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Show BUY BERNARD WILL APPEAR AT THE OGDEN David Soloman Is a wealthy banker, who is hard, almost merciless in his dealings with his rich clients, while at the name time he is filled with a great tenderness for the poor, whom he aids at every turn. To facilitate his kindness kind-ness among the people of the Ghetto, he runs a pawnshop, unlike all others, for to the needy he measures out money, not according to the value of the articles they offer, but according to their needs. David has one son, Maurice, who is given to high living and to gaiety, which tendency grieves his father who has a consolation in the fact that his daughter Ethel ably seconds his charities, running a day nursery for the children of the poor. One day David comes in contact with a young girl who falls unconscious uncon-scious from starvation. He takes her to a hospital and after she recovers he resolves to make her his special care. He does not know, however, that she has been driven from her boarding place by an unscrupulous landlady after having been hounded from every honest position by one Stevins. When she regains strength, he secures a position for her as waitress wait-ress in a unique Japanese tea room. Here she meets Maurice and they are soon great friends. Finally they are secretely married and have a little home of their own, unknown to Maurice's people. When Maurice brings home his friend Stevins, she recognizes her former employer. He, however, with revenge In his reach at least, tells her husband that she is not worthy of him, relating a number of fictitious incidents. This results in Maurice leaving her and sending her a note saying that it is well his family will not know of the disgrace ho has brought upon their name by marrying a woman of the street. Six years pass and Mary Is now the mother of a little boy six years old and living in great poverty, discouraged dis-couraged with the world because her husband believed her guilty of a terrible ter-rible accusation. She is 111 and desperate when she is again rescued by the good angel of the poor, David Soloman, who is unknown to both as her father-in-law. Mary tells her story showing him the letter from her husband in which he recognizes the writing of his own son. His great heart Is wounded at the thought that his son should have so wronged this girl whom he himself tried to aid and he takes the little grandson home with him, where the child is seen by Maurice. Some call of tho blood seems to touch the father's fath-er's heart for ho remembers Mary and feeling a desire to find her, he engages en-gages a detective. This fact secretly brings a great comfort to David for It tells him that his son is not without with-out conscience. Now Stevins, the man who hounded Mary, needs a further extension of his loan from David. David, Da-vid, however, on account of him being the cause of all Mary's trouble, forces him to the wall, ruining him. David then sends a telegram to Maurice telling where Mary may be found but not signing his name. Then he goes to her with her little son. Maurice arrives and finds that Bobby is his own son and that his wife's poverty pov-erty has been lessened by his father's charities which he had previously scoffed. All are reunited and David is gladdened glad-dened by the knowledge that his boy's wild days are over. . r rv |
