The Running Away of Doris
Directed by Ashley MillerDoris is a little chorus girl who marries a young clergyman in a suburban town. When she comes to his house, she finds that it is run by his two sisters, who order the meals and direct household affairs in general. She tries to take a hand, but is skillfully overruled, and an appeal to her husband produces only a laughing admonition not to worry. After their baby comes, matters still continue to be beyond her control--even the child's clothing and welfare are settled without her consent. Running from the house after one of these encounters with one of the sisters, she meets her old chorus-girl friends, goes to the theater with them behind the scenes; forgetting all about the time, she returns home late after the baby has been put to bed. Of course the sisters won't let her see her own child, and she makes a strong appeal to her husband. He is still unaware of the true state of things, and when she finds that he will not help her, she sneaks her baby from the cradle and steals from the house to rejoin her stage friends. Then the clergyman finally wakes up, sends his sisters elsewhere, and brings back his wife to be mistress of their own home, mother of their own child.
