt. The rector felt that it was
one of his missions to help Parr-
that the return of the two children
would be the beginning of greater
| happiness.
The evicted poor gather at the Set
tlement House, where Holder hears
Allison Parr abused because She is the
| daughter of the banker The condem-
nation links the two-Hodder was
called the tool of Parr and Alison is
I denounced for being his daughter, an
accusation which hurts doubly for the
reason that she is conscious of her
fathers dealings, 1t turns the rector
from quiet, undecided figure into
man of towering anger. He fings the
ring leader of the mob aside, and when
J WY SANfNN CAi Aio upOH Illlu ftllSOn )
statement that the minister is their
friend and not tool of the power
full influences in the church cools their
anger The passion of the crowd
seems to put fire into the rector, and
in scene which will always be mem
orable to the thousands who have
seen the picture at the Criterion
| Theater, he uses the next Sunday SER
mon to denounce the hypocrites who
have made his church and his religion
a mockery, and tells them that he will
not resign and that If they cannot
abide the poor in the pews they them
selves must leave.
The development of the character of
/ Holder is notable dramatic creation.
There is no sudden change from one
side to the other, but a gradual, al
most painful realization of the truth.
A final shattering of idols which have
proved false idols-this is the climax
| to slow progression.