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Show J WIFE FOR MHT, I WIFE FOR LOVE t It has often been shown that a woman wom-an whose ruling thought In life is society so-ciety and what it can bring her knows far less about wifely devotion than one whoso obsession is a happy homo and children to grace it. This difference differ-ence In wives Is graphically brought out In "Social Ambition," a powerful drama, to be seen at the Ogden theater theat-er tomorrow. To such women are tho wives of Vincent Manton at different periods in the play. The drama opens with Man-ton Man-ton as "the husband of a woman whose thoughts aro only of the good things his wealth can bring her and the Impression Im-pression she can make with It in society. so-ciety. Manton, a daring speculator in New York, is caught in a not thai finally brings about his financial ruin. Until! he realizes that his wife has no fui -ther interest In him, life for Manton Is bitter, Indeed. Finally he decides to, let her have a divorco and leaves New York for Alaska in search of another' fortune. There he comes Into pos- session of an abandoned claim, which he works for months to no avail. Discouraged, Dis-couraged, he too often finds solace in drink. One night, while drunk, he insults a cabaret dancer and is badly beaten j by miners in a dance hall. Tho girl comes to his rescue when the proprle- tor Is about to shoot him and takes him to her homo to nurse him. Thlsi strange acquaintanceship is destined' to ripen Into love. Not only does sho help him to quit drinking, but sho is also responsible for his suddenly acquired ac-quired wealth, for she finds pay dirt In a doormat while cleaning house. He marries her. Hers is the tnio love. How different from the woman in New York who estimated her love only by the size of his fortune and shunned and abhorred him the moment he lost It. nn |