are reunited in an embrace and the film ends. Cast Walter Miller as Joe - the Young Husband Lillian Gish as The Young Wife Kate Bruce as Young Wife's Mother Viola Barry as The 'Idle Woman' / Outside Club (as Peggy Pearce) Charles West as The 'New Light' / Among Waiters Adolph Lestina as The Doctor / Club Patron Jennie Lee as The Wash Customer Charles Murray as Male Apache Dancer Gertrude Bambrick as Female Apache Dancer William J. Butler as Club Patron Christy Cabanne as Outside Club Donald Crisp as Undetermined Role (unconfirmed) Josephine Crowell as Woman Collecting Ironing Edward Dillon as Club Patron John T. Dillon as Club Patron William Elmer as Doorman Dell Henderson as Club Patron Harry Hyde as Outside Club J. Jiquel Lanoe as Outside Club / Club Patron Charles Hill Mailes as Club Patron Mae Marsh as Undetermined Role (unconfirmed) Joseph McDermott as Among Waiters Alfred Paget as Club Patron Gus Pixley as Club Patron W. C. Robinson as Club Patron Henry B. Walthall as Club Patron See also D. W. Griffith filmography Lillian Gish filmography References External links The Mothering Heart on YouTube 1913 films 1913 drama films 1913 short films Silent American drama films American silent short films American black-and-white films Articles containing video clips Films directed by D. W. Griffith 1910s American films