Bread on the Waters (1913)
John Wilson, in a New England small sized city, lived and carried on a manufacturing business. His family consisted of his beloved wife, Mary, his daughter, and a rather dissipated son, Jack. Things seemed to be growing worse with the boy, so, after due consideration, Wilson decided if his dissipation continued he would send him away to try and make a man of himself. It did continue and the night finally arrived when he was going to order him away. Mother and daughter had been told but their pleadings were useless. Jack came home under the influence of liquor and the father, unable to stand it longer, ordered him to leave and remain away until he amounted to something. As Jack started to go the mother's love for the weak one quickly showed itself. She begs him to do better, to redeem himself, not by word but by slipping an envelope into his hands on which were written words to that effect. Jack mistakes it for a check and gladly takes it. The next day we see him about to go away. He remembers the envelope his mother gave him and opening it he finds the mother's appeal just as a "down and outer" appears and begs for something. The thought strikes Jack, as a good joke, to give him the slip of paper and after doing so he boards the outgoing train for new fields. The "down and outer" reads the paper and it seems to give him a new lease on life. He obtains a position in Wilson's manufacturing plant, is well received and is greatly favored by Mary. One night while calling on her he tells of his past and shows the slip of paper that helped him to do better things. She recognizes the writing as her mother's, questions him and by degrees it dawns on the two that Jack must be found. Varick, the once "down and outer" starts to find him and does eventually in an awful condition of intoxication. Finally he makes him come to his senses and takes him home. All is explained and the slip of paper, containing the mother's message finally did as she had hoped it would, reforms him.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| George Lessey | Director |
| Bannister Merwin | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Richard Tucker | |
| Harry Beaumont | |
| Bessie Learn | |
| Robert Brower |
