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This production, written by Richard Ganthony and produced by Harold Shaw, draws once more upon the entertaining English costermongers for its material. The number is a reminder for former successes of this type, including "My Old Dutch" and "The Heart Of A Child." An English company appears in this story also, including Hubert Willis as Labby, a vegetable hawker. This character is the owner of an amusing burro, which appears frequently throughout the story and provides much of the humor. Gerald Ames portrays the part of Harry Masterman, a young artist, whose career is closely followed. Edria Flugarth plays Kitty, a young actress, with whom the hero falls in love. The production is quite strong in general atmosphere and the manner in which it depicts the manners and customs of the costers. The Covent Garden market scenes are particularly pleasing. The young artist has some very hard struggles in the early days of his profession, but endures them with the fortitude to be expected of a real one. He is forced to look for other work to keep himself afloat. He falls in with Labby, the vegetable hawker, who recognizes him as the young man who already owes him money. In spite of this he gives the young fellow employment, and the story then goes on in an entertaining way to show how the artist finally makes good. The love affair is followed in an enjoyable manner. - The Moving Picture World, February 17, 1917