Alone in New York
Directed by Ashley MillerIn a small seaport town, Mary boards a train to New York. On the train she attracts the attention of a flashy-looking individual who starts a conversation with her. Unused to the ways of the world she does not know whether to resent this or not. However, the conductor interferes and tells the young man to go about his business. He has managed to give Mary his business card. On arriving in New York, Mary is completely puzzled and she feels the loneliness that comes to any stranger in the midst of a great city. She reaches one of the parks and proceeds to look up advertisements for a lodging. Sitting next to her is a chorus girl, entirely out of money and facing eviction. She watches Mary nervously, and as Mary gets up and drops her purse, the temptation is too strong for the chorus girl: she quickly seizes that purse. Mary inquires the way to one of the addresses of a policeman, but upon discovering the loss of her purse they go back to the bench. The chorus girl is still there and during the conversation the policeman discovers that she has the purse folded in her handkerchief in her right hand. He is about to arrest her when Mary catches her look of appeal and with the terror of the law and imprisonment felt by anyone in her station, she tells the officer that the purse does not belong to her at all. Therefore the chorus girl is released and Mary leaves. Evening is coming on and Mary walks through the streets of New York without money. The strains of an organ coming from a church attract her and she goes in. Here she spends the night. In the morning, hungry and tired, she starts out to find work. Suddenly she remembers the card given her by the young man on the train and decides to apply to him for employment. He greets her enthusiastically and proposes something to eat and drink. He takes her to a Bohemian restaurant. The chorus girl is sitting nearby and immediately recognizes Mary. Grasping the situation she takes Mary by the hand, tells her that this is no fit place for her, and despite the young man's protests, takes her from the restaurant. She confesses her own fault, takes Mary to her humble lodging, where she is refreshed by something to eat and a place at least to lay her head and here we leave them for the present.
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