The orthodox mother's indomitable will dwarfed the child's individuality, defeating the very purpose it would attain. The girl ran away with an actor and the fearful prayer, "If I ever speak to that man again, may God strike my mother blind," was fulfilled, but in the end the woman was saved from herself.
Cast
Jennie Lee
The Mother
Dorothy Gish
The Daughter
Henry B. Walthall
The Actor
Charles Hill Mailes
The Minister / Medicine Show Patron
Robert Harron
The Messenger / Medicine Show Patron / In Church
Adolph Lestina
The Justice of the Peace / In Church
Joseph McDermott
The Delivery Man
Kathleen Butler
The Nursemaid / In Church
