shorten summary with dotdotdot

gistfile1.txt

 <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
    $(document).ready(function() {
      //indicate the class or id to apply the dotdotdot function
      $(".events_summary").dotdotdot({
          //configuration goes here
            ellipsis: '... ',
            wrap: 'word'
              });
            });
  </script>