When East Met West in Boston - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

When Henry Clark, foremost authority on Sanscrit, issued a statement on a disputed word form in the Rig-Veda, etymologists trembled. When Henry Clark. A.M., Ph.D., Litt. L., received word announcing that a friend of his father's on his ...See moreWhen Henry Clark, foremost authority on Sanscrit, issued a statement on a disputed word form in the Rig-Veda, etymologists trembled. When Henry Clark. A.M., Ph.D., Litt. L., received word announcing that a friend of his father's on his deathbed had expressed a desire that Henry should marry his daughter, it shook all the Sanscrit roots out of Henry's head. He never thought of marriage. Still, anything to oblige an old friend of his father's. So Henry wrote an awkward letter to Ruth Maitland, the girl in question, telling her how glad he should be to meet her and how sorry he was that his profession would keep him from leaving Boston until the following summer. When Ruth received Henry's letter she giggled and after a little thought, decided to go to Boston and see what Henry was like. In New York Ruth was very frigidly treated by an English girl whom she offered to help. On the train she heaped coals of fire on the other's head by paying her fare when the English girl discovered that her purse was missing. An intimacy rapidly developed between them. Ruth discovered the girl's name was Jessie Parker, and that she was bound for Boston. Later, to her amazement Ruth discovered that Jessie was going to visit the Clarks. Henry knew of Jessie's coming and at the entreaties of his aunt had promised to meet her. With characteristic absent-mindedness, he forgot all about the train. When the girls arrived, there was no one to meet Jessie. So the two girls wandered about the crooked Boston streets for hours in hopes of finding the house. At last, after Ruth had knocked down one too helpful stranger, they arrived at Henry's house. And now comes the unexpected part of the story, for Henry fell madly in love with Jessie, while Ruth married Jack Ashton, Henry's cousin. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less