A well-acted picture, produced by Van Dyke Brooke and in which it is plain that the finer things have been felt and provided for. Vitagraph seems fond of the picture where a child is sick for love and is being neglected by its parents. In this case, it's the mother, Mrs. Robbins, a widow, charmingly played by Leah Baird. The kiddie makes the acquaintance of Leo Delaney, a chemist, and writes a note, in childish hand and orthography, telling his absent mother that he has found a "new daddy,'' to which Leo adds a line of his own. This provokes the mother at first; but, of course, the ending can be foreseen. The story is convincingly acted rather than convincingly written. It has charming scenes. Marie Jackets is the writer. The child, "Bobby." is well played by Addison Sargent Lathrop, a five-year-old. - The Moving Picture World, June 21, 1913
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