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Divorced Synopsis

Ralph Manson, who marries Leonore Fenwick, is led astray by a stage siren. His wife obtains a divorce, and is aided in sending her son to college by Robert Hadley, who induces her to live with him under promise of marriage as soon as he can obtain a divorce. His wife dies and he refuses to keep his promise to Mrs. Manson. The son, finding a check given by Hadley to his mother, has his suspicions aroused. The son demands an explanation, but his mother declares it was only a business matter. Then follows a scene between the son and his mother's lover, in which Hadley, after being enraged by the boy's words, disregards the plea of Mrs. Manson and tells the son the whole story. This causes the mother to lose her reason and she shoots Hadley. Mrs. Manson is tried for murder. The jury acquits her on the ground of temporary insanity, holding Hadley responsible for her loss of reason. Eugene has been in love with a girl who, in spite of the whole sordid affair and parental objection, sticks to him, and the play ends with the mother and son reunited, and the son wins the girl with whom he is in love.

The Weavers of Life Synopsis

Peggy, a young department-store salesgirl, finds a box with a costume and an invitation to a masquerade ball at the home of wealthy Austin Pratt. On the night of the ball she puts on the costume and attends. She meets Pratt's son George, who falls for her and wants to marry her. George's father, hoping to dissuade his son from a reckless marriage, suggests that Peggy live with the family for two months. Meanwhile, Peggy's former boyfriend Hall, whom she had broken up with because of his laziness, has seen the light and returned to claim Peggy, only to find her living with the Pratt family. Complications ensue..