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- Dick Blair, the idle son of millionaire parents being born with a "silver spoon in his mouth" like many another of the "Idle rich," abuses his opportunities and becomes in early manhood, a dissipated man about town. In spite of repeated warnings and also threats of disinheritance, he continues in the "pace that kills" until his father, realizing that unless the boy is thrown upon his own resources and made to feel actual want, he would go to an early grave, finally drives him from the home that had sheltered him since childhood, and orders him to make his own way in the world. His new life begins when he saves from drowning the daughter of a famous banker and modestly disappears after the heroic deed. In answering an application for a private secretary, he finds his employer to be the father of the girl whom he had saved from drowning. The daughter of the banker recognizes Dick as her rescuer and the banker takes a special interest in him. Dick's sterling qualities eventually win him a junior partnership with his employer and also the hand of the girl whom he rescued from a watery grave. Proud of his wife and the position in life he has attained, he calls upon his father and a happy reconciliation follows.
- The story of the Titanic disaster based on the account of a survivor.
- Trixie believe the only way she can save her older sister from dying of tuberculosis is by preventing the autumn leaves from falling, so one night she steals into the garden in her nightie and fastens fallen leaves to branches with twine.
- Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
- At a tramcar in Copenhagen the piano teacher Magda Vang meets the young man Knud Svane, who falls in love with her. She is invited to spend the summer with him and his parents at the vicarage in Gjerslev. Outside the vicarage a circus troupe passes by, and Magda is saluted by the performer Rudolph Stern. In the night Rudolph climbs a ladder to Magda's bedroom. She tries to flee his advances, but after a hot kiss she surrenders, and runs away with him. Magda is hired as a dancer with Rudolph at the Empire Varieté. When Rudolph fondles a ballet dancer Magda gets furious, and starts a fight in front of the audience. Magda and Rudolph are fired. To earn some money Rudolph forces Magda to play the piano in a band at a garden restaurant. Knud turns up and recognizes her. Incognito he asks her for a private meeting. Magda thinks she is asked to sell her body and refuses, but Rudolph forces her to go. When Rudloph after a while interrupts and finds Magda with Knud, he gets furious and starts to beat her. During the turmoil she grabs a knife and stabs Rudolph in his chest. In her despair she clings to his dead body, and has to be taken away by force.
- One of the first epics on the History of Movies, it tells the story of the Fall of Troy: Paris seduces Helen, queen of Sparta, and takes her to Troy, city state of his father, King Priam. The Greeks declare war against the Trojans, and after ten years of siege finally manage to invade the city with a wooden horse.
- A Mormon missionary seduces and kidnaps an attractive young woman, forcing her to accompany him to Utah to become one of his wives.
- When Indians attack a white settlement, a brave kidnaps a white baby to give to his wife as a replacement for their dead baby. The white mother goes to the Indian camp to look for her child and is captured by the Indians who plan to torture her. The settlers attack the Indian camp, destroying it completely and killing the braves, while the Indian wife returns the baby to the white woman and allows her to escape. The Indian wife mourns her baby at its grave, unaware of the destruction of the Indian camp.
- A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
- On either side of a central partition, two life histories are given. One is toasted by his friends as he enters manhood and finishes the night in a state of intoxication. The other spends this solemn evening in his career with his mother, reading Holy Writ. So through life the contrast continues; one man rapidly sinks from bad to worse, the other rises steadily. The first, on leaving prison, where he has been placed for his share in a drunken brawl, has to appeal to the second, as an old school friend, for assistance. Met soon after by his old companions, the ex-prisoner has a drinking bout, and ends in delirium tremens. Fighting with a policeman he is arrested and transported, and in a highly effective concluding scene, we are shown "the ocean between two human lives."
- Here is the heart-rending narrative of Ichabod Crane, the schoolmaster of Sleepy Hollow, and his strenuous courtship, the quilting bee, the village dance, the bragging of Ichabod and the true love of Katrina and Brown Bones, and finally the merry prank by which Ichabod is pursued by the Headless Horseman with a pumpkin lantern in his hand.
- A sensational detective story, founded on the romance of Leon Sazie. The noted criminal who terrorized all Europe is shown in these three Zigomar reels in a dramatic and intense struggle for supremacy with Paulin Broquet, the celebrated detective, who takes the two in the most varied and finest resorts. It is literally a chase through the entire continent, with Broquet now having the upper hand and again Zigomar in its possession. Zigomar is the leader of a band of men who persist in plundering rich and poor. They know Broquet is on their trail and set a trap for him. However, he escapes, and in the melee which follows, when he nearly captures Zigomar, the latter also flees. A wonderful feature of this production is the "Will o' the Wisp" dance which the noted dancer, Esmée, performs at a ball in the Moulin Rouge in Paris. The festival begins by a magnificent procession, in which the dancer is carried in a litter, bedecked with jewels. In the succeeding darkness, tiny flames light up and Esmée appears clad in white veils. She appears in the semi-darkness as a white apparition. Then the dance becomes gayer, the dancer turns faster, like a flower with changing colors, and finally sinks exhausted to the floor. There are effects of colored light in this picture that never have been seen before. Immediately following there is a scene of great contrast when Zigomar sets fire to the place and the scene ends in wild disorder.
- Algie Allmore has one year to prove he's a man in order to wed Harry Lyons' daughter.
- Old Dan Burns, a poor but clever violinist, has a hard time to make both ends meet. He is compelled to repair musical instruments for his daily bread, while his wife and daughter take in sewing. At last, he is reduced to the extremity of pawning his old friend and comrade, his violin. Robert Hart and his wife have a little girl, Ella, of whom they are anxious to make a violinist and they have employed as her teacher, a noted instructor, Professor Dupre. Dupre is too high-strung and particular to teach children and accusing Ella of being dull and careless, Hart pays him off and discontinues the lessons. It so happens that Dan Burns' wife and daughter are doing some sewing for Mrs. Hart and old Dan goes to deliver some of it and is paid for it. After he returns with the money, his wife insists upon his getting his violin out of pawn and he goes to the shop to regain it. The pawnbroker tells him he has not allowed for the interest and has not enough money and consequently cannot let him have his instrument. Dan is grievously disappointed and begs permission to play upon it one last time before he loses it forever. The pawnbroker gruffly consents and Dan begins playing, putting his whole soul into the music. As the strains of music float out upon the air, passersby on the street stop and listen to them, a tramp and a newsboy becoming especially affected. One of the most interested is Robert Hart, who stands outside the pawnshop enchanted by the melody. The influence of the music even steals over the pawnbroker, who stops his work to listen. When Dan finally ceases playing and returns the violin, the pawnbroker hands it back to him and even refuses to accept the money and the old man goes out happy. Outside, he is met by Hart, who has been struck by the idea that Dan will make a capital teacher for little Ella and he takes him home with him. Dan and Ella become close friends at once and Dan's patience and goodness of heart soon make of her a most promising scholar, much to the delight of Mr. and Mrs. Hart.
- Mr. Joseph Close, ranch man, with his wife and daughter, visit the town for supplies. The daughter makes a hit with the storekeeper and it is with difficulty that the ranch man induces his daughter to leave. They return home, and the ranch man finds a letter in his mail box from Wm. Schrider, Attorney-at-Law, informing him that his brother is dead, and has left the sum of three million dollars to his daughter, on condition that she produce an official certificate of her marriage one month from the date of her uncle's death. He hurries to the house with the glad information, and his wife rejoices with him. They call Estella, and are astounded when she refuses to get married. The ranch man offers his cowboys one thousand dollars each if they will help him. He suggests that they go to town and kidnap a handsome man and also abduct his daughter. Accordingly, some of the boys are detailed to abduct the daughter, others to kidnap the handsome storekeeper, and the ranch man himself goes after a justice of the peace. The daughter is secured with little difficulty, but Arthur White puts up a strenuous fight before he is tied up. Leaving their captives bound and blindfolded, the cowboys repair to the opposite side of the barn for a friendly game of cards. Arthur succeeds in freeing himself and is very much surprised to find his fellow victim is the girl that has captivated his fancy. They mount a horse and ride away. The cowboys discover that their captives have escaped and start in pursuit. The ranchman arrives at the barn with the justice, to whom he has offered a fat fee to perform the marriage ceremony. He is surprised to find everyone gone. Estelle tells Arthur of the letter her father received. Arthur suggests that they go back and get married. Returning to the barn, they replace the ropes, and blindfolding themselves, they await the return of their captors. The ranchman meets the returning cowboys, who tell him their captives got away. They return to the barn, and are surprised to find their prisoners bound and blindfolded as they were when first captured. The justice then performs the marriage ceremony and everyone is happy.
- Susan Perkins runs the best and only restaurant in Gould Valley, Montana. She has money but pines for a lover. At last he comes in the person of Tompkins, a prospector. After this Susan neglects her boarders for Tompkins. Thereupon the enraged boarders give Tompkins the choice between being hung or leaving town. He leaves in a hurry but their plot is foiled. Susan declares she will not cook another meal until they bring back her sweetheart. A funny chase for Tompkins follows. He is captured and brought back to his yearning Susan. For reward Susan elopes with Tompkins, leaving a note in which she tells the miners they can cook their own meals hereafter.
- Lillian Randolph, the daughter of an old New England family, has two suitors for her hand, Arthur Neville and Chester Hawley. Neville (the favored one), is addicted to the use of liquor, and is frequently seen under its baleful influence. The other one (Hawley), while of excellent character, is finally rejected in favor of Neville. Smarting under the sting. Hawley devotes his time to spying upon Neville, who, despite his sacred promise to reform, still continues in his downward course, after his marriage to Lillian. While on a prolonged debauch, Neville is seen by Hawley, helplessly intoxicated in a public resort. He sends a letter to Lillian, apprising her of the fact, and telling her where her unfortunate husband can be found. Lillian hastily dons a wrap and goes in search of him. She is seen pleading with her husband to return with her to their home and little child, when Hawley comes into the scene and brutally reproaches her with rejecting him in favor of such a drunken, worthless wretch. Neville, in his half-crazed condition through his long debauch, sees his old rival sneeringly calling his wife's attention to his helpless condition. He draws a revolver from his pocket, rushes from the scene, in pursuit of Hawley, who has tauntingly left the place. He follows him to his home, bursts into the library, revolver in hand, only to be met by three burglars, who are at work looting the home of Hawley. As he appears through the door, he is seized, chloroformed and placed upon the floor. The burglars again resume their work, when another interruption comes. Hawley appears upon the scene. He discovers the intruders at work upon his safe, interrupts them, and is shot with the revolver, which was taken from Neville's hand and placed upon a table. Neville recovers consciousness, finds the body of his rival, sees his own revolver on the table and imagining he did it, rushes from the scene. In a fit or remorse, he seeks his wife, tells her of the murder of Hawley, and flees from justice. He seeks a refuge in the Far West, and after suffering untold agony and remorse for five years, he accumulates a large fortune through mining interests he has acquired. He returns to the East, under an assumed name, institutes a search for his wife and child, whom he finds living in abject poverty and about to be dispossessed by the very man who committed the murder, which he believed himself guilty of. An accident brings him in contact with on of the trio of burglars, who are engaged in the looting of Hawley's safe, and an accidental kindness to the man causes the latter to relent, and he tells the story of Hawley's murder, and discloses the rendezvous of the crooks. His wife and child have been rescued from their direful poverty, and are transformer to Neville's home with every luxury money can purchase. Neville is taken to the crooks' rendezvous, where the principal offender, the murderer of Hawley, confesses his part in the crime. He is arrested, and Neville is reunited at last with his wife, child, and his old family retainer, James, the servant, who has remained loyal through all their trouble and misery.
- A woman innocently stealing roses catches the attention of the owner of the garden, who falls in love with her.
- A loutish husband neglects his patient, loving wife to enjoy a night on the town. When he comes home drunk and irritable, he mistreats her. Then he falls asleep, and has a dream that causes him to reconsider the way that he treats his wife.
- Like Peter Pan, Jack absolutely refused to grow up. His six feet and five and twenty years made not the slightest difference! In spirit he remained the same mischievous boy as of yore. Small wonder then that when he arrived at Uncle Jim's, whom he had not seen for ten years, and was mistaken for their new minister, that he should have instantly decided to have a little fun with the dignified church committee who met him at the station. With much pomp, they escorted him to John Scott's, the minister's boarding place. So the next day when that worthy returned home with just a drop too much, Jack read the old man a severe lecture on the evils of drink, then demanded the bottle and calmly drank its entire contents before the eyes of the astonished John. The pack of cards which the bewildered man dropped as he pulled out his handkerchief caused Jack to follow his host that evening, even without Betty Scott's advice. And great was his glee in beholding the staid committee quietly enjoying a little game of poker. To their amazement the young man joined the game, and proved such an apt pupil that not only did he win everything in sight, but also secured an I.O.U. from Hiram Jones. It was by waving this I.O.U. over the grouchy old bachelor's head that induced that individual to buy Amanda Sniggins a ticket for the Tripe supper, which was to be given for the benefit of the church. Hiram's marked antipathy to Miss Sniggins gave his tormentor an idea. So writing the lady a note in which he congratulated her upon a mythical inheritance, he handed it to Hiram to post and calmly awaited results. Nor had he long to wait, for scarcely had he and Betty seated themselves on the lawn than Miss Sniggins and her now ardent admirer presented themselves to be married. Hardly able to keep his face straight, Jack put them through the most ridiculous of mock ceremonies; then fled into the house, only to be confronted by the real minister and an indignant church committee. Jack's knowledge of their little gathering, however, held the men's tempers in check. But, indeed, so jolly a companion had he proven that when Uncle Bill stepped forward to vouch for the young scamp, even Betty was forced to accept his humble apology.
- Bertie Fawcett is a dudish chap, who believes that he has won the heart of May Vernon, the belle of the co-eds. May, however, regards Bertie as very much of a joke and is in love with Jack Mace, who is her ideal of manly beauty. May's father has no objection to Jack, personally, but does not propose that the daughter he idolizes shall wed a weakling or a ne'er-do-well. Therefore, he tells May in a letter that if "that young man wants to marry you, he must show his ability by earning his own living during vacation." Unfortunately for Bertie, he sees the letter, and egotistically jumps to the conclusion that he is the person referred to. So he hastens to Mr. Blake's house, tells the surprised old man that he accepts the offer, and starts out to make good. Blake naturally is much surprised, never having seen or heard of Bertie before, but his anger changes to mirth when May tells him how the youth has jumped at conclusions too hastily and incorrectly. Bertie finds that earning a living is not so easy as it sounds, particularly if you are a fop, and even though a fop is in earnest. He is successively a waiter, a bill poster, a village constable and a living target in a baseball sideshow, but fails to shine in any one sphere, although he smarts in all of them. And then to cap the climax, when he returns to claim his bride, he finds that May has married Jack.
- Tom Owen and Mae Darcy have a very quiet wedding, wishing to avoid all notoriety for the present and intending to surprise their friends by the announcement later on. But their friends "got wise" somehow and when the young couple finally arrive at the railroad station, they find a crowd there ahead of them and they are duly dealt with according to the latest rules laid down for the accelerated departure of bride and groom. A year slips by and we find Tom wrapped up in business pursuits and careless of manner towards Mae. And Mae quietly grieves over his neglect. Then a former sweetheart of Tom's, Belle Stuart, sends them an invitation to a ball, where Belle proceeds to monopolize Tom to the utter disregard of poor Mae. Left all alone she sits and broods over her misfortune, and then she meets the famous poet, Claude Jones, who entertains her most pleasantly with his talk and his ability as a dancer. Tom finally thinks of his wife and goes to where he left her, but she has gone. He at last discovers her in the conservatory in conversation with the poet. It is his turn to feel jealous and he does so and going rudely over to the couple he informs Mae that they must go home at once. Before they go, however, she invites Claude to call upon them. Soon Claude accepts her invitation and calls, finding her alone. In the midst of their tete-a-tete, Tom arrives at home and orders Claude to vacate the premises at once. Tom and Mae have their first quarrel, and it is a good one. Tom then decides to keep close watch upon her and rigs up a bell so that it will ring in his den every time the door opens. Well, it works all right, only he is kept busy rushing into the room merely to meet the maid or the postman or somebody other than Claude. He then gives up and after another interview with his wife, he secretly writes Claude a letter, informing him that as he loves Mae and Mae loves him, that he, Tom, will surrender all further claim upon her. When Claude arrives he is received most cordially by Tom, who proceeds to pour out his blessings upon the pair and leaves the room. Mae is completely mystified, until Claude shows her the letter and proceeds to press his suit. She, taken entirely unawares, begs for time to think it all over and he goes out to purchase her some flowers. Tom, seeing him leave, telephones Belle Stuart and makes an appointment with her. Mae overhears him at the 'phone and breaks down completely, weeping as if her heart would break. Then Tom leaves the house. Claude, shortly after this returns and attempts to present Mae with the flowers, but she has had enough of him already, and, ordering him from the house, throws his bouquet after him. Tom's conscience will not permit him to keep his appointment with Belle and after wandering aimlessly about his club, he returns home to find his little wife curled up in his den, hugging his dressing gown, trying to forget her troubles in slumber, Tom's heart is touched, his old love is reawakened and taking her in his arms, she opens her eyes and twining her arms about him, they forget all their former doubts and troubles in their present happiness.
- Nellie Thomas and Frank Howard are in love with each other. Phyllis Black, a school chum of Nellie's, pays her a visit, falls in love with Frank and, at a picnic party in the woods, she throws her arms about him and tells him so. Nellie's father sees this and, thinking that Frank is trifling with his daughter's affections, orders him to leave the place and never see his daughter Nellie again. Frank is a western boy who does not give in quickly. He writes a note to Nellie, "Sweetheart: I love only you. Will you meet me at the crossroads and marry me now?" The stupid messenger delivers the note to the other girl, who, thinking that she is meant, rides off to meet Frank. But she drops the note on the ground and Nellie finds it. Here follows a novel and most interesting race between two women to meet the man they both love. Nellie passes her rival on the road, meets Frank and they are married. Phyllis comes up just in time to see them receive the minister's blessing.
- The emigrants are seen fighting the hordes of redskins. The hero rides to the settlement for help and engages in a thrilling duel with pursuing Indians. The settlers swoop down on the unprotected Indian village and burn it up. The savages seeing the flames, hurry back and fall into an ambush. They are attacked from the rear by the emigrants and from the front by the settlers. In a wild scene of carnage the surprised Indians are mowed down by the hail of bullets, horses and riders falling in tangled masses.
- A young artist is a great lover of the beautiful, and has a natural horror of anything repulsive. He fails in love with a girl who satisfies his artistic requirements. The Girl's father, a worldly wise inventor, does not approve of his daughter's choice. He realizes that the young artist has many limitations, and doubts if he will make his daughter happy. The girl, when told of his fears, at first laughs them to scorn. Then she begins to doubt herself. Finally, a chance comes to test the father's theory. There is an explosion in the laboratory, and the girl, in trying to save her father, is badly injured. The artist hurries around to the house, and finds that the girl he loves is disfigured for life. She offers him his freedom and returns him his ring. The young man is not of the stuff of which heroes are made. His love cannot survive the loss of the girl's beauty. He takes the ring and hurries away. And the fears of the father are proven. As time rolls on the artist finds that he cannot forget the girl he once hoped to wed. Gradually he forgets her beauty, and thinks more and more of her character and mental attributes. Humbly he returns to the house, and again pleads his suit. At first the girl repels him, finally she consents to take him back. She is heavily veiled when they meet, but she does not raise the veil, neither does be ask her to. Her physical appearance is of no importance he tells her, and so far as he is concerned, this is the truth. For he is no longer the artist, he is the sincere lover. Still wearing her veil, but her beauty regained, the girl accompanies him to the altar. When they return to his studio, the veil is lifted, and with a radiant smile she goes to his arms.
- A young woman forced into servitude by her family gets more than she bargained for when her fairy godmother magically permits her to go to the royal ball.
- (Part One) The first scene shows us the outer court of the temple in Egypt, in the year 350 B.C. Here Amenartas, the Pharaoh's daughter, waits to meet her love, Kallikrates. He has just taken the vows, becoming a Priest of Isis. She urges him to renounce these vows and flee with her from Egypt. We next see them during the sacrificial ceremony in the temple. The young priest goes about his sacred office constantly feeling the eyes of the woman he loves upon him. At the close of the ceremony he can resist her appeal no longer and they make their escape. They leave the city behind them, and on the desert meet some friendly Arabs. The young priest is weak from fasting, and his wife secures for him the camel owned by an Arab chief, so that they may continue their journey. They thank their Arab friends, leave them, and on foot make their way to the water's edge. After traveling "twice twelve moons" they land with their infant son on the coast of Africa, near a rocky precipice, known as the Negro's Head. In her cave in the hollow mountain, "SHE," the white witch of Africa, who has learned the secret of eternal youth, sees the approach of the Egyptian, by her magic power. "SHE" determines that he is the perfect man, that "SHE" will have him bathe with her in the fires of eternal youth, and together they will rule the world. "SHE" summons him. In his camp in the desert the messengers of "SHE" find Kallikrates, his wife and child, and bring them before "SHE." "SHE" shows the Egyptian the fires of eternal youth and offers him her love, but when he remains true to the love of his wife, "SHE" strikes him dead. His wife, Amenartas escapes with her child. At the riverbank, the wife embarks with her child, whom she calls Tisisthanes. She swears that this child shall return and avenge his father's death, or if not he, his male descendants. Over the smoldering fires of eternal strife "SHE" tries in vain to restore the vital spark to the body of the man she loved. Unable to give her loved one life, "SHE" has his body mummified by a marvelous process, which makes him look as though he did but sleep. Beside her dead love, "SHE" weeps and prays, that though "SHE" cannot restore him to life, some day, though it be in the remote centuries to come, her love will be reincarnated, and return to claim her. (Part Two) We now see a room in England, in the year 1885 A.D. Holly, an Englishman, whose face is so ugly that it has won him the appellation of "the monster," receives, by the will of his friend, the fortunes and custody of that friend's son, Leo Vincent. This child is the direct descendant of the Priest of Isis, whom "SHE" destroyed centuries before. With the child, is sent a letter of instructions and an antique chest. The letter explains that Leo is to open the chest on his twenty-fifth birthday and follow the instructions it contains. Through the ages '"SHE" waits beside the body of her dead love, still praying for his reincarnation and return. On his twenty-fifth birthday, Leo opens the chest and finds in it the story of his ancient ancestor and the information that although many men of his family had spent their lives in seeking "SHE." None of them had ever found her. Leo also finds instructions to carry out the work, to seek "SHE," learn her secret of eternal youth, and then destroy her. Leo determines to set out on the mission. Leo and his guardian, Holly, approach the shores of Africa, and note the strange rock, the Negro's Head. "SHE," in her cave, sees in a vision, Leo approaching. He strongly resembles his ancient ancestor, and "SHE" firmly believes he is the reincarnation of her ancient lover. "SHE" sends for him. Through rocky caverns Leo's boat glides up the river toward the hollow mountain. At an ancient landing place, now fallen into ruins, Leo's boat is stopped by a tribe of natives, who pay allegiance to "SHE." They blindfold Leo and Holly and lead them to the cave of "SHE." "SHE" welcomes Leo as her lost love. He tells her he has come to destroy her, to revenge the death of his ancestor. "SHE" gives him the knife from her own girdle and. baring her bosom, bids him strike. Before her unveiled beauty, Leo is powerless to destroy her. "SHE" then bids him follow her and leads them through a strange passage. In a rocky cavern "SHE" shows Leo the mummy of his ancient ancestor, and so like is it to the young Englishman, that he feels he is gazing upon himself. "SHE" then destroys the mummy as she feels she has found her living love. "SHE" leads Holly and Leo over a rocky precipice to the cave containing the "fires of eternal youth." "SHE" begs Leo to step into the flame so that he, too, will never die. Leo fears to take the step. To encourage him "SHE" steps first into the flames. The quality of the fire has changed in the centuries since "SHE" last bathed in them. "SHE" suddenly shrivels up before the eyes of the astonished men. "SHE" grows suddenly old, until she resembles an ape. With outstretched arms, and a cry to Leo not to forget her, "SHE" dies. Holly and Leo, half crazed with the terrible sight they have witnessed, find their way back to the native village. They are directed, by an overland route, as to how they can leave the country and they do so. Safely returned to England, Leo, whose golden hair has been turned white from his horrible experience, destroys all records of "SHE," the mysterious. His family has been avenged.
- His little, country sweetheart, back on the farm, gleefully journeyed to the post office at regular intervals, eager to receive a letter from the city where her best love had gone. These she read with a face glowing with excitement and interest, happy in the thought that some time she would join him there, but soon the letters came less frequent and finally ceased entirely. Mother and sweetheart alike suffered along in silence hoping against hope that all was well. Meanwhile, the country boy had luckily risen in a position of prominence and gradually wormed his way into the gay society which frequented the vari-colored resorts along the Gay White Way. He developed a taste for wine and grew fond of women in the lower strata. So he went on with the tide until brought to his senses by the arrival of a telegram bringing the news that his old mother was very low and expected to die. The message came when he was boisterously entertaining his friends in a glittering café. But his senses were not dulled by liquor sufficiently that he failed to realize his duty as it stared him in the face. In spite of entreaties from his companions he rushed from the place and finally reached home after traveling all night. There's a great deal more to the story which the film must tell for lack of space in this week's booklet, nevertheless the sight of her boy brought health to the mother again and roses to the cheeks of the girl who was disconsolately feeding the chickens when the news of his arrival came. Then the old courting days were revived and you can guess what followed.
- Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
- An ill-fated pair of teenage lovers are destroyed by the feud between their families.
- As the result of a game of filopena, Fred wins beautiful Mabel, whose Pa is willing they should marry until he finds Fred being dragged into a gin mill by two friends who are "soused to the gills." Pa brakes the engagement and locks Mabel in her room, but love laughs at Papas. With the aid of a ladder Mabel escapes. A passing policeman chases the couple but they escape in an automobile, are married and then captured by the policeman, who thinks they are robbers. Meanwhile, two real burglars have ascended the ladder to Mabel's room and are helping themselves to her jewels. Pa enters with Mabel's supper, is captured by the burglars and tied up. Enter Mabel, Pa is untied and there is nothing left for him to do but give the young couple his blessings.
- Bill's uncle leaves him as a legacy a celebrated race horse, on condition that Bill never leave the horse. A beautiful white horse proves to be the legacy and Bill finds some difficulty in reaching his seat. After several ineffectual attempts the plucky little fellow is mounted. He then rides home and presents the prize to his wife who naturally objects to having dinner with the quadruped. Bill then carefully feeds the animal with his own dinner and takes particular care that it shall never leave him. Later Bill enters for a race and is implored by his many fair admirers to be sure and win. This he does, amid the acclamations of the crowd, and Bill imagines himself a popular hero. One young lady, indeed, requests Bill to call upon her the following afternoon. Bill does this with alacrity, but the lady strongly objects to making love with the noble animal as an audience, and so Bill is forced to lead the steed out of the house. Upon this little expedition he is met by his faithful spouse, who expresses her opinion of such conduct in terms much better imagined than described. Bill seeks flight upon the back of his gallant charger, but is finally run to earth by his wife and he promises to be good in the future.
- Charles Maucourt and Roger Joris, two mine workers, battle for the love of Claire Lenoir. Their rivalry will be put to the test when they find themselves buried alive in the mine after an explosion.
- Arthur Ames and Cora Rogers are sweethearts, but her family will not allow any of her young men friends to enter their house. Cora is told that she is expected to marry the son of old friends of her parents, the Rev. Harold Goodleigh. He arrives and is at once shown up to his room by the butler. Realizing that his clothes need pressing he sends the man out with them, arraying himself in a blanket taken from his bed. The butler, passing the disconsolate young couple on their way to the street, Arthur spies the clothes and is seized by a sudden idea, which he hastens to explain to the butler. The butler escorts him to another room in the house, where Arthur sacrifices his lovely mustache and clothes himself in the clerical garments of his rival and coming downstairs, surprises Cora by the daring nature of his ruse. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have never met either Arthur or the Rev. Goodleigh and so, when Arthur is introduced by Cora as the reverend suitor for her hand, they suspect nothing and Arthur goes in with the family to dinner, which he gets through with very nicely. In the meantime, the Rev. Goodleigh, attired in his blanket, is having a mournful wait. Then a new element is injected into the plot. "Mad Harry," a lunatic from a neighboring asylum makes his escape. Now, Harry imagines he is an Indian chief and proceeds to decorate himself with feathers from the tail of a turkey hanging outside of a butcher shop, and with a horse blanket and hatchet, which he takes from a hardware store. Running swiftly down the street, he comes to the Rogers' home and climbing up he pries open the window of the room which contains the Rev. Goodleigh and springing in upon the terrified clergyman, he compels him to join in a war dance. The Reverend gentleman finally breaks away and rushes out of the room into the street closely pursued by Harry. Harry, getting sidetracked, runs into the midst of the Rogers family and soon has them all busily dancing in a circle, he dashing everywhere, fiercely brandishing his bright, new hatchet. The Rev. Goodleigh, clad in his primitive garments, breathlessly meets the keeper, who is seeking Harry, and leads him to the house. But before the keeper can overtake him the clergyman, who arrives at the height of the war dance, is compelled to join in it. The keeper arrives, Harry peacefully surrenders to him and quiet is restored. Then explanations follow as to who is who and Arthur is duly unmasked as a bogus minister. But nothing daunted, he puts in his claim for Cora's hand and after strenuous begging on the part of the young lovers he is finally accepted as the son-in-law, that is, to be. And the Rev. Goodleigh's sad but exciting courtship is over.
- The dissolute Emperor Heliogabalus dresses as a woman, and looses lions among his guests.
- During the French and Indian war, while America was still under the rule of England, Col. Munro was the commander of Fort William Henry, in New York State. His two daughters arrived from England, and pushed their way into the wilderness determined to join their father. The last stage of their journey was made under the escort of a young army officer. Major Heyward, one of their father's most trusted officers, and who was deeply in love with Alice, the younger girl. Their guide was a treacherous Indian, who had planned to lure them into the wilderness and make them captives. They were saved, however, by a chance meeting with a trapper and his two Indian companions, who were men of reputation throughout that wild region. The trapper, American born, had lived with Indians all his life, and because of his skill with his rifle was known as Hawkeye. The Indians were the last of the tribe of Mohicans, who at one time ruled the country that is now New York City. But they had been driven back by the encroachments of the white men, and made their homes in the then wild region around what is now Lake George. Through the aid of this trio, the little party of whites were led toward the fort, but their treacherous guide escaped, and backed by the Huron Indians, a hostile tribe, followed and attacked them. During the attack the girls were captured, and carried off to the Hurons' village, Heyward and Hawkeye, disguised as a medicine man and his trained bear, by skill and daring, managed to rescue the younger of the two girls, but the elder was still in the power of Magua, their former guide. He was cornered at last with his fair captive, and in an effort to rescue her, Uncas was killed. His death was avenged by the unerring rifle of Hawkeye. The old chief, the last of his tribe, mourned his dead, comforted by Hawkeye, who tells him, "The gifts of our color may be different, but God has so placed us as to journey in the same path. I have no kin, and like you, no people. The boy has left us for a time, but, sagamore, you are not alone."
- Tom Haley, an old miner en route for the gold fields, with his daughter Gertrude, is lost in the Bad Lands, stumbling along in the arid waste, crazed with thirst and enfeebled by his long exposure to the pitiless heat, he gives up the struggle and dies. Gertrude drops to her knees beside her father, and attempts to resuscitate him with a few drops of water left in the canteen, and then, as the full realization of her loss comes to her, she swoons over his dead body. Jack Porter, a young cowboy from the Circle C ranch, looking for strays, finds the miner's hat, and following the freshly-made tracks of the pack burro, comes upon the unconscious girl beside her dead father. Tenderly he lifts her in his arms and, finding she is still alive, he restores her to consciousness. Taking the miner's pick and shovel from the pack, he digs a grave and consigns the miner's body to its last resting place. Leading the grief-stricken girl to his horse, he takes her to the ranch to be cared for by the ranchman's wife. Gertrude soon becomes the pride of the ranch, and the boys all pay her homage. Jack Prter is her favorite, and they spend many happy hours together, and soon find that their friendship has ripened into love. Jack comes to her one day and offers her a book which he has purchased for her. Having lived in a mining town all her young life, Gertrude has never attended school and cannot read. Jack is astounded and determines to send her to an eastern school. Counting his little horde of money, he finds that he has enough to pay for her tuition and expenses while away. Seeking the ranchman's wife he tells her of his plan and that he desired her to act for him, without allowing Gertrude to know that he is interested. Gertrude is overjoyed at the prospect of going away, and informs Jack that she is going to school to learn to read to him. A year later she returns to the ranch with the manners of the east and is misunderstood. Jack feels that the polished young lady returned from the school is not the little prairie waif of a year ago, and that she cannot love him, a rough cowboy. He leaves a note, telling her he is going away to the Bad Lands and try to forget. Taking his few belongings, he leaves the ranch. Underneath her polish Gertrude is still a true woman, and she follows her lover, finding him exhausted beside her father's grave. She leads him back, and seeking their favorite spot she reads to him and he finds that love and happiness are his at last.
- Dr. Dick Ainsworth, has been made a member of a hospital staff. He meets and falls in love with Fannie Jones, one of the nurses. Dick proposes to her, is accepted and decides to marry her at once. But, as he has been largely dependent for his support upon his father, he concludes he had better obtain the paternal blessing upon his matrimonial alliance, so, escorts his intended to his father's office and after introducing her, he introduces the subject of his marriage. When Mr. Ainsworth learns the nature of his son's intentions he puts his foot down good and hard. The couple take their departure in a very unhappy frame of mind. But after their return to the hospital, the spirit of rebellion rises in Dr. Dick's bosom and he telephones his father that he is going to marry Miss Jones anyway. His parent, of course, receives this message in no very gentle frame of mind and starts for the hospital at high speed. In the meantime, a terrible railroad accident has occurred and all of the medical staff, with the exception of Dr. Dick, are hurriedly summoned to the scene of the disaster. Mr. Ainsworth, in rushing up to the entrance of the hospital, slips, falls and breaks his leg. He is carried inside, unconscious from pain and is duly operated upon by his son, assisted by Miss Jones and other attendants. Mr. Ainsworth, having recovered consciousness, and hearing their commendations upon the surgical work on his case, asks to see the surgeon who performed the operation. They send for Dr. Dick, who immediately spears and when he is introduced as the clever young man who did the work, the old man's heart is filled with thanksgiving at having such a gifted son who is, evidently, so well equipped with money-getting ability. Dick, of course is rewarded by receiving the long-sought paternal blessing.
- Herbert Moore leads a gang of crooks by a sheer force of mentality, while his pal Burley Butts leads by brutal force. Between them they plan to rob noted philanthropist Mr. Stanhope, on whom Moore has been spying. For their ill purposes they use little Oliver, one of Butts' unwilling pupils. On a dark night they embark on their venture. Gripping events ensue in rapid succession: Oliver enters the house. He makes his way, with a bulls-eye lantern; here we have a remarkable light effect, a sudden flash, the lights go up, and little Oliver faces the muzzle of a revolver. Mr. Stanhope is surprised to see the youthful criminal. He quizzes him. But little Oliver cries and tells his story. Stanhope is moved by the boy's tale. In taking out his handkerchief to dry his eyes, Oliver drops a silver half-dollar. Mr. Stanhope attempts to return it to Oliver, who brushes it away and tells him to keep it, informing him that the silver half-dollar is the gang's insignia and it can open in the middle and be used in an emergency as a saw for cutting rope, wire, or glass. Stanhope's interest is aroused, and he places the little souvenir in his pocket. Later this piece of metal is one of the means of saving his life. Oliver then pleads to be let free, and Stanhope allows him to go, after taking an oath that he will not attempt to steal again. This attempt failing, the gang sets a trap for Stanhope, but little Oliver passes a note and key to his benefactor when the thugs lower him into a vault. When Stanhope finds himself in the narrow vault, he struggles hard to free himself from the bonds which almost cut to the bones. He frees himself sufficiently to get the silver half-dollar, which he now puts to good use. After hours of effort he breaks his bonds. He tries to straighten himself and then finds the heavy key and the note in his coat pocket. He is scarcely able to read the instructions. The greenish light gives him the appearance of a man risen from the dead. Gradually his dulled mind absorbs the portent of the note. He desperately feels for the secret keyhole. His search is not in vain. Presently, he swings back the granite door and he is confronted with a vista of the city's filth and slime. He crawls through the outlet and makes his way through the sewer channels. The stench from stagnant sewerage pools, cesspool waste, mud and dirt, nearly suffocates him. But on and on he struggles, up to his knees through this liquid filth. Even an attack by a horde of sewer rats does not swerve him from his path. He fights the rodents off and they scamper. At last, weary and exhausted, he finds his way to the sewerage main, a ladder leading to a manhole giving entrance to the street. Bespattered with mud and filth, disheveled and bedraggled, he rushes through the streets and to the police station. The gang is soon surprised by big Colt six-shooters and little Oliver and his brother find a home in Mr. Stanhope's happy household.
- In our picture of the "Children's Paradise," a splendid opportunity is given to see the life these "babies of the poor" lead daily in one of the largest fresh-air homes in the world. Mt. Lawn is situated at Nyack, on the Hudson, N.Y., and was founded by Dr. Louis Klopsch, in 1895. The home occupies 35 acres of beautiful woodland and is indeed a veritable paradise for the little ones who never see a blade of grass grow or can fill their little lungs with God's fresh air. Three thousand starved babies are made happy and healthy by a two weeks' vacation, when they receive plenty to eat and can breathe God's pure air. The home is supported by voluntary contributions and costs to maintain, $20,000 per year.
- Navy officer Owen Moore is sent to Cuba. This saddens girlfriend Mary Pickford, until her uncle invites her to a party in Havana. After a grand time, when Moore's ship is docking, she confuses him by pretending to be a Cuban girl.
- The Sheriff of Kickup Gulch had long been enamored of the beautiful daughter of the hotel keeper and his suit was progressing favorably when an eastern drummer appeared in the Gulch and started paying marked attentions to the hotel-keeper's daughter. She was very favorably impressed and, finding it difficult to choose between the two after their simultaneous proposal, decided to give them a test of bravery in order to win her hand. The test consisted of thrusting an arm in a rattlesnake's hole and the drummer became panic stricken, for he knew that it meant almost certain death to obey the request. The Sheriff, however, knowing that rattlesnakes always avoid tobacco, sprinkled the hole with tobacco from his pouch and thrust in his arm with impunity. Of course the lady chose the sheriff and left the crestfallen drummer to think it over. Left to his own devices he discovers the trick played by the wily sheriff, and determines to even up the score. He effects an entrance to the general store and substitutes iron filings for the stock of giant powder. The next day he appears at the store and makes a purchase of several pounds of his substituted giant powder. Returning to the hotel he creates a panic by spreading his powder on a paper and sitting beside it with a lighted cigar in his mouth. The frightened spectators send for the sheriff to subdue the mad man, and he now appears with his fiancé, gun in hand, to arrest the drummer. The drummer calmly lights a match and orders, "Drop that gun or I'll drop this match," which he holds at close proximity to his fake powder. The sheriff is panic stricken and turns in ignominious flight, leaving his fiancé to her fate. The fate in store for her however, is a complete revulsion of feeling and she decides that eastern wit is better than cheap heroics.
- George and Charles Wendell find they both love Clara Palmer and she is not disposed to show favor to either. To set their minds at rest they ask her to choose between them. Frivolous and shallow, with no desire to lose the attentions of either man, she tells them both to seek a fortune for her and she promises to marry the most successful. Charles, the younger brother, realized that punching cattle is a very slow method of accumulating wealth and starts for the mountains to try his hand at mining. George remains at the ranch and wins favor with the fickle maiden. Charles, in his quest in the mountains, becomes injured and is succored by an old miner, known as the "Hermit of the Hills." The hermit takes him to his cave and tenderly nurses him back to health and strength. The old hermit has accumulated a fortune in gold ore and Charles discovers its hiding place. Filled only with thoughts of Clara and her promise, Charles assaults his benefactor unawares, and, leaving him for dead, returns to the ranch with the hermit's gold. Clara transfers her favor from George to Charles, when he shows her the gold he has stolen from the hermit. George knows that Charles could never have mined the great fortune he claims to have acquired in the short time he has been away, and accuses him of theft. Charles denies it and is upheld by Clara. Charles at last acknowledges his guilt and agrees to return the gold. Together the brothers go to the hermit's cave in the mountains to find that the blow inflicted by Charles has made the hermit insane. Charles returns the gold and goes back to the ranch, leaving George to care for the poor demented man. George cares for the hermit until his death and in gratitude for his kindness the old hermit leaves the gold to him. Charles on his return to the ranch goes to Clara, whose sympathy was with him when George compelled him to return the gold, but now meets only with her scorn and he at last realizes that his crime has availed him nothing. Clara determines to go to George, and starts for the hermit's cave alone. She comes upon George seated near the cave and pleads her love. George, who has learned her shallow nature, gives her that which she seeks, the gold that has made his brother a criminal and encompassed the hermit's death. Taking the one remaining sack he throws it in a shower on the hermit's grave and returns to civilization unsullied by the curse of gold.
- Dr. Russell, a specialist on diseases of the brain, is traveling with his young wife and stays for a few days at a fashionable hotel where the guests are given to merriment. There the wife meets one Marius, a polished man of the world, who is immediately smitten with the charms of the wife. She is not averse to a flirtation and at a ball they meet in a clandestine manner and Marius wins the woman. Dr. Russell is summoned home, but his wife finds an opportunity to communicate with Marius and invites him to call on her in a secret manner. Dr. Russell returns to his home, which is a private sanitarium for the treatment of the insane. His wife has arranged with Marius to effect an entrance into the home by waving a lamp as a signal that the coast is clear. Marius arrives during the absence of the physician, sees the prearranged signal and enters the house, which is in darkness. He is groping about trying to find the woman when the husband unexpectedly returns home with a madman. Fearful of being discovered, Marius seeks concealment in a cell, which is numbered 13. The wife is unaware of his presence in the house. Dr. Russell and his assistants place the lunatic in the same cell. Marius tries to make his escape, but finds the door locked. The insane man is awakened and he grapples with the intruder and a fierce fight ensues, in which Marius is borne to the floor and throttled. The noise of the struggle reaches Dr. Russell's ears and he goes, with a helper, and rescues Marius. The latter has been made insane from fright and he partially recognizes the wife and hands her the letter she has written him. The physician obtains the letter and learns of the infidelity of his wife.
- John King and his wife, Dora, with their little girl, Ida, live plainly but contentedly upon his small salary. Little Ida has few playthings, her father not being able to purchase more, but to her mind they are the finest ever seen, her favorite being a Teddy bear, with one bind leg missing. In order to make the animal as interesting as possible, her father makes a tiny crutch for it, which fills her childish heart with joy. One morning, as King is on his way to the office where he is employed, he sees a man suddenly taken ill and assists him to return to his residence. This man, William Daly, a wealthy old bachelor, is very grateful for the service, but sees no way of returning the favor at the time. In consequence of this delay, King is quite late to his work and his employer, an irascible old skinflint, gives him a terrific scolding and in spite of King's explanations, discharges him from his service. King returns home greatly cast down and not knowing which way to turn, he tries to find other employment but without avail and they finally find themselves without sufficient food to keep them alive. King then decides to pawn his best suit of clothes and taking little Ida with him, goes to the pawnshop and gets some money. But the lack of decent clothing makes it still harder for him to obtain employment and he grows more and more discouraged. His wife realizing how handicapped King is without his best suit, slips out of the house with her little girl and going to the pawnshop, exchanges her engagement ring for the clothing and returns with it to King, who is deeply grateful for the sacrifice. Things still go badly with the family and they are at the end of their resources again. Then little Ida has an inspiration, she will pawn her teddy bear. So wrapping it up, she steals softly from the house. On her way to the pawn shop, she meets Mr. Daly, the innocent cause of her father's discharge. Her bright face attracts the gentleman and he stops and speaks to her and as she leaves him, he watches her, not knowing, of course, whose child she is. Ida enters the pawnshop and tries to pawn her treasure, which, while it amuses the pawnbroker, he does not know what to say to her. Mr. Daly then enters the shop and comprehending the situation, takes the child away and inquiring her address takes her home, where he meets King with much pleasure and is introduced to his wife. As Daly is about to leave he asks for the Teddy bear, which Ida gladly gives him. He then, having learned their circumstances, offers King money, but King refuses it. Stooping to kiss Ida "good-bye," Daly forces a bill of a large denomination into her hand and goes away. Daly places the Teddy bear on his desk at his office and thinks often of the child who gave it to him. The day before Christmas. Daly, who is lonely, is blessed with a beautiful thought; he will give the little girl a Christmas tree at his own home and invite her parents. Buying nearly the entire contents of a toy-shop, he has his servants deck out a tree and. when his guests arrive, he gives them a royal welcome. And one of the most precious gifts taken from the tree is a letter for John King, offering him a splendid position as confidential man with Mr. Daly.
- George Mason, part owner of a small ranch in Wyoming, rustles cattle, a practice unknown to the employees, with the exception of Jack Beeman, the foreman. Jack is given a message for George Mason, which he delivers. Mason reads it and throws it down on the ground, which is picked up by his wife, who is shocked at reading: "A ranger is in town looking for cattle. Go slow, Bill." George Mason, finding an unbranded calf, brands it. His wife sees this and is satisfied he is a thief. When he returns, she liberates the calf, forgetting that it will seek its mother. Mrs. Mason accuses her husband and tells him what she has done. He then hurries to tell his partner. The wife tells Jack Beeman her story. Jack tells her the ranger must not see the calf, and starts out to re-brand the calf when he is caught in the act by the ranger. Jack immediately fells him and informs Mason's wife what he has done. Meanwhile, Mason and his partner quarrel, in which Mason kills the other. He tries to make his escape, but is overtaken and shot. Jack Beeman is then made prisoner. But Mrs. Mason explains that he tried to protect her honor, and he is released.