Khaki And Klogs

Examiner of Plays' Summary:

A good sort of melodrama, free from unpleasant vulgarity and violence, if extremely crude, a wealthy young man marries a Lancashire mill girl who saved his life. He goes to the front and is reported killed. There upon his villainous relations who had previously tried to compromise the heroine with the assistance of an unprincipled officer (this is a pity, but we cannot rule out officer villains) swindle her out of her husband's money with the help of a scoundrelly lawyer - it never occurs to her to employ a lawyer of her own. She returns to the mill and the villain still unsaturated, try to kidnap her child, but at this moment the hero, who of course was not really killed, but has escaped from Germany, tears off the disguise of a French soldier in which he had returned - for no reason except to thrill the audience - and confounds their machinations. Comic relief is afforded by the heroine's soldier brother and a 'Cuthbert'. The mill girl is really well drawn in the midst of all the rubbish. Recommended for licences G. S. Street