The Servant in the House

Young falder seeks and finds peace greater than human justice by throwing himself down to death as the detectives are taking him back to prison. It would be impossible to estimate the effect produced by this play. No other modern play has borne such direct and immediate fruit in wakening the social conscience. The criminal waste of human energy drives laura, as it drives the average girl, to marry any man for a home,. or as it drives men, to endure the worst indignities for a miserable pittance. After all, has he not sacrificed his life always so that others may have light and air?