One doesn't need to be told that the workman's wife in this picture is Italian, or at least of Southern blood; nor that her husband is Irish, that is, not while he remembers that he is Irish. The man loves her, but because he doesn't show it as an Italian would, she feels that he is cold. An Irishman likes to light his own pipe, while an Italian likes to have his wife hold the match. The wife tries to waken her husband's love through jealousy, and very nearly brings about a tragedy. The man overhears a conversation just in time and understands. The picture gets a pretty firm grip on a very human situation, and is fairly well designed. It is a picture worthwhile seeing. If the acting is not equally careful in all the scenes, in the best scenes it is fine. - The Moving Picture World, October 21, 1911
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