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A well-bred young Polish Jew has followed many of his kind to the land of the brave and the home of the free. Then, following the precepts of his forefathers, he has married and multiplied the race, which in this instance consists of a ...See moreA well-bred young Polish Jew has followed many of his kind to the land of the brave and the home of the free. Then, following the precepts of his forefathers, he has married and multiplied the race, which in this instance consists of a young daughter, now aged ten. Prosperity had turned her back upon this ambitions son of Israel, and a bare existence was all that this fickle goddess of fortune allotted him. The crisis was reached when he was thrown out of employment, without any provision being made for a rainy day. But God is good to the faithful, and when the clouds of adversity were darkest, a ray of sunshine broke through. The young Pole's mother arrived in America, bearing with her the proceeds of the sale of all her possessions in the fatherland, sufficient to assure a life of comfort to her beloved children. Without question, the aged mother gave her all to her son and daughter-in-law, and little did she think of the consequences. The daughter-in-law, American born and without the knowledge of the duty due a parent, in the ease and affluence following their sudden good fortune forgot whence it came and to whom it was due. The old mother was in the way, interfered with her son's wife's social aspirations, and, alas! was abused and degraded by her daughter-in-law. What man has joined together, let no man put asunder; so, rather than come between man and wife, this grand old woman, without thought of self, leaves the comforts of a home which she in fact had established. Selling papers, peddling and performing menial labor may provide a living for the young and strong, but the load was too heavy for this Spartan mother. That she was saved from a watery grave she does not now regret, for being restored to the arms of her son and his repentant wife and with a loving grandchild to attend her every wish, the memory of the past seems but a dream. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less