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A picture in which a child's call to her mother, who was on the point of eloping with her husband's false friend, averted a tragedy. The picture's worst fault is that it seems hurried. Because of this it even loses something of the dignity it might have had. Apparently it was the fault of neither the camera nor the projector. Perhaps it came from a desire to keep it from dragging as it would have if played at a slower pace, being overburdened with scenes some of which were not necessary. This hurry also seemed to hinder the acting. One of the most pleasing players, personally, of the Biograph Company took the leading role as the wife. Her work has often shown a very commendable excellence. But in this picture, and even at some of the critical points, she seemed to lose grasp of the situation and failed to get depth in her interpretation by smiling. One commendably acted part is that of the maid. The child is very pleasing, although one feels that the producer was a fault in permitting her to give a melodramatic touch to the scene where she sees the "friend" putting the photograph of the husband's stenographer in the pocket of the coat the wife and mother is about to mend. This provoked a laugh and was, indeed, very amusing, but it didn't belong in this particular picture. - The Moving Picture World, January 13, 1912