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One of the popular fallacies concerning moving-picture
plays is an assumption that they must, necessarily, fall short
of dramatic representations presented by living casts, in
many different ways. As a matter of fact, there is so little
truth in this that it is surprising. The spoken words are
missing — though phonographic words have already been
synchronized with the films — but this lack is gotten around
by the occasional presentation of explanatory paragraphs on the
screen, so that the pictures following are deprived of all possible
chance of misunderstanding. Among film producers, the best play is
considered to be that which requires the fewest of these explanations
on the screen — in other words, that in which the action and connecting
interest are so clearly defined that no explanation is necessary.

To one who has read Alphonze Daudet's novel, Sapho, for
instance, it seems an impossible task to so present the story
by soundless motion-pictures as to keep its thread unfailingly
before the spectator and lose nothing of its dramatic force. Yet,
seeing the dramatization from it on the screen, the whole story
is actually there — with gains rather than losses in the story inter-
est. And with this, as with many other stories, the film method
of dramatization permits of optical delusions which no stage-
manager would ever dare attempt with a living cast — or if he
did so, would be unable to present without make-shift mechani-
cal devices which are glaringly evident to those in the audience.

These optical delusions are many and varied — applicable to
every condition of life and to every motion made by a living-
creature. For example — one of the scenes from Sapho repre-
sents four celebrated men sitting around one of the familiar
tables in a Parisian cafe, describing their personal experiences
with this famous woman, who was "all things to all men." On
the regular stage, this would be told in dialogue, appealing to the
hearers' ears alone — or, if anything further were attempted,
there might be a tableau behind a gauze set at the back of the
stage, with the four men quite in evidence al Ithe time. But in
the film representation, the men at the table, in their faultless
evening clothes — the interior of the cafe — the waiters and other
guests — dissolve imperceptibly into a soft grey mist Irom which
another picture grows even before they have entirely disap-
peared— the actual scene with Sapho which the narrator is at
that moment describing. One instant, you see his lips move —
see the animated expressions upon his and his listeners' faces — ■
and then you see the living, moving facts which he describes.

This is but one instance of the apparent impossibilities which
the film accomplishes and the living dramatization does not.
Another is the sort of thing which is done in a new Keystone.

Mabel Normand comedy, called When Dreams Come True,
which will appear after Sept. 22nd. It represents "the morn-
ning after" when a husband who has spent a convivial night
is sleeping off the effects in bed while his devoted wife min-
isters to him. Presently, someone comes in and leaves a
large basket upon the bureau — going quickly out and closing
the door. As you wonder what is to happen next, the lid of
basket comes off — and about thirty live rattlesnakes slide out of it to
the floor. They squirm into every corner of the room. One hangs
from the chandelier and tickles the dozing man with its rattles. An-
other coils up between his knees, gently swaying its head back and
forth as the man wakes up and looks at it in horror. During
the next ten minutes, about every person who enters the room
goes out of it shrieking, writhing, with one or more living
snakes coiled about him.

We cannot, of course, review the entire play in an editorial —
but we can and do emphasize the point that in no other method
of dramatic representation would it be possible to show actual
living snakes in any such way as this. There is no doubt what-
ever in the spectator's mind as to the snakes being real, or as
to their being the deadly poisonous, diamond-backed variety of
rattlesnake. There is no question whatever that any person
finding himself in the same room with such a lot of squirmers —
or feeling their slimy coils about his neck — would do exactly as
the people do in this roaring little comedy. But just hozv it is
done, the Editor will not attempt to explain until he finds out
himself.

Hallucinations form another feature which has been dealt
with most perfectly on the films. We see the person in some
darkened room — or even out of doors, in bright sunlight most
unfavorable for ghosts — apparently seeing something which the
audience does not see. We notice the moving lips — the expres-
sion of wonder, terror or delight — and then — something impalpa-
ple at first — a soft greyish something — makes certain portions of
his figure a trifle dimmer, here and there. Presently, the grey
shadows begin to strengthen in lines and masses — another fig-
ure takes form and substance, though we clearly see that of
the living actor through it. The shadow grows more luminous
— until another living, moving figure is apparently floating in the
air just above or in front of the actor. He grasps it in his arms
— but it fades away into grey mist and nothingness as he does
so.

These are among the thousands of marvels which have given
motion-pictures the hold they have to-day upon the public —
and the mine of possibilities is, as yet, scarcely tapped.

4

Red

A Philippine Story

(C. H. N.)

Illustrated by Joe E. Sandford

CLAYTON had come down to Zamboanga for two general rea-
sons. The Girl was staying there — a guest of General Brever-
ton's family — and the speculation from which he had expected
so much had gone entirely wrong through the treachery of a
man he'd trusted with the money to carry it out. This man
had been under many obligations to him, and had sailed a
month before with the twenty thousand dollars which were to
be used in Hong Kong. Three weeks later, Clayton heard from
an acquaintance just down on the "T. K. K." boat that Cohen
had gambled away ten thousand in a single night, and left for
Europe by the next morning's "P. & O." There was no sense
in trying to head him off by cable or following him — the owner-
ship of the money would have been difficult to prove under the
circumstances, and the attempt would have cost more than it was
worth, eventually. So Clayton, with his remaining five hundred
dollars, had taken the Army Transport, Zafiro, down to Zam-
boanga.

In the better sense of the word, he was an adventurer — the
sort of man who took long chances in speculation and frequently
won out. Being stone-broke for the moment was merely a
detail which never troubled him for any length of time. He

was honest — to a degree — but he also lived with his eyes open
for the ghost-like presence of opportunity, and frequently grab-
bed it before it could demonstrate its general elusiveness.

Somewhere in the back of his brain had stirred a faint
recollection that the Officers' Mess of "B" and "K" Troops —
19th U. S. Cavalry — were considered the best poker-players in
the Service, and were always willing to accommodate a friend
or acquaintance who had some opinion of his own skill. Twenty
thousand, he scarcely expected to roll up in the time needed to
swing his speculation — but it could be done in a smaller way for
six to ten thousand — and he had a little over five hundred when
the Zafiro dumped him at Zamboanga.

It was not his intention to call upon the girl until after he
had scraped together his little stake — nor did he intend risking
all his hopes upon a direct question to her at just that time. But
he did mean that she should keep him fresh in her mind when
listening to other proposals which a woman of her class was
bound to receive in the Philippines. So he had called upon
Major Grear and Captain Archer directly after landing — the
result being a friendly gathering in the Major's quarters directly
after dinner, that night. But "K" troop hadn't earned its repu-
tation without reason. Whether they outplayed him, or whether
the Devil himself was in the cards, he didn't know. At three in
the morning, he had just five dollars in his pocket — and stopped
playing.

At five o'clock, he was a couple of miles down the beach in
a lonely spot — taking a morning plunge to freshen his wits
for the consideration of ways and means. He had gotten as
far as shirt and trousers in his dressing when the sound of
galloping hoofs attracted his attention. Captam Archer was
almost upon him, and in the act of dismounting, as he turned.

"Good morning, Clayton — I rather thought I'd find you
somewhere along here! Remembered your weakness for morn-
ing dips. Now, see here — Old Fellow. I won about three hun-
dred of your money, last night — and I want to return it."
(Clayton looked at him in amazement, a hard glint coming into
his eyes.)

"You mean — eh? Didn't play quite fairly ?"

"Not at all I played a little better poker than

you did — bluffed you out of at least five pots when you held
better cards than I, if I'm any judge of facial expression. But
the Major gathered, from something you said, that you'd met
with a severe loss, recently, through someone doing you dirt —
and I only play poker for the fun of the thing, anyhow. I've
an income of my own, outside of my pay. So I want to hand
back this three hundred and consider the incident forgotten."

"You're not very complimentary to me, Archer! What sort
of a cad or welsher do you think I am! You say you won my
money fairly — I never had a suspicion that you didn't. Well —
there's nothing more to be said on that score."

"Wait a bit. Old Chap. Will you accept from me a thousand-
dollar loan — on your personal note — payable in one year or
five?"

"Why — that's very decent of you! "I (There came a

sudden flash of recollection that Archer had been reported as the
Girl's most persistent attendant ever since she came to the

Islands) "No 1 reckon not, Archer. Being broke

has never been more than a temporary inconvenience with me.
I'll maiiiage, somehow. . Very, likely \'\\ be down here,, again
asking you chaps for my revenge within a month."

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5

After a little more talk, the Captain swung into the saddle
again and rode off up the beach. Clayton stood by a big rock
which came down near the edge of the water — his trousers rolled
up and his feet occasionally lapped by the surf — watching the
cavalryman, as horse and rider grew smaller in the dis.tance.
Then — an approaching dot grew larger until the two met — and
he made out the graceful folds of a woman's divided skirt.
After a moment's pause, the Captain wheeled his mount and
rode back with her toward where Clayton was standing. Before
they saw him, however, he had gathered up his remaining
clothes and disappeared in a hollow back of the big rock.
He had no intention of eavesdropping — merely dodged instinct-
ively to get out of their way before the Girl recognized him.
And as Fate would have it, she stopped her horse directly in
front of the rock. He only caught an occasional word of the
conversation — but he gathered the errorneous impression that
the Girl was begging the Captain to do something which he
was attempting to evade. Presently, she asked him to leave
her, with such unmistakable meaning that he lifted his cap and
rode away.

When he had put some distance between them, she dis-
mounted and sank down upon the sand — from his retreat behind
the rock, Clayton heard her crying softly to herself in pitiful
little sobs. His first impulse was to run out and ask what was
troubling her. Then he glanced down at the shirt and trousers
— remembered that she naturally supposed him thousands of
miles away, if indeed she thought of him at all — and hesitated.

As he watched her, something in the forlorn little droop to
the figure started another train of thought in his brain. What
if the Captain — eh? No .... It wasn't possible! And
yet — what was it she had seemed begging him to do? As he
caught the faint suggestion of an idea, a murderous light came
into Clayton's eyes. He studied her appearance — and the mis-
take grew in his mind. He was totally wrong — but he was
seeing red by that time and incapable of using his ordinary
common-sense or reasoning power. It seemed to him that the
girl would never go. Also, it took all of his self-control to
avoid running around the rock and taking her in his arms.
But finally, she swung into her'feaddle and cantered up the beach.

Clayton was rather deliberate with the rest of his dressing
and twirled the cylinder of his revolver to see that all the shells

were loaded ones, before slipping it into the holster at his belt.
Then he walked steadily up the beach to the outlying "dobe
huts," with thick two-foot walls, in which the officers of "K"
Troop were quartered. The hut occupied by Archer and his
two Lieutenants happened to be the last one down the beach,
and was partly hidden from the neighboring ones by a small
grove of banana trees. Lookitig down the beach, there was
a wide Spanish window in the thickness of the wall — -fronting
toward the water, was the doorway, also a mere rectangular
opening in the thick wall. Inside, there were three rattan cots
along the rear wall — a massive wooden table in the middle —
a hammock stretched from corner to corner— and three bamboo
chairs. On the table were a collection of illustrated papers a
month old — writing materials — spurs and side-arms.

Clayton approached, noiselessly, by the further side of the
hut, and presently stood framed in the opening of the window—
hatless — coatless — a revolver swinging loosely in his right hand
and an expression of grim determination bringing his eyebrows
closely together. As he had expected, Archer was alone in the
shack — reading a paper by the table."

"Psst! Captain Archer!"

The Officer carelessly laid his paper upon the table — but in
such a way that his hand came in contact with the butt of a
revolver underneath it. Then he yawned and leisurely turned
his head. Moro surprises were a weekly and sometimes daily
occurrence.

"Oh — hello, Clayton! That you? Come

along in! I'll have my striker hunt up a cool bottle, some-
where."

"Thanks — but I'll stay out here! I think you'd better step
down the beach with me a little way. Captain — there's a matter
we'll have to go over together. And — er — you might as well bring
along your side-arms, I reckon. Never can tell when you may
need 'em, you know."

Reel Life

"Oh, very well — but it's beastly hot in the sun, this morning.

Will you wait until I've changed into khaki? We

had 'inspection' an hour ago, you know."

"Oh, I reckon you'll do as you are — I'll not keep you long!"

Something in the expression of Clayton's face as he stood
against the dazzling tropical sunshine in the window made the
Captain wonder if the man possibly had a touch of fever. He
had started to buckle on his side-arms — but another glance at
the stern face made him place them back on the table. If he
was going out with a man demented, the fewer deadly weapons
he had about him the better. In the embrasure of the thick-
walled doorway, Archer again hesitated — turning his cap
thoughtfully over and over in his hands — he suddenly recalled
the conversation on the beach with the Girl, three hours
before, and wondered if by any chance Clayton had seen them.
At last, however, with a decisive toss of the head, he put on his
service cap and stepped out into glare of sunshine. In fifteen
minutes, they reached a secluded indentation of the beach —
hidden from view in either direction — and Clayton said, abruptly:

"I s;iw you down there with her, this morning!

I happened to be behind the rock!"

"Ah? And you overheard what we said?"

"Only an occasional word — couldn't help myself! I couldn't
very well run out in shirt and trousers when you stopped right
there in front of me. I'm no spy — you know that, Archer! Bui
all that is aside from the point. Will you marry her — within
the Week?"

"H-m-m — why should I?"

"Don't play with me, Captain — I'm in deadly earnest ! I told
you to bring your side-arms, so that it wouldn't be murder — but
you would'nt do it ! Oh, I saw you hesitate and think the point

out when j-ou were leaving the shack ! But that won't

help you . I'll shoot you down in cold blood if necessary. Now —
will you marry her, within the week — or not?"

"I will — not!"

"What I By God! I didn't really

think you were such a cad, Archer ! I thought you a gentleman —
honor is held rather dearly in the Army and Navy. Have you any
possible excuse to make — ^before I ishoot you?"

You mean for not marrying her? My dear man, I'd marry
her in one holy minute— if she'd have me. But she won't! She
cares too much for someone else !"

"Oh, come now — that cowardly trick won't work, Captain! I
heard her begging you, this morning — heard you refuse to do what
she asked ! Oh, well — we're wasting time, I reckon. Stand over
there against the water, and say where you'll have it!"

"Very well — suit yourself ! After you've shot me, you'll kick
yourself for the rest of your life — you fool! Go ahead with your
little execution. I haven't the least idea what it's all about — but
I don't much care! I thought I had a show with her until this
morning. Now — I know I was never even in the running."

"What the devil do you mean !"

"Go on !"

A Highland Romance

A Highland Romance Domino

"She heard that you had met with serious misfortune — were
ill — and broke. She wanted me to take ten thousand dollars of her
money — chase off and find you, wherever you happened to be —
and force the monej- on yoii as a personal loan from me! And
a few minutes before, I'd just had a sample of the way you'd take
that sort of a proposition. Naturally, I declined — I knew that you
two would run across each other here, most any minute. And —
if you fail to understand each other when you do meet. I'm sorry
for you both. I don't know what crazy notion you got into your
head when you saw us together this morning — but you'd better
get rid of it — pronto. I congratulate you, Clayton — sincerely — but,
frankly, it hurts a little. Now — if you'll excuse me, I think I'll walk
back to my shack, where it's cooler. Join me there — when you get
around to it.

As the Captain disappeared around the bend in the beach, Clay-
ton stood looking at the dazzling path of sunshine on the blue water
— the lines of his face softened by a very different train of thought.
Presenth' — he took from inside his shirt a woman's riding-gauntlet
which he had picked up near the rock, three hours before — and
tenderly kissed it.

"Do you know what she was begging me to do this morning?"

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No Fear of Infringement

"I am a self-made man, I am."

"Well, I think there is one thing you needn't worrj' about."

"What is that?"

"Taking out a patent." — Tit-Bifs.

Breaking It Gently
A young man, an only son, married against the wishes of
his parents.

A short time afterward, in telling a friend how to break
the news to them, he said:

"Tell them first I am dead; and then gently work up to the
climax." — Lil^pincott's.

Didn't Want to Spoil the Fun

Four old Scotchmen, the remnant of a club formed some
fifty years ago, were seated around the table in the club-room.
It was 5 a. ni. and Dougal looked across to Donald and said
in a thick, sleepy voice:

"Donald, d'ye notice what an awful perculiar expression there
is on Jack's face?"

"Aye," says Donald, "I noticed that; he's dead! He's been
dead these four hours."

"What! Dead! Why did ye no tell me?"

"Ah, no — no," said Donald. A'm no that kind o' man to
disturb a convivial evening." — Harper's.

Getting Even

"We are somewhat musical and now the family next door is
having the daughter take singing lessons."
"Emulation, eh?"

"Looks more like revenge." — JVashiiigtoit Herald.

Adapted from the "Domino" Play of Wm. H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince

By Marlon Savag®

Above the silent glen, on the hills, the summer clouds, rolling
heavily over Ben Monach, cast great shifting shadows across the
billowy heather. The gold and purple gorse covered the braes
from the dusky margin of the glen to the high, clear horizon,
where its feathery outline etched itself delicately upon the sky — ■
and from the west, in the long, still shadows it warmed to more
vivid colors, eastward and southward, in the sunglow.

On a lone, grey boulder, etched with wavering stencils from a
rowan whose scarlet berries gleamed like drops of blood over his
head, sat Alasdair MacDonald. Close beside him in the gorse,
lay Angus, his collie, with his nose upon MacDonald's foot. They
were watching little patches of white and silver, slip in and
out of the heather on the slope below. Whenever an ewe and her
lambs strayed too far into the gloom of the woodland, a word
from MacDonald sent the collie bounding down the hillside — driv-
ing the wanderers fieldward again. Content was in the eyes of
man and dog — the peace of silent comradeship, and work shared
lovingly together.

Life in the open had given iNIacDonald the sense of power.
Day after day, in every mood of wind and weather, he passed
under the influences of the silent places. Yet his heart cradled
more intimate visions, bringing a softened light into his austere
features — for in those solitary hours on the braes, the rugged
beauty of the Highlands was blended in his dreaming, with thoughts
of Mary. From the prey boulder ran a lightly beaten pathway

through the heather, where the white canna stars marked the
way of his feet to his cottage in the glen. The tiny windows were
atlame with flowers — the whirr of Mary's wheel came all day from
within — and at intervals, the coaxing cry of a baby.

He was smiling to himself that morning, with the picture of
Mary and their child in his eyes — the two sweet faces close to
his, as he kissed them goodbye — when a hunting horn sang out of
the stillness of the glen. A distant baying of dogs — Angus twitched
his silky ears. MacDonald strode down the slope, eagerly scan-
ning the woodland, a sheer hundred yards below. Again ithe horn —
mounting from beneath his very feet, and the hunt broke from
the covert — he could see the hoimds tearing savagely over the
ground — the scarlet coats of the huntsmen flashing through the
greenery. Now the horses were taking the wall of Glengyle's park.
Magnificent ! Rearing, they vaulted — unfailing as arrows. On they
came, crashing through the undergrowth. Alasdair started, the
exhilaration died from his face — he clutched the bushes and flung
himself, leaping, down the steep bank, the collie scrambling
along beside him.

In the crushed and redolent bracken, a horse lay motionless
across the body of its master. When MacDonald and his dog
reached the spot, the huntsman was dragging himself out slowly —
sinking back in agony as he tried to get up on his feet.

"Hold, mon ! My cot in yonder — I wi' carry you there, Sir^ an'
ye think ye can stan' the jauping."

8

Reel Life

The huntsman nodded, his lips drawn and white. MacDonald
■stopped and took the injured man on his back. Strongly and
steadly, he carried his burden over the hummocks and hollows, the
•collie following at heel. Once, when they paused, the dog licked
the injured mans dangling hand.

"Mary !" — the slender girl at the spinning wheel sprang to her
feet.

"Tis a bonnie laird hurt in the hunting. Canna you do for him,
•dearie, while I'm gane for Dr. MacGregor?"

They laid him on their bed in the inner room of the cottage,
and MacDonald hurried- away.

Alary gave the stranger a drink of water, supporting his head on
-her arm. He was a man very different from MacDonald — not
■so gentle — more used to having his own way, she thought — with
eyes for everything around him, not distant and dreamy like her
^husband. There was an air of the world about him — something
which set her dreaming of a life in cities far from the shadow
•of Ben Monach.

"Does ilka breath you draw pain you so?"
Her voice was bewitchingly sweet. The lovely dark ripples of
Tier hair were gathered low on her neck. Her brow and cheek
were pale, but with a warm glow under the palor. Her blue-grey
eyes were dilated, and moist with tears of sympathy — and oh, the
birdlike fluttering of her bosom so close to his lips !

"I wad gie the warld an' a to mak' you lie at ease," she faltered.

Five minutes later two hunters, returning in search of their lost
companion, entered the little bed chamber and Mary, having
shown them in, busied herself over the fire in the next room.

"Your Lordship !" —

"Sh ! These people are not to know who I am. Go back to
the castle and wait until you hear from me!"

Raising himself on his elbow, he motioned with a smile full of
meaning toward the other room. The huntsmen glanced at one
another — and then, understandingly, at Duncan, the Duke of
Glenayle.

When MacDonald came back with the doctor, the huntsmen
were gone, Mary was sitting by the bedside — laughing and talking —
feeding her patient like a child. Then began the sickening work of
setting the broken leg, and Mary stole away. Out in the other
room, she paused — and looked back to the chamber. For a moment
she was thoughtful — then she slowly smiled.

"Oh, he's a bonny laird !" she whispered, "and the days alane
were fu' lang and dreary, afore he came."

A month later, Duncan, Duke of Glenayle — healed of his fall
and ready to leave the cottage — was pouring into Mary's ears such
hot and passionate love as made her flush and pale and draw 'quick,
deep breaths, and stand lost in thought — had then

"Can you not see yourself so, my Mary ? My love ! A great
lady — as you were born to be — with your beauty. They'd worship
you at the castle. This is the life I would give you, child. Will
you go with me?"

He reached out his arms — and she went into them, slowly. He
kissed her passionately, and her beautiful head sank on his
shoulder.

That afternoon he parted with Mary and ^MacDonald.
He pulled out a chamois skin bag. "Let me repay you, Mac-
Donald, for all your trouble."

But the Highlander drew back, proudly.

"Pit up your purse, mon — I dinna want your bawbees."

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"Well, goodbye, then." Glengyle put away the bag, shame-
facedly. Then, as he was left alone a moment with Alary

"Don't forget," he murmured in her ear. "Midnight — in the
glen."

MacDonald followed him to the door.

"Goodbye, and luck gang wi' ye. Ca' in on us, ony day \-ou
may be passin'." Then he walked back to Mary. "I hae a liking
for him. Dearie — and it's lanesome we'll be, now he's gang awa'."

At midnight, while MacDonald slept, a little figure wrapped
in a Highland cloak, fluttered through the dim rooms of the cot-
tage. Now it hovered, hesitating, over the bed where he lay, now
over the baby's cradle — then out into the darkness. A bit of paper
pinned to the cradle was all that remained of Mary at daybreak.

It was noon when MacDonald stalked away from the cottage,
with two dirks in his scabbord, and his bag-pipe on his arm.
Within, an old Scotch woman, huddled over the fire, was rocking the
baby and wailing, "Poor Bairnie I Poor Bairnie I" For three
months MacDonald walked the hills, seeking the man he had
marked for destruction. He was Fate personified — there was no
averting his mind, dark with its single purpose. Over burn and
brae, moorland and upland he wandered, and the hill folk, starting
in their beds, heard his pipes in passing. "The Rose of Allan-
dale !" There was a menace, and a fierce, melancholy loveliness
in the wailing song.

In a remote hunter's lodge of Glengyle — with its deer skins, stag
heads, trophies and trappings, the dull gleam of weapons on the
walls, and the richness of dark velours and of Elizabethan oak —
Mary sat leaning sorrowfully on a carved oaken table.

A crumpled note from the Duke, listlessly held in her fingers.

told her for the hundredth time to wait — that he could not bring
her to the castle — yet.

Three months a prisoner in that place I It had never been his
intention to receive her at the castle. God forgive her 1 What a
cruel wrong she had done MacDonald who loved her — and their
baby! Or why should she stay there longer — waiting — waiting-
It didn't matter where she went — only away from this unendur-
able place — far in the glen — away on the hills — wandering there —
tc die. She rose and, staggering to the door, pushed it open^
Then stopped, transfixed — listening.

She thought she was dreaming. Then she began to move — as
a person moves in sleep — slowly, gropingly, whither "The Rose of
Allandale" was drawing her.

AlacDonald in bitter reverie, was playing, playing — when he
felt something near him softly stirring. He looked up and saw —
Mary She was standing, wild-eyed, unbelieving — or was he him-
self in delirium? Her breast heaved, and he was on his feet —
the pipes fell to the ground. Then with the full heart breaking
within him, he stretched out his arms.

"MacDonald I" Alary fell across his feet. "Tak' your dirk
and kill me. I'm no' worthy o' your loving."

Tenderly he raised her, drawing her close.

"Mary dear, it's no' you I'm blaming. And its another the dirk is
for, as God lives ! Show me the way to him, Alary."
She started back, terrified.
"You wadna do that, Alacdonaldl"

"She saw the inflexible purpose in his eyes. Slowly, she glided
before him, as one obeys in a trance — back to the hunter's lodge.

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That selfsame hour, Duncan, Duke of Glengyle, was mooring
his boat below. He came up the brae alone — by a path that is
known to this day as "Duncan's Death."

Later, in the juniper thicket, Mary stood waiting — with tense
face and clenched hands. One stricken prayer only reeled through her
burning brain, and over and over, a thousand, thousand times.
"MacDonald ! My husband ! God make him win."

Then he came out of the lodge — she ran — flinging herself in
his arms with a cry of terrible joy. He drew her under his plaid,
looking deep into her eyes. Something horrible — nameless — was
frozen on his features. She shuddered — and in the eyes of both
was the same picture — the Duke of Glengyle lying dead in his
hunting lodge.

Slowly — they turned their faces to the brow of the hill, darken-
ing in the gloaming — and began the ascent.

Law Risks Two Necks For Reliance Thriller

The latest dare-devil doing of riotous Rodman Law is a jump
from the top of a high cliff into the making of a watery grave.
Not content with the sensational possibilities of such a tame pro-
ceeding, Law made the jump with a fair damsel sitting astride
of the horse back of him.

The feat was accomplished at Ausable Chasm, New York, from
the top of "Table Rock" and was part of the plot of a photoplay
enti'tled "The Lover's Leap" scheduled for release by the Reliance
on October 11th.

Unforseen difficulties were encountered in the shape of vigorous
objection by the local authorities who insisted that the jump was
a case of double suicide, pure and simple. Two days of telegrams
and long distance calls to the Reliance studio ensued and the leap
was finally allowed. Law and his "picture" sweetheart took their

places on the horse's back and he started at a gallop for the edge
of the clifif. He jumped clear of the rocks and turned almost
completely over before striking the water. The film shows that
Law and the girl left the horse's back just in time to keep from
being injured. They were compelled to swim for some distance
and make their way up a steep embankment almost perpendicular
to the surface of the water, all of which was faithfully recorded by
the cameras.

The horse, who had the distinction of being followed by a
separate camera-man, found a better landing place and did not
seem any the worse for his experience.

Neither Law nor the girl felt any ill effects from their reck-
less plunge, and, in fact, seemed to regard the sensation in the
light of a dash around a scenic railway.

Steerage Passengers Work For Reliance Feature

During the production of the Reliance feature "Targets of
Fate" JJirector Edgar Lewis used a large ocean steamship for
several exciting scenes, which, among other things, called for the
launching of the lifeboats.

The steamer was about to sail for foreign ports and the steerage
was packed with passengers who took a lively interest in the
picture making.

A number of the passengers were enthusiastic workers under
Mr. Lewis' direction, but the lowering of the lifeboats was a little
too realistic for most of them and a near panic was the result.

A large company of Reliance players spent several days on the
Jersey Coast where most of the scenes of "Targets of Fate" were
laid. This drama will be released in two reels on Saturday,
October 4th.

The Loaded Dice

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The Morning Press at Santa Barbara Reports
Exceptional Realism in Picture Taking

By the "Flying A"

"They have shot out all the windows and now they are smash-
ing in our door," Mrs. Hermenia Lee rather complacently remarked
to a number of her guests gathered at the north wing of the old
De la Guerra mansion on a recent afternoon.

Just then a newspaper man, a comparative stranger in town,
came rushing through the patio, supposing he was the first on the
scene of a sensational story."

"I think it is interesting battering down that door, though,"
continued Mrs. Lee. "That battering ram was part of the old
corral when grandfather built the masion 80 years ago."

"The newspaper man then took another look, and as he observed
Al Heimerl grinding away at his moving picture camera, he imme-
diately became normal and watched Director Tom Ricketts put his
early day California folks through some more scenes in "The
Ghost of the Hacienda."

A large crew of Mexican laborers were engaged to enact a
riot scene directed against Ed Coxen, engineer, in the railroad
construction scene, and misunderstanding their instructions, thought
a real riot was on — which accounts for the vivid realism.

"The making of the scenes at the old mansion attracted quite a
crowd. There was shooting and a very sensational piece of work
when the door was battered in. The American company, however,
provided its own windows and doors, all of which were completely
demolished."

Pay Roll Wit

Small Boy (crouched up over a big book) — Mother, what are the
"Wages of Sin?"

SulTragist Mother — Anything under $8 a week, my son. — Life.

Native of No Country

Miss Vivian Rich, playing leads for the AMERICAN, is a native
of no country. Captain R.ch, her father, was owner of a trading
ship and frequently took his wife and family with him. Miss Rich
was born at sea and under the Southern Cross far from the pro-
tecting stars and stripes. However, as her parents are American
born, Miss Rich claims the LInited States as her native land.

Streets O' Gold

The new studios and laboratories of the American Film Mfg.
Co., at Santa Barbara, being completed, the work of paving the
streets is under wai'. Quartz secured from the mountains is used
for the foundation over which will be laid a thick coating of paving
cement. The quartz assays several dollars to the ton, according to
tests made by a local asSayer. Thus the American "City Beau-
tiful" will be paved with streets of gold.

Experienced Authors in Reliance Photoplays

The extent to which writers of reputation are entering the
moving picture field is illustrated by a list of the authors responsible
for recent Reliance offerings dated for release between Aug. 27th
and Sept. 22nd — not quite one month.

"Peg of the Polly P" and "The Social Secretary" are both by
Forrest Halsey, perhaps the most prolific scenario writer among
the regular contributors of magazine stories. "Feeney's Social
Expcri)iie]it" is by Vaughn Kester, author of "The Prodigal Judge"
and other well-known novels.^ "The Glow Worm" is by Will
Levington Comfort, who is known to all magazine readers. "The
Disguise" is by E. R. Carpenter, while "The Stolen Woman" is by
Eleanor Ingram, another large contributor to magazines, and "The
Hardest Way" is from the pen of George Hennessy.

The Greenhorn

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^ "Buffalo, N. Y. — Patriotism and entliusiasm vie in making a
auccess of the Perry Celebration.

Mr. William J. Connors. Chairman of the Perry Victory
^TEentennial, and Public Officials on board his yacht "Mary
Alice."

Commodore Perry's flagship "Xiagara."

Paris, France. — 75 entrants strive to win the classic Paris
to Bordeaux bicycle race.

Tulsa, Okla. — Children from the Indian Seminary take part
in the Old Folk Legend, "Pied Piper of Hamlin."

Ahleeck, Germany. — On the return of the Imperial Cruiser,
the Emperor visits the small orphans.

New York City. — Veteran fire fighters march to the scene
of dedication of a shaft to brave firemen, on Riverside Drive.

Deauville, France. — Grand Prix. There was never a more
select and largely attended reunion.

Pasadena, Cal. — A large steam roller, becoming unamanage-
able, crashes through railing of bridge.

London, England. — The Suffragists give proof of a spirit
more and more bellicose.

Jersey, England. — Battle of Flowers.

The Fashion in Paris.

Coney Island, N. Y. — $10,000 blaze at Coney during the Mardi
Cras, destroys 5 bungalows and the Sea Cliff Inn.

Gand, Belgium. — Dedication Of the Van Eyck Monument.
:H. M. King Albert commemorates the memory of the Great
.FlejTiish Painters of the 14th Century.

New York City. — 0\-er 3',000 school children attending the
free show at Jefferson Theatre.

Chateaufort, France. — Sensational experiment — 1,000 feet in
the air — Pegoud, the courageous aviator leaves his monoplane
and descends in a parachute.

The Fashion in New York.

Moscow, Russia. — Rain floods the city. In several hours the
water attained a height of 10 feet to the great joy of the little
Moscovites.

"Said the Spider to the Fly."

4* 4* 4*
American Soon To Release A Classic

"In The Days of Trajan" is the title of a forthcoming two reel
subject soon to be released by the American Film Mfg. Co.

Jack Warren Kerrigan appears as the Prince of Dacia, and
Vivian Rich takes the role of Princess Octavia. The time-
honored villain. Jack Richardson, revels in the costume of Junius
Publius, the Prefect of Rome, while the other leads are all
prominently cast with a large number of supernumeraries.

The settings are beautiful,* and the ancient properties make
the dramatic action exceedingly realistic.

Exhibitors may look forward to an unusually strong program
with this release.

Denver, Colorado, Sept. 6, 1913.

Mutual Film Corporation,

71 W. 23rd St., New York City, N. Y.
Gentlemen, kindly publish the following in Reix Life:

The Denver, Colorado, office of the Mutual Film Corporation
is in receipt of a number of communications from their ex-
hibitors in Western Kansas, stating that a Mr. Grq,ham has
been in that territory inspecting machines and • attempting to
sell supplies on the strength of being a representative of the
Colorado Mutual Film Corporation. For the benefit of our
exhibtors, will state that Mr. Graham is an imposter; neither
this office nor the Kansas City Mutual has ever had any one in its
employ by the name of Graham.

Yours very truly.
The Colorado Alutual Film Corporation,

W. S. R.^ND, Manager.

The Original Will

Reliance

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Willie Minds the Dog

(A Keystone Comedy that just Escaped Being a Tragedy)

Mother and Daddy were always going off Saturday afternoons
to the pleasure parks, and leaving little Willie at home. "Now,
Willie, take good care of Fluffy," were mother's last words that day
as she and Daddy were starting for Bunny' Island. Willie took
the little white terrier in his arms, and walked soberly into the house.
He played with Fluffy a while, lying on his back on the parlor
sofa — but rather listlessly — for his imagination was away off
with mother and Daddy bumping the bumps — going through
the devil's oven — eating strawberry ice cream and seeing the
movies. Why hadn't they taken him with them to Bunny
Island!

"We'll run away to the beach ourselves, won't we. Fluffy?
Bridget'll never see us — she has the big man with the brass buttons
down the front out there in the kitchen."

"Yi!" Yi!" yelped Fluffy.

Willie tucked the little dog under his arm, and stole out of the
house — down through the garden to the water. They raced along
the wet sand together. The sun was hot — they ran further than
they realized — it w-as a long, long way to Bunny Island- Where
could they stop and rest a moment? That high rock out there with
the cool tide splashing aginst it! Willie clambered up the rock,
stretching out his weary, little body, and Fluffy snuggled up close
beside him. The little boy lay gazing up into the sky, so blue and
bright, without a cloud ; it hurt to look at it. "Oh, Fluffy, let's
hide our eyes just a minute. Here's my han'k'chief to put over
yours — if — you — like — to — Fluf-fy."

The next moment Willie had forgotten everything, even his little
charge.

Meanwhile Mother and Daddy had turkey-trotted once too often.
The new dancing pavilion at Bunny Island had been put on the
"white list" of "model dance halls" (with free advertising for the
proprietor), and after a few turns, Willie's parents were held up by

the manager, and, with their day's enjoyment spoiled, took the next
trolley home.

A big wave washing over little Willie brought him back to a
world his dazed senses failed to recognize. He started up in fright;
he must run back to the beach. Why, it was all rolling water be-
tween him and the shore I Where was the great high rock he fell
asleep on? He was lying on a little bit of a point, way out in the
ocean.

"Help! Help!" Oh, would nobody hear him calling! A white-
cap roared in from the sea and broke over his feet; another wet his
knees. He screamed and drew his little legs under him. "Oh,.
Mother! Daddy!" And Fluffy? Where was Fluffy? Drowned,,
of course, long ago in the terrible ocean. Willie gripped the rock
with both hands; he was up to his waist in water.

Suddenly he spied a speck of white tearing along the water's edge
—two great black dogs, their noses to the ground, came trotting
after. In another moment they all came running — Daddy and
Mother — Bridget and the big man with the brass buttons down the
front — waving their arms to him and shouting. Splash! Splash!
the big dogs were in the water. They were struggling against the
big waves. How could he cling to the slippery rock till they reached
him? Oh, on they swam! The spray blinded Willie's eyes — the
dogs were clambering up the rock — he slid down and clasped two
hairy necks. The next moment he was riding thro' the waves like
a little merman on a dolphin.

"Oh, Willie, Willie !" Mother and Daddy snatched him up, all
wet and shivering. "Yi I Yi !" yelped Fluffy, as he was thrust into-
Willie's arms. Willie hugged Fluffy, and Mother and Daddy hugged
Willie. The big dogs wagged their tails in sympathy, their wet sides-
steaming.

"Now Mother," said Willie — his teeth chattering — "won't — won't
— y — you and Daddy take m-me with you next S-aturday to B,-b-b-
unny Island?"

(The play will be seen after Sept. 15)

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Amerkau

The Flirt and the Bandit

Sept. 20, 1913'
CAST

The Flirt Charlotte Burton

Harry James Harrison

Bandit Bob Ed Coxen

His Pal George Field

The Sheriff Chester Withey

The Minister R. D. Armstrong

There are a great many women in this world who like to be
considered flirts. The term apeals to them as a compliment to
their powers of fascination — and receiving numerous attentions
from man\' different men seems more fun — more desirable in
every way — than settling down to a hum-drum existence as the
wife of one particular male. It is a mystery, always, why eight
or ten different men permit themselves to be used as "good things"
by such a woman — why they continue to shower attentions upon
them when it is self-evident to every onlooker that they are
merely parts of a procession. Consequently, one feels a sort of
unholy satisfaction when a pronounced flirt of this sort finally
strikes a man who refuses to play the fool.

In this "American" play, the Spanish girl, lone, sees in the
water of a pond, the reflection of a man's face peering over her
shoulder — and, later, finds it to have been that of "Bandit Bob,"
a fearless half-outlaw who keeps the community in suspense as
to what his next move will be. She next encounters him in the
woods and proceeds to try her fascinations upon him. They are
successful, as usual — but to her amazement and horror, he calmly
carries her off to his shack in the hills, where he makes her his
wife.

As there are really a great many fine qualities in her, the
treatment proves exceedingly 'teneficial in the development of
her character. She becomes a model wife and mother — worshipping
her dare-devil husband and their baby — and finally patching up a
lasting peace between Bob and the Sheriff. The acting between
Miss Burton and Ed Coxen is particularly effective — and is well
supported by other members of the cast. Those who like a good
lively western story with some very real love-making will go to
see this clever little play again and again.

The Badge of Honor

Oct 2, 1913
CAST

Margy Case Vivian Rich

Shenff Mercer George Periolat

Neil Brand Warren Kerrigan

Judge Case Tacques Jaccard

Mrs. Case Louise Lester

Red Pete, feandit Jack Richardson

Tramp, villagers, stage coach driver, occupants, etc.

"The Badge of Honor" presents an extraordinary combina-
tion of the comic with the intensely dramatic — one moment we
are shaking with laughter at the ridiculous figure of the cowardly
sheriff, and the next we are holding our breath at the desperate
situations in which Neil Brand finds himself.

The little town of Dead Tree is terrorized by a desperate
character, known as Red Pete, the Bandit. The people look
to Sheriff Mercer to trail the ruffian and restore peace to the
community. But Mercer is petrified with fear at the thought
of taking chances with the bandit in the mountains, so he
dispatches Neil, his deputy, after Red Pete— with double satis-
faction— as Neil is in love with Margy Case, a girl whom the
sheriff has set his heart upon — and therefore good riddance.

Neil returns after several days of hard riding and diligent
search, without his victim — and the town besieges the sheriff,
demanding that he shall capture the bandit, or they will remove
him from office, and put another in his place.

The sheriff, his prestige at stake, orders his deputy off again,
admonishing him not to come back alive without Red Pete,
and the sheriff himself sets out upon the bandit's sure "death
warning." He gallops out of town with a great show of cour-
age— but out of sight of everybody, he loses heart — and over-
taking a defenceless tramp on the road, seizes and binds him
and brings him back to Dead Tree, spreading the news that he
has captured the much-dreaded bandit.

How the ovation he receives is rudely interrupted by Margy
and her lover galloping into town with the real bandit in charge,
turning Mercer's sham triumph to ridicule and disgrace — com-
pletes the action. Incidentally, the young deputy extends his
prowess a second time over the sheriff in taking another captive,
the loss of whom costs Mercer considerable more disappoint-
ment and chagrin than the capture of Red Pete. Who the sec-
ond captive is, the very charming love scene at the end of the
play, discloses.

Crooks and Credulous

October 4, 1913
CAST

John Blair Ed Coxen

Anne Gordon Julia Courtell

Fev. Dr. Gray Chester Withey

Jlrs. Gray Jean Durrell

A modern drama of conscience is "Crooks and Credulous." It
brings up the whole problem of "the Golden Rule in business," in a
concrete and forceful way. The action is eminently true to present
day commercial rascality — the types are perfectly familiar to every-
body. Though the swindling game John Blair plays has become so
commonplace as scarcely to attract attention in actual life, in the
play, the robber barons of the "The People's Investment Company"
are shown up as they actually are — -and the arousing of John Blair's
conscience comes about by the most natural means — with the awak-
ening of his better nature through his love for Anne Gordon.

Influenced by older men, wealthy and unscrupulous, John Blair is
led into a "get-rich-quick" scheme which ruins many well-to-do and
poor professional people who have invested their all. Among the
desperate stockholders who besiege the company's office, upon the
rumors of fraud, is a fine looking old man, whom Blair cannot help
admiring. For a moment he feels some compunction — as the elderly
man's dignified bearing, and superiority to the quips and cranks of
outraged fortune, cannot entirely conceal his despair. But presently,
the incident is forgotten — and Blair, having escaped the consequences
of the swindle, becomes as care free and as unscrupulous in his
business dealings as ever.

A j-ear later, an accident while motoring, brings Blair under the
spell of Anne Gordon. She proves to be the grandaughter of the
old man whom Blair had duped, with hundreds of others. How
Blair atones for the past — and how Anne knows him only for the
man he has become since meeting and loving her — this thoroughly
interesting and deeply affecting drama developes.

An Aesthetic Match

Sept. 23, 1913

In "An Aesthetic Match," the Majestic has given us a
very amusing comedy of temperament and affinities.

Peggy, the Thompson's younger daughter, is a lively girl, whose
chief pleasure is athletics. She becomes engaged to Jack, a
young man very much like herself — a jolly comrade and a golf
and tennis expert. Father and mother are delighted — but Gwendo-
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gagement, "I fail to understand," she says coldly, "how Peggy
can prefer a man to art."

The Thompsons despair of ever marrying off Gwendoline. But
Artie, poet and naturalist, happens along one summer day, chasing
butterflies and beetles with his net — studying the wild flowers
through his glass, in the fields around the Thompsons' cottage —
and no sooner does the aesthetic Gwendoline set eyes upon him
than she is smitten. Father Thompson recognizes in Gwendoline's
infatuation an opportunity not to be lost. How he captures the
shy young naturalist, and gently forces him to accept their hos-
pitality— how Peggy finds the game great fun — and how Gwendoline
enters upon the conquest of Artie's aesthetic soul, pursuing him
with art, poetry, botany and classical music — will siuggest the
intensely funny situations that follow.

Of course, the unexpected happens. Theories of soul mates
don't work out — but Nature takes matters violently in hand. Artie
is strangely immune to Gwendoline's accomplishments — while
Peg'gy. Quite without meaning to, charms him utterly with her
gaiety and radiant health — in short, just because he has never
before known a girl like her, so different in ever}- way from
himself.

A broken engagement, and great consternation in the Thompson
household, are the inevitable result. Unexpected affinities develop.
Theories are displaced by the world-old law. "opposites attract."
At the end of the play Gwendoline is wearing an .engagement
ring — but the odd thing about it is, that it is the hrst ring in the
famil}' — the ring Peggy wore before her.

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A Slight Misunderstanding

Sept. 27, 1913

Fred, the ardent lover of Belle, exchanges in the envelopes two
letters he has written — one to his sweetheart, the other to his

The Missing Ring Reiia,,.

! An Unfair Exchange Thanhouser

laundress. On this simple blunder, hangs a slight misunderstanding.
The ticubie all goes back to Fred's shirt bosoms. He is a fastidious
young man — and while he suffers the immaculate, starched fronts
to become badi\- rumpled in the fervent embraces he gives Belle at
parting — the slightest soil or tear committed by his laundress seems
to him unpardonable.

One evening Fred finds it exceedingly difficult to part with Belle.
He returns many times for a last, long, affectionate embrace — to
the complete demolition of his shirt bosom. The next morning, in
looking over his laundry, he finds that Patricia, his laundress, has
torn one of his shirts. In exasperation, he writes her a note, say-
ing that unless she is more careful with his shirt fronts, he will go
elsewhere. Then he writes another note to Belle, inviting her to
the theatre that evening.

Patricia is so puffed up on receiving the invitation, that she
gives her admirer, Patrick O'Leary, the cold shoulder — while Belle
is so hurt by her lover' allusion to his ruined shirt front that the
tears the note in a thousand pieces, and spends a tearful forenoon
alione in her room.

Fred is entirely innnocent of what he has done — until he walks
into his box at the theatre, and finds Patricia smilingly awaiting
him. Meanwhile, Belle, who is in the orchestra with her father,
turns quite faint and ill, when she sees Fred coming into the box
with his laundress — and begs her father to take her home as quickly
as possible.

It is too bad that Belle hurries away as she does — another mo-
ment and she would have seen Fred's amazed and horrified expres-
sion, as he recognizes — P/atricia ! She would have seen, also,
his frantic explanations and apologies, received with no good grace
by the furious laundress — and how Patrick, in jealous rage, makes
quick work of his apparently sucessful rival.

Patrick does more damage in five minutes to Fred's shirt front
than Belle and Patricia together were ever guilty of in their lives.
Then the mistake is cleared up — Patricia receives back into favor
the suitor who has won her heart now forever by the good Irish
fight in him — and Fred and Belle are reconciled — to the destruction
of another shirt bosom.

The Shoemaker and the Doll

Sept. 21, 1913

Seldom has filmdom produced a drama of such simplicit\\ of such
exquisite emotions, as "The Shoemaker and the Doll." It has the
classic savor — very far removed from the melodramatic — portraying
the life of the humble with rare sympathy and pathos.

Tony is an Italian shoemaker in Elizabeth Street, New York.
By working early and late, month in and month out, denying himself
every luxury, and hoarding his small earnings jealously, he at last

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Thanhouser

is able to send to Italy for his sister, Rosa, and his motherless little
daughter. All the neighborhood shares his joy. Tony, the shoe-
maker, is such a happy fellow — always laughing and singing, and
telling stories of his little Marie — that everybody loves him.

At length the longed for day brings the steamer from Naples.
Tony awaits, moodily, his summons. He hears at last that his sister
has passed the Island — and the same hour finds him at the Battery to
meet her. Rosa comes — pale and listless, though her sad face lights
up a moment when first she sees her brother.

"Ah — Rosa! Ah Maria mia?"

She tells him — as best she can. Little Marie was ill at sea. The
doctors — Oh, Tony, don't look like that ! — Rosa was not to blame. —
Little Marie was very, very sick — it was not meant, maybe, she
should ever see the land of strangers. — Ah, Tony! Tony! would
he never laugh or sing again?

The people in the neighborhood scarcely knew the shoemaker
after his sister came — without the little Marie. Every day he grew
more and more morose — until even the children, who used to be in
and out of the shop, all day long, would run past the window, with
scared backward glances. The customers grew fewer and fewer.
Pennies were more and more scarce. Then Rosa sickened and died
— at last Tony found himself alone, hungry, without work. Half
crazed, he determined to kill himself.

The simple event which brings Tony back to himself — and makes
him again loving and joyous, the friend of all the neighborhood
and especially of the children — for the little Marie's sake — is most
touchingly revealed at this point by this extraordinary play. All
who see it will feel their hearts made softer and merrier — because
■they can't help sharing all the joys and sorrows — and the happy
resurrection — of this Italian shoemaker.

TtaanliOHSsr

The Official Goat Protector

Sept. 26, 1913
By Lloyd F. Lonergan
This amusing farce shows Mr. Lonergan as a humorist — in a
most happy vein. We believe the idea of a billy-goat in the role

of a "lover alarm" is original with him. Briefly, his story unfolds
in this way:

An elderly miser becomes his niece's guardian — her father's
will providing that he shall control the estate until she marries — ■
when it is to be turned over to her. A father who would
make that kind of a will ought to be shot — but, unfortunately
for the heirs, a lot of them really do — and the natural consequence
is a determination upon the part of the guardian that his ward
will lead a much happier life unmarried, and that it shall be a
point with him to see that she does so. This particular miser of
Mr. Lonergan's trains his pet goat to give an alarm when any man,
young or otherwise, who might possibly become a suitor for his
niece, approaches the house. (Some goat, that).

The scheme works to perfection until his niece finally becomes
acquainted with the right man. At first, he's a little slow on
ideas — but an actor friend presently suggests one which they carry
out with complete success. Three uniformed officials call upon
the miserly guardian, explaining that they are United States Goat
Protectors and asking to see his license — which, of course, he
fails to produce. He and the goat are promptly arrested —
carried off in a motor car — and subsequently permitted to escape
in order that his captors may scare him thoroughly, while chasing
him through the woods. He reaches a railway siaiion just in
time to see his ward and her fiance boarding an express with a
clergyman who has agreed to perform the ceremony en route.

Some of the situations are screamingly funny and the sug-
gestion concerning interested motives in the making and executing
of wills is worth remembering.

An Unfair Exchange ^

Sept. 23, 1913
By Lloyd F. Lonergan
It is always a question as to just what a child will take it into
his or her head to do at any particular moment. One is never
quite sure as to their point of view, even though we watch them
day after day and try to fathom their processes of reasoning,

"An Unfair Exchange" deals with the action of a little girl

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of the tenements — abused by a brutal father until she decides to
run away — when the opportunity presents itself, to change places
with another girl of her own age who closely resembles her and
inherits a life of luxury.

The son of a wealthy New Yorker, who marries against his
father's wishes and goes South with his wife after he has been
■disinherited, becomes the father of a beautiful little girl. Sub-
sequently, his wife dies — and when he himself is struggling with a
fatal illness, he makes arrangements to send his daughter North
after his death.

Her grandfather is notified when her steamer is due and, having
forgiven his son, is hurrying to meet her — but is delayed by a
motor accident. The little girl wanders off the pier and loses her-
self in the city streets. No one believes the story she tells —
until she meets the tenement girl who is running away. This
child knows the city well enough to test the story — and taking
tl^^ Southern girl home, forces her to change clothes. It is a
pretty serious position for a little girl who has never been ac-
customed to rough life — but a good hearted old washer-woman
suspects the trick, believes her story and takes her to the grand-
father's house where she confronts the little imposter and proves
her own identity.

The acting of the children in this play is surprisingly good and
the storv is absorbing from start to finish.

hrondko

The Greenhorn

October 1, 1913

The immigrant, coming to America, does not always find it the
golden land of hope and equal opportunity, that he has dreamed.
He often meets oppression under new guises, and suffers sickening
disappointment.

"The Greenliorn" is a strong and dignified production — a dra-
matic portrait, properly speaking — of a young Russian in the army
of the American Desert. Arthur Selig is despised by the other
soldiers for his birth, and his awkward, uncouth manners. They jeer

at him in the mess room, and the sergeant fairly dances with
rage at his gawky manoeuvres on the drilling field. He is the target
of practical jokes, and always being sent hither and thither on
menial errands. It is, "Selig, fill up the coffee can" — "Selig, go to
the settlement and get the mail. That's about all you are good for
anyway."

The young Russian defends Retawba, an Indian girl, from the
insults of two drunken loafers, and in the scuffle that follows is
arrested and thrown into the guard house for fighting. A few days
later, when the Indians attack the white men, and Selig is taken
prisoner, Retawba saves him from death — and in his gratitude to
her, and his loathing and resentment against the soldiers — he casts in
his fortunes with the Indians, offering to help them in their attack
on the white camp.

Meanwhile, the American troopers have followed the red men to
rescue Selig. When he suddenly comes upon them searching for
him, his heart is touched — and he saves them at the eleventh hour
from the Indian's attack. The battle with the Indians, however,
costs Selig his life. Fighting furiously he goes down before an
avalanche of the enemy — and Retawba, broken hearted at his appar-
ent unfaithfulness, kills herself with Selig's gun.

Venerated at last, in death — the young Russian is buried with
military honors. All too brief was his sojourn in the land of the
free — the country where none are persecuted ! Great — out of all
proportion to what she had given him — was his gift to his foster
land.

The Hardest Way

Sept. 22, 1913 , ;

CAST

Runa Ruiia

Her Mother Miss Delespine

Her Father George Siegman

Boss, Detectives, Employee.

The difficulties which surround a man who has just been dis-
charged from prison are seldom appreciated by the public. Ac-
cording to the general impression, his course is very simple — to
live a strictly virtuous life thereafter and thank the good Lord
that his days of sinning are over. But the truth is, he is beset

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with temptations, trials, privations, from .the moment he sets foot
outside the prison walls — and in a majority of cases, it becomes
almost impossible for him to find and keep honest employment.

This Reliance Play — ^"The Hardest Way" — gives a very clear
idea of just what conditions such a man is obliged to meet, and
the exceedingly ' narrow margin between success and life-long
failure.

"Bud," the convict, writes his wife that he will be at home the
next day, a free man once more — and cautions her to get rid of
certain burglar's tools which he had hidden back of the fire-board
in their bedroom. She takes them from their hiding-place with
a feeling of great relief, and hides them in the wood-pile, out-
side. When Bud returns, he manages to obtain employment in a
lumber yard — but his boss loses a sum of money one da}-, and the
ex-convict is naturally suspected. Thoroughly discouraged at the
loss of his job. Bud goes home with the belief that it is both
impossible and unprofitable to be honest. He forces his wife
and little Runa to get him the bag of tools from the wood-pile,
and is subsequently seen with it by detectives who are now on his
trail. He eludes them, however, and returns the bag to its former
hiding-place behind the fire-board. Runa, however, has been' watch-
ing him, unobserved, and — knowing there is something bad about
the tools — manages to get them out of the house and throw them
into the river. So that, when the detectives search the house
with the expectation of .finding evidence enough to convict him,
they are badly disappointed — and about that time his former
employer discovers the identity of the thief who really stole his
money, and offers Bud his old job.

This proves the turning point in Bud's life. With the belief
upon the part of his neighbors and employer that he really means
to lead an honest life, he manages to live down the prison memory
and becomes a respected, successful man.

If a majority of our average citizens could see this play and
realize the underlying truth in it concerning the position of a
man who goes out into the world with the prison taint upon him,
there might be more of a disposition to give such a man a chance.

The Hardest Way

Reliance

The Official Goat Protector

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The Original Will

Sept. 27, 1913

Sometimes, just by a lucky accident, virtue gets its reward
in this hit-or-miss world. That was the way it happened in the
case of Jonas and Sarah in the Reliance drama, "The Original
Will" — moreover, in this play, worthlessness precipitated its own
undoing. Yet, the plot is b}' no means obtrusively moral, but a
very human story, humorous and pathetic — and intensely interesting.

Stephen Briggs is a dissolute young southerner. His wealthy
uncle, Simon Briggs, has time and again given him money, which
he has gambled away. At last, the young man comes to the uncle,
talking eloquently of his resolve to reform, and the kind hearted
old gentleman starts him anew, with a generous capital. It is
only a matter of a few weeks, however, before Stephen is back
at his old habits, and when he comes back penniless, his uncle
refuses to let him have a cent. Desperate, he attempts that night
to rob his uncle's safe, but is caught by Simon Briggs, who keeps
his guilt a secret from the two old negro servants who constitute
his household.

Old Jonas and Sarah Pearson, Briggs' valet and housekeeper,
are dreaming together of the cottage for which, for years, they have
been hoarding their earnings, when young Stephen comes to them
with his tale of woe. The tender hearted old couple cannot bear
to see the "j'oung massa" going away penniless from the home
of his boyhood, and they give him money from their own savings.
It chances that Simon Briggs sees the transaction — he calls for
his lawyer— and they draw up a paper which Simon signs and
has witnessed.

A year later Jonas and Sarah are looking at the cottage they
covet but cannot yet afford to buy, when news reaches them that
their master has been taken mortally ill. They hurry home, and
there find a letter from Stephen, who has heard of hi? uncle's
condition, pleading for carfare to bring him to his bedside.
Jonas hardens his heart against- the young beggar, but Sarah
wins him over — and their nest egg is further depleted.

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The Original Will American

When Stephen arrives there is a dramatic scene at Simon's
death bed, in which he destroys the will which divides the estate
between him and the old servants — knowing that if his uncle dies
intestate, he, as next of kin, will inherit the entire property. What
follows Stephen's criminal act, ruthlessly performed before the
eyes of his dying uncle, surprises everybody — Stephen himself the
least pleasantly. Briggs' lawyer produces the original will of a
year before and Jonas and Sarah find themselves in possession —
not of the simple cottage of their dreams, but the fine home and
beautiful grounds of their old master, to whom they have given
a life time's faithful service.

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The Missing Ring

Sept. 24, 1913
CAST

Alice Rosemary Theby

Dr. Douglas Irving Cumminas

The Alaid Jessie Lewis

Ralpli Malcolm Paul Scardon

On general principles, a man should never doubt the girl to
vi'hom he is engaged — no matter how much appearances may be
against her He should be careful enough about selecting her from
other women, in the first place, to be pretty sure as to her integrity
in every respect — and, with a large majority of women, the confi-
dence would never be misplaced. But accidental circumstances often
give an appearance to actions and situations which is very difficult
to explain away. This "Reliance" play very aptly illustrates that
sort of thing.

Two men are in love with Alice Williams. She chooses the rich
Broker in preference to the young Doctor. Ar a reception an-
nouncing their engagement, he exhibits a beautiful collection of
valuable rings — one which presently is missing. That night, Alice's

maid rinds, unknown to her, the ring in a fold of her mistress's
gown — and pawns it next day. Detectives trace it to her — she
swears her mistress gave it to her to pawn. The Broker, reasoning
that the maid could not have otherwise come into possession of it,
breaks the engagement — the Doctor conveying his letter to Alice,
and protesting his own belief in her innocence. Subsequently, the
maid is brought into his hospital, injured, and confesses the facts.
When the Broker learns the truth, he goes at once to Alice, with
an apology and renewed protestations — but he finds her already
engaged to the man who never doubted her.

This, of course, is quite as it should be. Upon one point, it
seems rather a pity that a man of the Doctor's sterhng character
should have fixed his affections upon a woman who deliberately
engages herself to the rich man, rather than the better man— there
is altogether too much of that sort of thing in our modern world,
and it works out badly for the human race. But the lesson she
received while.;under suspicion as a thief would have a tendency to
bring out her iS'etter qualities and make a decent woman of her—
a woman really worth while. Of course, this sort of thing cannot
be recommended as a course of treatment for mercenary women-
it's a little too severe. But those who see this interesting play will
appreciate just the sort of influence such an accusation might have
upon a thoughtless young woman.

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Septeiiiisr fifth

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M.e@l Life

TAXICAI

One Reel September 18th
Two Taxicabs Completely Demolished. One
Burned. Another Thrown Down a Moun-
tain. A Costly Comedy Production
of Thrills, Sensations and Laughs

Egbert Throckmorton, father of nine, and a deep-
dyed villain, forces his attentions on Mabel, pretty
girl. Her "best feller" objects and is pushed
in the lake by the deep-dyed one. The Keystone
Police Force are summoned. The villain excapes
in a taxi, pursued by our hero, both followed by
the police in an 1S42 model speed demon. During
the chase a running fire of shots takes place and
the taxi containing desperate Egbert topi)les over
a precipice and lands safely in a tree. Fatty, our
hero, his sweetheart, and the police surround the
tree. He repels them by throwing deadly bombs
from his vantage seat in the treed taxi, until one
daring officer secures an ax and chops the tree to
the ground, bringing down tree, taxi and villain.

" Whm Dr^mm Cmm Trae'*

Monday, September 22d
A Pretty Comedy of Much Humor and Appeal

'"^(©thsir's Boy"

Thursday, September 25th
Built Solely for Fun and Laughs

Knyst©ii8 Film

Long Acre Bldg., 42nd and Broadway, N. Y. C.
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One Reel October 3rd
An Intensely Powerful Dramatic Story
An Unusual Plot with a Strange Twist

Tom Hood, returning to his sweetheart, Mary
Ryder, after having struck it i-ich in the gold
hills, falls in with Bud Colt, a gambler, while cross-
ing the desert. Colt induces him to play dice for
high stakes, and my means of a loaded pair, wins
Tom's entire fortune. The miner, discovering that
he has been tricked, changes the sign-posts direct-
ing travelers crossing the desert, and sends Colt
into Death Valley., from which none ever emerge
alive. He proceeds on his way to his sweetlieart's
home, and reaching a small settlement, receives a
letter from Mary, saying that her mother is dying
and constantly calling for her only boy, who haVl
left home years ago, and becoming a gambler
changed his name to Bud Colt. Torn by conflicting
emotions of love and hate, at last Tom's better self
conquers, and at risk of his life he rides into
Deatli Valley, recuses Bud and brings hinj safely
home, where he is folded in his dying mother's
loving arms, and the old lady passes away with a
smile on her face, unconscious of her boy's true
character.

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Especially presenting Ffei MaC€ and his riotously-funny M^^^ COMifO©

including Marguerite Loveridge and Little Bud Duncan, who are known in every corner of the earth
where a good laugh is popular. Mace and his Comiques have grown so in the popular fa^^or that the

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Any Apoll© Is a Comedy Red

All Ap©31o5 air's 'c'ouisdy Reels:

First Release — Sunday, Sept. 14th, ''l/0ve Me, I/Ovo iViy Bog" In One Reel
Second Release — Sunday, Sept. 21st, "Frei's Tralnei Nurse" In Two Reels

(Goodness gracious ! a TWO REEL comedy, and about a hospital, too !)

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Res! Life

Two
Reels

Oct.
1

Realistic Portrayal of Life at an Army Post. Wonderful and Amazing Scenes of Battle.
The Story of a Raw Recruit who proved a Real Soldier.

Sneered at and made the butt of practical jokes because of birth and awkward manners, Arthur
Selig, young recruit, leads a life of constant misery and loneliness. In a bar-room he saves Retawba,
a winsome Indian from the insults of a drunken loafer, and is thrust into the guard-house for fighting
by Sergeant O'Grady, who hates him for his apparent stupidness and lack of spirit. In fancy as the
young soldier lays in his cell he sees his father in Russia bidding him good-bye and telling him he is
leaving for the land of the free and unoppressed. Some time later, the Indians, disgusted at the white
man's treatment of them, plan an uprising. Warned of this the Colonel sends a detachment to meet
the attack, Selig and a fellow private are sent for water. His companion is shot by the Indians and
he is taken prisoner. They are about to brain him when Retawba, the Indian girl, pleads so hard that
her father saves Selig's life. Smarting under the insults and cuts of his fellow troopers, Selig offers to
join the Redmen in their attack. Meanwhile the troopers follow the Indians to rescue Selig. The lat-
ter plans to return and lead them into ambush. But when he unexpectedly comes on them searching
for him, his heart is touched and he saves them in the nick of time from the Indian's attack. Fighting
like a madman, he is killed in the battle and Retawba broken-hearted at his apparent unfaithfulness, kills
herself with his gun. Selig is buried with military honors, amidst much sorrow by the men whom he
had saved from certain death.

Sets of Photographs of Scenes from the Film can be Purchased from the Krause Mfg. Co., 14 E. 17th St., New York City.

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A strong and fascinating Western drama

Mease, Moiiiay, Sept* 2% 1913

A thrilling Western drama featuring J. Y/ AWXm KCRRIGAI
Release, Thfirsiay, Oct, 2, 1913

^ Cro 0 \<3 ail tl O 0 tit il o as'*

How a conscience stricken young man makes restitution for ill-gotten gains

Release, .Saturcjay, Oct, 4, 1913

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Released

"Targets of Fate" (2) OCT. 4

"Exoneration" (2) OCT. 2

"The Greenhorn" (2) OCT. 1

"Life's Pathway" (2) SEPT. 30

"Silent Heroes" (2) SEPT. 24

"The Ghost of the Hacienda" (2) SEPT. 22

"The Stolen Woman" (2) SEPT. 20

"The Bondsman" (2) SEPT. 18

"The Land of Dead Things" (2) SEPT. 17

"The Clown's Daughter" (2) SEPT. 13

"The Message to Headquarters" (2) SEPT. 12

"For the Crown" (2) SEPT. 8

"The Glow Worm" (2) SEPT. 6

'The Ironmaster" (2) SEPT. 3

"The Veteran Police Horse" (2) SEPT. 2

"The Green Shadow" (2) AUG. 29

"The Madcap" (2) AUG. 27

"The Ward of the King" (2) AUG. 26

"For the Flag" (2) AUG. 25

"Success" (2) AUG. 23

"An Orphan of War" (2) AUG. 22

"The Fire Bugs" (2) AUG. 21

"The Heritage of Eve" (2) : . . . . AUG. 20

"The Flame in the Ashes" (2) AUG. 15

"The Quakeress" (2) AUG. 13

"The Missing Witness" AUG. 12

"The Adventures of Jacques" (2) AUG. 11

"The Fight for Right" (2) AUG. 9

"The House of Bondage" (3) ; . . AUG. 8

"Banzai" (2) AUG. 1

"A War Time Mother's Sacrifice" (2) JULY 30

"Little Dorrit" (2) JULY 29

"The Scapegoat" (2) JULY 28

"The Higher Justice" (2) JULY 26

"The Missionary's Sister" (2) JULY 26

"Flotsam" (2) JULY 25

"Grand Dad" (2) JULY 23

"Man and Woman" (2) JULY 23

"Old Mammy's Secret Code" (3) JULY 16

"Tannhauser" (3) JULY IS

"With Honor at Stake" (2) JULY 15

"Truth in the Wilderness" (2) JULY 14

"Ashes" (2) , JULY 12

"The Banshee" (2) JULY 11

"Heart Throbs" (2) JULY 9

"The Crimson Stain" (3) JULY 4

"King Rene's Daughter" (3) JULY 1

"Quicksands" (2) JUNE 30

"The Tangled Web" (3) JUNE 28

"The Seal of Silence" (2) JUNE 27

"The Transgressor" (2) JUNE 25

"The Demon of Destruction" (2) JUNE 24

"The Failure of Success" (2) JUNE 20

"From the Shadows" (2) JUNE 18

"The Snare of Fate" (2) JUNE 17

"The Soul of a Thief" (2) JUNE 16

"Half a Chance" (3) JUNE 14

"The Boomerang" (3) JUNE 13

"A True Believer" (2) JUNE 6

"A Dixie Mother" (2) JUNE 4

"The Master Cracksman" (2) MAY 31

"A Child of War" (2) MAY 30

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AMERICAN The Flirt and the Bandit

(Drama)

KEYSTONE The Bowhng Match

(Comedy)

RELIANCE Hearts of the Dark

(Drama)

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th

MAJESTIC When the Debt Was Paid

SELECTED RELEASE

THANHOUSER Life's Pathway

(2 reel Drama)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1st

BRONCHO The Greenhorn

(J reel Drama)

MUTUAL WEEKLY No. 40

RELIANCE Makers and Spenders

(Drama)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2nd

AMERICAN The Badge of Honor

(Drama)

DOMINO Exoneration

(2 reel Drama)

KEYSTONE Billy Dodge's Bills

SELECTED RELEASE

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3rd

KAY-BEE The Loaded Dice

I Drama)

THANHOUSER,

The Twins and the Other Girl

(Comedy )

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4th

AMERICAN Crooks and Credulous

(Drama)

MAJESTIC The Man of the Wilderness

(Drama)

RELIANCE Targets of Fate

(2 reel * Drama)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5th

BRONCHO No Release

MAJESTIC A Mix-up in Pedigrees

THANHOUSER Louie, the Life Saver

(■ Comedy)

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MONDAY — American, Keystone,
Reliance.

TUESDAY— Majestic, Thanhouser.
Selected Release.

WEDNESDAY— Broncho, Mutual
Weekly, Reliance.

THURSDAY— American, Domino,
Keystone. Selected Release.

FRIDAY— Kay-Bee, Thanhouser.

SATURDAY— American, Majestic,
Reliance.

SUNDAY — Broncho, Majestic,
Thanhouser.

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17 — To Err Is Human

19— At the Half-Breed's Mercy
21 — Jealousy's Trail

24 — Tom Blake's Redemption

26— She Will Never Know
28— The S'capegoat (2 reels)
31 — Mission Bells

2 — Single Handed Jim

4 — When Chemistry Counted

7 — Golden Gate Park and Environs
9 — His Sister Lucia

12 — The Adventures of Jacques (2 reels)

14— The Mystery of Tusa
16 — An Even Exchange

18— .\ Tide in the .Affairs of Men

21— The Golden Heart
23— Flesh of His Flesh

25— For the Flag (2 reels)

28 — From the Portals of Despair
30 — Jack Meets His Waterloo

1 — While There's Life

4 — The Poisoned Chop

6 — The Mysterious Eyes

8 — For the Crown (2 reels)

11 — Through the Neighbors' Window

13 — Red Sweeney's Defeat

15 — Calamity Anne, Heroine
18— A Fall Into Luck

20 — Travelers of the Road

22 — The Ghost of the Hacienda (2 reels)
25 — Mrs. Carter's Campaign

27 — Master of Himself

Sept. 14 — Love Me, Love My Dog

Sept. 21 — Fred's Trained Nurse (2 reels)

Sept. 28— The Speed Bear

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2 — All Rivers Meet at Sea (1 reel)

9 — Heart Throbs (2 reels)

16 — Old Mammv's Secret Code (3 reels)
23 — Grand-Dad (2 reels)

30 — A War Time Mother's Sacrifice

(2 reels)

6 — Joe Hibbard's Claim (2 reels)

13 — ^The Quakeress (2 reels)

20 — The Heritage of Eve ('2 reels)

27 — The Madcap C2 reels)

31 — The Broken Thread (1 reel)
3 — The Gambler's Pal

7 — May and December

10 — The Judge's Son

14 — No release

17 — The Land of Dead Things (2 reels)

21 — No release

24 — Silent Heroes (2 reels)

28 — No release

Sept. 18 — The Bondsman (2 reels)
b'ept. 25 — A Highland Romance (2 reels)

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May 30
June

9 — Past Redemption (2 reels)
16 — For Love of the Flag (2 reels)
The Miser (2 reels)
A Child of War (2 reels)
6 — A True Believer (2 reels)

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Sept. 5
Sept. 12
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Sept. 26

-The Failure of Success (2 reels) Aug.

-The Seal of Silence (2 reels) -'^lug.

-The Crimson Stain (3 reels) Aug.

-The Banshee (2 reels) .Sept.

-The Red Mask (1 reel) Sept.

-Flotsam (2 reels) Sept.

-Banzai (2 reels) Sept.

-The House of IJondage (3 reels) Sent.

-The Flame in the Ashes (2 reels) Sept.

-An Orphan of War (2 reels) Sept.

-The Green Shadow (2 reels) Sept.

—The Ironmaster Sept.

-The Waif _ Sept.

—The Cowtown Reformation

-A Forlorn Hope Sept.

Sept.

26 — One Round O'Brien's Flirtation

30— A Chapter of His Life

31 — The Trade Secret
2— A Perilous Ride

6— The Turkish Bath

7 — The Heart of a Fool
9 — The Frame Up

13 — For His Loved One

14 — The Winning Loser
16 — Playmates

20 — His Last Deal

21 — A Shoemaker and His Doll
23 — The BaseBall Umpire

The Aesthetic Match

27 — A Slight Misunderstanding

28 — The Love of Conchita

June
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9 — The Hansom Driver
9 — Feeding Time
12 — The Speed Queen

16 — The Waiters' Picnic
19— The Tale of a Black Eve
19— Out and In

23— A Bandit

23 — Peeping Pete

26 — His Crooked Career

26 — Largest Boat Launched Sideways

30 — For the Love of Mabel

3 — Rastus and the Game Cock
7 — Safe in Tail

10— The Tell-Tale Light
14 — Love and Rubbish

17 — A Noise from the Deep
21— The Peddler

21 — Love and Courage

24— Get Rich Quick
28— Tust Kids

31 — Prof. Bean's Removal

4 — Cohen's Outing

7 — A Game of Pool

7 — The Latest in Life S'aving

11— The Riot

14— A Chip of the Old Block

18 — No release

21 — The Firebugs (2 reel Comedv)

25— Baby Day . . . The Kelp Industry

(Split Reel)

28 — IMabel's New Hero
1— Fatty's Day Off

Los .\ngeles Harbor — (Split Reel)
4 — The New Babv

8 — Mabel's Dramatic Career
11 — Gypsy Queen

15 — What Father Saw
Willie Minds the Dog

18— The Fatal Taxicab

22 — When Dreams Come True
25 — Mother's Boys

Sept. 4 — The Lead Nickel

Hiding the Wad from Wifev

(S'plit Reel)

Sept. 11— Nellv's First Cake

Won bv Strategy- — (Split Reel)

Tune 13 — The Boomerang (3 reels)

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29 — One-Round O'Brien Comes Back

1 — The Golden Jubilee

5 — Gaffney's Gladiator

6 — Shadows of the Past

8 — One of the Finest

12 — The Ingrate

13 — Impulse

15 — .\ Japanese Courtship

19 — His' Wav of Winning Her

19 — Gold Creek Mining Stocks

20 — The Paiama Parade

22 — The Miahtv Hunter
26 — Just Skirts

26 — Tlie -Adventurous Girls

27 — The School Kids' Picnic

27 — The Wild West Comes to Town
29— The Toy

2 — Tempesta

3 — Told in the Future
5 — Hearts and Hoofs

9— The Devilish Doctor
10 — The Greater Love
12 — The Doctor's Ruse

16 — The Fickle Tramp

16 — A Horse on Fred

17 — House Hunting

]9_The Other Side of the Fence

23 — P.atchelor Bill

24— The Ladv Killer

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Sept. 24— No. 39

July 21 — A Hospital Romance

Tuly 23 — Maria Roma

tuly 26 — The Highei Justice (2 reels)

July 28 — Below the Dead Line

tuly 30 — Rosita's Cross of Gold

Aug. 2 — The Little Pirate

.\ug. 4 — The Doctor's Dilemma

Aug. 6 — The Silly Sex

Aug. 9 — The Fight for Right (2 reels)

Aug. 11 — Kentucky Foes

Aug. 13 — Runa Plays Cupid

Aug. 16 — Of such is the Kingdom

Aug. 18 — The S'muggler's Sister

Aug. 20 — The Counsel for the Defense

Aug. 23 — Success (2 reels)

Aug. 23 — The Girl Spy's Atonement

Aug. 27— Peg of the "Polly P."

Aug. 30 — The Social Secretary

Sept. 1 — Feeny's Social Experiment

Sept. 3 — No release

Sept. 6— The Glow Worm (3 reels)

Sept. 8 — Between Home and Country

Sept. 10 — No release

Sept. 13 — The Clown's Daughter (2 reels)

Sept. IS — Twickenham Ferry

Sept. 17 — The Disguise

Sept. 20 — The S'tolen Woman (2 reels)

Sept. 22— The Hardest Way

Sept. 24 — The Missing Ring

Sept. 27— The Original Will

July 8 — For the Man She Loves
July 11 — An Errand of Mercy
July 13 — A Crepe Bonnet
July 15 — Tannhauser (3 reels)
tulv 18 — No release
July 20^ — Brethren of the Sacred Fish
tuly 22 — When Darkness Came
tuly 25 — The Top of New York
tuly 27— Willie, the Wild Man
tuly 29 — Little Dorrit (2 reels)
Aug. 1 — In the Nick of Time
Aug. 2 — Proposal by Proxy
Aug. 2 — The 225th Anniversarv of the Land-
ing of the Hugenots
Aug. 5 — The Protectory's Oldest Boy
Aug. 8— The Girl of the Cabaret
Aug. 10 — Oh. Such Beautiful Ocean
Aug. 12 — The Missing Witness (2 reels)
Aug. 15 — The Lie that Failed
Aug. 17 — Waiting for Hubby
Aug. 19 — The Spirit of Envy
Aug. 22 — The Jledium's Nemesis
Aug. 24 — An Unromantic Maiden
Aug. 26 — Wards of the King
Aug. 29 — A Spartan Father
.^ug. 31 — No release
Sept. 2 — The A'eteran Police Horse
Sept. 5 — No release
Sept. 7 — His Last Bet
Sept. 9 — Taming Their Grandchildren
Sept. 12 — The Message to Headquarters

(3 reels)

Sept. 14 — No release

Sept. 16 — Redemption

Sept. 19— Flood Tide

Sept. 21 — When the Worm Turns

Sept. 23 — An Unfair Exchange

Sept. 26 — The Official Goat Protector

Sept. 28 — The Farmer's Daughter

Reel Life 33

REMEMBER!

When you make that *' Clean-up'* with "Sapho" from the
State -Rights Man, that NEW MAJESTIC PRODUCED IT!

"Sapho," with all its great money-making possibilities, is — simply a GOOD Majestic picture. "Sapho," with
all its six sumptuous reels, is — simply a GOOD Majestic picture. "SAPHO," with all its Florence Roberts glory
and that of a prominent supporting cast, is — simply a GOOD Majestic picture. And there are LOTS of good
Majestic pictures. They haven't all some world-famous legitimate star, nor thousands on thousands of feet to tell
their story, or even immense theatres particularly to "show" in, but they are

Good! Good! Good!

and their simple stories and themes, and their FILM-famous stars, are welcome at some busy picture theatre in
every town, village and hamlet. Really, there is no photo player anywhere more popular than Billy GarwOod

Who portrays the Shoemaker in Majestic's

"THE SHOEMAKER
AND THE DOLL"

By Elizabeth Lonergan

released Sunday, Sept. 21st. Get that reel for your genuine "classy" patrons who go to the regular drama and want
GOOD DRAMA on the picture screen as well. Then for a comedy reel get the "BASKBALL UMPIRK" and
"AN AESTHETIC MATCH," released Tuesday, Sept. 23rd— you get TWO comedies in fact. Or if you DO
prefer a single comedy, standing by itself, book "A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING," released Saturday, Sept.
27th. We can suit you to a T on GOOD ONE-REELERS of ANY nature, and maybe "SAPHO" showed we can
make meritorious multiple-reelers, too!

NEW MAJESTIC

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Eesl Life

The Thanhouser Three -A-Week

Bids })ou watch for these fine OCTOBER two-reelers:

"The Plot Against the Governor"

Depicting present-day political conditions
Out TUESDA Y, Oct. 7th

"The Junior Partner"

Depicting present-day business conditions
Out TUESDAY, Oct. 2 1st

The Thanhouser Three -A-Week

Release during the week, commencing, Sunday, Sept. 2 1 st:

SUNDAY, Sep,. 2 u. "Whcti the Worm Turned"

Flo La Badie, Carey, Hastings and N. S. Woods were on hand to look happy

TUESDAY. Sep.. 23rd Unfair Exchange"

With all its unfairness gave the Thanhouser Twins and Eugene Moore a
chance to entertain you

FRIDAY. s.p,. 26.h "The Official Goat Protector"

Cannot protect you against laughter, (or Riley Chamberlin and Babe
Wallace are there

THANHOUSER

has made the best four reel heart-interest drama of the year, in the v^utual Special

"MOTHS" With MAUDE FEALY

THE Mutual Film Corporation announces as a special release the great OUIDA play of the above title. Miss
Fealy, starred in this film, is known from coast to coast as a legitimate theatrical star, and has positively never
been seen to better advantage than in this motion picture of "MOTHS." With her is a special Thanhouser
cast, including such favorites as

WILLIAM RUSSELL, GERDA HOLMES. HARRY BENHAM, MRS. LAWRENCE MARSTON, LIU CHESTER.

"Moths" has been described as the most extraordinary description of a woman that has ever been penned. Remember •
"She has chastity, and she had also courage. "

' 'She was the martyr of a false cieilizalion, of a society as corrupt as that of the Borgias, and far more dishonest. ' '
"She is innocent alaays and yet — When the moths have gnawed the ermine, no poraer in heaven or earth can

make it again altogether what it was. "

You must not miss this Marvel-Play and its wonderful star. There are wonderful lithos, too, and ihey should

attract people to a play that will hold them.

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INIR. RICHARD G. HOLLAMAX, Londox. W., 13th August, 1913.

Precision Machine Company^

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Dear ]Mr. Hollaman:

When you first introduced the subject of the Simplex machine to me two years
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I have carefully followed the fortunes since the introduction of this machine by
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When I tell you that, while you have perhaps 3 or 4 competing makes of machines
in the United States, there are at least forty prominent types of machines to compete
against in the European market, it is a far more difficult proposition, but I am con-
vinced that the Simplex is destined to create hundreds of thousands of highlj^ satisfied
users throughout Europe.

Extensive experiments, conducted by our mechanical and electrical engineers with
the Simplex, by adapting thereto the recent improvements of Color correction, great
reduction of amperage with equal brilliancy of projection and simplicity of operating,
demonstrated to me that with the already existing splendid points of your latest type
machine, these improvements could be more readily adapted for generally approved
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Yours faithfully,

{Signed) C. URBAN,
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September 27th„ 1913

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to the construction of the Edison Kientoscope has produced a machine which for clear, steady
projection and freedom from repairs, has no equal.

Hardened tool steel has been used just where other machines wear and extra heavy
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Columbia, S. C, Aug. 15, 1913.

Nicholas Power Co.,

New York City.

Dear Sirs — Wish you would advise me if your Automatic Loop Setting
Device can be attached to an ordinary No. 6, and if so what is the price of
same, as we want to purchase tAvo of them for the machines we are now using
which, of course, are POWERS, the best machine built to-day, for the man
who wants perfect projection and at the same time a machine that will LAST.
I ran the first No. 6 that was installed in this State, and have been running
a No. 6 ever since, and must say that we do get some clear picture with a
RADIUM screen and POWERS Machines.

I have always been a staunch admirer of Powers machines and always
will be. This Theatre is going to enlarge; we have not got the room, and we
have built up a fine and increasing business, and I don't think we did it with
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steady from 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. (THEY MUST BE GOOD ONES TO
STAND THIS GRIND.)

Please let me hear from you at once about this. *:

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(Signed) M. MERIWETHER,

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Power's Perfect Projector Produces Prosperity

CATALOGUE Al GIVES FULL DETAILS

Nsw Y©rk, S'spteml)er Sf, 1913

CLARENCE HERBERT NEW, Editor WM. H. PECKHAM, Business Manager

MUTUAL FILM CORPORATION, Publishers, 71 West 23rd Street
Five Cents the Copy Circulation This Week, 25,000 $2.50 by the Year

I era

The other night — inspired by the example of the late,
much-regretted Haroun-al-Raschid, Fusion Mayor of Bag-
dad— ^the Editor of "Reel Life" sallied forth into the
by-ways of the metrollopiis in order to get some idea
of what might be doing among the smaller Moving Picture
Theatres and open-air exhibition enclosures. He began
with the East Side. And the first half-dozen places he
visited happened to be camps devoted to the limit in sensational
"Movies." What he saw upon the screens, no mortal man or
woman ever saw in actual life. The alleged Western Bandits and
Cowboys would never have been hanged as Horse Thieves — they
would merely have been confined in Matteawan until they could
escape across the Canadian border. And the people depicted as
members of the upper strata in New York Society used their knives
and forks indiscriminately for the same purposes. There was ac-
tion, of course — but it wasn't real — it never happened. The photo-
graphs of foreign waterfalls in action were good — ^taken in Jersey — ■
thereby saving the expenses of foreign travel.

Presently, however — over toward the East River — the Editor
came upon a board fence with a line of children peeping through
the cracks. On the opposite side of the street was a row of tene-
ments— every window of which was filled with interested Italian
faces, looking down into the lot behind the fence. After a little
careful reconnoitering, the Editor passed through a narrow door by
a, rough wooden ticket-window and climbed a ladder to a narrow
platform level with the top of the boarding. In a large box on
this platform was the familiar projector, with its reels — and the
proprietor of the place was doing the turning, himself. "Save da
'spense."

On the screen at the back of the lot was a beautiful Thanhouser
picture of several police horses going through their training — and
the "five-cent" audience were following the game with critical ap-
proval. They knew good riding when they saw it. The Kay Bee
Ironmaster followed it — and then came a pretty Reliance film:
Betzveen Home and Country. Presently, the proprietor, noticing
his visitor, became talkative: "Deesa tha stuff! No-a hum cow-
boy an' Marina — No-a! Alia good stuff! Fina picture! Beautifulla
colore! Good-a fight! Me — I know-a all about fight. Me — / go in
Italian Army, once. Alia my peop' lika deesa stuff. Business, he
fine! I maka twenty dol' — every day — si!" The visitor exhibited
some cusiosity about the faces in the windows across the street.
"Ah! ... .Si! ... .Si! My Oncl! — he-a de padrone what rent-a de

casa — da 'oiise'. Da back-a-room, he not get so much.
But dn fronta room, he getta for half-a-dol more, every
week — an' give-a me thirty centa. For — ecco!. . . .Da Peop'
in data room, he 'ave be entertain every night."

The point which struck the Editor in this proposition
was that a class of people inhabiting the cheapest tenements
in the city were far more critical in the class of enter-
tainment they patronized than others further West — who presum-
ably made at least fifty per cent, more, in wages, every week.
And the rule appeared to hold good all down the East Side.
Wherever a keenly intelligent section of the population was to
be found, they apparently insisted upon a class of moving pictures
which represented the actual facts of real life — and the more true
they were to life, the more requests there were to have them
repeated. In fact, iMutual Films and keenly intelligent audiences
seemed to go together nearly everywhere. Even if the program was
a mixed one in which other films appeared, it was a noticeable fact
that every film shown was of the clean, decent, highly interesting or
instructive sort — and the audiences were keenly appreciative of good
actin.

Going across the River into Brooklyn, the Editor came upon the
proprietor of a very bright, clean and well-ventilated little theatre
on Fulton Street — and was surprised at the number of old favorites
shown him upon a list of requests. Tannhauser, released way back
in July, was recalled for three different evenings. The Majestic
Japanese Courtship was in demand for two evenings. A Kay Bee
Two Reel, For Love of the Flag, which first appeared last May—
and the Keystone Speed Queen, a June release, were booked for the
same evening. Aside from these old favorits, this particular
theatre was showing practically all of the new Mutual Releases,
each week — or at least two representative ones from each brand.
And here again came the test of intelligence among its audiences
— for it was in a section where some of the richest Brooklyn
families rub elbows with bright, well-educated tradesmen — proprie-
tors of small shops — young people of the High-School middle clar =
— and even a poorer element who are not dull-witted.

Of course, not all of the cleaner, more desirable films were Muti
als. The Editor saw with keen enjoyment a number of othe;
turned out by conscientious manufacturers. But it did warm tl
cockles of his heart to note that of all the Mutuals he saw th;
evening, not one was objectionable in any zmy — and they weu
being repeated by request, again and again.

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Reel Life

Adapted from Adele Luehrman's "Reliance" Play

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1

<^ |\HEY had come aboard two or three hours earlier than the rest
1 of the passengers — partly because there was nothing demand-
ing their attention ashore, and partly from the desire to
accustom themselves to surroundings which were to for.m a little iso-
lated world to them during the next two weeks. And, after inspect-
ing their luxurious suite upon the hurricane deck, they had come out
to lean over the rail and watch the steerage passengers being
herded into the depths below the fo'c's'le-head. With her hand rest-
ing inside his elbow, she nestled close against him.

"Isn't it wonderful, Hugh ! Two days ago, you were a bachelor
who had never had any experience with women, and / was an
inexperienced girl — looking forward with a mixture of fear and
happiness to my wedding, that night. I really hadn't much idea of
what a man would be like when one had him all to one's self —
and, do you know, I was rather afraid of you. Foolish of me,
wasn't it? Though I don't believe any man was ever quite as mce
as you are, dear. And now, we're a regular settled-down, married
couple. We belong to each other — nothing can ever part us. And
we're sailing away on this lovely ship, all alone by ourselves — to

beautiful countries we've never seen. And we're jvst going to
loaf — and have each other.for two or three months — perhaps longer,
if we find it interesting. Do you know, dear — I'm frightfully glad
you're rich and can do this sort of thing without stopping to
consider expense. There have been times — when Ned and Jimmy
were going to college — when we had to pinch a bit and do without
some of the pretty things we wanted. It's such a relief, not having
to worry about money, or anything. Don't you think so? . . . Hm?

"Why — yes, Dora. I had my pinching time, too, you know.
When I was bending every effort to get ahead — studying nights,
and working daytimes. But after a while I got rather philosophical.
I had reverses — every one does. But there was always a chance
to try again — and then, before I realized just how it happened,
things began to come my way. And best of all, I met yon."

"You say you had 'reverses'? . . . You aren't going to have
any more, are you, dear?"

"Oh, probably. I'm pretty well fixed, now — but you can never
tell. Complications and misfortunes arise when one least expects
them. The only thing one can do is to keep pegging away and be
that much ahead when they blow over."

"But — you don't think anything could ever come between us,
do you !"

"I don't think of such possibilities at all. They're bad enough
when they come. We'll hope that nothing of that sort ever happens
to us. Forget it, Dora. Look at the crowd of saloon passengers
coming up the the gangway. It must be near sailing time. Yes — •
there's the pilot up on the bridge with Captain Forbes. I'm
glad I happened to know the Captain — it will be a lot pleasanter,
having seats right next to him at the head of the table."

Five days later, when the ship was in the middle of the Pacific,
they felt themselves old and seasoned travelers. There had been a
first day of partial misery for both — until the motion of the boat
ceased to affect them — but after that they had made a number of
pleasant acquaintances and began to enjoy every minute of the
glorious life at sea. The ship was a new one — making a trans-
Pacific record. Everything was spotlessly clean — every one in
the best of spirits. About four bells, that evening, they were
leaning over the starboard rail, watching the phosphorescent dots
in the swirl of white foam which swept along the steamer's side
plating — and, presently, when the first officer stepped along aft from
the bridge, they noticed an expression of apprehension in his face.
That afternoon, there had been a jarring, muffled explosion which
momentarily shook the entire ship, but an explanation had been
promptly posted in the saloon companion-way that a gasolene tank had
exploded somewhere below, but that no great damage had been done
and no one seriously injured. By dinner time, every one had
practically forgotten the incident, but when Mortimer and his wife
saw the first officer's face, they began to feel a vague uneasiness.

There was something wrong with the ship, and the officer was
trying to keep his nerves under control — that was the impression
they got. None of the other passengers appeared to have noticed
anything out of the way. The usual games were being played in
the smoking-room. There was music in the ballroom — and several
couples on the floor, trying the Tango. The row of steamer
chairs along the hand-rail of the deck house were partly filled
with occupants in caps and rugs, and a number of couples were
taking their evening constitutional up and down the promenade
deck.

Mortimer leaned far over the rail and glanced down at the

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line of swirling foam— it was perceptibly higher than when he had
last noticed it. The lower row of ports was now barely a foot
above the water, though the engines hadn't slowed down in the
least.

"Let's go to our room for a few minutes, Dora— there's some-
thing I want to hunt up."

"Oh, Hugh! ... Do you really think . . . ?"

"Think what?" (Then— in a whisper) "Brace up, girlie— for
heaven's sake don't look frightened! People will think there
is something the matter — and there'll be a panic in no time ! Come
along to our room — and laugh a little, if you can."

As their suite was on the promenade deck, it took but a few
moments to reach it. When the door was closed, Mortimer, coolly
but rapidly, concentrated upon taking from their trunks their
valuables and a few bare necessities which could be made up into
a small bundle. Then he took from the racks a couple of life-
preservers and carefully adjusted one around his wife's waist,
throwing a heavy macintosh over her shouders, outside of it.
Buckling the other life-preserver about himself, he also put on a
macintosh over it and opened the window. Up and down the
deck, the passengers were now gathered in excitedly-talking groups,
the steamer chairs were deserted. As he glanced along the gangway
the engines slowed down and stopped. That settled it. There
was a rising crescendo of cries — demands for a statement from
the officers — a stampede for the staterooms — and a general surge
toward the boats.

When Mortimer and his wife came out on deck, two officers
stood by each of the life-boats with drawn revolvers — and cox-
wains were clearing the falls to lower them. Now and then a
voice from the bridge bellowed through a megaphone: Women
and children in the first boats! . . . Women and children -first . . .
All the men will wait until the women and children are clear! . . .
keep your heads, you men — women and children first!"

Dora Mortimer was clinging to her husband, wildly, passionately.

"I won't go, Hugh !-...! can't! They can't make me leave
you, can they? H it must be so, we'll die together! Kiss me,
dear ! . . . Oh, don't let them take me from you !"

"Nonsense, Girlie! . . . No one's going to make you go if you
prefer staying — but you'll be far more comfortable in the boat.
The ship really isn't going to sink — her compartments will keep
her afloat after she's about so far down in the water — and we'll
be taken off by another steamer in a day or so. But a lot of
the men who remain will be crazed with fear — they'll get at the
liquor somehow — and then this will be no place for a woman !
Can't you see that? No! . . . Your best place is with the other
women in the boats. You've plenty of money on you to reach
Frisco and take the first train home to our new house. I'll
follow you as soon as I can — and when we've bought a few clothes
to replace what were leaving aboard here, we'll start for Yokohama
again— on a longer honeymoon These accidents will happen, you
know — but in the long run they don't amount to anything. Now
give me another kiss and run along. Show those other women that
you've got a little nerve, sweetheart ! Come now — let me help you
over the rail."

As the boats pulled slowly away from the sinking ship, Dora
had her last conscious glimpse of her husband and lover in this
world. He knew, even when he was reassuring her, that the
bulkheads of the few remaining unflooded compartments couldn't
long stand the terrific strain of the inrushing water — and that it
was a matter of hours only when the great ship would go to the
bottom. But he had no intention of going with it. As soon
as his wife was safely away, he ran quickly up to the spar-deck
and cast of¥ the lashings from a small life-raft which he had
noticed one day under a pile of tarpaulins. It was behind a lot
of ventilating-cowls, and no one discovered him while he was get-
ting it out. As the ship sank, he was drawn under water a few
feet, and then floated clear — thoroughly soaked, but with a water-
cask and a tin of biscuits intact. Eight days later, the raft was
cast up by the breakers on the beach of a small island — throwing
him upon a heavy beam imbedded in the sand with such force
that he received a stunning blow on the head. A party of fishermen
discovered him, unconscious, a few hours afterward and took him
where he received excellent medical attention, which restored him
to normal health with the exception of his mind. That remained
a blank as far as his previous history or identity were concerned.

Mortimer had over three thousand dollars on his person when
the fishermen picked him up— and his capacity for making money

appeared to be a sub-consicous trait which no injury seemed to
affect. He invested a thousand dollars in a trading schooner with
which he made several voyages down through the Islands for pearl
and copra. At the end of two years, he came up to San Francisco
with eighty thousand, which he immediately and successfully
invested in various speculations.

Six years after the foundering of the ship he found himself
obsessed with the desire to see a certain Eastern city which he
never remembered having visited. He was now known as Morton
Sutro, a California millionaire — and as far as he had any recol-
lections of his boyhood, he had always lived around Los Angeles.
There was a dim impression in his mind of a wedding there which
he had attended, years before — but the details were too hazy for
coherent thinking. On the other hand — while quite sure that he
had never seen Boston, he seemed to have a mental picture of a
house there which he had been much interested in fitting up. So,
having nothing important on hand for a week or so — he started
one morning for the East.

When he reached Boston, the city appeared ridiculously familiar.
He accounted for this on the theory that he'd often studied maps
of the place and read a great deal about it. Yet, singularly enough,
he found himself taking a certain trolley as a matter of course,
getting off at a certain corner, without hint or reminder from the
conductor. He walked three blocks in one direction, turned to
the left, two blocks — and came to the identical house which had
been in his mind for six years, more or less. At one side of the
doorway there was a small but exceedingly correct bronze sign
which read: STANLEY WALPOLE, M.D. He suddenly re-
membered the name as that of a famous brain specialist — and
the whole object of his trans-continental journey at once became
clear to him. He knew that he had once received an injury
to his brain which affected his memory — the lump still remained
upon the back of his head, and he knew there must have been
an earlier life of which he had no recollection. Someone must
have talked with him about seeing Dr. Walpole, and probably had
described his Boston home. A very simple matter, after all.
Very well, he would put himself under the doctor's treatment. He
rang the bell, went in, and sat down in the doctor's private office.

As the doctor listened to his explanation of himself, he studie.J
his patient. There was something wonderfully familiar in tht
man's face and bearing — it annoyed the physician to think he
couldn't place him. Presently, the maid knocked at the door to asiv
if he could speak to his wife just a moment upstairs before she went
out, and he excused himself to Sutro. In his wife's boudoir, where
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upon the mantel, and, as his glance traveled idly by it he could
scarcely repress an involuntary start. The face in the photograph
and that of the man downstairs in his office were identical. With
his brain fairly in a whirl, he kissed his wife good-bye and went
down to his patient. What could he do? In which direction lay
his obvious duty? Sutro was a perfectly well man. Operations
upon the brain are alwaj-s dangerous to some extent. What would
be gained by restoring his memory — the operation were successful?
It seemed a foregone conclusion that his own home and family
ties must be broken up as a consequence — but — in just what position
would his wife be left? What would be her status — and his — before
the law? What would be the effect upon her health — the effect
upon their child? On the other hand, he knew of the great love
which had existed between this man and Dora. Would it be a
greater wrong to keep them apart after all they had gone through?
Finally, his square jaw set with a snap. There are duties, profes-
sional and ethical, which no man may conscientiously evade.

"Mr. Sutro, I've told you there is always a certain amount of
risk in operations such as you ask me to perform. But, on the
other hand, most men would probably feel that the possible re-
sults were worth the risk — yourself, most of all, I should imagine.
I will undertake to operate upon you, and will use my utmost skill
• — of that you may rest assured. I think, however, that you'd better
consider it for a day or two longer. If you reach a decision, call
me up and I'll have a room prepared for you at the hospital."

When Sutro lay before him under the ether on the operating
table, there was a space of perhaps ten seconds during which Dr.
Walpole considered the situation from every point. A thirty-second
of an inch too far with the knife in the brain tissues and the
complication would be eliminated for all time. No blame could

possibly attach itself to him. A dangerous operation would merely
prove unsuccessful — and there would be an end of it. No one
but he knew this man's story. To his wife and his friends, he'd
been dead for six years. No one would ever know the truth.

The ten seconds passed. With a long, slow breath, the doctor
straightened up, looked out of the window, and with a hand in
which there was not the slightest tremor, proceeded to make the
incision through the skull-bone. A month later, a handsome
westerner who now knew himself as Hugh Mortimer called at
Doctor Walpole's house for a farewell interview — and recognized
the dwelling, erected from his own plans for his lost bride just
before their honeymoon. It was to have been furnished and complete
in every detail upon their return. While he was sadly examining
the room in which he sat and wondering how the doctor had come
into possession of it, Walpole opened the door from his private
office. He was slightly pale — but his manner was as quietly cordial
as ever.

"!Mr. ?vIortimer, I've not sent you a bill for my services, nor
do I intend doing so. Your life and mine appear to be mixed up
in one of the strangest complications that ever occurred in actual
life. I might spend hours trying to straighten out the tangle in
this interview, but we should be at cross-purposes and neither would
fully appreciate the position of the other. I've thought out another
way, and I'm going to ask that you obey my instructions as im-
plicitly as though you were still my patient. Will you agree to
do so?"

Mortimer felt a strange chill of apprehension creeping about
his heart — but he nodded.

"Very well. I want you to follow me upstairs as quieth' as
you can. At the head of the stairs, there is a little 'den,' as you

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undoubtedly remember. At one side of that is an archway which
opens into my wife's sitting room. There is a portiere drawn
across that archway. Wlien we go up, you will step into the 'den'
and look cautiously through the portieres when I go into the next
room — being careful to make no sound, and remembering how
much of a shock your appearance would be to a person who believes
you dead. The rest I leave entirely to your discretion and wishes.
You will have time for reflection — and you will decide upon your
course. Whatever you decide, I shall consider as irrevocable.
Now — follow me and step as softly as you can."

At the top of the stairs Mortimer stepped into the little smoking-
den — no detail of

and, drawing aside the portieres a fraction of an inch, looked
through at the beautiful woman seated in the next room. For a
second or two his heart stopped beating — he felt suffocated. Dora !
Here ! Within reach of his arms ! His hand tightened upon the
folds of the portiere — in another instant he would have torn it
aside and gone in to her. Then the hall door opened — and Doctor
Walpole came in. Dora rose from her chair and went to him
as simply and naturally as if she had always belonged in his arms.
Noticing the lines of worry and exhaustion in his face, she kissed
him repeatedly. Then she drew him softly over to a crib in the
corner and, stooping over it, pointed to the expression upon the
face of a beautiful sleeping child — pointed to the chubby fists, half
curled under the pillow — and uncovered the two little pink feet,
for him to look. Then, with a little happy, purring noise, she
kissed him again.

Mortimer's hands were clenched until the nails drew blood
The lines etched in his face during the next five minutes remained
there during the rest of his life. Behind the curtain, he reached
out his arms toward her — then turned with a stifled sob and sank
down upon a divan, burying his face in the cushions. Presently
he got upon his feet again, crept softly down the stairs, and left
the house, staggering like a drunken man.

Hugh Mortimer died that night. Morton Sutro still lives.

Why Horses Scare

The family at the supper table had been discussing a horse
frightened by an automobile into running away. After silently
listening for a while little Mary look up from her plate.

"I don't blame horses," she said, "for being afraid of auto-
mobiles. You would be, too, if you were a horse."

"Why, Mary?"

"Well," said Mary, "wouldn't you be scared if you saw a
pair of pants coming along without a man in them?" — Everybody's
Magazine.

True Thrift

A certain millionaire, who owes his fortune to his thrift and
economy, tells this story of a bookkeeper to illustrate the way
in which those qualities work to the advantage o^ their possessor :

"I once made up my mind," said the bookkeeper, "that I would
become the owner of a gold watch. I saved up the money for it
in this way: "When I felt like eating a SO-cent luncheon I ate
a 2S-cent one instead and put the other quarter aside for my
watch fund. You will hardly believe it, but in less than six
months I had saved money enough to purchase the watch."

"But you don't seem to have bought it," objected his friend.

"Well, no. When I found how easily I could get along with-
out the 50-cent luncheons I concluded I could get along without
the gold watch, and the watch fund is growing into a house-and-
lot fund now." — Youth's Conipanicn.

Trouble Easily Got Over

Zeuxis, the celebrated artist, of ancient Greece, had painted the
cherries so true to life that the birds came and pecked at them.

Of course, the rich pork packer who had paid $500,000 for the
canvas couldn't stand for that.

"Paint in a scarecrow !" he commanded, with an air of one
accustomed to meet emergencies.- — Puck.

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Taming a Cowboy

American

3 Loye of C©jiciikA

Majestic — September 28th, 1913

The plaza was filled with a moving, twisting, laughing crowd
of masquers — dressed in bright colors — pelting each other with
confetti — lifting bright eyes under the gleam of the lanterns —
making coquettish gestures in the safer shadows, where tricks
of manner and the tones of a voice were not quite so likely to
betray one's identity. On the East Side of the plaza was the
customary shrineoto Santa Catalina — patron Saint of the town—
and before it, the guitarists and mandolinistos.

Under the arcade arches of the Palacio del Gobernador,
opposite, a graceful figure in a pink satin skirt and lace mantilla,
which was drawn across the lower part of the face, glided in
and out among the whispering groups until it came to the
central arch. Here, the girl paused a moment before stepping
out into the better lighted plaza — and as she did so, a masquer
in a handsome caballero's costume paused at her elbow.

"Buenos noches, Senorita. Your mantilla is beautiful — but
I wish it were more loosely woven — or elsewhere."

"So? And why, Senor?" (tossing a handful

of confetti over him as she spoke).

"Por Dios! It hides something far more

beautiful Of that, one cannot doubt."

"And — if the caballero should be mistaken?"

"Faith — I'll wager a new silken rebozol Will the Senorita
take pity on a most devoted admirer — and remove the mantilla?"

"Will the Senor also unmask? I will confess to some curi-
osity as to his appearance." (He looked quickly around at the

shadowy figures near them — noticing a more deserted spot
under the arcade.)

"Si — Senora — with pleasure — for an instant. But — let us get
back a little more in the shadow — lest thy duenna or someone
of thy family see us." (Stepping back where their faces could
not be seen, she dropped the mantilla from her face — and he
removed his masque. Then — they looked deep into each other's
eyes.)

"Por Dios! Thou art beautiful, Carissima mia !"

"And thou, caballero — I could find it in my heart to like thee
much."

Unconsciously, their hands clasped — they began a whispered
conversation. Presently, another caballero, without a masque,
came up to them and touched the girl on the arm. She drew
back with a gesture of repulsion — but finally, after he became
more insistent, took his arm and walked out into the plaza —
glancing back at the handsome caballero, who had quickly re-
placed his masque as the other approached. As they left the
plaza by a street on the opposite side and walked slowly toward
a hacienda in the suburbs, he followed them — and when they
entered the garden at the end of the corral, she turned and saw
him. Taking a rose from her hair, she tossed it backward over
her shoulder, and he caught it — pressed it to his lips — raised
his sombrero — then walked away, as her escort angrily reproved
her for the action.

Conchita was beautiful — and knew it. Her father, Don Felipe

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Mignon Has Adventures

Playing in widely separated localities for the sake of true
"atmosphere," James Cruze and Mignon Anderson, leads in Than-
houser's "Plot Against the Governor," were just slightly fagged
out when the picture was completed. They were filmed in action
at the Capitol, Albany, in studio scenes at New Rochelle, and at the
State prison. Sing Sing. For the latter scenes. Director Heffron
obtained permits that planted moving picture cameras on the walls
of the great Sing Sing for the first time in its history. Never, it
is stated, have such "close-up" views of the famous jail been taken,
and through it all. Miss Anderson wasn't one bit scared, although
some of the prisoners looked tough enough to bite. In the "Daugh-
ter Worth While," another of Director Hefifron's pictures, the little
"Thanhouser blonde" is shown in a quite perilous stunt. This
is nothing less than racing an auto against a Jersey Central train,
and the film shows more than flashes of the race, too. The little
"lead" had never driven an automobile before, and took lessons
especially for the picture. It was a great big touring car, in which
she out-speeded the train. In this picture, she also races a yacht
against a ferry-boat, and wins.

Wanted to See the Fun

Eddy, little Bobby's playmate, was asked by a motion pic-
ture company to pose for it. Later when the picture was pro-
duced Bobby went to see "him." Eddy played a thrilling role
of escaping from the pantry with a glass of jam just before his
"aunt" went in search of him.

Bobby sat through the show, eyeing his playmate a little
jealously, and then every day that week found Bobby spending
his nickel for a front seat.

The manager of the show, becoming curious, asked the rea-
son, and Bobby replied:

"Some day that woman's gonna ketch 'im, an' I wanna see
the fun." — Judge.

J. M, Fairman, Adv. Mgr. Times-News

MARRIED
Sept. 27, 1913

At the residence of the Groom— No. 220 W. 42nd St., this City—
in the presence of the combined staf¥ and numerous friends
The Exhibitors' Times
and

The Moving Picture News

The happy couple will retain the Groom's handsomely
furnished and completely equipped residence at the above
address, under the name of

THE TIMES NEWS

A Motion Picture Weekly

7 u^^'nP^^'^' jf . ! Editors J. M. Fairman, Adv. Mgr.

John M. Beadletj

We reproduce Mr. Fairman's picture and extend our best

wishes to the new consolidation.

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A Pitfall of the Instalment Plan

Oct. 6, 1913

Steve Martin Warren Kerrigan

Alice Martin Vivian Rich

Charlie, her boy Alonzo Greenwood

Helen,, her girl Helen Armstrong

Boss of the Concrete Workers Jack Richardson

Proprietor of the Green Store George Periolat

Police Matron Louise Lester

In "A Pitfall of the Instalment Plan," the American is putting
out another drama of business — a type of play in which the
Chicago company is notably successful. It deals with the em-
ployment problem, graft, dishonest construction and false imprison-
ment— ^all affecting the fortunes of Steve Martin, his wife and
children.

Steve had the reputation of being a good workman, but, like
hundreds of others, he suddenly finds himself out of a job — and
months of walking .the streets brings no better luck. He is forced
to move his family to a cheaper neighborhood; his wife and
children go shabby — and Martin himeslf is in despair — when a
stranger suddenly makes him an offer as foreman of a concrete
mixing crew, at work on a new structure for a department store.
Martin is engaged, on condition that he obey any orders whatsoever
that the boss of the concrete workers may give. He takes the
position at $16.00 per week, and is apparently making good — to his
great joy and the intense happiness of his wife — when one day he
discovers a workman stinting the measure of concrete. On in-
vestigation Martin ferrets out graft. The boss offers to take him
in on the deal — and when Martin staunchly refuses, he discharges
him.

Martin has not the heart to tell his wife, but wanders about
town day after day in the hope of finding work. Meanwhile, Mrs.

Martin has been buyin,g much-needed clothing and, at last,

some little luxuries and attractive house furnishings on the instal-
ment plan — signing a statement that her husband is employed as
foreman by the concrete construction company. She receives her
goods, the security is investigated and her statement found to be
false. Her arrest follows — and on the morning of the next day,
Mrs. Martin, Martin and the boss of the concrete workers are
all summoned to court. The boss is called as a witness to testify
that Martin was discharged for drunkenness. But the latter vig-
orously denies the accusation, and states the real reason for his
dismissal. Upon the foreclosure of this evidence, the suit is
dropped by the complainant. The department store makes repar-
ation for false imprisonment of Mrs. Martin — and Martin's claim
of fraud in the concrete concern is proven — with the result that
he is put in charge of the construction work, and the grafting
boss is arrested and punished.

The American cast performs this very realistic play most con-
vincingly. The situations are all out of everyday life — and the
character study is genuine — it is a drama of people like those we
have known all our lives.

Taming a Cowboy

Oct. 9, 1913
CAST

Bob Churchill Ed Coxen

Bill Houghton George Field

Dr. Jessie Houghton ' Winifred Greenwood

Dr. iJoynton Marion Murray

Dacv Jim James Harrison

Foreman of the Ranch Chester Withey

In these ominous suffragette days, it is well for every man to
arm himself with such knowledge as he may obtain concerning
professional and other titled individuals with whom he may come
in contact. He should not, for exainple, take it for granted that

the eminent Dr. Jones— the able Jurist, Judge Brown— or the cele-
brated Engineer, C. E. Robinson— make a practice of shaving each
morning, or wear trousers as a matter of birthright. Because —
whisper it gently — they may be of the other persuasion.

Our friends of the "Flying A" have neglected to inform us who
wrote this jolly little mix-up of identities — but it is both dramatic
and amusing. One of the cleverest hits of the month.

Bill Houghtton — ranchman — receives a letter from his sister
Jessie — a graduate physician — that she is coming out to the ranch
for a rest. His bashful partner, Bob Churchill, is sent to meet
her train while Bill is off with the outfit after "rustlers" — and so
far overcomes his bashfulness in a few days- as to be very much
smitten with the girl until he hears that her friend Dr. Boynton
is also coming out to the ranch. This piques Bob to such an extent
that he keeps away from the place — riding the range until wounded
by some of the "rustlers," when he is brought in for treatment and
would have refused Dr. Jessie's services if she hadn't coolly shut
him up and taken charge of him. Later, Jessie's horse runs away
and throws her. Dr. Boynton — then at the station — is hurriedly
sent for — and proves to be another girl, with whom Bill Houghton
soon falls in love. Of course, one understands that the two part-
ners receive medical treatment gratis for the rest of their lives —
but the working out of the comedy is thoroughly amusing and ex-
ceedingly well acted. Miss Greenwood and Miss Murray are at
their best in this sort of thing — while Ed Coxen and George Field
have seldom done anything better than their impersonation of the
two bashful ranch-partners.

A Forlorn Hope

Sept. 26, 1913
By Thomas H. Ince

In "The Forlorn Hope," Mr. Ince has given us a very extra-
ordinary play. It is a tragedy — and tragedies are as rare in
kinetic art as melodrama is usual. It is simple, finished, true to
life — notably characteristic of Mr. Ince, with his keen sense of
artistic unity and his appreciation of large, dramatic effects.

The story of Billy, the sheriff's son, is brief and pathetic.
Billy is very young when he goes prospecting for gold — and his
claim proves worthless. He has never before had to face a
great disappointment — he is ashamed to fail — he thinks the
whole world is against him — he sees in imagination his father
and mother confidently awaiting his return, rich, a hero. The
boy is all alone in the wilderness — half crazed with despair. He
tries to drown his sorrows in drink — then he hears that a big
shipment of gold is going from the settlement by the next
stage — and an evil inspiration, almost an hallucination in his
pitifully desperate state, seizes him.

Feverishly, he writes a letter home.

"Dear father and mother: Have struck it rich. Am leaving
here to-morrow for home. Love to you both.

Your son,

Billy."

The action along the road — the stage hold-up — the double
implication of the bandit, Holt, and the boy prospector — moves
rapidly, breathlessly. The big dramatic moment comes with
the sheriff's recognition of his own son in the thief he has shot
down, and the death of the boy in his father's arms. The three
scenes following, move slowly — each clear cut and powerful.
First — Billy's mother, re-reading his letter and placing the
night lamp in the window when it becomes so late she can
watch no longer — the father putting the last, clumsy, grief-
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marked the lonely mound in the desert — the painful straighten-
ing up of his stiff, weary body — the reluctant leave-taking over
the grave — -the gaunt figure looming against the cloudy night
sky, leading his horse slowly homeward, staggering wearily
over the uneven ground — the figure dissolving in the growing
darkness.

Those who are fortunate enough to see this play, will retain
for a long time the vivid impression it produces.

Keystone

When Dreams Come True

Sept. 22, 1913

Last week, we referred, editorially, to this lively comedy —
uproariously acted by Mabel Normand and the well-known Keystone
Company, including the inimitable Fatty. But the play is good
enough for special mention in the "Review" columns as well. In
fact the Editorial Department has "requested it" for "itself and
friends" at a nearby Brooklyn theatre one evening next week — and
expects to enjoy another hearty laugh, with accompanying shud-
ders, over it.

The Man insists upon going off on his bi-monthly bat, in spite
of his wife's remonstrations. In the saloon where be acquires his
agreeable sensations he meets a snake-charmer — who leaves his suit-
case full of snakes, outside, against the other one belonging to the
man. Bimeby, Mr. Man goes home, nicely lighted up and is put
to bed by his faithful wife — who presently brings in his suit-case
and slams it on the bureau with such impatience that the cover
bursts open. She is scarcely out of the room when the snakes
begin to emerge and scatter — real live snakes of the diamond-back
Rattler species. The partly-sobered man finds one between his
knees on the bed — gently swaying toward his face. Another hangs
from the chandelier with a gas-globe at the end of its tail. The
whole room is alive with them. The wife comes in — nearly faints
— rushes out for help. Fatty responds — takes one look — falls out
of the door on the rebound. Two Policemen come running in with
drawn revolvers — and go out with a squirming rattlesnake coiled
about each gasping neck. The husband, in his nightshirt — now
crazed with physical repulsion — runs from the house and down
the road with a mass of writhing Rattlers around his neck. Runs

up the steep-pitched roof of a barn — and jumps off. Tears along
the road — into a spooning country-couple, locked in each other's
arms — scares them speechless. Runs out upon a bridge — leaps from
the rail into the river — and finds Br'er Snake amiably swimming
toward him in the water. Then his wife appears running out on
the bridge— jumps in after him— grabs his hair and keeps him afloat
until the Police rescue them.

The whole play is a combination of scream and shiver — suffo-
cating laughter and creepy, crawlv sensation. See it — by all means.
But for h eaven's sake drink nothing stronger than lemonade or
soda when you come out. For the Diamond-backs will get you —
if you don't — watch — out.

Majestic

The Man of the Wilderness

Oct. 4, 1913
By Reed Heustis

"The Man of the Wilderness" is an absorbing drama of two
men — and a girl who didn't know her own heart.

Jack, the trapper, is a primitive man of the West — long suffering
in love, vehement in hate. Leonard, from the East, is a "gentle-
man"— in matters of deep feeling, little beter than a dilletante.
The two are utterly different — the former, a type well known to the
girl from childhood — the latter with the glamor of novelty. When
Leonard first comes to the ranch, Alison is fascinated by his pol-
ished manners and flattering attentions— so different from Jack's
rough and ready ways — and she persuades herself that she is in
love with him. The trapper goes off into the wilds — to forget.
But accident will not have it so — and the revenge he takes on his
rival is as characteristic of a man of his nature as is his self sacri-
fice later for his love of the girl, and her love of the other man.

On the day they are to be married, the Easterner, at the eleventh
hour, makes a futile attempt to run away from his own wedding. It

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is the trapper who brings him back to the girl. Her revulsion is
complete — she sees the two men as they are. There can be no
doubt which has loved her always — and at last, she knows her own
heart.

The play is strong for its character study and its dramatic
situations. It turns constantly on the unexpected, and holds the
interest, spellbound, to the end. ■

Apollo

Sept. 14, 21, 28, 1913

The Appollo, a newcomer in the field of kinetic attractions, is
launching out with three comedies — "Love Me, Love My Dog,"
"Fred's Trained Nurse" and "The Speed Bear." These are aimed
at the laughter-loving public, pure and simple — and the latter
two especially are rollicking farce.

"Fred's Trained Nurse" is altogether the funniest and most im-
probable invention. Fred falls in love with a pretty nurse
on the street one day — and tries every possible way to get into
the hospital. He does his best to take poison — but the suspicious
druggist gives him milk instead of carbolic acid. Then he schemes
to get run over by an automobile. He comes a trifle nearer this
time and is hustled to the hospital where he is committed to the
care of the pretty nurse. Everything goes blissfully, until Fred's
young pals come to call, and are also smitten with his charming
attendant. Then the plot thickens. The lively scenes in Miss
Bertram's ward cannot be described — they must be seen. The
playwright is certainly nothing short of a genius to be able to
get so many good laughs out of a hospital!

"The Speed Bear" is a farce on the speed mania. It is a delight-
ful parody on the young 5port, the "Speed Bear" being a lumbering
old car, figuring ridiculously at Santa\ Monica. There are realistic
breakdowns, also — with the "Speed Bear" to the rescue. .A.uto-
mobilists and all who are interested in sports, will thoroughly
relish the "motor color" — and eveA a layman cannot fail to be
convulsed by the clumsy antics of/ Jim and his antique car.

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Hearts of the Dark

Sept. 29, 1913

"Hearts of the Dark" is a sober-hued drama, of intense interest
— designed, not to entertain, but to reveal certain very serious sides
of life. It is a study in feminine delinquency — showing how seldom
we can judge a woman who has committed a crime by appearances —
that, usually, circumstances, motives and emotions, underlying her
actions, exonerate her in the eyes of the moral law.

Edith is a model in a fashionable modiste's shop. AH day long,
she has to parade before wealthy customers, displaying gorgeous
gowns — and every night she goes home to the stuffy tenement, where
Rosanna, her little girl, is growing weaker and sicklier with the
summer heat. One day Mrs. Devereaux comes into the shop,
on her way to the seashore, with her little boy. The picture of the
sturdy Devereaux youngster playing on the cool sands, contrasted
with Rosanna's pale, thin face, and great, feverish eyes, gazing
up at her from the bed in the stifling tenement, is too much for
Edith — in her despair, she takes Mrs. Devereaux's purse.

This is the beginning of the hunted life Edith lives — from the
hour she steals the purse and is instantly detected. She is sent to
the reformatory, and her child is snatched from her. Out on
parole, the authorities refuse her the guardianship of Rosanna —
and the outraged mother abducts her own child from the asylum.
Then she escapes to the country — and is happy there for a few
weeks, watching Rosanna grow plump and strong and rosy. A
young electrician falls in love with Edith, and she marries him.
Life begins to look up.

But associates of Edith's past return to dog her steps, and to
menace her happiness, in the new life. A desperate woman, whom
Edith has known in the reformatory, uses her knowledge of
Edith's past, in forcing her husband to hand over a sum of money,
entrusted to him by a Benevolent Society — threatening, otherwise,
to give Edith over to the police. Edith, who cannot endure the
thought of Dick's going to prison — especially to shield her — calls in
the police herself, and is on the point of surrendering to them,
as an escaped convict — when, at last, events take a happy turn.
It is good to feel that, in real life, the cloud may at length be lifted
from a victim of circumstance, poverty and false justice, like Edith
— and a woman of such unselfish, spontaneous nature, find herself
free at last to live and love as her heart commands.

Irene Hunt should be strongly commended on her portrayal of
Edith, which is simple, sympathetic and intensely natural. Her able
acting carries the entire point of the play.

The Buffer

Oct. 6, 1913

The romance of a honeymoon — with a spice of playful revenge
thrown in— is this very charming little comedy, "The Buffer." Dick
and Daisy have taken possession of a friend's country house for
the beatific first month of their marriage — and when Howard, Dick's
cousin, drops down upon them, Daisy is not at all pleased. Dick,

Calamity Ann's Sacrifice American

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The Farmer's Daughter

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ting all the fun there is to be had out of the situation for them-
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smoke and commiserate one another — while the girls and their
mother are enjoying the joke.

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their reckoning — for one day, they take off the ridiculous calicoes,
and let down their wavy, abundant hair, tying it with beaut'ful
ribbons to match their dainty muslin gowns — and then they go walk-
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This is where the real romance of the play begins. Farmer Freel
reaches home just in time to see how perfectly his shrewd offer is
working — and he is satisfied — not without ireason — that he has
solved the help problem for the rest of his life.

Indiana Motion Picture Exhibitors' Convention

The Indiana Motion Picture Exhibitors Association, which was
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day, Sept. 10, 1913', with a big attendance. Several questions of
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Figuratively Speaking

"Father," said little Herbert, "why doesn't mother travel with
the circus?"

"What could she do in a circus?"

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Kronstadt, Russia — Monument erected to the memory of
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Another novel drama from the pen of Forrest Halsey,
dealing with life in the slums. A masterpiece of beautiful
sentiment and tender heart interest.

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A SPLENDID NEW-IDEA DRAMA WITH A SPE-
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SOCIETY GIRL BECOMES A STRIKE LEADER,
AND WINS A WORTH-WHILE HUSBAND.

Adele Luehrman's
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In Two Parts

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" Mother's Boy "

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and the disappointed one orders one of her suitors to
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butt in and chase the fighters up a telegraph post, and
amusing situations arise before they are rescued.

"Tfee B©wlling Matcla"

One reel, Sept. 27

Two men bowl for the love of Mabel. Each has his
crowd with him. One bribes the pin boy to place metal
spots on the alley and the bottom of the pins so that
when the other makes a strike the pins immediately
hop back in place again. The trick is discovered and a
riot takes place between the rival factions, and it is
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"Billy Dodges Bills"

One reel, Oct. 2

Billy is harassed by creditors and tries to sneak away
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by determined collectors, and discovers the S'herifT
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Tony Vido unsuccessfully tries to have his opera pro-
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found unconscious by the soldiers who drive the In-
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"Flying A" One and Two Reel Features
The Best Films For the Best Theatres

"A Pitfall of tlie ImXnlm^aX ?lnn"

A Two Part Sociological drama featuring -i. VyARRiLM K'CRRKnXM as an

artisan in a human interest story

Release, M^lliay, Oct, 6, One, Three and Six Sheet Lithographs

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A bully Western love-story, full of action and incident by Ed Coxen and

Winifred Greenwood supported by well known stars
Ilsfease, Tlaarsday, OsL 9, 1913 One and Three Sheet Lithographs

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Featuring Louise Lester in her inimitable character role
Release, Satarday, Ost, 11, 1913 One and Three Sheet Lithographs

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1 Reel, October W

Burns, a student of psychology, is vexed at the attentions of Bates to Mrs. Burns. He falls asleep,
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from noted authorities, and, in addition to being weird and fascinating, is of exceptional educational value.

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'A Forgotten Melody" OCT. 8

"The Plot Against the Governor" OCT. 7

"A Pitfall of the Installment Plan" OCT. 6

"Targets of Fate" (2) OCT. 4

"Exoneration" (2) OCT. 2

"The Greenhorn" (2) OCT. 1

"Life's Pathway" (2) SEPT. 30

"Silent Heroes" (2) SEPT. 24

"The Ghost of the Hacienda" (2) SEPT. 22

"The Stolen Woman" (2) SEPT. 20

"The Bondsman" (2) SEPT. 18

"The Land of Dead Things" (2) SEPT. 17

' The Clown's Daughter" (2) SEPT. 13

"The Message to Headquarters" (2) SEPT. 12

"For the Crown" (2) SEPT. 8

"The Glow Worm" (2) SEPT. 6

"The Ironmaster" (2) SEPT. 3

"The Veteran Police Horse" (2) SEPT. 2

"The Green Shadow" (2) AUG. 29

"The Madcap" (2) AUG. 27

"The Ward of the King" (2) AUG. 26

"For the Flag" (2) AUG. 25

"Success" (2) AUG. 23

"An Orphan of War" (2) AUG. 22

"The Fire Bugs" (2) AUG. 21

"The Heritage of Eve" (2) AUG. 20

"The Flame in the Ashes" (2) AUG. IS

"The Quakeress" (2) AUG. 13

"The Missing Witness" AUG. 12

"The Adventures of Jacques" (2) AUG. 11

"The Fight for Right" (2) AUG. 9

"The House of Bondage" (3) AUG. 8

"Banzai" (2) AUG. 1

"A War Time Mother's Sacrifice" (2) JULY 30

"Little Dorrit" (2) JULY 29

"The Scapegoat" (2) JULY 28

"The Higher Justice" (2) JULY 26

"The Missionary's Sister" (2) JULY 26

"Flotsam" (2) JULY 25

"Grand Dad" (2) JULY 23

"Man and Woman" (2) JULY 23

"Old Mammy's Secret Code" (3) JULY 16

"Tannhauser" (3) JULY 15

"With Honor at Stake" (2) JULY 15

"Truth in the Wilderness" (2) JULY 14

"Ashes" (2) JULY 12

"The Banshee" (2) JULY 11

"Heart Throbs" (2) JULY 9

"The Crimson Stain" (3) JULY 4

"King Rene's Daughter" (3) JULY 1

"Quicksands" (2) JUNE 30

"The Tangled Web" (3) JUNE 28

"The Seal of Silence" (2) JUNE 27

"The Transgressor" (2) JUNE 25

"The Demon of Destruction" (2) JUNE 24

"The Failure of Success" (2) JUNE 20

"From the Shadows" (2) JUNE 18

"The Snare of Fate" (2) JUNE 17

"The Soul of a Thief" (2) JUNE 16

"Half a Chance" (3) JUNE 14

"The Boomerang" (3) JUNE 13

"A True Believer" (2) JUNE 6

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 6th

AMERICAN,

A Pitfall of the Instalment Plan

(2 reel Drama)

KEYSTONE Across the Alley

— Abelone Industry

(Split-Reel)

RELIANCE The Buffer

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7th

MAJESTIC The Heritage

SELECTED RELEASE

THANHOUSER Louie, the Life-Saver

(2 reel Drama)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8th

BRONCHO A Forgotten Melody

(2 reel Drama)

MUTUAL WEEKLY

RELIANCE Once Upon a Time

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9th

AMERICAN Taming a Cowboy

DOMINO Title Not Reported

SELECTED RELEASE

KEYSTONE Schnitz, the Tailor

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10th

KAY-BEE The Revelation

(Drama)

THANHOUSER A Girl Worth While

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11th

AMERICAN Calamity Anne's Sacrifice

(Farce)

MAJESTIC The Iceman

RELIANCE The Rebellious Pupil

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12th

MAJESTIC The Van Warden Rubies

THANHOUSER The Deep Sea Liar

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Reel

MONDAY — American, Keystone,
Reliance.

TUESDAY— Majestic, Thanhouser.
Selected Release.

WEDNESDAY— Broncho, Mutual
Weekly, Reliance.

THURSDAY— American, Domino,
Keystone. Selected Release.

FRIDAY— Kay-Bee, Thanhouser.

SATURDAY— American, Majestic,
Reliance.

SUNDAY — Broncho, Majestic,
Thanhouser.

Tuly

July

Tuly

July

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Sept.

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Oct.

Oct.

?ept.
Sept.
Sept.

24 — Tom Blake's Redemption

26— She Will Never Know
28 — The Scapegoat (2 reels)
31 — Mission Bells

2 — Single Handed Jim

4 — When Chemistry Counted

7 — Golden Gate Park and Environs
9 — His Sister Lucia

12 — The Adventures of Jacques (2 reels)

14 — The Mystery of Tusa
16 — An Even Exchange

18 — A Tide in the Affairs of Men

21— The Golden Heart
23— Flesh of His Flesh

25 — For the Flag (2 reels)

28 — From the Portals of Despair
30 — Jack Meets His Waterloo

1— While There's Life
4 — The Poisoned Chop

6 — The Mysterious Eyes

8— For the Crown (2 reels)

11 — Through the Neighbors' Window

13 — Red Sweeney's Defeat

15 — Calamity Anne, Heroine
18— A Fall Into Luck

20 — Travelers of the Road

22 — The Ghost of the Hacienda (2 reels)
25 — Mrs. Carter's Campaign

27 — Master of Himself

29 — The Flirt and the Bandit

2— The Badge of Honor
4 — Crooks and Credulous

14 — Love Me, Love My Dog

21 — Fred's Trained Nurse (2 reels)

28 — The Speed Bear

9— Heart Throbs (2 reels)

16 — Old Mammy's Secret Code (3 reels)
23— Grand-Dad (2 reels)

30 — A War Time Mother's Sacrifice

(2 reels)

6 — Joe Hibbard's Claim (2 reels)

13 — The Quakeress (2 reels)

20— The Heritage of Eve (2 reels)

27— The Madcap (2 reels)

31 — The Broken Thread (1
3 — The Gambler's Pal

7 — May and December

10— The Judge's Son

14 — No release

17— The Land of Dead Things (2 reels)

21 — No release

24 — Silent Heroes (2 reels)

28 — No release

1 — The Greenhorn (2 reels)

reel)

July
July
July
July

Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Oct.

Sept. 18 — The Bondsman (2 reels)
S'ept. 25 — A Highland Romance (2 reels)
Oct. 2^Exoneration (2 reels)

Kay^lee

May 16 — For Love of the Flag (2 reels)

May 23— The Miser (2 reels)

May 30— A Child of War (2 reels)
June 6 — A True Believer (2 reels)

June 13 — The Boomerang (3 reels)
Oct. 3 — The Loaded Dice

Tune 20-
June 27-
July 4-
Tuly 11-
July 18-
July 25-
Aug. 1-
Aug. 8-
Aug. 15-
Aug. 22-
Aug. 29-
Sept. 5-
Sept. 12-
Sent. 19-
Sept. 26-

June 12-
Tune 16-
june 19-
Tune 19-
June 23-
June 23-
June 26-
Tune 26-
Tune 30-

-The Failure of Success (2 reels)
-The Seal of Silence (2 reels)
-The Crimson Stain (3 reels)
-The Banshee (2 reels)
-The Red Mask (1 reel)
-Flotsam (2 reels)
-Banzai (2 reels)
-The House of Bondage (3 reels)
-The Flame in the Ashes (2 reels)
-An Orphan of War (2 reels)
-The Green Shadow (2 reels)
—The Ironmaster
-The Waif

—The Cowtown Reformation
-A Forlorn Hope

July

Tuly 7-

Tuly 10-

July 14-

Tuly 17-

July 21-

Tuly 21-

Tuly 24-

"Tuly 28-

July 31-

Aug. 4-

Aug. 7-

Aug. 7-

Aug. 11-

Aug. 14-

Aug. 18-

Aug. 21-

Aug. 25-

Aug. 28-

Sept. 1-

Sept. 4-

Sept. 8-

Sept. 11-

Sept. 15-

Sept. 18-

Sept. 22-

Sept. 25-

Sept. 29-

Oct. 2-

Sept.

-The Speed Queen

-The Waiters' Picnic

-The Tale of a Black Eye

-Out and In

-A Bandit

-Peeping Pete

-His Crooked Career

-Largest Boat Launched Sideways

-For the Love of Mabel

-Rastus and the Game Cock

-Safe in Jail

-The Tell-Tale Light

-Love and Rubbish

-A Noise from the Deep

-The Peddler

-Love and Courage

-Get Rich Quick

-Just Kids

-Prof. Bean's Removal

-Cohen's Outing

-A Game of Pool

-The Latest in Life Saving

-The Riot

-A Chip of the Old Block
-No release

-The Firebugs (2 reel Comedy)
-Baby Day . . . The Kelp Industry
(Split Reel)

-Mabel's New Hero
-Fatty's Day Off

Los Angeles Harbor — (Split Reel)
-The New Baby
-Mabel's Dramatic Career
-Gypsy Queen
-What Father Saw
Willie Minds the Dog
-The Fatal Taxicab
-When Dreams Come True
-Mother's Boys
-The Bowling Match
-Billy Dodge's Bills

4 — The Lead Nickel

Hiding the Wad from Wifey

(Split Reel)

Sept. 11 — Nelly's First Cake

Won by Strategy— (Split Reel)
Oct. 2 — It Happened in Haverstraw

Majestic

July

"Tuly

tuly

July

Julv

Tuly

July

Tuly

July

July

Tuly

Tuly

July

July

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Oct.

Her
stocks

6 — Shadows of the Past

8 — One of the Finest

12 — The Ingrate

13 — Impulse

15 — A Japanese Courtship
19 — His Way of Winning

19 — Gold Creek Mining

20 — The Pajama Parade

22— The Mighty Hunter
26 — Just Skirts

26 — The Adventurous Girls

27— The School Kids' Picnic

27— The Wild West Comes to Town

29— The Toy

2 — Tempesta

3 — Told in the Future
5 — Hearts and Hoofs

9— The Devilish Doctor
10 — The Greater Love
12 — The Doctor's Ruse

16 — The Fickle Tramp

16 — A Horse on Fred

17 — House Hunting

19— The Other Side of the Fence

23— Batchelor Bill

24— The Lady Killer

30— When the Debt Was Paid

4 — The Man of the Wilderness

5 — A Mix-up in Pedigrees

Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sent.
S'ept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.

Sept.
Sept.

Tuly
July
July
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

July

July

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

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Aug.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Oct.

Oct.

26 — One Round O'Brien's Flirtation

30— A Chapter of His Life

31 — The Trade Secret
2 — A Perilous Ride

6— The Turkish Bath

7 — The Heart of a Fool
9 — The Frame Up

13 — For His Loved One

14 — The Winning Loser
16 — Playmates

20 — His Last Deal

21 — A Shoemaker and His Doll
23— The BaseBall Umpire

The Aesthetic Match

27 — A Slight Misunderstanding

28 — The Love of Conchita

Mutual Weekly

16 — No. 29

23— No. 30

30— No. 31

6— No. 32

13 — xio. 33

20 — No. 34

Aug. 27— No. 35
Sept. 3 — No. 36
Sept. 10 — No. 37
Sept 17 — No. 38
Sept. 24 — No. 39
Oct. 1— No. 40

Reliance

28 — Below the Dead Line
30 — Rosita's Cross of Gold

2— The Little Pirate

4 — The Doctor's Dilemma

6 — The Silly Sex

9— The Fight for Right (2 reels)
11 — Kentucky Foes
13 — Runa Plays Cupid

16 — Of such is the Kingdom
18 — The Smuggler's Sister

20 — The Counsel for the Defense

23 — Success (2 reels)

25 — The Girl Spy's Atonement
27— Peg of the "Polly P."
30 — The Social Secretary
1 — Feeny's Social Experiment

3 — No release

6— The Glow Worm (3 reels)
8 — Between Home and Country
10 — No release

13 — The Clown's Daughter (2 reels)
15 — Twickenham Ferry

17 — The Disguise

20— The Stolen Woman (2 reels)
22— The Hardest Way

24 — The Missing Ring
27— The Original Will

29 — Hearts of the Dark

1 — Makers and Spenders

4 — Targets of Fate (2 reels)

Tl^anioMser

July 13 — A Crepe Bonnet
July 15 — Tannhauser (3 reels)
Tuly 18 — No release
July 20 — Brethren of the Sacred Fish
July 22 — When Darkness Came
July 25— The Top of New York
July 27 — Willie, the Wild Man
July 29 — Little Dorrit (2 reels)
Aug. 1 — In the Nick of Time
Aug. 2 — Proposal by Proxy
Aug. 2 — The 225th Anniversary of the Land-
ing of the Hugenots
Aug. 5 — The Protectory's Oldest Boy
Aug. 8 — The Girl of the Cabaret
Aug. 10 — Oh, Such Beautiful Ocean
Aug. 12 — The Missing Witness (2 reels)
Aug. 15 — The Lie that Failed
Aug. 17 — Waiting_ for Hubby
Aug. 19 — The Spirit of Envy
Aug. 22 — The Medium's Nemesis
Aug. 24 — An Unromantic Maiden
Aug. 26 — Wards of the King
Aug. 29 — A Spartan Father
Aug. 31 — No release
Sept. 2 — The Veteran Police Horse
Sept. 5 — No release
Sept. 7 — His Last Bet
Sept. 9 — Taming Their Grandchildren
Sept. 12 — The Message to Headquarters

(3 reels)

Sept. 14 — No release

Sept. 16 — Redemption

Sept. 19— Flood Tide

Sept. 21 — When the Worm Turns

Sept. 23 — An Unfair Exchange

Sept. 26 — The Official Goat Protector

Sept. 28 — The Farmer's Daughter

Sept. 30 — Life's Pathway (2 reels)

Oct. 3 — The Twins and the Other Girl

Reel Life

33

7^.

The Missing Ring.

Reliance

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Of Course Our 'SAPHO'Is ihe Florence Roberts ShVHOr
We Thought A II You States-Rights Fellows Knew It!

For weeks we have been hammering away at you State-Right people with the information that OUR
"SAPHO" was the famous Florence Roberts version of "Sapho," with Florence Roberts (herself) in the title
role. Yet, because last week we didn't put Miss Roberts' name in black type all over the ad, a writer asks if this is
the film the celebrated actress did at the New Majestic Studio! It assuredly is, with famous Shelly Hull at the
head of the great supporting company.

While Morosco Books SAPHO" for His High-Class CaHfornia Theatres, a
New York Manager Quietly Prepares to Spring " It on Broadway!

The East Coast isn't far behind the West Coast where a "good thing" theatrically is concerned. Just as Oliver
Morosco, in California, starts "Sapho" on a tour of his houses commencing at the beautiful Majestic Theatre, Los
Angeles, a New York Manager gets busy with the De Luxe Feature Company, owners of the New York rights,
and arranges to slip it in on Broadway. And there is a Broadway in every city and town that has a theatre that
is aching to book "Sapho." Why not acquire a state-right and get after these houses? The profit will be fine com-
pensation for your work. Better come over, or send over, to our handy projection room on 14th street quick.

Seeing "SAPHO" Is Believing— In It!

Wire, telephone or write

SAPHO FEATURE FILM COMPANY

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Tw© JloolS; Ocioisr 2

A Tlirillia-^ Drauia of Fmnlm Days

Scenes laid in England, on the Atlantic Ocean, and in America. Stirring situa-
tions, including a mutiny at sea and battles with the Indians. A massive production,
accurately costumed in the garb of the period, with acting of exceptional merit.

MUTUAL PROGRAM EXCLUSIVELY

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We deliver copies to you at ten cents; you sell
them for fifteen cents and make a fifty per cent,
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Send us $2.00 for twenty copies of the October
issue and try it this month. You cannot lose. We
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THE THANHOUSER THREE -A -WEEK

announces "THANHOUSER TWINS" WEEK

To bring full attention to the return to films of the world-famous Thanhouser Twins, two releases of the three
in the new release week features them. The other reel, "The Farmer's Daughters." is one of the best of
our line of Sunday Comedies, released Sunday, September 28th. THE "TWINS" appear in

"LIFE'S PATHWAY"

2 Reels Released Tuesday, Sept, 30th

THE TWINS and the OTHER GIRL'

1 Reel Released Friday, Oct. 3rd

Celebrate "Thanhouser Twins" week by booking the above. Each is guaranteed as good as "Cousins," the release of
last Fall that "made" the Twins as film favorities. Then watch for these fine OCTOBER two reelers :

THE PLOT AGAINST THE GOVERNOR'

Depicting Present-Day Political Conditions
Out Tuesday, October 7th

•THE JUNIOR PARTNER"

Depicting Present-Day Business Conditions

Out Tuesday, October 2 1 st

4

THE SUCCESS OF "MOTHS," our first four reel. Mutual "special" has resulted in the production of a

second "special" for the Mutual Film Corporation,

'ROBIN HOOD'

In Four Reels

The stirring life of the great adventurer of the Middle Ages is here shown properly in black-and-white picture for
the first time. Every Man, Woman, and Child knows the story. This is the big, popularr film
of the Fall. See any Mutual Program exchange for special terms.

Thanhouser Film Corporation, New Rochelle, N. Y.

Thanhouser Stars ! Thanhouser Features! Thanhouser Quality !

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A WEEKLY MAGAZINE OF KINETIC DRAMA AND LITERATURE

PUBLISHED BY
MUTUAL riLM CORPORATION, NEW YORK.

ol. III. No. 3 FIVE CENTS THE COPY October 4th, 1913

" Odc© Up&m A Tims'' — iloUuac;)

A Forgotten Melpdy a Two Red Broncho

Copyright 1913, by Mutual Film Corporation

Edison Kinetoscope

Tlie Slmil®st mi Longest Llvsi Profeslmg Masiilns ©n the Market

ONE of the reasons for Edison's phenomenal career is the fact that he is never satisfied with
anything until long after everybody else has pronounced it perfect. This same idea applied
to the construction of the Edison Kinetoscope has produced a machine which for clear, steady
projection and freedom from repairs, has no equal.

Hardened tool steel has been used just where other machines wear and extra heavy
construction has been applied to all parts which are subject to heavy strain. The Edison is the evolu-
tion of countless experiments which have enabled us to avoid all defects, large and small, that handi-
cap the exhibitor.

Get an Edison and insure yourself against annoyance and delay.

A ¥EW POINTS
IN COM^TllUCTIOM

A.11 metal baseboards.
Extra heavy mitre gears on Re-
volving Shutter, Cam and Auto-
matic Shutter Shafts.
Heavy balance wheel.
Hardened Steel Runners, instead of
Tension Spring, actuated by pivot-
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equally on both sides of the film.
Aperture Plate (Picture Gauge)
provided with steel runners, which
can be replaced. No wear on the
plate itself.

Swivel tension roiller bracket on the
Take-up Sprocket, preventing the
film from jumping off the sprocket.
Oiling system consisting of a series
of tubes for the outside Shutter
Gears.

Extra Large Lamp House and
Heavy Arc Lamp permitting the
use of a 12" upper and 6" lower
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Five adjustable extension legs, the
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American

2

Charles Dickson in "The Buffer"
According To Life

Reliance

Visitor (in courtroom) — What dastardly crime was committed
by the prisoner who was just convicted?"
"He stole a ride on a raihoad."
"And the man who got free?"
"He stole the railroad." — Life.

Suburbs — The minister out in our place won't marry you unless
you have a medical certificate.

Crawford — Is it hard to get one?

Suburbs — Why, no. It happens his brother is a doctor. — Judge.

A Daughter Worth While Thanhouser

They Knew All About It

"You must have lived in a little Scotch town," remarked a
busy London woman, "to appreciate the pinpoints of interest to
which a village may be reduced and the absolute publicity of your
every movement in such a place."

"Once while I was visiting at home I happened to be lying
down when callers came, so my mother did not disturb me.
At tea time other callers arrived, and by way of making con-
versation one of them said to me very sweetly :

" 'We hear you've been lying down." — Harper's Bazar.

The God of Chance

Domino

Courage of Sorts

American

The End of Black Bart

American

Directs Expenditures

"Who's that impressive-looking woman over }-onder?"
"That's Mrs. Packum. She's a remarkably strong-minded wo-
man, and they do say that she commands a very large salary."
"How does she earn it?"

"She doesn't earn it. Her husband earns it, and she commanJs
it." — Puck.

Impossible

Startled he looked about him. "My legs are comfortable,"
he muttered. "My knees aren't cramped. I can get the kinks out
of my calves and even lean back a little. My line of sight is
unoli>triicted. Wli}', not only can I see everything. I can also

Trouble At the Gate

"You can't come in here," said St. Peter, as the sinner tried
to bluff his way through. "Just listen to your record as taken
down by the Recording Angel."

"I object to my exclusion on incompetent testimony," retorted
the sinner. "I have not been represented by counsel, and I insist
upon my constitutional rights. The Recording Angel must be
sworn and submit to a cross-examination at the hands of my at-
torneys, before a jury of my peers."

"Sorry," said St. Peter, "but the trouble with that is that all
your peers are down below in the other place, beyond the jurisdic-
tion of this court." — Harper's Weekly.

A Mix-up in Pedigree

Majestic

Reel Life

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The Steadiness, Simplicity and Reliability

of

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w

E have spoken of these qualities before. This unsolicited
letter verifies our statements. We publish it verbatim.

THE PLEASING AND VERSATILE ARTISTS

HARRY — THE WOODWARDS — DOLLIE

Wexford, Mich., 9-15-13.

Nicholas Power Company,

New York City.

Dear Sirs — Have a Power's No. 6, not A, that I bought of you
1911. Can I get you to put a loop setter on it, also repair Power's
Inductor that the wire has got bent from rough handling.

I have run your No. 6 three years and all other makes of
M. P. Machines for fifteen j^ears, but your machine is so far ahead
of the rest for steadiness, simplicity and reliability that I can only
see one M. P. Machine and that is Power's No. 6.

If this testimonial is of any use, you can use it to best of your
advantage.

Yours very truly.

Cinematograph Powers (Signed) HARRY A. WOODWARD.

1898 1913

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About every five or six years someone refers to the
moving-picture business as a temf'orary craze — bound to
wear itself out in a very few years at the most. They
said that sort of thing ten years ago — and someone will
think it up as an original sayi.^g, probably, in 1940.

In the time of Aeschylus and Euripides, dramatic per-
formances were given in the open air — upon a brick plat-
form, with a marble wall for background. No scenery — no costumes.
And people continued to patronize such performances for hundreds
of years.

When the Roman Emperors made their city the centre of the
Universe, magnificent spectacles were provided for the people in
the Flavian Ampitheatre — which we know as the Colisseum — and
the Circus Maximus. As Imperial bleeding of the proletariat had
become a fine-art in those days, there was no occasion for charging
an entrance fee — but the spectacles zcere of sufficiently absorbing
interest to make the people temporarily forget the bleeding, process.
This form of entertainment, also, endured wnth undiminished popu-
larity for hundreds of years.

In the Orient — from way back long before written history existed
— the man who could tell a dramatic story and had a repertoire of
a dozen or more — was enabled to li\'e upon the fat of the land to a
ripe old age without other occupation — always sure of an audience
— in the bazaars or on the road — always sure of fractional coins or
morsels of food in his begging-bowl. And he had neither stage nor
scenery — no costumes — no spot-light.

Coming down through the ages to Shakespeare's time, we find
the story-teller taking to himself material improvements — such as
they were — to enhance his art. The court-yard of the town or coun-
try inn with its bar and galleries, was a pretty good theatre in itself
— and the actor had now a supply — limited, perhaps — of costumes
for different parts. In London — and Paris — he had regular theatres,
used for no other purpose — even if the gallants who had reserved
stools on the stage itself crowded him a bit. A few years later —
there w-as crude scenery, and a curtain. As for the larger spec-
tacles of the Colisseum, they had maintained their existence through-
out the Dark .^ges in the form of Tournaments — mimic battles —
pageants — carnizvls, etc.

In more recent times we've had revivals of the same age-old
propositions in the old Fall of Rome, at Staten Island — Christmas
Pantomimes at Drury Lane. Pain's Spectacles at Coney Island — and
their counterparts at Earl's Court, in London — to mention onl>- a
few of the -better-known — and bringing it up to date with the Hip-
podrome, in New York. As for the smaller dramatic performance,
we have seen the almost unljelievahle development of the legitimate

theatre, with its wonderful scener_\-, lighting effects, cos-
tuming and mechanical contrivances — together with Vaude-
ville, appealing to those people who preferred a medley of
short acts. In short, dramatic representations, of one sort
or another, have been an ever popular means of entertaining
the people of all countries since the beginning of time.
Very good. We'll assume that fact as undisputed.
Now — we come to- photography — and the part it has, and must,
play in such performances — past, present and future.

For a third of a century, Stcreoptican Lectures have proved a
steadilv remunerative form of public amusement — only declining in
popularity since the figures on the sheet began to move. For ten
years or more, we have had a form of dramatic representation which
combined — in every particular but that of sound — every feature of
spectacular amusement ivhich has ever been known in any country
since the beginning of time. We have the story teller — in panto-
mimic action which conveys far more to the human mind than the
voice alone. We have the great spectacular representations — in a com-
pleteness and realism never dreamed of by the Caesars or Knights
of the Tourney. We reproduce every sort of human emotion
known to the race — properly costumed — and with a stage-setting of
nature herself. We multiply the stereoptican lecture ten thousand-
fold in one thousand-foot reel. We bring every country — every
people — every strange and wonderful custom — every beast, bird and
fish — every new and wonderful discovery — every scientific invention
— not approximately, but exactly as they are — upon the screen be-
fore every motion-picture audience in the w-orld. And all of this
incredibly varied wealth of amusement we place within reach of
the comrhon people. You and I. Our Shoemaker and the Man-
Who-Tends-Our-Furnace. The milHonaire of Central Park East —
and the Italian Grocer ten blocks nearer the River. Not for ten
dollars a seat — like those at a Broadway Lobster Palace, New
Year's Eve. Not for six dollars— like a Patti Farewell. Not for
two dollars — plus the speculator's "half" — like the regulation Strand
or Broadway Theatre. Not the dollar — for a Stoddard or Holmes
Illustrated Lecture. Nor even the fifty cents for a Crescent Stock
Company Performance in Brooklyn or Harlem. But for an average
flat rate of five and ten cents for o -whole evening's performance.
Can you beat it — with any other form of amusement now in exist-
ence ?

If the development in moving-picture possibilities were at a
standstill or had reached its limit — you might. But the thing is
merely in its infancy. Its possibilities arc beyond human calcula-
tion, to-day.

6

Reel life

Adapted from William H. Clifford and Thos. H. Ince's Broncho Play

By

Marion Savage

NNETTE came into the dim room under the eaves where
Catharine Vide lay — and, as always, at evening, went to the
piano. In the dusk, the old-fashioned "grand" seemed to
fill the chamber. It was strewn with music— the composers' names
barely discernible in the failing
light from the one window — Verdi
— Wagner — Beethoven — and inti-
mately associated with these,
sheets of pencilled music manu-
script— and a violin lying in an
open case.

Annette began playing softh' —
and Mrs. Vido turned on her
pillows. The young face was in
silhouette against the twilight —
and she dwelt tenderly on the
girl's likeness to her father — a
wonderful similarity of expres-
sion, in the esctatic lifting of her
eyes — full-orbed and darK like his
— when the music entranced her.
She had much of her father's
Italian temperament — swiftly pass-
ing from grave to joyous — and
they were the closest and dearest
of companions — thank God for
that !

The melody that evening was
one that both mother and daugh-
ter loved. From her earliest
memories, Annette had heard her
father play it. She was think-
ing rapturously that she knew
every note by heart — when the
door opened — and Antonio Vido
came in, quickly.

"Daughter! Stop! Stop! That
should be 'A' natural — not 'A'
sharp. Come — let us try it again."

He seized the violin and ran
over the ofifending bar — Annette
following on the piano.

"That was better, my dear.
Father forgives you." He kissed
her merrily — patting the dark
curls. "But I shall be late for
the orchestra !" Tucking the vio-
lin case under his arm, he hurried
anxiously away.

A scant half hour after, Vido
came slowly up the dark stairway
to his attic rooms. He opened the

door reluctantl} — there "vas a lamp by the bed — and somebody bend-
ing over Catharine. He hurried to her side — Dr. Belding was put-
ting up his stethoscope.

"Vido — your wife's lungs won't stand another winter. You must
take her to a warmer climate."

The violinist nodded in a dazed sort of way . . . fifteen minutes
before, he had been dismissed from the orchestra.

Next day, Vido took his half-finished opera to every manager in
St Louis. All alike had for him but one answer: "Your music
may be all right for Grand Opera— but it is entirely too classical
for my houses.'' A week later, a prairie-schooner was rocking slowly

over the Missouri plains — Vide
was driving.

In the schooner, on a mattress,
Catharine lay — very pale and
weak. Since starting, Annette
had scarcely left her side.

"I suppose there was no other
way, dear. But California is like
a country in a dream — to me —
so far away. I tliink I shall never
see it."

"Mother! Don't say that! — I
will take such care of you. Then
— soon — you'll not be so lonely —
for, when we meet the wagon
train, we'll be with others, like
ourselves — going to seek their
fortunes in the golden West.
California is a beautiful country,
they say — almost like Italy — you'll
be well there— and we'll all be so
happy."

At a little prairie town on the
Kansas border, they fell in with
the wagon train — and received a
warm welcome. Everybody liked
the Vidos. When the homeseek-
ers camped for the night (the
schooners drawn up in a circle as
a wind break and for defense
against possible attack — the horses
tethered to rest and graze — the
evening meal cooked and eaten
in company) all met round the
camp fires. Catharine lay in the
warmth — on blankets the women
eagerly brought for her comfort
— Annette nestled close beside her
— and Vido, with his violin, held
the assemblage spell-bound.

In the flickering liglit of the
fire, he played in esctatic rever}' —
dreamily conscious of vast reaches
of the night sky and the stars —
conscious, in a vague way, of mile
on mile of boundless prairie — and
the long, low, faintly irregular
horizon, nowhere obscured by hill
or tree. As he played, he felt close around him, the sympathy of
absorbed listeners — his world and all now, this three score or more
of homeseekers — great hearted — simple — bound each to each by
common desire — common peril — by unspoken vows of mutual pro-
tection— and love, broadly human, more than personal. Here was
inspiration, lofty and complete, for the soul of the composer. Sun-
down found Vido night after night, a little apart from the bustle
and confusion of encampment — working cn his opera.

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One evening — after many weeks — skirting the Aga-thia Xeedle, in
northern Arizona — he came to the schooner, where his wife lay
(she felt too weak, she said, to be carried to the camp fire) his face
glowing.

"Catharine!" he cried in a thrilling voice, putting both arms
around her, and clasping her close. "My opera is finished. It has
been the labor of years — but now it is finished. We shall find the -
right manager in San Francisco — then we shall have a home again
— and every comfort — and you will be well!"

For an instant, a faint glow came in her cheeks — and Vido kissed
her warmly. "Why — you are better already, dear one. I knew it
— my opera shall work miracles!"

The ne.xt morning at dawn, all was familiar confusion. Joe
Power, a burly miner, seized a dishpan — and was sounding the
reveille with a potato masher. One after another, the men, hud-
dled on the ground, shook themselves savagely out of their blankets
— cursirg the racket. Vido appeared with a wry face, his fingers
in his ears. Presently they had Power captive — putting cold water
down his neck. Everybody was in a rollicking mood — Vido joining
heartily in the fun — when Annette came running, with white face,
and great, awestruck eyes. Her lips barely moved — she dragged him
away — dazed — unbelieving.

He brought back his wife in his arms — laying her by the fire.
The women pressed round. The din of the moment before was
hushed. In the red light of the dawn — stealing over the hills — an
unearthly glow illumined the motionless features of the dead woman.
Vido drew back from her with the hopeless incredulity of grief —
but Annette flung herself, in a passion of weeping, on her mother's
breast.

After Catharine's death, the days were vague and monotonous
to Vido. Annette. o\-er\vhelmed with sorrow, found few words of
comfort. Golden California! Was it not, after all, a mirage one
never reached? A strange lethargy was over them both — as they
rocked along over the sand and cactus — Annette always on the seat
outside now, close to her father.

With the Navajos to the north — the Apaches south of them —
the homeseekers were threading their way among the hills —
conscious, day and night, of danger. One breathless noon, they had
camped below a rocky slope — when a scout and two men, dispatched
for water, came galloping back, with the long dreaded cry — "The
Indians !" Vido and Annette took refuge among the rocks — when
a volley of shots burst from above — and Vido reeled back, with ,i

cry. She held him — staunehing the blood from his forehead. "My
manuscript!" he groaned — "My opera!"

Swiftly — she saw the papers — in the little old trunk, in the
schooner. She hesitated. Would he die if she left him? Again,
his lips shaped the words — "My opera" — and he fell, fainting, on tl e
rocks.

Under cover of the smoke and the slaughter, she crept back.
She found the manuscript — she was dodging and hiding among the
wagons — when two Indians spied her. The\' madj a lunge for her
— and she screamed. Joe Power, the miner, grey with dust, a
revolver in his hand, sprang out in the open — and she fled to him.
With lust of battle in his eye — he aimed — and the Indians fell. Thea
he lifted her — and carried her to a cave in the hill.

"Oh go back — go back — and find father ! He is wounded — they
will kill him."

"Girl — it is as much as my life is worth to go back there now."'

She shuddered — but lifted to him her great, pleading eyes — her
two beseeching hands.

"Go in the cave, then — and zi'ait there till I eome."

All night sl^e lay. sleepless — staring' out into the darkness —
quivering at a b'-eath in the sage brush. Long after day dawned^
she crouched there — waiting — waitirg —

A year later, two travellers entered the Occidental Hotel, in San
Francisco. One was a tall man, with a reddish beard — and a lean,,
somewhat furrowed, kir:dly face — a typical miner of the late sixties-
He wore, with plainly unaccustomed air, a new suit of city clothes
— and carried two carpet bags. The young woman with him was a
trifle below medium height — tastefully dressed in a crisp, full-
skirted taffeta, of c'nangeable russet liues — open at the neck to dis-
close the sheer folds of a dainty white tucker. The tucker accentu-
ated the clear olive of her throat — and the bronze and pale gold of
the silk set off the warm flush in her cheeks. Her hair was soft and
abundant, falling in loose black curls from under a velvet snood —
and her dark eyes were glowing with excitement — though, irt
moments of abstraction, or.e saw some shadow of recent sorrow-
flitting there.

Jim Cottrell and his "daughter" were shown to a comfortable
suite — including a sitting-room, with a piano in it.

"I cannot make it seem true." Opening her reticule, the girl
drew out a letter. Her eyes glanced over it for the hundredth time:

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A Daughter Worth While Thanhouser

Globe Theatre, San Francisco, Calif.

August 15, 1868.

Miss Annette Vido, Tuscon, Arizona,

We are much pleased with the MS. of your late father's
opera — "The Forgotten Melody." We are willing to give it an
immediate production, if we can come to terms. We suggest that
you come on at once.

Accept my compliments, dear Signorina, and believe me
Your faithful servant,

Heinrich Schroeder.

Ten minutes later, the leader of the orchestra at the Globe
Theatre was announced. He made his compliments — there was
some pleasant chat — then he spread out the MS. of the opera.
There were ten bars missing from the tenor aria in the second act.

Annette tried the motif again and again, on the piano — the
anxious line deepening between her eyes. Suddenly, she paused —
the plaintive, sweet notes of a violin floated in at the open window.
She turned an awestruck face to the leader of the orchestra. The
violin rose higher — clearer — then ceased. Annette was out of the
room — running down the stairs — they following.

Meanwhile, a bent figure in shabby black — a violin, wrapped in
rusty silk under his arm — was stumbling away from the rear of the
hotel. Vaguely wandering, he found himself before a mammoth
bill board :

GLOBE THEATRE
Opens for the season
with

GRAND OPERA
The romantic masterpiece
A FORGOTTEN MELODY
By

ANTONIO VIDO
The wandering musician read the words — slowly. He went up
to the poster — ^and traced with his finger the name — Antonio Vido.

Then he brushed his hand through his long, grey hair, muttering to
himself. "The Forgotten Melody!" He laughed — stumbling on —
dazed — turning corner after corner. An hour of roaming — and a
large building loomed before him— the same words stared down from
the entrance. He passed his hand over his forehead — hugging the
violin closer — then started — open-mouthed — trembling. His music I
Coming from behind these doors. Groping up the steps — he
wrenched at the knob, with all his feeble strength — they would not
open. Tottering around the corner of the building — under the
windows — again? — again? His music! Then he saw another door
— standing wide open.

Annette and Cottrell were in the first box — and Schroeder was
directing the rehearsal. The girl sat with her chin in her hand —
her eyes fixed on the tenor — tense — waiting — the critical moment
was near. The tenor took up the aria — as she had tried to fill it
in from memory. He sang a few bars — Schroeder stopped him,
frowning. Annette felt a pang at her heart — hot tears fell on her
hand. Then — slowly — as one in a dream — an old man came out
of the wings and across the stage — with a violin under his arm.
His eyes were dazed — and mild. He %/as smiling.

"Pardon me, please. I can give you that aria."
The tenor and the leader stopped arguing — and turned in aston-
ishment. He reached out a trembling hand for the manuscript —
and they gave it to him. Then, beating time — in a voice, feeble,
but striking true on every note — he sang for them the forgotten —
the inevitable melody.

Annette stood with eyes dilating — pale to the lips — breathing fast.
Then, with a cry, she fled to the wings — Cottrell following.

He saw her coming — and the manuscript fluttered to the floor.
He tottered toward her — her two arms were about him — she was
real — alive — panting — laughing — crying — her tears and her kisses
rained over his neck and his face.

"My daughter!— My Annette!"

"Father!— My father !— Father !"

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By Helen Ormsbee

' I \ VEX an unpractical observer would have known that the
1 1 Clarice Jackson Company had stranded. For there was an

y ominous absence of joviality about the little assemblage in the
parlor of Lacy's small, dingy hotel. ("Special rate to the profes-
sion, $1.25 a day. American plan. Breakfasts served in rooms and
lunch after the show, no extra charge.")

The company had passed an eventful season of two weeks,
Jackson, the manager and Clarice's husband, having launched a tour
on capital consisting mainly of hope and promises. Business had
been bad, and by the second salary night there had been no pay,
no money for railroad fares to the next town and none for hotel
^bills. A council of war was now in progress behind closed doors.

"The question is," Bob Madison was saying, "how'll we all get
out of here?"

"Darned if I know," replied Holton, the light comedian, idly
twirling the stool of a seedy-looking piano in one corner of the
room. "It costs just seven dollars and fourteen cents to travel
from here to Broadway. We all owe the hotel and there isn't one
of us that has enough to buy ice cream sodas for the rest."

Yet their appearance was far from destitute. Miss Nichols, the
second woman, for instance, as she rocked in a rickety chair under
a solitary gas jet, flattered herself that her tailored suit looked like
ready money. And the stage-manager's wife, pleasant Mrs. Rowley

sitting beside her husband on an invalided sofa, had a tidily self-
respecting air. The men, too, were all presentable.

But the chief attraction of the group was Sally Atwater. Light
haired was Sally, with lovely, dark, appealing eyes and the pretti-
est voice imaginable. She was adorable and . . . she knew it.
There were times when, looking into her mirror, she could not help
catching her breath in delight.

And what was she thinking of now as she sat on the floor with-
hands clasped negligently over her knees? Truth compels the con-
fession that she was wondering how she could get back to New
York without being forced to draw upon her mother. For she was
a trifle afraid of this parent who had brought her up in "the pro-
fession,'" pushing her relentlessly forward among hosts of other
child actresses and, of late j^ears, drilling her in grown-up parts.

This mother was wont to voice her philosophy of life in the re-
mark, "Somebody's bound to get the worst of things, but it isn't
going to be us if / can help it."

And Sally rather prided herself on having profited by such in-
structions. Thus it happened that she felt no shame at her own
selfishness. She was glad of it, because she had been trained to
believe that the happy combination of this quality with good looks
and talent would some day lift her and her mother out of poverty.

She was well aware that she had failed to heed a maternal

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warning concerning the inadvisability of joining the Clarice Jack-
son Company, and she shrank now from facing the wrath which
would inevitably follow a request for ten dollars from home. Con-
sequentl_y, her agile little brain was busity canvassing members of
the Company as possible lenders of the necessary sum. The pros-
pect was not bright, however.

"How are we going to get out of here?" Bob Madison was re-
peating. Of all the men he was the most personable. Not that he
was handsome, but he had a pleasant way of speaking and kind
eyes. This was the psychological moment for Fate to point him out
to Sally and Fate was not negligent.

Rowley, the fat stage-manager, essayed to answer ]\Iadison's
query. "Jackson says' he's expecting money from New York,
but—''

"If the old fluff ever gets it," broke in Holton, "he'll pay his own
and Clarice's hotel bill and pocket the balance."

The manager, had he been disbursing salaries, would have
boasted some such title as "the Governor" rather than "old fluff."

"Let's get down to brass tacks," said Miss Nichols decidedly.
"It's no use waiting in this burg any longer. Jackson won't help
anv of us out, and I wired my sister to-day for enough to get me
home. I've got two dollars and sixty-eight cents left. So if any-
body knows any wa)' of raising funds for himself, just say so and
I'll pay for the telegrams."

"You're a brick, Nicky," declared Holton. "Of course, we
wouldn't any of us be in this devil of a fix if we'd had a few weeks'
salar\'. But it's darned hard — excuse the French — when you've only
had one week's money and that in advance. I don't know a soul I
could touch but — "

"Got anything you could hock?''

"No, they all went once before." ,

Mrs. Rowley had brightened perceptibly. "I'll wire for Jim and
me. We've got a little something in the bank for a rainy day. I
hate to touch it, though, because it isn't much. . . . How about
you, Sally?"

"Ale?" repeated that young person dismally. "Oh, I just don't
know what to do. I — I suppose I'll have to stay here." There was
a wistful note in her voice, but she made no appeal for assistance.
Instinctively she knew that this would mar the effect.

"But you can't keep on living at this hotel when you haven't
the price," remonstrated Miss Nichols, with a touch of impatience.
Helplessness had no attractions for her.

"I know." admitted Sally, with a little sigh, "but what else can
I do?" She loved to play pathetic scenes and by this time she was
beginning to believe herself a penniless creature with no one to
whom she might turn. Real tears came into her eyes, but she
winked them back bravely. And Bob Madison could not help
being sorry for her.

His sympathy was interrupted by a question from Mrs. Rowley.

"How are you going to get to New York, Mr. Madison?"

"Oh, I'm not worrying. I haven't any money. But I'll stay here
and wash dishes to pay my bill or . . . Oh. well. I'll find so.ne
kind of a job."

"Say. old man,'' suggested Hohon. "why don't you hock your
ticker? It's a beauty. You'd get a good bit on it."

■Madison shook his head. "I couldn't do that. You see, it was
father's. I've been in a good many tight holes, but I've always
managed to keep it."

Nevertheless, half an hour afterward, when members of the com-
pany had deserted the hotel parlor, he sat in his own room star-
ing at its blotchy wall paper and thinking. He ended by snatching
his hat and stealing down the stairway that smelled always of
cabbage, to the street.

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When he came back his watch was gone. He sought out Sally
Atwater's room, knocked upon her door and she opened it in
answer, stepping out into the hall.

"I — I just came to tell you that I've found some money — unex-
pectedly." he began a little awkwardly. Then he thrust an envelope
into her hand and added in haste, "There's enough to take you to
New York."

He had thought that she might refuse, but instead she smiled
up at him like a delighted child.

"Oh. thank you," she exclaimed and suddenly halted. Some-
thing— his sincerity, perhaps — made her ashamed. "What time is
it?" she asked quickly.

Involuntarily. Bob's hand made for his watch pocket. "I —
I don't know,' he stammered, adding. "Take the money, do."

She shook her head, and somewhat to her own surprise, handed
back the envelope. "I couldn't," she insisted. Then she smiled.
"I'm going to 'tell you something, Bob. I — I meant to work you
for this. I did it on purpose, crying and all that. But when it
comes right down to it, I can't. I'd — I'd rather wire to mamma
for the ten dollars, though, of course, it'll make her awfully mad."

The man looked puzled.

"You never thought I was such a mean, nasty person, did you?"
she went on. "Well. I am. But I'm not as mean as I believed,
and I guess I'm glad of i". Xow," she concluded "Bobby Madison,
you run right down the street and find your watch. But just re-
member this, the next time you lose it to help some blonde lady in
distress, you may not get it back."

Her Foul Accent

"Her French pronunciation is fearful and wonderful."
"Yes, at the breakfast table this morning she gazed soulfully
at her poached egg and murmured: 'Isn't it chick!'"

— Lii^piiicott's.

A Worker and the Work

Some one, at some time, some where, once upon a time, said,
"Nothing succeeds like success," but to our way of thinking, nothing-
succeeds like good, hard conscientious work. A little over a year
ago, in Santa Ynez Canon, near Santa Monica. California, was a
little studio, consisting of one small stage, a few horses, a little
furniture, a few pieces of near-scenery, one or two cameras and a
dozen or so people— all of which went to make up the plant of the
New York Motion Picture Company. It was tlie privilege of the
writer to visit the present outfit of the Company a few days ago.
It has assumed enormous proportions and looks more like the plant
of some big commercial concern than a motion-picture studio, the
grounds covering 20,000 acres of the most desirable land near Los
Angeles.

When one sees General Manager Thomas H. Ince, who is also
Director-in-Chief. hurrying from one company to another, seemingly
in a dozen different places at the same time, overlooking every
detail and missing none which go to make up the wonderful pro-
ductions of the New York Motion Picture Company and the
Broncho Motion Picture Company, he ceases to marvel at the
tremendous growth of this plant in so short a time, for it is
through this man's unceasing and untiring efforts that the studio
has assumed its present proportions. It was the privilege of the
writer to have a few moments' conversation with him as he was
hurrying from one location to another: never had she talked with
a person or seen one who appears to make every move count and
who does not waste any time or energy, as this man, in unnecessary
conversation or needless direction. The working company, which
now numbers, approximately, four hundred people, is handled with
the precision and discipline of a military organization. There are
five companies working under Mr. Ince's general supervision now,
and the work for each day is laid out so that no time i? lost in

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needless argument or unnecessar_v preparation. Not only does he
supervise the production of each and every film, but he also revises
ever\- scenario before it is handed to the different directors, work-
ing far into the night with his two scenario writers — who, by the
way, are the cleverest writers in the scenario field to-da}' — "doping '
out the business for each story. It is a pleasure to read one of
the scenarios — each scene being worked out to the minutest detail
— and when one takes into consideration the fact that each of his
five companies uses one or two scenarios a week, it is no wonder
that Mr. Ince is oompelled to work 16 or 18 hours a day. It is a
question whether his, or an_\- other firm, really appreciates' the true
value and the great amount of energy given by such a man to his
work every 24 hours or his unceasing efforts to put the productions
of his companies at the top of the ladder in the business world.
Some men love work for the game itself and the result produced.
You find them up around the top in any line of endeavor, without
knowing or caring very much how they got there.

"Ximaho'J^sr iVlnkoH KooA^'

Coming out in October, "Robin Hood" is a four-reel Thanhouser
special which tells the story of the famous son of an English noble-
man who, with others, was reduced to the position of a vassal.
Lloyd F. Lonergan, who wrote the scenario, made tlie most of the
climax of every scene, and there are many very thrilling ones.
The story opens by showing Robin Hood, bow in hand, searching
for Marian, whom he finally meets, and together they see a notice
on a tree, which reads that no Saxon shall slay a deer in Sher-
wood Forest. And this sign soon plays an important part in their
lives, for Robin ignores it, shoots a deer, and the next picture shows
his table, spread for a feast, and surrounded by guests. They knew
that the penalty for disobeying this law was to cut off the ears of
the person who did it, so great consternation seized them when the
Sheriff and his men came to arrest Robin, and not being admitteJ,

they fired their arrows into the court, one of which struck Marian's
father who screamed and fell dead. The Sheriff and his men re-
treated, only to return re-enforced by more soldiers, and a bitter
hand-to-hand struggle took place on the draw-bridge, showing men
dropping into the water as Robin and his men were slowly making
their way to liberty, the women having reached the forest by a
secret underground passage. They were later joined by Robin and
his men, whom after Robin and Marian had been married by the
Friar, pronounced them King and Queen, and they took an oath to
punish the rich and cruel, but to aid the poor and oppressed.

Alan-a-Dale appears on the scene, and is made a captive, but
after he tells his story, they agree to help him. He seeks the hand
of a young lady whose miserly father wants her to marry a decrepit
old nol)leman, who promises her parent money if she will marry
him. Marian disguises herself as a gypsy and visits the girl to
assure her that Robin and his men will aid her at the critical
moment. They are ready, and when the Saxon maiden is stand-
ing before the Bishop, who is about to pronounce her the wife of
the nobleman, Robin Hood and his men pour in through doors and
windows, and Friar Tuck places her hand in Alan-a-Dale's and
pronounces them man and wife, whereupon they all return to the
forest where they are free from molestation. On one occasion the
Sheriff' arranged for an archer_\- contest, open to all comers. Robin
appears in disguise and wins the prize. The King, disguised as a
mendicant, is shown such consideration by Robin Hood and his
men, that he returns to the Palace and pardons them for all past
offenses. William Russell has the title role. Gerda Holmes' work
as Maid Marian is noteworthy. Good photography distinguishes all

^"""^ Answered

"Now, children," said the Sunday school teacher to the juvenile
class, "can any of you tell me what an epistle is?"

"I can," answered a little fellow at the foot of the class. "An
epistle is the wife of an apostle." — Judge.

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Walter BelascO; iVrother of Uvo {"'ndious Ony'iU

Jliires

On a recent visit to San Francisco, Mr. Thomas H. Ince, Gen-
eral Manager of the New York Motion Picture Company, secured a
valuable acquisition to the Motion Picture stage. Through a
flattering offer he has succeeded in luring from the fold of the
legitimate the clever character actor, Walter Belasco.

Manager Ince believes that directors are born and not made.
Having faith in this theory, he insists he will find lurking somewhere
in the person of Mr. Belasco that latent germ of the born director
which has made his brother, David, the recognized peer of all
directors of the legitimate drama in America.

If this germ can be found and applied, what David Belasco is to
the legitimate s age, brother Walter will be to the silent drama
in a very short time.

A Talented Director of the "Flying A"

Lorimer Johnston now directing the first company of the Amer-
ican "Flying A" players, is a native of Kentucky, being a grand-
nephew of the celebrated Confederate general, Albert Sidney John-
ston, who was in command of the Confederate army at the time of
his death which occurred during the first day's battle of Shiloh,
Mr. Johnston was for some years on the dramatic stage, and has
to his credit, not only a series of successful productions of plays
in New York, but has successful plays of his own writing. Two
years ago he realized the great advance the moving pictures were
making, and also that therein lay a field to which the knowledge
he had gained of the stage and the world in general through ex-
tensive travel in America, and in many parts of Europe, Asia, and
Africa, could well be applied to the production of pictures. He
therefore went to Europe and for a year studied in the studios at
Rome, Paris, and Copenhaien. On his return to America he

became a producer in a Chicago plant and after some time there
went to the Pacific Coast where he is now director with the .Ameri-
can Film Manufacturing Company. He has already scored with a
number of two-reel productions such as "Truth in the Wilderness,"
"The Scapegoat," "Adventures of Jacques," and "For the Crown."

Mr. Johnston holds the distinguished honor of being the last
holder of an office of which Benjamin Franklin was the first. He
was appoint^ bearer of dispatches for the President, and held this
office for six years, running into the second year of Mr. Cleveland's
administration, when the office was abolished by the Democratic
party in their endeavor to a policy retrenchment and the office has
never been restored. The holding of this office gave Mr. Johnston
the opportunity of meeting the first men of Europe, not only the
reigning monarchs, which was an essential part of his duties, but
the various ministers who held the portfolio of foreign affairs in
their own countries. Among these were Benjamn Disraeli (Earl of
Beaconfield), Gladstone, Andrassy, Gortchikoff, Cassimer Perrier,
and many others. Mr. Johnston has a record of fourteen trans-
Atlantic trips, and his voyages elsewhere have taken him to Wadi-
Elforo (at the second cataract of the Nile) into the Soudon. He
has made extensive research in the ruins of Nineveh, was a guest
of Rajah Brooke, at Sarawak, in Borneo. Speaking a number
of languages his one great ambition is to take a company to the
out-of-the-way places of the world, and produce such pictures as
shall form the value of advanced study in motion picture produc-
tions.

One of the pathetic things of life, stressed by Joe Jefferson
shortly before his death, has been the fact that the actor's art
died with him, while the art of the painter, the sculptor and
the musician lived after them. To the younger generation
Booth, Barrett, Forest, Davenport and McCullough are but
names.

The moving picture film, however, has just recorded for all
time Forbes RobertPon's great "Hamlet," and we have already

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Rml LIfs

Courage of Sorts

American

seen the great spectacle of Nat Goodwin's "P^agin," and of
Sara Bernhardt's "Elizabeth." Future generations will be able
to know what these great artists were and how they performed,
and future actors will find valuable aid in studying the interpre-
tations of their predecessors.

The moving picture also presents the play in a way that
the natural stage performance cannot do. In "Hamlet," for in-
stance, the ghost in the moving picture is a real ghost, and all
the scenery can be seen through him, the illusion being main-
tained perfectly, which is impossible on the stage. In this one
•direction alone the moving picture is a great benefit.

.^(ovlag iiu:^i(U)JSJ> Hrows

NoTicTialantly slapping down a nickel and grasping the tiny
square of pink cardboard that is negligently tossed over by the
itivariaTjle blonde behind the window, thousands of Richmonders
daily pass into the little playhouses that dot Broad Street, with never
a thought that barely seven years ago the opening of the first of
thcae gilded palaces of pictureland caused quite a furor in this same
city of Richmond.

Althougli classed as an amusement, the moving-picture industry
IS now one of the greatest enterprises in the United States. Like
■every new business — for the motion-picture industry is the outcome
of the past decade — there was a mushroom growth at first, but
following the inevitable slump there has been a development that
is marvelons.

Richmond had the same experience as the rest of the country.
The first picture-house opened in the summer of 1907. Immediately
on all sides came the sound of hammers and saws transforming
staid and respectable stores into shrines for the goddesses of the
■film. But there came a slump, and for several years they struggled
along on one or two of the "jitney" theatres- Again, the lure of
"the screen has taken its hold on the people, and there is scarcely
a manager in the "legitimate" theatrical business in this city who
lias not experimented with the "movies."

Formerly men who made histor\- encouraged the book agents —
to-day they pose for the "movies," and pictures of crowned heads
of Europe are better known than those of the Mayor. For 5 cents
one can be transported from Shockoe Valley to the highest peaks of
the Alps in a few seconds, or can step from Broad Street right into
sight of Pall Mall. Yet none of these wonders was known locally
until seven years ago.

Business interests are marveling at the growth of the industry.
Regarded from the standpoint of the money invested and return
therefrom, the moving-picture business ofifers astonishing and
alluring profits to investors, and there is no wonder that Richmond
managers are struggling to give their patrons the best on the
market in order to m.aintain and build up this remarkable medium.

Leaving out the little producer, there are 100 moving-picture film
manufacturers and manufacturing concerns, with a capitalization
which will reach $20,000,000, and real estate values of their proper-
ties that will total $100,000,000. They employ 20,000 people, and pay
in salaries about $175,000 weekly. Every week there are about 70,000
reels, of 70,000,000 feet, of film used and produced, at a cost of
$1,250,000. The exhibitor pays $6,500,000 for this.

Anna Laughlin Bids for Screen Honors

A release that is sure to be viewed wi h keen interest by theatre-
goers all over the United States and Canada will be presented by
the Reliance Company on Oct. 11th under the title of "The Rebel-
lious Pupil." It will mark the appearance of the popular little stage
favorite, Anna Laughlin, as a moving-picture star. This clever lit-
tle actress recalls "The Wiard of Oz," "The Top of the World''
and numerous other well-known productions in which she won her
way into the hearts of the great theatre-going public. As "The
Rebellious Pupil," she is said to be perfectly cast and seems as
much at home before the camera as she was back of the foot-
lights.

At an early date Miss Laughlin will be presented by the Reliance
as co-star with Charles Dickson in "The Flirt," a new comedy by
Will Hough, author of "A Stubborn Cinderella."

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New York City — Crowds throng the line of march, as the
body of the late Mayor Gaynor is taken to its final resting
place, escorted by members from all the City Departments.

Buc, France — Pegoud, the daring French aviator, thrills the
spectators by trying upside down.

Edgewater N. J. — Miss Laura Ryan, the only "Girl Hobo,"
on her way from Seattle to New York.

The Hague, Holland — The Queen of Holland, with a delega-
tion from all nations, dedicates the Palace of Peace, a gift from
Mr. Carnegie.

Baltimore, Md. — The water-melon fleet arrives at Baltimore,
and a negro boy races with a white boy to see which can eal.
a quarter of a melon first.

THE FASHIONS IN PARIS.

Los Angeles, Cal. — 60,000 spectators see Cooper in a No. 8
Stutz, win the free-for-all, at the Corona Road Race.

Petersfield, Eng. — Lord Selborne dedicates the statue of Wil-
liam of Orange.

New York City — Park Commissioner Chas. B. Stover employs
300 youths to guard Central Park's shrubberies against precoci-
ous vandals.

Vienna, Austria — The nobility and population join in celebra-
ting the 85'rd birthday of their Emperor, Francis Joseph.

Baltimore, Md. — Mayor Preston receives from the N. Y.
"Giants" a baseball upon which all the players have signed their
names.

Montreal, Canada — Scores of persons are injured, when a
trolley car runs away down a steep hill and collides with an-
other one, turning it completely over.

Aberdeen, Scotland — The Gordon Highlanders receiving their
regimental colors from Lord Roberts.

Baltimore, Md. — 2,000 newsboys spend the day at Riverview.

New York City — Com. Brown the first man to accomplish
the feat of swimming from the Battery to Sandy Hook.

San Francisco, Cal. — Huge fire wipes out the Pope Talbot
lumber yard, causing a loss of $100,000.

He Had the Fish

The new senator from Kentucky, Ollie James, is a great fisher-
man, and enjoys nothing more than to relate some tale of the ama-
teur.

On one occasion in Kentucky there was observed a man who
had never fished before. His rod was new and shiny. He was
whipping a trout stream, when, by some chance, he got a bite.
He did not play the fish at all. With rod straight ahead, he slowly
and steadily reeled in his catch. How he managed to hold the fish
was a rfiyster\-.

Pretty soon the fish was directly below the end of the rod, but
the amateur did not stop. He continued to reel and reel, and just
as the observer reached the water's edge the fish's head touched
the tip. Then the fisherman actually tried to pull his catch through
the ring. He did not, of course, succeed.

"What shall I do now?" he asked of the amused Kentuckian on
the bank.

"About the only thing you can do now," said the latter, "is to
climb up the pole after the fish." — Judge.

The Making of a Woman American

Courage of Sorts

October 13th, 1913

Ever\.-one is familiar with the sort of man whose talk about per-
sonal bravery in others implies — not over delicately — the possession
of much similar virtue in his own personality. Sometimes he car-
ries the news a little more pointedly — admits it. frankly.

Silas Bragg was that sort of a man. Owner of a big ranch —
and responsible, more or less, for a beautiful winsome daughter.

Young Doctor Watson needed the girl in his business — and she
needed him in her heart, for keeps. But Bragg couldn't see it in
the least. According to his viewpoint, ability to carve a man under
the influence of anesthetics, by no means implied the sort of nerve
which faces personal danger. But, in a sneering way, he was open
to conviction. If Doctor Watson would spend a night in the
Haunted House on a lonely hill out of town, it might be that he
had the right stuff in him. Bragg himself wouldn't have done it
for a thousand-dollar bill. And when he fixed himself up with a
sheet and phosphorescent oil to give the Doctor's nerves the coup
de grace, his own were so badly on the jump that he had difficulty
in getting near the Haunted House.

His daughter, however, had thinking capacity as well as brains.
Discovering her father's intentions, she told the Doctor. And when
her estimable parent arrived in his sheet at that lonesome, spooky
house, the gate opened for him witho'ut visible agency — and a socia-
ble skeleton dropped down from, a tree to interview him. He re-
turned to town on the "third clutch" — muttering, as he ran : "Silas
— you can — do better — than this! You've gotter!" The "Skeleton"

arrived a few minutes after him — properly clothed and had no

trouble in contracting for the daughter.

The play is funny — and wholesome. You all know Silas Bragg
— he lives in your own neighborhood. And you like to see him get
what is coming to him. Also, you like to see a pretty girl get the
chap she has picked out as her source of supply on a 99-year lease.
Everyone does. Go and see her get him. See her father get his.

The End of Black Bart

October 16th, 1913

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This breezy little serio-comedy may be described in compara-
tively few words — yet it is so jammed full of humorous and dra-
matic situations that one imagines the story twice as long and
detailed as it really is.

Black Bart, a lone bandit, had made the mountain-passes of a
certain locality in Southern California unsafe for travel — in spite
of all the sheriff's attempts to capture or intimidate him. The
International Stock Company — billed to play an engagement at ti e
Opera House in town — find the audiences conspicuously absent and
the place a frost. They become stranded there. And these two
basic facts are the groundwork of the whole play.

The actors and actorines take odd jobs about the hotel to work
out their board. They give street concerts. They do anything
and everything to fill empty stomachs and secure lodgings. Some
of them wander away in search of work at neighboring ranches —
and stumble upon the hidden camp of Black Bart, by whom they are
presently captured, but whom they eventually shoot in self-defense.

As the $500.00 reward is paid them for the bandit's capture or
death, the Company moves on to more . successful engagements,
and everyone is happy except Black Bart — who is beyond caring
much anyhow. Simple enough skeleton — isn't it? But just go and
see what those Plying A people make of it. You'll chuckle with
n-.irth and slniddcr delightfully.

The Making of a Woman

October 18, 1913
Sometimes a girl matures spontaneously — developing womanly
attractions, and acquiring womanly responsibilities. Again, she
stays puerile in mind, selfish, frivolous — almost justifying the old
convention among men, of classing women with children and men-
tal defectives. Her backwardness may be due to narrow training,
and the absence of any motive in life except to make a profitable
marriage — but seldom is she really hopeless. She may drift along
indefinitely, only half awake to what life means — and then, some
emergency will call forth all her latent possibilities — showing her,
and those who know her, the real woman under all the superficiality
and weakness.

The American play "The Making of a Woman" dramatizes
the case in point. Jim Blake marries a very pretty, but self-centred
and shallow, girl from the city. Jim is thoroughly in love — he
assures his mother that Gladys is only a little homesick on the
ranch — but will certainly "turn out all right.' However, as time
passes, she grows more discontented and morose — refuses to do her
share in the household — and makes the young ranchman generally
miserable.

At last they quarrel — and Gladys, to get even, runs away into
the hills. Being no woodsman, she gets lost. Her terror-stricken
cries bring Red Dolan, the outlaw, out of his shanty — where he is
hiding from justice. Dolan hails her as an angel from heaven — ■
for his little boy Billy, lies ill of a fever in the shanty — and he is
at his wit's end to know what to do for him. At first, Gladys
struggles with the outlaw, refusing to go to the boy. Then, she
hears the child, in delirium, calling "Mother !''■ — and the cry wrings
her heart. She works over him all night — and in the morning he
is out of danger.

That day, Jim Blake, frantic at his loss, is guided to Dolan's
cabin by the smoke from the fire over which Gladys is cooking.
The outlaw, overcome with gratitude to the woman who has saved
his boy's life, is willing and eager to surrender himself — in order
that Gladys may receive the large reward offered for his capture.
The Blakes will not hear of this — but persuade Dolan to leave the
country and begin life over, for his son's sake.

The night of intense anxiety and effort for the sick child has
stirred Gladys' deeper nature. She goes home with her husband —
a woman roused to what love may mean — read}- and anxious to
do her part.

The God of Chance

October 9, 1913
By Wm. H. Clifford and Thos. H. Ince

Those who have been following the recent Domino Plays will
have noticed that each of them deals with some historic or other-
wise absorbingly interesting period. And when one considers that
these plays are worked out in studios on the shore of the Pacific
Ocean in California, the fidelity to historic detail — both in cos-
tuming and scenic effect — is little short of marvelous.

The God of Chance, according to the scenario, is an Elizabethan
Drama — the Queen and Sir Francis Drake being mentioned in it to
give the action an approximate date. And students of history will
find some minor details a bit incongruous if they are the sort of
critics who see the flaws in a Mono Lisa or Sorolla's Oxen. But
those who take a larger view of fine dramatic values for the actual
worth there is in them will overlook the trifling discrepancies for
the sake of action and thrill, of which this play is filled to over-
flowing.

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Once Upon a Time Reliance

Sir Percival Bruce, the father of Purit}'. is an iineterate gam-
bler in the Debtor's Prison. Purit_\- sells her estates to liberate
him just at a time when Lord Coventr_v has been appointed Indian
Commissioner in the American Colonies. She makes her father
promise to leave cards alone ard take passage with her for America
and a new life. On the ship which carries them all, is Gordon Ben-
nett, an Indian Trader who has amassed a fortune — invested in
England — but who is looked down upon b_v the aristocracy as a
person of humble birth. He speaks to both Lord Coventry and
Purity, as a fellow passenger — but is snubbed. Purity's father loses
the last of her fortune to Coventry at cards in the cabin — and, in
his despair, accepts a loan from Bennett — giving him as securit\- a
bond by which his daughter must serve the trader for two }-ears
if it is forfeited. Then Sir Percival loses this money also.

Naturally, the old gambler commits suicide by jumping over-
board when the ship is within sight of land — leaving a note for
Purity, explaining her bondage. Lord Coventry is furious, as he
expected to have the girl entirely in his power — ^and engages in a
furious sword duel with Bennett, who is getting the best of it when
Purit_\- stops them by saying she will carry out the bond. She is
taken to Bennett's neat Puritan home and given into the charge
of his elderly housekeeper. Lord Coventry calls with plans for her
lii)eration, but she finds that Bennett considers himself Guardian
instead of Master, and really loves her. The Puritan Minister
intercepts a note from Coventry which gives him the appearance
of being her lover — and after a denunciator}- sermon, leads his con-
gregation to the trysting place, with a rope to hang them both,
when they find her with Bennett instead — Coventry having been dis-
armed and hidden in a closet by the Trader. Coventry seeks re-
venge by comanding the Indians to do their trading at the Govern-
ment store — which they refuse to do. He has some ruffians abduct
Purity — who is rescued by Bennett and the Indian Chief. The Chief
is captured — put in the stocks and pelted with refuse. The Indians
attack the town — burn it — kill and scalp Coventry and his men.
And the play closes with Purity in Bennett's arms on the beach
awaiting the boat which is coming to take them out to the ship
in the offing — to a life of peace and plenty in England.

Can anyone ask for more action — more dramatic climaces — or
more picturesque settings than are indicated by all this? It's a
"two-reel" Play — with enough incidents for six.

Once Upon a Time

Oct. 8th, 1913

Once upon a time, there was — in the land beyond the clouds, oh
Dearly Beloved — a Fairy Kingdom, ruled over by King Nemo. The
King was a wise and just man whose subjects all loved him — and

he had a beautiful daughter whose name was Rosebud. She was a
favorite everywhere and many of the neighboring Princes wished to
marry her, so that when they came to the throne, she might be
Queen of their own countries. But none of them quite pleased her.
She became tired of the life at Court — tired of too much attention —
and, one day, she wandered away, -deep into a forest which lay
back of King Nemo's palace. After a long time, she realized that
she was quite lost and very hungry — but. just then, she met a wntch's
daughter who took her to the witch's hut — gave her wonderful
things to eat — and guided her back to the palace.

A little while after that. Prince Channing arrived at King Nemo's
Court from his own beautiful country beyond the sea — and the
Princess Rosebud at once fell in love with him. Presently, they
were betrothed with much ceremony and rejoicing — and the Prince
stayed on and on — hunting with the King during the day and mak-
ing love to the Princess in the evenings. One day, he becaane lost
in the forest and was found by the witch's daughter, who — living
in the depths of the wood — had heard nothing of his betrothal to
Rosebud, and cast a spell over him.

Noticing the strange melancholy which had fallen upon the
Prince, King Nemo summoned his Court Jester — who was a very
wise man, as all Court Jesters had to be in those days — and told
him to hnd out what was troubling Prince Charming. This, the
Jester soon discovered, and the King had the witch's daughter cast
in prison for her enchantments. But Rosebud — when visiting the
dungeons, one day — found her there, and set her free at once —
telling her that she was so happy over her coming marriage to
Prince Charming that she couldn't bear to see an^'one else in trouble.

Finding, to her amazement, who Prince Charming really was.

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Reel Life

and knowing he could never marry her, the forest girl at once made
a witch's brew and whispered into the steam from it an incantation
which removed the spell from the Prince. And everyone lived
happy for ever and ever after.

The Play is a Fairy Tale, of course — but who is there, old or
young, who does not love a Fairy Tale? And this is so much better
than the old sort to which one listened at bed-time with attentive
ears but very drowsy eyes. Here — we see Rosebud herself — and
Prince Charming — and the Witch's Daughter — and the Gaoler — and
all the people of the Court — and the two wise and funny Jesters.
And just because no word is spoken, it is all the more perfectly
beautiful and dream-like — as every proper Fairy Tale should be.

The Revelation

October 10, 1913

In the Kay Bee production, "The Revelation,"' we have a
thoroughly unique drama — ^^based on theosophy. The dream of John
Burns revives on the motion-picture screen the prehistoric fore-
runner of man — as he lived, fought and loved, in the caves and
woods of the early quarternary period. Science and imagination
unite to make the film one of the most memorable that will be
shown for many a day.

John Burns, a student of theosophy, is at a loss to understand
his instinctive antipathy for Bates, whom he meets at the shore
resort where he and Mrs. Burns are staying. He is used to his
wife's flirtatious ways — and cannot really blame her much for
amusing herself with other men, considering she is pretty and
young — and he such a sober pld fellow, always engrossed in his
theosophical studies. Still, whenever he comes upon her with
Bates, in some corner of the rocks on the beach — his whole nature
cries out to beware of the man, and to warn Susanna against him.

One day, in the hammock, Burns falls asleep over "Transmi-

The Iceman's Revengs Majestic

The Iceman's Revenge Majestic

gration and Modern Traits" — and dreams a dream which explains
ever_\ thing. He wakes just in time to rescue Susanne from the
clutches of a prehistoric cave man, in twentieth-century guise —
Burns' rival and deadly enemy for upwards of a hundred thousand
.\ears. The drama has a striking conclusion — confirming the on-
looker's belief in the doctrine of theosoph}' — as accounting for
much, otherwise beyond understanding, in human nature to-day.

A Mix-up in Pedigrees

Oct. 5th, 1513
By Philip Lonergan

Someone said, once upon a time, Blood will tell — and several
thousands of other people at several thousand other times have
repeated the statement — for personal reasons of their own. There
is more or less truth in it — but not altogether in the general in-
terpretation of the phrase. Some thoroughbreds are born — other;
acquire breeding — and still others have it thrust upon them, with
decidedly mixed results. Sometimes, its a matter of several gen-
erations— sometimes, a mixture of good inheritance grafted upon
common but stronger stock. But one thing may be accepted as a
basic fact: no person is great, or even remarkable, because his or
her ancestors were somewhat unusual. That rule simply does not
work out.

It is rather difficult to convey the shades of difference in mere
words. But in a play — particularly, a motion-picture one — the facts
may be illustrated so clearly that anyone grasps the point. And
Mr. Pliilip Lonergan has clearly demonstrated this in A Mi.v-Up in
Pedigrees. An elderly widower — who is more "buggy' on his family-
tree than the arboreal facts warrant — has a pretty daughter who is
Ijlessed with better sense. He 'wants her to marry a young snol:
whose pedigree appears iln Matthews' American Armory — (for
the usual consideration). She happens to prefer a young merchant I
with a High School education whose ability to annex a satisfactory I
income represents his chief arboreal qualifications. Her father at-M
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tiie young men who rescue one ! — Lifr.

much of both qualities to please certain members of his Board.
His Vice-President, whom he trusted implicitly, was the leader of
a conspiracy to oust him from control of the Corporation. On
the day before the annual meetings, the President was seized with
a sudden illness which made it impossible for him to appear at the
meetings. Sending for the Vice-President, he gave him proxies
for his stock — believing that his interests would be safe-guarded.
In his elation at this unexpected placing of full power in his hands,
the Vice-President boastingly told one of his fellow conspirators
before leaving the Island upon which the President's summer home
was situated — of the proxies he Held. And the President's daugh-
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Running into the sick man's room, she induced him to give her
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to arrange, by the way) — and started for the mainland.

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the conspiring stockholders.

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fashioned virtues as truth and honesty again come into favor.

Louie, the Life Saver

October 7, 1913
By Lloyd F. Lonergan
A very entertaining comedy — with unusually pretty scenes alon.3

old ocean — is Mr. Lonergan's sparkling playlet,' "Louis, the Life
Saver."'

Louie was one of those young hangers-on whose ambition is to
get rich without working. Added to his laziness, he had a voracious
appetite for dime novels — and a job in an office was too slow for
him. When summer came he threw up his place with Jones &
Johnson — and bought a ticket to Alermaid Shoals.

There he escaped starvation by securing a post on the bathing
beach as life guard. He recalled many stories of life savers who
had made very profitable matches with beautiful heiresses whom
they rescued from watery graves — and there was one young lady —
whom he saw daily, walking on the beach with an elderly gentle-
man, evidently her father — whom Louie decided would just about
suit him. One morning, m the water, she was seized with cramps
— and he gallantly swam out and bore her safely to shore. Every-
thing was going just as it always did in the novels — and he dreamed
of the bride, and the fortune, soon to be his.

Next day, the broker called to thank him.

"I am greatly indebted to you, my brave fellow, for rescuing
my unfe" — and he handed the life saver a ten-cent piece.

"Sir," said Louis, "I had not the slightest intention of rescuing
— your zvife.''

He looked at the ten-cent piece — and was about to fling it in the
man's face — when he thought better of it, and put it in his pocket.
And that was lucky — for that same evening he was dismissed from
the life guard "for insolence" — and, if it hadn't been for the
munificent broker's tip, how would he have got his next — dime
novel.''

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7 — Golden Gate Park and Environs
9 — His Sister Lucia

12 — The Adventures of Jacques (2 reels)

14 — The Mystery of Tusa
16 — An Even Exchange

18 — A Tide in the Affairs of Men

21— The Golden Heart
23— Flesh of His Flesh

25 — For the Flag (2 reels)

28 — From the Portals of Despair
30 — Jack Meets His Waterloo

1 — While There's Life
4 — The Poisoned Chop

6 — The Mysterious Eyes

8 — For the Crown (2 reels)

II — Through the Neighbors' Window

13 — Red Sweeney's Defeat

15 — Calamity Anne, Heroine
18— A Fall Into Luck

20 — Travelers of the Road

22 — The Ghost of the Hacienda (2 reels)
25 — Mrs. Carter's Campaign

27 — Master of Himself

29 — The Flirt and the Bandit

2 — The Badge of Honor
4 — Crooks and Credulous

6 — A Pitfall of the Installment Plan

9 — Taming a Cowboy

11 — Calamity Anne's Sacrifice

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Sept. 21 — Fred's Trained Nurse (2 reels)
Sept. 28— The Speed Bear
Oct. 12 — Catcliem and Killem

July 16 — Old Mammy's Secret Code (3 reels)

July 23 — Grand-Dad (2 reels)

July 30 — A War Time Mother's Sacrifice

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6 — Joe Hibbard's Claim (2 reels)
13 — The Quakeress (2 reels)
20 — The Heritage of Eve (2 reels)
27— The Madcap (2 reels)

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Aug. 31 — The Broken Thread (1 reel)

:5ept. 3 — The Gambler's Pal

Sept. 7 — May and December

Sept. 10 — The Judge's Son

Sept. 14 — No release

Sept. 17— The Land of Dead Things (2 reels)

Sept. 21 — No release

Sept. 24 — Silent Heroes (2 reels)

Sept. 28 — No release

Oct. 1 — The Greenhorn (2 reels)

Oct. 8— A Forgotten Melody (2 reels)

S'ept. 25 — A Highland Romance (2 reels)
Oct. 2 — Exoneration (2 reels)
Oct. 9— God of Chance (2 reels)

May 23— The Miser (2 reels)

May 30— A Child of War (2 reels)
June 6 — A True Believer (2 reels)

June 13 — The Boomerang (3 reels)

June 20 — The Failure of Success (2 reels)

June 27 — The Seal of Silence (2 reels)
July 4 — The Crimson Stain (3 reels)

July 11 — The Banshee (2 reels)

July 18— The Red Mask (1 reel)

July 25 — Flotsam (2 reels)

Aug. 1 — Banzai (2 reels)

Aug. 8 — The House of Bondage (3 reels)

Aug. 15 — The Flame in the Ashes (2 reels)

Aug. 22— An Orphan of War (2 reels)

Aug. 29 — The Green Shadow (2 reels)

Sept. 5 — The Ironmaster

Sept. 12— The Waif

Sent. 19 — The Cowtown Reformation

Sept. 26 — A Forlorn Hope

Oct. .! — The Loaded Dice

Oct. 10— The Bully

June 19 — Out and In

June 23 — A Bandit

June 23 — Peeping Pete

June 26 — His Crooked Career

June 26 — Largest Boat Launched Sideways

June 30 — For the Love of Mabel

July 3 — Rastus and the Game Cock

July 7 — Safe in Jail

July 10— The Tell-Tale Light

July 14 — Love and Rubbish

luly 17 — A Noise from the Deep

July 21— The Peddler

Tuly 21 — Love and Courage

July 24— Get Rich Quick

July 28— Just Kids

July 31 — Prof. Bean's Removal

Aug. 4 — Cohen's Outing

Aug. 7 — A Game of Pool

Aug. 7 — The Latest in Life S'aving

Aug. 11— The Riot

Aug. 14— A Chip of the Old Block

Aug. 18 — No release

Aug. 21 — The Firebugs (2 reel Comedy)
Aug. 25 — Baby Day . . . The Kelp Industry

(Split Reel)

Aug. 28 — Mabel's New Hero
Sept. 1— Fatty's Day Off

Los Angeles Harbor — (Split Reel)
Sept. 4 — The New Babv
Sept. 8 — Mabel's Dramatic Career
Sept. 11 — Gypsy Queen
Sept. 15 — What Father Saw

Willie Minds the Dog
Sept. 18 — The Fatal Taxicab
Sept. 22 — When Dreams Come True
Sept. 25 — Mother's Boys
Sept. 29 — The Bowling Match
Oct. 2— Billy Dodge's Bills
Oct. 6 — .Across the Alley ) „ ,. ,
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13 — Impulse

15 — .-\ Japanese Courtship

19 — His" Way of Winning Her

19 — Gold Creek Mining Stocks

20 — The Pajama Parade

22 — The Mighty Hunter
26 — Just Skirts

26 — The Adventurous Girls

27— The School Kids' Picnic

27 — The Wild West Comes to Town

29— The Toy

2 — Tempesta

3 — Told in the Future

5 — Hearts and Hoofs
9— The Devilish Doctor

10 — The Greater Love
12— The Doctor's Ruse

16 — The Fickle Tramp

16 — A Horse on Fred

17 — House Hunting

19— The Other Side of the Fence

23— Batchelor Bill

24— The Lady Killer

26 — One Round O'Brien's Flirtation

30 — A Chapter of His Life

31— The Trade Secret
2 — A Perilous Ride

6— The Turkish Bath

7— The Heart of a Fool
9 — The Frame Up

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Sept. 14 — The Winning Loser
Sept. 16 — Playmates
Sept. 20 — His Last Deal
Sept. 21 — A Shoemaker and His Doll
Sept. 23 — The BaseBall Umpire
The Aesthetic Match
Sept. 27 — A Slight Misunderstanding
Sept. 28 — The Love of Conchita
Sept. 30 — When the Debt Was Paid
Oct. 4 — The Man of the Wilderness
Oct. 5 — A Mix-up in Pedigrees
Oct. 7 — The Heritage
Oct, 1 1 — The Iceman's Revenge
Oct. 12 — The Van Warden Rubies

Tuly 23— No. 30
Tuly 30— No. 31
Aug. 6— No. 32
Aug. 13 — IV 0. 33
Aug. 20— No. 34
Aug. 27 — No. 35

Sept. 3 — No. 36
Sept. 10— No. 37
Sept 17— No. 38
Sept. 24— No. 39
Oct. 1— No. 40
Oct. 8— No. 41

Aug. 4 — The Doctor's Dilemma

Aug. 6 — The Silly Sex

Aug. 9— The Fight for Right (2 reels)

Aug. 11 — Kentucky Foes

Aug. 13 — Runa Plays Cupid

Aug. 16 — Of such is the Kingdom

Aug. 18 — The Smuggler's Sister

Aug. 20 — The Counsel for the Defense

Aug. 23 — Success (2 reels)

Aug. 25 — The Girl Spy's Atonement

Aug. 27— Peg of the "Polly P."

Aug. 30 — The Social Secretary

Sept. 1 — Feeny's Social Experiment

Sept. 3 — No release

Sept. 6 — The Glow Worm (3 reels)

Sept. 8 — Between Home and Country

Sept. 10 — No release

Sept. 13 — The Clown's Daughter (2 reels)

Sept. 15 — Twickenham Ferry

Sept. 17 — The Disguise

Sept. 20 — The S'tolen Woman (2 reels)

Sept. 22— The Hardest Way

Sept. 24 — The Missing Ring

Sept. 27— The Original Will

Sept. 29 — Hearts of the Dark

Oct. 1 — Makers and Spenders

Oct. 4— Targets of Fate (2 reels)

Oct. 6— The Buffer

Oct. 8 — Once L^po'i a Time

Oct. 11— The Rebellious Pupil

July 20 — Brethren of the Sacred Fish
July 22 — When Darkness Came
July 25 — The Top of New York
Tuly 27— Willie, the Wild Man
July 29 — Little Dorrit (2 reels)
Aug. 1 — In the Nick of Time
Aug. 2 — Proposal by Proxy
Aug. 2 — The 225th Anniversarv of the Land-
ing of the Hugenots
Aug. 5 — The Protectory's Oldest Boy
Aug. 8 — The Girl of the Cabaret
Aug. 10 — Oh, Such Beautiful Ocean
Aug. 12 — The Missing Witness (2 reels)
Aug. 15 — The Lie that Failed
Aug. 17 — Waiting for Hubby
Aug. 19 — The Spirit of Envy
Aug. 22 — The Medium's Nemesis
Aug. 24 — An Unromantic Maiden
Aug. 26 — Wards of the King
Aug. 29 — A Spartan Father
Aug. 31 — No release
Sept. 2 — The Veteran Police Horse
Sept. 5 — No release
Sept. 7— His Last Bet
Sept. 9 — Taming Their Grandchildren
Sept. 12 — The Message to Headquarters

(3 reels)

Sept. 14 — No release

Sept. 16 — Redemption

Sept. 19— Flood Tide

Sept. 21 — When the Worm Turns

Sept. 23 — An Unfair Exchange

Sept. 26 — The Official Goat Protector

Sept. 28 — The Farmer's Daughter

Sept. 30 — Life's Pathway (2 reels)

Oct. 3 — The Twins and the Other Girl

Oct. 7 — Louie, the Life Saver

Oct. 10— A Girl Worth While

Oct. 12 — A Deep Sea Liar

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AMERICAN Courage of Sorts

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Making Pig Iron

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KEYSTONE Their Husbands

RELIANCE Poor Old Mother

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14th

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15th

BRONCHO The Reaping

(2 reel Drama)

MUTUAL WEEKLY No. 42

RELIANCE The Flirt

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16th

AMERICAN The End of Black Bart

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DOMINO Romance of Erin

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KAY-BEE Venetian Romance

THANHOUSER A Peaceful Victory

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AMERICAN The Making of a Woman

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MAJESTIC The Wedding Write-up

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RELIANCE A Knight Errant

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19th

MAJESTIC Through the Sluice Gates

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THANHOUSER. .The Beauty in the Seashell

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THE SUCCESS OF MOTHS,

our first four-reel Mutual "special," has resulted in the production of a second
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The stirring life of the great adventurer of the Middle Ages is here shown
properly in black-and-white pictures for the first time. Ever_v man, woman and
child knows the story. This is the big, popular film of the Fall. See any Mutual
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"LOUIE THE LIFE SAVER"
While the rollers roll onto the beach at Cape May, Louie plans he will save
some beautiful maiden from the surf and marry her. He does save a beauteous
one, and moneyed too, but the wedding bells don't somehow ring.

(Released Friday, Oct. 10th)
"A DAUGHTER WORTH WHILE"

She gained wind of the attempt to quietly displace her father as president
of the corporation, and, securing a new proxy from him, set out for the board
room. By commandeering an automobile and out-racing a train, she reached
the stockholders' meeting in the nick of time.

Then watch for those fine OCTOBER two-reeleis ;
"THE PLOT AGAINST THE GOVERNOR" "THE JUNIOR PARTNER"

Depicting present-day political conditions. Depicting present-day business conditions.

Otti Tuesday, Oct. 14th. Out Tuesday, Oct. 2Sth

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"Romance of Erin" (2) OCT. 16

"The Van Warden Jewels" (2) OCT. 14

"God of Chance" {2) OCT. 9

'A Forgotten Melody" OCT. 8

"The Plot Against the Governor" OCT. 7

"A Pitfall of the Installment Plan" OCT. 6

"Targets of Fate" (2) OCT. 4

"Exoneration" (2) OCT. 2

"The Greenhorn" (2) OCT. 1

"Life's Pathway" (2) SEPT. 30

"Silent Heroes" (2) SEPT. 24

"The Ghost of the Hacienda" (2) SEPT. 22

"The Stolen Woman" (2) SEPT. 20

"The Bondsman" (2) SEPT. 18

"The Land of Dead Things" (2) SEPT. 17

"The Clown's Daughter" (2) SEPT. 13

"The Message to Headquarters" (2) SEPT. 12

"For the Crown" (2) SEPT. 8

• The Glow Worm" (2) SEPT. 6

'The Ironmaster" (2) SEPT. 3

"The Veteran Police Horse" (2) SEPT. 2

"The Green Shadow" (2) AUG. 29

"The Madcap" (2) AUG. 27

"The Ward of the King" (2) AUG. 26

"For the Flag" (2) AUG. 25

"Success" (2) AUG. 23

"An Orphan of War" (2) AUG. 22

"The Fire Bugs" (2) AUG. 21

"The Heritage of Eve" (2) AUG. 20

"The Flame in the Ashes" (2) AUG. 15

"The Quakeress" (2) AUG. 13

"The Missing Witness" AUG. 12

"The Adventures of Jacques" (2) AUG. 11

"The Fight for Right" (2) AUG. 9

"The House of Bondage" (3) AUG. 8

"Banzai" (2) AUG. 1

"A War Time Mother's Sacrifice" (2) JULY 30

"Little Dorrit" (2) JULY 29

"The Scapegoat" (2) JULY 28

"The Higher Justice" (2) JULY 26

"The Missionary's Sister" (2) JULY 26

"Flotsam" (2) JULY 25

"Grand Dad" (2) JULY 23

"Man and Woman" (2) JULY 23

"Old Mammy's Secret Code" (3) JULY 16

"Tannhauser" (3) JULY IS

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"Truth in the Wilderness" (2) JULY 14

"Ashes" (2) JULY 12

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The previously accepted lover was infuriated when one evening
he called on "the only girl" and was informed by her that their
engagement was at an end.

"If you insist, Grace Cheever, on breaking off our engagement,
I will publish in the Oakdale Times the letters you have written
me."

"As you please," she replied indifferently, toying with her
bracelet. There is nothing about those letters I need be ashamed
of — except the address" — Lippincott's.

"What's the matter, old top?"
"Lumbago."

"I have a remedy I wish you'd try."

"I'll put the remedy on my waiting list. At my present rate of
progress I'll get to it in about two years." — Louisville Courier-Jour-
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"That's as easy as rolling off a log."
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Geraldine — Is he?

Gerald — I should say as much. He won't even tell a story at his
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New Leading Man for "Flying A"
Pictures

Sidney Ayres, who has enjoyed a very suc-
cessful career on the legitimate stage, and is
well known in moving pictures, has been en-
gaged to play leads for the American Film
Mfg. Co.

Mr. Ayres wrote the play "Texas," and him-
self played the lead under the Erlinger man-
agement. He has also played the title roll in
Ben Hur for several seasons. Under Mor-
oscofc as also under Belasco, Mr. Ayres played
stock in all principle Western cities.

In moving pictures he has played leads with
"101 Bison," Selig, Edison and others.

It is quite apparent that he is no novice on
the screen, and his powerful and striking per-
sonality, depicted in American productions,
will enable him to maintain his popularity. His
first appearance in "Flying A" subjects will be
in "The Occult," release of which will be an-
nounced shortly.

Reliance Child Actress Receives On
A New York Subway Train

That it takes a lively stretch of the imagina-
tion to realize how well known moving picture
players become, was illustrated by a recent
experience-of-^una Hodge's, the pretty four-
year-old RELIANCE actress.

Runa was on her way to the studio in a
Broadway Subway Express when she suddenly
found herself surrounded by an admiring group
who called her by name, and seemed to know
her as well as her nearest relative. They
proved to be a party of tourists from Jackson-
ville, Florida, who had become acquainted with
Runa by viewing her work in the theatres of
their home town. ~

New Notes from New Majestic

"The Tomboy's Race," built around the re-
cent Corona Road Race in California, has just
been finished at the Majestic S'tudaos, under the
direction of Lucius Henderson. The race was
an exciting one from the start, and Arthur
Cadwel], head camera man, was doubly inter-
ested, as his racer was entered in the "Me-
dium Car" event. Gradually the car fought its
way to the front until at the finish, amid the
deafening applause of the crowd. Cad's car
came in secondk incidentally making its owner
one thousand dollars richer. This same racer
is the one used in the picture, "The Tomboy's
Race," in which the girl (Delia Martell) wins
the race for her brother (Eugene Pallette),
and saves the family from ruin, in spite of the
sinister efforts of Bill, the Plunger (Ernest
Joy).

A clever love story, which is also educational
to a large degree, is "Through the Sluice
Gatesv" by Philip Lonergan, a coming Ma-
jestic release, featuring Wm. Garwood and
Belle Bennet in the leading roles. Produced
by John Adolphi, this picture shows scenes
along the new Los Angeles aqueduct, that great
engineering feat of the Southwest, now rapidly
nearing completion. One of the strongest
scenes in the play is a thrilling man hunt — in
which the unjustly accused hero is aided by
his sweetheart in escaping through the Sluice
Gates of the Aqueduct.

During the recent hot spell in Los Angeles,
there was one actor, at least, who did not
seem to mind it much. This was Dick Cum-
mings, who played "Mike" the iceman, in the
"Ice Man's Revenge," a rollicking comedy by
Phil. Lonergan, just finished by Director A. W.
Hale. On going out for an exterior, Mr.
Cummings would take along about seventy-five
pounds of ice each time and being forced to
carry it in each scenei, managed to keep cool.
The scene showing the hall of the Daniel Slat-
tery Association, was a typical New York

Eighth Ward Dance Hall Festivity, and what
Mike does to Smith, his fireman rival, at the
close, will be very interesting.

SUE BALFOUR

As Mrs. Norville
in "Hearts"
Reliance

Sometimes when the crowds are too thick
around the camera, while taking a picture on
the downtown streets. Director Henderson
takes all his people on a "joy ride" for a few
minutes, and then returns and finishes. Re-
cently, however, a new ruse was resorted to,
which worked perfectly. Seeing that the people
were crowding close to the camera, in taking
an exterior in front of a jeweler's shop for a
scene in the "Van Warden Rubies," Mr. Hen-
derson had his assistant and his chauffeur en-
gage in a fist fight on the opposite side of the
street. This attracted the crowd away from the
camera, and enabled Mr. Henderson to finish
the picture without further interruption.

Mr. Ince, of the Broncho Motion Picture
Company, contemplates organizing a baseball
club at the plant at Santa Ynez Canyon, as he
has some ex-professional ball players among
the employees of the company, and has great
hopes of cleaning up some of the small town
leagues around Los Angeles. They are going
to call it the "Bronco Base Ball Club," and
Mr. Ince is personally supplying the uniforms
and other paraphernalia necessary to the game.
They expect to have their own ball park at the
Canyon, and will hold their games on Sundays.

Walter Edwards, a recruit from the legiti-
mate, who has been with Mr. Ince for the past
two months, has been promoted to directorship,
replacing Mr. Burton King. Mr. Edwards'
reputation as an actor needs no comment. He
has been a star for several years, and is one
of the highest salaried artists in this country.
Mr. Edwards took up the work more as a vaca-
tion, but is so absorbed in pictures now, it
would require the proverbial "All the King's
Horses and All the King's Men" to get him
away. Special stories are being written for
him, and he will continue acting as well as
directing.

Two young men, living in Bridgeport, Conn.,
are the greatest boosters for Kay-Bee and'
Broncho films — in fact, so enthusiastic are
they, that they have started to walk across the
country to join the forces of the Broncho Com-
pany, lecturing along the way on their travels,
and incidentally boosting their favorite films.
They expect to walk every step of the way,
using no money except that earned as they
go along. It is useless to saiy that a royal wel-

come will be awaiting them on their arrival at
the plant of the Broncho ^Motion Picture Com-
pany, where a position awaits each of them,
and as 'they are both military men, they will
undoubtedly be an addition to that now well-
equipped force.

A Handsome Villain

Jack Richardson, of the "Flying A" Com-
pany, possibly stands alone in the field as being
the handsomest and the most villainous char-
acter appearing on the screen.

This dual, or "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
qualification, is a decided compliment to the
histrionic ability of Mr. Richardson. His
larger circle of acquaintance is made up of
screen fans, who know him as the villain or
Mr. Hyde.

Some of the acidified compliments he re-
ceives are made with such evident sincerity that
they are almost alarming. One woman signing
"Mother" writes that she has raised four boys,
but if any of them were to develop as evil
looks as Jack has, she would sure poison them.
A preacher writes "that no man could act the
parts so realistically without being a bad man
at heart."

He is five feet eleven inches in his stocking
feet, weighs 175 pounds, and he has brown hair,
blue eyes and a fair complexion.

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The Morning Press at Santa Barbara, under
date of Sept. 17th, reports as follows:

"Mr. and Mrs. S'. S. Hutchinson and their
two sons were among the first to motor into the
Yosemite Valley. On the trip from which they
returned Mondayi, they went into the valley
by the Wawona route, first visiting the Mari-
posa big trees. On the trip down the coast all
of the old missions were visited, including San
Carlos and San Anthony of Padua, which lies
miles from the beaten paths of the ordinary
tourists. The Hutchinsons will leave for Chi-
cago Saturday."

Reliance Split Reel by Junie McCree

Two comedies from the pen of the well-
known comedian and humorist, Junie McCree,
will be released by RELIANCE on Oct. 20th,
as a split-reel offering. "Oh, What a Night"
is the title of the first comedy, while the second,
which is a starring vehicle for the famous Hip-
podrome mule, Petei, will be the first of a series
of "mule" stories entitled "Two Men and a
Mule."

Pete needs no introduction to the majority of
theatre-goers as he has "landed" thousands of
laughs at the Hippodrome and in vaudeville.
Pete is surrounded by a clever company, in-
cluding Ross Snow — tried and true as a "laugh
maker," with a large and faithful following.

Sidney Rosenfeld Writes For the
Screen

With "At the White Horse Tavern," "The
Senator," and "The Vanderbilt Cup," to his
credit, as well as a score or more recent suc-
cesses, Sidney Rosenfeld has completed a strong
picture drama entitled "The Heart of a Rose,"
which will be released by the RELIANCE on
Oct. 22nd as a sing.e reel subject.

Miss Florence Gribbon, of the Sales Com-
pany fame, has succeeded Mr. J. C. Epping as
manager of the New Rochelle combined ship-
ping department, of the Thanhouser, Reliance,
Majestic and other Mutual producing com-
panies. Mr. Epping goes to Los Angeles as
business manager of the Majestic Studios there.
Miss Gribbon is one of the youngest business
women in the film game, and served with Miles
Brothers Motion Picture Distributing and Sales
Company, and Film Supply Company, before
becoming the assistant at New Rochelle to the
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>/ MUTUAL FILM CORPORATION, Publishers, 71 West 23rd Street

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Whether advertising is effective or positively injuri-
ous depends very largely upon whether it conforms to
good taste — or is offensive. And this is not stated in
the "high-brow" interpretation of the words either —
because none of our average people is so poor or so low
in the social scale that he hasn't some appreciation of the
fitness of things.

An advertisement which is forced upon a number of people at
an improper time — in an improper place — simply does not produce
the interest in the article advertised which the advertiser hopes for.
It hurts his business to just the extent that it arouses a feeling
of annoyance in those who see it.

The American public has become accustomed to following the
devious and wandering thread of a newspaper article around —
and by — and through — a maze of advertisements sandwiched in the
midst of the reading matter. But it doesn't like it — and never will
like it. That sort of thing is an imposition upon the reader The
proper place for advertising matter in book, magazine or paper, is
in a section by itself — at the front — or back — or both — but not among
the pages devoted to zvhat a person pays his money for. The ten
cents, or twenty-five, paid for a magazine on the news stands is
not paid for advertising matter — it is paid for reading matter and
illustrations. But it is perfectly legitimate business for the pub-
lisher to include an advertising section at the back of his periodical
— because there, it is not' forced upon the purchaser against his
wishes. He may — and usually does — run through the advertising
pages for the interest of seeing what the manufacturers have to
say or offer. But the doing this is optional. He may glance through
them — or not — as he pleases — and it in no way interferes with the
object for which he purchased the periodical.

This holds good in every line of advertising — ^and in every place
where advertising is shown. The person who defaces a beautiful
landscape or water view with a line of unsightly bill-boards and
glaring posters which cut off that view from the observer and are
in no way in harmony with the surrounding landscape — commits an
ofFence not only against good taste, but actually against the personal
right of every person to enjoy a beautiful effect of nature, unspoiled.

As a general rule, it may be stated as perfectly legitimate to
advertise — in any locality, shop or building — any article ivhich may
be obtained in such a place, or through the proprietors of such a
place. But here again, the rule must not be taken literally in every
case. The glaring and monstrous beer signs plastered all over a
country road-side tavern or hotel — which otherwise is a beautiful
building, entirely in harmony with its surroundings — constitute a
very serious offense, and one which will not be permitted many
years longer. That sort of thing keeps more people away from
such a tavern than it brings into it.

Getting around to the Theatre — which is really the
object of this editorial — the rule applies more forcibly.
An audience pays its money at the box office — for the sole
purpose of being amused. Anything which substitutes
something else — uninteresting matter of any description —
in place of that amusement defrauds that audience to just
that extent.

Advertising which is printed on the theatre program is not
objectionable — custom has permitted it for many years — and the
audience is not obliged to read the ads. unless the waits between
the acts are inexcusably long. There is no objection to photographs
and posters in the lobby, or outside the theatre — provided they refer
directly to the goods in which that theatre deals — the performance
offered that week or the next. But a poster advertising Epsteins
Egyptian Cigarettes, in such a place, would be an offense. In the
case of a Moving Picture performance — shown upon a curtain or
screen — there is not the slightest objection to showing a slide —
between films — which advertises coming plays — moving pictures —
theatre programs — or even a periodical which is sold in the theatre
and is largely devoted to information concerning moving-picture
plays — in short, anything, zvhich has a direct bearing upon the sort
of amusement for zvhich the audience has paid its good money. But
when an enterprising Theatre Proprietor delays his performance
and irritates his audience by using his screen with brutal frankness
as nothing more or less than a bill-board — advertising the New York
Morning Howler — The Essanbee Corset — Finkclsteins' Empire
Clothing Emporium — or Madame La France's Figure Developer-
he is actually exploiting his audience for the benefit of his own
pocket. And it won't be so very long, now, before an audience will
absolutely refuse to patronize a theatre where that sort of thing
happens.

The limits within which advertising inatter may properly be
shown are becoming, each year, a little more clearly defined. The
placing of advertising posters in the Subway stations was a very
serious offense not only against good taste, but actually, against the
city's health. Their continued existence there is an outrage which
is going to be dealt with, some day — before very long, we hope.

In the English and Continental Theatres, it has become a cus-
tom to plaster the drop-curtains with crude and badly-printed ad-
vertising posters. The people have stood for it because they wanted
to see the shows — -but already there is a strong feeling against it.
Sooner or later, short moving-picture plays will be shown upon a
blank and artistic curtain during the entre-actes — and the offensive
advertising will never return.

Each year, the general public is becoming increasingly aware of
its rights in matters of this sort. Each year, it will refuse — a little
more emphatically — to be robbed and exploited in order that sonie-
one may pocket a little side money in an illeg'timate way.

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Res! LIf®

ili)ij[\an€e of Emm

Adapted from the Domino Play of William H. Clifford and Thos. H. Ince

?>y Ma don ^av-x}^^

Illustrated by Jos. E. Sandford

,HE SUN— Strug-
gling with the
mists over Done-
gal Bay — shone wistfully
on the figure of Maire
O Niall, coming over
the hill. She was a slen-
der, dark girl, having the
beauty of the Irish north-
west— the fair skin and
the sea blue eyes — the
fine, black hair, parted
and waving to the nape
of the neck, where it lay
in a large, loose coil.
Her red dress — of home-
spun wool, stained with
mgiddeii — lent a warm
splash of color to the
duns and greys of the
landscape, above the
sombre reach of the
rocky shore. She had a
plaid shawl twisted
round her, tied in the
back — and she carried a
covered, splint basket.

Hurrying down the
crag to the beach — she
was slipping noiselessly
along in her cowskin
sandals, leaping from

rock to rock, over the sea anemones in tlie little pools in the saiid
— when a man came round the bluff, confronting her. She shrank
back — then would have passed him swiftly — but he planted himself,
with some show of insolence, in the narrow way between the cliff
and the sea.

"Good morning, ]\Iaire O Niall — God bless you!"
"Good morning kindly, Shawn Hylan — were you seeing my father
yonder ?"

"It's himself is a great length back, taken up with the fishing —
the way he'll not be missing you, surely. And it's lonesome I am
walking the shores, and thinking on you, Maire — with the divil a
smile or a word from you in passing — "

"You'd do right to let me be passing in peace, Shawn Hylan.
The potatoes in the basket will be cowld — and himself at the fish-
ing, with never a bite to ea't since daybreak."

"It's a wild, fine woman you are, Maire O Niall — with the white,
beautiful skin on you — and the sweet voice for drawing the men—
and the grand hair — and the red, round mouth has no match for
putting kisses on—"

"Take your hands off me — I've no mind to have you touch me — "

"That I will — when it's one kiss you'll be giving me, surely."
She struggled fiercely in his arms — bending this way and that —
hiding her lips from him. He seized her two hands — and she ■
screamed in terror and repulsion. Then someone flung himself down
the bluff— wrenching Hylan's clasp from about her— and she stag-
gered back, pale — panting.

"Michael!"

He was a tall young man in indigo flannels — with arms stripped

bare — the muscles swol-
len from rowing in
heavy seas, and from a
vinter of kelp and cat-
:le loading in the islands.
i-Ie was white to the
nostrils with rage — his
eyes were flaming. Maire
watched wildly — as they
scuffled and strove to-
gether, raining blow on
blow.

"Stop! Stop!— forth
love of heave n ! It
murder you'd be makin
in this place !" She ran
between — trying to sepa
rate them. They no mor
heeded her than the cri
of the cormorant
screaming overhead. Sh
rushed along the shore —
wringing her hands, th
tears coursing down h
cheeks — till a curve in th
rocks brought her fac
to face with a sturdy o
man, w'ho dropped th
oars in his hand at sig
of her distress.

"Father! Come w!
me ! Michael Ross woul
be killing Shawn Hylan yonder — and all for trying to take a ki
off me — and I unwilling — "

She dragged him back. Hylan was writhing on the ground
Ross standing over him — the great cords starting out on his nec
and forehead — breathing hard — his fists doubled and waiting. Sh
ran and flung her arms about his neck — O Niall gripped him by th
shoulder — together they hauled him back — protesting — resisting

"The spalpeen! I'll have the black heart of him yet, for insult
ing you, Maire !"

"And if it's the heart of him you're havinq- — it's the peelers wi
be having you, Michael Ross — and its no lie I'm telling. Come awa
now — he's had enough this day — the way if he's decent at all, h
won't be soon forgetting."

^f: ^ ^j; ^ ^ ^

A month later, the May had burst over the northwest. Th
mists were lifted from the sea, and the bay shone dazzling blu
• — shading into the remoter sapphire of the Atlantic. The sail
of hookers dotted the offing — coming up out of the Arans for
night's fishing in deep waters. In the village, the south doors o
the cottages stood open — and the women clustered on the flag
stones, in the sunshine, laughing and gossiping. The lanes and th
hill slopes were white with the bloossoming apple trees.

Bouncing and swerving along the fragrant by-ways — rattlin
through the market square — and up to the door of St. Bride's o
Ballydonal — went a two-wheeled cart, decked with flowers,
laughing pair sprang down at the church, where a crowd of youn
men and girls greeted them with friendly raillery — and the olde
men and women showered them with fervent blessings in th

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Gaelic. They went in, under the old cross, tangled in ivy— and the
chatter was hushed in the dim, cool interior.

Since the day of ' the fight by the sea Shawn Hylan had not
shown his face in Ballydonal. Some said he had gone to see his
sister in Roscommon — and Roscommon, very likely, were as
good a place as any to mend a black eye and a bloody nose in.
When he came into town, that May morning— and saw the church
door standing open— and heard the voice of the parish priest dron-
ing the service— "Now who would be getting married?" he asked
himself — peering in at the window.

What he saw sent him reeling back— his face gray with disap-
pointment. A jealous flush dyed his cheek— and he clenched his
fist, muttering to himself.

"You'd do well to be saying your prayers, night and day and all
times, Michael Ross— for it's not long you'll be walking the world
—and when you're gone, it's not herself'll be refusing me kisses."

brought
ant — she

They had been married a week to the day, when Michael

home two rabbits he had shot for Maire. She was radi

would make a rabbit pie —

she must go to market for

the flour and butter. He

kissed her and watchled

her go — then stood the

shot gun by the door, and

went into the cottage.

Five minutes later, when

he came out, the gun was

gone. He looked about
the dooryard, puzzled —

but unsuspecting. From

the front of the house, he

could not hear stealthy

footsteps making off
th rough the thicket behind

the cottage.

Half an hour later a
group of fishermen, mend-
ing their nets on the shore,

were discussing the price
of salmon in Donegal —
and the coming that morn-
ing of the paymaster of
the fisheries — when a shot
rang out over the bluff—
and a muffled cry.

"God save us all!'' cried
Dan B r e n n a n — crossing
himself.

"Help! Help!"— a coach
and four were tearing
along the . road by the
shore — the driver swinging
his whip like mad and
shouting— it was Martin
Flaherty who, every Tues-
day, drove the paymaster
of the fisheries about his
rounds. "Murder!" — he
was upon them — "Mur-
der! His honor do be ly-
ing above in the road —
with the buckshot through

the head and the heart and the two legs of him !— and the bold,
black-hearted son of Satan as did it off racing the hills with the
plunder !"

Five minutes after, they were kneeling round the dead man.
Dan Brennan raised a shot gun from the ground — two initials were
cut in the handle. "M. R."— he held it up— the excited faces grew
wise. Then — as one man — they turned, and rushed down the road
to Michael Ross's cottage.

Meanwhile, a skulking figure — dragging itself along by hedge-
rows and orchards — had reached the cottage before them. Shawn
Hylan — the paymaster's box under his arm — peered in at the win-
dow— no one was in the little kitchen — Maire was still abroad in
the village. He stole in — thrusting the box under the table, covered
with a long cloth— then out, as stealthily as he had come. Michael

came from the inner room to meet Maire, entering flushed and
breathless. She had her purchases out of the basket, and was mix-
ing the batter for the rabbit pie — almost before he could untie her
shawl and smooth the wind-blown hair.
"Maire — mocree ! Movourneen !"

She burst into a song — he tipped back her head — hushing the
wild, sweet melody, his lips on her's. The next moment, the fisher-
men were pouring into the cottage.

It was all changed in the winking of ."in eyelash. They pressed
round with hard, excited faces — Brennan cited the story of the
murder, showing the shot gun — Seumas Dunn searched the kitchen
— and had the paymaster's box out from under the table. They
had knotted a rope— and were tying Michael's hands together — •
dragging him bodily from the cottage. In the hubbub — there was
no hearing his protests. Then Maire's voice rose shrilly — as she
clung fiercely to her husband.

"Isn't it myself should be knowing the dirty deed you're putting
on him is no more the likes of my Michael, but some quaking
blackguard would be off hiding in the ditches — and he afeard to be

taking the money with
him at all ! I tell you — •
Michael Ross is innocent !''
"Innocent is it? Put
your hands off him, Maire
Ross. It's by the likes o'
him, the sins of the whole,
wide world are com-
mitted."

They hauled him — with
a deafening shout — over
the door sill. She sank
back — in a frenzy of weep-
ing.

"God and Mary and St.
Patrick ! Let you be put-
ting out the fires of the
sun — and sending the seas
on the cliffs of Donegal —
and let you destroy me — ■
and all the people of the
whole wide world — and
Michael Ross a thief and
a murderer!"

A week later they tried
him before Ballydonal. He
was pale — c o m p o s e d —
though the evidence
pointed to one verdict only.
Under the calm eye of the
prisoner, Shawn Hylan—
drafted on the jury —
writhed like a soul in tor-
ment— and when they ad-
journed to reach the de-
cision, he sat apart— as
one possessed, turning Lis
vote over and over.

"Bedad! What's come
o'er you, Shawn Hylan?
One would be thinking it
was yourself made murder
with another's man's gun
— concealing the money

box under an innocent man's table — "

He lurched forward, thrusting the ballot into Dan Brennan's hat.

"In the name of Almighty God — I'm with you!"

The rest was a nightmare— the cold sweat pouring off him.
"Guilty !"— Maire's cries filled the court room with wild keening—
as for one already dead. They bore her away— Ross's voice rising
above the uproar, in passionate protest.

"He's raving!" said someone—" and who wouldn't be— lifting
his hand in murder on a fellow creature?"

Late that night Shawn Hylan staggered out of Murphy's public
. house— much the worse for many hours steady at the porter. His
legs got him home somehow— and he fell on the bed in a heavy
sleep. Between midnight and dawn, the devil came to him in a
dream. He was leading him to the gallows— Maire pointing at

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him — following him with two burning eyes, like red hot poker
points — her lips framing ever one word— "Guilty !" The devil was
drawing him up the scaffold — they lowered the rope, inch by inch — ■
it slipped over his head — down around his neck — tightening — tight-
ening .

He woke — clutching his throat — pitching and struggling on the
bed, in a frenzied delirium.

Maire Ross was on her knees in the cottage — pouring out her
soul in a last, passionate supplication. The night shadows were
creeping up the corners of the little room — In an hour the sun
would rise over the hills — and with that rising, all would be
•over. At length she got on her feet — to find herself confronting
Shawn Hylan.

• His face was sodden with drink — he stood staring at her — his
«yes strained and wild — like a mad man.

"Maire Ross ! — Maire Ross! — It was myself killed the paymaster."
He staggered toward her — his voice rising in passion. "Sure, it
was love of you made me do it — and you a woman would be coaxin'
the saints themselves to destruction ! Let you leave him, Maire
Ross — and go wandering the world with me — and it's save him I
■will from a fearful end — and a narrow grave, with the cheap sack-
ing wrapped round him- — and the quicklime poured down on his
head — for it's small mercy they do be showing one as dies swaying

.and swiggling at the butt of a rope ! 1 wish to God we were

.away — me and you — out of Ireland I"

He swayed forward — to kiss her.

"I'll have that confession — in your writing itself — off you first,
Shawn Hylan!" She pushed him down at the table — thrusting over
pen and paper. In his tialf-crazed, befuddled state, she held him,
hypnotized. He wrote slowly — -with difficulty — leaving off in a
daze — recalled to himself by a sharp word from Maire — laboriously
on, on — to the signature. The pen slipped from his fingers —
&he snatched the paper — he tottered to his feet.

"You'll not touch me, Shawn Hylan ! — and you a thief and a
murderer — and worse than both, trapping an innocent man to his

death ! It's yourself shall be swinging in his place at sunrise — with
the devil's own hangnoose round your neck — and all the host of the
fallen angels sticking out their tongues and spawling and spitting
at you — the way you'll drop from the limb o' wrath into the pit o'
fire was delved for you from the beginning of the world!"

She rushed to the door — but before she could open, he was upon
her. He seized her in a deathlike grip — she bit and tore herself free
of him — hurling crocks and skillets from the fireplace at his head.
She snatched the shot gun — dealing him a blow with the butt end —
he reeled — and fell senseless over the door sill.

God Almighty — stay the sun's rising! A woman is running like
mad — a bit of crumpled paper in her hand — through the deserted
sitreets of Ballydonal. Yonder ! — she sees them — the whole village
crowded round the scaffold — and Michael standing aloft — a masked
figure lowering the rope — Father O'Donnell with hand raised in
prayer. She flashed across the prison yard — beating and buffeting
her way through the crowd — up the steps of the scaffold — thrusting
the confession in the bailiff's hand. Someone seized and held her.
Then — "Amen ! O Lord !" It was the bailiff — slashing at the cords
that bound Michael's hands. "Innocent ! — in the name of Heaven !"
She was in Michael's arms — her senses reeling. The crowd — as one
throat — took up the cry,

"Tis the will of God! Tis the will of God!"

Distinction in Parental Discipline

"I tell you, Binks, what that boy of yours needs is a thoroughly
sound thrashing."

"I don't believe in coporal punishment."

"What? Do you mean to say you never whip that boy,
Binks?"

"No-o," replied Binks after some hesitation. "That is, never
except in self-defence." — Harper's Weekly.

The Step Brothers

American

Red LlJfe

9'

In the Mountains of Virginia

Mew Aiivrchm Plny^

In the Mountains of Virginia

October 25, 1913
CAST

Doctor Morse Harry Von Meter

JefC Hardy Jack Richardson

Tom Vernon Frank Bertram

Ida Vernon * Vivian Rich

Mrs. Hardy (Jeff's mother) Louise Lester

Leader of Moonshiners Chas. Morrison

Tom Jenkins Jacques Jaccard

Ever since our magazines have printed stories of the Virginian
and Kentuckian Mountains, they have been fixed in the public mind
as territory in which the Moonshiner and the Feudist have held
paramount sway. The manners and customs of the strange people
who acknowledge no law but that of the clan and the rifle, have
been portrayed for us with more or less truth, by able writers —
and we have accepted the existence of such people as actual fact.
Yet every time a new story or a new play deals with them, we find
another angle from which to view that particular branch of human
nature.

The story of this intensely dramatic little play is simple enough
— or would be simple if it dealt with Northerners. Dr. Morse takes
a vacation in the Virginia mountains and falls in love with Ida
Vernon — daughter of a Moonshiner, who has no objections to such
a son-in-law. With Jeff Hardy, another Moonshiner, however — the
objections are real, and deep-seated. He wants Ida, himself. He
puts into a pocket of the Doctor's coat a forged letter from the
Chief Revenue Officer of the District — and finds a way of letting
Vernon know it is there. The Doctor is tried by a Moonshiner
Court, but escapes before he can be executed. In the woods, he
comes upon an elderly woman, seriously ill — and carries her to her
cabin, where he treats her, successfully. She proves to be Hardy's
mother. In his gratitude, the Moonshiner confesses the truth about
the forged letter — e|xpnefating Doctor Morse — who marries Ida, of
course.

But all this action — sketchily indicated in a few words — works
out into an intensely dramatic play of good length, and holds its
audience spell-bound as events follow each other in rapid suc-
cession. There is no let-up in the action — and the love-making is
just as convincing as if Mr^ Von Meter and Miss Rich had never
done that sort of thing before. As for Jack Richardson — he is, as
always, so bully a villian that you hope he has reformed — in real
life. Some time— if Mr. Richardson will drop in at the office of
Reel Life — we feel certain that "all will be forgiven," and that we
can guide his footsteps into the better way. It's just around the
corner.

Hidden Treasure Ranche

October 20, 1913

Is there a man, woman or child in this country who has not, at'
some time, dreamed of Hidden Treasure? It always seems so de-
lightfully simple and desirable to unearth a pot of gold — or old!
coins — or a nest of silver ingots — or a rotting buckskin pouch fairly-
bursting with diamonds and rubies — and live, care-free, for the rest
of our lives — and marry some beautiful Princess — or own a "Worldi
Series" Team and be on familiar terms with all the Great Men'
in it. That sort of thing. Well — this little play. Hidden Treasure
Ranche, brings it all back, and most vividly, too.

There's the crazy old ranchman, with his belief in the hiddem
gold— the neighboring ranchmen who look at his map, good^
naturedly, but consider him crazy — and a visiting spiritualistic
medium who accidentally proves that the old man wasn't so crazy>'
after all.

This particular medium — un]ike others of his species — is a very
good looking chap over whom two pretty nieces of one ranchman'
lose their heads, much to the disgust of their cowboy admirers whc
prove the medium no rider, but can't explain away his good looks.
By sheer fool luck, he manages to unearth the old ranchman's sup--
posedly mythical treasure just as that individual happens along to
claim it. But though he loses the money, he manages to get one-
of the girls — so the only disappointed man is her former cowboy
lover.

Warren Kerrigan plays the Medium, and George Periolat, the
old ranchman — while Vivian Rich and Charlotte Burton do excel-
lent work as the nieces. Louise Lester, as the female boss of a
ranche adds to her inimitable record of character work — and Jack
Richardson, as the girls' uncle, is a little less villainous than usual.
The play is worth seeing.

Enough Said

Mrs. Cooke had a new servant and after the first cake she
baked the mistress went to the kitchen.

"Delia," said Mrs. Cooke, "your cake was very good, but there
were not enough nuts in it. When you make another, please remem-
ber I like plenty of nuts in the cake.'

"Well, mum," replied the girl, "the reason I didn't put more in
was because I couldn't crack any more today. Indeed mum, my jaw
hurts yet from them I did crack." — Lip[>incott's.

Hidden Treasure Ranche

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The Reaping

Oct. 15, 1913

"The Reaping" shows human nature put to extreme test —
by the privations and dangers of frontier life — in the pitiless
desert wastes of Nevada.

' George Sheldon, a plain man of the Middle West, hears of
a rich gold strike in the Black Hills — and determines to join
a wagon train of prospectors, with his family. Daisy, his wife,
shrinks from the idea of taking their two children, Billy and
little Selma, into the wilds — ^she is a rather timid woman, gen-
tle and domestic, absorbed in her love for the children and their
future. To break up their home and risk life and fortune in the
deserts, fills her with sickening forebodings.

In her distress — she calls upon her husband's brother to
dissuade George from joining the prospectors. He does his
best — but George will not listen. Daisy clings to Jim Sheldon,
desperately — there has been a romance between them before
her marriage, and they still love each other — at last she prevails
upon him to go with them across the continent.

Indian guides mislead them in the deserts — they are lost —
and the water supply almost gone. Half crazed with thirst — -
each family is allotted a scant cupful daily — he who takes more
being punishable with death. George Sheldon is caught steal-
ing water — the first time, he is acquitted — but, on second of-
fense, the prospectors draw lots to decide who shall shoot him.
The number falls to Jim. He leads his brother away out of
sight of the camp.

"Go — and never show your face again. If you come back,
I shall have to kill you."

One by one, the emigrants die of thirst — Daisy Sheldon
among them. From the hill, the gloating faces of Indians,
peering over the rocks, watch thera perish. The handful left,
wanders, half delirious, seking some water hole — Jim stagger-
ing along, little Selma in his arms — and Billy trailing weakly
after, over the burning alkali.

American troopers — seeing the flames of the wagon train
which the Indians are looting — come to the resue of Jim and
Selma — but Billy, meanwhile, has fallen behind — gone astray —
his cries bring George Sheldon rushing from the spring he has
found. Scarcely are father and son reunited — when the Indians
surround them — killing George, and taking the boy captive.
Billy is adopted by the chief — and becomes a leader of the tribe.

How the white boy finds his people again — his uncle and
his little sister — and how he defends the American fort from
his tribesmen — concludes this stirring romance of the gold
seekers.

For Panic-Proof Theatres

Fire Commissioner Johnson has called a conference of the
leading theatre owners and managers of the city to discuss
plans fon lessening the possibility of theatre panics through
fire. The Commissioner says he believes the theatres, moving
pictures houses, dance halls, and concert halls can be made
panic-proof without increasing the burden upon owners or
tenants. The conference will be held in the Commissioner's
office at Fire Headquarters on the afternoon of Aug. 19.

The Reaping

Broncho

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A Venetian Romance

October 17, ' 1913
By Richard V. Spencer and Thomas H. Ince

Probably no country or principality in the world has ever
appealed so vividly to the imagination of those who read history
as the Venetian Republic. Its wealth of color, sentiment, tragedy,
and its years of intensely dramatic existence, have made its record
unique among European Governments. And in choosing a period
upon which to base th-eir romance, Messrs. Spencer and Ince have
selected probably the most famous one in Venetian history — the
years 1380, 1381 and .1382 — when Andrea Contarini was Doge, and
the war with Genoa was more a struggle for existence than for
supremacy.

The Genoese actually took and occupied Chioggia, at the lower
end of the lagoon— but Vettor Pisani — Commander-in-Chief and
idol of the Venetian people — fortified the Lido and Malamoce pas-
sages from the Adriatic, eventually driving off the Genoese with
heavy loss and saving his city. At his death, he was succeeded in
the command by Carlo Zeno, also a popular hero, who completed
the conquest. Venice was never afterward' seriously threatened
either by Genoa or Pisa. During the war, the island city was, more
than ever, a nest of intrigue — and the authors have used this con-
dition of affairs as a basis upon which to build their plot.

Their Captain Paolo may have been drawn from either Pisand
or Zeno — except that Zeno would have been too old a man for a
lover at that time. Anyway — Paolo is entrusted by the famous
Council of Ten with the new plans for the city's defense. You see
him receiving them — (on the film). He takes them to his own
palazzo — followed by Carlo Jessolo, the Genoese spy — who has just
come from the house of Andrea Pisani, whose daughter, Marguerita,

has been decidedly cool to him. Jessolo forces an entrance into
Paolo's private chamber and steals the plans — subsequently persuad-
ing Pisani to alter the course of his home-coming fleet — so that the
Genoese may have a chance to capture them. Marguerita, however,
is suspicious of Jessolo and persuades her father against carrying
out his suggestions. Then Captain Paolo comes in and it becomes
quite evident that he is Margue,rita's favored lover.

Jessolp — after copying and hiding the plans in his own palazzo —
goes before the Council of Ten with the accusation that Paolo is
both spy and traitor. Paolo's arrest is ordered — and he is taken
just as he comes out of San Marco with Marguerita. Feeling
confident that he can prove his innocence, he goes with an officer
and guard to his own palazzo where he finds to his consternation
that the plans have been stolen from him. With this evidence
against him Paolo is cast into a dungeon and tortured to obtain a
confession which he, naturally, cannot give. He manages to drop
a note out of the window for Marguerita — and a gondolier takes
it. Learning that Paola suspects Jesaolo of the conspiracy, she dis-
guises herself in man's clothes — goes to Jessolo's palazzo — manages
to find the plans — but is discovered by Jessolo, who is struggling
to overpower her, when Andrea Pisani, her father, comes in and
defeats Jessolo in a furious sword duel. Jessolo is then taken
before the Council of Ten with the irrefutable evidence against him
and sentenced to die by torture — while Paolo is liberated and mar-
ries Marguerita, of course.

If there is anything lacking in this play in the way of material
for dramatic effects, we haven't discovered it. Masqued Council
of Ten — gondolas — intrigue — disguised maidens — rousing sword-play
— dungeons — rack and torture — very authentic history behind it all.
The bare facts are sufficient to hold one's breathless interest — but
the play is acted so well that it holds an audience spell-bound.
How Mr. Ince got his stage-setting is a mystery — but it certainly
appears to be the real thing.

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A Venetian Romance

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The Wedding Write-up

Majestic

The Wedding Write-Up

October 18, 1913
By Roselle Dean

To a person whose business it is to see hundreds of plays every
week, there comes a time when one of merely average quality fails
to produce a lasting impression. But this frame of mind brings
a sense of quickened appreciation when the really excellent play
comes along in due course.

The Wedding Write-Up is one of those excellent plays. It tells
a rattling good story in a very interesting way and it hits two good
hard whacks at two human superstitions — the impression that a
journalistic life is one of ease and plenty, and the feeling that
social position is worth more than personal character.

May Logan, a girl in a small country town, has found it easy
to write down her imaginative ideas and has a very gripping am-
ibition to become a famous author — which is natural enough and
even commendable, in its way. But she makes the mistake of sup-
posing such a career inimical to married life with Bruce Caldwell,
an exceedingly able and decent friend of several years.

She finally works out a story — (we assume that some kind friend
told her it hadn't a chance unless type-written) — and sends it to a
city magazine. After the usual weeks of hopes and fears, she re-
ceives a cheque for $30.00 — probably all it was worth, and a little
more for encouragement. On the strength of this she refuses to
consider Bruce and goes off on the train to the city with the idea
of making name and fortune. She turns up in the City Room of a
leading newspaper — naturally — that being the only place where any
writer would have the ghost of a chance to pay rent until he or she
had established a magazine connection. And Journalism isn't free-
lance fiction writing by several thousand miles — also, it's about as
mean drudgery as the human brain has managed to invent. Very

good — we'll leave her there for a moment while we consider Bruce.

Bruce also comes to town — but with more definite knowledge of
what he's worth. He manages to secure an interview with Mr.;
Hmton — President of a large commercial house — and makes so
favorable an impression that he is taken on as a junior clerk. His,
rise in the next two years is a rapid one — because he makes it a
point to know his business. Hinton makes him store manager —
then takes him home and introduces Bruce to his wife and daughter.
Muriel Hinton is one of your fool society girls who worship money
and social position above everything else — but she doesn't let Bruce
see how shallow and spoiled she really is. Eventually, they be-
come engaged — and Mrs. Hinton sends a notice of the wedding,,
with photos, to the Society Editor of the Clarion — who happens to
be May.

Shortly before the wedding, Bruce's lovely but unfashionably-
dressed mother comes to town and finds him at the Hinton house.
When he introduces her to Murial, the girl shows the fool she
really is and snubs her — which breaks the engagement, as it
naturally would with any man of spirit and common sense. At first
glance, this part of the action seems unnatural and forced — until
one reflects that New York has thousands of silly girls who would
really act in just that way.

Bruce hurries down to the Clarion office to kill the wedding
notice — and finds May, in her private room as Society Editor, cry-
ing over it and his photograph. The story comes out all right from
that point — it couldn't do anything else. The audience gets a dis-
solving view of that Society Editor's room with May in Bruce's
arms — and goes home with warmer hearts, a pleased sense of hav-
ing seen a little slice of actual life, and something to reflect upon.

The City Room of the Clarion is the real thing — anyone who
has ever seen a newspaper office will recognize it at a glance. Mr.
Johnstone makes a capital "Bruce" — whether in riding breeches or
evening clothes — and the whole cast do excellent work.

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The Van Warden Jewels

October 12, 1913
By Elizabeth Gaskins

When a "society highwayman" story is well done on a moving-
picture film, it is very effective — because of the contrast which crime
offers when sandwiched in among the every-day actions of society
people. The Van Warden Jewels, as a play, is dramatic — and well-
bred— if one can imagine the two qualities mixed.

Hastings, an unprincipled adventurer makes the acquaintance
of the Van Wardens — works his way into the good graces of Mr.
Frederick Van W&rden — wins large sums from Phil Van Warden,
his son — and announces himself a matrimonial candidate for the
hand of Marietta, his daughter, who is secretly engaged to Ted
Rollins, a clever young reporter with a taste for detective work.

Phil Van Warden loses heavily at cards to Hastings, and ap-
peals to his father for money — but the old gentleman cuts off his
allowance, instead, and orders him from the house in a naturally
desperate frame of mind.

In due course, Hastings is invited to spend a week-end at the
Van Warden House. Shortly after his arrival, a messenger from
a well-known jeweler brings to the house the famous Van War-
den Rubies, which have been re-set — and Hastings, finding little
chance of winning the girl, determines to secure them. There is
an alarm of fire — someone is hurt — and in the confusion, the Rubies
disappear. Phil Van Warden — who is hiding in the house, hoping
to get money from his sister — is caught under suspicious circum-
stances. His father, thoroughly incensed, accuses him of the theft
and disowns him.

Ted Rollins, the reporter, happens to be in the house at the
time and, though he lacks complete confidence in Phil, doesn't be-
lieve him capable of theft — determining to make an attempt at
clearing him, if such a thing is possible.

Marietta has been secretly suspicious of Hastings, for no par-
ticular reason save woman's instinct — and drops a hint to Rollins,
who begins to watch the adventurer. Presently, Hastings sends a
rather unusual message to a Sister of -Charity — asking her to call
for a donation — and Rollins is suspicious enough to be near with
three plain-clothes men when she arrives. She proves to be Cum-
mings, a confederate of Hastings' — and the Rubies are recovered.

This web of intrigue is clearly indicated, from one step to an-
other, all through the normal, every-day life of well-bred people
who live the usual country-house life. There is no "rough-house"
— no blood or gun-play. But there is an excellent picture of society

The Van Warden Jewels

The Van Warden Jewels Majestic

life as it really is— and a very real impersonation of the only sort
of criminal one finds among that class of people. Not a masqued
figure with a "billy" and a dark-lantern — but the well-dressed man-
of-the-world who passes everywhere on his appearance and sup-
posed unassailable position. New York is full of just such men —
honored guests at your house or ours — apparently just as much the
gentleman and just as trustworthy as any of our friends — yet
calmly plotting, while he grasps your hand, to heartlessly take
from you jewels — bonds — money — or your favorite daughter. Any-
thing he can get away with.

That sort of thing is apt to weaken one's faith in human nature
—until it proves that the general high average is reliable, and the
percentage of such men a comparatively small one.

His Duty

Policeman (loquitur) — I seen my duty an' I done it. I says
to the captain, "Ther's a guy runnin' a tough joint down the
street."' The captain says to me "Go pull — an' I starts to go —
"his leg," says the captain. So I seen my duty an' I done it.

— Judge.

Most Likely

A spiritualist, accompanied by another man who shared the
same belief was walking in a country graveyard one night when
one of the men declared he saw a "shadowy form."

"Have you an idea whose ghost it was?" asked the other.

"No, I can't tell you," he replied, "but over yonder there lies a
man who had three wives. On the stone of the first there is 'My
Wife,' on the second 'My Dear Wife,' and on the third 'My Be-
loved Wife.' If any ghost does walk hereabouts, I should saj'
it is the first wife's." — Harper's Magazine.

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Poor Old Mother

Oct. 13th, 1913.

This rollicking farce is one of the most delicious bits wHfch
have been shown in moving-picture theatres. Incidentally, it sug-
gests a wealth of common sense to bo h young and old.

Mrs. Engle, a kind, motherly woman of forty-five — loving her
home, children and a quiet life — finds to her amazement that both
her son and daughter 'are postponing, indefinitely, their marriage
and individual happiness under the mistaken impression that she
cannot get along without them — that, being ignorant of worldly
ways, she would be unable to look out for herself.

While she naturally hates the idea of their leaving-' th'^ hom^
nest, like every mother, she has long since made up her mind to
the inevitable of things — also, like most mothers. And the idea of
their remaining unmarried indefinitely on her account seems both
unnatural and unnecessary. So she calls in her daughter's fiance,
much to his surprise, and arrange a little conspiracy for a happy
solution of the difficulty.

The young people have been invited to a dinner and dance upon
the following evening. But instead of escorting her daughter, the
prospective son-in-law comes early and takes a charming matron
who is apparently not over thirty-five. They dine conspicuously at
a centre table — dance the Bunny and Tango — with great esprit — and
at the close of the ball, hurry away to the railway station in a
motor-car — followed by the son and daughter, who find their mother
comfortably reading in her own room at a hotel in a neighboring

town. Explanations follow. Having given proof that s-he is abund-
antly able to look out for herself, 'Poor Old Mother is no longer
an obstacle to the young people's marriage. The play is filled with
pure bubbling fun from start to finish — mothers of forty-five will do
well to see it and get a fresh slant on the age question. No one is
really old any more — we've done away with all that.

The Flirt

October 15, 1913 '
By Will M. Hough

Charles Dickson plays the principal lead in The Flirt. He has
been making people- laugh — throughout the United States and Eng-
land— for several years. It isn't necessary for him to say things —
his facial expression and gestures are enough. This amusing little
play. The Flirt, is a case in point.

Two business partners discover that the same summer-girl
has been carrying on a lively flirtation with each of them. In order
to punish her for trifling and putting them in a ridiculous light,
they supply their office clerk with plenty of money for a social
campaign and have him make love to the girl in the character of a
pleasure-loving millionaire.

So far, the punishment fits the crime, satisfactorily — but just
at this point the conspiracy miscues. The clerk and the girl fall
in love with each other. He confesses to her that he is only a
clerk — and she evens up by explaining that she is a shop-girl. They
decide to marry at once — the amazed partners receive a telegram
acknowledging receipt of the last thousand dollars "expense money,"
and thanking them for a delightful honeymoon.

Poor Old Mother

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Poor Old Mother Reliance

Anna Laughlin plays The Flirt — and plays her well. As for
Dickson — one can see the droll expressions follow one another
across his sunny face as he first concocts, with his partner, the
scheme for getting even with the Flirt — then, at the smoothness with
which it appears to be working — and finally, as he reads the tele-
gram and realizes what a perfectly good honeymoon, duly authenti-
cated, has cost him. Everyone who sees the play will laugh and
enjoy it — they can't help it.

A Knight Errant

October 18, 1913

In the old days of the Middle Ages, a "Knight Errant" was a
warrior who devoted his time to rescuing persons in distress from
all sorts of unpleasant situations. His specialty was young maidens
in trouble — because it made the game far more interesting — but if
he was worth his salt at the Knight Errant business, he'd help an
old woman or even another man, if there was no way of getting
out of it.

To-day, that sort of thing sounds a good deal like a story-book
— but there actually are Knight Errants, in various disguises,
.than there were in the old times. This Reliance Play is a sample
of the sort we have with us all the time — unsuspected.

Judge Grey's little girl is not allowed to go outside the gates
of his suburban estate — but she strikes up a delightful acquaintance,
through the railing, with Jimmie Jerrold, a street boy. When this
is discovered, she is kept away from that part of the grounds — and
both she and Jimmy are sadly disappointed. About that time, the
Judge sentences a hardened criminal whose pals swear to get even
with him. A few nights later, they manage to steal Runa while a
large party is in progress — but Jimmie sees the abduction — catches
on behind the motor — rides to the mean tenement where they con-
ceal her — climbs up an extension and discovers the room where
she is — tramps all the weary miles back to Judge Grey's house and
brings him, with a police squad, to the rescue. In the fight with
the criminals, the boy is struck and severely injured — but when be
recovers, he finds himself a ward of the Judge and Runa's steady
playmate. So his Knight Errantry was a profitable investment.

Pretty Runa Hodges plays the Judge's little daughter with her
usual charm — and one of the most attractive of the other Reliance
children does equally as well as Jimmie.

Civil Wikt Veierasis 'iCtUor cnlnei
in hmvVoa

Hale Warrior of 104 Enjoys Battle Film

Fifty of the survivors of the American Civil War, the "baby"
of whom was Lieut. John Davis— a vigorous "bov" of 74 wit-
nessed a film of the Battle of Gettysburg at the West End Cinema
in Coventry street, W., yesterday afternoon.

The oldest of the veterans was Edward Munroe, aged 104.
He lives in North London. He was not present at Gettysburg,
being attached to the navy. His health is excellent, and his apprecia-
tion of the pleasures of the table are not curtailed by his great age.

These survivors are members of the London branch of the
United States Civil War Veterans Association, which has 92 mem-
bers, with an average age of 83 years.

The victory of Gettysburg, which was shown on the film, was
rapturously applauded, and one old fellow tremulously declared
that he would still be inclined to "put a bullet through a 'reb.' "

Before attending the cinema the veterans were entertained at
luncheon at Frascati's Restaurant, to celebrate the anniversary of
the battle. The hosts were the proprietors of the West End Cinema.
Mr. William L. Ker, the mianager, presided, and was supported by
Colonel Squire, Military Attache at the American Embassy.

Among the guests was Mr. Maurice Wagg, who was wearing
the American Star, the equivalent of the English Victoria Cross.
This he gained while coxswain on the U. S. ship Rhode Island for
helping with others to save 49 of the crew of the Monitor, which
was the first ironclad built. She was being towed from Fort Munroe
to Charleston, and foundered off Cape Hatteras.

Mr. John Davis, the secretary of the association, referring to the
luncheon, remarked that it was a different meal than that they had
of "rancid raw pork, rotten biscuits, and muddy water," which most
of them had enjoyed SO years ago while fighting.

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The Plot Against the Governor

Thantioiiser

The Plot Against the Governor-

October 14, 1913
By Lloyd F. Lonergan

Of the many good plays Mr. Lonergan has produced, The Plot
Against the Governor is unquestionably one of the very best — and
is sornewhat remarkable in the fact that it suggests none of the
recent political plays upon the legitimate stage., We've had Bosses
and Reform Governors — and Embezzling Governors — and about
every variety of politician and man higher up. But this is about the
first instance v^^here a Governor has a Double who enables him to
win out against the Machine. And we are indebted to Mr. Loner-
gan's long newspaper experience for the intimate knowledge dis-
played of machine politics at Albany and elsewhere. He works
his story out in this way :

The Boss succeeds in electing a thoroughly honest young Gov-
ernor whom he thinks he can control. But the Governor, once
elected, throws ofif all allegiance to the Machine and proclaims a
reform administration. Naturally, the Boss starts out to get him.
A letter to the Governor purports to be ir£>m. a man who can ex-
pose millions of dollars in graft if the Governor will come to his
room, as his life would be in danger if he appeared openly. An
adventuress is to be planted in the room and the Governor's career
ruined when he keeps the appointment. The Boss's stenographer,
however, overhears the plot and is shocked. She is in love with a
young man who has been unjustly railroaded to prison for a crime
he never committed — and she tells the conspiracy to the young man's
mother, who lives in the same tenement. The girl dares not go to
the Governor with the story — but the neighbor visits her son in
prison and tells him. He urges her to go to the Governor herself —

Thanhouser

which she does, and incidentally tells him her son's story. The
Governor first investigates the convict's case and pardons him.
Then he sends for a cousin who resembles him so closely that they
are sometimes mistaken for each other — and arranges with him to
keep the trap appointment. When he does so, the Boss and his
heelers surprise him with the adventuress — but are, in turn, sur-
prised by the real Governor and a guard of plainclothes men. The
Boss is indicted and convicted of conspiracy. The Governor pur-
sues the even tenor of his way. And State politics are a bit cleaner
until his successor is elected, we suppose.

All this has been merely sketched in this review— but there is
enough of it to fill a two-reel film — and then some. The action
doesn't halt for an instant — and the interest is fully as well sus-
tained as in any play of a similar nature upon the legitimate stage..
One feature in which Mr. Lonergan has been extremely fortunate is
the finding available types for his characters. The Boss in this
play looks the part to life — so does the Governor. So do all the
politicians concerned in the plot — ^the man unjustly convicted — and
the girl who had become a confidential stenographer to the Boss in
the usual way, recommended from her school or the typewriting
agency, and was becoming daily more horrified at the things done
by the men she found herself associated with.

The dramatization is a fine and clean one. No blood and thunder
— no undue sensationalism. Just the plain facts of what political
life has become in — say — the State of New York, for example.
And those facts are more intensely interesting than any impossible
murder or ridiculous travesty on life ever shown on a 14th Street
screen. This seems a good opportunity to hammer that fact home.
No sensational story or dramatisation of crime or scandal is half so
interesting — convincing — gripping — as that which may and does hap-
pen in actual life — day by day.

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A Deep Sea Liar

October 12, 1913
By Lloyd F. Lonergan

One of the curious qualities in average luiman nature is its
perennial gullability. There are people — a most amazing number
of people — who will swallow and believe any story, no matter how
improbable, which a smooth, magnetic talker gives them. They
are not "from Missouri" — probably never heard of such a place.
Mr. Lonergan gives a pretty good impression of the sort of girl
who belongs in this class.

She is staying at the sea-shore with her matter-of-fact aunt —
and she's all mussed up with romance. She's interested in the daily
practice-drills of the Life Savers at a near-by Station. One day,
she watches them go out to the assistance of a swimmer, and bring
him in — exhausted — unconscious. She sticks around until they re-
vive him — and waits to hear his story, when the Life Savers happen
to leave them alone for a moment. The man is the millionaire
owner of a large yacht, the crew of which mutinied and threw him
overboard, thirty miles ofif-shore. Being a powerful swimmer, he
managed to get almost in, but was sinking when the Life Savers
reached him. Sounded plausible enough — to a girl who had had
no experience in sizing a man up. But her aunt was skeptical, and
the Life Savers told her next day that the rescued man was merely
the deckhand of a coasting steamer and had fallen overboard when
drunk. His wife and several children were even then on their way
to him. As a matter of fact, he had Anmiiias lashed to the mast.

The ocean scenes — the Life Savers and their drills — the swim-
ming— in fact all of the action is well worth seeing. And the facial
expression, both on the girl and her Deep Sea Liar make excellent
comedy by themselves.

American Engages New Property Man

Harry Moraine is now in charge of the properties at the new
studio. Mr. Moraine has been here but a few days, but considers
this the most ideal condition of any film manufacturing concern in
the country. He has just the personality that fits in with conditions

A Deep Sea Liar

A Peaceful Victory ihanhouser

at Santa Barbara and is already thoroughly enjoying his new
surroundings. Mr. Moraine was called to fill the position of prop-
erty man, necessitated by the more elaborate productions the com-
pany is now engaged on. Under his direction a crew of men is con-
stantly engaged constructing new sets to be used in pictures made
at the studio.

The Kidlet Escapes the Wreck?

It is not generally known that little Helen Badgley, the
"Thanhouser Kidlet," would have been a passenger on the Bar
Harbor Express that was wrecked by the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad recently, with a great loss of life — if the
baby had paid a visit to friends in Portland, Maine, from Saturday
to Monday. They, the baby and her escorts, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Zimmerman, of the Thanhouser studio, intended leaving Portland by
rail Monday night, on the fatal train, but Mr. Zimmerman reached
the ticket window too late to secure accommodations, and even the
winning smile of the Kidlet didn't move the man at the window.
Every berth had been booked by the crowd returning to New York
from the Labor Day holiday. So, the "Kidlet" and her escorts took
a train to Boston and left there on the midnight express for Man-
hattan. While in Boston, Monday evening, the baby was accorded
a reception by Manager Alland, attaches, of the Pastime Theatre.

A Peaceful Victory

October 17, 1913
By Philip Lonergan

A wealthy manufacturer who ran his business on up-to-date
methods, with the element of humanity left out, refused to grant
his employes an increase in wages — with a strike as the result.
The strikers, however, were no match for the Captain of Industry.
Their places were filled, and, with their families, they began the
slow process of starvation. Food became scarce — health poorer.

The manufacturer's sixteen-year-old daughter naturally only saw
him at his best — and wouldn't have believed a charge of cruelty
against him if she had heard it. One day, she found a poor child
from the tenements smelling the flowers in her garden — and dis-
covering that she was actually hungry, gave her a nice dinner.
Finding that her family also were hungry, she carried food and
clothing to them — hearing a part of their story when she did so.
Totally unable to understand the situation, she asked her father
to grant the strikers' requests and reinstate them — but he refused
on the ground that no business could be run that way. This, and
the picture of those starving families made her dangerously ill —
until obeying what he feared might be a dying wish, he took the
men back at their own terms. Subsequently, the girl recovered —
and we suppose everyone was happy.

The carping critic might raise a question, here and there, as to
the probabilities in some of the details — but he could not deny that
the story is intensely human and worked out pretty much as the
events might occur. The relations between capital and labor are
pretty clearly shown — possibly more clearly than some of our rich
men would like to have them shown. And therefore, the play is
likely to please the people at large.

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Rest Life

The Heritage

October 7, 1913
By E. S. Ballard

A motion-picture drama, celebrating eugenics, and the awaken-
ing of the social conscience in the individual — is timely — with strong
support in the literature of the day, and on the legitimate stage.
"The Heritage" transposes the problem of "Damaged Goods" to
American life — ^and happily forestalls the tragedy of the French
play while conveying every bit as effectively — though more simply
and optimistically — the same great social and ethical truth.

Helen Lawson is the beautiful daughter of a refined home — a
girl well educated, of high ideals, happy and wholesome — with a
keen zest for life and a romantic imagination. She realizes early
that life is not all joy — and takes for her motto these words:

"Into my life, little of grief shall enter — for I shall meet sorrow
with so brave a face that he will be discountenanced."

Helen meets Alfred Harwood — and falls in love with him. Her
joy is complete when he asks her to be his wife. Then, one month
before the wedding — in reading a letter which has dropped from
Harwood's pocket, Helen believes she has discovered that, in his
past life, he has run grave risks to health, and the health and hap-
piness of his future wife and children. Summoning all her cour-
age, Helen confronts him with the letter— and wins, from him a
confession which confirms her fears.

In the struggle between her ideals — her sense of responsibility
to the children she may bring into the world — and her intense love
for Harwood — Helen tastes for the first time the bitterness of
human suffering. Love overmasters her, and she is about to yield
— when the sight of a little lame boy, crippled by the sins of his
father, calls her back to the higher love, and the selfless obligations
of wifehood and motherhood. She gives up Harwood forever,
ever.

The Stepbrothers

Oct. 23, 1913

CAST

Mrs. Kerr Jean Durell

Ned, her son George Field

oe, her stepson Ed Coxen

ane Winifred Greenwood

Express Agent Chester Withey

Sanders, a road agent Mr. Eason

Rivalrj' in families is no unusual thing — for, after all, the
persons in a home — in spite of ties of blood, of common domes-
tic aims, and even of affection bred of familiar associations
shared from childhood — are individuals, clear cut and distinct,
whose motives in maturity may not harmonize. This seems
to be peculiarly the case where half brothers or sisters are

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brought together under the same roof. Unless drawn to one
another by extraordinary sympathy of temperament — friction,
distrust, often vehement dislike, spring up — and many an un-
written tragedy has found root in just such a strained, artificial,
really dangerous, domestic combination.

Mrs. Kerr lived with her two boys — Ned Kerr and his step-
brother, Joe. While the boys were little, all seemed happy
enough — no one paying much attention to the occasional
"scraps" between the brothers — there being in all boys, the
ineradicable, barbarian instinct of fight. But when they grew
into young men — they found themselves rivals for the love
of Jane Samuels, the express agent's daughter — and then their
relation became genuinely strained. Joe thought that Jane
really cared more for Ned than she did for him — but he was
not bitter. As for Ned — he took a kind of bullying delight
in "cutting out" his brother on every possible occasion.

Ned was by no means so popular in the village as the
quieter, more dependable Joe — and when town elections came
round one fall, and the step brothers ran against one another
for sheriff — it was Joe who carried the day. This proved a
bitter pill for Ned's false pride. He indulged his cussedness —
determined if he could not have everything, to take nothing —
repulsed and neglected Jane — and plunged into a life of dis-
sipation.

One night, in a half intoxicated state, he was made the
scapegoat of a hold-up of Jane's father, the express agent.
His cronies got away with the goods — and Ned would have
been sentenced to a good twelve years in states' prison — had
not Joe given him money to escape and make a fresh start in
a new territory — yielding himself up as the criminal. The
agent, however, vehemently denied that Joe was guilty — feeling
sure that he could identify any of his asasilants — and Jane her-
self would not believe for a moment that Joe had had any
connection with the outrage. Womanlike — she penetrates the
mystery — divining Joe's sacrifice — and when their eyes meet,
each reads in the other eloquent avowal of love.

The dramatic situations are tense— and the American casi
gives vivid reailsm to every mood and action.

Making Pig Iron

Not only of absorbing interest, but highly educational and fasci-
nating.

The soft glow of the natural heat of the molten metal as it issues
from furnace to ladle.and passes on from one process to another
lends a certain weirdness to the scenes that is decidedly acceptable
and pleasing. The subject is devoid of dry and technical matter
and will be especially well received by schools and manual training
institutions as well as the general public.

It will be released with a good comedy subject, "Courage of
Sorts," on October 13th.

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The Badge of Honor American

A Talk With Mr. Roy Aitken

Just returned from a flying trip to Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin,
Mr. Roy Aitken stated that he was most impressed during his travels
by the great development in the German market.

"Berlin," he said "shows every sign of becoming the centre
for the continental trade. Russia, the Balkan States, Switzerland
— even Paris, are now being supplied from there, while there has
been a considerable increase in the internal trade of Germany which
it also covers. There has been a great improvement recently in the
German product, and the exhibition end of the business is booming."

"From which boom the American subjects also derive benefit?"

"Undoubtedly, though the American product has special dif-
ficulties to face in Germany, of which the greatest is the German
censorship, or I should say cenorships, for in addition to the official
at the capital, there are several others; such important cities as
Hamburg, Leipsig, and others, each possess a censor with peculiar
ideas of his own. Unfortunately the German idea of what is fit
and unfit for film production differs widely from our own. Films
that pass the American and English censors without question are
frequently suspended in Germany because they transgress some regu-
lation for which, to the Anglo-Saxon mind, there is no justification.
With that, subjects are of course permitted which would be barred
in the States, and the maker there is faced with the dilemma that
if he makes specially for the continental market, the films will be
barred in his home market."

"What of other countries?"

"There is good business being done in Holland, and the theatres
at Amsterdam struck me as comparing favourably with those in any
part of the world. Practically every film shown in Amsterdam is
afterwards sent to Dutch India, to which it is almost impossible to
make a direct sale as a result."

"Russia?"

"A big and still growing market undoubtedly, but mainly re-
quiring sensational features with a continental flavour, and there-
fore not offering great opportunities to the American or British
producer at present. As a matter of fact, the big continental pro-
ductions, frequently of a class which does not appeal to our public,
monopolise a very big share of the trade all over the continent.
But there is always a sale for the best films of our makers."

"Any new developments in the Western Import agencies?"

"Yes; we shall shortly be showing the first of a new series by
the New York Motion Picture Company, which I think will be eye-
openers to the trade here. They will be known as the 'Domino'
films and the idea is no less than to present great naval engagements
with the same realism and disregard of expense which have marked
the 'K. B.' and 'Broncho' battle pictures. As you will realize, such
films will entail even greater expense and ingenuity than battle
scenes on land, and I think it will be found that nothing has been
spared to make them features of an extraordinary kind.

"We shall also be releasing shortly the first of the 'New
Majesties.' They will be a new product in every sense of the word —
the result of a complete reconstruction of the Majestic organiza-
tion. One of the first is a six-reel version of 'Sapho,' in which

Florence Roberts, the creator of the part on the stage, appears.
Yes, they will probably be put up to tender as exclusives."
"Any other features?"

" 'Robin Hood' is being produced by the Thanhouser Company
and much is expected of it and it may interest your readers to
learn that the Thanhouser Twins, who appeared in the very suc-
cessful film with that title, have returned to the studio for regular
work. Since their earlier appearance they have been on the stage."

Her Father (sternly) — Young man, can you support my daugh-
ter in the style she's been accustomed to?

Lover (briskly) — I can, but I'd be ashamed to. — Life.

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Berkeley, Cal. — Exciting game of Water Polo, between the
Olympic Club of San Francisco and the Surf Beach team of Ala-
meda.

Milton, Pa. — Dr. E. L. Davis is chosen head of State Elks
after huge Parade.

Bucarest, Roumania. — Roumanians gather in front of the
Royal Palace, manifesting their great joy for the return of peace.

Asheville, N. C. — U. S. Reveiue Officers raid and destroy a
"Moonshiner's" whiskey still.

Villacoublay, France. — A reunion of prominent aviators.

Montclair, N. J. — Mrs. Marshall McLean scores double brack-
ets in opening rounds of women's lawn tennis tournament.

Unter-Waltersdorf, Austria. — Huge fire threatens to destroy
whole town.

San Francisco, Cal. — 5,000 delegates, representing over 300,-
000 postmen, marching to the Convention of the National As-
sociation of Letter Carriers.

The Fashion in Paris. '

Coney Island. — Police raid bull fight and arrest eleven per-
sons involved in it.

Brooklyn, N. Y. — Great field day of athletic games.

Berkeley, Cal. — The U. C. Freshmen defeat the Sophomores
in the pushball contest held on California field.

Goshen, N. Y. — Trotting races bring out two magnificent
champions.

San Francisco, Cal. — France is the first of the European
Powers to select side for the Exposition.

Portland, Ore. — 2,000 little inmates of Charitable Institutions
enjoy Fairyland at Oaks Park.

Fashion in New York.

Hoboken, N. J. — Baby Parade.

Chas. Dickson in "The Flirt" Reliance

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"Why, dear?" queried the
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" 'Cause," replied Thelma, "he
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Near Fame

A young man, constant in his
attendance in a cafe where the
art students congregate in Paris,
sat in his usual corner and sur-
veyed the scene.

"Who is that chap?" asked a
visitor. "Is he a painter or a
sculptor, or what?"

"Oh, no; none of those," said a
habitue. "He has a most engag-
ing and important calling — he is
the brother of a poet." — Saturday
Evening Post.

Sunday School Teacher — What
is conscience. Tommy?

Small Tommy — It's what makes
a fellow feel sore when he gets
found out. — Judge.

Of Course

Miss Emery had given little
Tim a simple problem in addition
that he failed to work out.
"Numbers are dry," she reasoned
within herself, and determined to
make the lesson more interesting.

"Suppose," she began, engag-
ingly, "your mamma sent you to
the store to buy three pounds of
lamb, two pounds of potatoes,
half a pound each of carrots and
turnips and one pound of toma-
toes— what would you have
then?"

Tim shook his head, but Mary-
bell, only a year older, raised an
eager hand.

"Well, Marybell," said the
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"Stew !" said Marybell sweetly.
— Youths Companion.

Poor Old Mother

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Looking up at him with an amused look, Jim said, "Marse
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LAMAR JOHNSTONE

is at his best in -THE WEDDING WRITE-UP," in one reel out Sunday, Oct. 12th. He goes to a
newspaper office to stop the "write-up" of his cancelled wedding to the "wrong" girl, and finds the
society editress to be the "ri°-nt" girl. If you see this reel you will understand why Lamar Johnstone
stands high as a New Majestic favorite. Francelia Billington, the Louis Reeves Harrison "find," plays
the editress She shows vou why she is a prime favorite, too. There are no favorites like New Majes-
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is too handsome for anything as the young man who is in love with the daughter of the losers of
"THE VAN WARDEN RUBIES." This is in TWO REELS out Tuesday, Oct. 14th (leaving the next
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dens miss the rubies at a Week End party, they give at Pinehurst, their famous summer home. Prior
to the discovery of the loss, Phil Van Warden, the son, has lost heavily at cards and the hand of
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This two-reeler will make Garwood a greater favorite than ever before. There- are no favorites like
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'this is my dance!" (the flirt.)

Popular Stars in Great Plays
By Famous Authors.

Wednesday, Oct. 15th

CHARLES DICKSON and
ANNA LAUGHLIN

—In—

Two Well Known Broadway Favor-
ites in a Clever High Class Com-
edy— by Will Hough, Author of
"A Stubborn Cinderella."

Monday, Oct. 13th

''Pool

A Spirited Modern Comedy in which Mother
Shows the Young Folks a Few Tricks
and Teaches Them Not To Waste
Their Sympathy.

Saturday, Oct. 18th

An Unusual Combination of a Sweet Heart
Interest Child Story and a Strong
Intense Drama.

Beautiful One and Three Sheet Posters with
every release.

"you^d better beat it, kid!"
(the knight errant.)

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start the ball rolling with a timely baseball "beat"

'■'The ri.inl Cnras"

The New York Giants, Champions of the National League,
Defeating the Philadelphia Athletics in the
Last Contest of the Season

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S^SEE AMERICANS FmsfIS

fflDDEN
TREASURE
RANCH

IN THE

MOUNTAINS
rf^^ ^ • OF VIRGINIA
i THE STEP BROTHERS^'

ARE FILMS OF TONE AND QUALITY

1 lithlon Tron^uic^o llniioh

J. Warren Kerrigan plays the lead as a medium, through whom a hidden treasure is

unearthed.

One and Three Sheet Lithographs. Release, Monday, Oct. 20th, 1913.

A thrilling western production dealing with jealousy and strife.
One and Three Sheet Lithographs. Release, Thursday, Oct. 23, 1913.

A tale involving the operation of a "still" and all the excitement and daring attending such

unlawful practice.

One and Three Sheet Lithographs. Release, Saturday, Oct. 25, 1913.

COMING! October 27, 1913. COMING!

An Historical Two Part Spectacular Feature.

Write your Exchange at once.

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A BEAUTI-
FULLY TOLD
STORY OF IRE-
LAND'S FIGHT FOR
LIBERTY, IN WHICH
A BOLD LAD'S LOVE
FOR A COLLEEN IS
INTERWOVEN

le lionet of l^^nthlooii, 3 llonk

RELEASED THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23rd

Thomas Ince, Managing Director of the Domino Fihns, says that next to The Battle of
Gettysburg this is the best picture he has ever made

WAR SCENES IN WHICH
THE SHELLALAH AND
BLACKTHORN STICK
OVERCOME THE
MUSKET AND
SWORD

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AHA! THE ONE-ROUNDER MAKES HIS

bow, and bids you gather at the ringside !

tiring of winning laurels — and losing them — in the Far West
to encounter new opponents and adventures. His creator

Frei Mnco

has devised new tricks with which the

can fool the public and whip the other fellow, so see your
exchange man for your seats at the

A ;p c) ! 1 0 , A , C ,

and prepare for the laugh of your life.
The release date is

THE TITLE

aoirad O^BiiDii Coicios last^^

and the length one reel

climber;

Fred Mace appeares ONLY in APO[,!,O.S, One Round O'Brien fights ONLY
for AP0(,l,03 APOIXO is released on SUNDAY. EVERY APOMa) is a comedy.

§ ^ ^ %% f I Funny film — That's All

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WITH A SMILE AND
WATCH THE OTHER FEL-
LOWS LOSE THEIR MONEY

WITH THESE
FOUR ACES GO
FULL HOUSES

KEYSTOIVE

One Reel
Oct. loth — Their Husbands
" 16th — A Healthy

Neighborhood
" 20th — Two Old Tars
" 23rd— A Quiet Little
Wedding

" 27th — The Janitor
Making An Au-
tomobile Tire

(Split Reel)

" 30th — The Speed Kings
—Teddy Tetz-
loff and Earl
Cooper

Oct.

KAY-BEE

One Reel

17th — Venetian Ro-
mance

" 24th — A Woman's Wit
" 31st — Borrowed Gold
Nov. 7th. — P^or Mother's
Sake

BRONCHO

Two Reel

Oct.

15th — The Reaping
" 22nd — The Black Sheep
" 29th — From Out of the
Storm

Nov. 5th — The Veteran

DOMINO
Oct. 16th— Romance of Erin

2 Reels

" 23d — Heart of Kathleen

3 Reels

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MONDAY — American, Keystone,
Reliance.

TUESDAY— Majestic, Thanhouser.
Selected Release.

WEDNESDAY— Broncho, Mutual
Weekly, Reliance.

THURSDAY— American, Domino,
Keystone. Selected Release.

FRIDAY— Kay-Bee, Thanhouser.

SATURDAY— American, Majestic,
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SUNDAY
Thanhouser.

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Aug. 1-
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Aug. 15-
Aug. 22-
Aug. 29-
Sept. 5-
Sept. 12-
Sent. 19-
Sept. 26-
Oct. 3-
Oct. 10-
Oct. 17-

-Flotsam (2 reels)
-Banzai (2 reels)

-The House of Bondage (3 reels)
•The Flame in the Ashes (2 reels)
-An Orphan of War (2 reels)
-The Green Shadow (2 reels)
-The Ironmaster
-The Waif

-The Cowtown Reformation
-A Forlorn Hope
-The Loaded Dice
-Tlie Bully
-Venetian Romance

Broncho, Majestic,

Amerlsaia

16 — An Even Exchange

18— A Tide in the Affairs of Men

21 — The Golden Heart
23— Flesh of His Flesh
25— For the Flag (2 reels)

28 — From the Portals of Despair
30 — Jack Meets His Waterloo

1— While There's Life
4 — The Poisoned Chop

6 — The Mysterious Eyes

8 — For the Crown (2 reels)

11 — Through the Neighbors' Window
13 — Red Sweeney's Defeat

15 — Calamity Anne, Heroine
18— A Fall Into Luck
20— Travelers of the Road

22 — The Ghost of the Hacienda (2 reels)
25 — Mrs. Carter's Campaign

27 — Master of Himself

29— The Flirt and the Bandit

2 — The Badge of Honor
4 — Crooks and Credulous

6— A Pitfall of the Installment Plan

9 — Taming a Cowboy

11 — Calamity Anne's Sacrifice
13 — Courage of Sorts

Making Pig Iron— (Split Reel)

16— The End of Black Bart
18 — The Making of a Woman

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Sept. 21— Fred's Trained Nurse (2 reels)
Sept. 28— The Speed Bear
Oct. 12— Catchem and Killem

July 23— Grand-Dad (2 reels)

July 30 — A War Time Mother's Sacrifice

(2 reels)

Aug. 6 — Joe Hibbard's Claim (2 reels)

Aug. 13 — The Quakeress (2 reels)

Aug. 20— The Heritage of Eve (2 reels)

Aug. 27 — The Madcap (2 reels)

Aug. 31— The Broken Thread (1 reel)

Sept. 3 — The Gambler's Pal

Sept. 7 — May and December

Sept. 10— The Judge's Son

Sept. 14 — No release

Sept. 17— The Land of Dead Things (2 reels)

Sept. 21 — No release

Sept. 24 — Silent Heroes (2 reels)

Sept. 28 — No release

Oct. 1— The Greenhorn (2 reels)

Oct. 8 — A Forgotten Melody (2 reels)

Oct. IS— The Reaping (2 reels)

Oct. 2 — Exoneration (2 reels)
Oct. 9— God of Chance (2 reels)
Oct. 16 — Romance of Erin (2 reels)

June
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23— Peeping Pete

26 — His Crooked Career

26 — Largest Boat Launched Sideways

30 — For the Love of Mabel

3 — Rastus and the Game Cock
7 — Safe in Jail

10— The Tell-Tale Light
14 — Love and Rubbish

17 — A Noise from the Deep
21— The Peddler

21 — Love and Courage

24— Get Rich Quick
28— Just Kids

31 — Prof. Bean's Removal

4 — Cohen's Outing

7 — A Game of Pool

7 — The Latest in Life Saving

11— The Riot

14— A Chip of the Old Block

18 — No release

21 — The Firebugs (2 reel Comedy)

25— Baby Day . . . The Kelp Industry

(Split Reel)

28 — Mabel's New Hero

1— Fatty's Day Off

Los Angeles Harbor — (Split Reel)
4 — The :New Babv

8 — Mabel's Dramatic Career
11 — Gypsy Queen

15— What Father Saw
Willie Minds the Dog

18 — The Fatal Taxicab

22 — When Dreams Come True
25 — Mother's Boys

29— The Bowling Match

2— Billy Dodge's Bills

6 — Across the Alley 1 o i- i
Abelone Industry j ^P''t

9 — S'chnitz. The Tailor
14 — Their Husbands

16 — A Healthy Neighborhood

2 — It Happened in Haverstraw
9 — An Overall Outing 1 - ,. ,

Dobbs Forgot the Coal J Split reel
16— Her Birthday Party ,

Old and Young Hearts — (Split Reel)

Majestic

May 30— A Child of War (2 reels)
June 6 — A True Believer (2 reels)
June 13 — The Boomerang (3 reels)
June 20 — The Failure of Success (2 reels)
June 27 — Tha Seal of Silence (2 reels)
July 4 — The Crimson Stain (3 reels)
July 11— The Banshee (2 reels)
July 18— The Red Mask (1 reel)

July 19 — Gold Creek Mining Stocks
July 20 — The Pajama Parade
July 22— The Mighty Hunter
July 26 — Just Skirts
Tuly 26 — The Adventurous Girls
July 27— The School Kids' Picnic
July 27 — The Wild West Comes to Town
July 29— The Toy
Aug. 2 — Tempesta
Aug. 3 — Told in the Future
Aug. 5 — Hearts and Hoofs
Aug. 9 — The Devilish Doctor
Aug. 10 — The Greater Love
Aug. 12 — The Doctor's Ruse
Aug. 16 — The Fickle Tramp
Aug. 16 — A Horse on Fred
Aug. 17 — House Hunting
Aug. 19 — The Other Side of the Fence
Aug. 23— Batchelor Bill
Aug. 24— The Lady Killer
Aug. 26 — One Round O'Brien's Flirtation
Aug. 30 — A Chapter of His Life
Aug. 31 — The Trade Secret
Sept. 2 — A Perilous Ride
Sept. 6— The Turkish Bath
I Sept. 7— The Heart of a Fool
Sept. 9— The Frame Up
Sent. 13 — For His Loved One
S'ept. 14 — The Winning Loser
Sept. 16 — Playmates

Sept. 20— His Last Deal
Sept. 21 — A Shoemaker and His Doll
Sept. 23— The BaseBall Umpire
The Aesthetic Match
Sept. 27 — A Slight Misunderstanding
Sept. 28 — The Love of Conchita
Sept. 30— When the Debt Was Paid
Oct. 4 — The Man of the Wilderness
Oct. 5 — A Mix-up in Pedigrees
Oct. 7— The Heritage
Oct. 11 — The Iceman's Revenge
Oct. 12— No Release

Oct. 14 — The Van Warden Jewels (2 reels)

Oct. 18— No Release

Oct. 19— Trough the Sluice Gates

Miitraal Weekly

July 30 — No. 31
Aug. 6 — No. 32
Aug. 13— iNO. 33
Aug. 20— No. 34
Aug. 27— No. 35
Sept. 3 — No. 36

Sept. 10— No. 37
Sept 17 — No. 38
Sept. 24— No. 39
Oct. 1— No. 40
Oct. 8— No. 41
Oct. 15— No. 42

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11 — Kentucky Foes

13 — Runa Plays Cupid

16 — Of such is the Kingdom
18 — The S'muggler's Sister

20 — The Counsel for the Defense

23 — Success (2 reels)

25 — The Girl Spy's Atonement
27— Peg of the "Polly P."
30 — The Social Secretary
1 — Feeny's Social Experiment

3 — No release

6 — The Glow Worm (3 reels)
8 — Between Home and Country

10 — No release

13 — The Clown's Daughter (2 reels)
15 — Twickenham Ferry

17 — The Disguise

20— The Stolen Woman (2 reels)
22— The Hardest Way

24 — The Missing Ring
27— The Original Will
29— Hearts of the Dark

1 — Makers and Spenders

4 — Targets of Fate (2 reels)
6— The Buffer

8 — Once Upon a Time

11— The Rebellious Pupil

14— Poor Old Mother

15— The Flirt

18 — A ICnight Errant

Tlaaiii©iiser

July 29 — Little Dorrit (2 reels)
Aug. 1 — In the Nick of Time
Aug. 2 — Proposal by Proxy
Aug. 2 — The 225th Anniversary of the Land-
ing of the Hugenots
Aug. 5 — The Protectory's Oldest Boy
Aug. 8— The Girl of the Cabaret
Aug. 10 — Oh, Such Beautiful Ocean
Aug. 12 — The Missing Witness (2 reels)
Aug. 15 — The Lie that Failed
Aug. 17 — Waiting for Hubby
Aug. 19 — The Spirit of Envy
Aug. 22 — The Medium's Nemesis
Aug. 24 — An Unromantic Maiden
Aug. 26 — Wards of the King
Aug. 29 — A Spartan Father
Aug. 31 — No release
Sept. 2 — The Veteran Police Horse
Sept. 5 — No release
Sept. 7— His Last Bet
Sept. 9 — Taming Their Grandchildren
Sept. 12 — The Message to Headquarters

(3 reels)

Sept. 14 — No release
Sept. 16 — Redemption
Sept. 19— Flood Tide
Sept. 21 — When the Worm Turns
Sept. 23 — An Unfair Exchange
Sept. 26 — The Official Goat Protector
Sept. 28 — The Farmer's Daughter
Sept. 30 — Life's Pathway (2 reels)
Oct. 3— The Twins and the Other Girl
Oct. 7 — Louie, the Life Saver
Oct. 10— A Girl Worth While
Oct. 12 — A Deep Sea Liar
Oct. 14 — The Plot Against the Governor

(2 reels)

Oct. 17 — A Peaceful Victory

Oct. 19 — The Beauty in the Seashell

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 20th

AMERICAN Hidden Treasure Ranch

(Drama )

KEYSTONE A Quiet Wedding

RELIANCE O What a Night!

(Split Reel) (Comedy)

Two Men and a Mule (Scries 1)

(Comedy)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21st

MAJESTIC Always Together

(Comedy)

SELECTED RELEASE
THANHOUSER,

The Mystery of the Haunted Hotel

(Drama)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22nd

BRONCHO The Black Sheep

(2 reel Drama)

MUTUAL WEEKLY No. 43

RELIANCE The Heart of a Rose

(Drama)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23rd

AMERICAN The Step Brothers

(Drama)

DOMINO The Heart of Kathleen

(3 reel Drama)

KOMIC... Caught In His Own Net

Deceiving Dad

(Split reel)

SELECTED RELEASE
KEYSTONE,

The Janitor — Making an Automobile Tire

(Split reel)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24th

KAY-BEE A Woman's Wit

PRINCESS Lobster Salad and Milk

(Comedy)

THANHOUSER The Old Folks at Home

(Drama)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25th

AMERICAN. . . .In the Mountains of Virginia

(Drama)

MAJESTIC Revenge

(Drama)

RELIANCE Hearts

(2 reel Drama)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26th

MAJESTIC The Scenario Writer

(Comedy)

THANHOUSER. The Silver Tongued Orator

(Comedy)

APOLLO The Boomerang Curve

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"MOTHS," with Maude Fealy, and

"ROBIN HOOD," the stirring life of the great adventurer of the Middle Ages is here shown properly in
black-and-white pictures for the first time. Every man, woman and child knows the story. This is the
big, popular film of the Fall. See any Mutual Program exchange for special terms.

Get "MOTHS ;" Get "ROBIN HOOD!" Get "MOTHS!" Get "ROBIN HOOD!"

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The second of the famous "by-the-sea" productions made at Cape May by a special company. A roman-
tic maiden is told by a romancer that he is owner of a yacht whose crew mutinied and flung him overboard.
He proves to be a mere deckhand who had fallen overboard while intoxicated!

(Tuesday, Oct. 14)
"THE PLOT AGAINST THE GOVERNOR"
A Subject of the Hour — In Two Reels
Governor James Cruze ignores the State machine in making appointments and the machine proceeds
to "get" him. Now, as the papers are showing day by day, "getting" a governor is a simple pastime for some
bosses, but the boss who was "after" Cruze had Mignon Anderson for his stenographer and she did not
think the State and the people would benefit by the 'Governor's retirement. In the end, she saved the
Governor. It makes two gripping reels that will hit the public better at this time than could any other
kind of political story Imaginable.

(Friday, Oct. 17)
"A PEACEFUL, VICTORY"

There was a great strike, and the men were being beaten. Then suddenly the manufacturer gave m!
None were more greatly surprised at the surrender th an the men themselves and now, for the first time,
the outer world is apprised of the reason. It lay with a girl. Flo La Badie and William Russell do notable
"team work" in this.

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"Romance of Erin" (2) OCT. 16

"The Reaping" (2) OCT. 15

"The Van Warden Rubies" (2) OCT. 14

"The Plot Against the Governor" (2) OCT. 14

"God of Chance" (2) OCT. 9

"A Forgotten Melody" (2) OCT. 8

"A Pitfall of the Installment Plan" (2) OCT. 6

"Targets of Fate" (2) OCT. 4

"Exoneration" (2) OCT. 2

"The Greenhorn" (2) OCT. 1

"Life's Pathway" (2) SEPT. 30

"Silent Heroes" (2) SEPT. 24

"The Ghost of the Hacienda" (2) SEPT. 22

"The Stolen Woman" (2) SEPT. 20

"The Bondsman" (2) SEPT. 18

"The Land of Dead Things" (2) SEPT. 17

"The Clown's Daughter" (2) SEPT. 13

"The Message to Headquarters" (2) SEPT. 12

"For the Crown" (2) SEPT. 8

"The Glow Worm" (2) SEPT. 6

"The Ironmaster" (2) SEPT. 3

"The Veteran Police Horse" (2) SEPT. 2

"The Green Shadow" (2) AUG. 29

"The Madcap" (2) AUG. 27

"The Ward of the King" (2) AUG. 26

"For the Flag" (2) AUG. 25

"Success" (2) AUG. 23

"An Orphan of War" (2) AUG. 22

"The Fire Bugs" (2) AUG. 21

"The Heritage of Eve" (2) AUG. 20

"The Flame in the Ashes" (2) AUG. 15

"The Quakeress" (2) AUG. 13

"The Missing Witness" AUG. 12

"The Adventures of Jacques" (2) AUG. 11

"The Fight for Right" (2) AUG. 9

"The House of Bondage" (3) AUG. I

"Banzai" (2) AUG. 1

"A War Time Mother's Sacrifice" (2) JULY 30

"Little Dorrit" (2) JULY 29

"The Scapegoat" (2) JULY 28

"The Higher Justice" (2) JULY 26

"The Missionary's Sister" (2) JULY 26

"Flotsam" (2) JULY 25

"Grand Dad" (2) JULY 23

"Man and Woman" (2) JULY 23

"Old Mammy's Secret Code" (3) JULY 16

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"With Honor at Stake" (2) JULY 15

"Truth in the Wilderness" (2) JULY 14

"Ashes" (2) JULY 12

"The Banshee" (2) JULY 11

"Heart Throbs" (2) JULY 9

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The Heart of a Rose

Reliance

Where Truth Pays

A little town in South Texas does its lazy besi to support three
hotels. Each sends a negro pofter to meet the diurnal train, where
they vie with one another, as only darkies can, in their attempts to
get the few traveling men who stop. At the present time one of
the big, good-natured negroes, who seems to know human nature,
is calling out : "Right dis way fo' de State House, de bes' second-
class hotel in town." Then, with a broad g.rin he adds : "Dey ain't
no fust-class." — Judge.

Always Together

Majestic

The DifTerence

"What's the dif¥erence between speculation and investment?"
"When you lose, it is speculation ; when you win, it is invest-
ment."— Judge.

Mrs. Robinson — And were you up the Rhine?
Mrs. de Jones — I should think so ; right to the very top ! What
a splendid view there is from the summit! — Tit-Bits.

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"Uncle Henry," asks the
sweet Creature, appearing
before that gentleman in
one of the newest "crea-
tions" in the way of frocks,
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gown "

"Well," grumbles the
grizzled old misanthrope,
"you're safe in one respect.
Nobody can have you ar-
rested for carrying con-
cealed weapons." — Life.

Was Afraid Of It

A lady with a wasplike
waist fainted in a city
street car the other day,

Vengeance

Majestic

and was carried into the
nearest shop. An Irish-
man, who had observed the
occurrence, looked into the
shop after a few minutes,
and inquired :

"How is she now?"

"Oh," said the shopman,
"She's coming to."

"Ah," replied Pat, "come
in two, has she? Poor
thing! Bedad. it's ju-^t what
I was afraid of." — Hx-
(Iiaiige.

Just as She Thought

"What is lii- tnuible?"
"Aphasia."

"I tbou.ght there was a
woman in the case." —
J udge.

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The Light House — Denver

"The new Twenty-second Avenue
Theatre, Denver, built and operated by
James Light, is located at the intersection
of five streets, with a capacity of 50C
— practically fireproof and well lighted.
In addition to the billing seen on the
front, on the left side of the buildings,
frames are set in the walls for "TO-
DAY'S and "TO-MORROW'S" bills.
This is also done in the lobby, and
above the bills are spaces for photos
of players — no vaudeville or "State
Right" Pictures. A splendid and ever-
increasing business has been built up
in a short time, based on the unsur-
passed MUTUAL SERVICE. The
patronage comes from the best people,
and the business receives the same
careful attention to details that en-
sures success in any other line of
business. The tickets sold give the
proprietor ample protection against the
intrusion of undesirable persons. This
Theatre is generally known as "THE
LIGHT HOUSE."

New Notes From New Majestic

Manager Lucius Henderson, of the
Majestic Studios in Los Angeles, has
just finished a magnificent two-reel
Anglo-Japanese romance, "The Oath of
O'Tsuru San." Special scenery was
painted for this production, and ele-
gantly embroidered costumes, which had
actually come from Japan, were pro-
cured. The Japanese stage settings were tin-
der the supervision of Miss Tsuru Aoki, who
played the title role, and great pains were
taken to have all of the sets authentic and
correct in detail. William Garwood played
the leading male role of Ned Winthrop, in-
ventor of torpedo boats and O'Tsuru's lover,
while Wm. Nigh, the author, played Yoko-
sawa, a Japanese Government official. Alto-
gether the play is up to the usual high stand-
ard of Majestic productions.

"Princess," A New Film

The Mutual program will soon release the
Princess photoplays, made at New Rochelle.
Titles of initial releases are "Looking for
Trouble," "Lobster Salad and Milk," and
"The Campaign Managress," farces as the
names would indicate. In these Muriel Os-
triche, a petite and attractive actress, who
figures in popularity contests, and Marie
Kline, popularly known as the "Thanhouser
Kid," are the featured leads. This new com-
pany has the distinction of having a director
who is also the camera man. Carl Gregory
fills this combined position, having had a try-
out, while with the Edison company, who sug-
gested that he should use the scenarios while
taking tne pictures. He was ambitious, and
"made good," to use the vernacular of the
day. There is no secret attached to his suc-
cess. It is a simple sum in arithmetic; i. e.,
constantly adding new information to what he
already knew. To illustrate: He became
interested in photography before entering col-
lege, and paid his way through the Ohio State
University, from which he was graduated in
1904, having taken the requisite course in
chemistry. Laboratory work was too confin-
ing, so he opened a studio in Mexico, and
later, while staging Burr Mcintosh's lectures,
did all the photographic work, which included
views, lantern slides and motion pictures.
The Thanhouser company was in its infancy,
getting out the second picture, when he was
engaged as camera man, and that was over
three and a half years ago. But not until
recently was he thoroughly initiated. He was
then at Cape May, where he put on four com-
plete scenarios, with some of the Thanhouser
players, and four other scenarios, in con-

Francelia Billington

Majestic

junction with the studio. This work was so
satisfactory that when it was decided to
launch the Princess company, he was assigned
the position of camera-man-director.

An Appreciative Letter

Oct. 8, 1913.

Mr. J. P. Dunning,

Care of Reliance Company,
Yonkers, N. Y.
Dear Sir:

Inasmuch as we have been passing along
complaints received from various sources, we
feel that you should also hear the good things
that are said about your releases. We, there-
fore, take pleasure in quoting below from a
newspaper article which appeared a short time
ago in an Australian paper in regard to your
release "ASHES":

"The management of the Crystal Palace
Theatre had a surprise this morning when
the feature film drama, "ASHES," was
presented.. It had come without a hint as
to its nature, and the unfolding of its
wonderful scheme in floral settings of
extreme beauty, by a long series of the
most interesting, exciting and delightful
scenes perfectly photographed, afforded
the management and the patrons of the
theatre a revelation in the artistic pos-
sibilities of film art.

" 'ASHES' is the creation of a woman's
genius. It is a retrospect of love and
contemporary adventure covering five per
iods of a lifetime. Beyond that, it cannot
be described adequately. But it is the
film drama of the year. Nothing like it
has been seen before."

Yours very truly,

Vice-President.

"The Follies of a Day and Night"

Is the title of the "Flying A" subject to be
released Nov. Ist, and in it George Field does
a number of comedy stunts which bring tears
of sympathy to the eyes of the henpecked.
You can't afford to miss it.

Large Family Meets in Conven-
tion at Chicago

The Wuertz family association, de-
scendants of Jacob Wuertz, who set-
tled in this country in 1730, met in
convention, Oct. 1st to 4th. On Sat-
urday, the 4th, the visiting delegates
were entertained at the laboratories of
the American Film Mfg. Comany. The
members of this Association in the
United States now number about one
thousand.

The End of Black Bart

A one reel subject by the second of
the Flying A Companies, released Oct.
16th, elicited very favorable comment,
not only from the critics of the press,
but theatres and fans in general are
especially well pleased with this thrill-
ing Western production. Miss Wini-
fred Greenwood and Edward Coxen
do some fine acting, and George Field
also makes a hit by his clever work
as a desperate character. Photographic
and technical qualities are perfect.

Houston, Texas, Oct. 6, 1913.
Mutual Film Corporation :
Dallas, Texas:
Book me "SAPHO" for Saturday.
Again showed all day yesterday to
capacity at twenty cents, doing big
business again to-day. It is best draw-
ing picture ever had, and pleases
everybody. Congratulations.

A. XYDIAS.

New York, Oct. 10, 1913.
Mutual Film Co.,

23 rd S't. and 6th Ave., New York.
Gentlemen :

We herewith beg to confirm telephone con-
vensation of to-day, ■discontinuing Mutual
Film Service at Moorish Garden at the end
of the current week. This is due to the
weather being so unpleasant that it is impos-
sible for us to make any money in the Open
Air Theatre.

We wish to take this opportunity of ex-
pressing to you our appreciation of the many
courtsies which have been extended to us by
your company, particularly by your Mr. Ait-
ken and Mr. Lucas, who were always ready
to co-operate with us in every way possible.
We feel that a large percentage of our success
is due to our running "Mutual Programmes"
exclusively. The quality of the pictures were
of the highest order, and from the very week
that we commenced your service, the box
office receipts began to increase very materi-
ally. All of our patrons seemed to be very
much pleased and entertained with Mutual
Service, and we have heard a great many
expressions from them praising the pictures.
You must understand that they must have
liked them pretty well to allow us to keep
open up to the present date, and we have seen
occasions where the interest has been held by
your pictures to such an extent that fourteen
or fifteen hundred people sat in the rain to
look at them. We assure you that in any
place that we control, as long as the Mutual
pictures maintain their present high stand-
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Can any species of amusement be really educational
and yet remain, unquestionably, amusement? This has been
answered negatively a good many times — the claim being
put forth that anything requiring mental effort in the way
of concentration or memorizing must be, necessarily, de-
void of that relaxation which constitutes the very essence
of amusement. But the times change. Our manner of liv-
ing— our habits — even what we consider relaxation — change to such
an extent that our ancestors of the Eighteenth and even Nineteenth
Centuries would be absolutely bewildered by the multiplicity of in-
terests which take us out of ourselves to-day.

It's but a few years since the Stereoptican Lecture was considered
almose entirely educational. That is to say — no one but the so-
called high-brow person ever thought of paying good money for
admission to such a performance with the expectation of being
amused, in the sense that a theatrical performance or a ball-game
amuses — relaxes — rests the labor-worn mind. We accepted the
Stereoptican in the church and Sunday-school because it was many
aeons more interesting than the missionary lecture or young-peo-
ple's meeting. But we never considered it as amusement. Given
the duty of attending church entertainments, it was the least boring
of the lot — and one could entertain visiting country relatives in a
highly proper way at a minimum expense — (reserving one wildly
hilarious night in gallery seats at the Black Crook for such of the
dear venturesome hayseeds as cared to take a chance).

To-day, however, our attitude toward the Stereoptican is one of
vastly greater respect. The Stoddard and Burton Holmes lectures
gave us the first different slant. We were in a more receptive
attitude when the Movies first hit us. And now, millions of us pay
our nickel or dime for uproarious or thrilling amusement — of the
utmost relaxing kind — which is nothing short of education carried
to the nth degree.

It is full time that all of us — amusement producers and people
at large — began to realize the fact that, to-day, every sort of
dramatic performance or representation has become educational.
Our performances on the legitimate stage — so called — teach us — (or
attempt to show us) — the proper costumes for any given period,
ancient or modern. In the degree in which they are perfect or im-
perfect, they reproduce manners and customs — architecture — -style
of language — periodic morals, or the lack of them — ethics, or the
glaring absence of them. And not one of us can witness such a
performance without having our ideas as to what constitutes right
and wrong influenced by what we have seen. Which is why a good
performan9e exerts a^ widespread beneficial| influe^ppe — and a |lj)^^d, |
ot' ' iin'^thital, perfdrmimci does in amount of harm which can only

be approximately calculated by the crime-waves and gen-
eral demoralization of the next year or so.

At present, an excellent dramatic representation in a
well equipped theatre by an experienced cast probably ex-
erts a more lasting influence upon a limited number of
people than any single motion-picture play — because it
appeals to more of the human senses and affords greater
facilities for expression. But when we consider the relative size
of the audiences and their capacity for absorbing what they see,
the motion-picture play, with its millions of enthusiastic spectators
is an influence for good or evil which it is impossible to measure.

The effect, however, can be figured out in a logic so simple and
compelling that there is no possibility of misunderstanding it. // a
million people of all ages witness a play in which crime, immorality
or scandal appear in a more or less favorable light — or even are
too clearly detined — the effect upon the weaker minds in those audi-
ences is too certain to be denied or overlooked. The percentage of
future criminals in that single million is bound to increase — because
the amusement is educational, and -they are being educated to look
upon crime and absence of ethics in a more favorable light. The
cause and effect are altogether too indisputable to be explained away.
They exist — and the one is just certain as the other.

Certain phases of human weakness, brutality, uncurbed passions
and moral laxity should never be shown upon any stage or
screen — nor should they be given any detailed description in the
public prints. Of course, it is impossible to carry out such a reform
at present — because the general public are not yet thoroughly ap-
preciative of the danger which threatens us from this source, and
there will always be a difference of opinion as to whether a woman's
figure in a one-piece bathing-suit constitutes immoral exposure or
not — (to give but one of rnany disputed instances). But the more
our theatre audiences are awakened to the significance of what they
see in our theatres or newspapers, the more chance there is for
a vast and wide-reaching reform through every species of educa-
tional amusement.

The audience of to-day — laughing, or looking with absorbed in-
terest at a motion-picture of a Durbar given by some Indian Prince
— absorbs an educational impression of Indian life, manners, cus-
toms, architecture and costumes which it would be impossible for
it to otherwise get by any means save actually visiting the country.
And another audience, which sees murder committed upon a moving
picture screen — or a man and woman placed in suggestive situa-
tions— or a grafting politician getting safely away with money he
has no right to posses^^ — is absorbing an edi^cational impression
zvhich, for public safety, it would better know nothing about.

The streets of Rome
presented sharp contrasts
of sunlight and shadow
as the morning crept into
noon — and the throng of
citizens in their white and
colored togas, slaves in
their short tunics, freed-
men from the Barbarian
tribes, and the like, was
thickly interspersed with
soldiers of the Praetorian
Guards and of the for-
eign legions returning in
part, from the Dacian
Wars beyond the Ister
(o r Danuvius). As the
crowd thinned out a little
when it became time for
the mid-day meal, two
young nobles met on the
Vicus Patricius — one of
them in the handsomely
gilded cuirass of an of-
ficer in the Praetorian Guard.

||Hail, Manlius! . . . .Wlhither goes thou?"

"To the Castra Praetoria. Flavianus. . . . And thou?"
First, to the new baths on the Esquiline— which Trajan opened
last week before thy return to the city. But-how is this? By thy
cuirass,_thou art now commanding the Praetorians! I thought thou
wert with the Dacian legion?"

"A promotion-thanks to Trajan. It was I and my legionaries
who took Decebalus-though we all despised the traifrous strata-em
by which It was possible. Aye-and ran the traitor through with
our daggers after the silver had been paid him ! For, look you
l^lavianus, the Dacian is a han—znd we had been sorely put to
It to subdue his country ere we captured him."

"Aye— that hath been said of him ever since— a boy of twenty-
he came to the throne. There be some have said his Mother
governed^ through him-but Magaria hath none of the influence
he wielded among his people. One hears that she was taken wuh
him — is It even so?"

"Nay— she gave herself into my hands after we had ^aken him—
as hostage for his life, I think. Ah! ... . Dost thou hear the
trumpets? By Jupiter, I will e'en go with thee to Trajan's baths-
tor It is on the Esquiline, near them, that the Emperor hath caused
the throne for his triumph to be erected. The pri3oners sre to
march before him there, this morning-Decebalus and Magaria
among them. Let us stand near the throne and see how they bear
themselves. Unless I mistake not, Trajan mans to show them
clemency.

, ^"to the Via Tiburtina from the Subura they

found It difficult to make their way along-so great was the crowd
moving steadily along toward the new baths of Trajan which looked
down upon the Tiburtina from the near slope of the Esquiline Hill
In a commanding spot near one of the baths, a dais covered with
the Imperial purple had been erected— with two large chairs for
the Emperor and Empress. Back of these stood a semi-circle of the
Praetorians and an ever-increasing crowd of Roman nobles. In the

broad Way at the foot
of the slope, the people
had been massing them-
selves for an hour past.

Presently, the trump-
ets sounded again — and
those nearest the curve
at the Subura passed the
word along that the Im-
perial litters were com-
ing down from the Pala-
tine Hill. Moment by
moment, the murmuring
interest increased — then
the litters came in view
— Trajan lying back
easily upon his cushions
with ingratiating smiles
for the people asi he
passed along, and Val-
eria, with that colder
stare which made her
disliked by the Roman
citizens. As they step-
ped from their litters and mounted the imperial dias, Trajan
made an imposing figure. Judging from the cheers which came from
all sides, he was finding himself a popular ruler. But for Valeria,
there were murmurs of respect, only — and the proud woman even
then was considering how she might best set her heel upon the
scum who so openly hated her.

Another flourish of trumpets proclaimed the approach of the
military procession with its line of prisoners and recently captured
slaves. In a few moments, the Generals and. lesser officers could
be seen coming impressively along upon their horses between the
masses of cheering people on both sides of the Via Tiburtina.
They mounted the slope of the Esquiline — followed by the Cen-
turions, each with his company of a hundred pike and sword men.
Then — marching on foot, in chains — came Decebalus, Prince of
Dacia, and his mother. Queen Magaria, with a long line of Dacian
and Thracian nobles, soldiers and country people, following them.
The Dacian wars had already lasted more than twelve years and
were to drag out another weary, bloody three before the country
was fairly subdued — but the capture of their Prince by treachery
had so disheartened the Dacians that thousands of them had volun-
tarily surrendered, that they might accompany him into slavery.

As Decebalus and his Mother stopped before the Imperial dais,
there was a murmur of admiration for their calm, royal bearing
and toal absence of fear. For a few seconds. Prince and Emperor
looked straight into each other's eyes.

"Decebalus — I find it in my heart to regret the foul treachery
of that base menial by whose plan thou wert taken ! Thou hast
cost Rome full many a denarius and taken thy toll of Roman lives —
but thy motives were e'en such as prompted us to subdue thee.
How then, if I restore thy freedom — wilt swear allegiance to Rome,
and hold thy country as her dependency?

Again, the two looked deep into each other's souls. Finally —
with that foresight for the better condition of his subjects which
Magaria lacked, Decebalus was about to accept the Emperor's offer
when his Mother, drawing herself up proudly, exclaimed :

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7

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"In Dacia, oh Trajan, we are royal! We may not be vassals
of Rome." (A sneer of hatred and intolerance curled the lips
of Empress Valeria — she leaned forward in her chair as she spoke).

"These be a stifT-necked people, oh Trajan! Thy clemency but
makes thee a jest among the Romans! Send these slaves to the
dungeons — that some of that royalty of which they boast may ooze
from ihc'r skins. Then place them in the arena — with the be'asts — ■
that we may see how much of it is left when they are about to be
devoured I''

A sullen murnnir rose from the massed humanity in the Via
Tiburtiiw, below — and a frown of anger settled upon the Emperor's
face. Tr;ijan was a just man, ordinarily — but' a masterful one. The
cattle riarcd ,o murmur at Valeria, did they! They had mocked
her before ! Very well— they should see who was Emperor of
Rome !

"En'Mv h! Manlius — come forward — I noted thee when I stepped

from my litter. These be thy captives ! Look to them !

Let tin ni be taki n to the dungeons of the Circus Maximus and
there confiened un il such time as they shall be cast into the arena!"

For an hour longer, the procession of captives and soldiers passed
before tlv,- Impurial dais — but Octavia, the daughter of Trajan
turned, u- cuse otisU'. from time to time — looking across the shoul-
der of the £.^<//n7;;/f /////, down into the depression by the Colosseum
at the end of ,he Fniuin. along which Manlius, with some of his
Praetfir'ans. was conducting Decebalus and his Mother to the dun-
geons of the Circus Maximus behind the Palatine Hill. The Prince's
royal bearing — his handsome face and figure — had made a deep im-
pression, and the light in his eyes as they met hers, showed an
answering one.

To piead with her father, in the face of her mother's opposition,
she knew would be useless at th^t time — but she hoped something
might occur before Decebalus met his death in the arena.

At last, came the fatal day. From sunrise, the people began
drifting in at the many doors of the Circus Maximus — selecting
their sea's, preferably, near the Imperial enclosure, partly because
of the vast awnings which sheltered that end of the arena from

the blazing sun but more from the desire to see with their own
eyes the Emperor's decision as to life or death for the com-
batants below. It was true they sometimes reversed his decisions
by popular clamor when they were sufficiently displeased with
them — but — one never could tell — and it was so exceedingly in-
teresting to watch Trajan's face as he carelessly turned to speak
with those around him and kept the poor wretches in suspense—
before he turned his thumb down. After all — here was nothing like
being Emperor of Rome ! There was something fascinating about
dallying with half a dozen human lives while one paused to discuss
with one's architect, say, whether the arch in the new Forum
should be of trayertine or white marble.

After a while, the Imperial party arrived. In the dungeons
below, there came one to Decabalus who informed him that his
time was drawing near — that he must prepare himself to fight.

"Aye — that is but a small matter. For, look you, Praetorius —
in Dacia, we are always ready to figh'. — from the time we have
reached six years. But — with whom, say you?" (The Centurion
pointed to a powerfully built man who had pulled his chin up to the
level of a barred window and was looking out into the arena).

"He! . . . . Otho! Why, he is of Dacia—

and therefore my brother! One does not kill one's brother!''

"It is possible thy brother may kill thee, oh Dacian! But that
is as maybe. Here are thy own sword and cuirass. Go thou, and
the gods be with thee !"

A few moments later, there was a low murmur from two hun-
dred thousand throats which increased to a thunder of admiring
applause as the bright Roman sunshine fell upon the burnished
cuirass and royal figure of Decebalus, Prince of Dacia. Followed,
by his worshipping subject, he marched fearlessly along the sands-
of the arena until they stood before the Imperial enclosure. Raising
his flashing sword at full arm's length in the sunlight, he said, in
a clear, resonant voice: Ave Caesar Imperator ! Morituri Salu-
tamus! Then — with a salute to his brother Dacian, the fight began.

Back and forth across the yellow sands, they advanced and
retreated — giving the spectators as fine an exhibition of Barbarian.

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swordsmanship as had ever been shown in the arena. But the
Dacian had no intention of even wounding his Prince, and fell to
the ground before him in such a way that Decebalus could scarcely
avoid running him through as he pitched forward. ("Careful,

Otho ! Be ready to spring with me when I give the

word!) With the customary gesture of outstretched arm. Dece-
balus asked the boon of his adversary's life before despatching him
as he lay defenseless at his feet. But Trajan leaned forward with
down-turned thumb upon the marble balustrade. Habet! Then the
spectators saw a most amazing thing — and breathlessly sprang for-
ward in their seats.

Instead of thrusting his sword into Otho's body, the Prince
reached down with his left hand. Together, they sprang forward.
The balustrade of the Imperial enclosure was a good twenty feet
above the sand, but that before the adjoining rows of seats was
eight feet lower. With the impetus gained by a short run and a
mighty leap, they caught the lower balustrade with their hands — ■
pulled themselves up — sprang from it to the Imperial box — and in-
side of a minute, had thrown Trajan backward across his throne
and were throttling the life out of him when Octavia flung herself
between them. Recognizing her, instantly, Decebalus allowed the
Praetorians to disarm him and was taken down to the dungeons to
be executed in the morning.

Among the spectators in the Circus, however, had been Thais —
a Greek girl, wife of Junius Publius, a Prefect — who had become
infatuated with the hansome Dacian. By means of bribery, she
succeeded in gaining admittance to the dungeons and securing an
interview with Decebalus. While she was with him, a spy in the
Prefect's service brought word to him at Trajan's palace, of his
wife's visit to the dungeons and a centurion was immediately des-
patched to bring her before the Emperor. But when the centurion
came into the dungeon Decebalus sprang upon him — bound him,
hand and foot — put on his cuirass and helmet and walked out,
leading Thais by the wrist, as if dragging her along. As no one
had reason for glancing closely at him, they went through the
city unrecognized, until they reached the house on the Palatine

in which Octavia lived. Consigning Thais to her care, he was
about to leave when the Princess again begged him to become a
Roman.

"Octavia — thou knowest not what it costs to refuse thee any-
thing! To be with thee — to see thee, dailj' — perchance to have
(Ye gods! . . . . . They have discovered my es-
cape! Listen The Praetorians are at thy doors even

now ! ) Ah well — I should have yielded to thee had they not taken
me. Farewell, Octavia!''

They dragged him before Trajan, who — in admiration for his
royal captive — again offered him his life. In bitter realization of
the hopelessness of his love for Octavia, the Prince was about to
refuse for the last time when a bloody, travel-stained centurion
of the Foreign Legion was brought before Trajan with news that
the Thracians had revolted — defeated the legion quartered on the
shore of the Aegean Sea — and were marchin? northward to cross
the Ister and over-run Dacia. This decided the question in the
Prince's mind. Thrace had been the hereditary enemy of Dacia
before it became a Roman Province in the year 47. Kneeling before
Trajan, he swore allegiance to Rome and asked for the command
of a legion to invade Thrace from the west and south. Always
an excellent judge of men, Trajan promptly granted his request —
and in six months. Thrace was again subdued. Decebalus returned
to Rome in triumph with several officers of his legion and a host
of Thracian captives — asking, as a reward, the freedom of Magaria.

Wlien she was brought to him from the dungeon in which she
had been confined, Decebalus led her away among the narrow
streets on the Palatine until they came to the house of Octavia.
Leaving her with two slaves who had been formerly her handmaidens
in Dacia, he stepped out through the atrium to a long, grape-covered
pergola which looked down upon the Forum Romanum and the
Colosseum. At the further end, he found Octavia — alone. The
faint scraping noise of his sandals upon the marble tiling startled
her and, turning, she saw the hansome figure advancing toward her,
the white military cape setting off the, burnished silver cuirass and
helmet, while the sunbeams, darting i between the grape-leaves over-

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9

The Mystery of the Haunted Hotel

head, sent flashing reflections dancing here and there in the cool
shadows. Stretching out his arm to the glory that was Rome —
before them, in the valley — on the Esqiiiline — the Quiniial, Pincian
and Capiioline, he said :

"All this is now mine, as well as thine. Octavia — for I, also, am
of Rome. Prince of Dacia still, am I — but I hold it for the Empire.
Greater than that — I am a Citizen and a Noble of Rome."

"And — hath my father done nothing more for thee, Decebalus?"

"Aye — Trajan is not ungenerous. Alagaria he hath freed. She
is even now with thy slaves, within, and — perchance the gods are
but driving me mad with happiness — he told me to find thy house
upon the Palatine. Can it be possible — hast thou said aught of me
to him while I was in Dacia and Thrace?"

"Pouf ! One speaks of Rome's successful generals as one men-
tions the wars in Syria — or the coming games in the Circus Maxi-
iiius — or other matters of general interest. Perchance I may have
mentioned thy name, Decebalus — I cannot remember."

Ah! That answer will do for the soft living fops who spend
their time in Trajan's baths! With us of the Foreign Legions it is
a different matter. Nay^I'll not be denied, Octavia! .... I'll
give thee reason for remembering me better when I am again away
from Rome."

Crushing her in his strong arms, he kissed her — again and again.
With her eyes closed, and the hot blood racing through her veins, she
leaned against his shoulder, returning kiss for kiss. In and out,
among the shadows of the grape leaves on the marble tiling, two
of the Capitoline pigeons stepped daintily about, picking up grains
which had lodged between the tiles. C. H. N.

&^ ^

Unfair Remedy

Mrs. Newed (to dear friend — What's the secret of getting a new
frock off hubby after he refuses once.

Mrs. Wiley — If at first you don't succeed, cry, cry again! — Judge.

Thaiihouser

The Mystery of the Haunted Hotel

Oct. 21st, 1913.

Everyone likes a spice of mystery, and the moving picture screen
lends itself admirably to everything in the ghost line. In fact, kinetic
photography is the only perfect method so far discovered for re-
producing Mr. Ghost as he really is — shadowy, intangible — yet per-
fectly depicted.

This story is simple enough in its description, but as it works
out in the moving picture, it is thrilling enough to satisfy the most
devoted ghost-believer.

The hotel around which the story revolves has been haunted
some time by the shade of the proprietor's wife, who was drowned
at sea, and the reputation thus obtained has killed it with the
traveling public. The place is inhabited only by the broken-down
proprietor and his daughter. They are shortly to be evicted for
non-payment of taxes when a young doctor comes to the resort and
becomes interested in the ghost story. He determines to investigate
it and discovers the ghost in the person of the daughter, whose mind
has become unhinged through grief over her mother's death. He re-
stores her mind to normal condition, business picks up and everybody
is happy.

The various scenes were photographed from buildings and locali-
ties at Cape May which lent themselves in a particularly effective
way to the working out of the stor}-.

Hopeless

First Lawyer — I hear you are having trouble in getting a jury
for that automobile case? Second Lawyer — Yes. We object to
everybody who owns a car, and the other side ^rules out all who
don't. — Ptick.

10

Res! Life

Adopted from the Reliance Play
By Cathnrkif3 iV(ncs»ii Street

The barn stood in a patch of September moonHght, while out
through its window streamed the mellow glow of lanterns which
together with a sound of many young voices told of merrymaking
within. Suddenly, there came a chorus of laughter, the door opened
and a young girl burst out. She ran lightly along a footpath, catch-
ing her breath in excitement, her figure in its soft, light dress
■standing out clearly against the bushes past which she sped.

Close behind her came a man, tall and young and strongly built.
She veered sharply, turned a corner and came against an unexpected
-stretch of fence. The young man caught up in an instant.

"Nora," he whispered and leaning over, kissed her.

She drew back. "That's not fair. I hate you, Bert Norville."

But he laid a hand on her arm. "You — you don't really, do you
Nora? And you know it was fair; I drew the red ear in the
liusking." He was breathing quickly and there was an unaccus-
•'tomed earnestness in his voice. "What made you run away?"

"I dont know," she stammered. His hand felt warm on her
arm.

"Don't you like me?"

"Do you kiss country girls and then laugh to yourself about it
afterwards?" she retorted. The moonlight struck full in her face
as she turned, and he could almost see the heightened color in her
cheeks. Her under lip was drawn in under two white teeth and
lier brown eyes flashed.

He tightened his grip on her arm. "Nora, won't you marry me?"
Tie begged. "I love you awfully, and I — I can't go away without
you." The words gushed out in a rapid torrent.

There came a pause filled only with the monotonous chirp of
Katydids and the swish of swaying branches. "How — how can I ?"
she questioned. "Why, I've only known you a week — "

"Never mind that. Just say you will. Nora, Nora I've got to
go back to the city in three days; I want to take you with me — "
Another pause, while a mild breeze, sweet with the scent of ripen-
ing apples, swept across their faces. Their glances met; he caught
her in his arms and held her. This time she did not resist and he,
■ieaning down, heard whispered words which satisfied him.

So it happened that Nora Hampton, who had lived all her life
in Ridge Corners, married young Bertram Norville and set out
with the blithest heart in the world for her new home. But three
months later found her fighting down the pangs of homesickness,
for she was afraid of the big, fashionable suburban home, with its
many servants. Somehow, even the furniture seemed to repulse
her. There were no comfortable, ugly rocking chairs, no well-worn
sofas with sagging springs.

Most of all she was afraid of her husband's mother, a dignified,
assertive woman, who held herself very erect and had a distant way
of speaking. Nora's first friendly advances failing, she had taken
refuge in trying, at least, to win some small measure of the senior
Mrs. Norville's approval.

A day arrived, however, when the newcomer gave up in despair.
A little uncertain as to what she must do and say, she was standing
in the receiving line at one of Mrs. Norville's receptions, feeling
awkward as guests filed by her. She had
never before met so many strange peo-
ple and not one of them seemed glad
to see her. An idle moment came;
no one was near or noticed her. She
slipped out of the drawing-room, and
hurried upstairs, never pausing until
she had shut herself in her own room.

There she dropped to the floor
and, leaning against the end of a
couch, cried as if her heart would
break. Hot tears were running down
her face when the door opened and
Bert came in.

"Why, Nora dear, what's the mat-
ter?" he asked. "I missed you — that is,
we missed you down stairs." He crossed
the room, lifted her to her feet and be;,an
to wipe away her tears.

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11

Still sobbing, she clung to him. "Bert, I — I just can't go back
down there to those people; they don't like me. And your mother
doesn't like me either; she really doesn't want me here. I — -I think
she's ashamed of me."

"Nonsense, dear — "

"It isn't nonsense and yon know it. Bert dear, I've tried to
please her truly I have. Why I dress the way she wants me to,
but I"m not used to the trains and I trip over them. And I've
taken piano lessens and practiced till my head ached. But it's no
use; I — I'm countrified thing and I'll never be any different."

This was the conclusion to which Nora had been coming for
sometime and that evening, impelled by a wave of loneliness, she
wrote all about her difficulties to her brother 'Will.

Her heart swelled with pride as she thought of this brother
whom her husband had never seen and who was studying painting
in Paris. Why should she not be proud? she asked herself; it was
not every student whose work could win prizes which paid his way
to Paris. It did her good to share her disheartenment with this
old-time chum. In a lit le postscript she added, "When you come
back to America, please try to see me alone before you meet Bert's
family. I am not very happy."

One afternoon not many weeks later, a penciled note in her
brother's writing brought Nora the wonderful news that he had
returned from Paris unexpectedly and was at that very moment,
waiting to see her near the outer gate of the Norville grounds.
Scarcely able to believe the good tidings she hurried out in quest
of him.

"Oh, Will, how glad I am to see you," she cried and clasping
her arms about his neck, kissed him.

"Let me get a good look at you," laughed Will, holding her off.
"Yes, you're just the same little sister I left behind me." With that,

he kissed her
again.

Absorbed as
they were, how
were they .to
know that just
then the older
Mrs. Norville's
motor was com-
ing through the
gate not far
from which
ttiey stood.

She, however,
could see them
plainly from her
vantage, and
she would have
been more than
human if she
had not begun
to wonder about
the caller whom
her queer-little
daughter-in-law
was evidently so
glad to see. But
she afterward
made no men-
tion of
she had
nessed.

what
wit-

The Beauty in the Seashell Thanhouser

The Beauty in the Seashell Thanhous^r

Among the
morning's mail
brought to her
next day, was a
letter addressed
to Nora. Mrs.
Norville was
laying it aside
when she

noticed that the envelope had come unsealed. Of a sudden, some-
thing made her connect it with the little scene of the preceding
afternoon.

She fingered the missive. What if — ? But no; she put the

letter down. Again she hesitated. What harm after all ? She

drew out the note. "Nora, dear," it said, "I'll see you to-morrow
noon at the same place. Lovingly. Will.''

Later that morning Nora received word from her husband that
he would expect her to leave his home. As warrant for his action,
he sent Will's note. That was all; he asked for no explanation.

Nora sank into a chair, too dazed to think clearly. She caught
herself wondering if she were dreaming. Once she started up and
made for the door ; she would go to Bert and show him that he was
mistaken.

Something held her back, however. "If he loved me, he wouldn't
do this," she told herself. She beat her hands against each other
while great sobs strained her throat. But there were no tears in
her eyes ; she could not cry.

Then she set about packing up a few little things and, seating
herself at a table, wrote her husband the explanation for which he
had not asked. Leaving the note upon the table, she stole down a
back stairway and left the house.

One afternoon five years later, an American paid a visit to the
Paris studio of Will Hampton, the painter, whose portraits had made
his reputation.

"I should like to have you do a portrait for me from this minia-
ture," said the caller, opening a little leather case.

Why, how — how did you come by this?" asked Hampton. For
the likeness at which he found himself looking was a picture of his
sister Nora.

"She was my wife,'' replied the other man simply. "I lost her
five years ago."

12

Reel Life

"I know a woman who looks ver}' like her," said the artist. And
stepping to a door spoke to someone in the adjoining room. "Nora,
can you come here a minute?''

The caller heard the name. "Xora,"' he repeated. "Who is sht-?"

"My sister."

A curtain was brushed aside and a woman, possessed of the poise
which the old-time Nora had lacked, stepped into the studio.

Norville's gaze traveled to her face. "Nora, could you — forgive
me? I've hunted for you everywhere; I want to make amends —

She hesitated — searching the face for convincing proof of the
sincerity. No one knew what the five years had cost her. Then
— with a little inacticulate cry — she was in his arms.

Kay !iee

A Woman's Wit

Oct. 24, 1913.

That a woman, placed in a desperate situation — for the sake of
the man she loves, will see a way out, saving his honor — though it
be at the cost of another man's life — the drama, "A Woman's Wit,"
convincingly portrays.

Clara Ferrj is devoted to Ned Fern, whose besetting sin is poker.
Ned is foreman of the Arrowhead Ranch. He draws the money for
the morrow's pay day — and, coming out of the bank, meets Jim
White, a gambler, whom he owes heavily. The gambler glances
significantly at the grip Fern carries, and says with a sarcastic smile,
"I'll expect you to settle your gambling debts to-morrow, but if you
care to play to-night, you may recover."

Fern takes the money home, and puts it in the safe. His wife
notices his uneasiness, and that evening, as he is leaving t^e house,
she lays her hand on his arm, looking up at him, imploringly.

"Don't gamble to-night, Ned. Remember your responsibilities,
dear — "

He kisses her with real affection, but cannot shake off his moodi-
ness. At length, he plunges out into the darkness, leaving her,
troubled, trying to hide her anxiety from their boy, Tom.

At the saloon Fern meets White, and by midnight, in addition
to his previous debt, he owes him two hundred dollars. Fern is
deeply depressed. He writes out the I. O. U. note, signs it, hands it
to White, and makes a move to go. The saloon is emptying, and
White detains him a moment. When he is sure that no one is left
within ear-shot he goes cautiously close to Fern, making a proposi-
tion to him under his breath. Fern is shocked and repelled. Then
White continues, smiling sarcastically, and speaking urgently:

"If you'll leave the safe open I'll do the rest. It'll be a clean
case of burglary and you'll cancel your debts."

Clara Fern — in her worried state of mind — does not sleep soundly.
She is wakened by someone stirring in the next room, and thinks
immediately of the money. She rouses Tom and sends him to the
settlement for his father and the sheriff. Then she creeps, fearfully,
to the door of the living room — ^to see a man on his knees before the
safe, fumbling at the combination. She shoots — and Ned Fern
throws up his hands and falls. Hysterically, she kneels by him — he
confessing what he was about to do. White will be there at any
moment.

Like a flash, she reads the possibilities in the situation, and the
heroic part she must play. Her husband is a wounded man, unable
to defend himself or her. The rapid action that follows is a play
within the play — the triumph of a woman's wit and nerve. Clara
Fern saves her husband's reputation, wins for him a reward of $500
for disposing of "Silent Jim, wanted for burglary" — cancels his
debts forever — and succeeds in concealing from Tom his father's
guilt in the whole, miserable entanglement. She is a heroine worth
seeing — and remembering.

A Woman's Wit

Kay Bee

Through the Sluice Gates

Majestic

Majestic

Through the Sluice Gates

Oct. 19th, 1913.

The great advantages of having natural scenery available as a
setting for every moving picture have seldom been more clearly
shown than in this Majestic play, which utilizes the picturesque cul-
verts and sluice-gates of the new Los Angeles Aqueduct to produce
some very thrilling situations.

Jack Browning, a young ranchman, is supposed to have left home
because of the constant friction with his step-fatlier and st.=p-brother.
When his mother dies, shortly afterward, her property appears to
have been left entirely to them, and though Browning accuses them
of trickery and theft, he fails to prove it. Then the step-father is
killed, and Browning is found near the body with a rifle in his
hands. Circumstantial evidence is so strong that he seems doomed,
and his fiancee aids him to escape with her. They secure a good
start, but his escape is discovered, and a sheriff's posse, including
the vindictive step-brother, ride after them. Seeing they're likely
to be overtaken, the girl leads him to a culvert of the aqueduct and
rides off with his horse to the sluice-gates, a mile away. At first, the
sheriff is fooled, but, suspecting the trick, gallops after them and
arrives in time to see Browning emerge in the roaring torrent. The
step-brother starts to fire upon him but loses his footing and tumbles
down the cliff to his death. As he is dying, he confesses to having
accidentally shot his father and altered the will left by Jack's mother.

The hair-breadth escapes and thrilling situations in the play hold
the audience breathless from start to finish.

Films for Students of Journalism

Motion pictures as an aid to instruction in journalism will be

Always Together

By Lloyd F. Lonergan.
Oct. 21, 1913.

Mr. Lonergan's latest comedy is one of the most unique plays his
versatile talent has ever produced. It is funny as can be — and still,
it is pathetic — and the goat plays an eloquent and touching part.

Patrick O'Toole was a shoveler. His wages were $1.25 per day;
but he was happy, having a beautiful daughter, Nora, his pipe, and
Brian Boru, the goat. Then, one day, a fortune came to him, and
Nora bravely assailed the fortress of society. With her looks, and
her wit, this would not have been so difficult had not O'Toole in-
sisted upon keeping Brian Boru in the new mansion. The goat was
not at his ease at social functions, and the Count de Bellemonte
was terribly afraid of him. Nora decided that the time had come
when her father must choose between her and the goat.

Then the old Irishman reminded his daughter how he had taken
care of her "when she was a little tyke" and, said he, "A goat, be-
dad ! is ivery bit as good as any monkey iver wint to one o' thim
monkey dinners." Between tears and laughter, Nora is won over.
Father has his way and Brian Boru climbs the social ladder with
them.

_ For a fetching bit of human nature, spiced with the romantic and
with many droll situations, nothing could be more delicious than
this thoroughly original little play.

part of the curriculum in the new school of journalism at Colum-
bia.

A machine has been installed in one of the lower rooms of the
new building. A film will be run every day or two, and the class
will have to describe it from a newspaper viewpoint. — Netv York
Telegraph.

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R®el LIfs

The Heart of Kathleen

The Black Sheep

October 22, 1913

In the two reel BRONCHO, "The Black Sheep," we have the
ititensely human story of Jim Foster, the scapegrace son of a well-
to-do farmer — and sweetheart of Mary Ellis — who leaves home and
goes to Arizona "to conquer his love for liquor and his temper."

Like most people, starting out to reform, Jim only falls into
■sEfOTse scrapes. His impulsiveness gets him into fights with the
icowfeoys — and one ill fated night, in a drunken brawl he kills Black
Sill, the sheriff's deputy. Branded as an outlaw, he is skulking and
Gliding in the wilds — when a letter from his mother finds its way
to Jiim somehow — telling him of his father's death, and begging him
to come home — that half the farm is his, if he will marry Mary
ElHs and heal his mother's broken heart.

A wave of homesickness breaks over him — he longs for the old
place — and his mother anr* Mary. But he has no money to get him
East — not a friend left from whom he can beg or borrow. Then
a scheme flashes into his head — he will rob the stage, due in Phoenix
:two days hence. Jim's plans, however, are set at naught by the
Indians. He sees them lying ready to attack the svage — wheels his
:horse — and, at the risk of arrest, rides like mad to warn the nearest
settlement. Before the sheriff and his posse can get to the scene
of the holdup, Mary Ellis — who has come all the way from Ohio
to reclaim and bring home her lover — has been wounded by the In-
dians.

Jim finds her and carries her to the little hotel at the settlement,
begging frantically that she may have care and treatment. Then,
when the doctor has come — and all is well with Mary — the sheriff
puts handcuffs on Jim, the outlaw, and is leading him away. But
Mary pleads for him — with all her heart and soul — weak and in pain

D (9 initio

as she is— and the sheriff says he will think it over. He does — and
brings the decision —

"We'll call it even — ^Jim's a free man — on condition that yOu give
us a wedding."

D©mmo

The Heart of Kathleen

Oct. 23, 1913.

Beautiful Irish settings, vivid Irish types, an intensely dramatic
plot combine to make "The Heart of Kathleen" a film that will be
long remembered. In poin's — essential points too — the story is im-
probable, contrary to Irish character. Yet, such exceptions may be
found as the case of Kathleen, and the character of Dennis is alto-
gether typical.

Dennis Connor returns to his native village of Killadykee to stir
up the people to resist English misrule. There he falls in love with
Kathleen, the daughter of a fisherman, and they are engaged. In a
terrible storm at sea, Kathleen's father is lost, and a young English
Lord washed up from a wreck, two events which change the girl's
entire future. Proud, full of life, determined to be "free" at any
cost, she resents Dennis' scathing remarks about the English strang-
er, whom she happens to find charming and even irresistable. In a
fit of temper, she breaks her engagement — the Englishman proves
faithless; he deserts her — and she drowns herself in the sea.

Dennis Connor — fired with both personal and patriotic hatred for
the entire nation of "bloody sassenach" — flings himself into the Irish
Rebellion, an impassioned leader. The incidents move rapidly — with
terrible realism reproducing one of the countless bloody outbreaks,
adding protest upon protest, up through five centuries of Irish his-
tory. The closing scene shows the hero a refugee, on shipboard,
bound for America.

■Retil Lifs

l>

H. C. SMITH, Propr.
Clinton Moving Picture Theatre
895 Fulton St.. Brooklyn, N. Y.
On the evening of Friday, Oct. 3rd, the Editor of Reel Life
and a party of friends were entertained by Mr. H. C. Smith, at
the Clinton Theatre, Fulton St., near Vanderbilt Ave., Brook-
lyn, N. Y. During the evening a number of prizes were dis-
tributed, the Editor being among the lucky ones, and drawing
a yard of prime sausages which he considered appreciatively "a
link between the exhibitor and Reel Life." We extend our best
wishes to Mr. Smith and his partner, Mr. Van Wye.

^)

Rellanse

The Heart of a Rose

Oct. 22nd, 1913.

An attempt has been made in this play to bring out in vivid con-
trast the sort of life led by many young men as opposed to that of
the girls to whom they become engaged. It is the old erroneous
assumption that the man may do as he pleases as regards indulging
his appetites, but the woman must invariably walk a chalk line in
order to prove herself a worthy and virtuous wife. Some day —
somewhere — someone will have the nerve to establish the fact that
"what is sauce for Br'er Gander is pretty good .gravy for the Goose,"
and the race of men will become so completely buffaloed with ap-
prehension that their fiancees are leading the high old life that
they'll be mighty circumspect in their own actions.

The play deals with Jack Horton and his fiancee, Editha. He
neglects her, night after night, for the companionship of a dissolute
Bohemian crowd. Her father counsels breaking the engagement,
but she knows that it will break her heart to do so. Finally Horton
receives a note from her, with a white rose. The note says that,
deep in the heart of the rose, he will find a drop of her life-blood —
that she is dying. He becomes conscience-stricken — filled with re-
morse— calls up her home and finds that she is in the hospital after
having tried to kill herself — and rushes away to the hospital. She
recovers, eventually, and he turns over a new leaf. All this is
graphically depicted upon the screen, and teaches a moral lesson
while it holds the interest of the audience.

^ ^ ^
Power's Cameragraph at Carnegie Lyceum

Hugh O'Donnell the well known Lecturer delivered a lec-
ture on the Panama Canal at Carnegie Lyceum on Sunday,
October 12th.

A large audience enjoyed the wonderfully clear pictures
which were projected by a Power's Cameragraph and dissolver.

'J Aianao'lssr

Lobster Salad and Milk

Oct. 24th, 1913.

Can you see it? Doesn't the title. Lobster Salad and Milk, con-
vey a vivid impression of just about what such a story would be?
It's a dream of course. Might be a grown-up's dream, too, because
grown-ups put worse combinations than that in middle-aged tum-
mies which aren't built to stand the traffic. But in this case, it hap-
pens to be the elastic, indestructible tummy of a little girl. Your
little girl — our little girl- — we reckon they all do it, at times.

She had made free with her elder sister's rouge, perfume and
peroxide, and was sent to bed without her supper, being warned
that the bogey-man would get her if she persisted in her mad career
of crime.

Naturally, the only thing which got prompt action in the way
of an impression was the cutting off of her food supply. As soon as
the house was quiet, she wandered down to the ice-box and helped
herself to what she found. When she got back in bed and went to
sleep, there were results. It seemed to her that all the furniture left
the room — her toy horse suddenly turned into a most ferocious
monster who insisted upon her going off with him upon the most
wonderful ride one could possibly imagine. All sorts of things hap-
pened— all the monsters of fable and legend participating. And
when she finally woke up — well — we've all sworn off, haven't we un-
der that sort of pressure? She promised to be very, very good, there-
after. And when you see on the screens what she saw in that
dream, you'll promise to be very, very good, yourself, and bring all
the kidaies"to see it next evening.

Lobster Salad and Milk

16

Reel Life

William Fox signs
"SAPHO" for the
Audubon, his most
beautiful Theatre in
New York

The last great "SAPHO"
achievement East is the se-
curing of it by 'William Fox.
the New York theatrical mag-
nate, for his beautiful new
Audubon Theatre. The deal
went through last week. Fox
is happy, the state-right
owner is happy, we're happy

Our "SAPHO" is the
FLORENCE ROBERTS
"SAPHO" and the
one American audi-
ences want !

The Fox achievement is just
one of many in the business
of booking "SAPHO,"
Achievement is following
achievement; everywhere the,
state - rights owners are
"booking" the biggest and
finest theatres in their locali-
ties. Oliver Morosco must
have "started" the theatre
when he placed the pic-
In his superb Majestic,
Angeles — the first film
to "play" that famous
of legitimate attrac-

men

ture

Los

ever

home

tionsi

Scene from "Through the
Sluice Gates"

To Get Back to the
Releases

There's "THROUGH THE
SLUICE GATES," the thriller
of the year, released Sunday,
Oct. 19th.

"ALWAYS TOGETHEai,'' all

about a comedy goat, released
Tuesday, Oct. 21st.

"VEXGEAXCE," a strong
love story, relea:sed Saturday,
Oct 25th.

And a great TWO-REELER
the week after, "THE OATH
OF O'TSURU SAIV," a Japan-
ese-American production, re-
leased Tuesday, Oct. 2Sth.

it

NEW MAJESTIC

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Business Offices:

"// Boomed 'MuluaV Business Right in Midsummer"
New Rochelle. N. Y. AU-Year Round Studios. Brooldyn Heights,

Los Angeles. "^Cal.

Resl Life

17

The Old Folks at Home
Oct. 24th, 1913.

Every little while, Mr. Lloyd F. Lonergan turns out a picture play
which gets right down at the heart of things and exposes some social
weakness in a human but humorous way. The Old Folks at Home is
a case in point.

An old boatman and his wife lived in a modest little shack on the
seashore, thoroughly contented with their limited income and simple
manner of living. One day, a camera enthusiast happened along and
induced them to pose for him — Mrs. Boatman being apparently
caught in the act of painting the bottom of a dory. By the sort of
odd coincidence which is always happening in every-day life, the
picture eventually comes into the hands of their son — a rich city
broker — and gives him a twinge of conscience at the idea of his
parents living in supposed poverty while he and his wife have every-
thing they can wish.

A hurried trip down the coast results in the Old Folks selling
out their boat business and moving up to the son's home in the city
where they try to accustom themselves to an entirely different man-
ner of living — wearing stiff and uncomfortable clothes, eating rich
and unaccustomed food — being on dress-parade from morning to
night. At last, they can stand it no longer (who could, after once
knowing the luxury of the simple life?) and quietly leave the house
in the midst of a reception given in their honor, leaving a note of
explanation. They return to their own comfortable shack on the
beach — buy back their old business — and we see them in the final
scenes — thoroughly comfortable again — living their own lives inde-
pendently and under obligations to no one. Every audience will be
tempted to ask Mr. Lonergan where that comfortable old living-room
is situated. It certainly exists— because we see it on the screen — •
almost too good to te true.

Wertz Family Assn., Chicago, Oct. 4th, 1913
At Studios of the American Film Mfg. Co.

King Edward's Double Wanted for Movies

Offer of $250 a Day Fails to Bring Out Exactly the Man Required.

London, Sept. 20." — A moving picture company is now offering
$250 a day to a man who looks exactly as King Edward looked at
fifty years of age. The company is flooded with personal applica-
tions and letters from men who are sure they are the "spit and
image" of the .dead monarch.

The most c:urious looking men are absolutely convinced they
are the ones wanted, but none has yet been selected as capable of
filling the bill for a film to be entitled "Queen Victoria, Sixty Years
a Queen." — Nezv York Tribune.

The Old Folks at Home

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T)oTlo T'':i'o^l

keeps pace with the seasons and goes in for

|©©C()AU

Yes, the worst has happened; he's joined a team
and became a regular "football-er " has

and in one of the games, by Heck !
he suffers a severe loss in

due to the adventurous spirit that has caused
some of the best "APOLLO" comedies.

"Fool'bnll I' roc] niid ^Cootlf'

is RELEASED SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26th

Of course Marguerite Ltoveridge, Bud Duncan and the
funny ''APOLLO rest appear with a comedy reel
— any ''APOLLO ^ is a reel comedy!

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WE HAVE READY FOR DISTRIBUTION:

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Silent Heroes
Life's Pathway
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Exoneration
Targets of Fate
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The Ghost of the Hacienda
A Pitfall of the Installment Plan
The Van Warden Rubies
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THE SOUL STIRRING CLIMAX OF THE GREAT FEATURE "HEARTS'

Saturday, Oct. 25th

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A.'JjOUChing drama of strong heart appeal by Carey Lee

SELDOM IN THE HISTORY OF THE SILENT
DRAMA HAS A STORY OF SUCH DEPTH OF
EMOTION BEEN SO CONVINCINGLY STAGED

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An Unusual Comedy Split Reel ! !

MONDAY, OCTOBER 20th

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Two Men nnd a WM®''

MUTUAL
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Both from the pen of the famous comedian, JUNIE McCREE

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22nd

"Till) lionet of a Ro^o"

A new heart interest drama by Sidney Rosenfeld author of "The Vanderbilt Cup"
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Release @f Friday^ Oct, 24t\\

AO AiHD iVid.X

feature that will be welcomed by every
MURIEL o.ST;U(^.i(f: +u 4- ri +u 4.4. • 4. •

MARIE ELINE ^"t^'^'' ^, ,

and the child actress, the greatest in
pictures — which means Every audience. Incidentally,
this is one of the best trick pictures that that wis^ard of
trick picture making, Carl Gregory, has ever turned out.

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Get the films featuring "leads" with immense photoplay followings —
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Get the Crowds, Success and Popularity with

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IN THE DAYS OF TRAJAN

IN TWO PARTS

WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY
LORIMER JOHNSTON

FEATURING

J.WARl^EN KERRIGAN

ONE THREE AW) SIX SHEET irfflOGRAPHS
RELEASE MONDAY OCT. 27,19^

-IN THREE HOURS

A Thrilling Western J)j?ama
-THURSDAY OCT. 30,1913

FOLUESofADAYandANIGHT

.SATURDAY NOV. 1,1913

[^v AMERICAN FILM "MANUFACTURING COMPANY

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"^^E are now in a position which enables us to give
our customers and users of Carbons generally the
benefit of the reduction. Write to or call at our Store,
or write any of our Branches for information regard-
ing^^these prices. Also prices and information on

POWERS
EDISON

SIMPLEX .
MOTIOGRAPH

and all other standard makes of Motion Picture
Machines, parts or supplies.

We carry at our Store and Branches a complete
line of supplies of all kinds for a Motion Picture
Theatre.

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DRAW THESE
CARDS .AND THEY
IN TURN WILL DRAW
FOR YOU

NO MISDEALS.
EVERY CARD FROM
THE TOP OF THE DECK

KAY-BEE

One Reel

Oct. 24th — A Woman's Wit

The Gambler, having Ned in
his toils, induces him to leave
his safe open, so that he might
rob it of his employer's money.
Ned's wife, discovering Gam-
bler at the safe, shoots him.
Ned gets a new start in life.

BRONCHO

Two Reel

Oct. 22nd— The Black Sheep

When it came to a test, the
Black Sheep showed he wasn't
all dross. By one good action,
his sobriquet was dropped, and
he assumed bis appointed place
in life.

KEYSTONE

One Reel

Oct. 20th— Two Old Tars
Oct. 23rd — A Quiet Li'tle
Wedding

The above are Keystone
Comedies.

(Enuf Said.)

DOMIIVO

3 Reels

Oct. 23rd — Heart of Kathleen
Loyal sons of Erini, armed
with shellalehs and blackthorn
sticks, arrayed against musket
and sword of Britain's mighty
beef-eaters.

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IN YOUR THEATRE AT YOUR FAVORITE THEATRE

If not, you are missing a great opportunity to boost
your business and make a profit at the same time.

We deliver copies to you at ten cents; you sell
them for fifteen cents and make a fifty per cent,
profit.

Send us $2.00 for twenty copies of the O'^tober
issue and try it this month. You cannot lose. We
will accept unsold copies, and credit you with same.

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Manufacturers !

The Catalog-ue illustrated above will be THE CAT-
ALOGUE of Co-operative Manufacturers, compiled
for their mutual gain.

It will be a De Luxe Edition distributed in a most ingenious and
practical Loose Leaf Binder.

It will be an Encyclopedia as well as a Catalogue, a Trade
Directory, a Buyers' Guide. It will also contain valuable Tables,
Formulas and Charts for the novice, as well as the theatre owner
and operator.

Every

reliable manufacturer of Motion Picture
goods should be represented in this Cat-
alogue, for it will be the Standard Reference Book in
the Motion Picture field.

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5 S. Wabash Are.
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97 Woodward Are.
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9 N. 4th St.

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440-445 Temple Court
154 St. Catharine St.
340 Carondelet St.

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Mutual Service

Reel Life may ohtmn^i in quantities
from your nearest excljange

MONDAY, OCTOBER 27th

AMERICAN In the Days of Trajan

(2 reel Drama)

KEYSTONE The Janitor

(Split reel Comedy)

— Making an Automobile Tire

(Educational)

RELIANCE The Real Mother

(Drama)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28th

MAJESTIC The Oath of O Tsuru San

(2 reel Drama)

SELECTED RELEASE
THANHOUSER

How Filmy Won His Sweetheart

(Comedy)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29th

BRONCHO From Out of the Storm

(2 reel Drama)

MUTUAL WEEKLY No. 44

RELIANCE Two Men and a Mule

(Series 2 Comedy)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30th

AMERICAN In Three Hours

(Drama)

DOMINO Widow Maloney's Faith

(2 reel Drama)

KOMIC V - Father and the Flies

—The New Cerate

(Split reel)

SELECTED RELEASE

KEYSTONE The Speed King

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31st

KAY-BEE Borrowed Gold

(Drama)

PRINCESS Algy's Awful Auto

(Comedy)

THANHOUSER

A Twentieth Century Farmer

(Drama)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER ist

AMERICAN.*. Follies of a Day and Night

(Comedy)

MAJESTIC No release

RELIANCE The Colonel's Oath

(Drama)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd

MAJESTIC The Marriage of Niatana

(Drama)

THANHOUSER The Water Cure

(Comedy)

APOLLO (Title not yet announced)

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THE THANHOUSER THREE-A-WEEK

urges every theatre that does "good business" with a
good feature to investigate the goodness of their FOUR-
REEL Mutual specials.

"MOTHS," with Mande Pealy — and "ROBIN HOOD"

The stirring life of the great adventurer of the Middle
Ages is here shown properly in black-and-white pictures
for the first time. Every man, woman and child knows
the story. This the big, popular film of the Fall. See any
Mutual Program or exchange for special terms.

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"CAPE MAY" WEEK. Were in two of the Three-a
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Sunday, Oct. 19

"THE BEAUTY IN THE SEASHELL"

She appears from her shell merely to make trouble for
the man with the watchful sweetheart. For Beauty em-
braced the Man! In the end, the sweetheart discovered
that her beau was in no way responsible. Made at Cape
May by the now-famous Thanhouser Cape May Company,
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forever.

Tuesday, Oct. 21

"THE MYSTERY OF THE HAUNTED HOTEL"

,f«^ ^J^l'^^^^f ^fP® story, of a hotel down there that was long reported haunted. The result was bankruptcy

r>f Ailfot^ T^"^ ® proprietor. Then a curious young physician came to stop at the place and didn't like the air
oi mystery. ±lis curiosity set him searching for the spook and he located it in the hotel man's own family!

Friday, Oct 24

*' THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME "

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In Three Hours

October 30, 1913
CAST

Jim Wallace Ed Coxen

Bess Ames Winifred Greenwood

Ijill Ames, her fatlier Chester Withey

Sjicncer George Field

Cowboys, etc.

"In Three Hours" is a blood curdling drama of jealousy and
revenge. The diabolical villany of Spencer, the disappointed lover —
and the terrible situation which he uses to coerce Bess who loves
his rival — keep one's heart in his throat — until the last moment of
the play.

Jim Wallace is one of Bill Ames' cowboys — and after he dis-
covers Spencer, the foreman, selling some of Ames' cattle to
"rustlers," and himself pocketing the proceeds, Spencer is dis-
missed, and Jim gets his position — also the love of Bess Ames.
Actuated by a double motive for revenge — Spencer lays a trap for
Jim. He lures him to a trysting place of the lovers far down the
valley — overpowers him, ties him to a tree, and sets a keg of powder
at his feet — placing in it a lighted candle, timed to ignite and ex-
plode the powder in three hours. Then he goes back to the ranch —
finds Bess alone there — ^and insolently tells her what he has done —
giving her her choice between promising to marry him — ^or Jim's
being blown to atoms. The situation, in the long run, is of course,
impossible. But it is vividly true to the insane passion of a moment
— ^Bess being the kind of a girl who doesn't lie, even in strategy —
and neither she nor Spencer being in a condition to reason very
far into the future.

For tense dramatic effect, the play cannot be too highly recom-
mended.

Follies of a Night and Day

November 1, 1913
CAST

E. Z. Smithers George l'"ield

His wife... Madeline Fordyce

Mr. Black Ed Coxen

Mrs. Black .Winifred Greenwood

Smither's mother-in-law Jean Durrell

Alany a man woidd rather go to jail than live with his wife.
Mr. E. Z. Smithers was one of these imhappy husbands. One day,
he read in the paper about a man who was sentenced to sixty days —
in consequence of which, his wife got a divorce — so he hastened t-j
ask Zantippe Smithers if she would be moved to do likewise, should
he be sent to jail. Mrs. Smithers assured him, most emphatically,
that she would.' "All right," said he, grimly, to himself, "I'll give her
the chance."

But, simple as it appeared, it was no easy matter for Smithers,
the respectable citizen, to get in prison. Seeing a tough looking
character on a street corner, he managed to pick a fight with him —
and both were arrested. Then his opponent turned out to be a
notorious crook, for whom a reward of fifty dollars had been offer-?fl
— Smithers was dismissed with the money, and hailed as a public
benefactor. He proceeds to try everything — from flirting to bur-
glary— and when at last he does manage to get in a cell for over
night, he receives a consoling note from his wife — announcing
that his mother-in-law has arrived for a six months visit.

This intensely funny little play is very cleverly acted — and tlie
situation one worse, in which poor Smithers finds himself, after
all his efforts — caps the climax.

"She's as pretty as a painted picture."
'And for the same reason."

Through the Sluice Gates

R'sal Life

Hearts Reliance

All Invited

Not long ago, one Sunday morning, a minister for-
"■Qt to give the usual announcement of social events
'"or the week. He had uttered some words of his final
Messing, when a deacon, in a whisper, invited his at-
tention to the omission. Whereupon the clergyman
ceased praying and said:

"Brethern, I omitted to inform you that an oyster
'Upper will be served at Brother Mullin's house next
Friday evening, the 20th instant. All are invited to
come, bringing their own bowls and spoons." Then,
(-ontinuing his invocation, quite unconscious of the
humor of the situation, the worthy man added:

"And may the Lord have mercy on your souls !
Amen." — Harper's Weekly.

Told Him the Tune

A lieutenant in the United States army was cross-
ing from England in one of the large steamers when
one afternoon the band on deck played "Yankee
Doodle." A gruff Englishman, who stood by, inquired
whether that was the tune the old cow died of.

"Not at all," retorted the lieutenant. "That is the
tune the old Bull died of?" — Harper's Weekly.

The Dark Meat

One evening when Tommy, aged 5, was having his
daily bath, his nurse was trying with small success to
scrub his grimy little knees.

After watching her for some time he said pa-
tronizingly:

"Never mind, Bertha. Don't you know that's dark
meat, anyway?" — Harper's Magazine.

Majestl©

Oct. 25, 1913.
Vengeance

By Elmer Harris.

The ghastly adventures of Grace Summerfield, as
dramatized by Mr. Harris, seem highly improbable,
and yet, the papers, every little while, come out with
stories from actual life showing that seemingly im-
possible crimes are committed — in broad daylight — ■
in the most thickly populated quarters of our great
cities.

Parker and Baldwin,' lioth love Grace — she loves
Baldwin, and dismisses Parker, after he has insulted
her. Parker broods over his disappointment — vowing
vengeance. He enlists the service of four thugs and
succeds in luring Grace, by a ruse, to the cellar of an
old building, where they chloroform her, and make
ready to seal her up in the chimney. Knowing noth-
ing about masonry, they kidnap and blindfold a mason
— whom they find working alone near half-finished
house — bring him to the cellar, and compel him to do
the job. They then return him, blindfolded, in an auto-
mobile, to the spot where they found him.

The mason tells his story to a policeman, and it fits
in with the alarm Baldwin has already given at the
police station. To find a clue seems hopeless, however,
until leading away from the half-finished house they
discover the trail of a leaky automobile. This guides
them to the cellar, which the mason recognizes. Grace
is set free just in time ,and Parker and his accomplices
are tracked and seized.

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July 25— Flotsam (2 reels)

Aug. 1 — Banzai (2 reels)

Aug. 8 — The House of Bondage (3 reels)

Aug. 15 — The Flame in the Ashes (2 reels)

Aug. 22— An Orphan of War (2 reels)

Aug. 29— The Green Shadow (2 reels)

Sept- 5 — The Ironmaster

Sept. 12— The Waif

Sent. 19 — The Cowtown Reformation

Sept. 26 — A Forlorn Hope

Oct. 3— The Loaded Dice

Oct. 10— The Bully

Oct. 17 — Venetian Romance

Oct. 24 — A Woman's Wit

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23— Flesh of His Flesh
25 — For the Flag (2 reels)
28' — From the Portals of Despair
30 — Jack Meets His Waterloo

1— While There's Life
4 — The Poisoned Chop

6 — The Mysterious Eyes

8 — For the Crown (2 reels)

11 — Through the Neighbors' Window
13 — Red Sweeney's Defeat

15 — Calamity Anne, Heroine
18— A Fall Into Luck

20 — Travelers of the Road

22 — The Ghost of the Hacienda (2 reels)
25 — Mrs. Carter's Campaign

27 — Master of Himself

29 — The Flirt and the Bandit

2 — The Badge of Honor
4 — Crooks and Credulous

6 — A Pitfall of the Installment Plan

9 — Taming a Cowboy

11 — Calamity Anne's Sacrifice
13 — Courage of Sorts

Making Pig Iron — (Split Reel)

16 — The End of Black Bart
18 — The Making of a Woman
20 — Hidden Treasure Ranche

23 — The Step Brothers

25 — In the Mountains of Virginia

Sept. 21 — Fred's Trained Nurse (2 reels)

Sept. 28 — The Speed Bear

Oct. 12 — Catchem and Killem

Oct. 19 — One Round O'Brien Comes East

Oct. 26— The Boomerang Curve

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Oct. 2 — Exoneration (2 reels)

Oct. <3 — God of Chance (2 reels)

Oct. 16 — Romance of Erin C2 reels)

Oct. 23— The Heart of Kathleen (3 reels)

June 6 — A True Believer (2 reels)

Tune 13 — The Boomerang (3 reels)

June 20 — The Failure of Success (2 reels)

Tune 27— The Seal of Silence (2 reels)
July 4 — The Crimson Stain (3 reels)

Tuly 11 — The Banshee (2 reels)

July 18— The Red Mask (1 reel)

The Aesthetic Match
Sept. 27 — A Slight Misunderstanding
Sept. 28 — The Love of Conchita
Sept. 30 — When the Debt Was Paid
Oct. 4 — The Man of the Wilderness
Oct. 5 — A Mix-up in Pedigrees
Oct. 7 — The Heritage
Oct. 11- — The Iceman's Revenge
Oct. 12 — No Release

Oct. 14 — The Van Warden Jewels (2 reels)

Oct. 18 — No Release

Oct. 19 — Trough the Sluice Gates

Oct. 21 — Always Together

Oct. 25 — Vengeance

Oct. 26 — The Scenario Writer

July 3 — Rastus and the Game Cock
Tuly 7 — Safe in Jail
July 10— The Tell-Tale Light
July 14 — Love and Rubbish
Tuly 17 — A Noise from the Deep
July 21— The Peddler
Tuly 21 — Love and Courage
July 24— Get Rich Quick
July 28 — Just Kids
July 31 — Prof. Bean's Removal
Aug. 4 — Cohen's Outing
Aug. 7 — A Game of Pool
Aug. 7 — The Latest in Life Saving
Aug. 11— The Riot
Aug. 14— A Chip of the Old Block
Aug. 18 — No release
Aug. 21 — ^The Firebugs (2 reel Comedy)
Aug. 25 — Baby Day . . . The Kelp Industry

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Aug. 28 — Mabel's New Hero
Sept. 1— Fatty's Day Off

Los Angeles Harbor — (Split Reel)
Sept. 4— The New Baby
Sept. 8 — Mabel's Dramatic Career
Sept. 11 — Gypsy Queen
Sept. 15 — What Father' Saw

Willie Minds the Dog
Sept. 18— The Fatal Taxicab
Sept. 22 — When Dreams Come True
Sept. 25 — Mother's Boys
Sept. 29— The Bowling Match
Oct. 2— Billy Dodge's Bills
Oct. 6 — Across the Alley) c i-.. i
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Oct. 9— S'chnitz. The Tailor
Oct. 14 — Their Husbands
Oct. 16 — A Healthy Neighborhood
Oct. 20— Two Old Tars
Oct. 23 — A Quiet Little Wedding

July 30— No. 31 Sept. 10— No. 37

Aug. 6 — No. 32 Sept 17— No. 38

Aug. 13— ivo. 33 Sept. 24— No. 39

Aug. 20— No. 34 Oct. 1— No. 40

Aug. 27— No. 35 Oct. 8— No. 41

Sept. 3— No. 36 Oct. 15— No. 42

6 — Joe Hibbard's Claim (2 reels)

13 — The Quakeress (2 reels)

20 — The Heritage of Eve (2 reels)

27 — The Madcap (2 reels)
31— The Broken Thread (1

3— The Gambler's Pal

7 — May and December
10 — The Judge's Son

14 — No release

17— The Land of Dead Things (2 reels)

21 — No release

24 — Silent Heroes (2 reels)

28 — No release

1 — The Greenhorn (2 reels)

8 — A Forgotten Melody (2 reels)

15 — The Reaning (2 reels)

22— Tile Black Sheep (2 reels)

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Oct. 2 — It Happened in Haverstraw
Oct. 9 — An Overall Outing ) „ ,. ,

Dobbs Forgot the Coal f Split reel
Oct. 16— Her Birthday Party

Old Heads and Young Hearts

--(Split Reel)
Oct. 23 — Caught in His Own Net

Deceiving Dad — (Split reel)

18 — The S'muggler's Sister

20 — The Counsel for the Defense

23 — Success (2 reels)

25 — The Girl Spv's Atonement
27— Peg of the ''Polly P."
30 — The Social Secretary
1 — Feeny's Social Experiment

3 — No release

6— The Glow Worm (3 reels)
8 — Between Home and Country

10 — No release

13 — The Clown's Daughter (2 reels)
15 — Twickenham Ferry

17 — The Disguise

20— The Stolen Woman (2 reels)
22— The Hardest Way

24 — The Missing Ring
27— The Original Will
29— Hearts of the Dark

1 — Makers and Spenders

4 — Targets of Fate (2 reels)
6 — The Buffer

8 — Once Upon a Time

11— The Rebellious Pupil

14— Poor Old Mother

15— The Flirt

18 — A Knight Errant
20— O, What a Night!

Two Men and a Mule (.Series 1)

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25— Hearts (2 reels)

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27— The Wild West Comes to Town

29— The Toy

2 — Tempesta

3 — Told in the Future

5 — Hearts and Hoofs

9 — The Devilish Doctor
10 — The Greater Love

12 — The Doctor's Ruse
16 — The Fickle Tramp

16 — A Horse on Fred

17 — House Huntins

19 — The Other Side of the Fence

23— BatcheloT Bill

24 — The Lady Killer

26 — One Round O'Brien's Flirtation

30 — A Chapter of His Life

31 — The Trade Secret
2 — A Perilous Ride

6 — The Turkish Bath

7 — The Heart of a Fool
9 — The Frame Up

13 — For His Loved One

14 — The Winning Loser
16 — Playmates

20 — His Last Deal

21 — A Shoemaker and His Doll
23 — The BaseBall Umpire

.^ug. 5 — The Protectory's Oldest Boy
Aug. 8 — The Girl of the Cabaret
Aug. 10 — Oh. Such Beautiful Ocean
Aug. 12 — The Missing Witness (2 reels)
Aug. 15 — The Lie that Failed
Aug. 17 — Waiting for Hubby
Aug. 19 — The Spirit of Envy
Aug. 22 — The Medium's Nemesis
Aug. 24 — An Unromantic Maiden
Aug. 26 — Wards of the King
Aug. 29 — A Spartan Father
Aug. 31 — No release
Sept. 2 — The Veteran Police Horse
Sept. 5 — No release
Sept. 7 — His Last Bet
Sept. 9 — Taming Their Grandchildren
Sept. 12 — The Message to Headquarters

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."^ept. 14 — No release
Sept. 16 — Redemption
Sept. 19— Flood Tide
Sept. 21 — When the Worm Turns
Sept. 23 — An Unfair Exchange
Sept. 26 — The Official Goat Protector
Sept. 28 — The Farmer's Daughter
Sept. 30 — Life's Pathway (2 reels)
Oct. 3— The Twins and the Other Girl
Oct. 7 — Louie, the Life Saver
Oct. 10— A Girl Worth While
Oct. 12 — A Deep Sea Liar
Oct. 14 — The Plot Against the Governor

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Oct. 17 — \ Peaceful A'ictorv

Oct. 19 — The Beauty in the Seashell

Oct. 21 — The Mysterv of the Haunted Hotel

Oct. 24 — The Old Folks at Home

Oct.- 26 — The Silver Tongued Orator

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"Hearts" (2) OCT. 25

"The Heart of Kathleen" OCT. 23

"The Black Sheep" OCT. 22

"Romance of Erin" (2) OCT. 16

"The Reaping" (2) OCT. 15

"The Van Warden Rubies" (2) OCT. 14

"The Plot Against the Governor" (2) OCT. 14

"God of Chance" (2) OCT. 9

"A Forgotten Melody" (2) OCT. 8

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"Life's Pathway" (2) SEPT. 30

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"The Scapegoat" (2) JULY 28

"The Higher Justice" (2) JULY 26

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"Flotsam" (2) JULY 25

"Grand Dad" (2) JULY 23

"Man and Woman" (2) JULY 23

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After negotiations extending over several
weeks, the Tacoraa Film Exchange announces
that it has obtained the exclusive agency in
this field for the film manufacturing com-
panies allied with the Mutual Film Corpora-
tion, and hereafter will supply films to local
houses, which will benefit by the exchange's
plan of handling the films.

The Mutual Film Corporation includes in
its fold a number of the leading "independ-
ents," including the ever-popular Keystone
Company, the K. & B. Company, Thanhouser
Company, Majestic Company, Reliance, Gau-
mont Company, the American Film Manufac-
turing Company, and others. At present the
Mutual Company's products are shown prin-
cipally in Tacoma at the Melbourne and Cir-
cuit Theatres. The Mutual and Gaumont
"weeklies" are handled by the corporation.
MEANS' BETTER SERVICE

Hal Bowen, of the Tacoma Film Exchange,
says that the new arrangement will give local
theatres much better service than they have
enjoyed heretofore, and patrons of the shows
will appreciate the fact that all productions
will be more timely, especially in the case of
the weekly news pictures.

New Majestic

Manager Lucius Henderson, of the Majes-
tic Studios, was an interested spectator at
the first performance of his production of
"Sapho," at the Majestic Theatre. Mr. Hen-
derson was for five years leading man and
stage director with Florence Roberts on the
Pacific Coast, and his familiarity with the
play, as it is given on the legitimate -stage,
was a great aid in reproducing this great
moral lesson on the screen.

New Thanhouser Executive Offices

A new building, specially constructed, will
house the executive offices at the Thanhouser
plant from about next week on. These offices
have hitherto been located in the factory end
of the New Rochelle establishment, facing
Main Street. The new Executive Offices
building is on the side street, to the left of the
factory. The old quarters will be taken
over by the factory workers, who will use
them as joining rooms. The new office struc-
ture is of stone, and contains private offices
for Mr. Hite, Mr. Lonergan, and Mr. Adler,
and special rooms for the bookkeepers and
stenographers. Uniformed attendants will be
stationed "on the gate."

Featured Leading Lady at Seventeen

A forthcoming Cosmopolitan Magazine the-
atrical department story will be devoted to
Muriel Ostriche of the "movies." She is the
seventeen-year-old who polled two-hundred-
thousand votes in a recent popularity contest,
and is a featured leading lady. She has been
in pictures over two years, meaning a start
at the age of fifteen. This was with the
Eclair Company, in small parts, and now the
girl is the regular leading woman of the new
Princess films, in the Mutual list. She is
rated a very daring "lead," despite her youth,
and one proof of it is her riding in an un-
manageable automobile in .1 Princess farce,
called "Algy's Awful Auto," which anyone
who intends buying an auto should not fail to
see.

Film Fighter's Death Starts Crusade

The death in a real prize fight of "Bull"
Young, the pugilist, of "One Round O'Brien"

Muriel Ostriche

Princess

His Vacation

By Mina Irving.
Oh ! I had a fine vacation, for I

went to Greece and Rome,
And I visited the Rockies

and Niagara at home,
And I saw the rolling Niger, and

the lion in his lair,
And the great Sahara Desert with

its sun and sand and glare.
Then I viewed the Tower of Lon-
don and the traffic of the Strand.
And the cottages and castles and

the glens of Ireland,
And I felt the gloomy grandeur of

the Highlands round me rise,
Ere I skipped across to Russia,

where the snow forever flies.
China next my eyes delighted

with its tombs and temples old.
And its mandarins and pirates, and

its rice and rags and gold ;
And Japan before me passing left

a vision fair and bright.
Framed in purple of the iris and

the cherry blossom's white.
Yes, I had a grand vacation, just

the best that I could seek.
And I saw a lot of countries,

though I only had a week.
I enjoyed it every minute, it was
over all too soon —
For I spent it at the movies every

blessed afternoon.

1 series film fame, has resulted in a crusade
1 on prize fighting in California. State Sena-
tor William E. Brown, whose anti-prizefight
hill was defeated in the last Legislature, be-
: lieves that the tragedy will quicken the sup-
( port of an initiative petition against fistic en-
j counters. Young was prominent in all the
I "O'Brien" pictures and assisted Fred Mace,
j the producer, in matters of prize ring detail.
Mace will release his new O'Brien efforts un-
der the Apollo banner. This is a new all-
comedy brand in the Mutual Program.

American Purchases Cattle

A section of the large corral of the Ameri-
can Film Mfg. Co. at Santa Barbara has been
given over to the housing of a small herd of
long horn cattle, secured on Santa Rosa
Island. The new environment was not en-
tirely pleasing to one of the bulls, so he made
a straight line for a party of actors busily
engaged in a production being put on by
Thomas Ricketts. Everybody scampered for
safety, and the animal narrowly averted seri-
ous mishap in a collision with the eight-foot
stone wall ahead. The cowboys got a hurry-
up call and proved their ability to cope with
an unscheduled situation. The- cattle are to
be broken and used in pictures.

American Alters Policy

The line of subjects scheduled for future
release by the American Film Mfg. Co., and
popularly known as the "Flying A" subjects,
oiTers kaleidoscopic variety. The list includes
Comedy, Drama, Farce, Historical, Allegori-
cal, Classical and countless other combina-
tions. The exhibitors will find many agree-
able surprises in store for them, as no ex-
pense is being spared to add every possible
realism.

The Power of the Sea

With Captain Travers 'Vale at the helm,
accompanied by a goodly crew of able seamen,
including Rosemary Theby, George Siegman,
Thomas Mills, and George Morgan, a com-
pany of RELIANCE players have embarked
for Block Island, where a number of photo
dramas smacking of the salt sea waves will
be produced.

The picturesque Block Island scenery was
selected as the most appropriate settings for
a drama entitled "The Power of the Sea,"
which with "A Man and a Woman," and sev
eral other stories dealing with seafaring life,
will be released at an early date.

Interesting Personalities in "The
Flirt"

Written by the author of a Broadway suc-
cess and played by two stars with Broadway
reputations, the RELIANCE regular release
of Oct. 15th is of more than passing interest.
Will Hough, of "A Slubborn Cinderella"
fame, is responsible for the scenario, while
Charles Dicksoti, who starred in "Incog," and
Anna Laughlin, of "The Wizard of Oz," "The
Top of the World," and a score or more of
well-known productions, played the two leading
roles.

"The Flirt," which is in one reel, is pre-
sented by a strong cast throughout, incuding
Ralph Lewis, Thomas Mills, and Stanley Wal-
pole.

Scenario Writers

The American Film Mfg. Co. is interested
in stories of the out of the ordinary type,
adapted for subjects five hundred to eight
thousand feet in length, and invites writers to
submit scenarios on any subject, historical,
dramatic or comedy. Classics or well known
popular stories will be given careful considera-
tion. Highest prices will be paid for accepted
work. All scripts should be sent direct to the
studios at Santa Barbara, California.

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It's push — not pull — that makes the world go round.
The man who loafs away his life waiting around to cinch
a "pull" with some influential person or corporation al-
ways finds — if he has sense enough to realize it — that the
only men in the world who have any "pull" are those who
know how to "push."

It's all a question of concentration. We'll say a certain
man has definitely concluded there is money in the motion picture
business — and has reached the point where he's going to put, say,
$500.00 of his own money and an equal amount of his friend's in a lit-
tle "movie" theatre of their own, If he's blessed with the necessary
common sense to start with, he knows — before drawing his money
out of the bank — just what his rent is going to be — how many
people he must employ — how much they are going to cost — what
the actual expense of fi'.ting up his theatre will be and how much
time he can get to meet his bills— what his reel service and posters
will cost him per night and per week — and, approximately, what the
other incidentals will amount to in the lump sum.

So far, his calculations are probably conservative and pretty
near the mark. But when he's all ready to open up — with most
of his own and his partner's good money invested — he's likely
to do some pretty solemn thinking on how he's going to get his
little theatre full of cash-paying audiences every afternoon and
evening — and keep it full. This is where he gets right down to
brass tacks on the element of "push." It's where the man who does
"push" invariably gets everlastingly ahead of the other chap who
just "sits around" and waits for his people to come in.

The "pusher," very likely, doesn't get as much sleep as he
needs during the first month or so. He isn't turning a key in a
time lock on this venture — or watching every clock in sight to be
sure he's ready to move at quitting time — not on your life! He's
in business for himself now — and the only grouch he has against
the clock is that the august person who invented time didn't put
fifty or sixty hours in a day, instead of twenty-four. His little
"five hundred" is in a "jack pot" — and he's considerably' anxious
as to just what three cards he's going to draw. So — he's probably
watching the other players rather closely — studying their faces — their
methods — the sort of game they're playing.

In other words, he's very likely studying all sorts and conditions
of people in his immediate neighborhood — finding out something
about their tastes — the sort of plays they like to see — ascertaining
what special features are likely to draw them. Sometimes, it pays
him to make a g'"ocery-store of his theatre two nights in the week —
sometimes, an exchange of trading stamps for premiums — or a prize
guessing contest. Anything — everything — to interest the people in

f"'^ his neighborhood — and keep them interested. _ That's what

W keeps him awake, nights — what he figures over during his

lunch hour. A dozen new schemes occur to him every day.
Some he tries. Others, he discards. This one looks prom-
ising. That one — come to look at it all around — has noth-
^S^^ ing much in it after all. This one means extra expenditure
— will it bring the money back, with a profit? That
one may be tried for a couple of dollars — and may drive people away
when it is tried. In short — the man puts his whole mind and energy
upon the task of making that little theatre a howling success. And
that sort of concentration — gets there. It doesn't fail once in a
thousand times.

This particular exhibitor — the "pusher" — almost invaribly finds
out that cheap and trashy motion plays fill his house with the wrong
kind of people^the sort who are likely to come in partially intoxi-
cated— or in a bullying, reckless mood — and start trouble before the
evening is over. A reputation for the trashy sort of entertainment
once started, is very difficult to live down. Give a house the name
of being given over to that sort of thing, and the self-respecting
people who like something better will keep away from it. This
isn't theory — it's cold fact. Thousands of exhibitors have proved
it — all over the country. So it is a first class investment for the
exhibitor to subscribe for clean, interesting, thrilling reels — which
every member of a family may see with pleasure and without
injury.

The appearance of his theatre — outside and in — is another feature
over which this "pushing" exhibitor loses some sleep. Neatness —
cleanliness — comfortable seats — sufficiently large exits to clear the
house in three minutes — in case of fire or panic — ^proper ventilation
— proper heating facilities in winter — just the right sort of projector.
Wall — to look at the average "movie" house, one might think
the average human mind capable of covering every detail in an
hour. But after its proprietor has studied it— petted it — nursed i*
along for six months or so — you'll find him still losing quite a hi
of sleep over it — if he's a pusher.

The man who says: ivhy can't George do it? never pushes him-
self into the go-get-er class. The man who thinks it would be rather
fun to oivn a "Movie" — as long as it doesn't take more than one
or two of my evenings every week — had better stick to his knitting
or his grocery business, or his fifteen-dollar job. That's about his
limit. The man who never lets business interfere with pleasure
is a "pusher" — backwards. But the man who forgets that clocks
were ever invented — until one of them strikes midnight, somewhere
near him, can win at any game he cares to play.

6

Reel life

Adapted from the Majestic Play

With Illustrations by Jos. E. Sandford
f-^ 1=^ t

S Ned Winthrop and
his friend Travers
stepped out upon the
veranda of the Chff House,
the heavy rain-clouds which
had been deluging Nagasaki
all the morning were splitting
up. Across the harbor to the
we'sftward — -just above the
Mitsubishi Company's docks
at the foot of Inasa-Yama —
there was already a lovely
stretch of clear blue sky,
against which the sharp out-
lines of the little mountain
peaks stood out with all the
unreality of a painted land-
scape on a Japanese fan.
Presently, a long beam of
sunshine pierced one of the
heavier clouds over the en-
trance to the bay and fell
squarely upon the white sides
of the Empress of Russia, as
she lay at anchor, half a mile
out from the Bund — and they
could see distinctly the line
of half-nude girls passing
the baskets of coal from
hand to hand — from the great
Mitsubishi coal-scow, along-
side, into the yawning ports
of her bunkers — easily keep-
ing up their average of better
than five tons a minute.

"Well I reckon we're done
with the rain for a while !
Looks to me like real Na-
gasaki sunshine for a day or
so — now — always does when
the clouds break up over

Inasa-Yama. What shall we do this afternoon— go up and see
O Yuka San, at the top of the Thousand Stepsf

About sunset is the best time at her place— the view is magnifi-
cent. And the Geishas are always more effective by lantern-light
than in the day-time. Let's go up the hill and call upon General
Nuaki, when we've finished tiffin. His place is a perfect gem in the
way of Jap architecture, and his garden is the prettiest one in
Nagasaki."

"To say nothing of his bewitching daughter — eh?"

"W«ll— you said yourself that she was about the most attrac-
tive Japanese woman you'd ever seen."

Two hours later, they were taken in a couple of rickshaws
around the spur of the hill which rises abruptly at the back of
Nagasaki, to a beautiful suburban villa at a higher level, overlooking
the southern end of the Bay and the Islands at its entrance. Here^
they were received by General Nuaki and his guest, Yokosawa—a.
prominent Government official — with many genuflections and courte-
ous expressions. Would Honorable Winthrop and Worshipful
Travers into their poor house honorably condescending come? The

mousmes should take off
their shoes for them at the
veranda. Yaes?

They had been in Japan
long enough to know some-
thing of the native customs,
so made no objections when
a couple of dainty little girls
of fifteen in pink and blue
kimonos unlaced their shoes
before they entered the house
— congratulating themselves
' upon the foresight which had
provided them with silk socks
of even color before leaving
, the CM House. They had
also become accustomed to
sitting, cross-legged, upon lit-
tle squares of velvet, laid
upon the polished floor — so
were able to make themselves
comfortable in the Japanese
way, as delicious scalding
hot tea was served them in
tiny porcelain cups. Then
followed much exchange of
courteous expressions — and
finally, an inquiry which made
Travers nudge his friend,
unobserved, in a cautionary
manner.

It was understood that
Honorable Winthrop had a
most wonderful torpedo-boat
deigned to design? Yaes?
A quite most novel and
great improvement in mar-
ine architecture — sometheeng
which to revolutionize naval
warefare honorably conde-
scending would do. Yaes?
Winthrop deprecatingly admitted that he had designed a boat of
which he hoped a good deal in the way of marine development — but
he coufd not say that it was as great an 'innovation as Honor-
able Nuaki supposed. Even so — others had said honorably much in
its favor — so much that the Emperor had expressed his willingness
to condescend to a consideration for its purchase.

Winthrop regretted the August Graciousness had honorably con-
descended to bother his very sacred head about so trifling a matter
— especially as it would be honorably impossible for his unworthy
self to consider disposing of his invention to any other than Hon-
orable Emperor of the United States.

It was all most polite and considerate. The General and the
Honorable Yokosawa led the conversation into pleasanter and more
impersonal channels — and presently, the General's charming daugh-
ter O Tsuru San came silently into the room, sinking down upon
her knees by the side of Honorable Winthrop. His face lighted up
with something deeper than pleasure as he watched her expressive
face and listened to her quaint and pretty way of expressing her-
self in English. So — the afternoon drifted away 'jefore they knew

Ilsel Life

7

it — and it was an hour after sunset before they reached the Tea
House of 0 Yuka San at the top of the Thousand Steps. And— so
deeply was Ned Winthrop thinking of the soft creamy skin— the
melting black eyes and bewitching lips of O Tsuru ^an— that even
the most fascinating of the Geishas found him unresponsive that
evening.

Meanwhile — back in the villa Nuaki — there had been a grave
and serious discussion between Yokosawa, the General and O Tsuru
San. Like all high-class Japanese women, she had been trained
from her birth to consider loyalty toward Country and Mikado a
consideration above life itself. To sacrifice one's pleasures — one's
life— for the Mikado and Nippon — insured the utmost blessedness
through all eternity, and the everlasting approval of one's ances-
tors. The two men had noticed the expression upon Winthrop's
face when she came into the room. She herself was woman
enough to feel the subtle magnetism of his admiration— his desire
for her. Late into the night, they discussed ways and means to get
from him the plans of his invention — which must be secured for
the Japanese navy at all hazards. And the upshot of it all was
that no absolutely sure way offered itself save marriage between
this handsome
American and
O Tsuru San.
Up to this time,
she had felt noth-
ing toward him
beyond a natural
womanly coquet-
tishness — a wish
to draw from him
expressions of ad-
miration for her-
self. And in her
consent to this
marriage, if it
could be brought
about, there was
neither hesitation
nor compunction
over taking ad-
vantage of him in
such an underhand
way. He was a
man who had in-
vented something
which it was
necessary the Mi-
kado should have
to render Nippon
invulnerable — and
she swore, upon a
little bronze Bud-
dha which Yoko-
sawa pressed into ' '
her hands that she
would consecrate

her life and marriage to procuring the plans so greatly desired.

Next day, Travers was packing up to leave on the Empress of
Russia for Vancouver, and supposed Winthrop was similarly occu-
pied until he stepped into his room — adjoining. But Winthrop
was looking out of the window — across the Bay, with its wonderful
panorama of blues, and greens and browns, in the yellow sunshine
— listening to the droning, incessant chirping of the cicadas — in-
haling with dilated nostrils the subt'e, intangible odor of the Orient,
a composite of a thousand different smells which exerts a soporific
effect upon the senses.

"I say. Old Man — the boat sails at two, you know !"

"You mean the Empress — yes. I know. But the Tenyo Maru
and the Minnesota will be along present'y. Somehow — I don't feel
just like pulling out of here, yet. There's a fascination about this
place. There's no reason why I should leave it until I get ready —
and you're foot-loose yourself."

"Hmph ! . . . Look here, Ned — this won't do! I'll admit she's
fascinating, and all that — but Nuaki isn't the sort of man to stand
for any nonsense, you know — and you simply can't marry an Asiatic!
That's out of the question. The safest thing for you to do is to get
aboard that ship before you have time to do any more thinking !

Those people are Samauri, you know — the girl isn't a Geisha!- If
it were 0 Yuka San, or any of her girls, I wouldn't say a word.
She's known and been loved by every navy man and war correspond-
ent who has been here in the last twenty years. One of the most bril-
liant women in the Orient, from Aden to Yokohama. She's not the
marrying kind — and she can look out for herself every time.
But O Tsura San is a different breed — you'll get in over your
head before you know it. Pack up — and let's get aboard the
Empress.

Winthrop shook his head. The perfume of the wistaria, the
frangipanni — the nard and the sandal-wood — was intoxicating him.
The call of the East was in his blood.

Instead of leaving on the C. P. R. boat, he spent the afternoon at
Nuaki's villa — where he found O Tsuru San in the garden, alone
in a little pagoda. She appeared unresponsive to the warmth of his
greeting — yet snuggled closer to him on the bench in the pagoda.
He tried to interest her with a description of his home in Califor-
nia— but she seemed listless — even cold. Yet — she leaned against
his shoulder lightly, and made no objections when he took her hand.
In another moment, he was crushing her in his arms — covering her

face with passion-
ate kisses. Then
— he looked up
suddenly, to see
Nuaki standing in
the doorway of
the pagoda — look-
ing at them with
a very stern ex-
pression. The girl
had drawn away
from him — blush-
ing — apparently
overcome with
confusion. The
situation permit-
ted but one ex-
planation, and he
gave it — with his
mind in a whirl.
He desired to
marry O Tsurn
San. Would
Honorable Nuaki
■condescendi n g 1 y
deign to consent?
A slow, indulgent
smile crept about
the lips of Honor-
able Nuaki — as he
finally conde-
scended. Then —
Winthrop left his
shoes on the ver-
anda— there were
tea and rice-cakes

inside — he kissed 0 Tsurn San in Nuaki's presence — bowed
to both -many times, from the waist — permitted the viousmes to
lace up his shoes on the veranda — and went back to the Cliff House
in a dream.

Travers got the story out of him after dinner — and advised im-
mediate departure upon the A''. Y. K. steamer, that night, for Shang-
hai. Realizing the seriousness of his position, Winthrop consented —
but as they were going up the accommodation-ladder, from the sam-
pan which had brought them out, the soft dark eyes of 0 Tsuru San
gleamed out of the darkness before him. He simpiy couldn't do it.
Motioning to the coolies to leave the trunks and suit-cases in the
sampan, he stepped back into it, followed by . the much worried
Travers, and returned to the Cliff House.

At the end of the week, there was a wedding with full Japanese
ceremonies, attended by half a dozen prominent Americans residing
in Nagasaki — and the bride and groom left next day, with Travers,
on the Tenyo Maru for Yokohama and San Francisco.

By the time 0 Tsuru San reached the lovely California home of
her husband and had been affectionate'y received by his mother, she
found herself violently in love with him — more so than she had
ever imagined she could be with any man. And when, at times, the

8

Tit) el IaU

recollection of her oath crossed her mind, it seemed impossible for
her to wrong her husband in such a horrible way. She tried to for-
get it — and then — she recognized, one day, the statesman, Yokosawa,
disguised as a middle-class Japanese and evidently seeking employ-
ment in Los Angeles. As they passed in the street without other
sign of recognition, he whisperingly reminded her of the oath she
had sworn on the bronze Buddha. Next day, the Japanese boy in
Winthrop's house asked for leave of absence — recommending the
disguised Yokosau'a in his place.

The following week proved one of struggle and constant terror
for 0 Tsuru San. It was whispered to her that, failing to secure
the plans of the torpedo-boat, not her own life but that of her hus-
band would pay the forfeit. At last — one evening when two gen-
tlemen from the Navy Department were closeted with Winthrop
in his library, going over the plans, they heard a couple of piercing
screams from his wife's room, up-stairs, and ran up with him to
find her apparently terrified by nothing more serious than a particu-
larly vivid nightmare. When they returned to the library, the plans
were missing.

Suspecting the truth, Winthrop left them and went back to his
wife's room. She was huddled in a pitiful little heap on her bed —
sobbing as if her heart were broken-— and, at one stern question
from him, she confessed the whole story. Fairly beside himself, he
cursed her — told her to leave his house for ever — and went out to
organize a search for Yokosawa and the lost plans.

In this wreckage of all her happiness and the realization of how
much stronger her love for Winthrop was than any oath she might
ever take, she quickly dressed herself and started to go after Yoko-
sawa. But Winthrop had locked the door behind him. Taking a re-
volver from the bureau drawer, she got out of the window and
climbed down the side of the house by clinging to the vines. Know-
ing the exact spot on the clififs where Yokosawa had planned to
signal a boat lying off-shore, she dragged herself to it as best she
could with a sprained ankle, which she had twisted in falling from
the vines.

It seemed as though she would never be able to make it— but
she finally reached the spot just as he was in the act of applying
a lighted match to a rocket. Knocking the match out of his hand,
she covered him with the revolver, and forced him to pass over
the plans, which she concealed inside her waist. Then a deathly
faintness came over her — and Yokosawa crouched for a spring.
But again, she roused herself sufficiently to cover him with the revol-
ver— and again, he fell back. The pain in her ankle was now excru-
ciating— and she sank down upon the ground, half fainting. Yoko-
sawa sprang upon her — dodging sideways, as she fired — and grasped
her throat. With her last ounce of strength, she turned the revol-
ver upward and shot him through the shoulder just before her senses
left her. Then — she remembered nothing more until she found her-
self in Winthrop's arms, and — by the light of a bonfire on the cliff —
saw his friend, Dr. Sawyer, dressing Yoknsaun's shoulder as he
lay upon the ground with glistening handcuffs upon his wrists.
Presently, her husband picked her up in his strong arms and
started for the house. When they were out of earshot from the
group on the cliff, she drew out the plans from under the laces at
her breast and put them into his pocket.

"Wilt thou honorably deign to forgive me, oh my dear lord?
They made me swear on the Buddha to steal the plans from thee —
for Nippon — and the Emperor. I had then no honorable love for
thee. But when I became thy wife — I know I could not do it.
Then came honorable Yokosawa — condescending that to assist him
stealing them I must. He gave me the bronze image of Buddha
upon which I had sworn. I screamed to make thee come to me.
Yokosawa took the plans from thy safe. Then came thou — deigning
to curse me, unworthy that I was — and saw the great wrong I did
thy honorable self. The rest thou knowest. I would have given my
life to get the plans from Yokosaiva for thee again. Canst ever
deign thy honorable love to grant me again, oh my dear lord?"

He stopped, in the darkness, and pressed his lips upon the plead-
ing ones upturned to him. Then — with her heart beating softly
against his own — he carried her back — to their home.

C. H. N.

Tlimhomer

A Twentieth Century Farmer

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Oct. 31st, 1913

Farming, in these days, may be a very different proposition from
the sort our grandfathers knew — and the word often has a much
wider application. This play of Mr. Lonergan's illustrates the dif-
ference in a humorous way and also drives home the fact that it is
never safe to judge altogether by appearances.

The girl's parents had social ambitions for her — and favored
the attentions of a young banker. But she met a real man, one
evening, at a dance — and became permanently interested. He told
her parents that he was a farmer. Having the old notions of the
sort of life that meant for a woman, they refused to encourage him —
but the girl spent her vacation upon an old run-down farm and an-
nounced in the fall that she was ready to qualify as a farmer's wife.

They eloped — to save argument — and he took her to a model
farm, noted all over the United States, where she found herself
in more comfortable and independent circumstances than she ever
had been at home. Later on, the "banker" turned out to be a $10.00
a week clerk — dear, at the price. And the old folks rather shame-
facedly acknowledged their mistake.

The different methods of love-making and life on a model farm
are graphically shown upon the screen — in fact, the play is good all
through. Now, we wish that Mr. Lonergan would give us some-
thing on the other sort of a model farm — where each apple, cab-
bage and potato costs about ten dollars to grow. We have such
farms right in the family and are convinced that they would make a
very moznng picture, if the dollars could be shown.

The Oath of O T:l.uru San Majestic

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A'

Adapted from the Domino Play of William H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince

By Marion Savage

One night of chill and mist — sitting round the fire in a small
public house, frequented by sailors, in Queenstown — with the har-
bor lights glimmering through the windows and the rhythmic heave
and fall of the receding tide in our ears— we listened to a story
that old Martin Flaherty told us.

He Had the Irish gift for story telling, and was full of tales of
the south — being born and bred in a small coast town of Munster,
and passing most of his life in Cork and Queenstown. He in-
variably claimed personal acquaintance with the events and char-
acters in his narrative, which gave to even the most grotesquely
improbable tales a singular illusion of truth — and yet, many of
these he must have heard from other old shanachies in his childhood
as we recognized in them folk legends we had found, with local
differences, all through Ireland. Others, we could not doubt, were
inspired by real incidents — being mostly tales of wild young men,
companions of his youth — filled with fighting, adventure and sail-
ors' lore, shrewd comments on human nature, and a pagan awe
of the supernatural. It was to one of the latter we were listening
that night round the fire — and this is the way Martin told it, as
nearly as I can remember.

"There was wanct a widder woman lived yonder on the p'int,
along wiih the only son she had in life — Dan Maloney his name

was — and him and me great friends always in the ould days. Every-
body in Queenstown knew Dan for a big handsome, open-handed
young feller and niver a mother's son of us as wished him
harum at all in the world — save wan named Mike Dooley — and this
was the way of that.

"Dan was engaged to marry a girl — Eileen O'Byrne — and a beau-
tiful, younge craythur she was — with the hair on her in long, shiny
plaits — and the eyes blue as the ocean on a sunny day to west-
ward— and the purty little nose of her tilted up just a wee thrifle — the
way you'd niver quite know whether you was plaisin' her or not.
There wasn't in those days — nor have I met since — so sonsy, likely
a lassie, twixt Queenstown and Dublin — and it's many a handsome
woman I've seen in my time. Well, Mike Dooley was hid over heels
in love with her — and she with eyes for no wan at all but Danny
Maloney — and his promised wife, come Easter Sunday.

"I'm remembering — as it was yesterday — the noight Mike Dooley
give a ball at the Sailors' Rest. He was afther sendin' up a foine
written invitation to Danny and Eileen — and he got him together a
crowd o' blaggards and tipsy sailors and filled them up with poteen
and a plenty o' whiskey, putting the necessity upon them of kick-
in' up a row with Maloney. Danny came to the ball — and Eileen
O'Byrne with him — and it was a grand welcome Mike and the
boys was giving them — the way they shouldn't suspect foul play

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Domino

at all. The minute they was in, the piper got him up on a three-
legged stool, and started in playing "The Bride o'Kildare," and
we danced an eight-hand reel as raised a power o' dust — with the
young fellers hoppin' and stampin' on the ould floor, and the young
girls skippin' and prancin' the way they got that hot and winded,
they went out o' doors to draw a breath o' air, and the young
men to the bar to wet their throats with a sip o' whiskey.

"Dany walked up to the bar and was taking a good long
draught when a feller come up and joggled agin' him — the way he
slopped the liquor all down his breeches. Howan'iver, Dan only
looked around with a grin and was lettin' it pass — until he seen a
dozen others, or thereabouts, shoulderin' up to him, feelin' under
their coats for their shillalahs — and thin he seen as it wasn't intinded
for a joke at all. His jaw come togither — and he turned on the
first feller and laid him flat before you could have said 'Jack
Robinson !' — and the next minute I seen him wipin' up the floor
with a couple more. Then he backed off out o' the bar — and the
rest afther him like a pack o' wild cats, crazy with the whiskey
and the fight — and he grabs the three-legged shtool the piper was
sitting on, and swings it wanct round his head and lets it fly —
the way they all do be reelin' back from him — and he hittin' out to
the left and the right with the hard gripped fists of him. He gives
Mike Dooley a Jittle special, flatterin' attintion — divining as he was
at the bottom of it all — and was just thraitin' him to two black
eyes, dealin' him a blow, as, at the same time, loosened ivery last
tooth in the hid of him — when Eileen comes runnin' in — and gets
between them — and the others as had been in the dancing, kaipin'
the rest of the murtherous crowd off Danny meanwhile — until she
got him by the coat and out of the place, and away home to his
mother.

"Now Mike Dooley wasn't afther getting over the way Dan had
got the best of the fight. I was in Dougherty's shebeen late that
noight— the toime Mike come in— and Dougherty axing him as who
had been stippin' on his face. And I seen Mike take Dougherty
in a corner and whisper a word in his ear. 'Arrah !' sez I to myself,
'it's not safe Danny Maloney will be in Queenstown, surely— and no
tellin' what that salpeen Dooley will be doin' to him next. Til be
afther warnin' him this night.' So I started round to the Widder
Maloney's cottage.

"Whin I got there I could see through the winder I wasn't
needed— as the widder was on to Dooley herself. I seen her
gettin' his things and packin' them up in a bundle— the way he'd
be laivin' the country for a while. She was that cryin' and takin'
on at the thought of him goin' I wasn't afther intrudin' myself
on them thin. I raisoned with mesilf that Danny would Soon be back
—and the fuss blown over— and with niver a word o' good-bye or a
God bless you, itself, I wint along home.

"Howan'iver, Danny Maloney fled the country that night— and
no wan heard a worrd from him— not the widder, nor Eileen
O'Byrne hersilf— and the months passin'— and Easter Sunday, as
was to be his wedding day, come and gone.

"One day — about a year later it was— I seen a crowd round
the Sailors' Home door, reading this notice:
'Whaler Eileen Aroon

Lost at sea.
Wreckage seen by the bark Lizzie Taylor
All hands supposedly lost.'
I seen Mike Dooley there— and iverbody whisperin' together as the
Eileen Aroon had been old man Dooley's whaler put oflF for the
South Seas on the very day Danny Maloney wint away— the toime

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as must have been an evil toime — a man and a ship laivin on the
selfsame day niver returnin' to port. I seen a look come on Dooley's
face thin, the likes o' which I niver seen on mortal man's face but
wanct before — and that on a man the devil took down intil hell and
showed him the spit he would be afther turnin' on in the hereafther.
That set me figurin' a bit. Thin, the next evenin', in the wyer, I
come on Mike Dooley makin' love to Eileen O'Byrne. And when
she would have none o' him, saying 'Danny's comin' back. His
mother — poor old sowl, has faith — and it's not you, Mike Dooley,
nor any other man but him I'll be marrying'- — I heerd him laugh—
and the divil's own laugh it was — the way he'd be mainin' he had
a way of knowing Danny'd niver come home at a!'l. And that set
me figurin' again.

"A month afther that I heerd old man Dooley was after turning
the widder Maloney out o' doors — the poor, daicint ould body — and
sellin' her few, poor sticks off at auction. I sthrolled around there
— and the widder and Eileen was bidin' in the house as was sthripped
and naked and mournful enough — cryin' and condolin' with each
other — and Father O'Connell within comfortin' thim. There was a
sailor sthranger buying the widder's things, ivery blissid wan o'
thim, down to the sorry-faced ould clock of hers. An outlandish
man he was as no one could make out at all — with the wild beard
of a pirate on him, and niver a civil word for a sowl about — and
afther he had paid down the sum in gowld he tied up his bag and
walked himself out of sight as complaitely as he had walked into
his grave. Nowan in Queenstown iver set eyes on him again —
but that very night Mike Dooky and Dougherty were shanghaied
on board a quair, outlandish craft, hidded for the North Pole. Some
say the sailor stranger was Dan Maloney himself — and him get-
tin' even at last with the two spalpeens put chloral in his drink

that night he was laivin' Queenstown, and let himself be called in
by Dougherty, on his way out o' town, for a farewell sip at the
ould, familiar bar. For it is towld, as whin they had him drugged
and hilpless, they got him on board the Eileen Aroon, bound on a
three year cruise, that aftherward wint to her destruction. Howan'-
iver, I'm not contindin' — for if a man has a black heart in him — the
loikes will cause him to put an innocent feller craythur in the
way o' getting his death — I'm o' mind to belaive the divil will rise
up wan day and claim his own.

"Howan'iver — and be that as it may, by the will o' God — Dan
Maloney come back that same night— and he a rich man, thanks
to a lump o' ambergris, five feet long, he'd afther found on a
desert isle where he'd floated on a bit o' wreck from the Eileen
Aroon, and he brought back all the widder's things as had been
sowld — and he married Eileen O'Byrne that Sunday week. And
some do be sayin' as a widder's faith has more power to move
the Almighty than the prayers of the priest. And I'm sayin,' for my
part, well it might — and a young girl lovin' and prayin' night and
day along with her. . . . That is my story."

Borrowed Gold

By Richard V. Spencer and Thomas H. Ince. \
October 31, 1913.

How narrowly shall we judge a woman who commits a statu-
tory crime under stress of her woman's emotions over someone
whose well-being is more to her than life or reputation? A
woman, for example, stealing for her husband or child, in dire need?

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life

... .Is she in quite the same category as the thief who breaks
into one's house with intent to pillage and murder? She commits a
statutorj' crime — very true — and the law cannot admit motives
as argument or excuse. If we allow her to go unpunished, we
merely encourage other women to do the same thing with less
excuse. Legally, we must condemn her. But — sometimes — it is
possible to mislay the "proof" we hold against her — and absent-
mindedly turn our backs while she escapes.

Messrs. Spencer and Ince have worked out their play Borrowed
Gold along these lines — and the argument is so clear in every
changing scene that it is impossible to miss just what thej^ arc
trying to get at.

Jim Colby, a young miner, is severely injured by a premature
explosion while working in his mine. His wife becomes alarmed
at his absence — rides through the mountains at night to his claim —
manages to lift him on the horse and get him home. She calls in a
(lector who treats Jim for some time — but refuses to come, one
evening when he has a relapse, becans.= hii bill is yet unpaid, Ru^-h,
knowing Jim will die without medical attendance becomes desperate.
Disguising herself as a man, she holds up a stage — but is wounded
in the arm as she rides awa^'. Ibe sheriff trails h'^r Ly a blood-
stained duster which she had cast aside in her escape. He comes
to their cabin in the mountains — finds the supposed highwayman so
dangerously ill a man that his alibi is clear. But his wife is busy
counting gold upon a table in the next room. He grasps her arm —
finds it wounded — same arm as the bloody one on the duster. The
evidence is clear enough. He starts to snap the handcuffs upon
her delicate wrists while she is telling the storj- — ^but hesitates.
After all — is there a loving woman and wife in the world who
wouldn't have done as much or more under similar circumstances?
The shock and worry for her are too much for Jim. He gasps out

his life as she kneels down beside him — sobbing her heart out. Then
—one hears the hoof beats of the sheriff's posse coming nearer —
nearer— on the mountain trail. Yes— hears them— even on the screen.
It's as real as that. He looks out of the open door at them — and
back at the girl by her dying husband. You can see exactly what
he is thinking. In a moment, they ride up — dismount — crowd into
the room. He points to the recovered gold — and then, to the dead
man. The pantomime is sufficient. They understand perfectly —
or think they do — and are generously sorry for the "pore leetle
gal" who has lost her husband. The hats come off— and they file
softly out of the cabin. Presently— the sheriff rides away with them
leaving the girl alone with her dead. "Who will cast the first
stone"- — at him — or her?

Maud Fealy

Her first four reel Thanhouser special "Moths" has scored such a
success that she is now engaged on a second four reel subject, "The
Legend of Provence" to be released by the New Rochelle pro-
ducers in November. Miss Fealy was a stage star of no small
magnitude before coming to the films, and enjoyed a theatrical
following estimated to be as large as that of any other American
actress. She first won distinction by her portrayal of Eunice in
"Quo Vadis," and her success was such that William Gillette im-
mediately engaged her to support him in "Sherlock Holmes." Sir
Henry Irving later engaged Miss Fealy to portray the roles en-
acted by Ellen Terry, in which she completely capitvated the London
public. During her career Miss Fealy has supported such stars
as Sir Henry Irving, E. S. Willard, William Gillette, Richard Mans-
field, William Collier, Nat C. Goodwin and Robert Hilliard.

Borrowfed Gold

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The Girl and the Greaser

American

American

The Girl and the Greaser

November 3, 1913
CAST

Dave Lewis (a poor, young homesteader) Warren Kerrigan

Betty Alen (his sweetheart) Vivian Rich

Ruth (his invalid sister) Charlotte Burton

Manual (a Mexican peon, in Dave's employ) Jack Richardson

Donna (an aged Mexican servant) Louise Lester

Col. Jim Allen (Betty's father) George Periolat

The American Company has given us a new heroine, of excep-
tional wit and courage, in the character of Betty Allen. Vivian
Rich plays the part with great charm — and with a spirit of daring
and devotion to her lover which wins all hearts.

Dave Lewis lives with his invalid sister, Ruth. She needs
expensive medical care — and Betty Allen prevails on him to borrow
money from her father. Dave hides it in a o1ock — without suspect-
ing that his Mexican servant, Manual, is watching him. Then he
is suddenly called upon to ride for the doctor — Betty follows him
with his wallet which he has forgotten — and Manual steals the
money from the clock. Gloating over it before the eyes of the
terrified Ruth, who is helpless to do anything — he sets fire to the
cabin. Betty returns in time to rescue Ruth, and put her in the
care of the Mexican housekeeper, whom Manual has imprisoned
in a closet — then Betty rides after the robber. Her encounter with
him, and the way she cqntrives to get back the money, is a thrilling
bit of acting.

This brief drama is representative of the American Company
at its best — in its convincing portraiture of heroic Western types —
its swift, highly dramatic action — spontaneity and naturalness — and
a love story of strong appeal.

Reliance Actresses Write Their Own Roles

Two senarios accepted by the Reliance for early release are
by actresses of the company and in both cases the authoress has
been cast for the leading role.

Carey Lee is responsible for the photoplay "For Love of a Man"
or "The Woman Who Began Again" in which she will appear
in the star part. Writing scenarios is not a new departure for
Miss Lee as a large number of her literary efforts have found
their way to the screen.

With Irene Hunt who will be seen in her own drama entitled
"The Other Woman," however, photoplay writing is a new line of
endeavor; "The Other Woman" being her first and only attempt
at writing for the silent drama.

Power's No. 6A Projects Geo. Kleine Spectacle

The Geo. Kleine big production, "The Last Days of Pom-
peii," opened at the Bijou Theatre, N. Y., Monday, Oct. 20th. The
show was well attended and the 6-reel spectacle was beautifully
projected by Power's Cameragraphs No. 6A. It is to be a
four-a-day show.

Just a Feeler

"And do you know your alphabet?" he asked of a small boy in
the house he was visiting.

"Yep" said the lad— A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, J"—

"Hold on there, my little lad," said the visitor. "Haven't you
left out a letter?"

"Yep," said the boy. "I dropped my H. I wanted to see if
an Englishman would notice it."

"Pertness is a characteristic of the American child," wrote the
Englishman later when he prepared his American notes for publi-
cation.— Harper's.

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The Silver Tongued Orator Thanhouser

The Silver Tongued Orator

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Oct. 26th, 1913

Did you ever read a hard-luck story which sounded deservedly
real? This play, The Silver Tongued Orator, is one of them.

It presents the case of a perfectly good grocery clerk who was
giving entire satisfaction to boss and customers alike until the fatal
notion struck him that he was a born orator.

There are very few born orators — and they're all licensed — upon
the "limited output" basis. So when an amateur butts into the
game, he's hunting trouble with both feet. This particular young
man acquired his "heaven-born" oratory through the medium of a
correspondence school — which often fa'ls short of the rosy promises
contained in the coupon. In order to practice his new profession,
he orated upon any and every occasion — in public, and in private.
He tried it on his fiancee, with disastrous results. He tried it on
the store customers — and drove away trade. He tried it on his
boss — and was urged to take a permanent vacation, at his own
expense. Not in the least disheartened, he went into pohtics and
started in at a clambake to acquire reputation as a spellbinder — but
a fat policeman checked his flow of oratory so forcibly that when
he picked himself up, he was out of wind for a full hour. Walk-
ing back to his girl's house, he was just in time to see her accept
another man who had no symptoms of oratory. It is doubtfu' if the
man ever learned that, like "polly," he "talked too d — d much" — but
his various experiences make a roaringly comical play, upon the
screens.

How Filmy Won His Sweetheart

By Arthur S. Crosskey
Oct. 28, 1913

Filmy won his sweetheart just by being so desperately in love
and so romantically absent-minded, that he blundered into a fortune.

Lots of good things in life seem to come to us in about that way —
not by any conscious virtue of our own, but purely by a happy acci-
dent. The play is a delicious piece of absurdity — and yet quite like
life, after all.

Filmy is an operator in a "Picture Palace" (which stamps the
comedy as English at once). He has long been attentive to Stella,
and one evening he proposes — only to be rejected by her father —
who refuses to see in a two guinea picture operator a desirable
match for his daugther. Filmy is so upset that he puts a film on
the screen backwards — and loses his job. He is lucky enough, how-
ever, to get another place, as camera man with a local producer,
and is sent out to photograph the Flower Show. Instead, he comes
back with pictures of a policeman spooning with a servant maid, two
lovers in a shady recess in the park — and a scene in the grounds
of Lord Montgomery, in which- his Lordship appears in a romantic
scene with his cook.

Montgomery gets wind of the fi'm, offering Filmy 5,000 pounds to
destroy it. The camera man joyfully accepts — and rushing to Stella's
Pa with his newly acquired wealth, is promptly accepted.

For a good laugh, and plenty of English local color (which,
someway, a/'ways tickles the American sense of humor) the play is
unique among the new offerings.

Mafsstk

The Scenario Writer

By Elmer Harris
Oct. 26, 1913'

Mr. Harris's playlet is a satire on the way many scenario writers
get their material. Brown is in the typical predicament — the bills
are coming in — and he hasn't an idea in his head. Mrs. Brown
comes home with a fifty dollar hat — and he jams on his $2.00 felt
and rushes out in quest of an inspiration.

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A touching paragraph in the Nezv York Journal happens to catch
his eye — relating to a would-be burglar, with too much of the milk
of human kindness in his composition to permit of his consistently
following his trade. Instead, he turns doctor and saves the life
of the child of the rich people he was about to rob — and as virtue's
reward, is presented with a considerable sum of money, and a chance
to begin life over again.

"Pretty good stufif !" says Brown to himself. Hurrying home, he
commits it to paper — and finally lands the scenario v;ith the Majestic
Motion Picture Co. which produces it. Meanwhile, several other
poor scenario writers — hard up for a plot — hjavie appropriated
the same story. When Brown's film appears, the rival playwrights
put in claims of ownership. The fight proves too much for Brown
and the director, who refers the case to the court — and the magistrate
decides in Brown's favor.

The play is full of intensely funny situations — and as most every-
body writes scenarios these days it should make a popular hit.

The Haunted House

Nov. 8, 1913'

CAST

Ethel ' Vivian Rich

The S'tranger Harry von Meter

Bob, the timorous lover Julius Frankenberg

The Smuggler Jack Richardson

Ethel is a fearless girl, of romantic disposition. She is be-
witchingly pretty and vivacious — and all the boys in the village pay
her court — but, like the ladies of the days of chivalry, she must
needs try out her lovers by some unusual ordeal — and at last she says
she will marry the first one of her admirers who has the courage to
stay all night in "The Haunted House." Bob, a sentimental but
timorous youth, writes Ethel a note, teUing her that that very night
he is going to risk all for her sake. But at the first glimmer of a
light, flickering from window to window of the old, deserted shack.

Bob is thrown into a panic — and Ethel and her friends,, strolling
that way, meet him running like mad down the road.

The stranger who comes to town — and quickly succumbs to
Ethel's charms — is quite another case. He makes light of the
"ordeal" she imposes — and, to satisfy herseilf that the test of courage
is complete, Ethel steals of¥ to the old house and arrays herself in a
sheet to await his coming. As it happens, she meets with an
adventure rather more serious than she had reckoned on — concerned
with nothing so harmless as spooks, but with a group of desperate,
flesh and blood smugglers who have long used the house as a hiding
place for opium. How the stranger comes to her rescue — and
captures the smugglers, on whose tracks the government has sent
him secretly — concludes the very interesting plot. Ethel marries
the young government official — a man of daring courage whose wife
she is proud to be.

Algy's Awful Auto

Oct. 31, 1913.

In this latest comedy, Mr. Lonergan gently points a lesson for
the young and impecunious who aspire to automobiles. Algy is a
clerk, with an ambitious sweetheart who prevails upon him to buy
chances in an automobile raffle — and as fate will have it, Algy gets
the auto.

It is called the "Yellow Devil" — however, it is a petite aflair,
and Algy turns his bedroom into a garage and the front stairs into
a speedway. Then he ventures out on the roads and meets with all
the troubles of a seasoned automobilist. He gets caught in a
speed trap — cuts up his tires on broken glass — is robbed by a rural
garage keeper — and made to fork over a small fortune for a mis-
erable meal at a country roadhouse. By this time Algy hasn't
much money left in his clothes — so the next time the "Yellow
Devil" breaks down, he is thankful to trade it, with the station
master, for two tickets home by rail.

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The Real Mother Reliance

Algy and his sweetheart have a delightful ride home in the
train. "Well," says the girl, consolingly, "the auto didn't cost but
$2.00 anyway — and I guess we got our money's worth." But Algy is
thinking of all he has laid out in that single afternoon — to return
home no longer the distinguished owner of a car. He feels he has
been cheated — and the reflection makes him a trifle pensive. In
Algy's case there is an eloquent warning for every young man in
moderate circumstances — and for too aspiring sweethearts.

The Real Mother

October 27, 1913

This simple, beautiful play conveys a striking truth. It shows
that with maternity, mother love does not always wake in a woman's
heart — while a woman who has the real mother love will cherish as
her own the child of another.

Blanche is a shallow natured chorus girl who, after her hus-
band's death, regards her baby as a nuisance which prevents her
from going back to the o,M life. She welcomes Margaret's eager
offer to take the child — and thus little Doris finds warm affection,
devoted care, and a home among refined people in a small town,
where she grows into a happy, lovable girl, of genuine beauty and
charm. Doris is seventeen when her actual mother comes to the
village, just by chance, for a holiday. Blanche has ' risen in the
profession to a popular musical comedy star — and Doris is fillc'l
with girlish enthusiasm for the richly dressed, rather showily hand-
some stranger. An automobile accident brings her to Margaret's
home. The two women recognize each other and Blanche has
a fancy to take the girl back with her to Broadway. Sick at heart.
Margaret refuses — then it is left to Doris to choose between them.
Margaret tells her that the wonderful visitor is her mother — and the
girl, carried away by admiration and sentiment, goes back to New
York with Blanche.

A few weeks, however, among her mother's associates, prove to
Doris that she is entirely out of her element. She shrinks from the
coarse fun and sordidness of the stage people — and Blanche betrays
that she is jealous of the young girl's fresh attractions. Miserably
homesick, she runs away from it al' — back to her "real mother."

Two Men and a Mule

October 29, 1913'

The second sketch of this comic series is concerned with two
ravenously hungry men. One of them gets a square meal — the
other, by a slip up in the ruse, isn't so lucky.

Then follow excruciatingly funny adventures with a piano. The
Mule comes in at the finish — in fact, he finishes up the piano — and
Steve and Jake take to the country. The last we see of them, they
are kicked into a tree — where they are glad to stick — and the Mule
is peacefully grazing, outlined against a clear sky.

The histrionic ability of the Mule is scarcely to be wondered at
— in view of his veteran experience in Hippodrome productions
which have made him a popular star.

The Colonel's Oath

Nov. 1st, 1913

This pretty "Reliance" play. The Colonel's Oath, presents the
old question of Southern prejudice in a new light — and a most at-
tractive one. Usually, the hero has been a Northerner and the
heroine a daughter of the Sunny South — but in this instance, the
positions are reversed, and the stern parent is a typical Southern
Colonel.

His son marries a pretty Boston girl against the Colonel's em-
phatic command — and is disinherited — forbidden to enter the old
Petersburg home with his wife. Later a lovely little daughter is
born — and when she is about three years old, Dick Langley dies.
With the child, Edith Langley drifts South and eventually obtains
employment in one of the Petersburg schools — little Runa and her
dog being left in charge of a friend while Edith is away from home,
Their boarding-place happens to be opposite the o''d Langley home,
where the Colonel sits in the garden every morning. One day,
Runa's dog strays into the garden — annoys the old Colonel, who
strikes him with his cane. Runa comes flying in with indignant
protests — and the old man is captivated by her.

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It used to be that everybody tried to write a play
and now, because of tiie supremacy of the moving picture,
everyone is writing moving picture scenarios. One ex-
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for suggestions on "framing" a Scenario. So imagine what
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picture will hit right home and there's not a single doubt
that you[ll have to return-date it. The film takes you
right inside a picture studio and shows you the joys and
sorrows of the workers within. It's a real "inside" storv.
Released Sunday, Oct. 26th.

This is acted by both Japanese and American players,
and acted well. The piece centers on a torpedo boat inven-
tion of importance to two nations and tells of the oath
that was designed to get the plans away from their rightful
owner. Both reels have thrill and action right through.
"The Oath of O Tsuru San," released Tuesday, Oct. 28th,
and since it is a two-reeler there is no Majestic on the fol-
lo-wing Saturday, Nov. 1st.

And Just a Closing Word: Florence Robert's "Sapho" Is a Film PRODUCTION!

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The love of a woman of beautiful character for her adopted daugh-

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RELEASED MONDAY OCT. 27th

At seventeen the Girl chooses to live with the frivolous mother of her
blood — but happiness returns when she steals back to the arms of "The
Real Mother"

ROLLICKING COMEDY

WEDNESDAY
OCT. 29th

MUTUAL
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The second of Junie McCree's Great Comedies written around the
famous Hippodrome Mule "Pete." A full reel of big hearty laughs in-
troducing the popular comedian, Ross Snow.

INTENSE DRAMA

LAID IN THE ROMANTIC ATMOSPHERE OF THE SUNNY SOUTH

"Tim co,ivOM!i:i/s OAni"

RELEASED SATURDAY NOV. 1st

Is an unusual combination of a simple love story and an absorbing drama. The
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Produced in a Perfect Studio at New Rochelle, N. Y.,
the Home of Perfect Pictures

RELEASE OF FRIDAY, OCT. 31:

Pretty Muriel Ostriche shows in this that she has nerve as well as acting- ability
by riding in a rather unmanageable automobile. And it's about the worst looking auto
that you've ever seen! You'll laugh your head off just at the sight of it! It's a performing
auto, too. You never, never saw a machine that performed such tricks — NEVER before
in any moving picture. In fact, Princess Films will be known for "trick work" that
you won't find equalled in any other make of moving pictures.

See Americans First

Featuring J. Warren Kerrigan as a struggling An excellent society drama with Winifred
young ranchman in a Western drama. Greenwood as lead, supported by an all

Release, Monday, Nov. 3, 1913 star cast.

Release, Thursday, Nov. 6, 1913

Tim HnT(ii1:o<l IIoti^d

A society drama enacted on the Pacific Coast.
Release Saturday, Nov. 8, 1913-

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A

Woman's

ONE REEL

Released
October 24

Rescued
from himself
by his wife's
ready wit,
Ned turns
over a new
leaf.

The
Black
Sheep

TWO REELS

Released
October 22

The Black
Sheep after
some rough
experiences
decides to be
good and to
go back to
home sweet
home.

HAY 'MA

OOMIMO

The
Heart of
Kathleen

THREE REELS

Released
October 23

An Irish
photoplay
directed by
Thom Ince,
the recog-
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of all photo-
play direc-
tors.

Two Old
Tars

ONE REE

Released
October 23

A Keystone
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Marguerite

Snow and

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AMERICAN The Girl and the Greaser

(Drarna )

KEYSTONE Fatty at San Diego

RELIANCE A Sure Cure

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4th

MAJESTIC Ward of the Senior Class

SELECTED RELEASE

THANHOUSER The Junior Partner

(2 reel Drama)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5th

BRONCHO The Veteran

(2 reel Drama)

MUTUAL WEEKLY No. 45

RELIANCE The Dress of Lolita

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6th

AMERICAN What Her Diary Told

(Drama)

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(2 reel Drama)

KOMIC. . .Poor John . . . Caused by a Clock

(Split reel)

SELECTED RELEASE

KEYSTONE ,. .Love Sickness at Sea

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7th

KAY-BEE An Indian Honor

(Drama)

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THANHOUSER The Little Brother

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AMERICAN The Haunted House

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MAJESTIC Levinsky's Holiday

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mOBINHOOPi

UNUSUAL, ISN'T IT?

Everybody who booked "MOTHS," with MAUDE FEALY,
Thanhouser four reel monthly soecial has asked for a date on

the First

"ROBIN HOOD"

the second Thanhouser four reel monthly special. The exchanges are asking "good money" for these specials,
too. But "MOTHS" made money for every single exhibitor who showed it. "MOTHS" was a PRODUCTION^
not a feature. So is "ROBIN HOOD." That's why the exhibitor who vi a T'I TD A I lOM'T" iT-v

had the first special wants the second. 1 UKALi, liDlN 1 11?

THE THREE-A-WEEK

Released Sunday, Oct. 26

THE SILVER TONGUED ORATOR

He enrolled in the Correspondence School of Oratory and made speeches everywhere. H
oratory must have been pretty bad because he lost his job of grocery clerk, too, and none of the
speak for them. He wished, in the end, that he'd never left the gr ocery store.

Released Tuesday, Oct. 28

HOW FILMY WON
HIS SWEETHEART

Filmy operated the
picture machine at the
theatre and, being re-
jected by his lady
love, was very ner-
vous all evening. In
fact, he threw some
of the pictures on the
screen upside down
and the audience
howled. Filmy was
"fired" by the red-hot
manager and you'd
thought his love pros-
pects were worse off
than ever, wouldn't
you? Instead his bad
luck sent him good
luck and the girl.

Thanhouser Stars'.
Thanhouser Features!
Thanhouser Quality!

e promptly lost his sweetheart. His
politicians would hire him to sturap-

Released Friday, Oct. 3 1

A TWENTIETH
CENTURY FARMER

It was the banker
or _ the farmer for
their daughter, and
the "wise" parents
picked the banker.
But the girl selected
the farmer and spent
her vacation on an
old farm, learning
the arduous duties of
farm-wife. Behold,
when she marries and
goes to her husband's
farm, she finds that
the arduous duties
V aren't there at all!

For his is a twentieth
century farm that
needed no woman to
operate it.

THANHOUSER

FILM
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New Rochelle, N. Y.

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Keystone. Selected Release.

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Reliance.

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Thanhouser.

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Oct.
Oct
Oct.
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Nov.

Majestic,

30 — ^Jack Meets His Waterloo

1 — While There's Life
4 — The Poisoned Chop
6— The Mysterious Eyes

8 — For the Crown (2 reels)

11 — ^Through the Neighbors' Window
13 — Red Sweeney's Defeat

15 — Calamity Anne, Hercme
18— A Fall Into Luck

20 — ^Travelers of the Road

22 — The Ghost of the Hacienda (2 reels)
25 — Mrs. Carter's Campaign

27 — Master of Himself

29 — ^The Flirt and the Bandit

2— The Badge of Honor
4 — Crooks and Credulous

6 — A Pitfall of the Installment Plan

9 — Taming a Cowboy

11 — Calamity Anne's Sacrifice
13 — Courage of Sorts

Making Pig Iron — (Split Reel)

16— The End of Black Bart
18 — The Making of a Woman
20 — Hidden Treasure Ranche

23 — The Step Brothers

25 — In the Mountains of Virginia
27 — In the Days of Trajan (2 reels)

30 — In Three Hours

1 — Follies of a Day and Night

Sept 28 — ^The Speed Bear

Oct. 12 — Catchem and Killem

Oct. 19 — One Round O'Brien Comes East

Oct. 26 — The Boomerang Curve

Nov. 2 — His Nobs, the Plumber

Aug.

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bept.

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Nov.

Oct. 0— God of Chance (2 reels)

Oct. 16 — Romance of Erin (2 reels)

Oct. 23 — The Heart of Kathleen (3 reels)

Oct. 30 — Widow Maloney's Faith (2 reels)

Aug. 1-
Aug. 8-
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Aug. 29-
Sept. 5
Sept. 12
Sent. 19
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 10
Oct 17
Oct. 24
Oct 31

-Banzai (2 reels)

-The House of Bondage (3 reels)

-The Flame in the Ashes (2 reels)

-An Orphan of War (2 reels)

-The Green Shadow (2 reels)

-The Ironmaster

-The Waif

-The Cowtown Reformation

-A Forlorn Hope

-The Loaded Dice

-The Bully

—Venetian Romance

—A Woman's Wit

—Borrowed Gold

13— The Quakeress (2 reels)

20 — The Heritage of Eve C2 reels)

27— The Madcap (2 reels)

31— The Broken Thread (1 reel)
3 — The Gambler's Pal

7 — May and December
10 — The Judge's Son

14 — No release

17— The Land of Dead Things (2 reels)

21 — No release

24 — Silent Heroes (2 reels)

28 — No release

1 — ^The Greenhorn (2 reels)

8 — A Forgotten Melody (2 reels)

15 — The Reaoing (2 reels)

22 — The Black Sheep (2 reels)

29 — From Out of the Storm (2 reels)

Kay-l8e

June 13 — The Boomerang (3 reels)

June 20 — The Failure of Success (2 reels)

June 27 — The Seal of Silence (2 reels)
July 4 — The Crimson Stain (3 reels)

July 11 — The Banshee (2 reels)

July 18— The Red Mask (1 reel)

July 25 — Flotsam (2 reels)

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K®yst©3i©

17 — A Noise from the Deep
21— The Peddler

21 — Love and Courage

24— Get Rich Quick
28— Just Kids

31 — Prof. Bean's Removal
4 — Cohen's Outing
7 — A Game of Pool

7 — The Latest in Life Saving
11— The Riot

14— A Chip of the Old Block

18 — No release

21 — The Firebugs (2 reel Comedy)

25— Baby Day . . . The Kelp Industry

(Split Reel)

28 — Mabel's New Hero

1— Fatty's Day Off

Los Angeles Harbor — (Split Reel)
4 — The New Baby

8 — Mabel's Dramatic Career
11 — Gypsy Queen

15— What Father Saw
Willie Minds the Dog

18— The Fatal Taxicab

22 — When Dreams Come True
25— Mother's Boys

29 — The Bowling Match

2— Billy Dodge's Bills

6 — Across the Alley 1 <, v.. i
Abelone Industry | Split reel

9— S'chnitz. The Tailor
14— Their Husbands

16 — A Healthy Neighborhood
20— Two Old Tars

23 — A Quiet Little Wedding
27— The Janitor

Making an Automobile Tire

(Split reel)

30— The Speed King

16 — Her Birthday Party

Old Heads and Young Hearts

—(Split Reel)
23 — Caught in His Own Net

Deceiving Dad — (Split reel)
30 — Father and the Flies
The New Curate

(Split reel)

2 — Tempesta

3_Told in the Future

5 — Hearts and Hoofs

9 — The Devilish Doctor
10 — The Greater Love

12 — The Doctor's Ruse
16 — The Fickle Tramp

16 — A Horse on Fred

17 — House Hunting

19 — The Other Side of the Fence

23— Batchelor Bill

24 — The Lady Killer

26 — One Round O'Brien's Flirtation

30 — A Chapter of His Life

31 — The Trade Secret
2 — A Perilous Ride

6— The Turkish Bath

7— The Heart of a Fool
9 — The Frame Up

13 — For His Loved One

14 — The Winning Loser
16 — Playmates

20 — His Last Deal

21 — A Shoemaker and His Doll
23 — The BaseBall Umpire

The Aesthetic Match

27 — A Slight Misunderstanding

28 — The Ix)ve of Conchita

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30— When the Debt Was Paid

4 — The Man of the Wilderness

5 — A Mix-up in Pedigrees
7 — The Heritage

11 — The Iceman's Revenge

12— No Release

14 — The Van Warden Jewels (2 reels)

18— No Release

19 — Trough the Sluice Gates
21 — Always Together

25 — Vengeance

26 — The Scenario "Writer

28— The Oath of O Tsuru San (2 reels)

1 — No release

2 — The Marriage of Niatana

luteal Weekly

13 — iNO. 33
20— No. 34
27— No. 35
3 — No. 36
10— No. 37
17— No. 38

Sept 24— No. 39
Oct 1— No. 40
8— No. 41
15— No. 42
22— No. 43
29— No. 44

Oct,
Oct
Oct,
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17 — The Final Game

24 — Lobster Salad and Milk

31 — Algy's Awful Auto

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1 — Feeny's Social Experiment

3 — No release

6 — The Glow Worm (3 reels)
8 — Between Home and Country

10 — No release

13 — The Clown's Daughter (2 reels)
15 — Twickenham Ferry

17 — The Disguise

20— The Stolen Woman (2 reels)
22— The Hardest Way

24 — The Missing Ring
27— The Original Will
29 — Hearts of the Dark

1 — Makers and Spenders

4— Targets of Fate (2 reels)
6— The Buffer

8 — Once Upon a Time

11— The Rebellious Pupil

14— Poor Old Mother

15— The Flirt

18 — A Knight Errant
20— O, What a Night!

Two Men and a Mule (Series 1)

— (Split reel)

25 — Hearts (2 reels)
27— The Real Mother

29— Two Men and a Mule (Series 2)
1— The Colonel's Oath

Tlianlioiiser

19— The Spirit of Envy

22 — The Medium's Nemesis
24 — An Unromantic Maiden
26 — Wards of the King

29 — A Spartan Father
31 — No release

2 — The Veteran Police Horse
5 — No release

7— His Last Bet

9 — Taming Their Grandchildren
12 — 'The Message to Headquarters

(3 reels)

14 — No release

16— Redemption
19— Flood Tide

21 — When the Worm Turns

23 — An Unfair Exchange

26 — The Official Goat Protector
28 — The Farmer's Daughter

30 — Life's Pathway (2 reels)

3— The Twins and the Other Girl
7 — Louie, the Life Saver

10— A Girl Worth While
12 — A Deep Sea Liar
14 — The Plot Against the Governor
(2 reels)

17 — A Peaceful Victory

19 — The Beauty in the Seashell

21 — The Mystery of the Haunted Hotel

24 — The Old Folks at Home
26 — The Silver Tongued Orator

28 — How Filmy Won His Sweetheart

31 — A Twentieth Century Farmer
2— The Water Cure

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"Widow Maloney's Faith" (2) OCT. 30

"From Out of the Storm" (2) OCT. 29

"The Oath of O Tsuru San" (2) OCT. 28

"In The Days of Trajan" (2) OCT. 27

"Hearts" (2) OCT, 25

"The Heart of Kathleen" OCT. 23

"The Black Sheep" OCT. 22

"Romance of Erin" (2) OCT. 16

"The Reaping" (2) OCT. 15

"The Van Warden Rubies" (2) OCT. 14

"The Plot Against the Governor" (2) OCT. 14

"God of Chance" (2) OCT. 9

"A Forgotten Melody" (2) OCT. 8

"A Pitfall of the Installment Plan" (2) OCT. 6

"Targets of Fate" (2) OCT. 4

"Exoneration" (2) OCT. 2

"The Greenhorn" (2) OCT. 1

"Life's Pathway" (2) SEPT. 30

"Silent Heroes" (2) SEPT. 24

"The Ghost of the Hacienda" (2) SEPT. 22

"The Stolen Woman" (2) SEPT. 20

"The Bondsman" (2) SEPT. 18

"The Land of Dead Things" (2) SEPT. 17

"The Clown's Daughter" (2) SEPT, 13

"The Message to Headquarters" (2) SEPT, 12

"For the Crown" (2) SEPT. 8

"The Glow Worm" (2) SEPT. 6

"The Ironmaster" (2) SEPT. 3

"The Veteran Police Horse" (2) SEPT. 2

"The Green Shadow" (2) AUG. 29

"The Madcap" (2) AUG. 27

"The Ward of the King" (2) AUG, 26

"For the Flag" (2) AUG. 25

"Success" (2) AUG. 23

"An Orphan of War" (2) AUG, 22

"The Fire Bugs" (2) AUG, 21

"The Heritage of Eve" (2) AUG, 20

"The Flame in the Ashes" (2) AUG, 15

"The Quakeress" (2) AUG, 13

"The Missing Witness" AUG. 12

"The Adventures of Jacques" (2) AUG. 11

"The Fight for Right" (2) AUG. 9

"The House of Bondage" (3) AUG. 8

"Banzai" (2) AUG. 1

"A War Time Mother's Sacrifice" (2) JULY 30

"Little Dorrit" (2) JULY 29

"The Scapegoat" (2) JULY 28

"The Higher Justice" (2) JULY 26

"The Missionary's Sister" (2) JULY 26

"Flotsam" (2) JULY 25

"Grand Dad" (2) JULY 23

"Man and Woman" (2) JULY 23

"Old Mammy's Secret Code" (3) JULY 16

"Tannhauser" (3) JULY 15

"With Honor at Stake" (2) JULY 15

"Truth in the Wilderness" (2) JULY 14

"Ashes" (2) JULY 12

"The Banshee" (2) JULY 11

"Heart Throbs" (2) JULY 9

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of scenario editor Philip Lonergan, small and hatless in They are "doing" a costume piece, of course.

"The Trail of the Lost Chord"

This story dates back to the period when the
Franciscan Missions were in their flower. It is
a very apt and clever adaptation of the poem
by Adelaide A. Proctor, the music for which
was composed by Arthur Sullivan. The
scenario was prepared by Clarence J. Harris.
Mr. Tom Ricketts, one of the ablest pro-
ducers, deserves credit for his masterful hand-
ling of the subject. The subject is scheduled
for release dn two parts on Nov. 17th, 1913.

"The Occult"

A fantastic production replete with the
weirdness of the doctrines of the Hindoos.

Sydney Ayres plays the lead and makes his
bow to the picture fans through the "Flying
A" subjects for the first time. His appearance
in this subject and his masterful interpretation
of the lover wall win him a warm reception in
future productions. Jack Richardson as the
Rajah Singh, a theosophist, handles the part
in an exceptionally convincing manner, and
Vivian Rich is also deserving of marked no-
tice for her painstaking work. The subject
will be released Nov. 24th, 1913.

Another "Flying A" Feature Film

With Miss Winifred Greenwood in the role
of Marian, this picture will be an object les-
son to girls who have come to "Where the
Road Forks." Miss Greenwood's rare his-
trionic ability is given a vehicle to portray
her very best work, and to the spectator it is
not a picture, but the living, breathing reality
of one woman's decision. The Master hand
of Director Ricketts is plainly seen behind this
picture, the fineness of detail, the delicate
blending of youth and age as portrayed, and
the careful staging of the entire production.
The American Film Mfg. Co. can justly be
proud of the masterly handling of this unu-
sual picture, which combines rare histrionic
ability and careful direction.

Old Friends Locate Childhood Play-
mates Through the Movies

In the past four weeks Miss Vivian Rich,
the charming little leading woman of the
AMERICAN, has receivea two letters from
childhood playmates, who have recognized her
name and some little gestures, characteristic
of Miss Rich, and have written her renewing
old friendship. One young lady in Boston
was not sure, but recalled many little things
to Miss Rich of the days when they attended
school together. Miss Rich recently wrote her
and through her renewed many old friendships.

Beauties of Nature

Recent "Flying A" subjects have elicited
considerable comment because of the beautiful
backgrounds and settings used throughout the
productions. Aside from the trend of the
stories which retain their interest the plot is
unfolded amid such inspiring beauties of
nature as to prove a perfect delight to the
eye, a rare treat to the mind and a joy to
the soul.

James Durkin in Films Now

Another legitimate leading man has deserted.
James Durkin, of Broadway and "stock" note,
and last of the celebrated Fealy-Durkin Stock
Company, Denver, is a genuine every-week-in-
the-year photo-player now. Miss Fealy had
joined the Thanhouser forces last July. Mr.
Durkin has attached himself to the same pay
roll. His first film is a two reeler called
"The Junior Partner," released Tuesday, Nov.
4th. Flo La Badie is his leading woman. Mr.
Durkin says that the picture producer goes into

James Durkin Thanhouser

detail a little more than the stage producer in
the securing of realistic effects. This was
because "The Junior Partner" script called for
a fire scene and the director burn-ed down a
regular house.

Mace Resembles Roosevelt

That Fred Mace, president of the Photo-
players and fun-maker of the Apollo films,
resembles Theodore Roosevelt, is a statement
you — won't believe. Mace wouldn't give it
credence himself when a friend mentioned it.
Mr. Friend had Fred* put a set of "Teddy"
teeth in his mouth and a Rooseveltian mus-
tache under his nose. Looking dn a mirror,
Fred saw the statement wasn't so far "off"
at that. He looked like the comic paper's
Roosevelt, anyway. So much so that he got
up a quick play and wore the teeth and mus-
tache in it. The release day is Sunday,
Nov. 9th. The title shows that Mr. Mace has
nothing against Mr. Roosevelt except the
"resemblance." It's "Freddy Loosebelt From
Africa."

Miss Ostriche Not Superstitious

Murial Ostriche, the seventeen-year-old
leading lady of the Princess films, has nothing
in common with the demon Superstition.
P'haps it's because she's not old enough yet.
Playerfolk are strong on the superstition thing,
and if this temperamental weakness hasn't
"got to" Miss Ostriche yet, likely it's because
she's young. At any rate, she has always asked
her director to start taking the picture on
Friday, the thirteenth, and has walked under
every ladder at the Princess studio. So it
was altogether fitting that she appear in a
playlet entitled "Friday the Thirteenth" that
showed she gave divil a care about the terrors
of superstition. Her husband — in the playlet
— is a superstitious dog. He has evil dreams,
and they frighten him. The unsuperstitious
wife laughs, and in the end she laughs last.
The dreams aren't borne out by actual events.
It's a good film for superstitious people. Fri-
day is the release day, at that — not the 13th,
unfortunately, but the 7th.

Majestic Additions Finished

The new additions to the plant of the
Majestic Motion Picture Company are now
completed. They comprise two rooms for
developing and printing still pictures, a join-
ing room, and a large scene dock. The
Majestic Studios now have an equipment sec-
ond to none on the Pacific Coast.

It was certainly like watching a circus when
Jack Adolfi put on his latest comedy, "Levin-
sky's Holiday." The Wild Man, the Snake
Charmer, the Human Skeleton, the Oriental
Dancer and the Bearded Lady were all there.
William Nigh, as Levinsky, is certainly des-
tined to make one big hit in this screeching
comedy, and it may probaby result in a de-
mand on the part of exhibitors for a series
of Levinsky pictures.

Great Activity at Keystone Studios
in Edendale, Los Angeles,
California

Just a little bit over a year ago the Keystone
Brand of Film was released for the first time.
There was one company operating in Los
Angeles and one reel of film was exhibited per
week. The demand for Keystone Pictures
grew from the start, and one by one the
companies were added until now there are
four. Everything is in great shape, and the
Directors are kept very busy keeping up the
stories to Keystone standard.

Considering the enormity of the number of
people employed for a picture, the "Band-
master" which is a two reel comedy, by the
way, had more actors than any Keystone ever
produced. We used nearly five thousand peo-
ple in the audience scene, and they worked
like old-time actors. The cost of this pro-
duction will run into thousands of dol-
lars.

Just recently we chartered the steamship
"Harvard" of the Pacific Navigation Co. This
is the fastest passenger carrying ship that
floats the American Flag. On a trip down and
up the coast we made a one reel feature that
will please everyone. We took along a com-
pany of about 50, and also used the entire
ship's crew in several of the scenes. The
Captain, lending a willing hand and himself
playing in a couple of the scenes. This will
be a little "different," and we think should
be a corking good release.

"The Speed Kings," with Teddy Tetslaff and
Earl Cooper playing the leads, will certain-
ly be a grand and exciting success. They are
the best known of all race drivers at present,
and they are shown in action during the Santa
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fornia, Cooper winning all three of the races
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an-hour Mercer just before he went into the
fence in the Corona Race, and Ralph De
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Gentlemen — be successful. But, in starting out to ac-
complish this, be quite sure that you understand the real
meaning of the word in its originally intended sense. If
your ideas as to success are represented by the dollar sign
alone, it will be wasting your time to consider these re-
marks— ^because that sort of man is in rather a hopeless
postion and is not in as good standing, now, as he has
been for some time.

Perhaps j'Ou haven't noticed it — but there is an increasingly
evident change in public opinion, each year, as to the amount of
grafting and other conscienceless operations a public official may
indulge himself in at the people's expense, and get away with it.
Those of us who will vote to put you in office have a sneaking hope
that your hands are clean and that you will be able to keep them
so throughout your public career. It's only a hope, mind you —
because we appreciate the strength of the pressure which has be-
come customary through years of public looting. Those of us
who intend voting against you, next Tuesday, will do so from a
fixed belief that — from force of environment and secret political
obligations — ^you are already hopeless in this respect. It's most em-
phatically up to you to justify the faith of your friends and prove the
rest of us wrong in the estimate we have previously formed of you.

Of course, it's a little severe to single out you politicians for
hints of this sort when your methods and aims do not dififer so
very widely from those of a great many people in commercial and
other walks of 20th Century life. But their actions are so thor-
oughly covered up — until the final catastrophes — that it's impos-
sible to keep tabs on them until a receiver is appointed or they
purchase tickets for Canada. In your case, the way you vote on
any bill is closely watched — by some of us — and we draw our con-
clusions accordingly. If appearances are too glaringly raw, we
raise a howl and focus the attention of a million others upon you.

Of course, the opportunities to get away with it are still fairly
good in political life. Up to a certain point, it's still a fairly safe
gamble. But the people are becoming increasingly watchful and
intolerant as to this sort of thing. You never can be quite sure
that it won't be your particular case which is suddenly exposed
to the limelight at a moment when you feel the most secure.

To be sure, the penalties may not seem to you the sort which
cannot be outlived. There is, we'll admit, a satisfaction in that
fifty or hundred thousand dollars — securely banked where no one
can touch it — guaranteeing you an old age of ease and plenty when
you finally graduate from Sing Sing or the equivalent hostelry in
other States. But, gentlemen, there is something rather pitiful
in smirching for all eternity what has been an old and honorable

name When you're dead, your'e a long time dead — ^very
true — one of this life's greatest truisms. And yet — it's still
the fashion to mark the average man's grave with a tomb-
stone— and it rather offends the aesthetic sense to have
that tombstone an ineffaceable reproach to generations yet
unborn, bearing the same name.

Probably it would be difficult to define in mere words
just what it is that constitutes the essentials of honesty and
square dealing in our complex modern life. So many actions are on
the statute books as crimes which modern opinion does not brand as
crimes at all. But, take it forward and backward through all the ages
of history — through the centuries yet in the womb of time — you
can't come much nearer the mark than the simple provisions of
the Golden Rule: Whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them.

Now— a word or two as to the meaning of the word Success.
In the last quarter-century, we Americans have become accus-
tomed— largely through a life and death struggle for existence
with alien races who are dumped each year into our ports of
entry — to represent it by the symbol ; "$.'' But in the grey after-
noon of life — in the waning twilight, when the shadows lengthen
and we look back upon the fine, and great, and beautiful things
we vowed in our youth to accomplish — there is an emptiness, a
bitterness, in the contemplation of that "$." if it stands alone as
the sum and substance of our earthly accomplishment.

Have we been a real friend to those who knew, and trusted and
loved us — once? "$'' Have we done that which every moral and
ethical law urged us to do for those less fortunate — when it lay
within our power to do? "$" Have we justified the faith and trust
our friends and relatives had in us at the beginning — of the con-
sideration they have repeatdely shown for us, not altogether de-
served, in after years? "$" Is our life, in its twilight, such
that its passing will mean real loss and regret to those who know
or are bound to us — or will its passing bring relief, and a desire
for forgetfulness ? "$" Have we accomplished one solitary thing
which justified our existence, and education — which will be remem-
bered as worth doing — fifty years after our death ? Consider, gentle-
men— what the word Success really means.

To those in private life who may try on the shoe of these re-
marks, we can only say that a change is slowly but surely taking
place in the general viewpoint as to the manner of living and doing
business. It is to be hoped they also may change with the times
and assist in the general uplift. But to you. .gentlemen zahose every
action is sure to be pilloried in the daily press, we urge considera-
tion of the fact that it pays to be clean and straight — every time.

6

E®e! Life

Adapted from the Kay-Bee Play of William H. Clifford and Thos. H. Ince

BY MARION SAVAGE

The late afternoon sun
blazed low in the far mouth
of Red Caiion, flooding the
narrow defile. The painted
walls of marble and sand-
stone— streaked with ocre and
agate, spotted like the leopard,
glowing dull red and deep
orange, flaming to vermilion,
violet and gold — towered pre-
cipitous, hewn into innumer-
able pinnacles whose terraced
sides gleamed like cascades of
prismatic water frozen by the
breath of the Great Spirit.

Through this marvel of
ancientness, of sublimity, of
glorious devastation — strode a
solitary Indian. He was tall
and young, he moved noise-
lessly— his supple, naked body
silhouetted against the strong
light, like sculptured copper —
a single eagle plume soaring
above his head. In his face
and bearmg were kingliness,
and profound peace — for the
heart of Tall Pine was good.
The Good God has prospered
him in the hunting — the skins
of grey wolves and coyotes
hung from his«houlders — he had
the approbation of the Powers
Unseen, and of his tribe — this
young Navajo brave who as-
pired to become a chieftain.

Emerging from the eastern
gate of the pass, his level gaze
swept the broad expanse of the
Arizona country — southward,

for fifty miles, to the great flank of Shinuma Altar — north and east-
ward, across the dense chaparral of the Indian Reservaiion, dotted
with pony herds and the tepees of his people, homelike with the
twisting smoke of lodge fires. The motionless air was like crystal.
He could hear the barking of dogs and the cry of the herdboys in
his own village. It was sweet to him.

Suddenly, a harsh outory broke from below — a mingling of ex-
pletives and curses with hilarious laughter — the clatter of jugs on
bare tables, of scuffling feet and falling furniture. A chorus of part-
ing huzzahs — the thud of hoofs — and a boistrous crew tore across
the coulee in a cloud of yellow dust — swaying and veering in their
saddles. The white men at the settlement were celebrating the Feast
of Freedom.

With the fourth sun of every seventh month it came around —
ah, it was not thus that Tall Pine observed the Great Feast of his
tribesmen! He joined the braves at daybreak in the sun dance —
he praised the deeds of the young warriors, eating of the meats
of their first killing, before the tepee of the Chief — and at evening,
he went afoot many miles across the grey wolf country to the rim

rock on the clif¥— and there,
gazing westward, on the ter-
rible majesty of the caiions and
the Painted Desert, he mut-
tered charms against the bad
gods, imploring all night with
chant and prayer the protec-
tion of the Good God for his
people. But the white men
danced only when they had
drunk much fire water — and
they sought no gods on the
mountains ! Why was it that
their medicine — and their law
— were stronger?

As the Indian strode through
the settlement, the din in-
' creased. It was pent up in the
saloon. Then — an explosion of
firecrackers — yells of rage —
deafening laughter — a volley of
pistol shots — and the door
burst open. A man reeled out,
tipsily swinging a revolver —
firing right and left — his coat-
tails ablaze — crazy with fear,
bewilderment and anger
Tall Pine leaped aside — the
cowboy fell backward into a
trough of water, putting out
the crackers. As he came
vaguely to himself, a grin over-
spread his features.

"Ho, Injun! Fourth — July!
Can't — chew dance — leedle bit?
Shay — can't — chew dance —
damn you?"

The saloon door was filled
with peering faces. With a
shrug of his shoulders, the In-
dian passed in dignified silence. The next moment, the bullets were
striking around his feet. He turned — springing at his assailant —
lightly catching him by the wrists, with a grip like iron. The two
writhed and struggled. Tall Pine wrenched away the revolver —
flinging the man from him. The cowboy's face grew black with rage
—he lunged at the Indian— Tall Pine fired— and he fell in a huddled
heap. With a motion of disgust, the Niavajo tossed the pistol
at him — then ran like a deer. A few yards distant, before the general
store, an Indian pony was standing. He flung himself on its back.
Then, away— through the swishing sage brush— through the laby-
rinths of the thickets— running the trail like an arrow!

Fifteen minutes later. Sheriff Blake was stooping over the mo-
tionless bulk of Black Pete. "Dead! Take 'im away," he com-
manded. He rode to the telegraph station — and a message flashed
over the wire to Fort Ogden.

"Col Bruce: On way to Indian village to arrest Tall Pine for
murder. May have trouble. Meet me with troops at Navajo Creek,
the upper ford. Sheriff Blake."

Chief Heart-of-the-Storm and his braves sat under the great

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7

Cottonwood, listening to Tall Pine's story — when a scout announced
the coming of the white men. The sheriff and the colonel, with a
half troop from the fort, rode forward. Peaceful salutations were
exchanged — and the chief designated a half breed to act as interpre-
ter. The sheriff made himself understood — but his appeal to the
chief was fruitless. Heart-of-the-Storm refused to give up the
young brave.

"The law must be obeyed. Tall Pine is guilty of murder and
must stand trial."

The Indian gutteral sounded in argument and dissention. They
rose and filed slowly
by to hold council.
"Dismount !" The Colo-
nel spoke impatiently.
Of course, there must be
pow-pows and fool de-
lays— though murder is
murder. Still, it were
better that they yielded
peacefully - — and Tall
Pme — well, the colonel
had always liked the
young Navajo. He
would see that his case
was sifted as thoroughly
as possible — Black Pete
wasn't such a great loss,
after all — and 'twas said,
he had given the Indian
provocation. Yet, of
course, a white man was
a white man — and these
red devils must be made
to fear the law.

Meanwhile, the Nava-
jos sat motionless, silent,
in a circle before the
tepees. Tall Pine stood
in the centre — the inflec-
tions of his impassioned
appeal were as the som-
bre rise and fall of the
night wind — his indomit-
able spirit gleamed from
his melancholy eyes, like
the reflection of inex-
tinguishable watch fires.
He stood erect. The
eagle plume — symbol of
his prowess, tipping his
statued height — glistened
and silvered in the moon-
beams. He stretched out
his arms — his shadow —
his other self — the brave
that lived and fought af-
ter him in the Land of
Shadows — fell blue and
ghostly at his side. Ling-
ering, perhaps, for its
summons — for the call of the Great Spirit
ing there, and was calm.

Heartof-the-Storm listened, shrouded in unfathomable silence.
When the brave ceased speaking, he slowly nodded — and all rose.
He spoke a moment with the interpreter.

Then, from the shadow of a tepee, a woman glided swiftly for-
ward. She threw her arms around Tall Pine— lifting to him the
tragic depths of her eyes. He took her gently by the shoulders —
gazing at her without speaking. With a low murmur only—
with dignity, not with pity — yet, conveying a richness of consola-
tion deeper than pity— he put her hands off him— and pointed after
the retreating figures of the others. Uttering a broken, inarticulate
cry, she sprang upon him, clinging to him. He turned — frowning
slightly— her hands slipped from his arm. Then, as he left her,
she clasped her hands, with a sob— rocking herself, with a
deep, shuddering moan— but so low, that if he heard her, it seemed
to him only the night breeze, shivering through the sage brush.

The Indian felt it wait-

The half breed brought the word of the chief to the sheriff:
"Heart-of-the-Storm says, the white law means death. To-
night, we hold the Death Feast. Tall Pine will give himself up
at dawn to-morrow."

The colonel and the sheriff held a whispered consultation. Then,
they bound the chief with an oath — and rode away. Long after
the thud of their pony hoofs had died in the distance, Tall Pine
stood motionless, with folded arms. Already the keening of the
women was rising from the tepees — like a low wind wailing over the
chaparral — mingling with the melancholy chanting of old men's

voices, and the beating
of tom-toms. Dark fig-
ures circled round the
lodge fires — the Feast of
Death was begun.

Dawn stole dimly over
the vast South West —
the pale distances shift-
ing to reveal a landscape
unimaginable, unearthly.
Here, and nowhere else
in God's universe, tem-
ples not made with
hands — the canons in
their awful unreality —
spellbind and confound
the soul.

On the rim of a cliff,
the dissolving darkness
unveiled the figure of a
man — standing motion-
less as the castled
silences beyond — his
arms outstretqhed — his
face turned to the faint
glow in the east. Then,
as the sun rose in a ball
of fire — transforming to
undreamed glory the in-
effable peaks and battle-
ments, and vast, vague
ranges of the plain— as
thougih a new universe
swam out from behind
the screen of creation,
visibly into the atmo-
sphere— the carven image
of the Indian glistened
like the god of a New
Day — and Tall Pine
lifted his voice in a last,
impassioned salutation.

"Farewell, O Sun, that
brings me back my
shadow! And you, the
Four Corners of the
World, whence the
Steeds of the Wind are
loosed ! Farewell, thou-
sand-leagued plain that receives me to the ashes of my ancestors!
Farewell, mountains resplendent — without name — the Dwellings of
the Great Spirit ! Farewell, O my Tribe— O tepees and lodge fires—
O Woman of mine, Red-Light-of-the-Morning, farewell — farewell!
O Chief — O Braves and young Warriors, I am going to the Land
of the Shadows — the white man's medicine is stronger than ours.
O Good God, receive to your hunting and fighting the shadow of
Tall Pine!"

Then, turning his face to the settlement, five miles away, he
strode into the valley.

*****
The orderly was laying breakfast. The Colonel came in — sat
down — then his eye fell on the empty place opposite.
"Where's 'the boy?"
"Haven't seen him, sir."
"Call him." i

Three minutes — and the orderly was back. "He's not in his

8

Rml Life

room, sir." "Where in thunder — ''
The orderly held out his hand.

"Cartridges ! Hunting again — against my orders ! The young
scamp must have got over the stockade."

The colonel took his hat and stalked out to the parade ground.
Sheriff Blake met him, saluting.

"I told you how it would be, Colonel. The Indian hasn't shown
up."

They went up on the wall of the fort, and scanned the north-
west through a spy glass. The figure of Tall Pine was nowhere
discernible. A gnawing fear grew in the colonel's heart — neither
did the glass reveal any trace of the boy, Cyril.

Meanwhile, the colonel's son was bracing every ounce of resist-
ance in his wiry little body against the door of a deserted cabin in
the chaparral. A bear — whose mate lay dead of the youngster's rifle
— was scratching and pawing at the other side of the door. In a
moment of failing strength, the door opened a broad crack — and
a great, hairy member was thrust in. It came within three inches
of ihis shoulder — Cyril screamed with fright — and at the same in-
stant lost hold. ,The door swung back — the next moment, he was
cornered — at bay — fighting desparately —

Then — a tall Indian sprang over the door sill, swinging his club.
A resounding blow — and the great, dark mass, crushing down upon
the boy, staggered backward — and fell. The cabin reeled about
him — as Cyril dropped, senseless, to the floor. A gentle shake
brought him to. Tall Pine knew a word or two of the white man's
tongue.

"Your tepee, Yellow Eyes?"

"Fort Ogden — the colonel — my father" — and he swooned again.
Tall Pine lifted him on his shoulder, and strode out of the hut.

An hour later — in the hospital at the fort — Colonel Bruce was
kneeling, with the doctor, by the cot where his son lay. Tall Pine
was standing outside, in the custody of the sheriff.

"They're bear scratches," said the doctor, "luckily, not deep. I
reckon, he's learned a lesson." He chuckled softly.

"Where is Tall Pine?" Cyril spoke feebly. "He thinks you are
going to shoot him, Dad. Wihy, you can't do that — I'd have been
killed, if he hadn't come."

"Sheriff! — Yes, leave him there — and come over here, won't you?"

Blake came — the colonel pointed dumbly to the boy.

"He killed a worthless cuss — but — but — "

"He saved your son's life." The rest was spoken in a strong
grip of hands. The Colonel strode to the door. "Tall Pine!" The
Indian followed him in. The doctor had finished his bathing and
bandaging. Cyril lay, rather weak — a little shamefaced — trying to
swagger it off like a soldier and a gen'Jeman. The sheriff spoke:

"Tall Pine — that shooting yesterday was done in self defence.
The law finds you a free man."

Free! — the Navajo knew that word. His sombre face flooded
with swift thanksgiving.

The colonel and the sheriff grasped him by the hand. Then
the boy reached out a rather shaky paw — though he strove to speak
lustily.

"I say — what rot that was about my father shooting you ! A
fellow what can handle a bear the way you can — "

It was high noon when Tall Pine entered the village. They
hailed him as one restored from the dead. It was marvelous — the
medicine of Tall Pine! He had. won a victory greater than over
the Moqui — that selfsame hour he was made chieftain. Today
he sits at the head of his tribesmen, for H?art-of-the-Storm has
gone to the Land of the Shadows — and on the midnight of his
going, he laid his robe of grey wolf-skin on the knees of Tall Pine.

The Junior Partner

Thanhoiiser

9

I' rnrc!

Adapted from the Thanhouser Play

By CLARA E. POST.

Thanhoitser

OFT music and the breath of flowers filled the house. The
^1 figure of a girl in shimmering white, a filmy veil floating
about her slender figui-e, running lightly up the long stair-
way and pausing, a dazzling vision at the top — a final picture which
the guests at the wedding of Elaine Grey and Count Nicolo Vassalli
never forgot. The slender girl, her delicate face, flushed with 'bright
color, framed in the mist of her wedding veil — her eyes shining
and her lips parted in a radiant smile — leaned far over the ballus-
trade to throw her bouquet down to the girls among the guests.
Then she turned to place her hand in that of her husband — a tall,
olive skinned Italian nobleman whose black hair and dark eyes
beneath their overhanging brows were in sharp contrast to the
blonde beauty of his bride.

"Such a perfect wedding!" murmured a woman to the bride's
mother and her opinion was echoed by the other guests. No
one seemed to notice a tall, young man with clear cut features who
turned away and stepped out of the long French window at the
further end of the room to a vine covered porch where he was
alone. He drew deep breaths of the cool night air and gripped
the low railing as if to steady himself. Then, feeling a hand on his
arm, he turned to face his senior partner. Colonel Grey — the bride's
father.

"I know, my boy — I know ; I've known you cared for Elaine ever
since that day when I found you looking at her picture on my office
desk."

"But I've never spoken of it to any one. I knew she loved
Vassali and I swore I wouldn't betray my feelings."

"No one knows but myself, I .think," said the father. "I hoped
that Elaine would grow to love you — I never had a son — but
you're as near to me as if you actually were one."

"Well — it's all over now. She loves the Count and is happy."

"I hope to God she does love him, that it isn't merely a marriage
for a title! Aly wife is an ambitious woman and Elaine is only a
child. There ! You have my confidence Dick — as I have your
yours !"

The two men clasped hands silently, then turned and reentered
the bright, flower-scen:ed room.

Eight months after that memorable evening, Lawrence found
the colonel in his private office, one rhorning, reading a letter with
a Sicilian postmark. Such letters had been frequent since Elaine
Vassali had gone to preside over her husband's ancestral cas le in
Sicily, but Lawrence had never discussed her affairs with her father
since the night of the wedding, so that he was startled when Col.
Grey said :

"Dick, I'm worried abort my little girl! For months she has
never written to me without asking for money and I've sent it,
but now I'm suspicious. These letters don't sound like hers. I
can't get rid of the idea that they're net — that they're clever forger-
ies. I'm haunted by the fear that Elaine is suffering — that she's
the victim of some fraud — that she's in great trouble. I can't shake
off the impression. It grows stronger. I can't go abroad my-
self just now. Would you be willing to investigate ma ters over
there — for her sake as well as mine?''

Lawrence nodded — and set abort making his preparations — the
next morning found him sailing for Sicily. The voyage seemed
to him like an ugly dream, but he finally reached the vicinity of
Castello Vassali. Cautious inquiries at the American Consulate in
Catania decided him upon what seemed the only feasible procedure.
As an importer, he had acquired a fair amount of colloquial Italian
— and with his smoothly shaven face covered with a black beard,
he finally gained access to the castle grounds with the first plausible
excuse he could think up. Standing near one of the ground floor

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The Marriage of Niatana

Majestic

windows, next morning, he heard a voice, which he recognized as
the Count's.

"Speak English, man, and no one will understand you. I'll pay
the sum you ask, if you will swear my wife is insane and manage
to get her committed. If you need another doctor's affidavit to
make it sure, get him — and I'll pay you more."

Lawrence's brain seized upon the possibilities, instantly. A few
minutes later, the doctor, as he hurried down a lane through the
woods back of the castle, was seized by a man who covered him
with a revolver before he had time to draw his knife.

"I am your colleague — doctor! You are to take me back to the
castle with you, now."

"Santo Dio ! The Count will kill me !"

"Do as I say, or /'// kill you and save him the trouble !"

Dick could not remember afterwards how he met the smooth
scoundrelly suggestions of the Count or how he and the doctor
finally won their point that they should see Elaine alone and make
an examination — but he never forgot how quickly her expression
of half-crazed fear changed to one of hope, when she recognized
ihim through his disguise, and helped bind and gag the doctor.
When the fellow was safely trussed up, they set to work to make a
ladder from the bed clothes by which they might escape — and as
they worked they could hear the Count pacing up and down outside.

Then — taking her in his arms — Lawrence began the perilous
descent, while the doctor watched them with bloodshot eyes , as he
lay bound upon the bed.

Lawrence had chosen his line of retreat wisely. Elaine's window
faced the woods and no one saw them as they ran among the shel-
tering trees. The girl had been terrified by her imprisonment in
a turret room on the unused side of the castle, but now she was
thankful for the seclusion which allowed them to escape unnoticed
and speed away in the touring car which the doctor had left for
his own use.

Elaine explained, as they sped on, that the Count would not

allow a person to enter the grounds with a car, as he had such an
aversion to them — so the doctor had always left his at some dis-
tance away in the woods.

"Has the Count none of his own?"

"No, indeed ! We are safe, and you've saved me from a fate
that is worse than death could ever be." Her eyes were eloquent.
But Lawrence failed to notice their expression. He was listening
to a sound which promised ill for their escape. The great machine
panted and shuddered and then stopped.

"Stalled," he said — as quietly as if they had been on a pleasure
trip at home. "We've got to run for our lives, this time."

They ran. On and on, till it seemed to the girl that she would
faint from lack of breath — and, nearer and nearer as they ran,
came the sound of horses' hoofs.

"It's the Count." And there are others with him !" Looking
back ,they saw five horsemen bearing down upon them. "There's
a deserted house — that one there," gasped the girl — and they ran
to it.

On came the horsemen and Lawrence had only time to bolt the
doors of the house before they reached it.

"Take one of my guns! Thank heaven you know how to shoot!
These fellows are better with knives than revolvers ! We'll save
ourselves yet !"

The five men, headed by Vassali, surrounded the house and opened
fire — but Lawrence was a crack shot and one man fell reeling to
the ground.

Vassali suddenly changed his tactics.

"Burn the house down !" In a few moments, they heard a faint,
horrible crackling of fire. Suffocating smoke blinded them, and
Lawrence saw Elaine reel, fainting, to the floor. But she staggered
to her feet again, and too weak to speak, pointed to a small trap
door in the floor. Without waiting a second, he lifted her in his
arms and lowered himself through the door. As they had hoped,
the shaft led to a cave. Leaving her safely concealed, he explored

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a narrow passage which brought him out in a thick forest behind
the house.

Peering stealthily through the bushes, he saw the Count's groom
waiting with a pair of fresh horses. Seizing the man from behind,
Lawrence bound him with his coat and dragged him inside the
cave. Then swinging Elaine into the saddle, he, sprang upon the
other horse and they were off. Behind them the flames roared
through the timbers of the deserted house, while Vassali and his
friends watched the spectacle with fiendish satisfaction.

Of that mad ride through a sunlit, terraced country with the
clear blue of a Sicilian sky above them and the scent of grapes
filling the air, Lawrence and the Countess could never think in after
years without some recurrence of the apprehension they felt before
they reached the safe haven of an American's yacht ten miles down
the coast.

It was an older Elaine whose girlish loveliness had ripened
to that of mature womanhood, who read the following cablegram
one morning some months later, in her father's office :

"Col. Ro'bert Grey, Battery PI. Building, New York : Your son-
in-law, Count Nicolo Vassali died suddenly at country estate, Sicily.
Divorce proceedings necessarily abandoned.

Thompson and Ralli, Solicitors.

Lawrence read the message over her shoulder. Then — she was
in his arms — and her lips sealed the consent for which he had
waited so long.,

Mafestls

The Marriage of Niatana

By William, Nigh.
Nov. 2, 1913.

This play is one of the strongest arguments against mixed mar-
riages which has ever been shown upon stage or screen. The mix-
ture of two races is always a doubtful experiment — almost an im-
possible one — though happy marriages have sometimes resulted from
it. But if the couple are to live the every-day life of either race,
conforming to its manners and customs, the time very soon comes
when alien racial traits begin to jar and lead to ostracism if not
tragedy.

A young Lieutenant — son of the Cfflonel
commanding the Post, attends the gradua-
tion exercises at the Post Grammar School —

Martha's Decision American

and becomes infatuated with Niatana — a Chief's daughter from a
neighboring reservation. The girl is slightly darker than the aver-
age brunette among the whites, and very beautiful. The Lieuten-
ant visits her at the reservation and is caught by an Indian Brave,
in love with Niatana, kissing her. He is dragged before the Chief
and to save his cowardly life asks for the girl in marriage. The
Chief consents — as also does the Colonel. They are married. But
the young cub soon tires of her — abuses her — and enters into a
plot with a white girl to brand his wife as a thief. The Indian
Brave gains access to their house in time to expose the plot —
but is attacked by the Lieutenant with a revolver. In the fight, the
Lieutenant is mortally wounded and the Brave escapes with Nia-
tana. They are pursued by the soldiers and are about to jump to
their death from the top of a high cliff when the Colonel gallops
up with his son's dying confession. Niatana and the Brave return
to their own people. The play is dramatic — tragic — but worth
seeing. j.^

The Marriage of Niatana

Majestic

Martha's Decision

Nov. 10, 1913.
CAST

Martha Bradley Winifred Greenwood

Mrs. Bradley Jean Durell

John Freeman Ed Coxen

Ralph Soaforth George Field

Mr. Soaforth, his father Wm. Tedmarsh

Anna, Martha's friend Marion Murray

Jim, Anna's husband Chester Withey

A Baby Baby Morrison

The charm about this simple love drama is, that it happens.
Old playmates do come together in after years, and marry — find-
ing that early environment and associations have fitted them for
congenial partnership, and that separation has proved and ripened
early seeds of romance.

Martha and John had been playfellows in childhood, and com-
rades through their school days. At sixteen, Martha found her-
self an orphan, obliged to be self-supporting. She went to the
city, trained herself for business, and a few years later, had risen
to an enviable position as private secretary to the head of a well
known firm. Her employer fell in love with her, and proposed.
But Martha did not love him — indeed, she seemed to love no
man — and yet, when the successful young business woman at last
steals time to think and ponder upon these things, she finds herself
dreaming of the home village and of John.

She goes back — and finds her dreams, and all the old sentiments,
justified.

This very sweet, natural, little play stands high among the new
offerings.

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E©d Life

Different

Grammerc}' — So your wife is going to sue for divorce. Did
she meet her affinity while away in the country?

Park — No. When she came back she met mine. — Judge.

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iXmerkan

An Assisted Proposal

Nov. 13, 1913.

This play is most earnestly recommended to all bashful lovers —
provided they really mean business and would marry the girl if the
ceremony could be gone through with under anaesthetics.

It's a comedy, of course — an3' such proceeding naturally wonld
be, you know — and there are as many good laughs as there are
minutes taken up in showing the film. Joe — is a bashful cowboy,
very much in love with Kate. Jim, is another cowboy who under-
stands the situation and is getting tired of waiting for something
to happen — handsome girls being at a premium in that locality.

With several others, they are invited to a dance, en masque, at a
neighboring ranche. Joe selects his costume — lets Kate know what
it is to be — and is then suddenly called away on business, which
he hopes to conclude in time to return for the dance. He gives
the explanatory note to Jim — who fails to deliver it, and goes to
the dance in Joe's costume. While masqued, he proposes to Kate—
and supposing him to be Joe, she accepts. Jim then changes into
another costume — leaving the first one for Joe, who presently re-
turns and is much surprised at Kate's suddenly afifectionate manner
with him. Later, she vvhisperingly asks him when they are to be
married — and in bashful terror, he tries to bolt. But the cowboys
hold him until Jim appears with a minister he has managed to
round up — and the pair are safely married before Joe quite under-
stands what has happened to him — or why — or how.

The situations are intensely laughable, all the way through — good
clean, rollicking cowboy humor, with a pretty little love-story run-
ning in and out of the plot.

An Assisted Proposal American

The Water Cure Thanhouser

Tlaanlioiiser

The Water Cure

By F. Lonergan.
Nov. 2, 1913.

A funnier, prettier play than "The Water Cure," it would be
hard to find among the new attractions. All her life, Bella, a girl
of the Middle West, has dreamed of the ocean — and when her
older sister, who had married and gone east, invites her to spend
the summer with her at Cape May, she is enraptured.

The attractive western girl arrives at the hotel, and becomes
immediately the centre of admiration for three young men, each
of whom tries to monopolize her whole attention.

"I'm just crazy about the water!" she confides to them — and
they each and all resolve on the spot to show her old ocean. First,
Harry asks her to go rowing. All is "perfectly lovely," until the
innocent land lubber rocks the boat — and they are upset. Then,
along comes Tom, with his yawl, and rescues her — but flatly re-
fuses to take Harry on board — as his rival is a good swimmer.
They bound along merrily enough — until Bella forgets to look out
for the boom — and, a second time, she and her admirer find them-
selves in the water. Dick hauls her into his motor boat — and Tom
is left to strike for the shore. But the engines stop — and once
more Bella is overboard — Dick with her. At last, with the aid of
a life preserver, he brings her to dry land.

In the space of one eventful afternoon, Bella gets about all of
old ocean she wants — and she takes the next train home to Kala-
mazbo.

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"Movies" for School

Moving pictures, which have been the object of many attacks as
"exerting an evil influence on school children," are to be adopted
and used as an aid in teaching by the Calvert School of this city.
The school is planning to give lessons in geography and possibly
also in history and literature with the help of moving pictures.

Head Master Hillyer of Calvert School has been studying the
feasibility of adapting the moving pictures to the work of elemen-
tary teaching, and is enthusiastic over the prospects of this "royal
road to learning."

"I have been repeatedly astonished," said Mr. Hillyer to-day,
"at forms of knowledge displayed by persons I would never have
suspected of being so informed. On inquiry I have learned that they
had acquired their information from moving pictures, all uncon-
sciously, yet accurately and permanently.' — Baltimore (Md.) News.

The Film as an Educator

The value of the moving picture as an educational agenoy finds
interesting demonstration in the use to which the departments of
the Federal Government are putting this device. The navy depart-
ment utilizes film pictures to promote the recruiting service by
showing life on shipboard as it actually is, and not as it is only too
often incorrectly represented. The agricultural department takes
advantage of the same method to demonstrate the processes by
which plant life is developed, and the department of commerce
presents instructive pictures illustrating the lighthouse system,
sponge culture, the seal reservations and other subjects embraced
in its field of activity.

The possibilities thus indicated contrast in an encouraging way
with the trivialities which mark the supposedly typical moving pic-
ture show and which not infrequently af¥ord ground for complaint
against this popular institution. The abuses of the device, however,
are susceptible of correction and they are of but small significance
in comparison with the varied and highly serviceable uses to which
it may be turned and which are already conspicuously in evidence.
Intelligently handled, the moving picture exhibition is one of the
most useful products of -our modern civilization. — Danhiiry {Conn.)
Ne-ivs.

Nicholas Power Company Exhibit

At the Electrical Exposition and Motor Show of 1913, held from
October J5th to 2Sth, inclusive, in the Grand Central Palace, New
York City, the Nicholas Power Company, 90 Gold street. New York
City, gave an exhibit and demonstration of their exceptional Motion
Picture Projection Machines. Power's Cameragraph No. 6 — -long
without rival on the market — was on display, also its successor, in-
corpora.ing numerous, vital improvements. Power's Cameragraph
No. 6A.

In the new equipment, the No. 6 mechanism has been retained
with the following improvements : Longer hours of work without
retrimming, increased carrying capacity, saving expense of operat-
ing, absolute rigidity, thereby improving projection. It is approved
with mo'.or drive by the National Board of Fire Underwriters and
the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity of New York
City. In addition to the above, Mr. Nicholas Power has perfected
a device which means the dark house elimination, overcoming the
annoyance of losing the lower loop — which will be joyfully wel-
comed by operators.

The new arc lamp carries a capacity of 100 amperes. It has
14 adjustments, providing for every possible arrangement of the
carbons. The lamp house ventilation is so vastly superior that
the breakage of condensers will be greath^ lessened. The new
stand is made entirely of iron, and can be tilted at any angle de-
sired. The film shields provide for the film being practically en-
closed from the time it leaves the upper magazine until the lower
magazine receives it — thus reducing the fire liability to a minimum.
All the improvements in the new equipment are characterized by
simplicity of construction.

Interesting features of the Power exhibit at the Electrical Expo-
sition were the demonstration of the focusing of the light rays by
means of the smoke box — ^^and of the mechanism of the dissolving
stereoptican, designed to produce unique and beautiful effects, pe-
culiar to the art of motion pictures. The new Power's Inductor —
with a capacity of from 110 to 220 volts — is a notable device for
economizing electric current, and producing a clear, steady light.

In brief, the demonstration at the Grand Central Palace justi-
fied the Power Company's announcement that theirs is a machine
"built for operators by an operator."

The Water Cure

Thatihonser

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E©el LIfs

The Judgmsnt

Domino

The Judgment

By Richard V. Spencer and Thomas H. Ince.
Nov. 6, 1913.

In "The Judgment," the Domino has given lovers of historical
romance an elaborate scenic and dramatic production. It is con->
cerned with certain legends pertaining to the Carver family, the
governors of New Plymouth — and is staged with infinite detail, and
exceeding picturesqueness.

The plot suggests Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter." The play
opens with the coming to New Plymouth of the governor's profligate
sdn, Henry — and portrays the development of his intrigue with the
beautiful daughter of Jeremiah Cole, a cobbler. Mercy, the shy
Puritan girl, is won over, body and soul, by the dazzling qualities
of the brilliant young English gentleman, so much above her in
station— only to be deserted by him in the hour of her need. When
ner child is born, she is driven from the settlement— finding refuge
in Salem.

Meanwhile, Governor Carver, suspecting the origin of Mercy's
child, adopts him. Forty years later, the grandson is governor of
New Plymouth. A strong dramatic climax is the trial of the aged
Mercy Cole for witchcraft, and her condemnation by the Chief
Magistrate of the colony. After her hanging, he learns, by a letter
in her hand, that the woman he has condemned to death is his own
mother.

He Trained Her

Nellie was usually a very good-little- girl- and her mother was
horrified to see her stick out her tongue to a passerb.v. "What

made you do that ?" exclaimed her mother. "It's all right, mother,'
Nellie calmly answered; "It was only the doctor." — Exchange.

BroEclio

The Veteran

By Wm. H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince.
Nov. 5, 1913.

"The Veteran" is a play certain to endear itself to many hearts.
How often we hear the older generation regretting that young
people to-day know so little about the Civil War! To persons past
middle life, it is still a vivid reality — for they have listened to the
old soldiers tell thrilling stories of their adventures in the camp and
on the battlefield — they have heard them in school on Memorial
Day — or sat on their knees at home, drinking in tales of Gettysburg,
and "Uncle Abe" and Sherman's March to the Sea. But to the
chldren and young people growing up in our country, all this is
mere "history," and Memorial Day is just a holiday — for picnicing
and baseball. The spirit of the sixties doesn't exist for them.

This homely drama of Mr. Clififord and Mr. Ince brings back
and makes vivid all the pathos and heroism of the Civil War days.
It will help to keep the sentiment of those stirring times alive m
the hearts of young and old. The play really has a mission. No
characters could be more typical, truer to life, or more lovable,
than old Amos Hood and Martha, his wife — and their plaintive
romance — interwoven with the devoted tribute of the old veteran's
comrades— cut short only by death — affords us a lingering look
back into a period of affectionate home life and patriotic self-
sacrifice that is fast passing with the thinning out of the ranks of
the old veterans, year by year.

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15

Majestic

The Ward of the Senior Class

By Philip Lonergan.
Nov. 4, 1913.

This delightful little play is decidedly unique. The idea of a
bunch of school girls adopting a poor little waif as "the ward of
the senior class" — giving up luxuries and saving their allowances
to buy clothing and playthings for little Helen, and to pay Mrs.
Murphy for taking care of her — is at once touching and humorous.

The girls in Mrs. Perkins' Seminary — Alice and Grace, Sue,
Marie and Amy— are all perfectly charming, full of life, impul-
sive and warm hearted. They cannot resist the forlorn mite they
find crying on the doorstep — sobbing out that she is running away
because they are going to send her to the poor farm — so they carry
her upstairs to Amy's fudge party. It is then and there voted to
adopt Helen — and Mrs. Murphy is prevailed upon to act as foster
mother, and to keep the secret.

Most boarding school stories are full of foolish pranks — and
depict a natural antipathy between principal and pupils. Here,
again, Mr. Philip Lonergan's play is a relief. The atmosphere of
the school is delightful, and the closest friendship exists between
Mrs. Perkins and the girls. When the crisis comes, and Helen is
found by the selectmen who are going to compel her young guardians
to hand her over "to the town" — Mrs. Perkins learns the whole
story. Deeply touched, she decides to adopt the child — and little
Helen finds a home at the Seminary, where the girls can see her
every day — and where she becomes the ward of many succeeding
senior classes.

Mrs. Eesee — You are positive that Mrs. Blank wishes to buy
this gown ?

Madam — Oh, yes, madam ! She will tomorrow return if she
this evening her husband can persuade.

Mrs. Eesee — Very well, then, I'll take it. — Judge.

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Matnal Weekly No. 44

"Mount Temple" Sticks in the Mud. — Big liner strands in St.
Lawrence River, near Montreal.

Inspection of the "Stewart." — U. S. torpedo boat destroyer
is subject of interest on Pacific Coast.

A Day With English Aviators. — Military airmen are prac-
ticing on British West Coast.

Panama Selects Site. — Canal Republic chooses location for its
building at San Francisco fair.

Poincare Goes to Spain. — iFrench President is the guest of
King Alphonse and the Spanish nation.

War in Northern Mexico. — Constitutionalists carry on active
campaign in border states.

Chicago Unloads Her Guns. — Police dump tons of confiscated
firearms into Lake Michigan.

The French Maneuvers. — Army of the Tri-Color in annual
review.

Water Polo. — Animated game between two teams near San
Francisco.

Around Paris in Three Hours. — Siret, the French athlete, cir-
cles city in record-breaking time.

Princeton's New Post-Graduate College. — Splendid structure
is dedicated by ex-President Taft and others.

Hay Days in Holland. — The women do much of the harvest-
ing in Marker Island.

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The Veteran

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Rml Life

The Dress of Lolita Reliance

Rellanse

The Dress of Lolita

November 5, 1913.

Whoever it was who wrote this dramatic picture-play seems to
be thoroughly conversant with life in the Italian quarters of our
large Eastern cities. The, story is true to life and brings out very
clearly some of the many differences in custom and temperament
between the Italian and the American.

Lolita and Beppo come over on the Navaga:;ione Generale and
find quarters in New York's Little Italy. But they have a hard
struggle to live. Beppo cannot get work. Lolita falls ill. To
get medical attendance for her, he pawns his beloved mandolin.
She recovers, but the struggle for existence is still a hard one. A
Fete Day comes around. Lolita is melancholy because she has no
gift for her husband. Presently, she calls in Lucia, the belle of
the Italian Quarter, and offers to sell her beautiful wedding dress-
Lucia buys it— puts it on— and goes for a walk with an admirer.

Beppo sees the dress in the crowd and recognizes it at a dis-
tance too great to make out Lucia's face. He thinks it is Lolita—
out with a lover in his absence. Then he goes home— finds Lolita
there. Tells her to' put on her best dress. She doesn't want him
to know of her sacrifice, and shrinks from him. He thinks she
is guilty, and reaches for his stiletto. Lolita faints. The other
lodgers hear the commotion and crowd into the room. He recog-
nizes the dress on Lucia and asks for an explanation. When it is
given, he is filled with grief and remorse — thinking he has killed
Lohta. But she presently recovers— gives him his beloved mandolin.
Someone comes in with an offer for a job at good pay. And every-
body is happy. For a moment, the audience fears Beppo's stiletto
has actually pierced her heart^but that sort of thrill holds the inter-
est, and the after relief is all the greater.

A Sure Cure

Nov. 3, 1913.

This little play is one of those jolly mix-ups which occur more
frequently on the stage — or the screen — ithan they do in actual life.
But this is rather in their favor. We don't care so much to pay
good money for a mere re-hash of what goes on around us every
day. We want something different — something to make us laugh.
This play is both.

Bond — is a victim of insomnia — a nuisance to his friends and
family. The doctor orders him off on a sea-voyage. ; He goes to
the steamer with his family — leaves them aboard while he goes
back up West street for a supply of cigars. Stops to light one in
the shelter of a lumber-yard — is attacked by a couple of tramps
who rob him of clothes and personal effects, leaving him their
own rags.

After that, a policeman chases him, as a tramp — his steamer
sails without him — and he fraternizes with another tramp. In
the meanwhile, using his cards everywhere, the first hobo and his
pal impersonate him — gain access to his house which they start in
to loot. Bond, coming home with his new chum, attacks them —
but his appearance is against him and the imposters are having
him arrested when his butler recognizes him — and the tables are
turned again.

The situations are funny all through. And Charles Dickson, who
plays the part of "Bond" can make any audience laugh by merely
looking solemn.

The Sinner

"Didn't you confess all your former life to your wife after the
wedding?"

"No ; we weren't married long enough for that." — Judge {Mun-
ich ) .

The Dress of Lolita

Reliance

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Two Men and a Mule Reliance

American

The Drummer's Honeymoon

Nov. 15, 1913.

This is a commercial age. If the fact were not self-evident, this
American play might seem a little improbable. But it's not. Our
young alien merchants first taught us the game of combining busi-
ness with pleasure — but we have certainly proved apt pupils. When
we, ourselves, were married, in the high and far-off time, it would
have seemed a sacrilege to sell a bill of goods while away, alone
with the one best and recently acquired girl — but, to-day, we look
with suspicion upon even the young off-shoots of our nearest and
best friends, poisoned with the germ of suspicion that such a
procedure would actually tempt them until they fell for it.

The play deals with the honeymoon of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Sellgood — who leave on their honeymoon primed wi h the informa-
tion that Mr. Beyer, of Beyer & Sexton, is spending his vacation
at Oceanside, California. They make a bee-line for Oceanside —
where Mr. Beyer has left strict orders with the hotel-clerk that he
will see no-one on business. Sellgood, however, bribes the bell-hop
to take up his card. Beyer is mad all through — hires the gardener to
impersonate him. While Sellgood is wining and dining the gardener,
Beyer is enjoying himself with a handsome widow — and Mrs. Sell-
good— who happens to know his partner quite well. Later, Mrs.
Sellgood tells her husband the gardener is an imposter, and he has
the man arrested. Beyer comes to his rescue — and is so pleasantly
impressed with Mrs. Sellgood that he permits her to book a large
order. The Sellgoods, of course, make considerably more than their
honeymoon expenses — and the audience has a lot of fun watching
their various honeymoon proceedings. At this rate, no honeymoon
will ever take place during the off-season, in future — and the bridal
couple who fail to make their expenses will feel hopelessly out-
classed.

Thanlio-ciser

Little Brother

November 7, 1913.

Every man who ever fell in love with a girl and spent much of
his time at her house will remember how he felt toward her little
brother when that young person devoted his entire attention to them
both. There were times, of course, when the boy wasn't quite so
objectionable — when it seemed as though one could manage to live
in the same house with him. But, taken altogether, he was a person
to be reckoned with in fair weather or foul.

This play of Mr. Lonergan's shows up Little Brother at his
best — and worst. The young man was out boating with the girl —
crabbing, to be strictly accurate — and she hauled up the record-
breaking grandfather crab of that locality. But the young man
foozled with the landing net — lost the grandpa crab — and tumbled
overboard. Being wet, he was irritable. Losing her crab, the girl
was likewise. The remarks became pointed. She returned his
ring. And life was never going to be the same again for either.
Then — Little Brother got into the game. He happened to want a
velocipede. Told the young man he'd square things for the price
of one. Later — ^^he told Sis that Young Man was going to
commit suicide — and in a moment, she saw her former lover rush
across the beach and plunge into the breakers. She wildly screamed
to him to come back and all would be forgiven — and he came.
Not entirely because he repented, however. In starting to take a
nap, he had found his bed full of crabs that nipped him and
wouldn't let go un'.il he jumped into salt water — hence, his frenzied
rush across the beach. And in the case of a boy who earns his
Machiavellian reward in such a Machiavellian way, he didn't care
to stir up his inventive faculties by refusing to pay for the veloci-
pede. So everyone was happy — eventually.

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Did you know that Florence RobertSy star of our six-reel "SAPHO," is headlining over the great United
circuit of big Eastern vaudeville theatres, to help MAKE THAT "SAPHO" FILM MORE POPULAR
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time stage producers never dreamed. This "SAPHO" is a success because of its tremendous lesson.
NOT ITS "SPICE." Yuu see the Weak Woman, Sapho, in a new light, and the young lover, jean, so,
too. In fact, we feel that Miss Roberts has presented "SAPHO" exactly as its author wished it lo be pre-
sented and as his manner of dedicating it — to his own sons — implied.

>SpsaMng ®f Our Rsgtikr Releases

there's "THE MARRIAGE OF NIATANA." released Sunday, Nov. 2nd, that's a reallv new kind of
Indian story. No mere "chase" and shooting without a plot to back it up. "THE WARD OF THE
SENIOR CLASS," released Tuesday, Nov. 4th, is a touching, interesting story of school life, and
"LEN'INSKY'S HOLIDAY," released Saturday, Nov. 8th, is the kind of comedy you shout about and for.

Remember that all these reels feature the new Majestic Favorites and that there are
no favorites like New Majestic Favorites!

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SAPHO (with Florence Roberts) the biggest puller yet for your theatre.

LISTEN! The Manager of the Bijou Dream, Philadelphia, writes:

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"My theatre seats over 1600 people. Sapho, with Florence Roberts, is the most
beautiful moving picture I have ever seen. We were forced to call out the police to keep
the crowds in line. They stretched solid for over a block — and until we closed down
at midnight, I showed to standing room only."

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November 13

THE GHOST

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November 20

WITCH OF SALEM

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November 27

BELLE OF YORK-
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AN INDIANS
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Nov. 12 THE IMPOSTER ....

Nov. 19 THE WAR CORRESPONDENT "

Nov. 26 THE REFORMATION . . (One Reel)

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DAYS OF '49

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MONDAY — American, Keystone,
Reliance.

TUESDAY— Majestic, Thanhouser.
Selected Release.

WEDNESDAY— Broncho. Mutual
Weekly, Reliance.

THURSDAY— American, Domino,
Keystone. Selected Release.

FRIDAY— Kay-Bee, Thanhouser.

SATURDAY— American, Majestic,
Reliance.

SUNDAY — Broncho, Majestic,
Thanhouser.

Sept.

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Sept. 14 — Love Me, Love My Dog

Sept. 21 — Fred's Trained Nurse (2 reels)

Sept. 28 — The Speed Bear

Oct. 12 — Catchem and Killem

Oct. 19— One Round O'Brien Comes East

Oct. 26 — The Boomerang Curve

Nov. 2 — His Nobs, the Plumber

Nov. 9 — Freddy Loosebelt From Africa

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18— A Fall Into Luck
20— Travelers of the Road

22— The Ghost of the Hacienda (2 reels)
25 — Mrs. Carter's Campaign

27 — Master of Himself

29— The Flirt and the Bandit
2 — The Badge of Honor

4 — Crooks and Credulous

6 — A Pitfall of the Installment Plan

9 — Taming a Cowboy
11 — Calamity Anne's Sacrifice
13 — Courage of Sorts

Making Pig Iron— (Split Reel)
16— The End of Black Bart
18— "The Making of a Woman
20 — Hidden Treasure Ranche

23 — The Step Brothers

25 — In the Mountains of Virginia
27 — In the Days of Trajan (2 reels)

30— In Three Hours

1 — Follies of a Day and Night
3 — The Girl and the Geaser
6— What Her Diary Told
8' — The Haunted House

20 — The Heritage of Eve (2 reels)

27— The Madcap (2 reels)

31— The Broken Thread (1 reel)
3— The Gambler's Pal

7 — May and December
10 — The Judge's Son

14 — No release

17— The Land of Dead Things (2 reels)

21 — No release

24 — Silent Heroes (2 reels)

28 — No release

1 — The Greenhorn (2 reels)

8 — A Forgotten Melody (2 reels)

15 — The Reaping {2 reels)

22— The Black Sheep (2 reels)

29 — From Out of the Storm (2 reels)
5 — The Veteran (2 reels)

18 — The Bondsman (2 reels')

25 — A Highland Romance (2 reels)

9 — God of Chance (2 reels)
16 — Romance of Erin (2 reels)
23— The Heart of Kathleen (3 reels)
30 — Widow Maloney's Faith (2 reels)

6 — The Judgment (2 reels)

Kay-B®©

July 11— The Banshee (2 reels)

July 18— The Red Mask (1 reel)

July 25 — Flotsam (2 reels)

June 13 — The Boomerang (3 reels)

June 20 — The Failure of Success (2 reels)

Aug. 1 — Banzai (2 reels)

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8 — The House of Bondage (3 reels)
15 — The Flame in the Ashes (2 reels)
22 — An Orphan of War (2 reels)
29— The Green Shadow (2 reels)

5 — The Ironmaster
12— The Waif

19 — The Cowtown Reformation
26 — A Forlorn Hope

3 — The Loaded Dice
10— The Bully
17 — Venetian Romance
24 — A Woman's Wit
31 — Borrowed Gold

7 — An Indian's Honor.

Oct. 11 — The Iceman's Revenge

Oct. 12 — No Release

Oct. 14 — The Van Warden Jewels (2 reels)

Oct. 18— No Release

Oct. 19— Trough the Sluice Gates

Oct. 21 — Always Together

Oct. 25 — Vengeance

Oct. 26 — The Scenario Writer

Oct. 28— The Oath of O Tsuru San (2 reels)

Nov. 1 — No release

Nov. 2 — The Marriage of Niatana

Nov. 4 — Ward of the Senior Class

Nov. 8 — Levinsky's Holiday

Nov. 9 — The Bravest Man

Keystone

4 — Cohen's Outing
7 — A Game of Pool

7 — The Latest in Life Saving
11— The Riot

14— A Chip of the Old Block
18 — No release

21 — The Firebugs (2 reel Comedy)

25— Baby Day . . . The Kelp Industry
(Split Reel)

28 — Mabel's New Hero

1 — Fatty's Day Off

Los Angeles Harbor — (Split Reel)
4— The New Baby

8 — Mabel's Dramatic Career
11 — Gypsy Queen

15— What Father Saw
Willie Minds the Dog

18— The Fatal Taxicab

22 — When Dreams Come True
25 — Mother's Boys

29— The Bowling Match

2— Billy Dodge's Bills

6 — Across the Alley 1 r. i
Abelone Industry J Split reel

9 — S'chnita, The Tailor
14 — Their Husbands .

16 — A Healthy Neighborhood
20— Two Old Tars

23 — A Quiet Little Wedding
27— The Janitor

Making an Automobile Tire

(Split reel)

30— The Speed King

3 — Fatty at San Diego

6 — Love Sickness at Sea

Komic

Majestic

5 — Hearts and Hoofs

9 — The Devilish Doctor
10 — The Greater Love

12— The Doctor's Ruse
16 — The Fickle Tramp

16 — A Horse on Fred

17 — House Hunting

19— The Other Side of the Fence

23— Batchelor Bill

24— The Lady Killer

26 — One Round O'Brien's Flirtation

30 — A Chapter of His Life

31— The Trade Secret
2 — A Perilous Ride

6 — The Turkish Bath

7— The Heart of a Fool
9— The Frame Up

13 — For His Loved One

14 — The Winning Loser
16 — Playmates

20 — His Last Deal

21 — A Shoemaker and His Doll
23 — The BaseBall Umpire

The Aesthetic Match

27 — A Slight Misunderstanding

28 — The Love of Conchita

30 — When the Debt Was Paid

4 — The Man of the Wilderness

5 — A Mix-up in Pedigrees
7 — The Heritage

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Old Heads and Young Hearts

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"ROBIN
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November
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"From Out of the Storm" (2) OCT. ■ 29

"The Oath of O Tsuru San" (2) OCT. 28

"In The Days of Trajan" (2) OCT. 27

"Hearts" (2) OCT. 25

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"God of Chance" (2) OCT. 9

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"A Pitfall of the Installment Plan" (2) OCT. 6

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"The Heritage of Eve" (2) AUG. 20

"The Flame in the Ashes" (2) AUG. 15

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"The Higher Justice" (2) JULY 26

"The Missionary's Sister" (2) JULY 26

'Flotsam" (2) JULY 25

'Grand Dad" (2) JULY 23

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he riiai.inO'i(-ssr rrotlU'caoii of

Ilol/lil riODcl

Illustrated by Joseph E. Sandford

CAST

Robin Hood Wm. Russell Maid Marian Gerda Holmes

Alan-a-Dale ...Harry Benham Ellen Mignon Anderson

Sheriff of Nottingham John Dillon Hardfast David Thompson

Friar Tuck Ernest Redding Baron Sydney Bracey

King Richard Walter Gibbs

The legendary story
of Robin Hood is
probably so well-
known to every man,
woman and child who
has gone through the
usual course of Eng-
lish History in our
schools that it scarce-
ly needs explanation.
Yet, because the
legends are many —
and in some cases,
conflicting — those who
are to see this won-
d e r f u 1 reproduction
upon motion-picture
screens all over the
world will probably
get a little keener en-
joyment from the play
if they previously fix,
in their miinds, the
most widely accepted
version of the Robin
Hood story.

There is little ques-
tion that there was, in
the time of King
Richard I, of England,
a Saxon nobleman
who bore the title.
Earl of Huntington —
and tradition bears
out the belief that' he
had a son, Robin, who
gave offense to the
Norman over-lords
and was forced to

take refuge in Sherwood Forest, portions of which still exist to this
day in the vicinity of Nottingham. For a century or so after the
Norman Conquest, the Saxon Thanes who had ruled England be-
fore that were reduced to a condition of practical vassalage by their
Norman conquerors — their lands being confiscated, or taxes imposed
which amounted to confiscation, and their rightful titles entirely
ignored. Aside from this, the Norman rule was intolerable and ex-
asperating in many different ways to a native aristocracy which could
certainly claim as good birth and as much education as the Nor-
mans. Cruel punishments were inflicted for slight offences. A
man, for example, who killed a deer in the forests, had his ears
cut off. Saxons who were not locked in their houses when the
Curfew rang were severly punished. In short, everything was done
to intimidate and restrict the conquered people that they might have
no courage to rebel and throw off the Norman yoke. It is needless to
say that many of the Saxon Earls felt a sense of outrage and in-
justice— that they would have roused the country against the Nor-

mans if they could
have depended upon
adequate support from
the people. But the
lower classes had be-
come thoroughly cow-
ed into submission —
the penalties were too
dreadful to think of
risking — and Norman
rule persisted.

Robin Hood, the
Earl of Huntington's
son was from boy-
hood an expert with
the Saxon longbow — a
terrible weapon, as
the Normans learned
to their cost, more
than once. And with
some little strain of
Royal blood in his
veins, he recognized
no right of the Nor-
man Conquerors to
impose restrictions
upon his conduct —
the age-old inward
conviction of per-
sonal and national
liberty for which men
have fought and died
since the world began
— which is probably
why his story has al-
w a y s appealed to
every citizen of a free
republic. He shot his
deer in the forest

near his ancestral castle when he pleased — and defied the Norman
authorities. This naturally resulted in a determination upon their
part to make an example of him.

The Sheriff of Nottingham, being the nearest government
authority, took his case in hand — secured evidence that he had killed
a deer upon a certain date — and organized a force with which to
secretly attack Huntington Castle at a time when Robin was en-
tertaining a number of the Saxon Thanes and Carles, among them
being his fiancee, Marian, and her aged father. Robin and the
Saxons fought bravely, but when reinforcements arrived to aid the
Sheriff, they realized that they were hopelessly outnumbered. They
sent the women away through a secret underground passage —
closed the trap-door over it and defended the castle until the great
oak door was battered in. Then — they fought their way to freedom
through the thick of their enemies, and escaped to the innermost
wilds of Sherwood Forest. Here, Marian and the other women
joined them. As return to their homes in the towns was out of the

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question, they built fairly comfortable log huts in the forest and
entered upon a care-free, open-air life which — all things considered
— was an ideal one in that day and under the existing conditions.
Maid Marian became the wife of Robin Hood — most of the oiher
women also married — and they began a campaign of equalization
against their Norman oppressors, which means, in plainer English,
that they levied upon every wealthy Norman whom they succeeded
in capturing for money and goods, and distributed what they gained
in this manner among the poor.

Sherwood Forest was regarded by Robin and his band as their
own private territory. There is little question that such a nominal
outlaw actually lived there about that time and was recognized as
the supreme authority in the Forest. Several expeditions were sent
in by the Normans to hunt him out and destroy his band — but every
hunter who has spent a few weeks in our own North Woods will
appreciate the difficulty of such an undertaking and the ease
with which men familiar with the forest evaded and defeated
their pursuers. Aside from that, the people of all the sur-
rounding Shires unquestionably sympathized with and aided
them — with information, shelter, and even food, when necessary.

Strangers to the
Forest were cap-
tured and taken be-
fore Robin for ex-
amination. This was
the manner in which
the celebrated Allan-
a-Dale became a
member of the band.
He told Robin that
he was in love with a
Saxon maiden whose
miserly old father,
Hardfast, had de-
termined that she
should marry an old
Norman "Baron. The
story so interested
the Greenwood men
that they determined
to help the lovers.
Maid Marian dis-
guised herself as a
gypsy and was ad-
mitted to Hardfast's
little castle, where
she managed to warn
Ellen of what was
about t.o happen
Next evening, the
old Baron arrived
with a priest, and
the wedding was
about to take place
when Robin and his
men burst into the

castle and told the priest he must perform the ceremony for Ellen
and Allan-a-Dale instead. This, he refused to do — fearing the
Normans would kill him for such an act. But the famous Friar
Tuck, who had been one of the Greenwood Band for some time,
stepped out of the ranks and performed the ceremony with entire
satisfaction to everybody but old Hardfast and the Norman Baron.

According to Sir Walter Scott's story. King John was presiding
over the great tournament at Ashby-de-la-Zouche when Richard the
Lion Hearted returned from his French captivity in disguise. The
Sheriff of Nottingham had laid a shrewd plan in connection with
this tournament for Robin's capture. After the two days tilting
among the Knights, came Saxon sports and contests — among them,
the great archery tournament, with prizes of. such value that every
first-class archer within a hundred-mile radius was expected to at-
tend— Robin Hood among the number. He did so — in disguise.
He won the tournament, easily, and was arrested by the Sheriff,
who was greatly elated and complimented by King John over the
capture. That night, however, Robin was rescued by the Green-
wood men, and the Sheriff left trussed up in the same dungeon.

During the tournament, King Richard — disguised as The Black
Knight — had been spending his time in the depths of Sherwood

Forest with Robin's men, and had seen for himself the amount of
good they were doing for the poor and oppressed. History con-
cedes that Richard was a thoroughly just man and one of the best-
loved monarchs that England ever had, because of his manly quali-
ties and fighting prowess. It is evident that he must have been
recognized by Robin and his men— else they never would have ex-
tended their hospitality to a Norman Knight or permitted him to
learn so many of their secrets. And the rest of the tradition bears
out this supposition — because, when Richard made himself known
and took up the reins of government again, one of his first acts was
to reinstate Robin Hood as Earl of Hun'.ington and pardon his com-
panions for whatever technical offenses they had committed. All
of them, (with Robin himself), becoming ardent supporters of King ,
Richard during the short time he remained in England after that,
and so well liked by the neighboring Barons that, according to
the best of the old Chroniclers, King John, never dared molest
them when he came to the throne. Some of the old legends de-
scribe a relentless persecution of Robin in his old age by King John,
and the death of the famous one-time outlaw, in poverty, at a
nunnery in the outskirts of Sherwood Forest. But, considering the

troubles which John

- had with all the

Barons in that sec-
tion, almost from the
moment when Rich-
ard was killed in
Aquitaine, it is prob-
able that Robin
Hood died in full
possession of his
title and estates as
Earl of Huntington.
There are also, ex-
cellent grounds for
the belief that the
present family of
that name trace their
descent from him
and Maid Marian.

The story h as
been produced upon
the legitimate stage
a number of times
— and well produced,
too. But artificial
scenery necessarily
hampers the actor
and detracts from
the atmosphere of
reality.

In this beautiful
Thanhotiser produc-
tion, however, noth-
ing seems lacking
but the spoken
words — and the ac-
tion all through is so thoroughly convincing that one never thinks
of missing the words. How is it done? How is it possible to re-
produce Sherwood Forest — the deer hunting — the battles and
skirmishes between Saxon and Norman — So realistically that no
one in the audience can point out a single discrepancy? These are
among the first questions which occur to anyone seeing this produc-
tion. The herd of deer are about the livest, most active deer that
any one ever saw. They're running wild through forest and glen
that are about as real as anything the good Lord ever created.
You see Robin and Maid Marian — (in exceedingly becoming trunk-
hose) — sneaking after them through the bushes with arrows fitted
to their bows. You see them draw the bows — and shoot. See the
deer on the ground, with the arrow sticking in him. There isn't
one particle of fake in the whole scene — it actually happens before
your eyes. Then — take the attack upon the castle. There are the
grim stone walls, with their narrow lance-windovvs. One minute,
the windows are empty — the next, each one is occupied by an
archer who does some real and mighty pretty shooting. At one of
the castle gates, there is a fight with quarter-staves and swords. You
see the conical Norman helmets and mail shirts. You see the cloth
and velvet caps of the foresters — the Lincoln Green tights and

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jerkins. And all these real live people are not acting against a
painted canvas background, with unmistakable faky stage "props" or
accessories. They are in the real out-doors — a real Sherwood
F'Orest — with real weapons in their hands.

The whole play is a triumph of realism — an achievement which
could not possibly be carried out within the confines of a regular
theatre. To those who have loved the story of Robin Hood — who
have read it in their childhood, and re-read it just before bed-
time to their own children, it is a living breathing Robin Hood and
his Merry Men — visualized. C. H, N'.

Famous Theatrical Manager Says Moving Pictures Will
Help and Not Destroy the Drama

In the November Woman's Home Companion, Daniel Froh-
man, one of the most famous theatrical managers in America,
writes an interesting article entitled "The 'Movies' and the The-
atre," in which he discusses the question : Will moving pictures
hurt the drama? In the course of his article Mr. Frohman makes
clear his opinion that moving pictures are not going to hurt the
theatre, but help it. He says in part :

"I believe the moving picture will be one of the agents by
which the people will be brought back to the theatre. For a time,
perhaps, the galleries are being emptied, and most assuredly for a
time such a condition is going to hurt the theatres, for a large
part of the theatre's profit is in the gallery. But it is only a pass-
ing phase.

"The theatre is always going to stand as firm as a rock.
Mladame Sarah Bernhardt, who is an enthusiast about the moving
picture, said to me not long ago that the supreme human value
of the stage, the very question of warm personality, with which

the mechanical can never compele, will always bring the pendulum
swinging back in favor of the theatre. ,

"There is much to be said for an amusement which a poor
man can have for ten cents. But that is no reason why the gal-
leries of our theatres at the present time are empty. As a theatre
manager of some experience I have never yet found the question
of price debated as a reason for empty seats when the play was
really wanted. Our galleries are largely empty because the people
are not getting the plays they want. What the average theatregoer
has always objected to was paying a disproportionate price for a
poor seat and a poor play together, when for ten or twenty-five
cents he could sit downstairs in a moving picture house and get
something he may be really interested in."

Water Sword-Proof

From Harper's Weekly.

A factory in Grenoble, France, utilizes the water of a reservoir
situated in the mountains at a height of 200 yards. The water
reaches the factory through a vertical tube of the same length,
with a diameter of considerably less than an inch, the jet being
used to move the turbine. Experiments have showed that the
strongest men cannot cut the jet with the best tempered sword,
and in some instances the blade has been broken into fragments
without deflecting a drop of water, and with as much violence as
a pane of glass may be shattered by a blow from an iron bar. It
has been calculated that a jet of water a small fraction of an
inch in thickness, moving with sufficient velocity, could not be
cut by a rifle bullet.

At the Union Club

"Why have you given up smoking?"

"I consider it eff^eminate." — Harper's JVeckly.

The Drummer's Honeymoon American

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Ed Coxen, Winifred Greenwood, Peter Clark, George Field and Jean Durell in "The Trail of the Lost Chord '

American

. The Trail of the Lost Chord .

Nov. 17, 1913

CAST

Josef Ed. Coxen

Marie Winifred Greenwood

Perri Peter Clark

Rose Marion Murray

Father of Perri George Field

Mother of Marie Jean Durell

Father of Marie Chester Withey

Those who have read Adelaide Proctor's poem, or heard Sir
Arthur Sullivan's famous song, written around it, may easily
wonder how it is possible to make a thrilling drama, brim-full of
action, out of what is merely a beautiful touch of sentiment, with
no more substance than a dream. But Director Thomas Ricketts,
of the American, has accomplished the apparently impossible in this
motion picture play — and when the almost unlimited possibilities of
scientific photography are considered, one gets something of an idea
as to how it was done.

Father Josef has come almost to the end of his mortal existence.
We see him seated at the keyboard of the great church organ — in
a reverie — his fingers wandering idly over the keys, as he improvises.
Perri, his ward, comes to him with the information that his sweet-
heart's father is dying and wishes to see them married before he
goes. Father Josef unites them at the bedside of the dying man,
and tells them the story of his own love affair — -fifty years before —
when he was about to be married in the same room. Returning
to his organ, the ceremony he has just performed awakens a long
train of memories. He sees himself again the young musician —
giving lessons to Marie, the daughter of a Spanish Grandee. They
fall in love with each other, but the Grandee drives him from
the house in anger at his temerity. As he is grieving over the

injustice of it, he meets a Father Superior of the Franciscans who
secures him a position with a wealthy planter. Eventually, he owns
an orchard of his own and secures the consent of the Grandee to
marry his daughter. On their wedding morning, Marie is thro\yn
from her horse. Joseph carries her, dying, to the house he has
prepared for her — and she is too far gone to respond when a
priest tries to marry them at the bedside. Utterly grief-stricken,
Josef closes the house and takes holy orders.

As the days and months of love with Marie pass before his
mental vision, his fingers unconsciously touch the keys — and evoke
the Lost Chord. With the grandeur of it echoing in his ears.
Father Josef dies at his beloved organ.

This is, very briefly, the story — and it is clearly, beautifully
depicted on the screen.

A "Camera-Wise" Baby

Think of being so beautiful that you have to secure a copyright
on your photographs to keep them from being stolen ! Runa Hodges,
the beautiful four-year-old baby being featured in Reliance
moving pictures, never poses for a photograph or a "still" picture,
to use the vernacular of the moving picture studio, without a copy-
right being immediately secured upon it. The reason for this is
apparent, when it is realized that she has posed for illustrations
that have been used to advertise well-known commercial articles
all over the civilized world, and that she receives a very handsome
figure for her services.

It was her wonderful beauty that won her a place in the moving
picture world, and, in spite of her tender years, "Little Runa" is a
popular favorite in thousands of picture theatres. Although her
hair is a very light gold, her eyes are rather dark, which adds to the
unusual magnetism that seems to compel even strangers to stop
and talk to her.

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'THE GHOST"

Tim sells his pigs

Domino

A New and Extremely Interesting Domino Play

It would be difficult to sa}- just when this rolicking, jolly little
moral lesson starts. Perhaps, in the womb of time — when some
ancestor of Tim O'Grath acquired a taste for the craythur and
transmitted it to uncounted generations of descendants. At all
events, we see Tim first on his way to market, with his pigs. They
are perfectly good pigs — warranted — ^for everything a pig can be
warranted — and Tim gets a good price for them. Incidentally, he
owes his landlord several months rent — hence the sacrifice of pigs
which he would have preferred having in the family for an indefin-
ite time. And his obvious course is to return home with the pro-
ceeds— pay the landlord and wipe out his burden of debt, temporarily.
But who ever wastes good money on a landlord if he can help it —
in Ireland or elsewhere? Tim is obliged to pass a tavern on his
way home — something he hasn't succeeded in doing for years. He
goes in — and gets beautifully, picturesquely pickled — on pigs. Father
Daley finds him in front of the Tavern, and takes him home —
where his exasperated Bridget puts him to bed. Then — things be-
gin to happen. In a cold sweat of terror, he opens his eyes — or
thinks he does.

"Wirra, musha — an' where am' Oi, intirely! Phwat's thot!
For the love av Gawd, phwat's thot ! Are ye man or Banshee !
Whushper, now — dom ye — whushperl Phwat's thot ye say? St.
Phaidrig, are ye? ... . G'wan. now! Na, na — sure it's not dis-
rispictfulful Oi'm manin' to be! Av ye're really tha blissid St, P^:a:d-

rig, sure ye'll ondersthand what Oi'm manin'. Phwat's that! Make
it plain, loike, St. Phaidrig — so Oi'll be kapin" it in me thick hid
an' not fergittin'. Phwat's thot! ... A Banshee, ye do be sayin'?
Ye'd make a Banshee o' me — to roam tha airth, wailin' an' keenin'
me heart out, up and down tha land, scarin' honest men out av
their slape, ontil Oi kiss tha cross o' Father Daley an' promise niver
will Oi set lip to tha craythur more, s'help me? Faith, it's crool
harrd ye be, St. Phaidrig — sure ye 'culd niver have had a thirst on
ye wanst, or ye'd not condim me to tha torrmints av hell befoor
avin Oi go til Purgathory. Aw' blissid St. Phaidrig, ye'll not be
reely manin' it, now — w'uld ye, darlint?

"Faith — he's gone — up the chimbley, loike tha smoke av me
dhudeen. Wirra wirra — an' what place is this, now. There's
a cowld corpse on a tristle — an' the people keenin' outside. Holy
Mither, it's a wake ! An' the corpse is tha cowld corpse av Tim
O'Grath. Is ut dead Oi am? Will ye not answer me, Michael
O'Rourke — ye as dhrank wi' me no longer agone than tha marnin'?
An' ye, Kathleen Murphy, who'd ha' gone with me befoor tha praste
had Oi but said tha wurrd— will ye no say am Oi alive or a cowld
corpse? Shpake, gurrl — do ye not feel me cowld hand on yer neck?
Wirra, wirra — will none o' ye luk at me? Can ye not see me! . . .
My Gawd! It's did Oi am — an' wandherin' in Purgathory. Oi'm
not Oi tell ye. It's to tha tavern Oi'll be goin' for a dhrap o' tha
cravthur to take tha chill out av me blood.

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"Sure — this be the tavern — tis nobody knows it betther nor me.
(Oi'll go in tha dhure). Turrn yer hid, ye Shamus I\IcGaf¥nej' —
will ye no ask me to dhrink wi' ye? An ye, Phaidrig O' Toole — •
can ye not feel me hand on yer collar — or see that shillalagh in
tha ither wan? Och, murther ! . . . Oi've walked through thim in-
tirely — an' they niver shtopped gtiszlm'. It's did, Oi am — an' in
Purgathory. Faith — Oi'll go up til tha' graveyard !

"Aye — 'tis a new sthone they do be raisin ! — on a fresh grave —
an' tha turf do be sthill grane. What's thot — on tha sthone? 'To
tha mimory av Tim O'Grath.' Ochone — ^ochone !. It's did Oi am —
an wanderin', a Banshee in Purgathory. Lissen, now, St. Phaidrig
dear! Lind ear to me, ye blissid Saint! Lave me tha cross ''till
Oi kiss ut. There now! . . .Be aisy wi' me — ^be ais.v — for tha love
av Gawd

"Phwat's this ! . . . . Phwat's this ! 'Tis but tha pillow Oi do
be kissin' ! Faith — how do Oi know thot? How do Oi be knowin'
Oi'm not a dead corpse, wandherin' in Purgathory? Sure, ut's no
chance Oi'll be takin' this toime. Is ut a bottle Oi do be seein'
by me bed, here, on tha flure? Oi' dunno, oi dunno ! Anyhow —
to hill with ut! To hill with ut, Oi say! An' wi' thot, ut's heavin'
ut out av me windy oi'll be. There, now!"

In the street below, the bottle comes within an ace of striking
the exasperated Bridget and Father Daley. Thinking it a perfectly
normal case of "D. T.'s,"' they rush up to Tim's bedside.

"Lave me be kissin' tha cross, Father Daley — I'ave me the cross !
Ut's in Purgathory Oi've been — an' Oi'll dhrink no more.''

C. H. N.

Unnecessary 'Word

"Father, I want some spending money."

"Huh! Why not just say 'money'?" — Lippincott's.

Friday, the Thirteenth

Nov. 7, 1913.

This jolly little Princess comedy is aimed at the ancient super-
stition of unlucky days and unlucky numbers — which, strange to
say, still has considerable hold on the average mind. It is up to
date — showing that if we must have superstitions, why not good
superstitions ?

A year ago this time, Woodrow Wilson was telling us that
he looked forward to 1913 as the luckiest year of his life. And the
President's daughter has also turned the unlucky number into a
lucky one — for she will be the thirteenth bride of the White House.
Mr. Hooley, of the Princess play, starts out, fully convinced that'
Friday, the Thirteenth, is going to bring him all sorts of misfor-
tunes. Instead, the day opens propitiously with a delicious break-
fast—Mrs. Hooley, daintily attired in a new negligee, sitting op-
posite. She sees him off to the office with a kiss — so that he goes
to business whistling and cheerful. A few yards down the street
he stumbles upon a purse with a roll of bills in it — and no pros-
pect of being able to identify the owner. At the office, a telegram
awaits him :

"Have just struck a rich vein assaying three thousand to the
ton. Your stock is worth three times as much.

Lost Rocks Mining Co."

Then, to crown all, the evening mail brings a letter announcing
that his mother-in-law is obliged to postpone indefinitely her pro-
posed visit.

Hooley is converted to the Wilson view of superstition — no
hoodoo about thirteen — it's just the luckiest number ever.

"THE GHOST"

We'll not go home 'til th' marnin'.

Domino

Thomas Miller and Rcsemary Theby in "The Power of the Sea"

Reliance

The Power of The Sea

Nov. 10, 1913.

In selecting the leads for this play, the ReHance Directors ap-
parently had a happy inspiration. Miss Theby is at her best in
out-of-door scenes and has the proper dramatic instinct for this
particular sort of play — while Messrs. Miller and Seigmann are
equally good as the opposite leads. The story, is this :

Peter Gilmore is a fisherman and doryman who lives in his
own shack on a lonely stretch of beach — ^like all such men, he is
something of an altruist and much of a dreamer. In a heavy
storm, one night, he takes in a drunken waif — and to test his theory
that Mother Ocean is, herself, one of the greatest healing influ-
ences in the world, plunges into the surf with him.

Enoch Allen, the waif, remains at Peter's shack, day after day —
gaining health and strength — falling deeply in love with PeLer's
daughter, Jessie. One day, a shipwrecked man floats upon the beach
lashed to a spar and some casks. When restored to consciousness,
he prooves to be Robert Moore, a handsome, cultured man who
makes quite an impression upon Jessie. Allen becomes intensely
jealous. One day, he attacks Moore on the cliff — and in the
struggle, Moore falls into the sea. After a momentary conflict
with his baser nature, Allen plunges in and rescues him. Then,
thinking there is no hope for him with Jessie, he finds a bottle of
liquor among some wreckage on the beach and is about to relapse
into his old besotted habits when the girl comes running along the
sands in the nick of time to explain that it is he and not Moore
whom she loves.

The story is one of powerful human interest — very dramatically
portrayed — and the setting is magnificent.

For Love of a Man

By Carey Lee
Nov. IS, 1913

In this intensely dramatic production, the author plays the title
role. The part of Mary calls for exceptionally delicate handling,
and fortunately, the creator of the character brings to its portrayal
unusual powers of dramatic interpretation.

The story may well be out of real life. Mary Mallory is a maid
in a wealthy household where she falls in love with James Gordon,
the chauff^eur. James is a scoundrel. Mary shows him some jewels
belonging to her mistress,. -just as she is putting them in the safe —
and James notes down the combination on his cuff. When Mrs. Castor
finds the necklace gone from the safe, she accuses Mary — who pro-
tests that she is innnocent. Then, accidentally discovering that it is
James, her lover, who is guilty, she secretly gets possession of the
cuff with the combination written on it — and goes to prison to shield
him.

Prison life, and association with hardened criminals, do not
have a softening effect upon Mary. She hears of James' marriage to
a certain Alice Smith — and her faith in men is shattered. When she
comes out, she is persuaded to join in a burglary — as it happens,
in the very house where James is then employed. In an attempt to
restore the stolen goods, she is captured, and though the man whom
she has helped rob wishes to pardon her, the chauffeur — who
does not recognize in her his former sweetheart — insists that the
woman be brought to' justice.

When he speaks, she recognizes him — and filled with hatred for
the man for whom she once sacrificed her liberty, burning with con-
tempt for his cowardice and lack of compassion — she then and there
points him put as the real thief in the famous case of the Castor jewels.

The character of Mary, as portrayed by Miss Lee, is perfectly
convincing, — and a distinct contribution to Reliance drama.

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Rosemary Theby, Thomas Miller and George Sergman in "The Power of the Sea '

Reliance

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The Bracelet

Nov. 12, 1913
CAST

Agnes Anna Laughlin

Harry Harry Spingler

Blake Paul Scanlon

Williams Ralph Lewis

"The Bracelet" is a charming play — thoroughly artistically
staged and acted. It is concerned with the marriage problem — •
and the heroine is prevented from making the same mistake
that her ancestress made, by a wonderfully realistic dream in which
she seams to have slipped back five generations and exchanged
places with the Agnes of 1760.

Blake, the husband of Agnes, is middle-aged, and he spends
so much of his time with a crony, Williams, that his young and
very attractive wife is bored. Inevitably, a younger man steps
in. One day Blake shows Williams a bracelet, famous in the
family. It was given to Agnes' ancestress by an officer in the Eng-
lish army — and brought disgrace upon her and her husband. Agnes
Blake has heard the story countless times. She laughingly adorns
herself with the quaint ornament — and, a half hour later, meeting
Harry, by appointment, in the garden, promises to elope with him
that very night.

Going back to the house, she finds Blake and Williams en-
grossed in poker. She falls asleep over her magazine — and
dreams that she is the other Agnes, and sees her husband, her
own ancestor, killed in a duel with the English officer. She
wakes — feeling that the bracelet has brought her a warning.
When Harry comes, she dismisses him — and going to her hus-
band, tells him how sorely she is in need of his love and pro-

tection. He realizes that he has been leaving her to herself a
great deal, and her appeal rouses all the real affection and sym-
pathy he bears her. At the close we feel that this is the begin-
ning of a new devotion between husband and wife, and deeper
happiness.

Honey-Making Films

The department of agriculture has announced that it has
finished a motion picture film, showing the progress of honey
manufacture from the time the bee leaves the hive in search of
blossoms until it returns and deposits the nectar in the comb.
The picture will show the whole process of honey-making and it
will be an attractive as well as an instructive exhibit. It is
gotten out by the department for educational purposes.

What a g^reat improvement such a movie will be over the
usual loud and ridiculous phases of human life ! It will be a
popular picture, too, and everybody will want to see it. The
little bee is a wonder-maker in itself, and every step in the mak-
ing of honey will be watched with interest by young and old.

Queen Mary Is Now "Censor of Movies"

"Movies censor," is Queen Mary's latest job. Every evening
a picture show is given at Balmoral Castle, but the Queen has
a private exhibition every morning when she rejects any film
she thinks likely to corrupt the mo,rals of the guests.

Last week a picture of Lady Diana Manners, daughter of the
Duke of Rutland, doing a bacchanalian dance, which was taken for
private exhibition was shown to the Queen, but she was horrified
because the film showed Lady Diana changing her skirt and
ordered it destroyed, although the Duke of Rutland is among
her most intimate friends.

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Lamar Johnstone and Brother Cowboys in "The Bravest Man"

Majestic

The Bravest Man

By Philip Lonergan
Nov. 9, 1913

A deeply touching, intensely dramatic production is Mr.
Philip Lonergan's "The Bravest Man." We have become so
accustomed to looking for comedies from his pen, that this
serious play takes us by surprise — and very agreeably also,
as it is a drama well worth seeing and remembering.

John Sinclair is a cripple. He is in love with Mary Shirley—
but a new foreman comes to the ranch, a strong, tall, handsome
young fellow — -Will Gleason — and John's dreams of happiness
crumble in ruin. He is bitter against this man who has every-
thing in life he could wish — and now comes to rob him of
his only solace for a crippled body — the hope of winning Mary.

The new foreman helps the sheriff to capture a band of
desperadoes who have long been terrorizing the vicinity — and
later, on escaping from prison, their leader goes to the ranch to
wreak vengeance on Gleason. John happens to see the men
coming — and is torn between two motives — for he suspects what
the outlaws are intending. Though he cannot save the ranch
house from the flames, he does manage to save the foreman's
life — for the sake of Mary, who loves him — and finds his reward,
as his own life is being sacrificed, in her whispered words,
"John, you are the bravest man I have ever known."

American

The Tale of the Ticker

Nov. 20, 1913.
CAST

James Morton, a broker George Periolat

Tom Burns, a clerk Warren Kerrigan

Robert Wilson, confidential sec'y Jack Richardson

Edith Morton Vivian Rich

The Maid Charlotte Burton

Butler William Tedmarsh

Clerk James Harrison

Broker Wallace Kerrigan

Rev. Mr. Brown Charles Morrison

This play of love and finance is full of mix-ups, plotting and
misunderstandings %yhich all unravel to a happy finish. Wilson, the
confidential secretary, schemes to win Edith Morton by base means
—Tom Burns, a clerk, his rival, perpetrates in secret a very noble
and self sacrificing plan to offset Wilson's villiany — and Morton,
the father of Edith, works his little game, also, for the sake of
making Edith and the right young man happy.

For so brief a drama, the plot is remarkably complicated — but
cleverly managed, and intensely interesting. Vivian Rich plays
the very attractive part of Edith with her characteristic charm.
George Periolat makes a delightful father — indeed, it would be
hard to say which is the hero of the piece — Morton or young Burns.

"The Tale of the Ticker"' is the type of play that the American
cast performs especially well — and is certain to appeal strongly
to an intelligent audience.

The Canny Garageur

"Whatl" cried Brimleigh in consternation. "No gasoline?"
"Nary a drop," said the garage keeper.

"But what the dickens am I going to do?" said Brimleigh.
"Mine's all out."

"Waal" said the garage keeper, "they's two things ye kin do. I
got a hotel here where ye kin put up for the night at $7.50 apiece
or I got a team thet'll pull ye up to Sam Hoskins' garridge on
the same terms. Sam's the only feller round here 'at keeps
gas'lene." — Harper's Weekly.

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real murderer has been trapped. With their boy safe, and her
husband absolved from the charge against him — White Dove is
satisfied that the white man's faith is stronger than the God of her
fathers. It seems to her vhat the prayers of the minister — eloquently
offered up in that excruciating interval of waiting for Moccasin's
return — have worked a miracle.

Majestls

The Rivals

Nov. 11, 1913.

This very amusing farce takes an unusually original turn when
Pat conquers his rival for the hand of the Widow Murphy by
impersonating his own ghost.

The widow knows all the time that Pat is hopelessly enamoured
of her charms — but she flirts with a dozen others, keeping him
continuously on the verge of despair. At Mulligan's Ball, thmgs
reach a crisis. The leader of the German band falls victim to the
widow, who eggs him on — and Pat gives Steidensticker a good
thrashing. He is hauled ofif and away from the hall by his sweet-
heart— when he has seen her safely home, however, he returns to
the scene of conflict. His friends rally to his support, and they
fight the leader and all the band.

The German challenges Pat to a duel. On the day appointed,
Pat appears — and at the first shot, drops to the ground, as though
dead. The bandmaster is a notbriously poor shot — at sight of what
he has done, he flees, panic stricken. Pat rushes into a convenient
flour mill — and emerges, a spectre of himself. This appalling ap-
parition chases the superstitious German who believes it is a warn-
ing from the other world to keep away from the widow. Pat clears
the field — and wins the fair Murphy.

President Wilson at Commercial Congress — He visits Mobile
and opens a meeting of southern business men.

The Gordon-Bennett Race — Start of the Annual Balloon
contest near Paris.

Rough-Riding in Dayton, Ohio — Western Broncho Buster
conquers a wild zebra.

Freight Handling in Kingston — The women perform most of
the manual labor in Jamaica.

Pegoud Entertains Paris — Daring aviator continues to per-
form aerial wonders.

Kids Are Kids the World Over — Jap boys in public play-
ground in Tokio.

New York's New Mayor — John P. Mitchell is elected for the
highest executive position in the American Metropolis.

Paris Fashions — French designers send us animated record
of the latest creations.

Portola Festival, San Francisco — Western city celebrates
400th anniversary of Pacific discovery by Balboa.

Glenesslin Piles Up on the Rocks — British ship goes ashore
on the Neah-Kah-Nie Mountain in Oregon with all sails set.

To Exhibitors

The Mutual Film Corporation is constantly endeavoring to im-
prove its services to the exhibitor, and to improve the quality and
interest of its many plays. Mistakes, however, are sometimes un-
avoidable. It is not always possible to avoid errors and misunder-
standing. For these reasons, all legitimate complaints of any sort
should be addressed to the Corporation, at its home office, 71 West
23rd street. New York Citv.

"The Efficacy of Prayer"

Kay-Bee

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Reel LIffe

Hite Plans Surprises

President Hite, of Thanliouser, has several
surprises in store for the theatres in the
way of feature productions. All of these pro-
ductions v.ill be of many reels containing
tremendous casts, and stage stars will be fea-
tured as well as film ones. "Thanhouser 'Big'
Productions," is the name that has been hit on
to describe the_ "surprise" pictures to the pub-
lic. An innovation in renting them has been de-
termined on by President Hite. Exhibitors who
like the "Big Productions" will be enabled to
have them "first-run" exclusively in their dis-
tricts for the term of a year, under contract. It
is the first time a regular-release manufacturer
has ever so issued features thai an exhibitor
could get them under a "protection" chiuse.

Sisters Brought Together by Film

No, this isn't the usual yarn of the girl in
Hoboken who saw on the screen at a picture
show, her long-lost sister — wandering aimlessly
through a crowd of cannibals in Abysinnia!
Marguerite Loveridge ds the woman lead of Fred
Mace's "Apollo" company. Before that she was
with the Majestic in Los Angeles. Her sister
is Mae Marsh, of the Biograph, who also was
located in Los Angeles at the time. The sisters
have been inseparable since they were children.
But separation had to come, for Miss Marsh's
company was called East. Miss Loveridge was
disconsolate, for the Majestic company re-
mained where it was, without even a hope of
going Eastward. Then came the film that
brought her to her sister. It was the Apollo,
which C. J. Hite brought into being a special
vehicle for Fred Mace's talents, and which he
ordered manufactured in New York. Mace
brought the best of his Majestic "support"
East with him. Among them was Miss Lover-
idge. Now the sisters see each other every
day.

Who the "Princess" Man Is

The handsome dark-haired leading man who
plays opposite Muriel Ostriche in the Princess
films, is playing his first "picture" engagement.
He is Boyd Marshall, from the musical comedy
stage and long a favorite with Kolb and Dill
in 'Frisco and at the New York Hippodrome.
He makes his film bow in the Princess reel en-
titled, "Friday, the Thirteenth," as Miss Os-
triche's superstitious husband. Several well-
known picture actors were offered to Mr. Hite
for the leading man job in the new brand, but
he decided on a new face, because in Miss
Ostriche and Marie Eline, he had old favor-
ites. The latter is the little lady who was
famous for mam' years as "The Thanhouser
Kid."

Popular Author Writes Scenario for
"Flying A" Subject

Mr. O. A. Nelson, president of the Chicago
Press Club, has written a scenario under title
of "Poet Lariat" of the "Flying A," which
will be put on by Lorimer Johnston. The re-
lease date has not been announced as yet.

Winifred Greenwood 111

The popular leading lady of "Flying A"
fame has been on the sick list all the week
but is expected to return to duty in a few days.
During her absence Charlotte Burton has been
playing leads with commendable results.

Shriner's Fete at Santa Barbara Film-
ed by "Flying A" Company

The Big Shrine Concert Tour of California
with combined bands and patrols of San Diego,
Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Francisco, in
special fete at Santa Barbara on Tuesday, Oct.
21st, was filmed by the American Film Mfg.
Co.

Educational "Flying A"

The American Film Mfg. Co. will reease a
short educational subject under title of "A
Modern Steel Plant," giving a general survey
of this stupendous industry. On the same reel
will be a comedy-drama entitled "The Tale of
the Ticker," release date Nov. 20th.

Bigger Majestic Company

C. J. Hite has decided his New Majestic
"■stock" in Los Angeles isn't big enough. So
more players have been added to the line that

D. W. Griffith

The new Director of the Reliance and
Majestic studios. Mr. Griffith joins these
Mutual companies at one of the largest sal-
aries ever paid to a Motion Picture Director.

'wanders to the pay-window on iSaturday.
Howard Davies, of legitimate stage fame, is
one. Then there is Vera Sisson, who is known
as a beautiful girl of the very-very kind. Billie
West, who worked in American pictures, is
another. Then comes Victory Bateman, who
was a Majestic about a year ago, but quit to
go back on the stage. And now she has gone
back to the Hite organization, "for keeps,"
she says. Mr. Hite says the increasing of the
company won't stop with the signing of these
players. He intends to make it the biggest pic-
ture "stock" on the Coast. J. C. Epping is the
new business manager.

Sydney Ayres

Mr. Sydney Ayres, popular leading man of
the "Flying A" Company, bears his laurels
well. His record on the legitimate stage has
been most enviable for his years. His first
experience dates back to the time when Little
Lord Fauntleroy was famous in America. He
was one of the original four boys to play this
part. He has been associated as leading man
with such celebrities as E. H. Sothern and Otis
Skinner. He played the part of the original
clansman in Thomas Diction's problem play
"The Clansman," For Wilton Lackaye in Hall
Caine's "The Bondman," he played lead and
has been identified as a star with almost all
principal stock companies in America.

His experience in moving pitcures dates back
several years. He originated and played the
leads in the "101 Bison" features produced by
the New York Motion Picture Company. Later
he served with the Selig and Edison companies.

He will play the lead in "Flying A" subjects.
"The Occult," "American Born, ' a two part
feature, also "The Moth and the Flame" are
subjects that eive him splendid opportunity to
display his versatility.

Mr. Ayres is delighted with conditions and
possibilities at Santa Barbara. The hospitality
of the members of the various "Flying A" com-
panies asialso that of the populace at large, has
made a marked impression on him, while on the
other hand his short stay has "already won tor
him the highest regard.

"The Trail of the Lost Chord"

A two part allegorical masterpiece, an adapta-
tion of the famous poem by Adelaide A. Proc-
tor, entitled "The Lost Chord," for which
the music was composed by Arthur Sullivan.
This is one of the powerful selections in the
repertoire of the world famous Caruso. It is
ideally presented with pleasing tints and tones
and of such strong dramatic qualities as will
readily cassify it with the foremost produc-
tions of modern cinematography.

The American Film Mfg. Co. can be justly
proud of this great offering. It will be re-
leased Monday, Nov. I7th, 1913.

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Calamity Anne on Santa Cruz Islands

The "Flying A" production "Calamity Anne's
Dream" was principally staged on Santa Cruz
Island and gave occasion to an endless number
of experiences and amusement, not only to the
members of the "Flying A" squad but to the
interested onlookers as well. The Morning
Press at Santa Barbara reports that it takes
Captain George Gourley to tell about the ex-
periences of the players at Santa Cruz Island.
Gourley happened to be at Fry's Harbor with
the players and the manner in which he spins
the yarns about their innumerable real ex-
periences would make the professional story
teller feel ashamed of himself. To appreciate
the merriment that was caused by the taking of
this picture, it is necessary only to see the pro-
duction. It will be released Nov. 22nd, 1913.

An Advertising Imposition

Win. H. Svyanson Film Co. of Denver, Colo.,
dumping pure and unadulterated PAID ad-
vertising iilms on their customers.

Today I did not look over my program, in
Empire Theatre, at iirst show, as I ordinarily
do, therefore did not know until late in even-
ing that I was paying for and running a whole
reel film, advertising "APEX PEAS," under
the name of, "From pod to plate,' made by the
U. S. Motion Picture Co. of Denver, Colo.

To say I was hostile, while looking at this
film on my curtain, is putting it mildly, and
as I consider it an unpardonable imposition,
and one that the trade in general should know
of, mainly to prevent other "Penny wise and
pound foolish" ecxhanges from resorting to, I
am taking this means of making the matter
public.

(Signed) GEO. M. BLACKBURN,

Mgr. Empire & Rand Theatres,
Sec'y. Utah State Motion Picture Exhibitors'
League.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 2lst, 1913.

Reliance Notes

ANNA LAUGHLIN'S next appearance on
the screen will be in "The Bracelet," a one
part modern drama containing a play within
a play presenting a clever romance of Colonial
days. As the leading character in both dramas
Miss Laughlin is given ample opportunity to
display her recognized talents to splendid ad-
vantage.

HARRY SPINGLER will be seen playing
opposite Miss Laughlin, both in "The Brace-
let" and in a new drama entitled "Her
Father's Daughter," by M. B. Havey.

LITTLE ISABEL DAINTRY of London
Pantomine fame whose last appearance "across
the pond" was in "Cinderella" will soon be
seen in RELIANCE pictures as will Emilie Ful-
ton and Mae Willard, two beauties of Ziegfeld
Follies popularity. ^ Among other familiar faces
to be seen in coming RELIANCE releases are
Louie Ducey, George Welch, and the well-
known character actor, James Furey.

CAREY LEE who will be seen in the coming
two part drama, "For Love of a Man" is also
the author of the photoplay. Miss Lee has
been given a free rein in interpreting the lead-
ing character according to her own ideas wliich
has solved the usual case of Author vs. Pro-
ducer with excellent results. Carey Lee is also
the author of "Poor Old Mother" and the two
part drama "Hearts" both produced by
RELIANCE.

Is It Worth It?

Beautiful Madeline Traverse received what
she considers the most honest compliment of
her stage career during the taking of a scene
on the large open-air RELIANCE stage re-
cently. A lanky youth, evidently from some
rural district, became an interested witness of
proceedings. Deeply engrossed in his work.
Director Travers Vale did not notice the pres-
ence of the stranger and when the camera
stopped grinding on a scene in which Miss
Traverse was the sole occupant of the stage,
he turned anxiously to the camera man and
asked "How many feet was that?" "Seventy,"
answered the camera man. "What! seventy!"
said Vale. '"Wall, by cracky! It's worth it"
blurted our rural friend who still had his eyes
glued upon the beautiful actress.

Reel Life

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An Old-Timer

A little fellow who had just felt the hard side of the slipper
turned to his mother for consolation.

"Mother," he asked "did grandpa thrash father when he was
a little boy?"

"Yes," answered his mother, impressively.

"And did his father thrash him when he was little?"

"Yes."

' "And did his father thrash him?"
"Yes."
A pause.

"Well, who started this, anyway?" — National Monthly.

An Anniversary

A man may be rough looking and yet have a touch of sentiment
about him.

A ragged, ill kept looking man appeared at the door of a Provi-
dence woman's home, and in a pleading tone asked :

"Have you a piece of cake, lady, to give a poor man who hasn't
had a bite for two days?"

"Cake?" echoed the woman in surprise." Isn't bread good enough
for you?"

"Ordinarily, yes, ma'am. But this is my birthday," explained the
tramp. — Harpci-'s M agazine.

*" ' " Reliance

. Harry Spindler and Charles Scardon in "The Bracelet"

"Pitch That Defiles" Majestic

Reliance

Stanley Walpole and Irene Hunt in "For Love of a Man"

Pitch That Defiles

By Theodosia Harris.
; Nov. 15, 1913.

This effective drama is founded on the old fallacy that the
■highest call in life is to save another's soul — and a very foolish
woman, sentimentally misled, puts her husband and children — not
•,to mention herself — through a great deal of suffering and shame
in a vain attemipt to reform a good-for-nothing.

John Benton and his wife lived happily together, until Nell
became engrossed in the case of a "gentleman burglar" whom sho
meets in her settlement work. The man works on her imagina--
tion and her sympathies. She fails to detect the maliciousness
' under the humble, appealing manner which he afifects with her — •
and after a period of gradual estrangement between her and her
husband, she leaves him and their two children to go away with
Dick Conn, the ex-convict. The note she writes to John reads;

"I am going away to save a human soul. I know you do not
need me as he does. You have shown that you do not love me
for months past. I weep as I leave, but have not the strength
or the wish to resist my fate, when I know that I am saving a
precious soul."

The weeks that follow teach Nell Benton a hard lesson. Once
he has her in his power, Dick turns bully and tyrant — and goes

' back to burglary. All her sentimental dreams are shattered. They
sink lower and lower — at last, in poverty, disgraced, Dick seized
and imprisoned — she drinks the bitter dregs of human wretched-
ness. From her misery, John Benton rescues her. If anybody saves
anybody's soul in the drama, John saves the soul of Nell.

The situations are intensely dramatic — and the character study
vivid, clear cut, and convincing. The play conveys a profound

],- truth.

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Reel Lite

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Bread Upon the Waters

By Carl Gregory.
Nov. 14, 1913.

This delightful play holds the interest— as it is a question
whether the young man will choose the girl who is worthy of him.
Also, Muriel's self-sacrifice and unselfish sympathy with Jack in
his troubles with the first girl, make us especially anxious that
her love shall be recognized and fulfilled.

The young civil engineer is obliged to leave town when his
sweetheart quarrels with him— he is so broken up over the afifair.
He had always adored Fanna, and they were engaged — when he
happened to see her taking a very afifectionate goodnight of an-
other fellow. Even then he would have forgiven her — but she,
in a fit of anger, handed him back his ring- and a call to another
town on a new job proved a welcome relief to Jack.

There, of course, he meets the second girl— who unselfishly does
her best to reconcile Fanna and Jack. He is on the point of
going back to her— when he finds that he cannot bring himself
to leave Muriel. He lets the train go, and hurries back to find his
real sweetheart— and the play ends exactly as we have hoped all
along.

Didn't Speak Up

"And you accepted Wombat last night? What could have
possessed you?"

"You could have possessed me," retorted the girl, "but you
were entirely too slow." — Exchange.

American

Vivian Rich, Warren Kerrigan and Jack Richardson in
"The Tale of the Ticker"

Boyd Marshall in "Bread Upon the Waters" Princess

The Campaign Manageress ihanhouser

The Campaign Manageress

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Nov. 11, 1913

"The Campaign Manageress" shows what a woman might do —
given the chance to turn the tables on the men. Believing that
"all's fair in love and — politics" — the daughter of the editor
of The Andrewsville Clarion uses her father's paper for the
defeat of the candidate of the local machine — and puts her lover
in the office of sheriflf. How she manages the campaign is very
cleverly worked out by Mr. Lonergan.

The reform candidate and the girl were engaged — with her
father's consent — but they could not prevail upon him to swing
round The Clarion to the political support of his prospective
son-in-law. Perhaps the Andrewsville boss would have with-
drawn his advertising, or otherwise taken the ground out from
under the feet of the editor — but when Gray falls ill, and his
daughter volunteers to get out the paper, she adopts a new
policy. She makes a bitter attack upon machine rule, and an
eloquent appeal for the reform candidate — explaining that the
paper voices the opinions of the "new editor."

Word spreads abroad that the machine nominee is going
to horsewhip the writer of the editorial in The Clarion — and
a crowd gathers in front of the newspaper office Ryan, ar-
rives— stalks in, carrying a horsewhip and a revolver — but is
presently out again, his hands high in the air — tlhe fair edi-
tor in possession of both weapons. Public opinion exper-
iences a revulsion. Ryan has proved himself a bully and a
coward. They stone him of¥ the scene, everybody votes for the
young reformer — and the campaign manageress wins the day.

The Real Question

"The question is," said the young doctor, "how long can we
keep him alive."

"And sick," added the elder doctor correctively. — Life.

Rml Lit©

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Harry Spindler and Paul Scardon in "The Bracelet" Reliance

The Rivals Majestic

Amerkan

Calamity Anne's Dream

Nov. 22, 1913
CAST

Calamity Anne Louise Lester

Priest Jack Richardson

Chief Harry Von Meter

Chief's wife Vivian Rich

Leader of Savages Charles Morrison

Savage Baby Dorothy Eliason

This last adventure of Calamity Anne's is by far the funniest
of them all — and just as real and just as exciting as though her
visit to the Cannibal Islands hadn't been only a dream.

To see Calamity worshipped by the natives — standing in the
mouth of a prehistoric cave, with a baby monkey in her arms — the
coal black Caninbals all lined up on either side, — humbly making
obeisance — is a spectacle to make one laugh till he aches. All sorts
of things happen — as improbable and grotesque, and yet as con-
vincing, as anything you or I ever dreamed. And Calamity is on
the point of escaping to sea in a row boat — wRen she wakes herself
up, firing her 44 calibre gun in imaginary self-defence.

Miss Lester gives endless spice and variety to her quaintly original
creation of Calamity Anne — and "Tommy" never ceases to be vastly
entertaining, free from self-consciousness, and altogether spontane-
ous. This last playlet is deliciously refreshing — and full of laughs
from start to close.

The Impostor

By William H. Clifford and Thos. H. Ince.
'Nov. 12, 1913.

In "The Impostor,' Messrs. Clif¥ord and Ince have given us
a highly romantic episode of Civil War days. To be sure, the
plot taxes the imagination rather severely. Still, such a masquer-
ade, and such psychology, make a thrilling drama — and in the film
seem convincing enough.

Jim Owens, a sergeant in the Union army, discovers the body of
a dead Confederate whose resemblance to himself startles him. He
looks through the man's clothes, and finds a letter addressed to
John Calhoun, Seventh Regiment, Virginia Volunteers. It is from
Calhoun's mother — telling him how she misses her son, and how
narrow her world has become since she lost her eyesig'ht. Owens
has never known what it was to have a mother's love — and a wave
of homesick longing sweeps over him. It flashes through his mind
that he might impersonate the dead soldier, and find his way to
his home, and to the writer of the wistful letter.

The young sergeant is detailed to carry important despatches
through the Confederate lines, and is captured. He tells the South-
erners that he is Calhoun of the Seventh Regiment of Virginia
Volunteers, that he was a prisoner in a Northern prison and made
his escape by taking the clothing of the messenger who bore the
despatches. His resemblance to Calhoun is so strong that the
captain identifies him, and, having been wounded, he is sent home
on a furlough.

Not only does Owens find in the old Virginia home a lovable
old lady, overjoyed at his return, and overflowing with solicitude
and tenderness for her boy — but also a very charming girl, Betty
Calhoun, the sister of the man whom he is impersonating. He
falls in love with her, making her his confidante — and they keep
up the deception for the sake of Mrs. Calhoun who has not much
longer to live. At her death, she wills the estate to her supposed
son. Owens is overcome with shame at his position. Leaving a
letter of confession for her lawyer, he tries to get away, unknown
to Betty. She intercepts him, of course — and he learns, to his
amazement, that she has implicit faith in him, and that she loves
him. The play has a happy ending — but one wonders, further, just
how Owens is to Set himself straight with the Northern regiment
where he belongs — and how he does his duty, with his heart in
the South — and when, if ever, he marries the girl.

Louise Lester and Her Burro, America, in American
"Calamity Anne's Dream"

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Title Released

"For Love of a Man" (2) NOV. 15

"The Ghost" (2) NOV. 13

"The Impostor ' (2) NOV. 12

"The Judgment" (2) NOV. 6

"The Veteran" (2) NOV. 5

"The Junior Partner" (2) NOV. 4

"Widow Maloney's Faith" (2) OCT. 30

"From Out of the Storm" (2) OCT. 29

"The Oath of O Tsuru San" (2) OCT. 28

"In The Days of Trajan" (2) OCT. 27

"Hearts" (2) OCT. 25

"The Heart of Kathleen" OCT. 23

"The Black Sheep" OCT. 22

"Romance of Erin" (2) OCT. 16

"The Reaping" (2) OCT. 15

"The Van Warden Rubies" (2) OCT. .14

"The Plot Against the Governor" (2) OCT. 14

"God of Chance" (2) OCT. ' 9

"A Forgotten Melody" (2) OCT. 8

"A Pitfall of the Installment Plan" (2) OCT. ,' 6

"Targets of Fate" (2) OCT. • 4

Exoneration" (2) OCT. ; 2

"The Greenhorn" (2) OCT. 1

"Life's Pathway" (2) SEPT. 30

"A Highland Romance" (2) SEPT. 25

"Silent Heroes" (2) 5EPT. 24

"The Ghost of the Hacienda" (2) SEPT. 22

"Fred's Trained Nurse" (2) '. SEPT. 21

"The Stolen Woman" (2) SEPT. 20

"The Bondsman" (2) SEPT. 18

"The Land of Dead Things" (2) T. . . . . ,SEPT. 17

'The Clown's Daughter" (2) SEPT. 13

"The Message to Headquarters" {2).....', SEPT. 12

"For the Crown" (2) ; SEPT. 8

"The Glow Worm" (2) ............................ SEPT. 6

"The Ironmaster" (2) SEPT. 5

"The Veteran Police Horse" (2) SEPT. 2

"The Green Shadow" (2) AUG. 29

'The Madcap" (2) AUG. 27

"The Ward of the King" (2) AUG. 25

"For the Flag" (2) AUG. 25

'Success" (2) AUG. 23

"An Orphan of War" (2) AUG. 22

"The Fire Bugs" (2) AUG. 21

'The Heritage of Eve" (2) AUG. 20

"The Flame in the Ashes" (2) AUG. 15

'The Quakeress" (2) AUG. 13

'The Missing Witness" AUG. 12

'The Adventures of Jacques" (2) AUG. 11

"The Fight for Right" (2) AUG. 9

"The House of Bondage" (3) AUG. 8

'Banzai" (2) AUG. 1

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"Little Dorrit" (2) JULY 29

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"The Higher Justice" (2) JULY 26

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'Flotsam" (2) JULY 25

'Grand Dad" (2) JULY 23

"Man and Woman" (2) JULY 23

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"With Honor at Stake" (2) JULY 15

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^ He was a great force!

^ He "made" kings and kingdoms —
and "broke" them!

^ He almost "broke" France. Just
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^ In fact, the whole world, in a sense,
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^ There have been many films devoted
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^ Many film "lives" of him have been
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^ But there is only one Fred Mace
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effort of Apollo's master comedian.

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The jManager of the Plaza Theatre, Philadelphia, writes :

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Made under the Direction of the
Mack Sennett, Managing Director

Nov. 10 A Small Town Act and Milk
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" 13 Wine

" 17 Our Children

" 20 A Muddy Romance

" 24 Fatty Joins the Force

" 27 Cohen Saves the Flag

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"A FIGHT AGAINST EVIL-

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utual Releases

MONDAY — American, Keystone,
Reliance.

TUESDAY— Majestic, Thanhouser.
Selected Release.

WEDNESDAY— Broncho, Mutual
Weekly, Reliance.

THURSDAY— American, Domino,
Keystone. Selected Release.

FRIDAY— Kay-Bee, Thanhouser.

SATURDAY— American, Majestic,
Reliance.

SUNDAY — Broncho,
Thanhouser.

Majestic,

American

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25 — Mrs. Carter's Campaign
27 — Master of Himself

29— The Flirt and the Bandit
2 — The Badge of Honor

4 — Crooks and Credulous

6 — A Pitfall of the Installment Plan

9 — Taming a Cowboy
11 — Calamity Anne's Sacrifice
13 — Courage of Sorts

Making Pig Iron — (Split Reel)
16— The End of Black Bart
18 — The Making of a Woman
20 — Hidden Treasure Ranche
23— The Step Brothers
25 — In the Mountains of Virginia
27 — In thi. Days of Trajan (2 reels)

30 — In Three Hours

1 — Follies of a Day and Night

3 — The Girl and the Geaser

6— What Her D;-.-v Told

8 — The Haunted House
10 — Martha's Decision
13 — An Assisted Proposal
15 — The Drummer's Honeymoon

Apollo

21— Fred's Trained Nurse (2 reels)

28 — The Speed Bear

12 — Catchem and Killem

19 — One Round O'Brien Comes East

26 — The Boomerang Curve
2 — His Nobs, the Plumber
9 — Freddy Loosebelt From Africa

16 — Fred's Waterloo

Broncho

27— The Madcap (2 reels)

31— The Broken Thread (1 reel)
3 — The Gambler's Pal

7 — May and December
10— The Judge's Son

14 — No release

17— The Land of Dead Things (2 reels)

21 — No release

24 — Silent Heroes (2 reels)

28 — No release

1 — The Greenhorn (2 reels)

8 — A Forgotten Melody (2 reels)

15 — The Reaping (2 reels)

22— The Black Sheep (2 reels)

29 — From Out of the Storm (2 reels)
5— The Veteran (2 reels)

12— The Impostor (2 reels)

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25 — A Highland Romance (2 reels)

9 — God of Chance (2 reels)
16 — Romance of Erin (2 reels)
23— The Heart of Kathleen (3 reels)
30 — Widow Maloney's Faith (2 reels)

6 — The Tudgment (2 reels)
13— The Ghost (2 reels)

Kay-Bee

July 25 — Flotsam (2 reels)

June 13 — The Boomerang (3 reels)

June 20 — The Failure of Success (2 reels)

Aug. 1 — Banzai (2 reels)

Aug. 8 — The House of Bondage (3 reels)

Aug. 15 — The Flame in the Ashes (2 reels)

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22— An Orphan of War (2 reels)
29— The Green Shadow (2 reels)

5 — The Ironmaster (2 reels)

12— The Waif

19 — The Cowtown Reformation

26 — A Forlorn Hope

3— The Loaded Dice

10— The Bully

17 — Venetian Romance

24 — A Woman's Wit
31 — Borrowed Gold

7 — An Indian's Honor.
U— For Mother's Sake
14 — Efficacy of Prayer

Keystone

7 — A Game of Pool

7 — The Latest in Life Saving

11— The Riot

14 — A Chip of the Old Block

18 — No release

21 — The Firebugs (2 reel Comedy)

25— Baby Day . . . The Kelp Industry

(Split Reel)

28 — Mabel's New Hero

1 — Fatty's Day Off

Los Angeles Harbor — (Split Reel)

4 — The New Baby

8 — Mabel's Dramatic Career
11 — Gypsy Queen

15 — What Father Saw
Willie Minds the Dog

18— The Fatal Taxicab

22 — When Dreams Come True
25 — Mother's Boys

29 — The Bowline Match

2— Billy Dodge's Bills

6 — Across the Alley 1 ~ ... ,
Abelone Industry J Split reel

9 — Schnitz, The Tailor
14 — Their Husbands

16 — A Healthy Neighborhood

20— Two Old Tars

23 — A Quiet Little Wedding

27— The Janitor

Making an Automobile Tire

(Split reel)

30— The Speed King

3 — Fatty at San Diego
6 — Love Sickness at Sea
10— Small Town Act . Milk We Drink
(Split Reel)

13— Wine

Oct. 18— No Release

Oct. 19 — Trough the Sluice Gates

Oct. 21 — Always Together

Oct, 25 — Vengeance

Oct. 26 — The Scenario Writer

Oct. 28— The Oath of O Tsuru San (2 reels)

Nov. 1 — No release

Nov. 2 — The Marriage of Niatana

Nov. 4 — The Ward of the Senior Class

Nov. 8 — Levinsky's Holiday

Nov. 9 — The Bravest Man

Nov. 11— The Rivals

Nov. 15— The Pitch That Defiles

Nov. 16 — The Tomboy's Race

Komic

23 — Caught in His Own Net

Deceiving Dad — (Split reel)
30 — Father and the Flies
The New Curate

(Split reel)

6 — Poor John Caused by a Clock

(Split reel)
13 — An Affair of Honor . . . Biddy on
Her Mettle (Split Reel)

Majestic

12 — The Doctor's Ruse
16 — The Fickle Tramp

16 — A Horse on Fred

17 — House Hunting

19_The Other Side of the Fence

23— Batchelor Bill

24— The Lady Killer

26 — One Round O'Brien's Flirtation

30 — A Chapter of His Life

31— The Trade Secret
2 — A Perilous Ride

6 — The Turkish Bath

7— The Heart of a Fool
9— The Frame Up

13 — For His Loved One

14 — The Winning Loser
16 — Playmates

20 — His Last Deal

21 — A Shoemaker and His Doll
23 — The BaseBall Umpire

The Aesthetic Match

27 — A Slight Misunderstanding

28 — The Love of Conchita
30— When the Debt Was Paid

4— The Man of the Wilderness

5 — A Mix-up in Pedigrees
7— The Heritage .

11 — The Iceman's Revenge

12 — No Release

14 — The Van Warden Jewels (2 reels)

Mutual Weekly

Aug. 13 — iio. 33
Aug. 20 — No. 34
Aug. 27— No. 35
Sept. 3— No. 36
Sept. 10 — No. 37
Sept. 17— No. 38
Sept. 24 — No. 39

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1— No. 40
8— No. 41
15— No. 42
22— No. 43
29— No. 44
5— No. 45
12— No. 46

Princess

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24 — Lobster Salad and Milk
31 — Algy's Awful Auto
7 — Friday, the Thirteenth.

14 — Bread Upon the Waters

Reliance

10 — No release

13 — The Clown's Daughter (2 reels)
15 — Twickenham Ferry

17 — The Disguise

20 — The Stolen Woman (2 reels)
22— The Hardest Way

24 — The Missing Ring
27— The Original Will
29 — Hearts of the Dark

1 — Makers and Spenders
4 — Targets of Fate (2 reels)
6— The Buffer
8 — Once Upon a Time

11 — The Rebellious Pupil

14— Poor Old Mother

15— The Flirt

18 — A Knight Errant
20— O, What a Night!

Two Men and a Mule (Series 1)

—(Split reel)

25— Hearts (2 reels)
27— The Real Mother

29— Two Men and a Mule (Series 2)
1— The Colonel's Oath
3 — A Sure Cure

8 — Two Men and a Mule (Series 3)
10— The Power of the Sea

12— The Bracelet

IS — For Love of a Man (2 reels)

Thanhouser

Sept. 7 — His Last Bet

Sept. 9 — Taming Their Grandchildren

Sept. 12 — The Message to Headquarters

(3 reels)

Sept. 14 — No release

Sept. 16 — Redemption

Sept. 19— Flood Tide

Sept. 21 — When the Worm Turns

Sept. 23 — An Unfair Exchange

Sept. 26 — The Official Goat Protector

Sept. 28 — The Farmer's Daughter

Sept. 30 — Life's Pathway (2 reels)

Oct. 3— The Twins and the Other Girl

Oct. 7 — Louie, the Life Saver

Oct. 10— A Girl Worth While

Oct. 12 — A Deep Sea Liar

Oct. 14 — The Plot Against the Governor

(2 reels)

Oct. 17 — A Peaceful Victory

Oct. 19 — The Beauty in the Seashell

Oct. 21 — The Mystery of the Haunted Hotel

Oct. 24 — The Old Folks at Home

Oct. 26 — The Silver Tongued Orator

Oct. 28 — How Filmy Won His Sweetheart

Oct. 31 — A Twentieth Century Farmer

Nov. 2 — The Water Cure

Nov. 4 — The Junior Partner (2 reels)

Nov. 7— The Little Brother

Nov. 9 — Lo,"king for Trouble

Nov. 11 — Thi Campaign Manageress

Nov. 14 — The Children's Hour

Nov. 16 — He Couldn't Lose

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17th

AMERICAN The Trail of the Lost Chord

(2 reel Drama)

KEYSTONE Our Children

RELIANCE Two Men and a Mule

(Series 4)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18th

KAY-BEE The Claim Jumper

(Drama)

MAJESTIC. . . .Article 47

(2 reel Drama) '

SELECTED RELEASE.

THANHOUSER .Baby's Joy Ride

(Comedy Drama)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19th

BRONCHO The War Correspondent

(2 reel Drama)

MUTUAL WEEKLY No. 47

RELIANCE A Man and a Woman

(Drama)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20th

AMERICAN The Tale of the Ticker

(Comedy Drama)

— A Modern Steel Plant

(Educational)

DOMINO Witch of Salem

(2 reel Drama)

KOMIC Making Himself a Hero

— Murhy's New High Hat

(Split-Reel)

SELECTED RELEASE

KEYSTONE A Muddy Romance

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21st

KAY-BEE Days of '49

PRINCESS A Shotgun Cupid

THANHOUSER A Clothesline Quarrel

(Comedy)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd

AMERICAN Calamity Anne's Dream

(Comedy)

MAJESTIC No Release

RELIANCE Her Father's Daughter

(Drama)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd

MAJESTIC The House on the Tree

THANHOUSER,

Their Great Big Beautiful Doll

(Comedy)

APOLLO The Mexican Fleet Producer

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Reel Life

Speal^ing

of
"Specials

"ROBIN HOOD" is a Worthy

ing
Specials

accessor to "MOTHS"

Each is founded on a great, popular tale — one OUIDA'S. and the other HISTORY'S also; they differ vastly in theme —
one a tale of the heart, the other a tale of adventure. BUT THEY ARE EXACTLY SIMILAR IN THE INTEREST THEY
EVOKE, in the fame of their name and in their "drawing" qualities. They are similar in being productions, not features.
Why is it that everybody who booked "MOTHS," the first special, booked "ROBIN HOOD?" The heading above supplies the
answer!

THE THANHOUSER THREE-A-WEEK

Released, Sunday, Nov. 9

LOOKING FOR TROUBLE

Imagine wanting to break an arm to get money from an accident insurance company with which to buy a doll! The
silly little girl bought an accident policy for fifty cents in the hope that she would fall, break her arm, and secure the most
beautiful, big doll that ever shone frorh a shop" window. And she learned that hunting trouble didn't pay for a minute!

Released, Tuesday, Nov. 1 1

THE CAMPAIGN MANAGERESS

A rousing political story, wherein the right candidate wins, but in a surprising way. Don't look for the usual "political
stuff." with the usual smooth politician handling the campaign purse strings. For here a pretty girl is manager! No, it's not
a suffragette ticket she's boosting, but a mere man whom she happens to love. Her efforts in his behalf are unique, and
successful.

Released, Friday, Nov. 14

THF CHILDREN'S HOUR

(After the poem by Henry W. Longfellow)

In Longfellow's beautiful poem Tr\e tells of the children's hour, that time in the day when the little ones are permitted
to meet their elders on equal ground. He describes the love that existed between the grandfather and his three little grand-
children, who each night insisted upon coming into his study, where tor one golden hour they reigned supreme, and he was
their willing and devoted servant.

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AL SPECIAL

n Four Reels

Scenario By LLOYD F. LONERGAN

The
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announce as a special re-
lease the great OUIDA
play of the above title.
Miss Fealy, starred in
this film — is known from
coast to coast as a legiti-
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has positively never been^
seen to better advantagej
than in this motion pic-
ture of "MOTHS."

William Russell

Harrv Benham

Gerda Holmes
Lila Chester

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MrSu Lawrence Marston

"Moths" has been described as the most extraordinary description of a woman that has
been penned. You must not miss this Marvel-Play and its wonderful star. There are
wonderful lithos, too, and they should attract people to a play that will hold them.

Special terms and bookings can be had exclusively through the offices of any

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To the Manufacturers

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AWEERLY MAGAZINE OF KINETIC DRAMA AND LITERATURE

PUBLISHED BY
, MUTUAL FILM CORPORATION, NEW YORK

W@w York, Nove3al)8r 13, if 13

CLARENCE HERBERT NEW, Editor WM. H. PECKHAM, Business Manager

MUTUAL FILM CORPORATION, Publishers, 71 West 23rd Street
Five Cents the Copy Circulation This Week 25,000 $2.50 by the Year.

A recent advertisement in a weekly paper of very
large circulation read something like this: One young
woman made $19,000 last year by writing scenarios for
moving-picture plays. With a little practice, you can make
as much. Send $1.00 for our book which explains in detail
exactly how to make this very comfortable income. Etc.,
Etc.

The result of this and similar advertisements has been to set
thousands of young men and women, all over Ae United States,
scribbling, typing and sending out their little argosies, freighted
with rosy hopes doomed to bitter disappointment.

The person who claims to make a scenario-writer of any in-
experienced amateur- — or the literary bureau which advertises its
ability to teach the art of writing magazine fiction — obtains his
or its money under absolutely false pretences.

In the first place, the art of writing fiction — literary or dramatic
— is something which no university, school or individual has yet
succeeded in teaching — or ever will. The art of constructing the
English language — of writing it easily and fluently — is something
which every grammar-school pupil is supposed to have acquired
with more or less proficiency before he even enters high-school.
Additional proficiency is acquired not by higher school or univers-
ity teaching — ^but by constant practice alone. And when the desired
proficiency in writing any language has been acquired, the student
is almost as far from writing fiction as he was in the primary school.
No one may write the sort of compelling story which holds a
reader's interest into the small hours of the night — until he knows
something of human life — people — types — varying manners and
customs, etc.

Getting back to the advertisement first mentioned, a certain
young woman may have made $19,000 in one year by writing scen-
arios. Not having definite statistics as to the accomplishment of
that talented prodigy, we are unable to deny or confirm the state-
ment. But we'll venture to say that she probably will never dupli-
cate the accomiplishment in a single year, and if we were in the
habit of making bets, we'd wager more than one dollar that she is
an experienced scenario writer under regular contract to one »of
the film manufacturing companies.

Probably not over ten per-cent of the scenarios accepted for
production by any of the film companies are written by outside
unknown free-lances — and even that ten per-cent are usually re-
written and staged by the regular staff writers or Directors at-
ached to each Motion Picture Studio.

There will be, in the future, probably a somewhat bet-
ter opening for outside writers — because the larger Cor-
porations are now establishing regular Editorial Staffs for
the examination of manuscripts, just as the magazines do.
But the amateur scenario-writer is subjected to far greater
restrictions than the short story author who contributes to
the magazines.

The scenario-writer must first have all the ability of a play-
wright for the legitimate stage. Added to that, he must have the
unusual ability of producing his story — keeping the interest clear
and unflagging — without the assistance of written or spoken words.
The entire action must be unfailingly indicated in pantomime. To
do this in a practical way, requires more than a casual knowledge
of just how the pictures are taken at the studios — the way the scenes
are set — the possibilities of scientifically-faked photography — the sort
of scenery available for the particular studio to which the play is sent.
A scenario, for instance, which requires the use of a square-rigged
sailing ship or the foundering of a steamer, would be useless to
a Director whose "props" did not include such a ship or constant
access to it. A studio whose specialty has always been rough-
house comedy is very rarely in shape to handle costume-plays of
a specified historic period.

For these reasons, the scenario-writer who is determined to
succeed at this particular game — whom even such remarks as these
do not discourage — would do well to make the personal acquaintance
of some producing Director — secure permission to watch a few
plays being staged — and get some idea of the technicalities in-
volved before attempting to write his first scenario. Otherwise, he
is probably wasting his time and making no progress toward the
desired cheque. As for reputation, the scenario-writer gets very
little — beyond being known in the moving-picture business to some
extent.

Hundreds of the young men and women who have been misled
by the scenario chimera have a real ability which might easily
bring them comfortable incomes and a wide-spread reputation in
the regular news-stand magazines. The game is not an easy road
to wealth — few games are. But it's a great deal easier and more
satisfactory to play than scenario-writing. In starting out upon
his career of crime in the magazines, the writer's only necessary
equipment is an unlimited supply of poStage-stamps and patience.
Success is bound to come if he lives long enough — and keeps at it.
But the scenario-wniter — 'northing \like as well-paid — ^must have
an amount of technical knowledge which can only be gained by
experience.

4

Reel Life

Mm A Y/oima

Adapted from the Reliance Play

With Illustrations by Jos. E. Sandford

For nine hours, the
man had lain like a
log upon the sands
where he had fallen
after that final half-
unconscious struggle
through the breakers.
The night air had
been warm and bal-
my. In spite of his
soaked clothing, he
had slept where he
fell, with scarcely a
motion — and now, the
sun was just sending
crimson streaks above
the horizon. In live
minutes more, its
great red eye flash-
ed upon the sleeper's
face and made hitn
stir uneasily — pres-
ently, he drowsily
wakened, and raised
himself upon one el-
bow.

Up and down the
beach, he looked —
not a human being in
sight, anywhere. A
fringe of palm-trees,
back of the sand-dunes

— low-growing bush, further inland. Getting heavily upon his feet,
he stumbled up the slope of the nearest dune— and saw the sea
shimmering behind the bush and cocoa-palms in the distance.

An island! No getting away from that fact. Where?

God and the chart-makers only knew. He was no navigator. The
swells on the Bridge, in white caps and gold buttons, looked after
that. Well! .... He was hungry! Damned hungry — now he came
to think of it! And, as nearly as be could figure it, there'd be
no mess-call at eight-bells. Now — what the devil does a poor
bloke do for a bit o' grub — -when there's no mess-call Hey? . . .
Tell us that, now!

Dimly, at the back of his mind, half-forgotten geography les-
sons in the grammar-school began to shape. His people had been
fairly well-off before the disastrous weeks of the panic which had
altered so many family plans as to the manner of living. He had
been half-way through high-school when the crash came — then,
he'd gone to work. And because he was an imaginative boy,
temperamentally unfitted for business life, the disheartening ma-
terialism of the ipeople among whom he worked led him into care-
lessness and blunders which resulted in dismissal. Then came
intervals of walking the streets — answering advertisements — work-
ing a few weeks or months in some office or shop — being dismissed
for insubordination. At last, sick of the whole game, he shipped
as a stoker upon an outgoing steamer.

For half a dozen years, he had wandered up and down the world's
ocean highways and by-ways — mostly, as stoker — sometimes, as
deck-hand or even bo's'n. He could have mastered navigation easily
enough, but he was naturally a rover — a drifter. Stoking is no
child's job, as anyone knows who has ever heaved a shovelful of

"Pocahontas" or
"Best Welsh" into
the fiery maw of a
steamer's furnaces,
but he had the build
of an athlete — ^Samp-
son would be a better
word, because his
back and thigh mus-
cles had acquired a
heavier development
than was entirely
symmetrical — and the
attention it required
was of the mechan-
ical, physical sort,
leaving his mind free
for dreams of the
world's fair ports and
the fair women in
them.

Mixing with the
riff-raff of the globe
in the various stoke-
holds and fo'c's'ls, his
manners had become
more primitive — more
brutalized — and his
earlier training lay
dormant. His fam-
ily— what few of
them remained — had

entirely lost track of him, though occasional bird-of-paradise plumes
— or corals — or Chinese embroidery — came to Boston from dif-
ferent corners of the globe, without signature or other clue as to
the sender.

And now, he was trying to remember what it was you did to
monkeys in palm trees to make them throw down the cocoanuts
at you — and what the geographies used to say were the principal
products of the South Sea Islands. Anyhow— the cocoanuts were
there, because he could see them. And he'd manage to get them
somehow. And, by the air-holes in the sand, there were plenty of
clams to be had for the digging— probably oysters in the mud of
the lagoon on the other side— and fish to be had when he plaited
a fish-line out of cocoa-fibre. As to fire— for cooking? He felt
in all his pockets but not a match turned up. What was it the

savages used to do — ^in the geographies? Rub two sticks

together ! Crack two stones together ! Bosh ! Stones— on a coral
atoll! .... Particularly, flint! Might be something in that stick-
rubbing thing? M-no — didn't sound very promising. Digging
down to the fob-pocket of his trousers, he hauled out his cheap
silver watch, and found the crystal intact. When the tropic sun
had climbed high enough, he thought he might twist the curved
edges of the crystal at an angle which would make of it a burning-
glass. At all events, that seemed more likely to produce his fire
than anything else.

Presently, the morning coolness from the water made him
shiver a little in his still wet clothes. If he only had a blanket or
even a bit of gunny-sacking, now? It might be hours before he
had a fire going.

Something out beyond the line of breakers attracted his atten-

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tion. As nearly as he could judge, it was some kind of a raft —
with a bundle lashed to it — a bundle of canvas, or clothing. The
surf had gone down very perceptibly during the night — and the
tide was coming in. Waiting until the raft started on a long roller,
he waded into the surf and, holding it until the crest of a second
one reached him, pushed it well up the beach. In his already
chilled condition, the water made him shiver. Hauling and tear-
ing at the canvas, he ripped it from its lashings and, with teeth
chattering, wrapped it around him — fold after fold.

W'hen he had done so, a slight noise made him turn and glance
down at the raft. To his amazement, a woman's head and shoul-
ders emerged from what he supposed merely a bundle of water-
soaked clothing.

"Oh, where am l\ Who are you. Sir? B-r-r-r! . . . .

I'm chilled through. Oh, surely — you won't leave me here — albue
— in this condition !"

"Hell! Another mouth to
feed — an' no grub in sight !"

Anyone who has experi-
enced the almost insane
frenzy of a shivering fit,
when one is chilled to the
marrow, will understand
something of the savage de-
termination to be warm at
all costs which takes posses-
sion of a person at .such a
time. He stalked away up
the beach to a sheltered gully
in the sand-dunes — leaving
her among the wet clothes
on the raft, each succeeding
breaker washing over them
as high as her shoulders.

It seemed hours before she
mustered strength to free
herself of the sodden, en-
cumbering cloth, and scram-
ble up the beach to the dry
and partly warm sand. Here^
she must have lost conscious-
ness for a while — but when
she recovered a little, she
staggered along in the direc-
tion of the man's footprints
in the sand and came upon
him in his sheltered gully
just as he had succeeded in
getting, with his watch-crys-
tal, a bit of smouldering fire
in a little pile of very dry,
inflammable cocoa-fibre. In
his intense anxiety not to
lose the little flame which it
had cost him so much
trouble to obtain, he shouted
savagely over his shoulder :

"Pick up a little armful of

driftwood ! And if

it's too wet to burn^ I'll
choke the life out of you!
Get a move on !"

Scarcely knowing what she
did, the girl staggered away to obey his orders — returning in a
couple of moments with sticks enough to feed a slowly increasing
blaze. Then, when he dared leave it for a moment, the man ran
down to the beach and picked up enough drift rubbish to keep
the fire going for hours. When he leturned, she sank down at bis
feet, clasping her arms about his legs.

"Oh^ put something warm around me — for just a little while!
Just until I get my clothes dry — I'm shivering to death !"

Flinging the canvas from his own shoulders, he wrapped it around
her and disgustedly walked ofif to lay in a stock of drift that
would enable him to keep the fire going for days at a time. Under
the influence of its warmth and the extra clothing, she had dropped
into a sleep of utter exhaustion when he returned — and after assur-
ing himself that she wasn't dead, he proceeded to gather small
logs, which he laid across the top of the gully, with drift on top

of them, until he had made, by middle-afternoon, a very comfortable
hut.

When the girl finally awakened, he was standing outside of it, sur-
veying his work — and as she approached to look inside, he scowled
at her. But she sm.iled up at him in a friendly little way. He
started to go in — then looked at her in a puzzled manner, as if
trying to figure out what disposition he should make of her.

"Oh — go on in! You can have this place all to yourself! I'll
sleep outside, or rig up something else for a coop of my own.
If you're rested up— an' dry — I reckon v/e'd better rustle for some-
thin' to eat. I aint had a bite since yesterday afternoon — an' I
could almost eat you — just as you are. Come along! I'll show
you where to dig for clams — then I'll shin up one of them trees
for a bunch of cocoanuts !"

They managed to make a very palatable meal of it. About

two hours after dark, she
left him to go inside the hut
and isleep, but there were too
many things weighing on her
mind to do so comfortably,
at once. Alone — on an unin-
habited atoll — with a man
who seemed at one moment
to be a rather brutal speci-
men of the lower classes, and
at other times, to show evi-
dences of early breeding —
with no probability of
escape from the situation for
months, or years — ^if ever!
She was absolutely in his
power — but the fact had
only just occurred to her.
With a strange sinking at
heart, she saw him presently
get upon his feet — stretch
himself — and come around
the fire — as if to enter the
hut. She shrank back into
the furthest corner, wrapping
the canvas tightly about her.
But he merely arranged a
pile of fresh wood, very care-
fully latticed, upon the fire —
and lay down to sleep be-
tween it and the entrance to
the hut.

In the morning, she rinsed
out her ha:r in a little pool
■of fresh water behind the
dune, and dried it before the
fire. Then — with it blowing
about her face and shoulders
— she ran down across the
beach to search the horizon
for a possible sail, just as
the man came along with a
fish he'd succeeded in catch-
ing for breakfast. For the
first time, he realized how
beautiful she was — vital —
throbbing with health and
life.

Coming slowly up .to her, he took a lock of the silky hair in
his hand — and something in his eyes alarmed her. Twisting away
from him, she ran back across the beach to her little cabin, in mor-
tal terror — hearing the rapid thud of his feet in the sand behind
her. Realizing that escape was impossible, she whirled and tried to
intimidate him with a look. But with quiet, resistless force, he
took her in his arms and covered her face with kisses. Then —
as she sank down at his feet, burying her face in her hands and
sobbing, he began to realize what he had done.

"Oh, come, now — what's the use of being silly over a few kisses !
I couldn't help it — you knout that, don't you ! A^^o man could help

it — with a girl as handsome as you are ! Shucks ! I wouldn't

really hurt you. Come ! Stop your crying — an' see what

a nice breakfast we'll have in no time ! Oh well — damn a fool
woman, anyway ! Here ! . . . . Take the old fish ! Cook it your-

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self! I'll go off by myself so you won't be too scared to eat. I
reckon clams '11 be about all I'll get !' , j *

When he came back in the afternoon, she had managed to
repair with cocoanut fibre some of the rents in her gown and was
altogether more presentable than her surroundings and castaway
condition seemed to warrant. She made no objection to bis sitting
down by her side near the fire, or cooking their supper— but she
replied to his remarks in monosyllables and succeeded m conveymg
the idea that he had very seriously of¥ended her.

An hour later, he walked half a mile down the beach-and
slept in another gully all night. She realized afterward that she
barely got an hour's sleep before morning. He knew perfectly well
that there was nothing on the atoll which could possibly harm her-
but she was by no means .so sure of that. Next day, he built him-
self another hut in a better and more sheltered spot-m fact he
applied all the knowledge he had gained in years of knocking about
the world to make it thoroughly comfortable and habitable It was
larger— the roof was thatched with four layers of sand, a"it /"'I
clam-shells, thoroughly water-tight. There were two delightfully
soft bunks inside made of cocoanut^fibre in many layers Iheve
was a door, made of planks from the raft to which she had been
lashed— and, best of all, there was a little spring of fresh water
at the foot of the sand dune on its inner side.

During the whole day, he never came within quarter of a nanle
of her— after an early visit before she was up to procure some live
coals for his fire. As evening approached, her own fire died down
to a mass of glowing cinders from which she couldn't succeed
in coaxing a blaze. On the second day— hei fire out— her pride
completely obliterated by the consciousness that she was alone— and
hungry— and needed him— she walked along the beach to his hut
and sat down by his fire. She realized, with some disgust for the
artificialities of life, that no gentleman of her former acquaintance
would have trea'ed her in just that manner— and she was equally

positive that a woman could not always trust a gentleman as far
as a wan— who played his game in a primitive man's way.

"■WelP Come down to pay a little social visit?

"No I've come to stay. You mustn't leave me

again like that !"

"Got over being mad at me?"

"Yes. Wlhat's the use! I'm entirely in your power.

"Hmph! I don't think I deserved that slap! You'd bet-
ter go back to your own cabin— I'll see that your fire's kept up and
that you get enough to eat."

"Very well— if you insist. But I'm very lonely— and a little
afraid. I'd rather stay with you"

"Look here, girl^f you stay here with me, day after day, I shall
kiss you again. Any man on top of God's green earth would do
the same thing— under conditions like this !

"And any woman's on God's green earth would wonf him to—
if she was human. We may be here for years— perhaps all our
lives !"

"Hardly. No island on the globe is as isolated as that! But
we may be here a few years— possibly. According to the story
book writers, I should kiss the hem of your skirt and be your
very humble servant until the ship finally came."

"Yes I used to believe that sort of thing the only course a
gentleman could possibly follow. But I think I'm beginning to
realize that no real woman ever cares much for a fool! Our situa-
tion here is the most amazing, upsetting thing that has ever hap-
pened in my life. Why— I dont' even know your name! You are
yoM— and I am J. A man and a woman— alone on a desert island,
somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. And none of my old rules of life
seem to apply. And I wouldn't spend another night alone m this
place— away from you— for a million dollars!"

She made a little appealing gesture with both hands which was
irresistible. He came around to her side of the fire and took her

Reliance

Red Life

9

The Witch of Salem

By C. Gardner Sullivan, Thomas H. Ince and William H. Clifford.
Nov. 20, 1913.

This powerful drama reveals the atrocious fanaticism of the
Witchcraft period in Colonial America. The principals are ex-
traordinarily well chosen — and the entire production startlingly
realistic. Though to a rational person of to-day, the evidence on
which Prudence is condemned to be burned at the stake, seems
absurdly insufficient — to the inflammable imaginations of those times
— like tinder, to which the merest accusation of black art was the
spiark — iher condemnation appeared justifiajble in the name of God
and religion. The rumor starting that Prudence was a witch, it
is by no means impossible to see how the idea waxed and spread
among the colonists — until, already looking upon her with fear and
loathing, they «aw in every action of hers — however innocent —
signs of the evil spirit, casting spells, on everybody within her in-
fluence.

She came to the colony, an orphan, entrusted to the care of
Donald Hastings by a friend in England. The letter she bore stated
merely that this was "a maide of goode parts"— and when Goodwife
Hasting had tried her at the spinning wheel and in other arts of
the household, finding her skilled and willing, and, withal, a blithe,
young companion — Prudence was made welcome to live with Good-
man Hasting's family.

The newcomer's sweet looks and attractive ways captivated
young John Hastings from the hour of her arrival. He followed
her about, fascinated. At length, one day, out of doors, where
Prudence is sitting in the open at her spinning — love overcomes him,
and he takes her in his arms, passionately telling her of his love.
At the same instant, Goodman Hastings and one of the colonists,

an evil looking fellow, are peering through the greenery.. "Her
father was hanged in Margate for dealing in magic," whispers the
mischief maker. "I would rather have ye devil in my house than
ye maide Prudence."

When Goodman Hastings tells his son of Prudence's father's
crime, forbidding him to think of marriage, John defies him — and
his first terrible thought is that his son is bewitched by the girl.
She is seized and confined in the Mourners' House — ^there to cast
out the devil with fasting and prayer. Some children, playing
near the place, curious about the witch-girl whom they have heard
is shut up within, suddenly see Prudence in the doorway — and one
of them, in sheer fright, faints and falls. The child's mother comes
running, crying out that the witch has put an evil spell on her
little one. Meanwhile, John is lying ill and helpless of a blow on
the head, gotten while trying to make his escape to go to Prudence's
rescue — ^and the child's fit and his indisposition are used as evidence
against her in court.

But she does not burn at the stake — and the emergency which
saves her life but threatens to destine her to a fate worse than
death gives a thrilling turn to the story. She changes a desperate
chance, however, into a matchless opportunity to save the lives of
the whole colony, and win their everlasting gratitude and forgive-
ness. She and John Hastings are married — ^and thus one Witch
of Salem becomes a happy, honored Goodwife who lives out her
days in peace.

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Rml Life

The Thanhouser Kidlet in "Baby's Joy Ride"

Tlianhouser

Thanhouser

Baby's Joy Ride

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Nov. 18, 1913
CAST

John Winters Harry Benham

Beatrice, his wife Lila Chester

Dorothy, their child Thanhouser Kidlet

The cook Carey Hastings

The heartless way that children have of going on adventures,
and frightening their elders almost to death, is very realistically
— and very charmingly — shown, in Mr. Lonergan's novel play-
let, "Baby's Joy Ride."

Every morning Baby Dorothy has seen her father hurry out
to the big car and ride away to the mysterious "city." One
morning she runs down the steps, holding out both arms, crying,
"Take me to business, too!"

Father and mother only laugh — they can't see how much in
earnest she is — and there is a sensitive spot in the child^s heart
all day — until, in a delightful walk with mother that afternoon,
and a visit to a gypsy camp, her disappointment is, for the time,
forgotten. But next morning, it all comes back — when she wakes
and hears the limousine whirring so invitingly. She slips out
of bed, and runs' down to the sidewalk, in her little bathrobe.
Father and mother are nowhere in sight. She climbs into the
car, and snuggles down under the blanket in the tonneau. A
moment later, father jumps into the driver's seat — and they are
off.

When father reaches the office he finds a telephone message
from his distracted wife — the gypsies have stolen little Dorothy!
Back they fly — the wicked stowaway still undiscovered. Baby
gets about all the joy riding she wants — and is glad to slip out
of the machine and back to the nursery, while father and mother

are summoning the police. Nor do father and mother ever learn
the whole story — for "babies don't tell all they know" — says Mr.
Lonergan.

Asiierkaii

A Spartan Girl of the West

Nov. 27, 1913
CAST

Molly Winifred Greenwood

Her Foreman Edward Coxen

The Stranger George Field

Molly's Mother Ida Lewis

This western play is a drama of pure pluck. Molly is the
owner of a ranche — not merely is the property in her name, but
she is the manager and business head, and she prides herself on
being able to keep everything in her own hands. Her foreman
resents, in secret, her exceeding independence for he has fallen
head over heels in love with Molly, but despairs of ever being
able to make her feel that he is indispensable to her in any way.

A stranger takes the adjoining ranche — and the amount of
"rustling" in the vicinity is noticeably increased. The foreman
is suspicious. But her neighbor has worked himself into Molly's
good graces — and when the foreman comes to her with his
accusations, she laughs at his fears, but secretly resolves to make
a test. One day, riding alone, she catches the stranger red-
handed. She takes him in charge — and holds him prisoner until
the sheriff's posse is out scouring the hills for him — when she
releases him, telling him to go away and forget his dishonest
past.

The coolness of the girl — her level-headed action and "nerve"
— handling the entire situation without a bit of help, nor so much
as a word of encouragement — make her an exceptional heroine.

Reel Life

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Mutual Weekly, No. 46

Harvard Versus Princeton. — An exciting football game at
New Jersey University between two great teams.

"Downes," Torpedo Boat Destroyer Launched. — Newest ad-
dition to U. S. Navy is christened at Camden, New Jersey.

Football at Harrow. — Old and new students contest in a
spirited game in England.

Home From Mexico. — U. S. Transport brings several hun-
dred refugees from West coast into San Francisco.

Children's Day in Sweden. — All Stockholm turns out to
amuse their little ones.

The Katy Flyer Wrecked. — M. K. & T. passenger train is
derailed at Lancaster, Texas.

The Panama Canal Pioneer. — The "Fram" sails from Buenos
Ayres to make initial journey through Isthmian waterway.

'Errings Are Ripe. — Great catch reaches Yarmouth, England,
and is handled by Scotch fisherwomen.

Freight Handling in Kingston. — The women perform most
of the manual labor in Jamaica.

One Toreador Retires. — Bombita, most celebrated of French
bull-fighters, quits with a fortune of several millions.

Manicuring Lill. — Oldest elephant in the world has her nails
filed in Cincinnati zoo.

The Lord Mayor Arrives. — ^Chief Executive of London opens
exhibition in Edinburgh.

Chilly, But the Venuses Are Brave. — Diving girls in some
plain and fancy jumps at Cincinnati.

Paris Fashions. — Advance styles from the leading designers
of the French capital.

Modern "Antiques"

There is a class of traveling Americans who put not their trust
in the dealers in antiques in European cities, but go prowling about
in castles and peasant houses, seeking to discover for themselves rare
and ancient bits of furniture, pottery and the like. So persistent
and large has this class grown that the dealers, feeling the trade in
spurious antiques was falling off, have resorted to the plan of
stocking some of these chateaux and peasant houses with modern
"period stuff." And they say that the amateur discoverers are
prefectly happy in their ignorance.

One of these collectors had "discovered" and bought from a
farmhouse in the Eifel, that picturesque volcanic plateau in western
Prussia, a wonderfully carved cabinet. The farmhouse was at the
top of a steep hill, and the American walked close to the husky
porter as he carried the cabinet carefully down. The "treasure"
was heavy, the day was warm, and the porter grunted at every other
step.

"That's a pretty heavy load — to carry that cabinet down the hill,"
said the American.

"Yes," agreed the porter, stopping a moment, "but it was heavier
still when I took it up the hill a week ago." — Harper's.

George Field and Winifred Greenwood in "A Spartan Girl of the West

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Reel Life

Ironcli©

The War Correspondent

Nov. 19, 1913

This stirring war drama recalls William Gillette and Secret
Service — though the hero is a newspaper reporter and not a gov-
ernment man at all.

In the days of the Civil War, reporting battles at the front was
a simpler and rather more dangerous matter than it is now. But
even then, there were occasions when a corps commander had sense
enough to restrict the news of the moment which might be going
over the wires and leaking out into the enemy's ears.

The story starts with a boy and girl love affair. Tom Halsey,
star-reporter for the Daily Press, is in love with Mary Gordon.
So, also, is Bill Baker — a meaner sort of individual in every sense
of the word. He learns that Tom is being sent to the front by his
paper, and bribes a couple of thugs to waylay the plucky young
reporter. They succeed in sand-bagging him — putting him in an
empty box-car — and seeing it started off with a train of supplies
on a line of railroad within the battle zone, expecting that he may
be shot to pieces from the artillery fire, or hanged as a spy, if dis-
covered. Bill Baker, needless to say, remains at home and pays re-
doubled attentions to Mary.

On the firing line, the corps commander has given strict instruc-
tions that all of the war-correspondents shall be detained under
guard in a farm-house several miles in the rear. As it happens,
the train with Tom's box-car is switched on a siding which com-
mands a view of the entire battle-field — ^and he succeeds in getting
out of it in time to see pretty much the whole fight, also to catch

a distant glimpse of the enemy's movements on the other side of
the ridge. Eventually — when the enemy are apparently in retreat —
Tom is discovered on top of the car — captured, and sent to the
guard-house in the rear — though treated with much courtesy be-
cause of the important information he has given the general as to
the enemy's movements.

The other correspondents naturally try their best to pump him
as to what he. has seen. But, hoping to save the scoop for his own
paper, Tom refuses to say a word. Presently — as they are dis-
cussing the campaign in the dining-room — he hears the tapping of
an army telegraph instrument in the attic, and recognizes his own
name. Then follows a statement, in Morse, that the signal corps
sergeant at the key is an old friend for whom Tom had once done
a great service. He says that if Halsey will tap out his story on
the wooden wall of the house, with a table-knife, or any solid
object, he will put the story through to the Daily Press — and Tom
immediately begins making the dots and dashes on the boards with
a railroad spike.

The other correspondents are, many of them, able to make out
most of the story — but they are under guard and cannot get to
within ten miles of any regular company wire. Not being near
the wall, as Halsey is, they fail to catch the sound of the army
instrument — and do not realize how they've been beaten until they
get into communication with their own papers.

One of Halsey's drawbacks, in Mary's eyes, has been a weakness
for whiskey- — and there was plenty of it in the army camps. But in
the open-air life of excitement, he has been able to overcome the
desire for it. So that when he returns, his appearance fully justi-
fies her in marrying him. The story is full of action — full of the
most intense sort of interest.

L

"The War Correspondent"

Broncho

Reel Life

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William Garwood and Ernest Joy in "L' Article 47'

Majestic

Majeslk

L' Article 47

Nov. 18, 1913

CAST

Georges Duhamel -. ; , William Garwood

Mme. Duhamel — his Mother Mrs. White

Cora — a Quadroon Miss Bateman

Delille — an Avocat Mr. Davies

Mazilier — a rich young Parisian Ernest Joy

This excellent adaptation to the motion-picture screens of the
famous French play depends for its plot upon a fool police regula-
tion known as "U Article AT' which prohibits under severe penalties
an ex-convict from residing in Paris — whether his conviction has
been just or unjust — in fact, with no recognition of any mitigating
circumstances whatever. In a somewhat modified sense, this law
exists upon the Paris statute-books to this day — and, considering
the hopeless, maniacal brutality of the Paris Apache, it may be that
M'sieur Lepine finds it easier to protect the lives and property of
law-abiding visitors to his city by enforcing this regulation to the
letter. The story runs as follows :

Georges Duhamel meets in New Orleans the handsome Creole,
Cora, with whom he falls violently in love. He takes her to Paris
and, in spite of the protestations of his Mother and friends, re-
fuses to give her up. There, she becomes infatuated with Maz-
ilier, a young millionaire. Duhamel is naturally jealous. During
a quarrel in which he threatens her with a revolver, it is discharged
and she is wounded in the shoulder.

Preferring a charge of attempted murder against him, she suc-
ceeds in having him sent to the galleys at Toulon, where he serves
a five-year sentence. At its expiration, he returns to Paris under
another name, in defiance of Article 47, and lives quietly there with
his Mother. Subsequently, he meets and marries a lovely girl.

Marcelle. They are ideally happy until, one day, he meets Cora
upon the boulevard. She is now running a gambling establishment
and threatens him with exposure unless he frequents it.

In time, Marcelle learns where he goes and suspects him of
being unfaithful. She follows him to Cora's house and learns
from him the story of his life. Realizing what he has suffered at
the Creole's hands, Marcelle forgives him. Finding that his wife
will not give hirn up, Cora denounces him to the police. He is
arrested — brought to Cora for identification — and is about to be
sent back for a longer sentence at Toulon when an official arrives
with a full pardon. Cora subsequently goes mad.

The story is really more of a slur on the Creole temperament in
Louisiana than the facts justify — for the Creole women of New
Orleans have a reputation for fidelity toward those they care for at
least — but this is the fault of the French playwright who naturally
favored his countrymen, and it in no way interferes with the ab-
sorbing interest of the many and varied scenes.

Experienced

During an Episcopal convention in Boston, one of the bishops
had an experience he will long remember. He v/as a portly man,
weighing over three hundred pounds. One afternoon while walk-
ing through Boston Common he sat down on one of the benches
to rest. When he attempted to get up, he failed in the effort.
He tried again and failed. About this time a little girl, poorly
clad, came along and was attracted by the struggles of the bishop.
Stepping up to him, she exclaimed :

'"Don't you want me to give you a lift?"

The Ijishop gazed at her in amazement and exclaimed:

"Why, you can't help me. You are too little."

"No, I am not," she replied. "I have helped my pa get up many
times when he was drunker than you are." — Homiletic Review.

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MONDAY.
Reliance.

■ American, Keystone,

TUESDAY— Majestic, Thanhouser,
Selected Release.

WEDNESDAY— Broncho, Mutual
Weekly, Reliance.

THURSDAY— American, Domino,
Keystone. Selected Release.

FRIDAY— Kay-Bee, Thanhouser.

SATURDAY— American, Majestic,
Reliance.

SUNDAY — Broncho, Majestic,
Thanhouser.

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Amsrisan

6 — A Pitfall of the Installment Plan

9 — Taming a Cowboy
11 — Calamity Anne's Sacrifice
13 — Courage of Sorts

Making Pig Iron — (Split Reel)

16— The End of Black Bart
18 — The Making of a Woman
20 — Hidden Treasure Ranche
23 — The Step Brothers

25 — In the Mountains of Virginia
27 — In the Days of Trajan (2 reels)
30 — In Three Hours

1 — Follies of a Day and Night

3 — The Girl and the Geaser

6— What Her Diary Told

8— The Haunted House
10 — Martha's Decision
13 — An Assisted Proposal
15 — The Drummer's Honeymoon

17— The Trail of the Lost Chord

(2 reels)

20— The Tale of the Ticker

A Modern Steel Plant (Split Reel)
22 — Calamity Anne's Dream

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Sept. 28— The Speed Bear

Oct. 12— Catchem and Killem

Oct. ig^One Round O'Brien Comes East

Oct. 26— The Boomerang Curve

Nov. 2 — His Nobs, the Plumber

Nov. 9 — Freddy Loosebelt From Africa

Nov. 16 — Fred's Waterloo

Nov. 23 — The Mexican Sleep Producer

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31 — The Broken Thread (1 reel)
3— The Gambler's Pal

7 — May and December
10— The Judge's Son

14 — No release

17— The Land of Dead Things (2 reels)

21 — No release

24— Silent Heroes (2 reels)

25 — No release

1 — The Greenhorn (2 reels)

8 — A Forgotten Melody (2 reels)

15 — The Reaping (2 reels)

22— The Black Sheep (2 reels)
29— From Out of the Storm (2 reels)

5— The Veteran (2 reels)
13 — The Impostor (2 reels)
19 — The War Correspondent (2 reels)

9 — God of Chance (2 reels)
16 — Romance of Erin (2 reels)
23— The Heart of Kathleen (3 reels)
30— Widow Maloney's Faith (2 reels)

6 — The Judgment (2 reels)
13— The Ghost (2 reels)
20— Witch of Salem (2 reels)

Kay-Bee

June 20— The Failure of Success (2 reels)
Aug. 1 — Banzai (2 reels)
Aug. 8 — The House of Bondage (3 reels)
Aug. 15 — The Flame in the Ashes (2 reels)
Aug. 22 — An Orphan of War (2 reels)
Aug. 29— The (Jreen Shadow (2 reels)

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5 — The Ironmaster (2 reels)

12— The Waif

19 — The Cowtown Reformation

26 — A Forlorn Hope

3 — The Loaded Dice
10— The Bully

17 — Venetian Romance
24 — A Woman's Wit
31 — Borrowed Gold

7 — An Indian's Honor.
IJ — For Mother's Sake
14 — Efficacy of Prayer

18 — The Claim Jumper
21— Days of '49

Keystone

11— The Riot

14— A Chip of the Old Block
18 — No release

21— The Firebugs (2 reel Comedy)

25— Baby Day . . . The Kelp Industry
(Split Reel)

28 — Mabel's New Hero

1— Fatty's Day Off

Los Angeles Harbor — (Split Reel)

4— The New Baby

8 — Mabel's Dramatic Career
11 — Gypsy Queen

15— What Father Saw
Willie Minds the Dog

18— The Fatal Taxicab

22 — When Dreams Come True
25 — Mother's Boys

29 — The Bowling Match

2— Billy Dodge's Bills

6 — Across the Alley) _ ,
Abelone Industry J Split reel

9— Schnita. The Tailor
14 — Their Husbands

16 — A Healthy Neighborhood

20— Two Old Tars

23 — A Quiet Little Wedding

27— The Janitor

Making an Automobile Tire

(Split reel)

30— The Speed King

3 — Fatty at San Diego

6 — Love Sickness at Sea
10— Small Town Act . Milk We Drink
(Split Re«l)

13— Wine

17— Our Children

20 — A Muddy Romance

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Aug. 20— No. 34

Aug. 27 — No. 35

Sept. 3 — No. 36

Sept. 10— No. 37
Sept. 17 — No. 38

Sept. 24— No. 30

Oct. 1 — No. 4'0

Oass

25 — Vengeance

26— The Sc enario Writer

28— The Oath of O Tsuru San (2 reels)

1 — No release

2 — The Marriage of Niatana
4 — The Ward of the Senior

8 — Levinsky's Holiday

9 — The Bravest Man
11— The Rivals

15— The Pitch That Defiles

16 — The Tomboy's Race
18— L'Article 47 (2 reels)

22 — No release

23 — The House on the Tree

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8— No. 41
IS— No. 42
22— No. 43
29— No. 44

5— No. 45
12— No. 46
19— No. 47

Komic

30 — Father and the Flies
The New Curate

(Split reel)

6 — Poor John Caused by a Clock

(Split reel)
13 — An Affair of Honor . . . Biddy on

Her Mettle (Split Reel)
20 — Making Himself a Hero

Murphy's New High Hat (Split Reel)

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Princess

31 — Algy's Awful Auto
7 — Friday, the Thirteenth.
14 — Bread Upon the Waters
21 — A Shotgun Cupid

Reliance

17 — The Disguise

20— The Stolen Woman (2 reels)
22— The Hardest Way

24 — The Missing Ring
27— The Original Will
29 — Hearts of the Dark

1 — Makers and Spenders
4 — Targets of Fate (2 reels)
6— The Buffer
8 — Once Upon a Time

11— The Rebellious Pupil

14— Poor Old Mother

15— The Flirt

18 — A Knight Errant
20— O, What a Night!

Two Men and a Mule (Series 1)

—(Split reel)

25 — Hearts (2 reels)
27— The Real Mother

29 — Two Men and a Mule (Series 2)
1— The Colonel's Oath
3 — A Sure Cure

8 — Two Men and a Mule (Series 3)
10— The Power of the Sea

12 — The Bracelet

IS — For Love of a Man (2 reels)
17 — Two Men and a Mule (series 4)

19 — A Man and a Woman
22 — Her Father's Daughter

Majestic

TIaanliOiiser

17 — House Hunting

19— The Other Side of the Fence

23— Batchelor Bill

24— The Lady Killer

26 — One Round O'Brien's Flirtation

30 — A Chapter of His Life

31— The Trade Secret
2 — A Perilous Ride

6— The Turkish Bath

7— The Heart of a Fool
9— The Frame Up

13 — For His Loved One

14 — The Winning Loser
16 — Playmates

20 — His Last Deal

21 — A Shoemaker and His Doll
23— The BaseBall Umpire

The Aesthetic Match

27 — A Slight Misunderstanding

28 — The Love of Conchita

30 — When the Debt Was Paid

4 — The Man of the Wilderness

5 — A Mix-up in Pedigrees
7— The Heritage

1 1 — The Iceman's Revenge

12 — No Release

14 — The Van Warden Jewels (2 reels)

18 — No Release

19— Trough the Sluice Gates
21 — Always Together

Sept. 14 — No release
Sept. 16 — Redemption
Sept. 19— Flood Tide
Sept. 21 — When the Worm Turns
Sept. 23 — An Unfair Exchange
Sept. 26 — The Official Goat Protector
Sept. 28 — The Farmer's Daughter
Sept. 30 — Life's Pathway (2 reels)
Oct. 3 — The. Twins and the Other Girl
Oct. 7 — Louie, the Life Saver
Oct. 10— A Girl Worth While
Oct. 12 — A Deep Sea Liar
Oct. 14 — The Plot Against the Governor

(2 reels)

Oct. 17 — A Peaceful Victory

Oct. 19 — The Beauty in the Seashell

Oct. 21 — The Mystery of the Haunted Hotel

Oct. 24 — The Old Folks at Home

Oct. 26 — The Silver Tongued Orator

Oct. 28 — How Filmy Won His Sweetheart

Oct. 31 — A Twentieth Century Farmer

Nov. 2— The Water Cure

Nov. 4 — The Junior Partner (2 reels)

Nov. 7— The Little Brother

Nov. 9 — Lo,"king for Trouble

Nov. 11 — Th« Campaign Manageress

Nov. 14 — The Children's Hour

Nov. 16 — He Couldn't Lose

Nov. 18. — Baby's Joy Ride

Nov. 21 — A Clothes-line Quarrel

Nov. 23 — Their Great Big Beautiful Doll

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24th

AMERICAN The Occult

(Drama)

KEYSTONE Fatty Joins the Force

RELIANCE The Other Woman

(Drama)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25th

MAJESTIC A Warm Welcome

(Comedy
SELECTED RELEASE.

THANHOUSER The Blight of Wealth

(2 reel Drama)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26th

BRONCHO The Reformation

(Dramat

MUTUAL WEEKLY NO. 48.

RELIANCE Bread On the Waters

(Drama)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27th

AMERICAN A Spartan Girl of the West

(Drama )

DOMINO Belle of Yorktown

KOMIC .T Method In His Illness

— The Man With a Razor

(Split Reel)

SELECTED RELEASE.

KEYSTONE Cohen Saves the Flag

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28th

KAY-BEE The Sign of the Snake

(Drama)

PRINCESS Her Right to Happiness

(Drama)

THANHOUSER.. Curfew Shall Not Ring To-night

(Drama)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29th

AMERICAN At Midnight

(Drama)

MAJESTIC A Woman's Wit

(Drama)

RELIANCE The Reporter's Scoop

(Drama)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30th

MAJESTIC Hendrick's Divoxce

(Drama)

THANHOUSER The Henpecked Hod Carrier

(Comedy)

APOLLO Her Husband and My Wife

Spedal Pr®du€4l©itjs

NEW MAJESTIC SAPHO

In Six Reels

With FLORENCE ROBERTS

THANHOUSER MOTHS

In Four Reels

With MAUD FEALY

THANHOUSER ROBIN HOOD

In Four Reels

With GERDA HOLMES
THANHOUSER.. A LEGEND OF PROVENCE

In Four Reels

With MAUD FEALY
KAY-BEE.... THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

In Five Reels

16

Joins the Movies at the Age of 63
Years

Once more the New York Motion Picture
Corporation have bested their competitors in the
Western field by out-bidding and purchasing
the three-masted sailing vessel, the "Fremont
of New York." The purchasing price was
$12,000.

Built in the Philadelphia ship-building yards
in 1850, the "Fremont" has had a varied
career, carrying the stars and stripes to almost
every corner of the earth. In 1861 she was
pressed into service by the Union forces and
served in almost every capacity.

Shortly after the war, her owner brought her
around the Horn and from that time San Fran-
cisco has been her home port. And now, after
leading an almost unknown existence for 63
years, the old barkentine is to suddenly break
into the limelight and to be viewed with in-
terest by millions through the medium of the
motion picture screen.

Standing on the deck of this old barkentine,
the very air seems charged with romance and
adventure. It requires very little imagination
to picture the same as an old pirate ship, with
the murderous crew swarming over her deck.
Again she might be an old slaver with her cargo
of unfortunates down in the dark, dank hold.
With its old-fashioned fish-head and round
stern, in such a vessel the Pilgrims might have
landed, or again the story of the Boston Tea
Party seems to pervade the atmosphere.

Sound and hardy as when she was first
launched, the vessel looks as though she might
brave the winds and seas for all time. With
a length of 155 ft. and a 26-ft. beam, she is
admirably suited to the photoplay world. The
"Fremont" will be fitted up in good condition.
In addition to her posing for pictures, she will
become the flag-ship and headquarters of the
admiral, Mr. Thomas Ince, of the New York
Motion Picture Corporation's fleet, numbering
five vessels, now lying on the Pacific Coast.

"Our Children," a Keystone Comedy, to be
released November 17th, will be the first of the
Kid Comedies. The six used in this picture
are the first graduates of Mack Sennett's, the
Managing Director of the Keystone Comedies,
class.

Majestic Motion Picture Co. Notes

The appearance of a company of German
Uhlans, in their gay blue and red uniforms,
in front of the exclusive Presbyterian Church
in Pasadena, created a sensation which drew a
crowd of curious California tourists last week.
Their presence was soon explained when Di-
rector Albert W. Hale, of the Majestic Motion
Picture Co., arrived on the scene with his
camera man and proceeded to take a scene for
his magnificent two.-reel production of "Ro-
mance and Duty." This photoplay, written by
the _ prominent author, Elmer Harris, requires
settings in both America and Europe, and the
architecture of this church resembling some-
what the style of an old German castle, it was
used accordingly in this picture.

Sometimes scenes are so realistic in photo-
plays that sympathetic onlookers spoil them by
interrupting them at the wrong time. This was
the case in "An Accidental Clue," a police
story just finished by Albert W. Hale at the
Majestic Studios in Los Angeles. The scene
was one in which Sergt. Brown, impersonated
by Howard Davis, is shot while waiting, with
his prisoner, at the police box for the patrol
wagon. An old gentleman who heard the shot
and saw Mr. Davis drop, rushed up and pro-
ceeded to help the supposedly injured man,
thereby spoiling the scene and necessitating its
being retaken.

As the monster steamer "Congress" drew up
to her wharf at San Pedro one day last week,
a distinguished officer of some foreign country
emerged and passed down the gangplank. The
interested spectator upon coming up close and
inquiring who he might be, was informed that
he was Earnest Joy, of the Majestic Motion
Picture Co.^ playing the part of a German
prince, in Romance and Dutj'," a big sensa-
tional two-reel production of the same company.

Fred Mace

Apollo

scene for a recent production of the New
York Motion Picture Company, one of the
companies was at the Soldiers' Home at Saw-
telle, Calif., and naturally were being watched
with a great deal of interest by the Old Sol-
diers. The photoplay is the story of a young
man rather "queer," who has become tired of
city life and its conventionalities; he is seated
in his room dressed in pajamas and bath robe,
reading, when the night tempts him and he
goes into the garden to enjoy the moonhght.
Mr. Thomas Chatterton, leading man of the
New York Motion Picture Company, had re-
hearsed the scene and while waning for the
clouds to pass, took a stroll through the
grounds of the Home. One of the guards, who
was not aware that the company was working
close by, suspected him to be one of the in-
mates of the insane ward. He cautiously ap-
proached Mr. Chatterton, coaxing him to go
along with him to the dining room, where he
would get him some refreshments; in vain did
Mr. Chatterton try to explain; the more Mr.
Chatterton tried to explain, the more con-
vinced was the guard that he had made no
mistake; Mr. Chatterton was taken to head-
quarters and it was necessary to call m the
Commander of the Home to get his release,
much to the amusement of Mr. Chatterton and
his company. One can hardly blame the guard,
when we stop to realize how out of the ordi-
nary Mr. Chatterton must have appeared wan-
dering through the grounds in his pajamas and
bathrobe.

WTiile the members of the different motion
picture companies often take their lives in
their own hands, risking life and limb to make
a scene realistic, there are times when a real
comedy is enacted. In the making of a

Few of the photoplay "fans" who sit com-
fortably in their chairs watching the screen,
realize how strenuous and dangerous the work
of producing these pictures is at times, or how
expensive a certain "thriller" may be. In the
production of a recent political story by the
New York Motion Picture Company, a $1,500
automobile was purchased and wrecked, just
to give us a real' sensation. A party of four
leaves a cafe much the worse for liquor, especi-
ally the voung man who insists on driving the
automobile. We see the machine just escaping
being wrecked two or three times; the scene
is shifted and we see the machine coming
toward us down an extremely steep hill; so
steep and dangerous is the ride that we won-
der at the courage of the young man driving
the car, for he certainly took his life in his
own hands; a bolt becomes loose; a wheel is
seen to leave the machine and we see it start
down an embankment; the next picture shows
us the car a complete wreck; $1,500 thrown
away in the course of a few moments, just to
please a desire to see something new and
novel. The accompanying photographs show
the machine as thev started out to take the
picture and after it was wrecked.

Miss Anna Little and Snowball, the beauti-
ful white horse of the Broncho and K-ay Bee,
are inseparable. Her command over the animal
is really remarkable, and they make a pretty
picture, appearing in many of the Kay Bee and
Broncho releases. A special story is being pro-
duced now in which Miss Little takes the lead-
ing role assisted by Snowball.

American Engages Consulting
Director

Mr. Alix F. Harmer has been engaged by S.
S. Hutchinson, president of the American Film
Mfg. Co. as consulting director.

Mr. Harmer has had an extended experience
and is an authority on stage settings and cos-
tuming. He has already taken up his duties
at the new Santa Barbara studios, where all
facilities for the carrying out of the minutest
details are available and where projects of great-
est magnitude can be skillfully and expeditiously
handled.

Jack Richardson as Rajah Singh

If you want to see Jack Richardson, the
handsomest and meanest villian on the screen,
as a real Rajah, do not fail to see "THE
OCCULT," "Flying A" release of Nov. 24th.
Mr. Richardson does some real mystic work
adding another to an ever increasing string of
laurels.

Auto Fire Trucks Pressed Into
Service

The fire department of Santa Barbara made a
test run for speed which will be used in the
"Flying A" production "At Midnight," sched-
uled for release Nov. 29th. Stop watches were
used by members of the department and a
record run, not only pleasing to the depart-
ment, but very effective on the screen, was se-
cured. The boys all felt justly proud of their
work and are now watching for letters of com-
mendation from other fire departments.

A Typical Westerner

"THE SPARTAN GIRL OF THE WEST,"
a "Flying A" subject scheduled for release
Nov. 27th, teems with genuine color of God's
own country. It is an inspiration to watch the
story unfold itself with all the realism of an
incident from life.

Looking For a Derelict

Thos. Ricketts each morning scans the coast
with a vain hope that a kind fate will have
caused some ship to wreck itself on the Cali-
fornia cliffs as he is in sore need of a wreck
of some sort to finish a production.

"American Born"

This is the title of a two part darama by the
"Flying A" Co. to be released Monday, Dec.
1st. Sydney Ayres plays the lead and Vivian
Rich plays the part of an American born
princess.

Excellent dramatic work marks the efforts of
an efficient cast.

Dare Devil Riding

In the "Flying A" production "HIS FIRST
CASE" are given exhibitions of what may
well be termed the most_ daring riding feats
ever portrayed in a moving picture. Jacques
Jaccard, a recent acquisition to the "Fhang
A" Companies, is the rider and plays a close
second to Harry Von Meter, the lead in the
production. Jaccard leaps from his horse onto
the rear platform of a fast moving train. He
is followed by "Chick" Morrison, as sheriff,
who duplicates the stunt, arrests his man and
the two together leap from the train.

Mace Back to California

Fred Mace and his Apollo Comigues have left
New York for Los Angeles. They had been
operating East pending the completion of a
studio in the Brooklyn Heights section of the
beautiful California city. They are due there
by the time this appears in print. In the party
are Marguerite Loveridge, "Bud" Duncan, Harry
Edwards and George W. Peters, camerman, and
Mace. A "One Round O'Brien" story will be
the first picture tackled by the returning Apol-
loites. Another prize fighter will have to be
found for the picture bv Mr. Mace, as^ his
"contracted" fighter, "Bull" Young, was killed
in a California bout while the Apolloites were
East.

Reel life

17

Jack Richardson as Raj Singh in "The Occult"

The Occult

Nov. 24, 1913
CAST

Harold Brinkworth Sydney Ayrcs

Raj Singh Jack Richardson

Tomar ,. Jacques Jaccard

Edna Brooks i Vivian Rich

Her mother Louise Lester

Her father Harry Von Meter

Butler William Tedmarsh

Maid Violet Neitz

Recently many young American women of leisure have taken
up the fad of the occult — the mysterious ceremonies and strange
personalities of trance mediums and swami gaining an extra-
ordinary influence over their imaginations. This seems, at first
glance, almost incredible — considering the exceedingly practical
turn of mind characteristic of American girls, who are free
from superstition, and far removed from the susceptibleness of
the Oriental disposition. And yet, it is true that most American
women hunger for the expression of certain mystic sentiments
that fail of finding a channel to-day through religion or love.
In a practical age — an age of business environment and of ex-
treme realism in the arts and amusements, with a deficiency of
mystery — women of leisure, who have temperament to appease,
have most naturally turned to the Eastern cults — as the Ro-
mans, in their spiritual poverty, turned before them.

Swami have arisen to meet the demand — purely commercial
fakes — like anti-fat doctors, or any other fraud that women
demand. In "The Occult" the American company has given us
^ very interesting expose of this particular form of humbug,

There is a delightful romance interwoven — and the lover wins
out, in heroic fashion, unmasking the real character of the Hindoo
impostor.

Her Father's Daughter

Nov. 22, 1913

CAST

Grace Anna Laughlin

Mrs. Deacon Miss Fielding

John Deacon Thomas Mills

Graham Paul Scardon

Dick Harry Spingler

This very interesting play is full of optimism— for it depicts the
younger generation compensating for the deficiencies of their elders.

John Deacon is sentenced to prison for a crime committed by
his employer. He charges his wife to go to Graham and get from
him a written confession — trusting, no doubt, to the eloquence of her
appeal above every other hope of release. She is a weak woman — •
and evidently he has been deceived in believing that she loves him —
for she consents to accept a large sum of money from Graham and
leave town. Grace grows up in ignorance of the past, and her
mother tells her that her father is de'ad.

Fifteen years later, Graham dies — and in his last hour confesses
to his son the wrong he has done the other man. Young Graham
is no such coward as his father — he determines to find Deacon and
do all in his power to atone for his father's crime.

Meanwhile, Deacon's term expires, and he searches in vain for
his wife and child. By chance, Dick meets Grace, and they fall
in love. About this time an automobile accident brings a poor
"down and out" into Dick's care — and he discovers it is Grace's
father. When the daughter learns the truth, she claims her father
with all the love and tenderness that her mother lacked — eventually
bringing about a reconciliation between her parents — while she and
Dick, drawn together in deeper sympathy than ever before, are very
happily married.

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Harry Spingler and Anna Laughlin in "Her Father's Daughter"

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The Eternal Surprise

Clear the way for the young men. They are entering "the strong,
flourishing, and beautiful age of man's life." They decree the
changes. The map of the world may be rolled up — every acre
tramped upon and inhabited. But still they come, claiming all the
rights of the adventurer and pioneer. Domains must be found for
them if the old earth has gone stale. If the life of danger and dis-
covery is ended, then they will turn their hand against our secure
world and refashion the pleasant places. They will uproot tra-
dition and shatter the institutions. We should like them better
if they fitted into our scheme, if they were ruddy and cheery and
ended there. But they come earnest and critical. They jeer at our
failures, reject our compromises. It isn't our idea of youth, our
peaceful picture of wliat youth should be. Poets sing it as if it
were a pretty thing, the gentle possession of a golden race of be-
ings. But it is lusty with power and diastrous to comfort. Men
sigh for it as if it had vanished with Old Japan at the hour when
it is ramping in their courtyard and challenging their dear beliefs.
They are wistful for it in their transfigured memory, and they curse
it in their councils. For youth never is what the elders would
have it. It does unacceptable things, while age stands blinking and
sorrowful. It is unruly, turbulent power on its endless track.

— Collier's.

Prepared

She — But, Jack, dear, fancy coming in such shabby clothes to
ask papa's consent.

He — That's all right. I once had a new suit ruined.

— Answers, London.

American

Sydney Ayres and Jack Richardson in "Th§ OcQulf

Princess

Boyd Marshall and Muriel Ostriche in " A Shotgun Cupid"

Princess

A Shotgun Cupid

By Bud Duncan
Nov. 21, 1913

If the tramp had only known he was being shot with $500,
hidden in the old shotgun, likely he wouldn't have yelled bloody
murder, nor been so anxious to clear ofiE the scene. It was a joke
on everybody all around anyway — and nobody behaved in the least
as might have been reasonably expected — not even the mischievous,
young pair who had invented the game.

The game was the invention of love driven to desperation. For
Jack and Jill were in love — they were sure of it, though not yet
out of their teens. And father had told them they must wait —
until the day when Jack could show him Hve hundred dollars!

Jill set her wits to work — and when she saw father hiding the
money in the gun, until he could take it to town and pay for some
property he had recently bought — she put Jack up to robbing the
chicken house that night. Her part was to exchange the guns, and
see that the string tied to father's toe got twitched at the first
breath of disturbance in the coop. Of course nobody took into
consideration the possibility of a real thief. When father finds
that he has shot away his money at a tramp, he rashly swears that
if Jack will only recover it for him, he may marry Jill. This the
young lover very cleverly does — and instead of spanking them
both when it is all over, father acknowledges himself beaten by
shger logic — and cupid — and gives his blessing to the match,

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Woman's Impenetrable Age

It was hoped that some way of telling the age of women would
have resulted from woman suffrage, but even this is to be denied
us. In California, where woman suffrage is in use, the question,
"What is your age?" is omitted out of courtesy. Thus our last
hope is gone.

The great difficulty is that in trying to discover how old
a woman is, there is no standard. You can tell a horse's age by
his teeth, but that is no criterion in a woman, now that porcelain
fillings have come.

If you could separate (or extricate) a woman from the things
she puts on to make her young, some progress might be made. But
women no longer wait to do this until they are old enough to
lack things. Young girls wear false hair now. They also lacquer
their faces. Also, in their mental habits, they make themselves up.

A woman of sixty (this at a guess) will make up her mind to
look like seventeen. This lady also dances the tango and cavorts
like a colt.

There are, indeed, no more old ladies who deserve the name.
The mystery of woman's age is greater than ever. And it promises
to be buried forever in future politics. — Life.

English As She Is Wrote

Wle have received a copy of the following announcement in a
newspaper published in Siam:

The news of English we tell the latest. Writ in perfectly style
and most earliest. Do a murder commit; we hear of and tell it.
Do a mighty chief die, we publish it, and in borders of sombre.
Staff and each one been college, and write like the Kipling and the
Dickens. We circle every town and extortionate not for advertise-
ments. Buy it. Buy it. — Exchange.

A Clothes-line Quarrel

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Nov. 21, 1913
CAST

Tom, a commuter Al Russell

May, his wife Mignon Anderson

Helen, their child Helen Badgeley

Harry, a commuter Harry Benhara

Grace, his wife Ethel Benham

Leland, their child Leland Benham

This ridiculous little play, of commuters and their troubles, is
comically true to life. The two families live side by side — and they
are all the best of friends, especially little Helen and Leland. Then,
Leland is kept after school one night — and comes home angry and
at war with the whole world. The little girl next door "makes
shame of him" — and he slaps her an^ bangs and beats Blanche Marie,
her doll. After this, all sort of unpleasant things happen. The
mothers quarrel — the fathers shun one another in the street and
on the 7:55, mornings. Meanwhile, the children have made up —
but their parents are unaware of this. Children don't long harbor
spite — bnt grown ups are apt to be obstinate, and take a mistaken
pride in keeping up a feud.

One day the two children are missing. Somebody reports that
the last seen of them, they were following an organ grinder, hand
in hand. Half frantic, the four parents forget their bitter strife
in forming a search party. They find the youngsters— Leland man-
fully protecting the little girl — snuggled down under the leaves, like
the babes in the woods. In the rejoicing of the fathers and mothers,
all enmity is lost between them forever.

Henry Yallerby— Aftah we's married we'll hab chicken foh din-
nah ebery day. Honey.

Melinda Johnson — Oh yo' deary! But I wouldn't ask yo' to run
no sech risks foh mah sake. — Puck.

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Thanhouser

The Thanhouser Twins in "The Children's Hour"

American

Ed Cox and Chester Withey in "The Trail of the Lost Chord"

The Tomboy's Race

By Philip Lonergan

Jack Simmons owns a fast car which he enters in the Corona
races. Just before the date of the meet, the bank in which he and
his parents have put their savings, suspends payment — and Jack tells
himself that he cannot afford to lose the race. He shows unusual
speed in the practice runs — and Joe Siler, a plunger, who has staked
large sums on another car, is worried. Scarcely an hour before
the race is due to start, Simmons is found drugged and the car
stranded without a pilot. Siler goes to the track, breathing freely.
But when the race is called — what is his consternation to see Sim-
mons' speeder coming along the course, in the hands of a skillful
but unknown driver. The new driver wins — and when the cap
comes off at the finish, a mass of loose black hair tumbles over her
shoulders. Then the news spreads far and wide that Simmons has
a sister, familiar with automobiles since childhood, perfectly fearless
and as wonderful a driver as her famous brother.

With all who enjoy automobile sport, and plenty of excitement,
"The Tomboy's Race" is sure to be immensely popular. And every-
body is bound to relish the feat of the tomboy sister who wins the
victory with such spirit and daring, for her brother's sake.

Earning His Pay

Sportsman ^who has missed everything he has fired at) — "Did
I hit him?"

Keeper (anxious to please) — "Not 'xactly 'it 'im, sir; I can't say
that. But, my word! I never see a rabbit wuss scared." — London
Tattler.

Ammcan

At Midnight

Nov. 29, 1913

CAST

Mr. Marshall Jack Richardson

Bill, the crook Harry von Meter

Sam, the cracker William Bertram

Mrs. Marshall Vivian Rich

Sarah Louise Lester

Norah Biolet Nietz

The heroine of this excitirrg little play is not Miss Rich at
all — but a fascinating baby girl. She saves her father's office
from robbery — and just how she happens to be in the safe
deposit vaults at midnight, all alone — and how the burglars
treat her — make a thrilling subject for rapid film depiction.

Jack Kerrigan surprises us by appearing, not in the role of
the head burglar, but as Marshall, the head of the firm — and the
slightly forgetful father of little Rosalie. One understands — if
one cannot quite forgive — his rushing away and leaving his
baby daughter a prisoner in the vault — considering that he has
a big deal on his hands this particular afternoon. And when
he gets home, late in the evening, and finds the household in
tragic commotion because Rosalie cannot be found, and gets
out the automobile and piles everybody into it, and whizzes like
mad to the office — only to find the building in flames — we are
filled with consternation for his sake — even if he, and no other,
is to blame. The suspense is preserved to the last moment.
After the Marshalls have given up all hope — returning home
heartbroken — they -find their child. And, perhaps, Mr. Marshall
learns that it is dangerous to become so engrossed in the al-
mighty dollar that a man forgets everything else in life — even
his own little girl.

"Do you truly and honestly believe that all men are born free
and equal?" asked Jimpson of the genial philosopher.

"I sure do," replied the G. P. "Free of all responsibility, and
equal to not less than three square meals a day." — Life.

Pitch That Defiles Majestic

For Youth's Sake

Raising $4,000,000 in two weeks is the task undertaken by the
Young Women's and the Young Men's ^Ghnistian Associations of
New York City. The campaign reached its puiblic stage no later
than November 10. Before that date more than half the required
sum had, in a few weeks' time, been subscribed by a few individ-
uals— among them Cleveland H. Dodge and Mrs. Finley J. Shepard
(Helen Gould). The problems of life in a city like Chicago or
New York are very real, especially for the youth'ful wage earner
living outside the family. We believe that no other agency is so
effective in helping the young man and the young woman to meet
these problems in time as are the Christian associations — ideal
without being impossible. Precisely because their benefits touch
all, directly or indirectly, these associations merit the sympathy and
the support of all. We began this paragraph by saying that a few
millionaires had subscribed half the needed millions ; let the re-
mainder of the sum be the offering of the rest of us — ^who are
certainly not rich nor yet, judged by average standards, really
poor. Socially speaking, economically speaking, the work of the
Cbnistian associations is of the highest efficiency. It is applied to
the mothers and fathers of to-morrow. It helps youth to make
the most of itself — the best of itself. Is any work in all the world
better than this? — Collier's Weekly.

The Editor of "Reel Life," presents bis compliments to the
Editor of "Collier's Weekly," and reprints the foregoing para-
graph for whatever it may be worth to the young men and women
of this and other cities. He was, moreover, tempted to go down
into the Mother Hubbard pockets of the editorial trousers and con-
tribute a dollar or so to the cause, when he paused to reflect upon
one of several weaknesses in the Y. M. C. A. system. In his

Majestic

Lamar Johnstone and Francelia Billington in "The Bravest Man"

"Wine" Keystone

Majestic

"The Tomboy's Race"

A iiierican

Jack Richardson and Vivian Rich in "At Midnight"

youth, he paid the annual mem,bership fee for eight years in the
Central Branch Building. During that time, the doors of the in-
stitution were closed promptly at 10 p. m. and the lights turned out
every night, while five saloons upon neighboring corners — warm,
cheering — hospitable — remained open until one in the morning.
In the Y. M. C. A., it was practically impossible for a boy to
borrow a carfare home, if he needed it. But the corner saloon
keeper invariably gave it whenever asked — and a free lunch or supper
with it.

The Editor did not — to follow the logical inference in this —
acquire an unquenchable taste for whiskey. But a number of those
Y. M. C. A. boys did — are doing it to-day from the same cause.
But — if the Y. M. C. A. remained open all night f

It's an actual situation — not a theory. When — oh, when — will
our good reformers get down from a ridiculous pedestal and fight
the devil with common sense — effective weapons? It's up to you,
gentlemen. Talk less — and make good. Then a lot more of us will
feel ijiclined to chip in for the good work.

High Speed

The old mountaineer, who was standing on the corner of the
main street in a certain little Kentucky town, had never seen an
automobile.

When a good-sized touring-car came rushing up the street at
about thirty miles an hour and slowed down just enough to take
the corner on two wheels, his astonishment was extreme.

The old fellow watched the disappearing car with bulging eyes
and open mouth. Then, turning to a bystander, he remarked
solemnly :

"The horses must sho'ly ha' been traveling some when they got
loose from that gen'leman's carriage !" — Philadelphia Ledger,

Reel Life

., American
Jack Richardson, Louise Lester and Vivian Rich in
"At Midnight"

Doctors and the "Movies"

Moving picture films largely figure in the Medical Congress now
in session in this city. The sixty-third annual convention of the
Pennsylvania Medical Society promises to be one of the most inter-
esting, instructive and serviceable gatherings ever held by members
of the profession, and this is saying a great deal. Sixty-three years
give ample scope to review the significant changes and wonderful
progress made in the study, research and practical application of
medicine and medical technique. Such progress is indicated strong-
ly within the program of topics arranged for discussion. It includes
the latest marvels of surgery, the valiant attack now being made
upon tuberculosis and cancer, the science of sanitary and pre-
ventive measures against diseases, and up-to-date experiments in
laboratory work, specially the use of radium and the culture of
disease germs. There is not one of these vital themes but the
moving picture film might be used to illustrate.

Particularly interesting are those films exhibiting the life orders,
habits and growth of microbes that produce disease. Medical lore
took a fresh start in the laboratory. The "germ" world is 'being
mapped out and its microscopic denizens have given up their secret
natural history under the glance of the modern specialist. These
troublesome little folk discovered — millions of whom can hide in a
particle of food or waiter — has given medical science a mastery it
never knew before. It has led to whole continents being delivered
from virulent diseases men once only knew as the "scourge of
God !" Typhoid, malaria, diphtheria, sleeping sickness, infantile

Ma jestic

Miss Bateman and Billy Garwood in "L'Article 47"

American

Ida Lewis, Winifred Greenwood, Ed Coxen and George Field in
"A Spartan Girl of the West"

paralysis and others have thus been detected and scotched. Tuber-
culosis, cancer and smallpox are as sure to be doomed as their
"germ" is brought to the limelight. The exposing "film" so mag-
yijifying the fell mischief of this minute monster is an event of in-
valuable service to the public in so far as it advances medical
science and its beneficent power. — Philadelphia {Pa.) Press.

Getting Even

"Why do you insist on trying to sell me beefsteak and beans and
buckwheat cakes?" demanded- the barber. "I told you all I wanted
was two fried eggs."

"Well, I was in your shop yesterday," retorted the restaurant
man. "All I wanted' was a shave, fcut you bulldozed me into a
shampoo, a foam fizz and a tonic rub." — Louisville Courier- Journal.

The Value Of The Moving Picture

The unco' good who have frowned upon the moving picture
■because it was popular will have to concede eventually that it
is among the great arts. In one direction it is certain to be of
great historic service by preserving the actual work of great
actors. What would we not give to know just how Betterton
and Garrick performed various roles?

Majestic

E. Pallette and Delia Martell in "The Tomboy's Race"

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"Two Men and a Mule" Reliance

Moving Picture Censors

Probably the Treasury Department is much incensed over a new
phase of the Tariff law inserted by the Conference Committee, by
which it is made a censor of all moving picture reels imported into
this country. These are to enter free of duty — a slap at the present
Moving Picture Trust — but it is going to tax the Treasury Depart-
ment to act as a custodian of the intelligence and morals of the
community at large.

There are some moving pictures which are despicable, not so
very many, perhaps, but entirely too many, and most of these com_e
from abroad. Censorship of such films will be easy. But when it
comes to the borderland where various ethical considerations are
involved, there must needs be a Solomon sitting at the Treasury
Bench. On what grounds must the matter be decided? Who can
safely say just what tends to good morals and what is contrary?
Of course, it would be easy to settle this question by ruling out
all over which the slightest question might be raised, but this would
make the situation more complicated. One censor might think that
any representation of crime tends to debauchery of the youth, an-
other might oppose even those which excite the imagination in the
least.

And the curious situation arises that the Federal Government
may censor all outside films, but has no control whatever over those
made in this country. It is true that in some centres there are local
censors, but in others there is no restriction. But out of this com-
plex condition ought to arise a real censorship of some sort, which
should lay hold upon one of the most important amusements of
the country, and keep it going in the right direction. In a few
years it seems certain that moving pictures will assume an educa-
tional and cultural status which is now only dreamed of. They can
be made of vast assistance in imparting information as well as
giving passing amusement. We shall come to a better understand-
ing of the situation before long, and possibly we shall be aided
by the unwilling censorship to be exercised by the Treasury Depart--
ment. — Philadelphia {Pa.) Enquirer.

Making Himself a Hero

Nov. 20, 1913
CAST

Jones Bobbie Burns

Mrs. Jones Isable Daintry

Mr. Smith George Welcn

Mr. and Mrs. Jones, on their way home from market, found a
crowd in front of the village store.

"Our esteemed townsman, Smith," explained the head selectman,
"has become a hero. Last night, he captured a burglar, unarmed
and single-handed."

Mrs. Jones was tremendously impressed — and Jones shrank be-
fore her withering look. He was notoriously henpecked — not at all
the stuff heroes are made of. Staggering along under the huge
market basket, piled high with his wife's purchases, he listened
humbly to her rating all the way home. Why, for goodness' sake,
hadn't he a spark of courage, now? And why shouldn't she have
a husband to be proud of, as well as Minnie Smith ! Lord knows
she deserved the bravest man in Jigabee Junction — and why Provi-
dence had shoved off on her Adam Jones — a mere excuse for a
man — who shook in his shoes if you so much as looked at him —
That night the burglars invaded the Jones's house. Adam was at
last persuaded to go down stairs. The thieves heard him, and fled
— dropping the plunder. Jones had a brilliant thought. He rolled
himself in a dirt pile — returned to his wife in triumph with the
silver — and told her he had wrenched it away in a hand to hand
fight with six desperate men. The next morning found Jones six
times a hero — and Mrs. Jones the most submissive wife in town.

An Italian who kept a fruit stand was much annoyed by pos-
sible customers who made a practice of handling the fruit and
pinching it. Exasperated he finally put up a sign which read:

"If you must pincha da fruit, pincha da cocoanut!" — Exchange.

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WE EQUIP MOTION PICTURE THEATRES COMPLETE

When New Majestic puts iforth comedy, it's miglity funny comedy, and when we put forth melodrama, it's
the strongest possible Itind of CONSISTENT melodrama. Sunday, Nov. 16th, we release "THE TOMBOY'S
RAOE," which is just plain DRAMA based on a thrilling automobile race in which the New Majestic hero-
ine wins. Tuesday, Nov. 18th, we release "L ARTICLE 47." in two reels, which is "strongest melodrama,"
and nothing else. There are TWO terrific trial scenes. All after the famous play, of course, and intended to
bring out all the original realism, action and excitement. It's strong enough to set your patrons taliking for
a week. Saturday, Nov. 22nd, we make no release, because "L ARTICLE 47" is a two-reeler and we "skip"
the next release day.

FLORENCE ROBERTS" **SA?H0" Is tie Strowgest "Kind ©f a Brawmg Card

Because it HAS "DRAWN" everywhere. How simple! Merely figure that if Miss Roberts' "SAPHO" draws
for his theatres, it'll draw for small ones, too. The picture is now a proven money-getter and there are a
lot of fine box office records still to be made with it. If you know any of the tricks of successful exhibiting
at all, you can't go wrong in showing a feature that people are anx'ious to see. All you want to be sure of
is that the story is clean. The storv of our FLORENCE ROBERTS' "SAPHO" is clean all through!

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Absent Minded or Worse

An absent-minded scientist, in the employ of the govern-
ment at Washington, recently met his physician in the street.

"I don't know what's the matter with me, doctor," said the
man of science. "I am limping badly today. Do you think
it's locomotor ataxia?"

"Scarcely that," replied the physician. "You are walking
with one foot on the; curb and the other in the gutter."

— Everybody's Magazine.

The Annual Jest

Mrs. Welment (bestowing a dime) — "Poor fellow! You
say your wife and family are starving — where are they?"
Weary Willy — "Dey are boardin' at a summer hotel, lady."

—Puck.

Who Was Shy?

An Irishman going into a small lunch room ordered a bowl
of chowder, which was ten cents. When he finished his
chowder he placed nine cents on the counter and started to
leave, but the waiter called him back, saying: "See here, sir,
you're shy a cent," to which the Irishman replied: "Count
your money again and ye'U find it's yerself is shy a cent."

— Exchange.

An Entertainer

"My dear," said the New York man, "where did you get
the new waitress?"

"She said she used to be in vaudeville," replied his wife.
"Good ! Now we can have dinners with cabaret features."

— Judge.

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I guarantee this to be the best location in the city.
Write to,

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Let Us Call Your Attention to the Fact

That After you have Bought, the Price is a thing of the Past. Quality a thing
of the Future. When you Buy, Buy Quality.

MIRROROIDE SCREENS AND CURTAINS (Patents Pending)
Are sold at a price none of our competitors dare make, because we have the
factory facilities to make in quantities and know how. We would rather make
small profits and large sales than large profits and few sales.

Regarding Quality

Our Screens are made of Canvas. Coating is Metalized Glass. Sold under a
positive Five-Year Guarantee. It won't Crack, Peel or Turn Black. Tints
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2. Disinfectants do not drive objectionable odors and drowsy feelings from a hot,
stuffy atmosphere that keeps your customers away.

3. Electric "Buzz Fans" only draw the hot air from the ceiling, making it uniformly
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4. Running at the same speed, blowing directly against any other ventilating fan,
The TYPHOON BLOWERS will force air right through them.

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and we will tell you more. The low price of a good Ventilating Outfit will surprise you.

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Do you know what is being used to repair your MOTIOGRAPH — Genuine parts
or "DUPES."

A genuine part is made by the manufacturer of your Machine with care as regards
quality and fit, and every genuine MOTIOGRAPH part is interchangable with the part
on your particular Model .

A "duped" part is of the cheap "Thrown together" variety made of cheap material
by cheap workmen and made to sell cheap, without regard to fit or service.

It is up to you, Mr. Exhibitor, to see that only genuine long wearing quality parts are
used in your repair work.

We warn you but cannot force you to protect yourself — but if your dealer cannot
supply genuine MOTIOGRAPH parts, send direct to us.

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!ii!>!!!!!!<!!!!!!!»!ll!ll

DDM'T

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SAPHO (with Florence Roberts) the biggest puller yet for your theatre.

LISTEN! The Manager of the Bijou Dream, Philadelphia, writes:

"With Sapho (with Florence Roberts, in six reels) I broke my box office rec-
ords for the year. Crowds were lined up till nearly midnight, trying to get in."

The Manager of the Plaza Theatre, Philadelphia, writes :

"My theatre seats over 1600 people. Sapho, with Florence Roberts, is the most
beautiful moving picture I have ever seen. We were forced to call out the police to keep
the crowds in line. They stretched solid for over a block — and until we closed down
at midnight, I showed to standing room only."

If you miss booking SAPHO, you miss such chances as this to fill your theatre.

BOOK IT NOW— AND CROWD YOUR HOUSE.

20,000 Production m 6 Reels wltli Florence RDi)erti

Shelly Hull and the Nets Majestic dramatic players. All sizes oj paper. The title alone will pack 'em in.

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you wish to keep up with your
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Per ^ X aSO thousand

A postal card will bring samples and further information

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NEW YORK

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151-153-155 Clinton Street

Of All Mutual

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Are Now Being
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Is the only thought in "THE MAN'S" mind as he finds "THE WOMAN"

George Seigmann and Irene Hunt in "A Man and a Woman"
READ THE STORY OF THE PLAY IN THIS ISSUE

SHE IS A WOMAN OF WEALTH AND REFRESHMENT-
HE IS A "COAL-HEAVER." CAST-A-WAYS, THEY ARE
THE SOLE INHABITANTS OF A DESERT ISLAND:

WEDNESDAY "A MtB A W OMm^^ NOV. 19th

Is an Unusually Deep and Interesting Drama

LAUGHTER!! TEARS!!

SATURDAY, NOV. 22nd

MONDAY, NOV. 17th

"TwoiVioaaiid

Series Number IV. of the popular Junie Mc-
Cree Comedies, with the Famous Hippodrome
Mule, Pete.

A rare combination of beautiful pathos and
intense dramatic action, artistically presented.

MUTUAL
PROGRAM.

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SEE AMERICANS FIRST

FLVING "A'TEATURE FILMS

THE OCCULT

^Featuring' Sydney Ayers
Erica's most popular

tense Draian Hoploa) vvich bky%tery

NOVEL EFFECTS Striking One and Three Sheet Lithographs

Release, Monday, Nov. 24th, 1913

A Bully Western Tale You Cannot Miss. One and Three Sheet Lithographs

Release, Thursday, Nov. 27th, 1913

Society Drama with Jack Richardson in the Lead. One and Three Sheet Lithographs

Release, Saturday, Nov. 29th, 1913

An Allegorical Gem: — Two Parts

Release, Monday,
Dec. 15th, 1913

1-

o4d No. 14. - cTWutual Film. Page Sat. Eve. Post.

She Leayes^Her Humble Country Home.to Visit
Her Rich Aunt in New York City

f O see" the world and really be a •
part of it— to meet face to face
great actresses, actors, writers,
painters and other famous people^
—to share in the luxury of the fash-'
ionahle life of our great cities — is
the ambition of every young American woman.'^
V'ciy'few can really live this life themselves;
only people of vast wealth can travel widely and
share in the hospitality of the rich. ;

But to see and feel and know all that therel
is to be seen and known that is worth while, is a
privilege that is going Jo be given you^ in your
own home city. ,'

Here's^the Story

s. 9f ■■.■At'.-.. ^

The Mutual Film Corporation, controlling
the services of the most skilled photographers in
the Motion Picture world, has been planning
for years to produce a motion picture which
iwill illustrate every point of interest, introduce
people of distinction and carry_^with^it a story
of intense human interest.''

The human interest part "of the story will
revolve around our Mutual Girl."^

You Meet Her ^ Home';

You will see her first in her humble home in
a typical small American village where she takes
an active part in the restricted life of such a
community. . _

An invitation from her rich and fashionable
New York aunt to visit the latter in the metropolis
of this country marks the beginning of her en-/
trance into the big outside world.

From the minute she arrives in New York,
places and people in which everybody is inter;
ested begin to become part of her own life. '

You see her arrive at the Pennsylvania sta-
tion— the most magnificent modern structure in
this country, if not in the world— '

You see her^enter the automobile' of her'

aunt and ride up Fifth Avenue past the Waldorf
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the home of^
Andrew Carnegie, through Central Park, along
the Riveiside drive, skirting the banks of the his-"
toric Hudson and other places of tiemendous
interest —

Real New York Life

_^You see her enter the* palatial home of her
"^aunt and see the furnishings of this magnificent
American palace.

^. A day later her aunt takes her through the
great shops of New York, and you see displayed
for her inspection and selection the newest and most
elaborate creations of the great dressmakers ol
Paris.

_ As the picture develops, you will see our
Mutual Girl having tea with famous actresses,
dining at the restaurants with their elaborate
cabaret shows in full view and €ictually_ repro-
jluced in this great motion picture — ^ •

j You will see her ill the studios of the great
artists — at receptions given to playwrights end
authors — and as you see her with them, you. too,
will be meeting them face to face just as they

appear in every-day life.

You will see our Mutual Girl on the dock to
meet the incoming Imperator, Lusitaniaor Maure-
tania — you will see her in the gay carnival atmos-
phere of a typical Coney Island day — you will
visit withjher the Stock Exchange, Trinity Church,
the CustomsT46use,~and you will see with her the
palatial homes of the Vanderbilts,the Morgans and
the Goulds — in the city and in^the country near
New Jl'ork.' - ^

All Told in Pictures

With her you will become a part of real New
York life and feel its thrill and inspiration.

To 6ay more about this great motion picture at this time
would be superfluous — no expense nor effort will be spared
to make it complete in every detail and comprehensive to
ihe last degree.

Such a picture as this could not be shown in any
theatre on any one night —

It would take days of uninterrupted sightseeing tocover
the wide range of interests that this picture will show.

That you may see it all as leisurely as our Mututfl
Girt sees it. the story will be unwound week by week in
reels of a thousand feet each. ' " ^ ' —

The Climax in Movies

If you want to share in the pleasure, excitement and
interest of this great triumph of the moving picture arl.com*
,bining as it does both education and enteriainmenl. look in
your city for the Moving Picture House exhibiting MUTUAL
Movies.

There you will soon find this great picture displayed
once each week (or many weeks, and, in addition, a moving
picture proerarrTof the most beautiful and refined type.

Thirteen great stock companies, including hundreds of
actors and actresses, are at work every day producing
thrilling dramas, laughable farces, vitally interesting comedies
solely for Mutual movies. The smoothest, most interesting
motion pictures ever seen, you will find in the theatres dis-
playing the Mutual Trade Mark. Mutual Movies are shown
all over the civilized world in more than ten thousand mov«
ing picture theatres.;

Look for the MUTUAL Trademark

All films released by the Mutual Film Cor-
1 be preceded by a "flash" of the
Mutual Movies trade-mark, and in the lobby
ol each theatre displaying Mutual Movies,
you will find the Mutual Movies sign or lamp.

Don't miss the first '"installment of the
Mutual Girl when she comes to your city,
and don't fail to lell the managers of the
Moving Picture theatres that you wish to
see this great film.

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Your Present Methoi ©f Aivertlsmg Attracts the Passer-1'*^'
Out PeWlclty Cuts G© Into tie Homes and Irlng Tliem ©nt
Tiey Stimulats ©M Business — Tk

Create

easiness

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NTERPRISING, progressive exhibitors
amusement columns of the daily and

everywhere are successfully using the
weekly newspapers to advertise their coming at-
tractions and to keep their
stars before the public. If you
are not doing the same
thing, BEGIN NOW AND
WATCH YOUR AUDI-
ENCES GROW. The best
way to get this publicity free
is to 'furnish your local news-
per with it in the most con-
venient and attractive form,
the way the publisher wants
it. That's just what we are
doing for you. We know
how they want it and we are
supplying it accordingly. We
print in our catalogues cuts
of all the well known and
popular players. The cuts
and borders are gotten up in
newspaper style, feady for use.

Every exhibitor should run
one or more of these beautiful
cuts in his local paper at least
once or twice per week.
Playgoers who have through
faabit been partonizing other houses regularly,
will see your announcement, will be attracted by
the picture of an old favorite, and you will see
new faces at the performance and increased re-
cepits at the box office.

At regular intervals you should run in the
amusement columns of your local newspapers a
cut of one of the players who appears on your
screen, with the wording below "Now Playing
at ," inserting the name of your

The cut printed herewith is a sample
of the cuts we manufacture. We will
supply you with a similar cut of any
actor or actress in filmdom.

theatre, followed by a brief write-up of the actor
or actress, which we supp'ly. These faces are
old friends to thousands of playgoers and many
persons who have settled down at home for the
evening will see the photo-
graph of their favorite actor
or actress and visit your the-
atre. In other words, these
illustrations will stimulate old
business and create new busi-
ness, all of which means in-
creased receipts.

These New Process Cuts
are something new, something
the publisher of your paper
has perhaps never seen before,
and you will find that he will
be glad to run them for you. If
you print a program or if you
distribute circulars you can also
use the cuts for that purpose.

On application, we will
send you our catalogue of
cuts. Under each cut we print
the name and number. The
price oif the small cuts is 25c.
each, or $2.50 per doz., all
transportation charges pre-
paid. The price of the large
cuts is 50c. each, or $5 per doz, all transpor-
tation charges prepaid. Please make your
selection and fill out order blank, inclos-
ing the required amount and you
will receive your order by return
mail. Do not put the matter
off, BUT SIT DOWN
NOW AND FILL

IN BLANK
BELOW.

HERALD SQUARE BLDG.

143445 West 3Uh St.

PHONE, GREELEY 855

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iVloxioo:

1^ Land of revolutions !

^ Nation of discontent and discord, of
anarchy almost!

^ Where brute strength and "the for-
tunes of war" prevail, instead of
justice.

^ Where even in peace, a general is of
more might than a judge. But could
you call it "peace"?

^ Where a diplomat from a foreign
country had better carry a bomb if
he would be safe. A bomb of chloro-
form and ether!

^ That's what Diplomat Mace carried
down there when he went to see the
Mexican General. It was all in the cause
of a girl.

^ Fred's unusual bomb, when cast at
the general's men, put the whole
blamed army to sleep. Then diplomatic
Fred saved the goil.

^ Under the title "The Mexican Sleep
Producer, "it's released Sunday, Nov.
23d. From 71 W. 23d St., New York
City, where "every Apollo is a comedy
reel — any Apollo is a real comedy."

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Produced in a Perfect Studio at New Rochelle, N. Y., the Home of Perfect Pictures

Release of
Friday

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Nov. 21st
1913

Jack loves Mabel but Pa tells 'him he has no money to support a wife and that when he can
show him $500 he can marry Mabel. Chicken thieves bother the old man and he resolves to lay
for them, buys a new shot gun and draws $500 from the bank to buy some property. He hides
the money in the old shot gun and hangs it up. Mabel sees him, she has an idea, tells Jack
to pad his clothes, get shot and show the old man his own money. H'e agrees, but a tramp is
shot by mistake. Then the story gets warm and you get to worrying about that five-hundred
as much as Jack does.

{With Muriel Ostriche and Boyd Marshall)

N©w R©€li®IIe, N. Y..

«" , Featuring
' i i avorites

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SPONDEN

fieaaimers

November 19

THE WAR COR-
RESPONDENT
(Two Reels)

November 26

THE REFORMA-
TION

(One Reel)

December 3

THE BURIED
PAST

(Two Reels)

December 10

THE WOMAN

(Two Reels)

Nov. 18 THE CLAIM JUMPER . .

Nov. 21 DAYS OF '49

Nov. 25 THE MAELSTROM . . .

Nov. 28 THE SIGN OF THE SNAKE

Dec. 2 THE REVELATION . . . "

(One Reel)

Nov. 17 OUR CHILDREN .... (One Reel)
Nov. 20 A MUDDY ROMANCE. .
Nov. 24 FATTY JOINS THE FORCE "
Nov. 27 COHEN SAVES THE FLAG "
Dec. 4 BIG SPECIAL FEATURE.

Prom now on, Three KEYSTONES a week —
Monday, Thursday and Saturday.

N ovember 20

THE WITCH OF
SALEM

(Two Reels)

November 27

BELLE OF YORK-
TOWN

(Three Reels)
December 4

DEVOTION

(Two Reels)
December 11

THE FILLY

(Two Reels)

MUTUAL PROGRAM EXCLUSIVELY

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Long Acre Building, 42nd St., and B'way
NEW YORK CITY

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December 19^3

Fifteen Cents

"CHILDREN OF THE PHOTOPLAYS"

5

I^AKE A '50

:lling ti js

te Photoplay AVla^'azii

is devoted to Independent pictures exclusively. Each issue contains a beautiful
art section, interviews with Mutual players and short stories from Mutual films.

We will deliver copies to you on the tenth of each month, at 10 cents each;
you sell them at 15 cents, thus making a clear profit of 50 per cent, and create
interest in your theatre at the same time.

Send us $2.00 for twenty copies of the December issue and try it out this
month. You cannot lose. We will accept unsold copies and credit you with
same.

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ioisti Market Street

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Dec.l Maud Fealy in "The Legend of Provence"
THE THANHOUSER THREE- A-WEEK

Sunday, Nov. 16 "He Couldn't Lose"

He had to, in order to win a fortune under the
terms of an odd will — but he couldn't!

Tuesday, Nov. 18 "Baby's Joy Ride"

It was in the tonneau of her papa's car, but papa
didn't know it, or mamma either, so there was
great confusion in the household.

Friday, Nov. 21 "The CIothes-Line Quarrel"

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starred under the Erlanger management, which
will be reproduced at the Potter Theatre, Santa
Barbara, California, on Saturday, Nov. 29th.

The play will be given as a benefit for La
Monaca s Santa Barbara Band. This is probably
the first time in the history of the film industry
that a full company has been called into actual
service on the legitimate stage.

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The benefit is being arranged on the suggestion
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Bowe, granddaughter of Mayor Patrick Mealey
and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bowe.
She will become the wife of Claude C. Hite, of
Pleasantville, Ohio.

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a prominent part in all the societv affairs here.
The young man i-s district supervisor of the
Mutual Film Corporation of Pennsylvania.

Impersonator to Show Women How
Athletic Man Is Made Fascinating Widow

Strange as it may seem to see Anna Held play
Juliet and Julian Eltinge play Romeo, that is
just what is going to happen before very long in
front of the motion picture camera.

Only a few days ago, Mr. Eltinge signed a
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of the New York Motion Picture Company and
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lens and show American women just how he
transforms himself from the athletic person he
really is to the charming and beautiful Mrs.
Monte in "The Fascinating Widow," and by an
arrangement now being made, Mr. Eltinge will
appear in another film production for Mr. Ince
with the famous Parisian actress, Anna Held, who
will be seen at the Majestic theatre next week,
and this will unquestionably be the most novel
photoplay ever produced.

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Juliet." Mr. Eltinge should make a splendid
Romeo, while Miss Held, who won fame singing
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Movie Company Offers Faversham $50,-
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for Films

William Faversham, now at the Majestic in
"Julius Caesar," is the latest of the world's great
actors to be approached by a. moving picture
concern with a rich offer for his services before
the camera.

Thomas H. Ince, director of the New York
Motion Picture Companies, which include two
of the largest concerns in the country, yesterday
spent two hours with the actor,^ attempting to
get him to consent to appear in six moving
picture plays, one of which shall be a presenta-
tion of "Julius Caesar." According to Mr. Faver-
sham's manager, $50,000 was the offer made Mr.
Faversham for the appearance.

Mr. Ince is prepared to erect a mammoth repre-
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plateau near the Santa Monica rancho camp for
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to provide "mobs" of upward of 1,000 super-
numeraries for the crowd scenes.

The contract Mr. Ince has offered Mr. Faver-
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of his present tour. It is understood that Mr.
Faversham is intending going direct to Toronto at
the end of the season.

Mr. Ince got little or no satisfaction from the
actor yesterday, but is hopeful that he mav get
the coveted signature before Mr. Faversham's
engagement here is closed. — Los Angeles Tribune.

The Shriner's Daughter

A feature production by the "Flying A" Com-
pany, produced under the direction of Thos.
Ricketts, will be released very shortly. It is a
convincing story told with vigor and freshness
that is inspiring.

American Annovmces Change of Title

The__ subject announced as "Moth and the
Flame" has been changed to "Trapped in a Forest
Fire," and will be released on Monday, Dec. 8th.

Ayres Writes Scenario

"The Rose of San Juan'' is the title of a
Western subject scheduled for release Monday,
Dec. 22nd, for which the scenario was written
by Sydney Ayres. Costumes such as used in
early California life are used to good advantage
and lend a fascinating interest to an already
thrilling subject. Lorimer Johnston produced the
subject and succeeded in telling the story in a
very clever manner. In addition to the regular
cast quite a number of extra people were required.

Cross-Wires of Love

Sydney Ayres, as leading man, is in love with
the heroine, Vivian Rich, who in turn is in love
with Jack Richardson. Charlotte Burton is in
love with Sydney Ayres while Harry Von Meter
has struck up a sympathetic chord for Miss Burton
and _ Violet Neitz has a feeling stronger than
adrniration for Von Meter and another swain is
trying to win Miss Neitz. The whole is solved
in "Trapped in a Forest Fire," a "Flying A" sub-
ject to be released Dec. 8th.

Griffith Surrounds Himself With
Screen Notables

A visit to the Reliance Studios at 262nd Street
and Riverdale Avenue gives a hint of activities
that promote wide speculation as to coming events
in the keen competition between the regular pro-
grams.

David W. Griffith has already taken personal
charge of affairs and i,s surrounding himself with
an array of practical moving picture talent that
covers every department of the producing end of
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to screen favorites.

The directors now at work include Christ
Cabanne. Eugene Sanger, Edgar Lewis, Carl Le
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Billy Bitzer, who holds the distinction of being
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Donald Crisp, Fred and Robert Burns, Eagle Eye,
and numerous other notables are seen about the
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Mazie Star probably heads the list of coming
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'The new scenario department established by Mr.
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23rd Street, New York.

Head Director Griffith has the reputation of
having discharged less people than any other pro-
ducer in the theatrical world, and, since his abil-
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available talent is well known, events at the
Reliance are bound to be watched with increasing
interest.

Opening of New Reliance Studio Oc-
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completion on the^ old Clara Morris Estate, ac-
quired by the Reliance Company several months
ago. A large open air stage has been _ in
use on the estate for some time, the old mansion
being_ used for offices and dressing rooms. Every
step in the erection of the new_ studio has been
watched with interest by the Reliance players and
they are planning to mark its opening with a
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importance of the occasion.

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In these materialistic days, very few of us retain the
graceful, old-fashioned inclination to "give thanks" for
anything — to anyone. We grab what we can get, as our
natural right — and the person from whom we grab it

is lucky to save even his scalp. Give thanks, indeed!

What imbecile nonsense!

A hundred years ago — yes, even fifty years ago, we
were a simpler people with a very clear notion of "the wrath to
come" if we didn't walk a chalk line here on earth. And we were
thankful for everything and anything which came our way. Mighty
thankful. We thought we had to be — or swift and sure retribu-
tion would come upon us. But now — shucks ! If we don't get
everything that's coming to us, we're asleep at the switch — dead

ones — that's all. Give thanks? To whom? For what?

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system.

Fifty years ago, we dutifully went to church. Thanksgiving
morning, and listened to the sort of sermon which, to-day, would
remind us of a department-store catalogue — there were so many
many things to be thankful for that it usually took the good Dom-
inie well into the afternoon to enumerate them. Whereas now —
how many of us would cross the street to hear any kind of a ser-
mon— with the chance of missing the first kick-off in the Harvard-
Yale game. Sermonizing has gone out of fashion. Giving thanks
has gone out of practical use. And yet —

There are times — moments of sudden escape — or windfall — or
unexpected good fortune — when we murmur to ourselves : "Gee ! — ■
That was luck! — I'm glad I ducked in time! — Everything coming
my way, all right, all right." And it answers in our modern life
for the solemner prayer of thanksgiving muttered by the sad and
sober Puritan wben the Indian arrow missed his gizzard by a
hair's breadth.

As a matter of fact, we are thankful — in spots, and at times —
though we may not express it in the old-fashioned way. And we
shall probably continue to have the same psychological feeling as
long as the world exists with human beings upon its steadily di-
minishing surface. But — and here's where the up-to-date giving of
thanks is provocative both of mirth and disgust — we are, most of
us thankful for such trivial, useless, silly things And as a race of
beings, we seem to be so much more blind to the real benefits without
which human life would be a dull grey monotone.

The Joneses, for example, are thankful, this year, because they
have finally achieved the touring-car which puts them in a very much
superior class to the poor struggling Smiths, next door — in bliss-
ful ignorance of the fact that the Robinsons, on the other side,
have just purchased a Mercedes landaulet, put a second man in
livery with the chauffeur on the front seat, and -have bought the
property in the rear for a private garage. Mrs. Hobbs, over in

Brooklyn, is humming a paean in her heart over the fact
that Hobbs has been raised to a ten-thousand-dollar salary
— so they can now manage to inhabit, with great economy,
an apartment on one of the side streets in upper Manhat-
tan— but the paean will very quickly become a dirge when-
she learns that their dearest friends, the Schwartzes, have
come into money from the other side and have bought a
five-story American-Basement just ofT Central Park East.

Some of us — just a few scattering thousands who have lived
long enough to learn — and know — are thankful that we've worried
along past 40 with no indications of gout or diabetes. We are glad
that — having been given our chance in the game of life — we are
playing it for the full score — for all the points, and pleasure, and
experience there are in it. We're glad that we don't owe so very
much — and can pay it. We breathe lungfuls of tired satisfaction
at the end of our twenty-mile walk, or forty miles in the saddle,
or grilling week in business, that we are still going strong at fifty
— that the salty zest and tang of life are as strong and tingling
upon the tongue as they were at thirty

Old friends, around the turkey — still boys and girls in our eyes.
More tolerance than in our youth for those who hold narrower —
and to us, more bigoted — opinions than our own. Obliviousness to
the generally accepted faults of friends who have chosen to defy
the conventions and live their own lives. A disposition to avoid
condemning the lives of others who travel the journey along dif-
ferent paths from our own.

Thankfulness, in large measure, if in the opinion of those who
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cation, such as they are. A glow of pleasure if it can be said of
us that we are successes as men and women upon life's stage —
rather than mere accumulators of money.

If any of us between the "two score" and "three score" years
can pause an instant during the afternoon of a busy day to drink
in the beauty of a sunset — if our senses are still alert to enjoy the
smell of flowers, the prattle of children, the white-caps and the
circling sea-gulls on a windy November day — if a stranger's horse,
by the curb, whinnies when we rub his nose in passing, or a strange
cat descends from his safe perch in perfect confidence at our
whispered greeting, to have his chin scratched — then let us be thank-
ful for that within us which a good many of our less fortunate
brothers lack.

And if, in middle life, we still hold ourselves in the grip of our
own minds and hands — un-owned by habit, or weight of circum-
stances, or alien master — ^the glow of inner thankfulness can not be
downed. For we have learned the greatest secret in the game of
life — which is not "the holding good cards, but playing a poor hand
well."

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R©©1 Life

Ji^ollo of YorKiowi

Adapted from the Domino Play of Richard V. Spencer and Thomas H. Ince

By Marion Savage

One gusty evening
iin early autumn, of
the year 1780, in a
mansion near Fred-
ericks'bug, a gentle-
man of Old Virginia
— Sir Thomas Led-
ding by name — was
sitting in the candle-
light, with the shut-
ters cautiously drawn,
poring over some
papers of conse-
quence. A door
slammed. Sir Thomas
rose quickly — and re-
moving a tile from
the fireplace, thrust
the papers hurriedly
out of sigtht, replac-
ing the brick with
care. Down the hall
came running foot-
steps—a breath of
fresh air fluttered
the candle flames —
and a young girl
danced into the room.
"Ah— Betty, my child !"

She perched on the arm of his chair— thrusting out her dainty
feet to the fire. The wind had loosened her hair — and clouds of
silky brown tendrils veiled her neck and brow, softening the
austerity of the severe Colonial coiflfure. Her embroidered over-
dress and quilted petticoat exhaled a faint odor of lavender — her
laces were fine as cobwebs. Piquant of feature, slender of body—
with sparkling hazel eyes and dark eyebrows, delicately and most
expressively arched — she was fair indeed, and sweet, and alto-
gether adorable.

"I had such an amusing adventure just now !" Her IcLUgh rang,
light and clear, from a heart whose daily fare was sunny romance,
and the admiration of all beholders.

"Colonel Gordon called at the gate."

Ledding started violently.

"What could the fellow want here — to-night?"

She pouted prettily. "How can you ask! Ever since he made
me drink that toast to General Washington at the Assembly (he
says / mustn't be a stupid Tory just because my father is) — I — I
would have wagered both my eyes he was in love with me."

"Daughter — Captain Warrenton is coming here to-night."

"Oh !" Her tone was full of the keenest pleasure. "Did Lord
Cornwallis grant him leave of absence? Really — I think there
never was anybody so — so handsome and so brave as Captain War-
renton !"

"True. He runs a great risk coming through the American lines
at Fredericksbug."

"And all to see me, father !"

He did not answer at once. Then —

"He will signal with a torch, up yonder by the mill. We must
be watching."
"Oh, yes ! yes 1"

She rustled over to
the long windows,
drawing aside the
heavy brocaded cur-
tains and throwing
open tihe shutters to
let in the sweet-
scented night air.
Then she seated her-
self close to the case-
ment, while Ledding
paced the room un-
easily. Old Jim
brought in supper,
and fresh candles.
Still they watched
and waited. At last,
Betty gave a happy
little cry — seizing a
candelabra, she waved
it across the window.
Five minutes later, a
secret panel in the
wall was drawn aside
— and a tall young
man entered. Drop-
ping his military
cloak, he stood forth
in scarlet uniform —

glowing against the dark mahogany of the fire-bright, candle-lit
room, a magnificent figure. Betty ran to him — he took her two hands
and kissed them. She swept him a deep courtesy. Then, all blushes
and confusion, she flew back to the window, and busied herself with
dravnng the curtains and shutters — while Ledding and the Captain
talked together earnestly, as though pressed for time, in low, in-
tense tones. Then, she was sent on an errand to an upper room.
When she glided back, and noiselessly parted the portieres — she saw
her father putting some documents in the younger man's hands.

"Washington intends to move South to-morrow at midnight.
These are duplicates of his plans — I have reproduced them with
great labor. They show the route he will take as far as Charlotte
— into Mecklenburg county — "

" 'The Hornets' Nest' — as Lord iCornwallis calls it. From the
Chesapeake to Savannah, I swear to you, for sheer obstinacy
and pure deviltry, those backwoodsmen down there have no equal !"

"If you ride — like — mad — to-night — ^you can get these into Corn-
wallis' hands — "

"Then you didn't come through the lines to see me! You are
a spy !"

The girlish voice — high pitched, scathing — cut off their talk, like
a knife. They turned. Betty stood — with eyes of scorn — though
her lips were quivering.

"War is war — I can understand that. I can even see why men
kill one another. But for men to be sneaking and spying on each
other — stealing one another's secrets — oh, that is cowardly — base —
contemptible — "

Warrenton had her in his arms, trying to soothe her. She broke
away from him fiercely — pushing him backward toward the secret
passage. Then, the panel opened. She screamed, and faltered
back — as Colonel Gordon sprang in, sword in hand.

Before she could realize what had happened, they were fighting

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desperately. But the American was the better swordsman. At the
last, she was pleading for the spy's life — and that Gordon would
shield her fa|ther \from Idishonor. He walked apart — thinking
deeply. At length he returned to her.
"Hide that fellow, then."

She hurried Warrenton from the room. Gordon laid the dupli-
cate plans on the fire — 'they blackened— then curled up, smouldering
to ashes. A moment after, a band of Continental soldiers poured in.

"The spy is not here. I was misinformed. Await me without."

Then he felt her hand on his arm. She wias looking up at him
through tears. Were these the same eyes that had dismissed him
so mockingly only a few hours before? He bent, murmuring, over
her hand, kissing it with lingering pressure. Long after he was
gone she thrilled to the memory of his ardent lips.

That night Captain Warrenton left the Ledding mansion forever
— Betty's words ringing bitterly in his ears—

"I hope and pray I may never see you again — never — never — "

A year later, in the Baltimore Pike tavern, Mistress Betty Gor-
don sat mending a blue and buff army coat that had seen hard
service. The September sunshine rested on her bent head — and
in this first respite from four
months of camp life and fight-
ing in the north, and forced
marches from the Hudson, she
mused over the events that
found her no longer a light-
hearted girl, living in luxury,
but a soldier's wife, sharing a
soldier's dangers — experiencing
with hundreds and thousands of
other women of the new nation-
to-be, all the privations and the
anxious pangs that made love,
in those ominous days, almost a
tragedy and a bitter misfortune.

Someone clattered the knock-
er— and she opened to an order-
ly from General Washington,
with a summons tor Liordon
from headquarters. She helped
her husband into the half mend-
ed, sadly dilapidated coat, rue-
fully. It was the only one he
had. Then, he kissed her — and
hurried away. She sat alone
until dusk — full of misgivings.
At last he returned. "I am or-
dered South at dawn."

She started up in dismay. He
took her in his arms.

"You are to go with me,
dear."

A fortnight later, they ar-
rived, by coach — with a mounted
escort — weary and travelworn,
at Stone Bridge tavern on the
Chickahominy. Unknown to
them, an old enemy had reached
the inn before them — and, at that
hour, was in hiding, with a
troop of British regulars, in the

wood that overlooked the road by the river. The inn keeper, Jules
Bermoyne, and his daughter, Yvonne, greeted them joyously. They
were staunch patriots — ardent admirers of Lafayette, their coun-
tryman, whom they had twice housed and feasted at the sign of
the Stone Bridge. Mistress Betty sank into a deep settle before
the cavernous fireplace, in the great room of the tavern, yielding
gratefully to Yvonne's sisterly admi.iristering to Iher comfort.
When she saw that her tired guest was relaxed and resting, the
French girl sought Gordon, and drawing a letter from her bosom,
thrust it into his hand. He read :

"Dearest Betty, — The Inn is surrounded and your husband's es-
cort prisoners. If you would save his life, meet me in the tap
room of the tavern at midnight, and deliver to me the despatches
he is carrying. I do this for the sake of the old love.

Warrenton."

He returned the letter to Yvonne — with a gesture toward
Betty. Then he went out to the stables to give an order to his
quartermaser.

"Have the horses saddled, and the men ready to answer a sud-
den call at midnight."

Late that night, Betty glided through the deserted tavern — War-
renton's letter hidden against her beating heart. "If you would
save his life"^ — she set a lighted candle in the window — then stole
to the chamber where Gordon lay, with closed eyes, breathing
quietly. She crept to the bedside — her hand felt under the pillow —
stealthily, she drew out the papers — then, with a last, fearful
glance behind, slipped from the room. The instant she was gone,
Gordon sprang up. He was fully dressed, save for his coat and
sabre. He reached for the weapon — then going noiselessly to the
door, which opened at the head of a sfairway leading down to the
tap room, he crouched there, listening.

As Betty appeared on the stairs, a cloaked figure below sprang
to her, snatching the papers from her hand. The next moment, she
was crushed in Warrenton's arms — his kisses hot on her neck and
face. She screamed, and he uttered an oath, clapping his hand

over her mouth. At that mo-
ment, Gordon, sword drawn,
flunghimself down the stairs. She
fled, with cries for help, up the
steps. There was a scurry of
feet overhead — the clangor of
arms without — Bermoyne and
Yvonne — and a melee o f
soldiery — filled the room. The
duelists were parrying thrust for
thrust — but Gordon, mindful of
a former victory, was gaining on
the captain. The soldiers were
firing — the room was thick with
smoke. Then Warrenton fell, but
mustered strength to drag his
flint-lock from his belt and aim
at his adversary. Betty saw
Gordon reel and drop, desperate-
ly wounded. She clung to
Yvonne frantically, fighting an
overpowering faintness. Then
the British bore Warrenton
away — and the Americans
swarmed out, firing after them.
The smoke was clearing. Betty
ran down — -and kneeling by her
husband, gathered him in her
arms — pressing her hand to his
breast to staunch the flov/ of
blood. He lay, gazing up at her
in an agony, struggling to speak.

"The — the despatches — were
false. Ride to Williamsburg —
tell Lafayette — Washington —
coming to aid — with the whole
— Continental army."
_ He fell back, exhausted. "I

' will go." A smile — almost an

ecstacy — piercing the black suf-
fering in his face — answered
her. Then, as Yvonne -came with water and linen, she laid his
head gently on the French Girl's knee — and wrapping herself in
her cloak, went out to find the quartermaster.

They rode all night, at a gallop, along the west shore of the
Chesapeake. At dawn she brought the word of the Commander-in-
chief to Lafayette. Before that sundown she was oack at Stone
Bridge Inn. The next day, Washington, with his marching column
two miles long, reached the tavern — he took the wounded officer
forward with the army, Betty riding in the wagon with him. She
always remembered the gravely beautiful courtesy with which the
great general thanked her for that wild night's ride to Lafayette,
the simple reverence and the sympathy in his voice.

So they came to Yorktown — where Cornwallis lay in the "mouse-
trap"— with Lafayette cutting off his retreat — with a French fleet
in the Chesapeake — and Washington and the whole Continental

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army bearing down upon him from the north.

Betty and the colonel were stationed in a house overlooking the
town, from which they could command the movements of the siege.
On the second day, a battle raged under their windows. Betty was
on the balcony, just out of the range of the shot and shell, detail-
iag the fight to Gordon, lying within, chafing at his own helpless-
ness— when she saw a man rise head and shoulders above the mass
of struggling soldiery, waving his sword with insane fury. At the
same instant, he spied her — and uttering a diabolical cry, flung
himself up the embankment. She ran in, making fast the windows,
in a paroxysm of fear. The powder-grimed face was against the
glass — one blow, and the frail sash lay shattered. The intruder
made a rush, sword pointed, at the wounded colonel. The same
moment, she was between him and the bed — Gordon's flintlock in
her hand. Steadily, she aimed — and fired. Then in a revulsion of
horror, she sank on her knees beside Warrenton's lifeless body.

In less than a fortnight Washington's master stroke was com-
pleted. From their window, Betty saw the smoke clear at last
above the camp — and over the British earthworks, crumbling in
ruins, a fleck of white, gleaming in the blue September air, sent
her back to Gordon with a cry of incredulous joy. Horsemen,
tearing by below, confirmed the wild hope — Cornwallis had sur-
rendered.

The American captain reared himself on his pillows — straining
to catch the faint sound of music in the distance. He fell back,
smiling grimly.

"What is it they are playing, dear? Why — why — it's 'The World
Turned Upside Down' !" Half laughing, half crying, she flung
herself beside him — and they were clasped close in one another's
arms.

Plenty of Latitude.

Dr. Baillie was a famous Scotch physician of the old school,
patient and gentle as a rule, but with a great practice that some-
times made him a little testy with persons who consumed too
much of his time with trifling complaints. At one time, after listen-
ing to a long story from a lady who was so little ill that she in-
tended to go to the opera that night, the doctor left the room with
a sigh of relief. He had just got down the stairs when he was
called back.

"Doctor," feebly asked the lady, "may I, on my return tonight,
eat a few oysters?"

"Yes, madam," roared the doctor, "shells and all."^ — Buffalo
Commercial.

Well Circulated

"Do your folks take the Magazine?" asks the solicitor who

represents a periodical celebrated for the sort of stories it features.

"Do we?" repeats the boy addressed. "We take four — one that
father hides from mother and sister, one that mother hides from
sister and father, one that sister hides from father and mother,
and one copy that none of 'em know I have in my room." — Li'/k.

Inherited Superiority

"The Declaration of Independence states that all men are born
free and equal, I believe?"

"Something of the sort."

"Then why do you hold yourself so aloof?"

"My dear man, I'm descended from one of its signers." — Wash-
ington Herald.

"The Belle of Yorktown"

Domino

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Dave Thompson in "The Blight of Wealth"

Thanhouser

The Blight of Wealth

Nov. 25, 1913.
CAST

Jack, a handsome young quarryman, afterward an idle rich man,

Dave Thompson

May, his wife, always wealthy t_ Flo La Badie

Mrs. Gray, May's chaperone Katherine Webb

Mr. Gray..... Frank Quimby

Is there a more uncomfortable situation in this life than living
idly on one's rich wife's money — going to her for every cent one
spends? Is there a red-blooded man in the United States who
would calmly settle down into that sort of existence and be satis-
fied with it? If so — what is he worth to himself or anyone else?

This particular man had worked up to the ownership of a marble
quarry on a strip of coast which had become a fashionable resort
for society people. Among them was a wealthy girl who fell in
love with the quarryman and married him. They went abroad to
live for a few years — leaving the quarry in the hands of a manager
who soon wrecked the business and decamped with all the funds
he could lay his hands upon. This was a heavy blow to the owner
— ^but his wife said she had plenty of money for both and persuaded
him to live upon it, more or less contentedly.

Then came panic — smash — and the wiping out of his wife's for-
tune. He came to his senses — realized what a worthless fool he
had been — and forced her to return with him to his quarry, which
was now abandoned. He soon put it in shape, however, and became
again a self-supporting, self-respecting man.

It may seem a rather difficult task to represent all this on a
moving-picture screen, but it has been so well done that nothing is
lost in the action — and the various scenes are unusually beautiful.
Mr. Thompson and Miss La Badie do some very clever work in
this play — being well supported by the other members of the cast.

Honor Among Husbands

The honor system is now being generally used among convicts
for work on roads. It has been adopted in Colorado, Oregon and
Washington, and will undoubtedly spread eastward. It has also
become a part of our educational system in which the pupils are
placed upon their honor. It is undoubtedly a good thing.

Why not extend it to husbands? If all husbands could be placed
upon their honor, would it not, in the course of time, raise their
self-respect and accomplish good domestic results? We fully ap-
preciate what this iconoclastic suggestion means, but suppose, for
example, that the average husband could get into the habit of
telling his wife the truth, even a part of the time. Would not this
tend toward the ultimate regeneration of the human race? — Life.

The Editor of Reel Life reprints this, with his fingers crossed
and the door of the sanctum locked.

Unnecessary Noise.

The young man and the girl were standing outside the front
door, having a final chat after his evening call. He was leaning
against the door post, talking in low tones. Presently the young
lady looked round, to discover her father in the doorway, clad in
a dressing gown.

"Why, father, what in the world is the matter?" she inquired.

"John,'' said the father, addressing himself to the young man,
"you know I have never complained about your staying late, and
I am not going to complain of that now ; but for goodness sake
stop leaning against the bell push and let the rest of the family get
some sleep !" — Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.

Defining His Intellect.

"Is Blithers a smart chap?"

"Well, he's the kind of fellow that would plant a piece of dog-
wood and expect to raise a litter of puppies." — Judge.

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'Cohen Saves the Flag"

JCeystone

'Fatty Joins the Force"

Keystone

Salty Savored Speech. the undertaker, and found another newly made grave directly be-

The natives of the coast town down east discuss every phase of ^^'^^ ^^^^ his wife. Regarding it curiously, he said to the

life or death in terms of the sea. ■ undertaker:

A fisherman had recently laid his wife, Delia, to rest in the "Wal, s'r. Si, who's that buried thar astern o' Dele?" — Youth's

village cemetery. He visited the spot a few days afterward with Companion.

Keystone

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Sydney Ayres in "American Born''

American

American

American Born

Dec. 1, 1913.
CAST

Richard Danvers Sydney Ayres

Pepita — (and Dorothy) Vivian Rich

Earl of Danvers Jacques Jaccard

Charles Danvers Charles Cummings

Topelo — (an old Indian) Harry von Meter

Dick Travers Jack Richardson

Lady Sybil Louise Lester

Her Mother Mrs. Coxen

Tom Andrews — (a disgusted miner) Chas. Morrison

This Strong dramatic play deals with the affairs of the House
of Danvers, in England — and the estates inherited by Dorothy
Travers, a child born in America of English and East Indian
parents.

In the opening scene, Dorothy's dying mother tells her of their
aristocratic family and the estates she has inherited. Then, assisted
by an old Indian servant, the girl goes to England — meets her
relatives and secures her inheritance. While in England, she meets
Richard Danvers, eldest son of the Earl — a case of love at first
sight on both sides. The Earl is an inventor of an X-Ray machine
which, at first, is unsuccessful. This and the younger son's debts
ruin the family. Richard is forced to break his engagement with
Dorothy and seek his fortune in the American mining country.

Her love for him and her knowledge of the country in which
she was born lead her to follow Richard across the Atlantic on
the same steamer — in disguise— and precede him to his destina-
tion in the West, where she resumes the Indian costume of her
girlhood days.

Richard purchases a prospector's outfit — gets out into the open
country and comes upon Dorothy, unexpectedly, fighting des-
perately to defend herself against a scoundrel in a lonely cabin.
He breaks in the door and rescues her without the least suspicion

as to who she is. Eventually, he sees — then he makes a fortune
and they return to England, where the Earl's invention is finally
successful and the younger son turns over a .new leaf.

The shifting scenes between the American Rockies and the life
on beautiful English Country Estates, are exceptionally attractive.
Credit should also be given to each individual member of the
Cast for excellent work in their various roles. The play is in two
parts — and those who see it once will bring their friends for a
second or third evening.

Mistaken Identity.

A fishwife entered a tram car and thought she recognized another
passenger as an acquaintance. Accordingly, she bent forward, and
with an ingratiating smile said, "That's you, isn't it? I hardly
kent ye."

"Aye, that's me," replied the other, "and that's you, isn't it? How
are ye?"

"Oh, A'm nae that bad," was the reply.

After this silence ensued and the first speaker, on further
scrutiny, became convinced that the woman opposite was not an
acquaintance, after all. Again she bent forward and with an
apologetic smirk, remarked, "But that's nae you at a' !"

"Nae," replied the other. "It's nae nane o' us." — Scottish
American.

A certain Irish coachman was advised by a doctor to take animal
food as the best means of restoring health and activity.

"Pat," said he, "you're run down a bit, that's all. What you
need is animal food."

Remembering his case a few days afterward, he called on Pat at
the stable.

"Well, Pat," said he, "how are you getting on with the treat-
ment?"

"Sure," Pat replied, "Oi manage all right with the grain and oats,
but it's mighty hard I find it with the chopped hay, your honor." —
Exchange.

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Dave Thompson in "The Blight of Wealth"

Thanhouser

Thmlimimr

Their Great Big Beautiful Doll

Nov. 23, 1913

CAST

Mrs. Read, a poor widow Violet Stewart

Larry, her son Leland Benham

Daisy, her little girl The Thanh ouser Kidlet

Madeline 1 . .

Marion ] J- win sisters The Fairbank Twins

Jane Miss Benham

Policeman Al Russell

This quaint little play is full of happy surprises — though it
opens with a very mournful discovery indeed, when the Twins
find that their biggest doll is gone. A frantic search through
the nursery and out of doors proves fruitless — and the two
little girls scarcely know what to do with themselves without
Blanche Cecile. Then, one morning on the street, they happen
to see in a window a beautiful child of three years, whom at
first they mistake for a doll. When the lovely little thing
shakes her golden curls at them and laughs, they are filled
with rapture — here is a real, live doll, who can walk and talk
and play — why not take her home with them?

The child's mother is away all day — and the lonely tot is
easily coaxed, with promises of candy and cookies, to go
with the Twins. Such a happy day they spend, dressing little
Daisy up in the lost doll's things and taking her to ride in the
doll's carriage.

What has been happening meanwhile, at the house of poor
Mrs. Read — and the reason for the frantic welcome Baby Daisy
gets on her return — is too good a bit to give away. It puts
the dramatic finish on the play — and makes the kidnapping of
their "great big beautiful doll" an act of Providence.

Uncle Sam as a Solomon.

The departments at Washington are now and then called upon
to settle petty questions of the most intimate personal nature. For
instance, the treasury department once acted as judge in a dispute
between 'man and wife.

This couple had had a spirited struggle for the possession of
several bank notes, each holding fast to the end of the "roll." A
ten-dollar bill was torn across the middle, and each contestant
carried off one-half of it in triumph. Just here the treasury depart-
ment was brought into the dispute. It received half of the bill
from the wife, with the statement that the other half had been de-
stroyed, and she requested a new bill. In a short time there arrived
the second half of the bill from the husband, with a similar state-
ment and request. As the government then had both ends of the
bill, it rendered a Solomon-like decision and awarded five dollars
to each of the claimants. — Harper's Weekly.

Man She Wanted.

'Will you marry me?" he asked.

She paused for a moment before she replied. Then she said:
"Listen carefully, please. You are a man of ordinary abilities
and perfectly conventional ideas. You haven't the slightest con-
ception of the new world movement which is now taking place.
You are intensely blind to all of its radicalism, intensely unoriginal,
satisfied to be an intellectual nonentity, engrossed in that horrible,
stagnating thing known as business, and a mental slave to the
opinions put forth by your daily paper. I am a true feminist, an
individual searcher, bound by no ties, seeking the highest self-ex-
pression in advance art forms and acknowledging no preconceived
standards. Will I marry you? Of course I will. You're just the
man I want." — Life.

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Miitaal ¥¥eeMy No. 4'^

Blizzard Clutches Cleveland. — Ohio City isolated for days by
terrific storm.

Paris Auto Exposition. — Pres. Poincaire opens the four-
teenth motor show in the French capital.

A Royal Wedding. — Prince Arthur of Connaught weds the
Duchess of Fife in London.

Christmas in India. — Hindus celebrate the important festival
in mosques and in the streets.

A Submarine Subway. — New York is sinking her passenger
tubes in the Harlem River.

' "Texas." — A strong man gives an exhibition of his strength
in Portland, Oregon.

Freight Handling in Kingston. — The women perform most
of the manual labor in Jamaica.

Connaught Leaves England — Governor-General returns to
his post in Ottowa, Canada.

Berlin Celebrates. — Great historical parade is held in Ger-
man City.

A Tug of War. — Utah university students contest for su-
premacy at Provo.

The Irish Strike. — Soldiers stationed in Dublin compelled to
haul their own coal.

A Smash-Up in Michigan. — Two engines meet head-on at
Kalamazoo fair. The auto races.

Bankrupt.

"Everything she had went at auction.

"Public sale?"

"No; bridge." — Judge.

Her Right to Happiness

Nov. 28, 1913.

CAST

Brandt Mansfield Boyd Marshall

Fana, one of his stenographers Fannie Gregory

Mansfield's wife, young and pretty Muriel Ostriche

For beautiful scenes, through which a wholesome, pretty love
story runs like a thread of rose-colored ribbon, this Princess play
is one of the most attractive this month.

The story is simple. By itself, there would hardly seem to be
enough to make a full reel. But as the love-story develops, one
scene leads to another in rapid succession and one's interest is held
without a break.

Mansfield is a young business man who is "all business" in his
office, and the primitive, out-of-door athlete after business hours
are over. His youngest and prettiest stenographer is an "out-door"
girl, herself — but attends strictly to business in the office. At-
tracted merely by what they know of each other during business
hours, they fall in love and are married. Then — each tries to live
up to a business conception of the other — which becomes a good
deal of a strain.

To relieve this, for a while, Mansfield goes off on a hunting trip.
And, finding there is another, unknown side to his character which
she has never suspected, his wife presently follows him into the_
woods. She comes upon his camp when he least expects her, and
proves herself such a thoroughly good out-of-door comrade that
they live through a second honeymoon, alone with each other in the
woods. A good many wives might take the lesson to heart and
acquire additional hold upon their husbands' affections if they cared
to play a man's game occasionally.

Boyd Marshall and Muriel Ostriche in "Her Right to Happiness"

Princess

E©el Life

A Divorce Scandal

Dec. 6, 1913.
CAST

Billy Barnes, reporter Ed Coxen

Bettina, his fiancee Winifred Greenwood

Mrs. Jack Morris, divorcee Marion Murray

Bridget, Billy's instrument Ida Lewis

Carson, city editor George Field

Murphy, the milkman Reaves Eason

Printer's devil David Greenwell

A good many of us who ought to have better use for our time
like to read the latest scandals, murders, etc., in our morning
paper — not because we have a personal grudge against the unfor-
tunates themselves, but just from the fact that it shows "other
folks aren't so much, after all." We wonder how the deuce those
clever reporters happened to get hold of the evidence, and think
they must be a pretty smart lot, anyhow. Sometimes, a few of us
reflect that the reporter's "scoop" is pretty hard upon defenceless
and perfectly respectable people whom he so mercilessly exposes.
But, take it either way, this play shows something of his methods.

The reporter's best girl wont marry him until he gets a raise.
So when his City Editor gives him a divorce assignment which
necessitates his securing a certain packet of incriminating letters,
he makes up his mind to have those letters or bust something. Dis-
guised as a milkman, he blarneys the divorcee's cook and is in-
vited into the kitchen for a cup of tea. The best girl is lunching
with Madame divorcee, as it happens — and when the cook doesn't
answer the bell, they go out to the kitchen — finding her embracing
the milkman reporter. The divorcee has been showing the let-
ters to the girl. The package is still in her hand. She drops it,
in her amazement, and turns to comfort the outraged girl. The
reporter grabs the letters — gets them to his paper in time — and
later, has to take the City Editor around to the girl's house to
square himself. But he gets her in the end, of course.

Became Moving Picture Actress at Father's Request.

Marguerite Risser, a young actress who is rapidly achieving
prominence in the moving picture field for Pathe Freres, entered
the profession at the request of her father about a year ago. Her
father, a New Yorker, compelled to travel much of the time by
reason of his business, conceived the idea that his loneliness away
from home would be relieved if he could only see his daughter
moving as in real life upon the screen. Two montns later in Seattle
his wish was gratified. While watching a show in a theater there
he was electrified to see Miss Risser taking a prominent part in one
of the photoplays exhibited. It is said that Mr. Risser stayed in
the theater that night until the lights were put out that he might
miss no repetition of the film. As for his daughter a new zest
enters her work as she knows that she is playing to her absent
father who to her is the one critic.

His Thrilling Experience.

The following is an extract from a youthful autobiography: "I
am eleven years old. When I was three I had the scarlet fever.
After that I had mumps, measles and whooping cough, soon a great
dane jumped and bit my face and then I fell off of a ladder and
broke my arm. Mother says boys have much better times now
than when she was childish." — Everybody's.

A Boy's Reason.

A Boston man has a son who has just entered school. He was
supposed to be enjoying it, but one morning he walked into the
dining room, where his father was having breakfast, and re-
marked :

"I'm tired of going to school, pa. I think I'll stop."
"Why?" asked the father; "what is your objection to going to
school?"

"Oh," answered the boy, "it breaks up the day so." — Boston
Record.

Ed Coxen in "A Divorce Scandal"

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'The Reformation"

Broncho

I The Reformation

Nov. 26, 1913'.

Those w'ho enjoy la first class detective play will see the
Reformation a second and third time — in fact, whenever they no-
tice it billed at a "movie" theatre. It is pure melodrama, but it
does not violate the probabilities as much as a good many plavs
of that class. The action is such as might and actually does occur,
at times, in every-day life — though we get but occasional refer-
ences to it in the daily papers.

Jim Perry is a well educated man of good birth who has been
made a social highwayman by Janeth, an adventuress whom hi
has secretly married. The story begins with his theft of the
famous Potter Diamond at a society reception, and his transferring
it to Janeth in a kiss. It is to be his last theft. He means to
go abroad with her on the proceeds, and lead a strictly honest
life thereafter.

John Colt, a famous detective, suspects him at the reception
and searches him — but is forced to apologize. Later, Perry comes
to Janeth's apartments with his plan for reformation, and she
informs him that she does not intend to give him any share in
the diamond. In the ensuing quarrel, he decides to part from her
altogether. He goes to a saloon in a low quarter of the city, very
much dejected, and is steered to a certain lodging house by one
of Colt's detectives. Another, has been shadowing Janeth, but she
gives him the slip. Colt finds Perry in the lodging house, up
against it for an honest means of living, and offers him charge of
his Chicago office.

Here, the story shifts to Chicago. Janeth has become the

mistress of a rich banker — whose wife comes to Perry for assist-
ance in winning back her husband from an adventuress. In the
subsequent working out of the plot, the Potter Diamond is found
upon Janeth, who is convicted for a long term, and the banker
— thoroughly disillusioned — is restored to his wife. Jim Perry
persists in his Reformation — assisted by the kind-hearted head of
the Colt Detective Agency. The vivid, absorbing scenes follow
each other with almost startling rapidity and the character delinea-
tion is exceptionally good.

Her Message.

A woman living in a town not far from New York commissioned
her husband while in the city to purchase a motto for the Sunday
school. After he had left it suddenly occurred to her that she had
neglected to tell him the desired inscription or the proper size of
the card. Going to a near by telegraph office she wrote out a
message to her husband containing the necessary information, and
handed it to the operator. It read as follows:

"John Johnson, Broadway, New York City :

"Unto Us a Child is Born, — 8 feet long and 5 feet wide." — Har-
pers Weekly.

The Royal Cosmetique.

The messenger thundered over the drawbridge and into the
castle courtyard. Flinging himself from the panting steed, he
accosted a group of archers on guard before the king's apartment.

"I was unavoidably delayed," he gasped; "doth his majestv wax
impatient,"

"Nay," replied the yeoman, "at this early hour his majesty waxeth
nothing except his mustachios." — Puck.

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Arthur Bauer, Flo La Badie and William Russell in "Curfew Shall Not Ring To-night'

Curfew Shall Not Ring To-Night

Nov. 28, 1913.
CAST

Bessie, a village maiden Flo La Badie

Basil Underwood, a cavalier Mr. Russell

Sim, the aged village sexton Mr. Fisher

Oliver Cromwell Mr. Bauer

Most of US recited the poem on the school platform before the
visiting members of the School Board — or at Commencement exer-
cises— or upon some other occasion when we regarded the Poet as
one of those satianic torturers whom the teacher or the principal
was always raking up to make our lives miserable. And for that
reiason may not have realized what a bully good old sensational
drama the poem really was, or how sweet a love-story ran all
through it.

Whether the story has ever been played upon the legitimate stage,
we do not at this moment remember — but this Thanhouser adapta-
tion for the moving-picture screen has been staged with a careful
attention to detail that reflects great credit upon Mr. C. J. Hite, who
made the selection, upon Mr. Lloyd F. Lonergan, who wrote the
scenario, and the Directors who assembled the "props" and drilled
the Cast. As far as we have been able to discover, there is not a
single discrepancy in costume, furniture, accessories or natural
scenery. Considering that much of the action is out of doors
where it is impossible to do much "faking," the actual reproduction
of Enghsh village hfe and architecture is surprisingly realistic.

The story— as most of us will remember, if we put the lines of
the poem into conversational prose — deals with the capture of the
Cavalier, Basil Underwood by some of Oliver Cromwell's soldiers
— his trial, presumably as a spy of King Charles's — and his sen-
tence to be executed at the ringing of the Curfew, that evening.
Bessie, who is in love with him, hears the sentence and tries every
way she can think of to procure a pardon. Being unsuccessful, she
goes to Sim, the old village Sexton, and begs him not to ring the
Curfew that evening. But the idea of duty is an obsession with

Sim — and he sorrowfully refuses. Half crazed by her lover's
approaching execution, the one idea in Bessie's mind is that the
Curfew must not ring that night — at all costs — at any hazard — that
bell — must — not — ring. As eight o'clock approaches, she dashes
wildly up the old worn stairs in the church-tower — and then climbs
a rickety ladder which no one has attempted to mount for years.
As she finally gets up, breathless — with torn clothing — to where
she is almost in reach of the great bell, there is a premonitory
quiver of the rope. She knows that, far below her, Sim is gather-
ing the slack in his hand for a mighty heave which shall tilt the
bell from side to side on its heavy axle. Springing out at the
risk of her neck, she grasps the massive tongue, desperJately, with
hands and (arms — curling her body about it. She is swung far out
of the belfry — poised, suspended, over the frightful height for a
second — then swung out at the opposite side — her frail body act-
ing as a muffler between the heavy iron tongue and the rim of the
bell — so that it gives forth no sound except the creaking of the
axle beam.

On the village green, where the executioners are waiting, the
minutes pass — but no death signal is heard. For the first time in
the memory of any man there, the Curfew does not ring. Super-
stitiously alarmed at the sign, they postpone the execution and
send for Cromwell. Just as he arrives, Bessie staggers out of the
church door — bruised in every limb — scarcely able to move — and,
throwing herself at his feet, explains what she has done. Crom-
well was, in spots, a just man — an admirer of courage and devo-
tion. So he pardons Underwood and sets him free with the girl
who has gone through so much for his sake. The poet neglected
to give us a picture of their married life, in after years — but we
hope Basil was good to her.

All this, and a great deal more of the incidental detail in the
story is beautifully shown on the screen— and if the Thanhouser
people continue the pace they are now setting in the way of
beautiful film production, the other manufacturers will have con-
siderable difficulty in keeping up with them.

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Salvation by Destruction

The Man From Mars found himself in a large hall filled with
excited men who were talking and arguing with great vigor. As
he could make nothing more than an indistinguishable babel out
of it, he approached a gentleman who was standing in the rear.

"Who are all these people?" asked the Man From Mars.

"These people? Why these people are rice-growers," replied the
gentleman.

"They seemed to be excited," observed the Martian.

"Excited! I should say so. You'd be excited too if you were
in their position."

"I daresay I would," admitted the Man From Mars suavely.
"May I ask what the trouble is?"

"It's the rice crop. That's what the trouble is."

"Is it a failure?"

"Failure? Say, what's the matter with you?" demanded the
gentleman suspiciously. "No. A failure wouldn't have been nearly
so bad. The trouble is that the crop has been too successful. Too
much rice. Do you understand that? Too much rice. Guess
we'll have to destroy a whole lot of it."

The Man From Mars looked at the speaker blankly. "I don't
think I follow you," he remarked at length.

"Gee whizz, don't you know anything about economics?" de-
manded the other sceptically. "If there's more rice than the mar-
ket can absorb, then down goes the price and all the work of the
rice growers is lost."

"Do you mean to say that it is bad for the people to get their
rice at a low price?"

"Bad for the people! No. Who said anything about the people?
The only ones concerned in this are the rice growers and the
bankers and the transportation companies and the middlemen."

"You will pardon me for not understanding more nimbly," said
the Man From Mars, "but the fact is I am a totai stranger in these
parts, and a stranger to your customs. What you say seems to me
very unreasonable. I should think that large crops of whatever

Kevsfone

Louise Vale and Stanley Walpole in "A Rough Diamond"

TJianhonser

Flo La Badie in "Curfewr Shall Not Ring To-night"

, . _ Thanho

V/ilham Russell in "Curfew Shall Not Ring To-night'

kind would be a cause for general rejoicing. It would mean that
people could thus feed themselves more easily and be freer to
devote themselves to other things."

"Well, it's plain you never studied political economy."

"As I understand your proposal, it is to destroy a large amount
of rice quite regardless of whether there are hungry people in the
world or not."

"Sure. Do you think we are in business for our health?"

"But why don't the people make laws against such destruction
of property?" inquired the Martian.

"Say, you're joshing me, ain't you?" demanded the other. Run
along now and don't bother me with any of your socialistic non-
sense." E. O. J. — Life.

Would Be Worth Seeing.

A young woman from the east was conversing with a Kentuckian
about tobacco and tobacco raising. She was very pretty and a
good conversationalist, and the young man from Kentucky was
vastly interested in her until she gave him a sudden shock by an-
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"I should love to see a tobacco field; especially when it is just
plugging out." — National Food Magazine.

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"Fred's Trained Nurse" (2) SEPt! 21

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"The Clown's Daughter" (2) SEPT. 13

"The Message to Headquarters" (2) SEPt! 12

"For the Crovm" (2). 5EPT. 8

"The Glow Worm" (2) SEPT. 6

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An Orphan of War" (2) AUG. 22

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A War Time Mother's Sacrifice" (2) JULY 30

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Reel Life

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"The Reformation" Broncho

George Morgan in "The Reporter's Scoop" Reliance

The Reporter's Scoop

Nov. 29, 1913.
CAST

Senator Dunn George Siegmann

Henry Marshall Ralph Lewis

Alice Irene Hunt

Bob Norton George Morgan

Plot and counterplot for the hand of a girl who wants to marry
her own particular young man — an active and enterprising re-
porter on a Metropolitan Daily.

Her father, a Senator, doesn't think the reporter big enough —
IS inclined to favor a wealthy, middle-aged railroad president. The
Senator's affairs become involved and he accepts loans from the
railway magnate — who puts on the screws when the notes come
due and demands either payment or the girl. The Senator finally
agrees to use his influence with her— but reconsiders, and goes to
the railway man's office to say that he prefers ruin to his daughter's
unhappiness.

The reporter, meanwhile, has been assigned to cover the Gov-

ernment investigations concerning unlawful rebates in the Presi-
dent's road and is the unseen witness of an attempted bribery. He
then confronts the President and Committeeman — forces them to
drop the bribe question and extend the Senator's notes. He loses
a scoop for his paper by keeping his mouth shut — ^^but the Senator
gives him the girl, and one assumes that he squares himself with
his Editor at the next opportunity. The whole play is a pleasing
contrast to the sort of newspaper play which depicts the reporter
in the unpleasant role of a paid spy without sufficient excuse to
make his spying pardonable. And the action is brisk enough to
satisfy the most evacting motion-picture audience.

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The Sign of the Snake

By W. H. Clifford
Nov. 28, 1913

Mr. Clifford has given us something novel in a Chinese
heroine — and the sad romance of Moon Chew, with its tragic
ending, is an intensely interesting piece of work.

She comes, with several Chinese men, by a Pacific steamer — the
chattel, bought and paid for by a wealthy Chinaman in San
Francisco. When first we see her, her purchaser is trying to
smuggle her across the Mexican border in a prairie schooner —
and the party is overtaken and captured by Col. Hurd and the
American troops who return the men to the coast to be deported,
but take pity on the attractive Chinese girl — permitting her to
find a home with the sergeants family at the fort.

Here she lives happily, winning the confidence and affec-
tion of the officers' wives, and especially of the children. Mean-
while, love for young Captain Hurd, her deliverer, wakes in her
heart — and the story of how she is hunted down by the rich
Chinaman in San Francisco and Chinese allies of his, is touch-
ingly interwoven with an exceptionally pathetic romance. At
the close she saves Hurd's life.

The country near the Mexican border — and the Chinese
principals — give the play unusual picturesqueness. The action is
strong — and Moon Chew is a heroine worth seeing and remem-
bering. Such dramatic portraits help to bring the far ends of
humanity together.

"The Sign of the Snake" Kav-Bee

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Rml life

Mafestle

The House in the Tree

Nov. 23, 1913'.
CAST

May, aged 5 Josie Ashdown

May, aged 18 Vera Sisson

Her Father Howard Davies

Her Mother Victory Bateman

Jack, aged 7 Billie Bennett

Jack, aged 20 '. Wm. Garwood

Sue, the society girl .Billie West

The Count D. Mitsoras

Once in a while, the playwright strikes a simple bit of human
nature which rings true and is convincingly probable. Mr. Philip
Lonergan appears to have done this in a pretty little play which is
so entirely simple in plot that one asks why it hasn't been done
before.

Lots of children have doll-houses or little summer-houses built
for them among clumps of bushes or upon low and easily accessible
branches of some large tree. The idea is as old as the hills and is
always fascinating to a child's mind. This story begins with such
a house — rather an elaborate one — in the top of a great oak,
reached by ladder-like steps. It was given to the little girl upon
her birthday — and she celebrated her house-warming with her
playmate from next door.

For several years, the boy and girl spent a good deal of their
leisure time in the tree. As they grew up, they fancied they were
in love with each other — becoming engaged. Then a petty quarrel
broke the engagement. The girl went abroad and soon agreed to
marry a foreigner of title. The boy found another girl who claimed
to care for him alone. Before long, however, the girl found that

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Miss Sission and William Garwood in

Majestic
'The House in the Tree"

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Miss West and William Garwood in "The House in the Trei"

her Count was merely a fortune-hunter and the boy's fiance jilted
him for a wealthier man. ;

Thoroughly disillusioned, the bo)- — now a rather bitter youijg
man — returned to his old home and, one day, climbed into the oak,
next door, finding the little house showing evidence of a long neglect
but still cool and green among the branches. And it just so hap-
pened that the girl came home the same day — climbing into the
tree from the same impulse. The renewal of the old romance is
obvious.

Reliance

Thomas Mills and Louise Vale in "A Rough Diamond"

Confidence

Confidence is a belief that others' weaknesses will not be applied
to yourself. When you step on a railroad train, for example, you
are confident that in case a lot of people are killed or injured you
will constitute the exception and escape.

Confidence in a bank is not due to a belief in its honesty, but
only in the fact that there is a certain safety in the numbers who
run it, and that among them all there is the right combination
to insure the return of your money. If every bank was run solely
by one man, no one would have confidence enough in him to make
it pay.

Confidence is something that is shared by everybody or by no-
body. It is built up of the total number of things which you don't
know about the one in whom you have placed it.

Business confidence is therefore ignorance commercialized. If we
knew the whole truth we would always be in a panic. — Life.

; The Man and the Boy.

A man of high social position was forced to stay over a couple
of days in a small country town. Desiring to post some letters
and not knowing where to find the postoffice, he said to a small boy
gruffly, "Son, I want to go to the postoffice."

"All right, hurry back," said the boy soothingly. — Uppincott's.

Reel Life

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"An Accidental Clue" Majestic

An Accidental Clue

Nov. 29, 1913.
CAST

Bill, an expert cracksman Ernest Joy

Jane, his wife Belle Bennett

Jim, a member of his gang Eugene Pallette

Petg D. Mitsoras

Mike Fred Hamer

Bob Ide Rogers

Ike , H. Kelsey

Davis, detective sergeant W. Brown

"An Accidental Clue" is an intenseh" interesting detective play,
with many highly dramatic moments.

Jim Stevens is known as "the king of the cracksmen." Shrewd
and far from a coward, he is actually held in respect by the police.
By following his advice always, his band manages to baffle the
cleverest detectives — until, through a slip up in their plans, one of
their number, "Slinky Jake," is captured. Stevens gets word of
his ally's arrest just in time to overtake him and Sergeant Davis
as they are waiting for the patrol wagon. He frees "Slinky Jake"
— but at the cost of the sergeant's life.

Mrs. Davis — in recognition of her late husband's services — is
appointed a police matron. She also does many clever pieces of
detective work — and all the while she is incessantly searchmg for
the slayer of her husband. The years pass, however and the search
is unsuccessful — until at last, "Slinky Jake" again in custody, con-
fesses that the man who killed Davis was Jim Stevens. But,
meanwhile, Stevens has become a rich man. He has severed his
old connections, and is living under another name.

How Mrs. Davis gets a clue which leads her to disguise herself
as a maid and obtain employment in the household of the former
crook — and how she secures positive evidence, finally bringing the
murderer to justice, make a very thrilling succession of incidents.
Her cleverness in burning the ropes that bind her hands, in order

to escape to police headquarters and make sure the arrest of

Stevens, is an episode of sheer grit and courage for which the play

will be remembered. i i

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The Other Woman

- Nov. 24, 1913.
CAST

Mary Irene Hunt

Harry George Morgan

Mr. Clarke George de Carlton

Mrs. Clarke Sue Balfour

Lasca Duran Madeline Traverse

This tragic drama reveals the darker side of married life —
where ideals are shattered — and a fatal accident costs a human
life. It is largely true to the way men and women live — deceiv-
ing one another — marrying for money — sacrificing the ignorant
and confiding — unable to reconcile the diverse appeals of the
soul and the senses — though such a combination of circum-
stances does not always precipitate such violent misadventures
as in "The Other Woman." The saving fact of the entire
production is found at the very close — in the impassioned con-
fession and appeal to court of Mary, the wife — and in the
reunion of the sorrow-stricken pair. While the only real gleam
of optimism comes with the birth of their child, promising
them a new life and new ideals to live for together.

Bitter experiences teach a careless young man — too much
absorbed in material advantage — what real love means. And a
girl who has been brought up in an idealistic atmosphere, in
religious seclusion, learns, for her part, how difficult and cruel,
and immensely practical, the real world of human experience is.

Vivian Rich, Sydney Ayres and Jack Richardson in
"American Born"

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Madeline Traverse and George Morgan in "The Other Woman.'

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Vivian Rich and Harry Von Meter in "American Born"

Nice Distinction.

Lawyer — "Do you mean to tell me the plaintif¥ was drunk?"
Witness — "Well, no; but you couldn't call him ostentatiously sober."
— Judge.

Egotist.

Hokus — "Flubdub seems to have a wonderful opinion of his
knowledge." Pokus— "I should say he has. Why, I have actually
heard him attempt to argue with his son, who is in his freshman
year at college." — Lippincott's.

Princess

Muriel Ostriche and Boyd Marshall in "Her Right to Happiness"'
Synonymous.

It was Springer's afternoon off and he thought he would take
the children for a little outing.

"My dear," he said, approaching his wife, "suppose we take the
children to the Zoo today."

"Why, Will you promised to take them to mother's."

"All right, if it's all the same to the children." — Lippincott's.

Going Down.

Gabe — He claims he is a descendant from a great family.
Steve — Yes, and he is still descending. — Cincinnati Enquirer.

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19 — The Cowtown Reformation
26 — A Forlorn Hope
3— The Loaded Dice
10— The Bully

17 — Venetian Romance
24 — A Woman's Wit
31 — Borrowed Gold

7 — An Indian's Honor.
IJ — For Mother's Sake
14 — Efficacy of Prayer

18 — The Claim Jumper
21 — Days of '49

25^— The Maelstrom

28— The Sign of the Snake

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11— The Rivals

15— The Pitch That Defiles

16 — The Tomboy's Race
18— L'ArticIe 47 (2 reels)

22 — No release

23— The House on the Tree
25 — A Warm Welcome

29 — An Accidental Clue

30 — Hendrick's Divorce

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Making Pig Iron— (Split Reel)

16— The End of Black Bart
18 — The Making of a Woman
20 — Hidden Treasure Ranche

23— The Step Brothers

25 — In the Mountains of Virginia
27 — In th*. Days of Trajan (2 reels)
30— In Three Hours

1 — Follies of a Day and Night

3 — The Girl and the Geaser

6— What Her Diary Told

8 — The Haunted House
10 — Martha's Decision
13 — An Assisted Proposal
15 — The Drummer's Honeymoon

17— The Trail of the Lost Chord

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24— The Occult

27 — The Spartan Girl of the West
29 — At Midnight

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19 — One Round O'Brien Comes East

26 — The Boomerang Curve
2 — His Nobs, the Plumber
9 — Freddy Loosebelt From Africa

16 — Fred's Waterloo

23 — The Mexican Sleep Producer

30 — Her Husband and My Wife

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27 — Cohen Saves the Flag

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Sept. 3 — No. 36
Sept. 10— No. 37
Sept. 17 — No. 38
Sept. 24 — No. 39
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Oct. 8 — No. 41

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Nov. 28 — Her Right to Happiness

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20 — Making Himself a Hero

Murphv's New High Hat (Split Reel)
27 — A Method in His Illness

The Man With a Razor (Split Reel)

Relknse

Sept. 22— The Hardest Way
Sept. 24 — The Missing Ring
Sept. 27— The Original Will
Sept. 29— Hearts of the Dark
Oct. 1 — Makers and Spenders
Oct. 4— Targets of Fate (2 reels) '
Oct. 6— The Buffer
Oct. 8 — Once Upon a Time
Oct. 11— The Rebellious Pupil
Oct. 14— Poor Old Mother
Oct. 15— The Flirt
Oct. 18 — A Knight Errant
Oct. 20— O, What a Night! _ ^

Two Men and a Mule (Series 1)

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Oct. 25— Hearts (2 reels)

Oct. 27— The Real Mother

Oct. 29 — Two Men and a Mule (Series 2)

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Nov. 3 — A Sure Cure

Nov. 8 — Two Men and a Mule (Series 3)

Nov. 10 — The Power of the Sea

Nov. 12— The Bracelet

Nov. 15 — For Love of a Man (2 reels)

Nov. 17 — Two Men and a Mule (series 4)

Nov. 19 — A Man and a Woman

Nov. 22 — Her Father's Daughter

Nov. 26 — A Rough Diamond

Nov. 29 — The Reporter's Scoop

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27— The Belle of Yorktown (3 reels)

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Aug. 15 — The Flame in the Ashes (2 reels)
Aug. 22 — An Orphan of War (2 reels)
Aug. 29— The Green Shadow (2 reels)
Sept. 5 — The Ironmaster (2 reels)
Sept. 12— The Waif

Aug. 24— The Lady Killer
Aug. 26 — One Round O'Brien's Flirtation
Aug. 30 — A Chapter of His Life
Aug. 31 — The Trade Secret
Sept. 2 — A Perilous Ride
Sept. fr— The Turkish Bath
Sept. 7 — The Heart of a Fool
Sept 9 — The Frame Up
Sent. 13 — For His Loved One
Sept. 14 — The Winning Loser
Sept. 16 — Playmates
Sept. 20 — ^His Last Deal
Sept. 21 — A Shoemaker and His Doll
Sept. 23 — The BaseBall Umpire
The Aesthetic Match
Sept. 27 — A Slight Misunderstanding
Sept. 28 — The Love of Conchita
Sept. 30— When the Debt Was Paid
Oct. 4 — The Man of the Wildernesi
Oct. 5 — A Mix-up in Pedigrees
Oct. 7— The Heritage
Oct. 11 — ^The Iceman's Revenge
Oct. 12 — No Release

Oct. 14 — The Van Warden Jewels (2 reels)

Oct. 18— No Release

Oct. 19 — Trough the Sluice Gates

Oct. 21 — Always Together

Oct, 25 — Vengeance

Oct. 26— The Scenario Writer

Oct. 28— The Oath of O Tsuru San (2 reels)

iaaHiwoHser

Sept. 21 — When the Worm Turns
Sept. 23 — An Unfair Exchange
Sept. 26— The Official Goat Protector
Sept. 28 — The Farmer's Daughter
Sept. 30 — Life's Pathway (2 reels)
Oct. 3 — The Twins and the Other Girl
Oct. 7 — Louie, the Life Saver
Oct. 10— A Girl Worth While
Oct. 12 — A Deep Sea Liar
Oct. 14 — The Plot Against the Governor

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Oct. 17 — A Peaceful Victory

Oct. 19 — The Beauty in the Seashell

Oct. 21— The Mystery of the Haunted Hotel

Oct. 24— The Old Folks at Home

Oct. 26 — The Silver Tongucd Orator

Oct. 28 — How Filmy Won His Sweetheart

Oct. 31 — A Twentieth Century Farmer

Nov. 2 — The Water Cure

Nov. 4 — The Junior Partner (2 reels)

Nov. 7 — The Little Brother

Nov. 9 — Lo,"king for Trouble

Nov. 11 — Tht Campaign Manageress

Nov. 14 — The Children's Hour

Nov. 16 — He Couldn't Lose

Nov. 18 — Baby's Joy Ride

Nov. 21 — A Clothes-line Quarrel

Nov. 23— Their Great Big Beautiful Doll

Nov. 25— The Blight of Wealth (2 reels)

Nov. 28 — Curfew Shall Not Ring To-night

Nov. 30 — The Henpecked Hod Carrier.

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THE "TRIBUNE" STATES: "The Majestic Theatre is given over this week to the
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screen of Daudet's celebrated story of "SAPHO." The scenario, which is recorded on more
than 6,000 feet of film and in about forty settings, was written by Elmer Harris, author
of the comedy, "Your Neighbor's "Wife," now playing at the Morosco Theatre. Everything
that the voice can express in the way of pathos, anger, hope, despair, etc., is so great a
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A burglar pays a debt of gratitude and influ-
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SAPHO (with Florence Roberts) the biggest puller yet for your theatre.

LISTEN! The Manager of the Bijou Dream, Philadelphia, writes:

"With Sapho (with Florence Roberts, in six reels) I broke my box office rec-
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The Manager of the Plaza Theatre, Philadelphia, writes:

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beautiful moving picture I have ever seen. We were forced to call out the police to keep
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The man is a nature-loving young business
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knowing each other only in their business life,
live up to their conception of the other as they
proves too great, and Boyd goes on a hunting
that there is a joyous side to her husband's life
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trip to relieve the strain. The little wife sees
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BELLE OF YORK-
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DEVOTION ■

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December 18

THE CURSE

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THE SIGN OF

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Nov. 27 COHEN SAVES THE
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Dec. 15 THE GUSHER

Dec. 18 FATTY'S FLIRTATION
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Dec. 20 HIS SISTER'S KIDS

Kay -Be© Features

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Dec. 5 THE LONG PORTAGE . . " "

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THE FRAME UP
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December 10

THE WOMAN

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December 17

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HER FATHER'S
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BURIED PAST

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Tuesday. Nov. 25 "The Blight of Wealth" (m 2 seeia)

His quarry venture failed, but his wife had money and they lived
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Fiiday, Noo. 28 "Curfew Shall Not Ring To-Night"

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old sexton from his duty, but ring the curfew he must, so she gained
the belfry and, hanging to the huge bell, as it swung, by the Iron
clapper, kept It silent. Then Cromwell pardoned her lover for tier
pluck.

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Scenario By LLOYD F. LONERGAN

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William Russell

Harry Benham

Gerda Holmes
Lila Chester

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M. D. Savage,

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First National Bank Unsafe — Says
Anna Laughlin

What would be considered a case of genuine
hard luck if it happened to anybody but a mov-
ing picture leading lady, befell Anna Laughlin,
of the Reliance Company recently, while she was
shopping on Fifth Avenue. But to be "touched"
for the small sum of $531 is a mere coincidence
where a moving picture actress is concerned.

Miss Laughlin and her mother were in quest of
a suit to be worn by the actress in a picture en-
titled "Her Father's Daughter." While in one
of the largest department shops she suddenly dis-
covered that her hand bag was open and her roll
of $531 was as "lost and gone forever" as the
beautiful maiden of the rah rah boys' favorite song.

"How comes it that the festive roll was not in
the famous 'Ladies' First National Bank'?" Miss
Laughlin was asked.

"In view of the banking reforms suggested by
President Wilson and the slit skirt, one scarcely
knows what to do," kind sir, she said.

A Three-Reel American Coming

Lorimer Johnston, one of the directors of the
American Film Mfg. Co., at the Santa Barbara,
California, studios, has just started a three-reel
feature production.

The story is laid in America, and embraces the
periods of 1860, 1880, 1900 and 1^13. The parts
are all played by the same people. The picture
starts in 1900 and goes back to 18601. showing the
cast in their younger days and then bringing all
the characters up to the present day. It is a
great psychological study, and gives opportunity
for wonderful characterizations.

Sydney Ayres, Harry Von Meter, Jack Rich-
ardson, Vivian Rich and Louise Lester all have
parts that register with great strength.

This marks an epoch with the American Co..
as it is the first big three-reel yet done by the
company, and its being entrusted to Director Lori-
mer Johnston for the initial venture, is a proof of
the confidence the company has in his careful con-
sideration of "picture values.'' Great things are
expected of the picture. The scenario is by Marc
Edmund Jones, and the title and release date
will be announced shortly. This is a fore-runner
of the greater feature productions soon to follow.

P. G. Lynch Joins American Forces At
Santa Barbara

P. G. Lynch, formerly of the Pacific Mutual
Film Corporation, at Los Angeles, has been en-
gaged by Pres. S. S. Hutchinson, of the American
Film Mfg. Co., as his assistant at Santa Bar-
bara, California.

Mr. Lynch has been identified in various
branches of the business on the coast and has
been recognized as an efficient and capable man.
In his new capacity he will be in charge of busi-
ness matters at the Santa Barbara studios, part of
which work has temporarily been in charge of
Julius Frankenburg, who will in future be identi-
fied as a comedy character in "Flying A" produc-
tions.

Lorimer Johnston

Lorimer Johnston

Lorimer Johnston, now directing the first com-
pany of the American "Flying A" players, presa-
ges great things from this talented group of actors.

Mr. Johnston is a native of Kentucky, being a
grand nephew of the celebrated Confederate Gen-
eral Albert Sidney Johnston, who was in com-
mand of the Confederate army at the time of his
death, which occurred during the first day's battle
of Shiloh. Mr. Johnston was for some years on
the dramatic stage and has to his credit not only
a series of successful productions of plays in
New York, but has successful plays of his own
writing. Two years ago he realized the great ad-
vance the moving pictures were making, and also
that therein lay a field to which the knowledge
he had gained of the stage and the world in gen-
eral through extensive travel in America and in
many parts of Europe, Asia and Africa could well
be applied to the production of pictures. He there-
fore went to Europe and for a year studied in the
studios at Rome, Paris and Copenhagen. On his
return to America he became a Producer, in a
Chicago plant and after some time there went to
the Pacific Coast, where he is now Director with
the American Film Mfg. Co. He has already
scored with a number of two-reel productions,
such as "Truth in the Wilderness," "The Scape-
goat, "Adventures of Jacques" and "For the
Crown."

Mr. Johnston holds the distinguished honor of
being the last holder of an office of which Benj.
Franklin was the first. He was appointed Bearer
of Dispatches for the President, and he'd
this office for six years, running into the
second year of Mr. Cleveland's administration,
when the office was abolished by the Democratic
party in their endeavor to retrench, and the office
has never been restored. The holding of this
office gave Mr. Johnston the opportunity of meet-
ing the elect men of Europe, not only the reign-
ing monarchs, which was an essential part of his
duties, but the various Ministers who iield the
portfolio of Foreign Affairs in their own coun-
tries. Among these were Benj. Disraeli (Earl of
Beaconsfield), Gladstone, Adnrassy, Gortchikoff,
Cassimer Perier and many others. Mr. Johnstone
has a record of fourteen trans- Atlantic trips and
his voyages elsewhere have taken him to Wadi-
Elforo (at the second cataract of the Nile), in
the Soudan. He has made extensive research in
the ruins of Nineveh, was a guest of Rajah
Brooke at Sarawak in Borneo. Speaking a num-
ber of languages, his one great ambition is to
take a company to the out-of-the-way places of the
world and produce such pictures as will demon-
strate the value of advanced study in motion
picture production.

Bluefield, West Virginia, House Does
Record Business

The enterprising manager of the Rex Theatre
at Bluefield, W. Va., writes us in detail con-
cerning his success and we quote from his letter
as follows:

"Our theatre in which we run the Mutual Pro-
gram seats 350 people. We usually give eight
shows daily, four reels to a show, with the ex-
ception of Saturdays and feature days. Then
there is no limit to our number of shows; we
just have to run until we have accommodated all
of the people. Our admission price is ten cents
daily. We never raise the price for features and
that is the reason we get the people. They know
we always have a good show and the price never
changes. We are receiving all the American sub-
jects released and would be perfectly satisfied if
we had one every day. To-day, out of the four
reels we are runningj, American "Her Big Story"
is the favorite. We get some mighty good
features here, but for some reason or other the
American is the best business puller. The ac-
companying picture of our theatre was taken be-
fore we opened. It would have been a hard mat-
ter to see tlie front of the theatre later in the day."
(Signed) RUSSELL S. WEHRLE, Mgr.,
Rex Theatre.

Expert Proposers

"Armed Intervention" shows some exception-
ally expert proposing scenes. • Whether the ex-
pert applies to the acting or whether it is a
natural characteristic of the participant is hard
to tell. Better ask Greenwood, Coxen and Field
of the "Flying A" studios.

So that their pictures may be as complete and
as realistic as possible, the New York Motion
Picture Company has purchased the auxiliary
barkentine "Fremont," with her twin-screw en-
gines, at a cost of some thirty-five thousand dol-
lars, and have put her in first-class condition so
that she may be used under her own power. A
company, consisting of some 20 or 30 people, has
been sent to the Hawaiian Islands to produce a
series of South Sea Island stories, while thrilling
rescue scenes and general deck scenes were taken
en-route. The company has taken up its quarters
at the Hotel Halwawa, at the extreme southern
end of the Island of Oahu. That part of the
island affords the best and most beautiful set-
tings of the whole group of islands, for they will
have the rugged sea coast as well as the largest
pineapple, rice and sugar cane fields in the terri-
tory. To say that their pictures will be some of
the most wonderful ever made by any company,
is putting it mildly, judging from past produc-
tions. Mr. Ince is a man who never lets an op-
portunity slip through his fingers, and when the
idea of the Hawaiian stories presented itself to
him, he immediately put the wheels of his ma-
chinery into motion and left not one stone un-
turned until he had his best company on. the way
to the Islands. Permission has been obtained
from the government to take a series of naval
and army pictures in and around Fort McKinley
and the Diamond Head fortifications, as well as
Pearl Harbor. The company will also go to the
big Island of Hawaii and will no doubt take up
their quarters at the Irwin Plantation, the lar-
gest sugar plantation on the Islands, where edu-
cational features will be taken, not only of the
growing and gathering of the sugar cane, but re-
fining as well, to say nothing of the volcano
Kilauea and its action. The Island of Nehou is
the only one in the group where the natives still
cling to their primitive methods of living, and the
pictures taken here should prove of great interest
to the world at large now that the Hawaiians, as
a rule, have become more or less Americanized.
There is not another company now making motion
pictures that spends as much time and effort as
the New York Motion Picture Company, but the
results obtained should be recompense enough, for
it is the general consensus of opinion that their
pictures are the most wonderful, realistic and
original on the market today.

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AWEERLY MAGAZINE OF KINETIC DRAMA AND LITERATURE

PUBLISHED BY
, MUTUAL FILM CORPORATION, NEW YORK

New Yorkj November 39, 1913

CLARENCE HERBERT NEW, Editor WM. H. PECKHAM, Business Manager

MUTUAL FILM CORPORATION, Publishers, 71 West 23rd Street
Five Cents the Copy Circulation This Week 24,000 $2.50 by the Year

An expression of opinion from eight different ex-
hibitors, during the past month, crystallized into this
unanimous verdict. Outside of Feature Plays in two to
six reels — which draw a higher average class of people — •
the picture plays which now draw the largest continuous
audiences are Rough House Comedies and Society Plays —
especially the sort dealing with divorcees and matrimonial
entanglements. Battle Stuff, so-called, and Foreign Stuff are much
less in demand than they were last year. And even Cowboys and
Indians would seem to be losing somewhat in popularity. In a large
number of localities, there is a strong prejudice against Prison Scenes.

This condition of things, of course, is merely one phase of
motion-picture development — but it is a pretty strong indication
of the rapidity with which the public taste changes and of the great
future possibilities in the business.

There are phases of human existence and endeavor which, as
yet, have not been touched upon at all. There are others which
have been tackled in a half-hearted, unsystematic way, which has
given an erroneous impression of their possibilities. The general
method of procedure, thus far, has been the "hit or miss" kind,
with no attempt to develope the industry upon a logical basis.
And the Film Company which first gets down to business on a
definite, systematic basis is going to — slowly but surely — "put it
all over" the others which persist in adhering to the old plan.

One primary mistake which has been made is the assumption
that because the masses in the tenement districts seem to prefer
Rough House Comedies, they are capable of understanding or
appreciating nothing else. In various Settlements of the East and
West Sides, Educational subjects have been shown to large and
appreciative audiences whose average grade of information was
hardly that of our Primary Schools. The Tuberculosis and Child
Training pictures have seemed to attract people of all classes,
wherever they were shown. The Army and Navy pictures already
promise to do more in the way of securing enlistments than any
other method ever tried in times of peace. The pictures of
Railway and Manufacturing life are unquestionably raising the
standard of efficiency.

All this is "handwriting on the wall" for those Manufacturers
who have sense enough to read and profit by it. Thi. next two
years will see many developments in an industry already phenom-
enal for its startling changes and growth. And each individual
Exhibitor will do well to study the people in his neighborhood
a good deal more carefully than he has yet done before he decides
that lack of book education means lack of intelligence. As a
matter of fact, the two are by no means synonymous. Many a

man in New York or any other large city has been denied
the advantages of proper schooling — may not even be
able to write a letter — but unless he is intelligent, he can't
support himself or his family against the overw^helming
competition in the struggle for existence. For this
very reason, he is in a most receptive condition for any
motion-picture exhibition which enables him to have a
better understanding of the thousands of things which intimately
and vitally concern him.

Give any man the same variety of amusement long enough,
and he will tire of it. Our yellow journals couldn't exist two
weeks if they printed nothing but the cartoon and funny sections.
The business of life is fully as interesting to every individual as
the play-time — usually more so. An illiterate man is barred by
his limitation from filling out a Correspondence School blank and
improving himself through such a course of study — but shoiv him,
in moving-pictures, how to cut a screw-thread on a gas-pipe —
how to fit any measure elbows — how to wind a dynamo and make
electric-light connections — how to wire a house for telephone or
bell systems — and seven evenings at the Movies will give him
enough knowledge to get a specialised job as a "helper" at double
the salary that he can earn with his hands alone.

We have in mind one recent acquaintance — Manufacturer and
Exhibitor — who will say, if he happens to read this: "You're
wrong — you can't run that "high-brow" stuff on the regular pro-
gramme of any motion-picture theatre in the tenement districts
and get away with it. The people want to be amused, not edu-
cated." And the certainty of his taking just that view is one of
the reasons for our publishing this editorial with little fear of
giving away something valuable to our esteemed competitors. As
he puts it, he is dead right in his contention — for the present, at
least. But some of the Mutual Companies — working along lines
which this gentleman and many others like him have overlooked —
are branching out into new fields which are practically inexhaus-
tible. Inside of another year, they will have added developments
to the motion-picture industry which were never even dreamed of
up to a few months ago. The Companies which, to-day, are satis-
fied to progress a little more slowly than some of their competitors—
in a systematic, far-sighted way — are certain to control a large
percentage of the business when others are still turning out films
which have lost both their novelty and their drawing attraction.

Exhibitors will do well to watch very closely the developments
of the next few months in the motion-picture industry — and keep
in touch with Manufacturers who are building for the future as
well as the present.

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R®8l Life

IS l' Li'Si

Adapted from the "American" Play
iry R©yc© ©rmsl>ee

Mountains stood about the little
town tall and purple, silhouetted
against a golden twilight sky; 50
jclosely drowded in on the valley
that it seemed as if one might reach
out from any of the houses there
and stroke the glossy pine trees. But
Don McDonald, waiting on the porch
of the "American House" was not
in a mood to enjoy the scenery.
There was his horse, saddled and
ready; there, too, was another like-
wise awaiting a rider. From time
to time, McDonald pulled out his
watch, a process which, however,
seemed only to aggravate its owner's
impatience.

Pine Gulch had its own story of
the young lawyer who, without ex-
planation, had arrived there six
months ago and whose office had
yet to welcome a first client. Public
opinion affirmed that McDonald was
one of the rich Eastern people whom
Sidney Johnson's daughter had met
while she was back there at school.
This much was certain : that the man
was infinitely more interested in
Clara Johnson than in Pine Gulch,
its past, present or even its future
prospects. And it was equally well
known that "old man Johnson" had
said a decided "no" until Don should
have won his first case before a
Pine Gulch jury.

A quick foot-step caused the young
man to turn while he summoned an
expression of hurt reproach. But
the girl came directly to him. "I'm
awfully sorry, Don. I just couldn't
help it. So many people came in on
the afternoon train. Father couldn't
handle them all. Don't be cross.
We'll still have time to get to Look-
out and back, if we hurry."

Clara Johnson, as she rode ahead, straight and trim, was pretty
enough to have soothed the wounded vanity of any man, and Don
felt his displeasure vanishing into thin air. They were soon out
of the little town, and climbing the hills, the cold, clear air strik-
ing their faces till the blood raced as if keeping pace with their
horses. Suddenly the girl drew rein. "Don, you mustn't be angry
with me. I'm — -I'm troubled — about father."

A flood of feeling swept away any last trace of vexation. "Why,
sweetheart, what's the matter?"

"Nothing really, that I can be sure of. But I'm worried. This
afternoon, when all those people came, I was working at the desk,
helping Ed and all that ; I was almost sure that father had been—
drinking. When that happens, he always gambles and loses a lot
of money. This evening, after I had finished supper, I couldn't
see father anywhere. So I went to his private office — you know

that little room behind the bar—
and there were a group of them,
playing for money. I didn't want
to go riding a bit, then. You mustn't
mind — you see it troubles me."

An exclamation of pity burst from
the man. Then his mood turned to
anger. "This is no place for you.
You shouldn't have to worry about
such things. Why won't you be
sensible and let me take you home
with me. You know you will some-
time. But here you stay, fretting
your heart out over things you can't
help."

"I admit all that, Don. But I
can't go until father is satisfied.
Don't say anything against him.
You know, I feel if mother hadn't
died, and if I hadn't been away
so long, father wouldn't do as he
does." There was a paUse. Then
the girl drew herself up proudly.
"And, Don, remember, any time
you're tked of waiting — there's a
train East every night at ten o'clock.
You're free to go if you want to."

"And you know very well I don't
want to. Listen, sweetheart, there's
the sleeper." Prom the mountain
opposite came a whistle, musical it
sounded in the distance, then a trail
of light that crawled seemingly into
the valley only to be lost again be-
hind the hills. "Here I am and
here I stay until you are ready to
go with me."

Meanwhile, an all too common
scene was being enacted in the pro-
prietor's room at the American
House. Around the table sat a
group of men, intent upon their
cards, while others watched the
game. The assemblage was made up
about equally of towns-men and
travelers, and while the cards were dealt, the bartender made
his rounds. "Old man Johnson," the gambling fever upon him, was
drinking heavily. Gains and losses were fairly evenly distributed,
and as the hours went by and no great excitement promised, the
crowd dwindled. Finally, long past midnight, only Johnson and a
stranger were left in the game.

At that moment, a keen observer might have noticed a signal
passing between the stranger and one of the few remaining specta-
tors. Soon the room was empty of all save the two players. Stakes
rose, were doubled, tripled. The pile of money grew with amazing
rapidity. The older man's last gold piece had gone; he staked his
watch, a handsome specimen of foreign make, on the next deal—
and lost again. Then, suddenly, at the end of his resources, Sidney
Johnson faced his opponent in a kind of dazed despair, and collapsed
on the table, his head falling heavily on his hands.

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Reel Life

5

Fifteen minutes later, out of the stillness, rang a shot. There
followed shouts, hurrying feet, lights. On the floor lay the stranger
clutching his ill-gained money with dying grip. Over him, like a
person startled out of sleep, stood Johnson — in his hand the dead
man's revolver.

"Arrest my father for murder ! Don, they're crazy." In the
bare little room, early dawn disclosed no sign of recent tragedy save
that in the girl's face, as she stood clasping desperately at the man's
arm for support.

"Don't be frightened, dear. Of course it will all be explained.
But, on the face of it, you can't blame the sheriff. He had been play-
ing himself, and was the last man to leave the room. No one saw
them after that until — the thing happened."

She shuddered, but the man straightened his shoulders. "Clara,
do you realize, this will be my first case, and I'm going to win. You
■musn't be afraid. Tell me again, just what your father told you.
Don't forget anything."

The girl caught her breath and repeated mechanically. "He
said he doesn't remember what happened. He'd fallen asleep.
He had been drink-
ing."

McDonald insisted
"Surely there must
be something else.
We know your father
didn't shoot that man,
but we've got to prove
it. Think again, are
you sure you've not
forgotten something?" ■

"There was nothing
more," she answered
shaking her head, "ex-
cept that the cards
went against him. He
lost every bit of money
he had, even his
watch."

"His watch. Where
is it? He didn't have
it at the jail, I know,
because in hurrying '
had left mine, and I
had to ask the time."
The young lawyer
stopped abruptly, and
then after a moment
continued as if think-
ing to himself.
"When they ran in
after the shot, the
money was here. He
had kept hold of that.
And if that man won
your father's watch,

why wasn't that found, too? Why, I helped the sheriff search the
room." Again his glance swept the four bare walls and the plain
deal table. "Clara, somebody took that watch. Someone else
must have come into the room when they stopped playing."

She turned to him suddenly. "You mean that tliat person did the
shooting?"

"It must be that," he exclaimed, words fairly tripping one an-
other in his excitement. "See here, Clara, that man — Stokes he
called himself — was a sharper. The cards left on the table were
marked. Stokes had a partner, but he didn't join the game. He was
to keep people away while Stokes did the fleecing. Then your
father collapsed. He had been taking more than was good for
him. The second man came in ; the two quarrelled, probably about
dividing the money. The partner took the watch, and Stokes pulled
his gun. In some way No. 2 got hold of it and shot Stokes, saw
his chance, and beat it through the window."
"But who was it?" the girl insisted.
"I don't know, but we'll find him. He couldn't have left town.
There isn't another train till nine o'clock and it's only six now.
I've got three hours to locate my man. No one suspects him ; your

father was arrested and he's counting on making a clean get-away
unnoticed. Clara, you remember there was a crowd yesterday
afternoon from the Westbound? You were helping at the desk.
Did that man Stokes come with any one?"

"No, but we were crowded and I remember his offering to share
with another man. Then two salesmen who were leaving on the
sleeper gave up their rooms early, so we put that other man in
No. 27.

"Would you recognize him?"
Clara nodded. "Yes, if I saw him again."
"Good," McDonald spoke decisively. "You see, it looks as if
that man must feel pretty safe, with your father arrested. So he
expects to leave town without attracting attention. He'll take the
watch with him, because he won't dare leave it behind. We musn't
do anything to let him guess we suspect him, or he might try to
get rid of the watch, and that's our only clue."

Two hours later, when the hotel 'bus started for the train, the
voyagers were surprised to see Clara Johnson enter the wagon.
The last night's shooting was on every tongue, so that with her
appearance, conversation halted abruptly. At the station, as Clara

was joined by the
young attorney,
rumors went a-flying.
"They've telegraphed
to Denver for a bii^
lawyer," every one
told every one else.
Thereupon people
shook their heads,
"Looks bad, y' know.'"
And it did look bad
to Don just then, for
the man from Room
27 was not in the
group on the plan-
form. "He sent for
his bill this morning,
and didn't wait for
breakfast," Clara
whispered.

The gambler's part-
ner could not have
left town, Don argued
to himself, but here
was the train already
due, and where was
the man ? As with a
long whistle, the
Westbound an-
nounced its arrival,
the door of the barber
shop opposite the sta-
tion opened, and a
man, bag in hand,
made a hurried dash
for the train.
Clara grabbed Don's arm. "That's the one."
The young lawyer ran at full speed; colliding with his intended
victim, throwing him to the ground, with Don setited on his chest.
Instantly a crowd gathered, shouting questions, threatening to inter-
fere. But Don paid no heed. With one hand clutching the stran-
ger's throat, the other searched his pockets. A minute's racking
suspense, then, with a cry of triumph, Don flung his free arm high
into the air, and shouted, "We've got you. Here is Sid Johnson's
watch."

Not Like Mother Made

Johnny and his mother were dining with a friend. The first
course was chicken soup with macaroni in it. The hostess watched
Johnny as he sat quietly gazing into his plate. Finally she asked:
"Why don't you eat your soup, Johnny?"

"I don't care for it please ma'am."

"But your mamma said you liked chicken soup."

"I do like mamma's chicken soup, but she don't put the wind-
pipes in."— Judge.

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Red Life

Moving Pictures and Electrical Advertising

The unabated popularity of the moving-picture show is rapidly
becoming a factor of importance in electrical advertising. By
this method, effects previously unseen can be displayed upon the
screen and publicity of an absolutely novel kind obtained at a
comparatively lo-w cost in proportion to its benefits. Thus, in a
reel now being shown upon a noted Eastern vaudeville circuit,
the various operating steps in establishing a telephone connection
between a Colorado mine and a New York hotel are shown by
motion pictures in combination with a map of the United States.
The progress of the call through each toll district is shown by
an advancing band of light upon the map ; the handling of the
switchboards in this connection at Denver, Chicago, Buffalo and
New YoTk is displayed in realistic fashion ; and finally, when the
conversation has begun it is shown in full-sized views upon the
screen and also demonstrated by miniature moving pictures upon
the map.

Incidentally the display informs the public that $1,000,0000 worth
of plant is tied up in such a conversation and before the scene has
closed the audience is given an excellent idea of the methods of
cable-laying, splicing and other practical tasks which are eye-
openers to the layman. It is significant that this reel called forth
a vigorous round of applause from an audience which observed a
few moments later an intensely dramatic scene in a picture play
by noted actors without a single evidence of enthusiasm.

Such applications of the cinematograph are received with keen
interest by the public, which in America at least has a penchant
for seeing "how things work' in every branch of industry. It
would be trite to point out the educational value of such displays
or their influence upon the popularization of electrical service.
That phase of the matter is practically self-evident. What is de-
sirable is that fresh and new methods of campaigning be de-
veloped along with the photographing of routine work, methods
which combine graphic displays with pictures and make the relation
between plant and consumer more real and direct. The possi-

bilities along this line in connection with the exhibition of the
steps taken in filling a service application, for example, are well
worth takng up. The appearance of the prospect at the office of
the central station, his signing of the contract, the machinery
set in motion to serve him, system diagrams in elementary form
and the actual operation of plant, work of line and inside con-
struction forces, and finally, the comforts and low cost of the serv-
ice can all be set forth effectively. Here is a field in virhich the
imagination can be used to help the development of the industry,
and we look to see some interesting results along these lines in
the near future.

The Office-Seeker

Some Americans at a Savoy lunch were talking about a con-
firmed office-seeker.

"His little son," said one, "looked up from his history lesson
one night and said to his mother :

" 'Mother, if anything should happen to the king of England,
who would be king ?'

" 'The Prince of Wales,' his mother answered.

" 'If the Prince of Wales should die, who would be king then?'

"The mother hesitated. She stammered something or other.
It was plain she didn't really know who would succeed the Prince
of Wales. Then the boy interrupted her.

" 'Well,' he said, with a sigh, 'anyhow, I hope father won't try
for it.' " — Exchange.

Mistake

Mrs. Vastlee Rich (sentimentally) — "Longfellow says: 'We
cannot buy with gold the old associations.' "

Vastlee Rich — "Don't you believe it, my dear. When I was
in politics I found that cash would purchase the ancientest or-
ganization on earth." — Life.

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"His First Case"

A nterican

Heel Life

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Majestic

The Padre's Sacrifice

December 2, 1913

CAST

The Padre W. H. Brown

Rafael, a laborer Lamar Johnstone

Maria, his wife Belle Bennett

Tony;, their son, aged 8 Theodore Bennett

Elena, the Padre's housekeeper Carrie Clark Ward

Doctor Howard Davies

George a tramp Tom Haverly

One does not always associate the life of a city clergyman, in
charge of a large and fashionable congregation, with the idea of
self-sacrifice. He does as much as he can, according to his lights — •
but his appearance is seldom that of a man who doesn't get enough
to eat, or who is weighted down with care. There is, however, a
different class of clergy whose entire lives are long records of self-
denial and worthy accomplishment. The world seldom reads the
story in the newspapers — even their neighbors may guess only a
small part of it. This Majestic Play, The Padre's Sacrifice gives a
very realistic impression of such a life.

The Padre has charge of a poor little church — in a locality where
none but the very poor live. His organ is a cheap little hand and
foot affair, totally incapable of rendering the great impressive music
which he feels would help him so materially in getting hold of the
imaginative quality in his congregation. The dream of his life has
been to save enough money, penny by penny, to purchase a really
fine organ.

Among his best loved parishioners are an Italian laborer, his wife
and boy. After struggling along for years with poorly paid work,
Rafael finds himself unable to obtain any at all for months at a time.
His boy is ill — and his wife's eyesight begins to fail her. His land-
lord gives him notice to quit — the local doctor tells him no one but

a great specialist can restore his wife's failing sight. In his hope-
less misery, Rafael turns from his old friend, the Padre, and says
that all religion is a tissue of lies told to deceive the poor and
ignorant. Each day, he gets in a more desperate and dangerous
mood.

Just then, a rich woman leaves a legacy of several thousand
dollars to the Padre's little church — to be used as he sees fit. At
first, the dream of his life for the grand organ seems about to be
fulfilled. Then he thinks of Rafael and Maria. Finally, he gives
up his dream and sends her to a great specialist who restores her
sight. The organ seems again far beyond his reach — but when his
kindness becomes whispered about, as such rumors always have a
way of spreading, his kindness to Rafael and Maria fastens to him
the love of his parishoners in greater measure, probably, than the
beautiful music would have done. The best music, sometimes, is
that which sets the human heart vibrating — and cannot be played
upon any inanimate instrument.

Two chance acquaintances from Ireland were talking together.
"An' so yer name is Riley," said one. "Are yes anny relation to
Tim Riley?"

"Very dishtantly," said the other. "Oi wus me mother's first
child, an' Tim was the twelfth." — Ladies' Home Journal.

The Benighted Parent

Little Girl — Why did your mamma spank you?
Boston Child — ^Because she is too untutored and ignorant to
devise a more modern reformatory method of punishment. — Life.

His Status

Mrs. Honk — Colonel Hook is a Congressman-at-Large, isn't he?
Farmer Honk — Yes ; they haven't arrested him yet.

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Reel Life

The Filly

Dec. 4, 1913

This is another one of the Irish successes which are making the
DOMINO plays famous — and it is something of a departure from
the usual run in portraying Irish of the middle and upper class
rather than the "evicted emigrants" to America.

Squire Verner breeds the fastest horses in Kincraig County.
His daughter, Dolly, is in love with Dan Riley, upon whose mother's
cottage the Squire holds a mortgage — which naturally makes Verner
discourage the young man's attentions. He has entered his two
best horses in the Donnybrook Steeplechase, with excellent pros-
pects of winning the Five Hundred Guinea Prize — and has threat-
ened to foreclose the Widow Riley's mortgage in order to force
Dan into emigrating.

His best horse, Satan, is a pet of Dolly's — who teaches him
to walk lame, in carrying out a plan which she and Dan have
worked out between them. Thinking Satan out of the running,
the Squire withdraws him. Then Dan paints him a different color
and enters him for the race as the "dark horse," Masquerader.
He wins, and the Squire offers him two thousand pounds for
Masquerader on condition that Dan's Jockey agrees to ride for
him. Dan takes him up and sends the Jockey over to see the Squire,
who is amazed to see his own daughter in the Jockey's suit.
An Irishman sees a joke on himself about as quickly as the next
man. The Squire feels like breaking Danny's head with his black-
thorn— ^but laughingly gives him the girl, eventually. The racing
scenes are taken from life. In fact, the whole play is beautifully
mounted and well acted.

Training Lions and Tigers for the Moving
Picture Plays

Announcement — Bears, lions, tigers, leopards, elephants and other wild
animals desiring to fit themselves for a professional career on the moving
picture stage, apply to Paul Bourgeois, director, Dramatic School for Wild
Animal Actors, Fort Lee, New Jersey. Complete courses guaranteed to make
a star of any wild animal in a few months.

I held Up the sheet containing this notice and viewed it crit-
ically. True, it was not a printed page, only a stray leaf on which
I had amused myself by scribbling while crossing the Hudson
river from New York to the Jersey shore. But it seemed to fit
the situation, even though there was no possibility of its ever
appearing in the advertising columns of any publication. It had
been suggested by consideration of the journey then under way,
which had for its purpose a visit to what is undoubtedly
the most unique sphool of dramatic art in the world —
a place where all manner of wild creatures are trained to pase
along with human actors for the moving picture manufacturers.

I found the school of animal actors a long one-story structure,
located in the middle of a wood, near Fort Lee, where one is
transferred from prosaic Jersey to the very heart of things pri-
mordial. Monsieur Bourgeois himself answered my ring. Slight,
almost frail in appearance, with a boyish face and manner, he
looked anything but a tamer of ferocious wild beasts. Would
he be good enough to show me his wonderful animal actors?
Most assuredly. It would be a pleasure — a delight.

"First," said Monsieur Bourgeois, as he ushered me into the
building. "I will show you our studio — 'the place where our re-
hearsals are held and where the pictures are made."

He led the way to a large room fitted up with a stage, scenery,

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'The Filly'

Domino

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"The Filly"

Domino

skylights and all of the accessories usually found in a moving
picture studio.

"The films are made here," IMonsieur Bourgeois explained, "be-
cause the animals do not act so well when we take them to a
strange place. Here they are at home — and behave. So the other
actors — men and women — come to us, and we have no trouble at
all. Now for the animals."

A door at one side was opened and we passed into a long room
lined on either side with iron cages and resembling an ordinary
menagerie or zoo. Wild animals filled the different cages, a few
of them apparently dozing, while others paced nervously back and
forth. At our entrance all ran to the bars and peered anxiously
through, some rearing upon their hind legs to obtain a better view
of the proceeding.

"How," I asked, "when the animals are really dangerous can
women be induced to run the risk of being torn to pieces in the
brief, but all too long periods of posing?"

"Oh, they are not as dangerous as they look," replied Monsieur
Bourgeois. "And then — I do not know how to explain it — ^the
women seem to be more fearless than men. Look" — and he
pomted to a beautiful young, tigress in a nearby cage. "That is
Princess, one of our stars. She has taken part in four produc-
tions, so far. Doesn't she look gentle ?

"One of the productions referred to," continued the trainer,
"was 'Beasts of the Jungle,' which called for a little girl to asso-
ciate on friendly terms with a tiger whom she met when she was
lost in the jungle. Princess, the tigress, while something of a pet,
was of not exactly the plaything a child would choose, but this
little actress nestled up to it and apparently felt no fear of the
great yellow eyes and dangerous claws. The company, the trainers,
and the employes of the moving picture company were not so

secure as to the disposition of Princess, and stood in breathless
silence, each carrying a loaded revolver pointed at the beast."

Although Monsieur Bourgeois is a master of the business of
furnishing domestic and wild animals to the different moving pic-
ture manufacturers, and although he has at one time or another
in his eventful career come in contact with many birds, beasts,
and reptiles, he has not yet discovered any real histrionic ability
among these creatures. Books, he says?- have never helped him
in the ten years he has been studying the ways of different wild
animals.

"Every animal, you see. has a personality of its own, and you
cannot treat all tigers, all lions, or all elephants alike," he ex-
plains.

"My method of training wild beasts," he continued "is as simple
as A B C. Oppression and cruelty will turn any lion into a demon,
while firmness, kindness, and patience — infinite patience — will make
him as gentle as a tabby cat. And so it is in dealing with all
the brute creation."

One must devise all sorts of plots and schemes to make the
animals do the right thing at the right moment, says Monsieur
Bourgeois. If it is desired that a leopard should jump out of
a window, for example, a chicken is held up on the outside at
just the very second for the spring; if the scene calls for a bear
up in a tree, bruin is coaxed to remain aloft by smearing the
branches with honey; if a fight between two animals is wanted,
a means must be found to provoke them at a signal from the
camera man, and so on.

Each little scene in which the animals figure must be gone over
and over again until the desired action becomes a habit. Habit
and not intelligence is the great secret of a successful moving pic-
true actor. — ]VUliamsport {Pa.) Grit.

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Reel Life

Sydney Ayres and Guests in "Trapped in a Forest Fire"

American

Trapped in a Forest Fire

Dec. 8, 1913
CAST

Robert Newton Sydney Ayres

Vera Redmond Vivian Ricli

Thomas Nevins Harry Von Meter

Inez Tremain Charlotte Burton

Dick Graham Jack Richardson

Sallie Weston » Violet Neitz

James Redmond Jacques Jaccard

Mrs. Newton, Robert's mother Louise Lester

Love, jealousy, and a deep laid scheme perverted by a serious
disaster, make "Trapped in a Forest Fire" an exciting drama wrhich
absorbs the interest from start to finish.

Robert Newton and his mother give a house party at his shoot-
ing lodge in the Adirondacks. Among the guests are Vera Red-
mond, a romantic, imaginative girl with whom Robert is in love — •
and Inez Tremain who loves Robert. Inez overhears Vera refus-
ing Robert's proposal of marriage because he is "too practical" —
and being unable to attract him herself, as he can think of no one
except Vera, she devises a plan for putting her rival out of his
thoughts and hopes forever. The schemer invites an adventurous
young man of her acquaintance to come and camp near the shoot-
ing lodge — with the prospect of winning a beautiful girl, and, inci-
dentally, doing his old friend, Inez, a great service.

Dick Graham is dashing and picturesque — and things go pretty
much as Inez has expected. Vera is attracted to him — they see more
and more of one another — until all that remains, is the right time
and place for Dick to propose. Then the entire action is set aside
by the serious business of saving the little community from a forest
fire. Vera — on her way to meet Graham at his camp — is trapped in
the flames — and her thrilling rescue reveals to her the devotion and
heroism latent in her "too practical" lover.

Armed Intervention

Dec. 13, 1913'
CAST

Betty Newton Winifred Greenwood

Dora Lawson Marion Murray

Mrs. Lawson Ida Lewis

Mr. Lawson Reaves Eason

Bob Phelps Ed. Coxen

Tom Fischer George Field

Rev. Dallas C Cummings

This is another of the AMERICAN stories which portray in
a vivid and humorous manner various phases of cov/boy life.

Bob — a gay and festive "cowpunch," has the reputation of pro-
posing to every girl he meets, upon first acquaintance. So — when
Betty comes to the ranch, he is locked up in the granary in order
to give her a fair chance. He escapes, however — proposes, as usual
— and, as a joke, Betty accepts him.

Before long, however, they really fall in love and, realizing the
joke is becoming too serious, release each other — only to become
very unhappy, as Bob is really in no position to support a wife.
Tom Fischer and Betty's cousin, Dora, then conspire to force
matters — aided by the cowboys.

Bob learns that he has inherited $50,000 — just before the cow-
boys compel him to confess his real affection lor Betty and,
at the point of a gun, make him get into his evening clothes —
which he has had no occasion to wear for years. Dora, in the
meantime, forces Betty to confess her love for Bob and persuades
her to put on her best gown. Then — Betty and Bob unexpectedly
find themselves before a minister, and go through with a wedding
ceremony before they know what has happened to them. Tom and
Dora take advantage of the same opportunity to marry. The whole
play is a rollicking comedy — half fun — half love story — the sort of
play which does an audience good.

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Mutual Weekly M©o 4i\

Baby Show in Michigan — A splendid collection of youngsters
shown at Kalamazoo.

Santos Dumont Honored — First aviator present at dedica-
tion of his own monument.

Shooting the Mail Through Tubes — An experimental plant
at Paterson, N. J., latest devised scheme for rapid mail transit.

Argentine President Attends a Fair — Chief Executive of
South American Republic opens a big country exposition.

Macaroni Factory Burns — Long Island City plant quickly
destroyed by fire.

100 Years After Leipzig — Germany celebrates anniversary of
famous battle.

San Francisco Football Mad — U. of C. and Stanford teams
meet on Stanford field.

Funeral of Zeppelin Victims — 28 German officers killed in
balloon explosion buried in Berlin.

Off to the Border — 15th Regiment, U. S. Cavalry, leaves
Fort Meyer, Va., for Fort Bliss, Texas.

A 1,000-Ton Blast — Bethlehem Iron Works shaves off side
of a mountain at McAfee, N. J.

The Ambition of Youth

"Johnny, why don't you be a good boy like your brother Willy?"
the mother was sternly admonishing her naughty son. "Willy
here may be president some day, while you will have to dig in the
sewer."

"But, mother," wailed Willy, "can't I dig in the sewer some-
times too?" — Harper's Weekly.

liny '

, The Long Portage

Dec. 5, 1913.

For several years, Canadian stories have been very popular
in the magazines — in fact, ever since Sir Gilbert Parker's Right
of Way focussed public interest upon Our Lady of the Snows.
As a rule, these Canadian stories deal with life in the raw — among
men who live and love and hate in a primitive way. Consequently,
there is frequently more tragedy than humor in the narratives
and legends which reach us. The Lang Portage belongs in this
class. Were the scene laid in a more civilized lattitude, the play
would be too sombre — but it is more or less true to the section which
it describes.

A Canadian trapper leaves his fiancee at a small border settle-
ment and goes off on his regular yearly trip into the woods —
La Longue Traverse — {or Portage). In the wilds, ht saves the
life of a handsome stranger who returns with him to the settle-
ment. Then he is called away to the bedside of his dying mother
in Quebec — and the handsome stranger lies about him to the girl
until she breaks the engagement and promises to marry the
scoundrel. Later, the trapper comes upon the fellow in a bear-
pit, with a broken leg. Securing a written confession from him,
the trapper leaves him to die in the pit and sends the confession
by a friend to the girl — who is broken-hearted over losing them
both. Of course, in life, any man worth powder enough to blow
him up would have forgiven the girl for breaking the engagement
under the circumstances, and gone back to her — but it makes a
more harrowing story this way, and gives opportunity for about
the limit of melodrama. The play is certainly not dull — and the
Canadian pictures are beautiful.

'The Long Portage"

Kay-Bee

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Reel Life

Tony's Sacrifice

Dec. 1, 1913.
CAST

Mr. Cross, a bookworm George De Carlton

Mrs. Cross, his wife Mrs. De Carlton

Runa, their child , Runa Hodges

Tony, an Italian « Thomas Mills

Little Runa was always being left to herself by her bookworm
father, or by Mary, the maid, who was an extraordinarily careless
person — and being an adventurous, small body, she got into trouble.
The first time, it was following a hand organ man, who lured her
further and further from home, having designs on the red morocco
pursebag she carried, and, likely, with an eye to the reward he
might be able to extort from her distraught parents. Tony, the
coal man who lived in the basement of the house, saved Runa that
time — but won for himself the enmity of Pedro, Pete and Rocco,
the hand organ man and his evil associates.

After her rescue, Tony and Runa are great friends. One day —
when mother has gone down town, and father is too much absorbed
in Darwin to explain the pictures in her picture book — Runa de-
cides to go pay her new friend a call. She finds her way to the
basement — but, it happens, Tony has other callers at that hour —
and little Runa is seized by a rough Italian who threatens to
strangle her, if Tony still refuses to tell where he hides his sav-
ings. The money, tucked away in an old teakettle, is to bring his
little girl over from Italy — but, gagged and a prisoner, he motions
toward its hiding place, just in time to save Runa. At almost the
same moment, a policeman bursts into the place — Runa's father is
roused from his book by a shot coming through the floor — and the
play concludes with a thrilling rescue.

The Making of a Scout

(By Ludvig S. Dale,)
National Field Scout Commissioner.

He was a typical street "tough." With no one except the police
showing the slightest interest in him, Franklin "grew wild" in a
Western city. And yet when I had told the 400-odd boys in the
school he attended what scouting meant, what the scouts do and
how. Franklin was one of the first to hold up his hand when
I asked if any of them wanted to become scouts. Word was sent
me that Franklin must not join. "He is THE tough of the town."
I was told. "Smokes cigarettes, and is proud of it ; swears and
fights like a trooper, and you can't trust him."

I looked at the lad again. Behind that devil-may-care expression
gleamed a pair of blazing brown eyes, full of interest and energy —
and he held his hand up! He did not join that day, but I wrote
to 'him; he scrawled his answers, ever intent to "get in." One day
his patience was rewarded ; he became a scout. I did not hear
very much about him during the next three months and I began
to wonder whether he had slipped back, to be "handled" by the
probation officer or the police.

The Surprise Comes.

Then came the surprise. On the front page of a paper one

morning I found among the headings, "Scout Franklin of ,

Saves Two Children From Drowning at Risk of His Own Life."
I hurried to the town, looked him up, and told him I was proud
to be his brother scout. Not only had he joined the scouts; he
had in three months learned to swim; had learned the first prin-
ciples about life-saving and first aid; had been taught to be cool
in emergency; to be prepared — things every scout must know.
And best of all, he had learned that a scout does his duty cheer-
fully and well, and claims no credit. Said he; "I didn't do much.

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'The Buried Past"

Broncho

The other boys came out with the boat. I just held them up over
the water for fifteen minutes."

That was all he did! And he will carry through life a deep
scar on his throat, a result of the fight he had to make to hold
those two children above the water for fifteen minutes!

That boy today carries one of the first honor medals issued by
the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America, placed upon
his breast by the governor of his state. And there is not a mother
in that town who does not want her boy to be just like Scout
Franklin — ^cool, courageous, prepared. And three months before
he became a scout he was "the tough" of the town.

Scouting Helps Many.

The case of Scout Franklin is no exception. Scouting has done
as much for hundreds of other boys in the same condition that it
found this lad. It simply tends to prove that the Boy Scout idea
grips and holds not only the attention of the good boy but the
interest of the boy who is on his way to become a burden to him-
self and society.

The Buried Past

By William H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince.
Dec. 3, 1913.

How many women in Myrtle Cross's position — given the same
chance, and the courage, to retrieve a wretched past — would have
done otherwise than she? Her story makes a drama of exceptional
character study, strong dramatic motives, rich in adventure and
incident — which Mr. Ince has staged with characteristic artistic-
ness and accuracy in details.

Jim Cross is a drunkard w'ho neglects his wife and baby. One
night, in a fit of intoxication, he strikes her — and she takes the
child, and leaves him. At her wits' epds to know what to do to
support herself and little Millicent — she finds a purse containing
a ticket to Alaska and some money, lost by a young fellow named
Tom Winters. When next we see her, she is employed in a res-
taurant in a little Alaskan village, where she is highly respected
by the miners. She tells no one about her past life — and it is
generally supposed that she is a widow.

Winters comes to the town, about a month later. He falls
ill of a fever, and Myrtle is persuaded to nurse him. He is a fine,
straight, clean-lived fellow — and Myrtle loves him. He, also falls
in love with her. When he asks her to be his wife, she consents —
telling him nothing of the past. That is over now — she feels so
far aw.ay from it all — it is as though it never had been. To hunt up
Jim Cross and get a divorce seems useless, hopeless, uncalled for.
She yields — silently — to her love for Tom Winters — they are mar-
ried, and they live together happily.

Meanwhile, Cross has been arrested for drunkenness — and on
the expiration of his sentence, goes to his mother-in-law's, to
learn where his wife is. There he intercepts a letter from Myrtle
telling of her marriage and her great happiness. He follows her
to the Alaskan village — meets her alone — and tells her she must
come away with him, or he will expose her.

There is a tragic scene in Winters' Cottage, in which Winters
— ^ignorant who the stranger behind the locked door is, and mindful
only that he is molesting his wife — kills Cross. After it is all over.
Myrtle still keeps her -secret. The past is buried now beyond re-
call.

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For Another's Crime

Dec. 6, 1913.

CAST

Tom Morrow \. Paul Scardon

Jim Bates Paul Scardon

Flo Harley ; Irene Hunt

Dora .....Anna Laughlin

The plot of "For Another's Crime" is based on a case of doubles.
Tom Morrow and Jim Bates, two utterly different men, look
so strikingly alike, that even Jim_'s daughter takes Morrow for
her father — and Morrow successfully uses Bates to escape the
consequences of a crime he has committed.

The story is close knit and convincing. Morrow, the crook,
murders and robs "Old Man Witherstone" who lives opposite Bates
— and finding his double asleep in a park nearby, leaves Wliliier-
stone's satchel, his own revolver and jimmy inside, near the inno-
cent man — escaping with a bag of gold coins whose metal worth
is $1,000. Detectives observing the window of the Bates' apart-
ment so near Witherstone's window — and accessible by means of a
fiire escape — have reason to suspect Bates, and when they find him
in possession of the satchel and its contents, he is arrested.
Later, he is tried and sentenced to the chair.

The chief dramatic interest is supplied by Dora Bates
and Flo Harley. Flo is a sort of Nancy to Morrows
Sykes — she has the brain, however, of a detective, and
after quarreling with and renouncing her lover, she devotes
herself to ferreting out the case of Jim Bates. She wins his
release, bringing Morrow to justice — the play is thrilling
from start to finish.

The Hendricks' Divorce

November 30, 1913
CAST

Hendricks Lamar Johnstone

Mrs. Hendricks Francelia Billington

Bessie, their little daughter Josie Ashdown

Elinore White, a young society woman Billie West

Colonel Gray Howard Davies

Mrs. Sparks Mrs. W. McConnell

Maid in Hendrick's home Victory Bateman

Doctor Frederick Vroom

This is a very excellent and very realistic play written around
a situation which occurs every day among society people. It is a
situation which no man or woman of level-headed common-sense
would ever permit to happen or to ruin their lives if it did happen.
But, unfortunately, no fool-killer can ever hope to handle the job
provided for him by people who lead the conventional society life.
A brigade of fool-killers would be overworked. For example:

George Hendricks, a wealthy young society man, neglects his
wife and child — goes in for gay life — becomes interested in Elinore
White, a young society woman — agrees to meet her at a bal masque
given by Mrs. Sparks. That was all there was to it, at the start.
His wife hears of the proposition — finds out what Elinore is going
to wear — dresses in a similar costume — and sticks around to see
what George will do. Colonel Gray, who is all mussed up over
Elinore, mistakes Mrs. Hendricks for her and kisses the lady in the
conservatory, after a dance. Hendricks happens along in time to
see this — and if he'd been a man of commonsense, the expression
on his wife's face — her indignant berating of the Colonel — would
have shown him at once that a mistake had been made. Even if
the lady wasn't making very much of a fuss — (all women dislike a
scene, at times) — she was certainly doing no more than he was, with
Elinore. But the idiot flies into a rage — says his wife is unfaithful
to him ( !) — and they both start divorce proceedings! Heaven save
the mark ! If trivial actions like this were legal grounds for
divorce in all our States, there wouldn't be a single unbroken mar-
riage in the entire country at the end of a year. The marriage tie
implies a reasonable amount of forbearance and obliviousness to the
little human frailities common to every man and woman alive.
However — to finish the story—

Hendricks and his wife eventually turn up in Court, ready to
receive their decree, when a trained nurse forces hr way into the
court-room with the news that their neglected daughter is lying at
the point of death — and the mother naturally rushes home to her —
followed by Hendricks. The little girl pulls through — (you can see
that she has to in order to make the story come out right.) And
Hendricks and his wife resolve to live on together for her sake.

Now — this sort of thing actually does occur — so frequently that
any audience will be extremely interested in the play as a truthful
representation of society life. But the people who do such
things have no sense of humor — never could acquire one. When
men or women take themselves too seriously — the world grins.

Lawyer — Sneaky sort of man? What do you mean, sir?
Witness — Well, sor, he's the sort of man that'll never look ye
straight in the face until yer back's turned. — Exchange.

Majestic

Billie West, Lamar Johnstone, Howard Davies and Francelia
Billington in "The Hendrick's Divorce"

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The Little Church Around the Corner

By Carl L. Gregory.
Dec. 5, 1913.
CAST

Henry Harper, a well-to-do bachelor. Boyd Marshall

Kathleen, from the Middle West Muriel Ostriche

Harper's valet Sam Gong

We have to thank Mr. Gregory for a dainty, little comedy —
showing Miss Ostriche at her prettiest — and Mr. Marshall in even
a more fascinating role than usual.

It was one of those lightning quick affairs that sometimes happen
to confirmed old bachelors. He wouldn't have believed he could
have fallen in love with a girl's photograph — and, even admitting
this, he would have pessimistically declared that the real girl was
bound to prove a disappointment. But it happened otherwise —
and a jolly day's sightseeing in old New York, ended romantically
enough in "The Little Church Around the Corner."

Harper got his tip through a blunder — by no means unusual —
of Uncle Sam's mail carriers. Cupid must have had a hand in the
mix-up. Anyway, the letter to Kathleen's brother-in-law went
to Mr. Henry Harper — and it was a stranger who showed "sister
Kathleen" (en route to her boarding school) the sights of the
town, falling more in love with the delightful little Westerner every
hour. And Kathleen was "game." She knew all the while that
the charming individual who took her from the aquarium to Grant's
Tomb — and to luncheon at Sherry's — and for a taxi in the park —
and made himself so very agreeable and interesting — was nnt
"brother-in-law." li you wish to enjoy one of the merriest
romances of the season, don't fail to see "The Little Church Around
the Corner."

Force of Habit

New Butler (formerly employed in the the railroad service) —
"Dinner am now bein served in de dinin' — oh' golly !" — Puck.

«

Mae Marsh

Motion Pictures

To many who attend motion pictures (and who does not), there
is much curiosity as to how they are accomplished. It is not enough
to know that they are projected from the compartment known as
the operator's booth. They want to "see the wheels go round."

Mr. Nicholas Power, the recognized authority on the subject,
and a pioneer in the industry, believing that an insight into the
details of the business would interest the layman, has this to
say :

"Motion picture machines were first patented in 1857. They
consisted of objects which, revolving rapidly, simulated motion.
They were of little worth.

"In 1869, there was patented an optical instrument compris-
ing a disk or moving shutter movement, which, on revolving, pro-
jected objects with the appearance of motion. There was then no
films and translucent glass was used, this was the forerunner of
modern machines.

"A bet was made in 1871 by the late Senator Leland Stanford,
of California, that a running horse at no time had all four feet
off the ground. Edward Muybridge, an Englishman, by way of
experiment, placed numerous cameras at intervals, about the track,
which were snapped by the horse in passing. It proved that the
horse always had, when running, one foot on the ground.

"In 1880, Muybridge produced in San Francisco, the Zoopraxi-
cope, which produced pictures on glass positives on a screen.
Later he sought to combine his machine with the Edison Phono-
graph, then in its infancy.

"Mr. Marey, of the Institute of France, was the first to utilize
the continuous film, which was then in a very crude state.

"In 1893, Lumiere produced the 'Cinematograph,' the first ma-
chine to project (throw on screen) pictures from a film. Films
then had only one hole on each side of each picture. Edison in-
creased this to four on each side and in 1896 produced his Vita-
scope. These machines became the models for the greatly im-
proved article of today.

"The improvement since then has been pronounced. My first
machine was called the 'Peerlescope.' I kept continually improv-
ing it and in 1902, changed the name to 'Cameragraph,' which
is known throughout the world.

"This is a very brief review of the evolutionary stages of the
motion picture machine, eliminating many of the details. In the
near future I shall trace -.ts development through other stages."

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Majestic

Billie West, Eugene Pallette and Ernest Joy in
"The Helping Hand"

Majestic

The Helping Hand

By Lois Bain.
Dec. 6, 1913.
CAST

Edmund Lortimer, a wealthy business man Ernest Toy

Ethel, his daughter . Billie West

Jessie, her daughter (aged 17) Billie West

Jepe Mildred Gordon

E len (aged 19) Vera Sisson

i-llen (aged 5 ..... josie Ashdown

Jim, Ethels husband Eugene Pallette

Mrs. Jones, matron m asylum . Metta White

Jane, an attendent Mrs'. ' Wm. McConnell

Jones, a detective Freredick Vroom

In "The Helping Hand" Lois Bain offers a drama of unusual
appeal. Embittered by the death of his wife, caused by a fever
contracted while working in the slums, Edmund Lortimer is hard-
ened against charity. His daughter marries a man whom Lortimer
dislikes, and he disinherits her. Even after her husband's death,
Ethel's entreaties for help for herself and her baby girl, Jessie,
meet with cruel rebuff— and shortly after, Lortimer hears that she
has drowned herself.

Meanwhile, Ethel has left the child in an asylum, where she
is befriended by a motherly little girl, named Ellen — a few years
older than she. Lortimer's health fails, through continual brooding
on his daughter's suicide — and his physician persuades him to
adopt a child. At the Home, Jessie and Ellen are brought to him —
and he is immediately attracted to Ellen whom he takes home with
him. Through her girlhood, Ellen keeps on helping her little
charge, in secret. How matters come to a crisis — and Lortimer
is brought face to face with his own granddaughter, "an object of
charity'' in his own house — how he learns of her identity — and his
prejudice against helping others is broken down — concludes this
deeply moving, intensely lifelike drama.

One Thing He Couldn't Do

The bartender grasped the man next the stove by the shoulder
and shook him until he was awake "Here, Zeph," he told him,
"you'd better go out and get some fresh air It'll do you good."
Zeph merely grunted drunkenly and huddled back in his chair.
The bartender tried it again, with like result. "You wont get out,
won't you?" he roared angrily. Seizing the unfortunate Zeph by
the collar and the seat of the trousers, he escorted him forcibly
to the alley. "Get out there in the air and brace up," was his
parting advice. "Y' kin put me out if y' like, but" — Zeph straight-
ened up with drunken dignity — "ye can't make me take no air,
durn ye !" — Everybody's Magazine.

Why?

A well-known university professor who has taken much interest
in the woman's suffrage movement was persuaded to carry a
banner in a parade that was held in New York some months ago.
His wife observed him marching with a dejected air and carrying
his banner so that it hung limply on its standard, and later she
reproved him for not making a better appearance. "Why didn't
you march like somebody and let people see your banner?" she
said. "My dear," meekly replied the professor, "did you see what
was on the banner? It read, 'Any man can vote. Why can't I?"

— Sati Francisco Argonaut.

In Use

Parents and children often differ in their views concerning the
uses to which various articles should be put. And thus :

Mother (at breakfast) — You ought always to use your napkin
at the table, George.

George — I am using it, mother. I have got the dog tied to
the leg of the table with it. — Youth's Companion.

'6. 3 •

Irene Hunt in "A Woman of Sin"

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Red Life

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Childish Logic

One of the brightest instances of childish logic in the school
room was reported recently by Miss Edna Goodrich, the beautiful
actress who is starring in "Evangeline." According to Miss Good-
rich, the teacher of a public school was teaching a class in elemen-
tary science, and had a very apt pupil in little Willie.

" 'Willie,' said the teacher, 'can you tell me the effects of heat
and cold?'

" 'Yes, ma'am,' answered Willie. 'Heat expands and cold con-
tracts.'

" 'Very good,' encouragingly responded the teacher. 'Now give
me an example.'

" 'In hot weather,' was the proud reply of the triumphal Willie,
^the days are long, and in cold weather the days are short.'

— Young's Magazine.

The Charitable Williams

At the funeral services of an elderly darky of Richmond, Va.,
the following colloquy was overheard between two aged negroes :

"There ain't no use in talkin'," said Mose Barker : "Dick Wil-
liams, he was the most charitablest man dis town ever seen."

"I reckon that's so," said the darky to whom Mr. Barker im-
parted this information. And he paused as if waiting for evi-
dence on this point.

"Yessuh," continued Mr. Barker, "Dick Williams, he always
owned a plug hat, and durin' my time I ain't never heerd that Dick
ever refused to lend dat hat to anybody." — Judge.

Heiress : What do you suppose father said about my plan of
marrying you?

Algy : Give it up, deah girl.

Heiress : Yes, those were his very words.

"Tony's Sacrifice"

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Friend — I suppose this is even a more remarkable baby than
the one you had last year?

Auto Friend — Oh, you bet he is ! Far better model. Got a longer
wheel base, a better pair of lamps and a very much louder horn.

— Judge.

Harry Benham, George Barnes, Riley Chamberlain and Nick Woods in "What Might Have Been"

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The Van Warden Rubies" (2) OCT. 14

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20 — Hidden Treasure Ranche

23— The Step Brothers

25 — In the Mountains of Virginia
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10 — Martha's Decision
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8 — A Forgotten Melody (2 reels)

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28 — Mabel's New Hero

1 — Fatty's Day Off

Los Angeles Harbor — (Split Reel)
4— The New Baby

8 — Mabel's Dramatic Career
11 — Gypsy Queen

15 — What Father Saw
Willie Minds the Dog

18 — The Fatal Taxicab

22 — When Dreams Come True

25 — Mother's Boys '

29 — The Bowling Match

2 — Billy Dodge's Bills

6 — Across the Alley 1 c' i-.. i
Abelone Industry J SpUt reel

9— Schnitz. The Tailor
14 — Their Husbands

16 — A Healthy Neighborhood
20— Two Old Tars

23 — A Quiet Little Wedding
27— The Janitor

Making an Automobile Tire

(Split reel)

30— The Speed King

3 — Fatty at San Diego

6 — Love Sickness at Sea
10— Small Town Act . Milk We Drink
(Split Reel)

13— Wine

17— Our Children

20 — A Muddy Romance

24 — Fatty Joins the Force
27— Cohen Saves the Flag

1 — The Woman Hater

4 — The Rogues' Gallery

The San Francisco Celebration
(Split Reel)

K©ml€

Biddy on

13 — An Aflfair of Honor . .

Her Mettle (Split Reel)
20 — Making Himself a Hero

Murphv's New Hieh Hat (Split Reel)
27 — A Method in His Illness

The Man With a Razor (Split Reel)
4 — How He Won

The Actor Book Agent

(Split Reel)

31— The Trade Secret
2 — A Perilous Ride

6— The Turkish Bath

7— The Heart of a Fool
9— The Frame Up

13— For His Loved One

14 — The Winning Loser
16 — Playmates

20— His Last Deal

21 — A Shoemaker and His Doll
23 — The BaseBall Umpire

The Aesthetic Match i

27 — A Slight Misunderstanding

28 — The Love of Conch ita

30 — When the Debt Was Paid

4 — The Man of the Wilderness

5 — A Mix-up in Pedigrees
7— The Heritage

11 — The Iceman's Revenge

12— No Release

14 — The Van Warden Jewels (2 reels)

18— No Release

19 — Trough the Sluice (Sates
21 — Always Together

25 — Vengeance

26 — The Scenario Writer

28— The Oath of O Tsuru San (2 reels)

1 — No release

2 — The Marriage of Niatana

4 — The Ward of the Senior Class

Nov. 8 — Levinsky's Holiday
Nov. 9 — The Bravest Man

Nov. 11— The Rivals

Nov. 15 — The Pitch That Defiles

Nov. 16 — The Tomboy's Race

Nov. 18 — L'Article 47 (2 reels)

Nov. 22 — No release

Nov. 23 — The House on the Tree

Nov. 25 — A Warm Welcome

Nov. 29 — An Accidental Clue

Nov. 30 — Hendrick's Divorce
Dec. 2 — The Padre's Sacrifice
Dec. 6 — The Helping Hand
Dec. 7 — Rick's Reaemption

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Frmsess

Nov. 14 — Bread Upon the Waters
Nov. 21 — A Shotgun Cupid
Nov. 28 — Her Right to Happiness
Dec. 5 — The Little Church Around
the Corner

Sept.

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Dec.

29 — Hearts of the Dark
1 — Makers and Spenders
4 — Targets of Fate (2 reels)
6— The Buffer
8 — Once Upon a Time

11— The Rebellious Pupil

14— Poor Old Mother

15— The Flirt

18 — A Knight Errant

20— O, What a Night! . "

Two Men and a Mule (Series 1)

—(Split reel)

25 — Hearts (2 reels)
27— The Real Mother

29 — Two Men and a Mule (Series 2)
1— The Colonel's Oath
3 — A Sure Cure

8 — Two Men and a Mule (Series 3)
10— The Power of the Sea

12 — The Bracelet

15 — For Love of a Man (2 reels)
17 — Two Men and a Mule (series 4)

19 — A Man and a Woman
22 — Her Father'? Daughter

26 — A Rough Diamond
29 — The Reporter's Scoop

1 — Tonv's Sacrifice
3 — A Woman of Sin
6 — For Another's Crime (2 reels)
8— Two Girls of th- Hills
10— Five $100.00 Bills

13 — A Man's a Man

Tlsaiilnoi3S3r

Sept. 28 — The Farmer's Daughter

Sept. 30— Life's Pathway (2 reels)

Oct. 3 — ^The Twins and the Other Girl

Oct. 7 — Louie, the Life Saver

Oct. 10— A Girl Worth While

Oct. 12 — A Deep Sea Liar

Oct. 14 — The Plot Against the Governor

(2 reels)

Oct. 17 — A Peaceful Victory

Oct. 19— The Beauty in the Seashell

Oct. 21— The Mystery of the Haunted Hotel

Oct. 24 — The Old Folks at Home

Oct. 26 — The Silver Tongucd Orator

Oct. 28 — How Filmy Won His Sweetheart

Oct. 31 — A Twentieth Century Farmer

Nov. 2 — The Water Cure

Nov. 4 — The Junior Partner (2 reels)

Nov. 7— The Little Brother

Nov. 9 — Lo/^Ving for Trouble

Nov. 11 — The Campaign Manageress

Nov. 14 — The Children's Hour

Nov. 16 — He Couldn't Lose

Nov. 18 — Baby's Joy Ride

Nov. 21 — A Clothes-line Quarrel

Nov. 23— Their Great Big Beautiful Doll

Nov. 25— The Blight of Wealth (2 reels)

Nov. 28 — Curfew Shall Not Ring To-night

Nov. 30 — The Henpecked Hod Carrier.

Dec. ^ — The Problem Love Solved

Dec. 5 — What Might Have Been

Dec. 7 — The Milkman's Revenge

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KEYSTONE A Ride for a Bride

RELIANCE Two Girls of the Hills

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9th

KAY-BEE Her Legacy

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MAJESTIC .- Romance and Duty

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MUTUAL WEEKLY No. 50

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THANHOUSER Lawyer, Dog and Baby

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THANHOUSER MOTHS

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'Mil

The

A'P ! lO''' .NOT((r!i: (Ilv);yf iiitsJ Last y/eek) Is Followed by this
*.vj ^^Craekerjask^^ m tlis Los Awgeles EXAMINER!

Guy Price, dramatic critic of tlie Examiner, says in that paper:

"The 'Sapho' revealed last night on the Majestic Motion Picture screen is not only a monument
to the Mutual Film Corporation, hut to its adapter, Mr. Harris. As previously related, it is a
dramatization of Alphonse Daudet's famous hook of the same name, and although the S'cenes are
supposed to be laid in France, the pictures were taken right here in Los Angeles; yet, neverthe-
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convincing than she is in the role of Sapho; Shelly Hull as Jean, the lover, shows dramatic ability
that is rare talent, indeed, and the other members of the tremendously large cast are equally as
clever in the less important impersonations."

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THE AT HE

;pl (ILAi)!iLP! (I A

"My theatre seats over 1600 people.
Sapho, with Florence Roberts^ is the
most beautiful moving picture I have
ever seen. We were forced to call out
the police to keep the crowds in line.
They stretched solid for over a block —
and until we closed down at midnight,
I showed to standing room only."

The Idea

"John ! John ! there's a horrid hen gobbling a huge worm —
and we've been eating their eggs all the week !"• — London
Opinion.

""Friend — "You certainly have a snap."
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to do now?"

Friend— "What?"

Dramatic Critic — "Write a review of the theatrical season
of 1913-1914 for the June, 1914, number that comes out the
first of next month." — Life

A Natural Reply

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the patient asked.

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Hard Loser — "What ever became of that woman who was
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^ Winifred Greenwood and Ed Coxen in "Armed Intervention"

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A spectacular drama replete with thrilling scenes of the recent California Forest Fires.

Featuring SYDNEY AYRES and large c,ast.

Release, MONDAY, December 8th, 1913

His First Om'^)

A westerner of the first water with splen-
did action and excellent
dramatization

Release, THURSDAY, Dec. 11th, 1913

A comedy drama featuring Ed. Coxen
and Winifred Greenwood and
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Release, SATURDAY, Dec. 13th, 1913

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Release, MONDAY, December 15th, 1913

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N. Y., THE HOME OF PERFECT PICTURES

Release of Friday, Dec. 5th, 1913

The Little Church Around the Corner '

(Wilh Muriel Oslricke and Boyd Marshall)

Do you believe in love at first sight? Well, Boyd Marshall was a
bachelor in comfortable quarters and circumstances who would have
told you that it was impossible until it happened to him, and then it
was only a photograph of the girl which he received thru' the mail.
The photo should have gone to the girl's brother^n-law but on account
of a similarity in names was delivered, thru' the mischievous machin-
ation of Dan Cupid, into the hands of the man who was to be the
only man in the world for her.

The photo was of MURIEL OSTRICHE. Don't
miss the film.

Don't miss "HIS IMAGINARY FAMILY," Avith
Muriel, Boyd and MARIE ELINE, out Friday,
Dec. 12.

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November 24

FATTY JOINS THE
FORCE

November 27

COHEN SAVES THE
FLAG

December 1
THE WOMAN HATERS

December 4

ROGUES GALLERY-
SAN FRANCISCO
CELEBRATION

December 8

RIDE FOR A BRIDE

December 11

THE HORSE THIEF

December 15
THE GUSHER

December 18

FATTY'S FLIRTATION
—PROTECTING SAN
FRANCISCO FROM
FIRE

December 20

HIS SISTER'S KIDS

Nov. 26 THE REFORMATION

Dec. 3 BURIED PAST

Dec. 10 THE FRAME UP.

Dec. 17 THE OPEN DOOR

Dec. 24- HER FATHER'S STORY (2 Reels)

Dec. 31 THE WOMAN

mners

Nov. 27
Dec. 4
Dec. 11
Dec. 18

Dec. 25

BELLE OF YORKTOWN (3 Reels)

THE FILLY

DEVOTION

THE CURSE

TRUE IRISH HEARTS

November 28
THE SIGN OF
THE SNAKE

December 2
THE REVELA-
TION

December 5
THE LONG
PORTAGE

December 9

HER LEGACY

December 12
SOUL OF THE
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December 19

THE PITFALL

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Released Sunday, Nov. 30, "THE HENPECKED HODCARRIER"

He was the man of all work around the house; there was nothing to be done that he wouldn't do, but the
final task that his wife inflicted was too much for even one of his obedient disposition. A Riley Cham-
berlin masterpiece.

Released Tuesday, Dec. 2, "THE PROBLEM LOVE SOLVED"

No ordinary power, seemingly could e.xtricate the young cashier from the tangle in which he found himself.
Then a woman detective saved him, but through extraordinary effort and from an extraordinary motive —
for she was in love with him.

Released Friday, Dec. 5, "WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN"

A wealthy broker is smitten with his pretty stenographer, only to lose her to a petty clerk in his own em-
ploy— who had "looks." The broker plans the couple's immediate discliarge, and all manners of revenge, the
folly of which is summed up to him in a wondrous and enlightening dream.

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Harry Benham

Gerda Holmes
Lila Chester

Mrs. Lawrence Marston

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A Swindler Exposed

Toledo, O., Nov. 23, 1913.
American Film Mfg. Co.
Dear Sir:

We desire to inform you about a Mr. Ran-
dolph E. Waters, who has been using your and
many other film company's names, to swindle the
Toledo people.

WANTED — For motion picture studio, 8
bright ladies for training to take part in
photo playsi, local and Florida. Waters, Di-
rector, 3265 Monroe St. Take Long Belt car.
This ad. appeared in the Blade for several
days, and as we are very anxious to take up this
work, and not knowing how to begin any other
way, we answered it.

He claimed to be the motion picture director,
showing us several letters of recommendation
from different film companies, also claimed to give
us a position in any film company in Florida or
California at the end of two months' time, during
which time he would train us for $15.00. Each
of us gave him $5.00 down, intending to pay the
rest later.

Besides us he had (13) thirteen others, some
paying the full $15.00 down; he also took pic-
tures of some of the girls along with him.

After four days' rehearsals he skipped out "in
the night," taking all the money, pictures and full
description of all the girls with him.

We were to receive $25.00 a week and the
company was to pay our way to Florida. He
claimed to be director of all film companies in
America, especially the American, Majestic, Kev-
stone and Kay-Bee film companies, and as we
don't know their addresses, would you kindly in-
form them of this imposter.

\ye have detectives after him here, and they
advised us to notify the film companies, so they
could try to capture him.

As we are very anxious to take up this work
and don't know how to begin, could you kindly
give us any information about how we could be-
come photoplayers ?

Very truly yours,

MISS MABEL AREND,

Flat 5, Marion Apts.,

916 Virginia St.,

Toledo, O.

Also

MISS FRANCES JOHNSON,

955 Libbey St.,
n c Toledo, O.

■P- S. — In answering, please notify Miss il.
Arend.

Letters on Mutual Service

Calgary, Alta., Oct. 13th, '13.
Mutual Film Corp'n of Can. Ltd.,
Box 2201,

Calgary, Alta.
Dear Sirs: —

We beg to thank you for your shipments which
so far are very satisfactory Your Keystone
comedies especially are great drawing cards, and
the more Keystones you send us the better. We
are not particularly anxious to get two-reel feat-
ures every change, not. if we could get good
laughable Keystone comedies instead.

Yours very truly,

STAR THEATRE CO.,
Athabasca Landing, Alberta.

Calgary, Alta., Oct. 21, '13.
Mutual Film Corp'n of Can. Ltd.,
409 Leeson-Lineham Blk.,
Calgary, Alta.
Dear Sirs: —

The new Domino film "The Highland Romance,"
drew an extra large house and people who never
came to the show before put in an appearance.
Don't fail to send me as many of these brands as
you can spare, and we will look forward to receiv-
ing each and every one in the future.

Yours very truly,

B. HARMON,
Harmony Theatre,

Banff, Alta.

More Keystones

oJvi"™ ^"'^^ 3 crying demand for KEY-

STONE COMEDIES from exhibitors all over tne
world that the New York Motion Picture Cor-
poration, of whom the Keystone Film Company is
a subsidiary company, has decided that beginning
with the week of December 15th there will be
three Keystone Comedies released a week and in
addition to this there will be released once a month
a multiple reel comedy. These multiple reel
comedies will be released as Specials.

Ernest Joy

Majestic

The first of these will be "ZUZU, THE BAND
LEADER." a two-reel comedy, staged by Mack
Sennett, Managing Director.' Mabel Normand,
Ford Sterling and all the Keystone stars will be
seen in this screaming farce. The special fol-
lowing this will be "BAFFLES, THE GENTLE-
MAN BURGLAR."

Mission Fathers See First Moving
Pictures

Four of the Mission Fathers from the Old Santa
Barbara Mission recently were the guests of
Pres. S. S. Hutchinson, of the American Film
Mfg. Co. The reverend gentlemen were taken
through the extensive grounds and plant of the
American, the details of which proved interest-
ing and fascinating to them. They were shown a
print of "The Trail of the Lost Chord," the set-
tings of which were largely taken on the sacred
grounds of the mission. This production proved to
be the first moving picture witnessed by the gen-
tlemen. Special permission had been granted the
American Co. to use the grounds, as with the sin-
gle exception of an exhibit made for a railroad
company, the sacred gardens and structures are
carefully guarded even against the moving picture
camera.

"Fate's Round-Up" An American
Release

George Field is depicted as a particular un-
scrupulous villain, but fate takes a hand in the
deal and' brings about the fortunate and timely
regeneration of the culprit. Miss Greenwood,
Coxen and Field divide dramatic honors in this
production. It is scheduled for release Dec. 20th.

Tommy Presents His Card

Tommy, the pet burro of the "Flying A" camp,
was recently disturbed in his palais royal by the
court jester Frankenburg, to which he not only
seriously objected but entered impressive and
strenuous protests, to all of which Frankenburg
bears sad witness. The whole storj' is pictured
in "Personal Magnetism" to be released Dec. 18th.

G. W. Landon, who for the past several years
has specialized in advertising along motion pic-
ture projection lines, has joined the staff of the
Precision Machine Company, and will handle the
publicity and advertising of the Simplex pro-
jector.

"Variety Week" At American

The subjects being releas.ed by the American
Film Mfg. Co. are of ever changing variety, so
that each week's releases might well be temied a
separate and distinct variety. Society dramas,
allegorical gems, comedies and Western dramas,
each of a distinctive type, are keeping "Flying
A" subjects in the first class as drawing cards
for the theatres catering to the best patronage.

Tom Mills Feels the Part

In search of ideal settings for a photodrama
entitled "The Power of the Sea," Travers Vale
and a company of "Reliance" actors spent several
days at Block Island. A number of scenes were
taken on the rolling billows during the making of
which Tom Mills in the leading role, showed a
strange lack of interest. Director Vale called
him to account sharply for not putting more
ginger into his acting, telling him, among other
things, to "Feel the part"! Mills who, in spite
of a recent trip across the pond from his native
England, was striving heroicly to keep from feel-
ing the part, threw up the sponge and gave an
illustration of the "Power of the Sea" that was
not found in the script.

Vivian Heralded in Verse

Miss Vivian Rich, pretty and talentetd leading
lady with the "Flying A," was seen last week
walking around the studio with several sheets of
paper that looked something like a license and
upon the inquiry whether she contemplated matri-
mony, or had bought a new dog, she showed the
documents. They proved to be twenty-nine verses
of poetry an admirer had sent her — twenty-nine
verses, and a notation that the party was writing
more, which would be sent shortly.

"Flying A" Stars On Legitimate Stage

Great interest is being taken in the play,
"Texas," to be produced by Mr. Sydney Ayres
and acted by members of the "Flying A" at the
Potter Theatre, Saturday evening, Nov. 29th, for
the benefit of the Santa Barbara Band Fund.

Mr. Ayres, with Mr. J. M. Feigl, wrote this
play and produced it several years ago in New
York, playing also the leading character. Fresh-
water Jack."

Others in the cast w^ll be Vivian Rich, Char-
lotte Burton, Louise Lester, Harry Von Meter,
Aida Lewis, Jack Richardson, Ed Coxen, William
Bertram and Reaves Eason, and all other parts
will be filled by members of the "Flying A" Com-
pany. Many of the Los Angeles photoplayers are
expected to attend.

Marguerite Snow's Return

After a six months' vacation. Marguerite Snow
is back at work at the Thanhouser Studio. She
has been a leading lady with Thanhouser for
three consecutive years. Returning from the
Thanhouser Studio at Los Angeles, last Spring,
she decided she needed a rest._ Miss Snow's first
picture on the "return date" is "Peggy's Imrita-
tion." in which she was directed by Mr. James
D'urkin.

Musical Score for "Provence"

In tune with the theatrical billing that calls
Miss Maude Fealy, leading lady of Thanhouser's
"Legend of Provence," the "late star of" a film
that went before, a composer for regular musi-
cal shows productions, E. A. Price, of the Tams
Music Library, has been engaged to do a score
for the "Provence" picture. The latter is a re-
lease of the new "Big Productions" department
of the Thanhouser concern, and exhibitor readers
of this journal may obtain the music gratis by
addressing a line on their letterhead to that de-
partment. C. J. Hite, the Thanhouser head, cre-
ated the new branch in answer to the demand for
special_ features that has arisen lately. A four-
part picture featuring Miss Fealy or some other
widely known player, is released on the first day
of each month and "exclusive" service furnished
exhibitors under contract.

"Thanhouser Kid" No Longer

Marie Eline, known since the inception of the
Thanhouser Company as "The Thanhouser Kid,"
has grown out of the freak-name class. C. J.
Hite has transferred her to his Princess Films
and requested that she use her real name like a
regular grown-up. So it's Marie Eline now for
the first of the 'kids." The little lady was about
six when she joined the Thanhouser forces and is
nearly eleven now, an age wherein she feels the
dignity of her years. She is a featured player
in the Princess, with Muriel Ostriche and Boyd
Marshall. _ Miss Ostriche was likewise a "child
wonder," in her time, but Mr. Marshall never
acted in his youth, having been an office boy,
which is real work.

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vel'^^Tn^nts In The Mcydoi-PiotTcre Iniiistry

Within the past two months, more than a thousand
leading newspapers throughout the United States have
added Motiotv-Picture Sections to their Sunday or
Weekly editions. In the same space of time, over eight
hundred new Movie theatres have been opened in the
United States and Canada — with a gross loss of only
two hundred that have gone out of business — been con-
verted to other uses — or destroyed by fire. By the middle of
January, at present indications, there will be nearly a thousand
more. But, sooner or later, the tide will reach its maximum and
the number will slowly decrease.

It has been an established axiom both in logic and in his-
tory that anything which has a quick and astonishing growth
is short-lived in the average. That which comes quickly — goes
quickly. The tree, plant or animal which attains its maximum
growth in the shortest period, is the shortest-lived. The pages
of history are full of so-called Crazes which metaphorically, came
up in a night and lived but a day. The tulip craze in Holland —
the roller-skating rink — the bicycle — to mention only a few of the
best known instances. And yet — as each of these Crazes passed,
it left something of itself which endured. In every short-lived
mania which seizes upon all classes of people, there is a germ of
something which is destined to have a much longer life — because
it possesses the quality of intrinsic value.

The motion-picture craze of to-day has been a little longer in
gaining its momentum than the skating-rink or the bike — and for
that reason isn't likely to subside so quickly. It has, also, another
element of vitality which will aid in prolonging its existence.
At this present moment, it is furnishing fairly clean wholesome
amusement for the masses — of a quality more desirable and in-
teresting than anything ever placed within their reacn at anywhere
near the same price. And while it continues to do just that, its
waning is likely to be almost imperceptibly slow.

But there are features in the motion-picture drama, to-day,
which eventually will kill its present form and vogue as surely
and effectually as changing taste and the desire for novelty killed
the skating-rink and the bike.

During the past ten years, legitimate drama in America has
been steadily getting more tawdry and worthless — more frothy
and salacious. The fault is not with the managers — but with the
public who demand that sort of stuff. Ten years ago, a person
visiting New York had a choice of at least a dozen first class
plays — well staged — well acted — and satisfying — any evening during
the winter months. To-day, there are not over four such plays

running in this great metropolis. Sooner or later, the tide
must turn. In the fullness of time, our people — becomnig
better educated — will demand and get plays that are worth
while — and not offensive. And long before this hits the
legitimate stage it is bound to hit the Movies.

There are motion-picture plays to-day — dozens of them
every week — which are entirely unfit to be shown before
any audience — which do nothing but absolute harm to the mind of any
boy or girl, young man or young woman, seeing them. The producers
of these plays say that their public demands them — but if by "public"
they mean any but the most vicious class of humanity, they are
entirely mistaken. The East Side — in New York and every other
city — most emphatically does not, as a class of society, want these
rotten plays. It wants the. very best the Manufacturers can give
it. A little Rough House Comedy, of course — because it thoroughly
understands that sort of thing. A good deal of the cruder Heart
Interest stuff — because it grasps that without too much wearying
mental effort. And a great big lot of the decent, wholesome plays
which can be shown before the entire family without subtly encour-
aging any member of it to crack a safe — shoot someone — or run
off with another chap's wife.

Putting it more briefly^i one of the vital, enduring germs
in the Movie craze is decency. Another, is real dramatic worth —
which absolutely demands probability. And the most enduring of
all the elements is — instructiveness.

In time — next year, probably — it will be generally admitted that
the human eye cannot stand watching the screens for two hours,
five nights out of every week, without more or less permanent
injury. When that fact soaks in, people will cut down their at-
tendance to a couple of nights each week — in order to lessen the
strain on eyes and nerves— and pay their money to see only plays
which are worth while.

In time, very likely before 1915 — the motion-picture will estab-
lish itself in the field of instruction — and then it will cease to be-
come a craze. As an educational factor, it is impossible to say
how long it will last — but its days as an amusement, with no other
saving quality, are limited. Sooner or later, the mere volume of
one or two hundred new motion-plays every week will produce
the same effect upon the human mind that a diet of roastbeef
and charlotte russe for thirty consecutive days would produce
upon the human stomach. Before very long, we shall have six —
eight or ten-reel feature-plays — filling a projection-space four times
as large as the present one — and sufficiently good to be shown for
one entire week at the same theatre. Such plays will prolong the
Wio of "Movie" and give more stability to the industry.

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Roinaiioo niul t)f('c.y

Adapted from the Majestic Play
Illustrated by Jos. E. Sandford

CAST

Roger Krohn Frederick Vroom

Pamela Belle Bennett

King of Melvaria D. Mitsoras

Kronprinz Charles Ernest Joy

Count Heimich von Blitz William Brown

Some plays are so much stronger in dramatic than literary
quality that any attempt to put them in mere stor}" form must
necessarily be a difficult if not impossible task. As a fictional story,
Romance and Duty would fall
short of its strength as a mo-
tion play — because certain situ-
ations if described in mere
words would convey a differ-
ent impression to the human
mind than their visualization
in pantomime.

Roger Krohn is a phlegmatic,
elderly man — with fixed habits
and prosaic views — whose wife
is a vivacious, full-blooded ro-
mantic girl not half his age.
And the mating of such a pair
is used — as it has been used a
great many times upon the
stage — to provide the excuse
for situations which, otherwise,
would be inexcusable.

The Krohns are invited to be
the guests of the American
Minister at the Court of Mel-
varia. Pamela Krohn is pre-
sented by the Minister — and
Kronprinz Karl falls in love
with her at sight. He calls
upon her at every opportunity.
His rank and handsome figure
hypnotize the young wife, who
is scarcely more than a child,
and she permits familiarities
that an older woman certainly
would not. The Chancellor—
Von Blitz — sees the Prince's
infatuation and proposes a
marriage for him with another
royal house — in which he is
upheld by the King.

About this time, the Krohns
return to America. Prince Karl — leaving a note for the
which he refuses to consider the proposed marriage — takes
steamer after them, and renews the acquaintance with Pamela as
soon as he reaches New York and, presumably because of his rank,
is given free run of Roger Krohn's house. One infers, from the
various scenes, that Krohn realizes the dii¥erence between his and
his wife's ages and wishes her to have all the congenial society
available. Otherwise, the way he goes off to his club in the even-
ing— leaving the Prince alone in the house with his wife — would
give a false impression of life as it is actually lived. For — con-
trary to the opinion of a good many young men and some girls —
when a young woman does marry a middle-aged man, it is generally
for reasons of one sort or another* which make her rather more

King in
the first

true to him than is the case with average marriages. This is shown
and proved in every-day life so frequently that it is scarcely worth
arguing. So it is safe to assume that Roger Krohn effaced himself

solely that his wife might oc-
casionally enjoy a younger and
more brilliant man's society by
way of variety in her some-
what hum-drum life. And this
is where the plot would fall
down if it were a story instead
of a play. Because it makes
the Prince — well — . One
doesn't usually get just that
impression of German Princes.

With ample opportunity —
plus hypnotic personal influ-
ence— Karl persuades her to
elope with him. He takes her
to a country-house. Chancellor
Blitz, however, is close on his
heels with sailors from one of
the ro^^al yachts. They climb
in through the window and
make Charles a prisoner — send-
ing Pamela back home in her
own car. The Prince escapes
from the yacht, afterward, and
returns to Krohn's home. Blitz
follows him there with a cable-
gram stating that war has been
declared against Melvaria and
that every patriotic Melvarian
is needed at home. That
fetches him. He's long on
patriotism if he isn't on per-
sonal honor. He goes back
with Von Blitz — and the next
the Krohn's hear from him is
through the cabled despatches
in the morning papers. He
returns to his capital a vic-
torious general and his mar-
riage with the before-mentioned Princess is announced. In the final
scene we catch a dissolving view of him kissing Pamela's picture.

A theatre audience pays its money to be amused and is not in-
clined to be critical. Moreover — in spite of all that has been said
against titled marriages abroad and Continental love affairs — it is
probable that both propositions possess a fascination for nine-tenths
of our American women. Consequently, . this play is sure to please.
The interest is unflagging — the scenes beautiful. As for the feel-
ings of Roger Krohn — well — a man of his age had no business to
marry, anyhow.

He — "Do you know much about golf?'' She — "I wouldn't even
know how to hold my caddy properly." — Boston Transcript.

E©el Life

5

By Culpeper Zandtt

It happened that Fredericks just missed one of the regular
Pacific Expresses, over the Santa Fe, and was forced to take
a train which ran part of the way as an "Accommodation."
There was a sleeper attached, but it was one of the earlier types
— evidently an experimental one, judging by certain features
which one rarely sees in an up-to-date Pullman. The seats were
upholstered with woven cane — which was an excellent thing,
considering the temperatures through which the train usually
ran. But the novel ventilators — the openings of which were
screened by small wooden blinds in the sides of the car, about
a foot above the floor —
appeared to be defective,
judging by the alkali dust
which penetrated through

them. Fredericks was ...
curious enough to shove
his fingers between the
slats to see what the con-
struction was behind
them — and found a space
between the inner and
outer shell of the car,
which was evidently
connected by flexible
hose couplings to an in-
take at the head of the
train. The blinds were
hinged — and swinging
one of them open, he
could feel a very percept-
ible current of air in the
dark space behind it.

There were other un-
usual features about the
sleeper but they have no
bearing upon the things
which happened upon the
particular run.

In the section just
across the aisle was a
rather fine-looking, dark-
complexioned man, with
iron-gray hair. He
spoke without a trace of

accent and was presum- _ ^ , „

ably an American, but "Romance and Duty

his appearance and the cut of his clothes reminded one either
of Mexico or the Central American states. He was rathei
uncommunicative, but answered civilly when any one spoke
to him. To the Bostonian he appeared like a person who had a
lot of business detail on his mind. When he thought himself
unobserved his lips moved as if he were talking to himself —
at other times he sharply scrutinized every person who came
through' the car, and from the careless way in which his right
hand always rested in the neighborhood of his hip-bone upon
such occasions, it might have been inferred that he was ready
to shoot at a second's notice if he fancied himself in danger.
The man had no appearance of being a criminal. On the con-
trary, his face and manner were exceptionally pleasing, when
speaking to any one — and conveyed an instinctive feeling of

confidence.

As the afternoon drifted along into evening, Fredericks
noticed once or twice that his neighbor felt occasionally of
something in his inside pocket. Finally he drew it out and
looked it over, carefully. It was a flat package wrapped in
dark brown paper and from its size might have been a bundle
of bank-notes or securities — but the man didn't open it, so it
might have been any one of a dozen other things, as far as
a casual observer could tell.

Not wishing to annoy him with an impertinent scrutiny the

Bostonian could not
have told whether he re-
placed the package in his
pocket or not — but,
glancing across the aisle,
when a brakeman called
out the station at which
they were to stop for
supper, be noticed that
the stranger was just in
the act of closing the
little ventilator blind be-
low the forward window
of his section. Presum-
ably, he had yielded to
the same curiosity which
had prompted the Bos-
tonian to investigate the
contrivance — i n fact
other travelers in the car
had passed an idle mo-
ment or so examining the
little blinds as something
not usually found on a
sleeper. But, on the
other hand, the stranger
might easily have con-
cealed something behind
the blind for reasons of
his own. This thought
occurred to Fredericks
at the moment, but he
dismissed it as being
none of his business if
true. Later in the eve-
Majestic ning he had his berth

made up and slept through the night as well as the heat and
dust permitted.

When he started for the wash room in the morning, he
noticed that the stranger was not in his section — which had
already been made Up — and that his luggage also was gone.
So he naturally inferred that the man had left the train at
some station during the night — and it was not until they were
approaching Los Angeles that he happened to ask the con-
ductor about him.

"Man in 'Section 9'? . . . Let me see — wasn't that the
Mexican, or the chap who looked like one? I reckon he's on
his way to a heap of trouble. There wasn't any disturbance
on the car, and I'm mighty glad of it, 'cause there might have
been a lot of gun-play just as easy as not. That fellow got

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wise, somehow or other, that there might be people on the
train after him — you noticed he didn't get off for supper, didn't

you:

Stuck close to his section all the evening. Well

— about two o'clock in the morning, he dug out some sand-
wiches and a bottle of wine, and went into the smoking com-
partment to eat them. Must have thought he was pretty safe
by that time. And a couple of sheriffs came back from the
forward car and jumped him before he could pull a gun — he
thought they were just coming in for a smoke and had no
idea what they were. Then they had the porter go back for
his luggage and dropped off at the next station. Told me tney
would take him back through Nogales into Mexico — but they
wouldn't say what they wanted him for, and the man him-
self didn't open his mouth. By the look of him they won't
have much of a cinch getting him down there."

"Humph! Do you know, that man didn't look like a crimi-
nal to me. I'd be willing to bet something that he isn't either."

"That's the way he struck me, too. But if it's a case of
politics, it'll be all up with him unless he gets away."

In his surprise at what had happened to the stranger, and
the making preparations to leave the train, the little incident
of the ventilator blind escaped Fredericks's mind altogether
until two days later in San Francisco, when he happened to
glance over one of the preceding day's papers in the reading-
room of his hotel. There was a half-column account of the
daring escape a prisoner had made from two sheriffs by jump-
ing, hand-cuffed, from a train as it was crossing a trestle.
Supposing, of course, that he had made good his escape they,
nevertheless, left the train at the next station and after some
hours found the man's body in the marsh under the trestle —
his neck having been broken when he struck a sawed-off pile
in the mud. Then came a surprising item of news which had
been telegraphed from the Mexican town where they took the

body, some hours later. The sheriffs claimed that they had
been after a prominent bank official who had absconded with
a large sum of money and after landing at Vera Cruz had
made his way back into the States through El Paso. But the
body of their prisoner was positively identified as that of a
very prominent member of the Guatemalean Cabinet who
spent a portion of each summer at his hacienda near Mexico
City, -and was well known there. This fact being apparently
established beyond doubt, the Alcade of the town forwarded
the body to the Capital — but upon its arrival there, the Mexi-
can Government had just received an official document from
Guatamala signed with the supposed dead man's name, and
telegraphic inquiries elicited the fact that he had been seen
in his office at the Government buildings either that day or
the previous one. So the body was buried as that of an un-
known man and the supposed sheriffs had taken the next tram
for the States, apparently much disgusted with the whole affair.
Incidentally, the newspaper stated that in their search through
their prisoner's luggage no trace of the missing funds had
been discovered — the man having less than a hundred dollars in
his clothes — and commented upon their rather inexplicable pro-
ceeding in bringing their prisoner down through Mexico in-
stead of taking him back to New York — where they said the
robbery had occurred — by the shortest route. It was this item
which at once recalled to Fredericks's mind the incident of the
ventilator blind.

Supposing that the man really had something to conceal
— had he actually placed it in the air space between the walls
of the car, or not? Would any man in his supposed position
have risked such a proceeding, with the chance of some acci-
dent or circumstance preventing his getting back and recover-
ing it? If he was neither the bank defaulter nor the Guate-
malean official, who was he? . . . And was there any proba-

Emest Joy, D. Mitsoras, Wm. Brown and Belle Bennett in "Romance and Duty"

Majestic

Reel Life

7

'The Woman"

Broncho

'The song that reached mv heart"

bility that he actually had anything worth concealing, in his
possession?

The more Fredericks thought about him and what had hap-
pened afterwards, the more the idea took possession of his
mind, as such things often will. He was a mining engineer
who made enough from his professional work to support him-
self in moderate circumstances — but like any other busy man he
had little spare time in which to chase over a wide stretch
of country merely to verify a. suppositious fact on the remote
chance that it might prove worth his while. So, beyond jot-
ting down the name of the sleeping-car, the number of the
stranger's section and the date in his memorandum book, he
took no further steps in the way of verification — and in the
course of a month or so, returned to Boston.

Nearly a year afterward, in Kansas City, he happened to
meet one of the division superintendents of the Santa Fe —
with whom he was well acquainted — and asked him if the old
sleeper "Coloma" was still running out to the coast. After
thinking for a minute, his friend shook his head:

"No . . . The 'Coloma' was an experiment. We built her
from a design made by one of our own engineers and, while
successful in some of the advantages he claimed, she wasn't
as satisfactory a type, all 'round, as the Pullmans. So she
went where a good many second-hand coaches and engines go
— down to Central or South America. Those kindergarten
financiers down there run everything, from the Government
down, on the graft principle. When they get up a railroad
company — unless it is backed by English or Americans who
know the game better than they do — one or two of them are
commissioned to come up to the States and get figures on the
rolling stock. At the rate coaches are built for, up here, their
whole capital would scarcely equip more than a train and a

half, as a rule — so the idea occurs to them to nose around and
see what they can get, second-hand. And they don't have to
spend much time looking for it, either — our railroad people are
more than willing to be accommodating. Cars which have been
used for ten or fifteen years up here, are luxurious for Indians
and Mestizos — especially if repainted. So the 'Committee' cable
the folks at home that so many cars and engines — second-hand,
but 'as good as new' — can be obtained for such a sum, forty or
fifty per cent, of which frequently goes into the pockets of the
'Committee' as legitimate compensation (from their point of
view). I remember, now, that the 'Coloma' was sold to the
'Zacalpa & Salvador Railroad' — but I doubt very much if a
mile of the road has yet been laid. By the way — some friends
of mine in Frisco are interested in a copper mine down there
in Guatemala and are looking 'round for a capable and trust-
worthy engineer who understands Spanish well, to go down
and make a survey for them. If you were at liberty, I think
they would make it worth your while."

The suggestion appealed to Fredericks, just at that time.
The suspension of a Trust Company in New York had tied
up, if not entirely swept away, more than half his capital and
he had been looking about for another commission which
promised to be remunerative. So it came about that within
two weeks after his talk with the Superintendent, he left San
Francisco on one of the Pacific Coast steamers for San Jose in
Guatemala.

There were an exceptionally agreeable lot of passengers
aboard — just enough to make a comfortable family party in the
saloon — and among them was a Miss Redmond, who was travel-
ing with her aunt and whose handsome face reminded him strongly
of some one he had known, though he could not place the re-
semblance.

Reel Lite

After the steamer left Mazatlan, they ran into unusually-
heavy weather for the Pacific — so heavy, in fact, that big seas
flooded the decks for twenty-four hours or more, making it
dangerous to walk about. Miss Redmond, however, being an
excellent sailor, insisted upon coming up occasionally to watch
the seas from the lee side of the deck-house — and carelessly
venturing out by the main hatch was swept off from her feet
by a wave that came over amidships. In a couple of seconds
she would have been carried over the lee rail, helplessly, had
not Fredericks seized a coil of rope from one of the boat
tackles and thrown the bight of it over her shoulders. Even
then, she was over the side before she could grasp it, and he
had considerable difficulty in hauling her aboard.

She had been rather conservative about making acquaint-
ances among the passengers up to that time, but this incident
broke the ice as far as Fredericks was concerned, and they be-
came excellent friends within a very short time. His pro-
fessional work had made his life a varied one and he described
entertainingly some of his many adventures for her benefit,
but it was not until the evening before they reached San Jose
that she told him much concerning her own affairs. They were
lounging by themselves in comfortable chairs upon the after
deck and a remark of his concerning their approaching separa-
tion when they landed prompted her to take him more fully
into her confidence.

"I should not like to believe. Air. Fredericks, that we may
never see each other again," she said. "I am under too heavy
obligations to you for that. But there is even a stronger rea-
son. I may be placed in a position down here in Guatemala
where the mere fact of having an acquaintance somewhere near
whom I could trust and who is supposed to be an influential
man in the States might prevent serious trouble for me."

"I was only waiting for an opportunity to offer you any
assistance in my power. Mis Redmond^though it did not occur
to me that an occasion might arise for it. I judged from what

some of the other passengers said that your family was rather
prominent down here."

"It has been for several years — that's part of the trouble.
My father was a Baltimorean, and my mother a Guatemalean.
After their marriage, he settled down here and made con-
siderable money in coffee planting. Then his twin brother came
down to join him and became interested in politics — he is now
the Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet. My father
took very little interest in the Government until this last
President was elected, but he thought him a weak man who
was doing the country more harm than good — and from what
I've learned recently, I think there is little doubt but that father
was very closely associated with several members of a revolu-
tionary Junta, most of whom were executed in Guatemala City
ten months ago. A little while before that, he came into my
room one night to tell me that he was forced to leave hur-
riedly for our estate in Mexico on urgent business — and since
then I have never seen nor heard from him. I went to our rela-
tives in Baltimore and with their assistance have tried to find
out what became of him, but without result. Then I heard he
had been denounced here as a filibuster and our plantation con-
fiscated. My uncle in the Cabinet protested very strongly, and
may be able to save them for me — but he cannot take too inde-
pendent a stand for fear of being implicated himself. If you
will call upon us occasionally while you are down here — or,
better yet, make your headquarters at our hacienda — it might
give the impression that I am not altogether without influence
in the States."

This proposition was an exceedingly agreeable one to
Fredericks. His previous experience with Central American
hotels had taught him what to expect from them, and the mine
he was about to investigate lay not more than a day and a
half's ride from the Redmond plantations, as she described them
to him. So he readily agreed to make his headquarters there.

During the following month he was in the saddle or camp-

Edward Cecil, Estelle Kibby and Paul Scardon in "Four $100 B ills"

Reliance

Reel Life

9

"Lawyer, Dog and Baby"

Tlianhouser

ing in the mountains most of the time — but the occasional days
with Dolores Redmond at the hacienda were filling his mind
with the impression that she was about the most beautiful and
winsome creature he had ever met. What she thought about
the quiet, forceful Bostonian who did big things without talk-
ing much about them, only her Guatemalean aunt surmised —
and she, with all the tropical fondness for a love-affair, was
more than pleased to talk of his many excellent qualities by
the hour when he was away in the mountains.

Much might be said — if the limits of this narrative per-
mitted— of the soft tropical nights when he smoked with her
in the patio and played her guitar while she sang for him old
Spanish love songs — of other • occasions in the wild country,
when his quick shooting saved his life by a hair's breadth — ■
of the impression he made and the friends he won in the mixed
society of the gay little capital — and of the attempts made by
jealous admirers of Miss Dolores to implicate him in some of
the revolutionary conspiracies which were always being
hatched, under the rose. But these are stories which may be
told at another time.

He was dining with Frank Redmond, the Cabinet officer,
one evening, when a chance remark brought up the subject of
railway development — and before long, out of the shadowy re-
cesses at the back of his mind, came a recollection of his night
on the sleeping-car "Coloma," the year before. He had long
since dismissed the incident as being something not worth
wasting his time or thoughts over. But with the same idle
curiosity which had prompted his inquiry to the Santa Fe superin-
tendent, he asked :

"By the way, Redmond, how many miles of road have the
Zacalpa & Salvador people actually got in operation?"

"Not any — they're in the hands of a receiver. Why — did
you get stung with some of that stock?"

"Oh no. I merely happened to hear that they had pur-

chased more or less equipment in the States and was wonder-
ing if it ever got here."

"Yes. There are about a hundred tons of steel rails pretty
well eaten up with rust, at Zacalpa, and a few miles of road-
bed were leveled up south of here. The two engines and half a
dozen coaches were leased to the Quezaltenango road until such
time as the Zacalpa outfit should be ready to run — but as the
receivers happen to be the committee who purchased them in
the States, the lease is likely to last until that rolling stock is
only fit for the junk pile. Pretty high finance for Guatemala
— those fellows were pretty cute."

The more Fredericks tried to put this casual gossip out of
his mind, the more it stuck. There seemed hardly one chance
in a million that his suspicion as to what might be concealed
between the walls of the sleeping-car had any foundation. But
the idea kept recurring to him so persistently that he finally
took a few days off and, sailing from San Jose to Champerico
by one of the coast steamers, ran up to Quezaltenango by rail.

There were but four trains each day, on the line, and he
examined the others very carefully as they passed — but there
was nothing resembling a sleeping-coach attached to any of
them. Later, a casual inquiry brought out a statement from the
conductor that as there were no night runs there was little use
for sleepers — but that, for a while, they had run an old sleeper
as a drawing-room car for the more wealthy travelers. The
extra charge appeared to be prohibitive, however, and the
coach had been standing for several months on a spur of track
at the foot of Santa Maria volcano — used occasionally as a
shack, by the section gangs.

Fredericks had provided himself with a two-day supply of
food in case his search took him where provisions were un-
obtainable, and dropped of¥ at the little way-station the con-
d-uctor had mentioned. From here he started off up the spur
and after a walk of nearly four miles, he found the "Coloma,"
{Continued on page 17)

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George Field, Ed. Coxen and Cowboys in "Fate's Round-Up''

American

Ammcan

Where The Road Forks
Dec. IS, 1913

CAST

Miriam Howell Winifred Greenwood

Her Lover Ed Coxen

Professor Bosnetto George Field

Spirit of Ambition Marion Murray

Spirit of Love (Cupid) Albert Cavens

Maid Aida Borella

Butler . William J. Tedmarsh

Critics, Audience, Minister, etc.

Miriam Howell, a beautiful girl, with a wonderful voice, finds
herself where she must choose between a career in Grand Opera
and marriage. Pondering the matter, she falls asleep by the fire —
and dreams. The Spirit of Ambition appears to her — and shows
her pictures of her famous future as a great singer — all the wealth,
worship, power which shall be hers. Then comes the little Spirit
of Love, bringing very different visions — of home, children, years
of loving service, contentment and human happiness. At a loss
to choose, she asks both for visions of her old age. Ambition re-
veals loneliness, envy of younger artists, regret for the past. But
Love shows an old age rich in home affection, the love of children
and grandchildren.

Miriam wakes. She writes a note declining the Opera contract
— her lover comes back to plead with her, and she gives him the
answer he has been longing for.

"This is our thirteenth quarrel," she said and shivered as
she looked out into the cold, gray storm.

"Perhaps we shall never have another," faltered her husband.

"Oh, I'm not in the least superstitious," protested the woman,
with a ghastly af¥ectation of gayety. — Puck.

What Might Have Been

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Dec. 5, 1913'.
CAST

Rolfe, an aged broker Riley Chamberlain

Marie, his stenographer Ethel Cooke

Billy, his clerk Harry Benhsm

Rolfe's butler Nick Woods

Lieutenant of Police George Barnes

Policemen Billy Noels and Arthur Bauer

The whimsical play reminds us of Dickens. Like Scrooge, an
old miser is convertted by a dream — only, no such pleasant dream
as in "The Christmas Carol" — and where he has intended to work
evil, causes a great deal of happiness instead.

Rolfe was very wealthy — but old, and ugly as sin. He hadn't
spent his life developing the attractive, lovable qualities — but had
devoted himself, body and soul, to piHng up money, being too selfish
diid stingy ever to marry. Then, in his old age, he falls in love
with his stenographer. She is young, very pretty — and not a girl to
be tempted by mere money. More, she is in love with a handsome,
young clerk in Rolfe's office. Billy isn't earning much — and they
must wait. When the rich broker proposes, he is astonished to find
himself rejected — then, he catches on to the fact of his arrival — and
lalls asleep one evening in his chair, planning how he is going to rid
himself of the young clerk, and get the girl for himself.

In his dream he works this all out — and then things take an un-
expected turn, for the young man avenges himself on the broker.
He wakes in a cold sweat — and accepting the dream for a warn-
ing, hastens to raise the clerk's salary, and bring the young couple
together in quite a grandfatherly way. It is a very interesting play
— with that vein of gentle humor running through it, which espe-
cially distinguishes Mr. Lloyd F. Lonergan's dramas.

11

Army versus Navy. — An animated game at New York Polo
Grounds in which the Soldiers win.

Lord Kelvin Honored. — A statue in his memory is unveiled
at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.

Some Fancy Trap Shooting.— Wonderful Topperweins give
an interesting exhibition in Chicago.

Free Beef in Stratford. — Famous English town holds its
annual barbecue.

The Old Guard Review. — New York's famous organization
in its annual parade at City Hall.

Up the Mountain High. — Fairfax Manor Incline Railway
carries California society to a favorite resort.

French Wreck Costs 39 Lives. — Military train in collision,
with appalling loss.

Opening the Los Angeles Aqueduct. — Pacific Coast city now
supplied with water from mountain tops.

Chemical Factory Burns in Brooklyn.— New York City plant
totally destroyed by explosions and fire.

Battle Maneuvers in Oregon. — National Guard in field prac-
tice for possible early call to arms.

Interstate Athletic Meet. — Champions of Colorado and New
Mexico in contest at Rocky Ford, Colorado.

A Matter For a Higher Court

"I don't understand why Matilda has sued me, judge," pro-
tested the defendant in a recent breach of promise suit. "I only
did the asking, while she did the promising." — Judge's Library.

The Henpecked Hodcarrier

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Nov. 30, 1913

CAST

Tack, the hodcarrier Riley Chamberlain

Prue, his wife Carey Hastings

Jane, a neighbor Belle Chamberlain

Janitor Nick Woods

Paperhanger Billy Noel

This very amusing playlet is built around "moving day." The
hodcarrier is honest and hard working — his wife, however, spends
most of her time hunting astonishing bargains, and going to
"societies"— and stirring up things generally. At last, she has a
quarrel with the janitor — and goes househunting. That evening she
announces to her weary husband that she has decided to move into
a "perfectly lovely little flat" in another street — and that on the
morrow he is expected to pack and move the entire outfit.

The next morning he sets patiently to work, carrying out her
orders — ^while Mrs. Hodcarrier is gone all day at a bargain sale.
When he gets into the new quarters, he finds that the paperhangers
are on strike — there is nothing for him to do but paper the house
himself. By the time he has finished, it is dark — and his wife
appears with the disheartening announcement that he has moved
into the wrong Hat. More — they must get into the right place before
dawn. Anyone who pines for a good laugh should not miss Mr.
Lonergan's latest comedy.

One of the recent and most important uses to which mov-
ing pictures have been put, is that of teaching anatomy and
physiology in medical colleges.

"Soul of the South"

Ka^i-Bee

12

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Annual Bazaar and Floral Fete

On Saturday Dec. 6th, the Little Mothers' Association of
New York, will hold its Annual Bazaar and Flower Fete at the
Waldorf-Astoria, Grand Ballroom, from 2 till 12 o'clock. Music
by the Landon Orchestra and Dancing in the evening.

Mrs. George Francis Kerr, at the head of the Entertainment
Committee, promises in addition, a first class programme. The
Mutual Film Corporation has very kindly promised, not only
some of its best photoplays, but the appearance of some of its
Stars to assist throughout the day, Mr. W. U. Hart of the
Mutual will personally direct the performance. The programme
includes Miss Helen Badgley; The Thanhouser-Kidlet, in reci-
tation and song; Mr. Will J. Hart, the young song writer and
cartoonist; Miss Monon Broderick and Mr. Carlos Sebastian,
the famous dancers and Miss Runa Hodges of the Reliance Co.
will also appear.

Among the pictures selected by the Mutual is Longfellow's
Children's Hour, a beautiful Thanhouser production, in which
the Kidlet Stars, also the Keystone Comedy, "Our Children"
and the Thanhouser's 4-Part Masterpiece, Robin Hood.

"Say, mister, where do you live?" inquired the small brother
of the lady upon whom Mr. Blank had called' to pay his weekly
attentions.

"At 456 Grand Avenue," replied the young man. "Why do
you ask?"

"Oh, well," said the young hopeful, "big sister is wrong
then, 'cause she had pa look you up in Bradstreet." — Everybody's.

Ingenuity

The man glared at the telephone.

He would fain relieve his mind, but there were ladies present.
"Why," he at length exclaimed ingeniously, "should I say
'hello' when the reverse is true?" — Lippiiicotfs.

AmerlsaM

Fate's Round-Up

Dec. 20, 1913
CAST

John Wright, the ranchman Ed Coxen

Cynthia Wright, his wife Winifred Greenwood

Handsome Hal, a gambler George Field

Mary Child Marion Murray

Chinese Servant William J. Tedmarsh

Maid Ida Lewis

Cowboys, etc.

Handsome Hal, anxious to rid himself of his wife and child,
goes west on pretence of staking a paying claim. There he
poses as a rich land buyer, winning the confidence of Mr. and
Mrs. Wright. He misuses Wright's hospitality to try to tempt
his rather discontented wife from the ranch — but Wright is
injured in a round-up, and she stays to nurse him. Hal returns
east, finds his wife and child destitute — and his better self as-
serts itself. Wright, meanwhile, has suffered a great deal, men-
tally, from a letter to Hal in his wife's handwriting— but a writ-
ten confession from Hal exonerates her, and restores happiness.

"Devotion"

"I cannot marry a man I do not love, even to save the plantation."

Domino

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"The Woman'

'Marry me, and forget the past."

Broncho

Her Legacy

Dec. 9th, 1913

Those who have lived in a farming country and are familiar
with the penuriousness which often developes from the never-
ending labor of wresting one's living from the soil will appreci-
ate the realism of this play.

A wealthy but miserly farmer makes a drudge of his daugh-
ter in his greed for every penny. A country lawyer of much
the same stamp — knowing what the old man is worth — tries to
marry the daughter, who is in love with the "hired man."

The avaricious farmer has the lawyer draw up his will, and
then hides it, with quite a sum of money, in a hollow tree on
a small wood-lot. Then he is run over and killed. His daugh-
ter finds no will, and admits it to the lawyer — who grasps the
opportunity — forges another will, by which he inherits all but
the wood-lot. The daughter marries the "hired man" and goes
to live on the wood-lot. The lawyer thinks he sees a ghost, one
night — falls over a cliff and is killed. Mary dreams her father
hid another will in a hollow tree — and finds it. Good plot — -
very graphically told on the screen.

Uncle's Namesakes

Dec. 12, 1913
CAST

Jack, a needy young husband Mr. Thompson

May, his wife Lila Chester

The Twins Thanhouser Twins

Uncle John Henry Mr. Bracy

The story comes out bettar than a good many crusty uncles

and millionaire relatives would like to see it come out — but it
is not improbable, at that.

The young suburbanite is just managing to grub along, but
has expectations from a wealthy elder brother in England — who
says that if the American's first child is a boy, he will send
$5,000.00 and make the child his heir.

The first child happens to be twin girls — but that doesn't
bother the resourceful father, who cables that he has named
one boy John and the other Henry, after the rich brother. In
time, of course, the Englishman hears of the fraud — comes to
America — finds the girls dressed as boys, as he had expected —
and teaches them all sorts of boyish games and pranks — base-
ball, boxing, rough-house, etc. But he is so won over by their per-
sonal charm that he forgives the deception and is glad they were
girls after all. The play is thoroughly human all through.

Just What Did She Mean

Miss Naberly — How long were you in attendance on Mrs.
Smith before she died?

Young M. D. — Fourteen months!

Miss Naberly — Dear me! The old lady must have had won-
derful vitality ! — Pitch.

Distant Prospect.

"You have a very fine view from here, my friend," said the
tourist.

"Aye," replied the guide, "we can sometimes see a long way."
"Ah, I suppose you can see America when it's clear?"
"Further than that," replied the guide, without a smile.
"What?"

"Yes, if you will just wait a while you'll see the moon." — Sketch.

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American
Vivian Rich

TliaMhoMser

A Beauty Parlor Graduate

Dec. 9, 1913.

CAST

Jack, a rising young lawyer Mr. Benham

May, his wife, careless in dress.. Miss Anderson

Uncle Bill Mr. Barnes

This bright little play is a striking example of good intentions
misdirected — and also an excellent suggestions to young married
men as to methods of improving their wives which they might
better avoid.

May is a lovely unsophisticated country-girl who cannot seem
to adapt herself to city ways or the constant dress-parade. Jack
is stung by the remarks of their acquaintances and the feeling that
her appearance is hurting him professionally. He shows her fashion-
plates — tells her to present a better appearance. She loves him
sufficiently to wish to please him — goes through a course of sprouts
in a beauty parlor — orders new clothes which she doesn't know
how to wear — and springs the result on him when he brings home
Uncle Bill, who has been very much pleased with her former
naturalness and intends to make them his heirs. The efifect upon
him is disastrous, of course — and takes a lot of explaining which
doesn't quite explain. ei, ^ e^s

Personal Magnetism

Dec. 18, 1913.
CAST

Simon Fletcher, a young artist Sydney Ayres

Sylvia Carmen, a chorus girl Vivian Rich

Hiram Crabapple, hired man Julius Frankenberg

Hank Medders, who takes in boarders Harry von Meter

Mrs^r Jt'Peddersl. his wife Louise Lester

Uncle Bill Jack Richardson

Doctor Pills Jacques Jaccard

Sylvia and Simon are summer boarders at Hank Medders' farm,
and become interested in each other. Hiram, the hired man falls
desperately in love with her. He enrolls in a correspondence
school of Personal Magnetism. Two letters arrive at the farm —
addressed to Simon and Hiram. Mrs. Medders inquisitively steams
them open and mixes them after her curiosity is satisfied. Hiram

loses the envelope addressed to himself but containing news that
the artist has inherited a fortune. Sylvia's attitude immediately
changes toward the supposed lucky farm-hand. He thinks the
change due to his "personal magnetism." He takes Sylvia for a
buggy ride and consults his instructions as to how to work the
magnetism.

Sylvia eventually gets hold of his book— finds that Simon is
really the lucky heir — ^and with his assistance plays several jokes
on the hired man — who finally goes out to the barn and gets him-,
self kicked by Hiram Crabapple's mile.

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Prlrasess

His Imaginary Family

Dec. 12, 1913
CAST

The Nephew Boyd Marshall

The Uncle Arthur Bauer

The adopted Wife Muriel Ostriche

The adopted Child Marie Eline

The nephew had a rich and generous uncle who was a great
admirer of family life. Once, when he needed money badly,
he had written his uncle that he was about to be married — and
the check came. A little later, it was, "I am the father of a
bouncing boy" — and a still bigger check arrived by return mail.
Ever since, there had come almost monthly remembrances to
"my grand nephew and namesake" — and now uncle was coming
himself to see his dear nephew's family!

Boyd had to get busy mighty quick. He got a very charming
little actress to come and impersonate the wife — and a clever
newsboy to wear corduroy breeches, and sleep in a wonderful
toom full of games and toys, and revel in all sorts of good
things to eat — in short, to impersonate "the kid." Uncle was
perfectly delighted — and after such a happy experiment, one
can only believe that Boyd hastened to make his "imaginary
family" an actuality.

Ttianhouser

The Thanhouser Twins and Mr. Thompson
in "Uncle's Name sakes"

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Rellans©

Four $100 Bills

Dec. 10, 1913.

CAST

Ralph Hunter ' Paul Scardon

Helen Hunter, his wife '. Estelle Kibby

Hitch Hanmer, the sherii? Edward Cecil

Ralph Hunter goes west, with four $100 bills in his wallet, to
prospect for gold. In a town on the edge of the gold fields, he
meets Sheriff Hanmer, and the two become fast friends. Hunter
also meets the sheriff's daughter, Helen, and between them it is a
case of love at first sight. Dick Jones, on his way to a railroad
camp, appeals to Hunter for a night's lodging — and the latter
shares his bed with him at the rough mining hotel. Incidentally,
he shows him the four $100 bills.

A burglary is committed in the hotel — and the proprietor loses
$400 — in four bills, identical with Hunter's. Hunter's wallet is
found, and the crowd is intent on lynching him — but the sherif¥
contends that he must have a fair trial. Hunter pleads that Dick,
who has gone on to the railroad camp, can prove his innocence —
and Helen rides to the camp and brings Dick back just in
time to save her lover from hanging. Hunter goes to the gold
fields where he strikes it rich — ^and returns to marry the sheriff's
daughter.

Again motion pictures have been used to brighten the drab
life of the inmates of an asylum for the insane, this time at
State hospital at Morristown, N. J., when a big audience was
crowded into the large amusement hall to enjoy a show of
seven reels of pictures.

tnncess

Boyd Marshall, Arthur Bauer, Muriel Ostriche and'
' Marie Eline in "His Imaginary Family"

Thanhouser

Marguerite Snow

Two Girls of the Hills

Dec. 8, 1913.

CAST

Daniel Blue, a distiller George De Carlton

Eve, his younger daughter Anna Laughlin

Edith, his elder daughter Vola Smith

Gaylord, an adventurer Thomas Mills

Daniel Blue, a distiller in the hills of the south, has two daught-
ers. Edith, the elder, is a contented, dependable girl — 'but Eve,
the younger, is romantic and restless. When Gaylord, a young
adventurer, comes to their remote home. Eve's imagination is
quickly captured — and lured by promises of marriage and life in
the city, she consents to elope with him. His real purpose, how-
ever, is to arrest her father, on the charge of illegal disltilling,
and thus win the large reward offered. Edith discovers his plans,
and half thwarts them — but the arrest is affetced, and Eve goes
away with her lover. A year later, Blue is pardoned — and Eve,
deserted by her husband, comes home to beg forgiveness — and to die.

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Devotion

By William H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince.
Dec. 11, 1913.

Col. Brush is a loyal Southerner His daughter Edith falls
in love with Walter Boyd, a Northern physician— and, in a heated
argument, the colonel strikes Boyd across the face with his whip.
The colonel goes to the front to join his regiment— first hiding
his wealth in an old well, and giving Simon Boldt bonds to cover
the mortgage which he holds on the colonel's home. During a
retreat, the colonel is cut off from his men, and exchanges clothes
with a dead Northern private, hoping to escape. He is w( .'rded,
however, by an exploding shell— which leaves him an imbecile.
An old servant finds him in a Southern prison, and takes him
home to Edith. Simon Boldt has foreclosed— and she is living
in Mammy's cabin in the negro quarters. The Northerners take
the town— and Dr. Boyd, their chief surgeon, finds Edith and
operates upon her father. He restores the colonel's reason^wins
his forgiveness and friendship— and his consent to his marriage
with Edith.

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A incrican

Winifred Greenwood in "Where the Road Forks"

The Soul of the South

By William H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince
Dec. 12, 1913

When Betty Adair was ten years old, JefiE Davis came to the
house — and with the true instinct of Southern hospitality, the little
girl brought him a glass of cold water from the well. In return,
he wrote his name in her autograph album — little dreaming how
his signature was to be used by the clever and daring young woman
of a few years later.

Betty becomes betrothed to a young Southerner in the army.
News reaches her that he has been sentenced to death on a false
charge. She forges Davis's name from the old autograph album —
and disguising herself in a confederate uniform, rides to camp
with a pardon, signed with the name of the president of the Con-
federacy. Davis himself is in camp, and she is taken before him.
He remembers his hospitable little friend — informs the officer that
the pardon is genuine — restores the lovers to happiness, and young
Cazenore to his rank in the armv.

The Woman

Dec. 10, 1913

Mary Walton has a consumptive husband whom .she supports by
singing. She returns from one of her tours to find him much
worse — and the doctor orders him to Arizona. Her earnings pay
the expense of the trip — but in the desert, they are stranded. Hear-
ing that a new gold reservation is to be opened — Mary puts John
in the care of an Indian squaw, and dressing in some of his cloth-
ing, journeys with two men and a woman, whom she falls in with
on the trail, westward. In the "rush," Mary's horse falls. She is
taken, unconscious, to a hospital — where her sex is discovered.

After this, she goes back to singing. One night, in a rough con-
cert hall, she is insulted — and one of the men whom she overtook
on the trail, comes to her rescue. Later, he proposes marriage.
She has only one thought — that here is a way to provide Walton
with everything he needs — and she consents. She lives this double
life — until news comes of her husband's death, when having nothing
more to live for, she kills herself — leaving a letter of explanation
that is a plea for forgivness.

Lawyer, Dog and Baby

Dec. 14, 1913.

The prim, little lawyer, who hated children, was hurrying along
to the court one morning, when a woman rushed up to him — and
thrust a baby in his arms, crying.

"Hold him a minute, please, while I go catch Fido." Then
she disappeared — ^and the lawyer found himself standing in the
middle of the sidewalk clutching a twelve-pound infant. Well,

he tried to get rid of that baby — but not a soul would take him —
no, not even the orphan asylum ! He was laughed at on the
street — scorned and pitied at the court. At last — after he had
suffered all and more than he deserved — the mother came to claim
her child. She snatched him from the "miserable kidnapper" —
and rushed off — ^and this time she only left Fido behind her. A
dog, however, is more easily disposed of than a baby. And now,
every time the lawyer sees a woman with a baby on the horizon,
he jumps into a taxicab and gets away before she can come any-
where near him.

Majestk

The Rival Pitchers
Dec. 14, 1913.

CAST

Mike William Nigh

Heine .' Sid De Grey

Widow Murphy Carrie Clark Ward

Mike, the Catcher C. Conklin

Umpire J. Rand

Mike and Heine were pitchers on rival baseball nines — and
also rivals for the hand of the widow Murphy. The widow liked
fish— and respected the man who could bring her a fine day's catch.
Heine played a mean trick on the Irishman, the next time he went
fishing — and much discouraged, Mike returned to find his rival pre-
senting to the smiling widow a big basketful of fish. He dis-
covers and exposes Heine's perfidy, however — ^and the Dutchman,
in disgrace, awaits the day of the great baseball game.

At the game he acquits himself brilliantly — and every time his
rival comes to bat, he gives him a good whack. As Heine wears
a football headpiece, retaliation is impossible. Throwing the game
to the winds — Mike finishes his rival in a free fight — and leaves
the grounds wth the widow on his arm.

AmenLiiii

Winifred Greenwood and Ed Coxen in "Where the Road Forks"

A merican

Julius Frankenberg and Vivian Rich in "Personal Magnetism"

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Keystond

"Billy" in "The Horsethief"

(Continued from page p)

partly hidden by the luxuriant vegetation which had grown
around the dump of an abandoned mine.

Approaching cautiously, with the expectation of finding a
few "mozos" of the section gang either in the car or its imme-
diate vicinity, he listened for several moments — but hearing
no evidence of occupancy, swung upon the platform and quietly
entered the car.

Inside, everything was in confusion. Old hats — sandals — ■
railroad tools — and bits of refuse food lay scattered upon the
seats and in the aisle. And the dust was everywhere so thick
that the slightest touch filled the air with clouds of it. Reason-
ing from this that he was likely to be undisturbed unless some-
one happened along unexpectedly, he stood in the aisle and
attempted to locate what had been formerly "Section 9." As
he recollected his own section the numbers had run backward
from what was, on that trip, the forward end of the car — at
any rate, he was positive that Number 1 was next to the smok-
ing compartment and toilet room. So, counting back, the fifth
section should have been Number 9. In it, the cane cushions
had been laid down on their thwart-brace, as when arranged for
sleeping, and a few gunny bags lay against the ventilators,
under the windows. Removing these, he pried open the blind
with a railroad spike and reached his arm into the opening.

There was a rustling and scurrying between the walls of the
car which indicated the presence of certain lively tenants, but
as he was not bitten, he continued his groping until his fingers
touched something which felt like a package. It had lodged,
however, just beyond his grasp — and though almost suffo-
cated with dust it took an hour's fishing for it with such imple-
ments as he could find before he finally dragged it out.

When it was actually in his hand, he lost no time in get-
ting out of the car and back to the little station — a hasty glance,
after wiping it partially clean with green leaves, having shown
him that it was undoubtedly the package he had seen in the
stranger's hands, nearly a year before.

Three evenings later, when with Dolores in the patio of
the Redmond hacienda, he told her that he had obtained almost

positive information concerning her father. And when her
eyes grew big with wonder and apprehension, he gave her the
particulars of his night ride to Los Angeles on the "Coloma."

"I knew when I first saw you, Dolores, that you were
strikingly like some other person I'd met, somewhere — but I
never could place that other person until your uncle began
telling me about the Zacalpa Railway Company. Then it came
across me that the stranger's eyes, and mouth and chin were
yours all over again. He had something on his mind, that
night, and he seemed to me as if he were ready to pull a gun at
a second's notice if it should be nesessary. I didn't see him put this
package in behind that ventilator, and there was really nothing to
make me think that he did, or that the package had any great value.
I and several other men opened those little blinds to see what was
behind them. But when I heard that he had been arrested by
those sheriffs, the idea stuck in my mind. Good Lord! . . .
Just think of the joke on all those railroad grafters, and the
mozos of the section gangs! Here was a fortune lying within
a few inches of them all these months — and they never found it!
Then — the first identification of the body as that of your uncle.
Shave off his beard, and he'd be the living image of the man
who was killed when he jumped from that trestle. Well — to
make a long story short — here's your package. And you will
find in it just a hundred one-thousand-pound Bank of England
notes."

"But — but Jimmy — why do you give it to mcF That money
isn't mine." (She had been following his story with a troubled
expression upon her face — testing it, point by point, with things
she knew about her father.)

"Humph! . . . Whose is it, then? I saw the package in
your father's possession — presumably, it belonged to him. He
wasn't any defaulter, you know — I'll stake my knowledge of
human nature on that. He, being dead and buried, you are
his only immediate heir. Reckon you might as well take it, lit-
tle girl."

'1 Imiihoiiser

Sidney Bracy in "Uncle's Namesakes"

Harry Benham and Mignon Anderson in "A Beauty Parlor Graduate"

Thanhouser

"No. I knew a good deal of papa's affairs and I've gone
over his books very carefully during this dispute with the Gov-
ernment. Every cent he had — either here or in Mexico — is
accounted for. I don't think it would have been possible for
him to have had a hundred thousand pounds without my know-
ing it."

"Then — it seems the probabilities are that it must have been
a revolutionary fund put up by that Junta he was mixed up
with, and that he was commissioned to do something with it
in the States — or, possibly, hurried out of Guatemala with it
for fear the money would be found and confiscated?"

"Well — that might be possible. In that case, the money
is 'contraband of war' and legally belongs to the Government
if found. But suppose you tried to get it back to the men who
put it up? As far as I know, they're all dead — executed —
which brings us down to their heirs. You wouldn't want to
give up any of it without certain proof that they were really
entitled to it. Any number of people would risk the name of
revolutionist on the quiet and put in a claim for such an
amount of money if they thought they could get it."

"Oh, I'm not going to hunt around for. the possible heirs
of a revolutionary Junta — that's too much of a gamble. And I
certainly won't hand it over to any Banana Government, as
presumable contraband. This money I saw in your father's
possession and that's all I care to know about it. It's yours,
and if you won't take it I'll deposit it in some good bank in
the States to your order."

"You don't seem to care very much about money, yourself.
What's the matter with you, anyway?"

"Oh, I suppose I want something else a good deal more
than money. I can make enough of that to live on, and make
it honestly, thank the Lord." (She gave him a quick, startled
glance — and the color flamed into her cheeks. Yet she was,

nevertheless, thorojighly mistress of the situation. A word
from him would settle her hopes or fears, and the time seemed
about ripe for it.)

"What is it you want more than money, Jimmy?"

"You. Didn't you know that?"

"Not positively — but I wanted to. Well — I suppose you can
have me if you really think you want to. There isn't any one
else to consult about the matter but ourselves. And you must
keep that money, dear — I'm a pretty rich girl, already, you know.
Oh, bother the money ! . . . Kiss me, Jimmy."

A Friend in Need

The late Joe Jefferson told this story of his childhood days:
"When my parents were traveling in the West we had a
hard time to get along, meeting with' bad luck in town after
town. Finally we came to a little village in Illinois and pre-
pared to give the play. However, the people of this town had
recently turned against the theatre, and the license was far
beyond what we could pay. We Were almost in despair, for
our situation was desperate, not enough money to give our
play ih the town where we were and not enough to get to the
next town.

"Finally my father found a young lawyer who listened to
his story with sympathy and promised to help us. He suc-
ceeded in getting us a permit to play free of cost. We made
good money that night, which carried us on to the next town
in comfort.

"I recently played in this same town, which is now the good
sized city of Springfield, and I visited the cemetery where that
young lawyer now lies. On the stone which marks his grave
is carved the name 'Abraham Lincoln.' " — Ladies' Home Journal.

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Concluded She Loved Him

"O, mamma! It has really happened and— he — young Simp-
kins, you know — he really — O, mamma!"

"Dear child! I thought he stayed dreadfully long last night.
He really proposed?"

"He sure did, and I — -well, of course, I told him I would
give him my answer later, and he's coming again to-night.
What shall I say?"

"It all depends, dear, on whether you really love him or not,
and — I had your father look up his father in Bradstreet's yes-
terday and he's Al there. Your father thinks he is worth a
good million at least, and Edward is the only child. Of course,
if you love him and — "

"He isn't very handsome or — "

"My dear child, looks are not everything. Far from it!
You know he has two autos, and one of them a limousine that
never cost a penny less than six thousand.

"So he has! And papa will never be likely to get me an
auto."

"I doubt it. But, of course, you musn't think of marrying
him unless you love him, and — he would probably take you to
Europe on your wedding trip, and he belongs to two of the
most exclusive clubs and his family has the entree to the best
society, and your papa says that he has an allowance of a thou-
sand a month; and of course, being the only child, he is sure
to come in for a large fortune in time, and — but do you feel
that you really love him?"

"Yes, mamma. I think I do."

"Dear child! Then accept him when he comes this evening.
Mamma is so glad that her one little girl can give her heart
with her hand when she marries. It is so dreadful to marry
without love, you know." — Puck.

"How It Worked" Komic

"The Wild Indian" Komic

An Interrogation Point

A Philadelphia reporter was questioning Treasurer Fahne-
stock over-zealously about the mooted billion-dollar blanket
mortgage of the Pennsylvania railroad.

"Some of your questions," Mr. Fahnestock said, with a
smile, "remind me in their zeal of the new flagman."

"A new flagman, the first week of his job, was much exer-
cised on account of the delay of the Green Bullet, the mile-a-
minute flyer.

"Finally, forty minutes late, the Green Bullet came tearing
along at eighty miles an hour.

"The flagman rushed out with a red flag. The Green Bullet
stopped with a grinding of brakes and a tearing up of ties and
roadbed. The conductor leaped down excitedly and the new
flagman said:

" 'Yer late. What kept ye?'"

New World Democracy

The story that the kaiser loves most to tell his intimates,
declares Mr. William Armstrong in the Woman's Magazine, con-
cerns the visit of his brother, Prince Henry of Prussia, to America.

The incident happened just as the prince was landing at
New York. Beside him on deck stood Admiral von Tirpitz.
On the dock was a dense crowd. From its midst a stentorian
voice called, "Henry! Henry!"

The priace did not understand that the hail was meant for
him until the admiral, smiling broadly, said: "Your royal high-
ness, I think some one wants to speak to you."

Then Prince Henry looked over toward the human mega-
phone, who still continued to bawl out his name. Seeing that
he had caught the royal gaze, the owner of the voice shouted:
"How's Bill?" — Youth's Companion.

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Princess

Muriel Ostriche, Marie Eline, Arthur Bauer and Boyd Marshall
in "His Imaginary Family"

Mexico's Ideal

A great deal of very bad advice has been and is being given the
Administration, much of which is based on the notion that the
Mexicans are like us, only more sunburnt. One difference must be
insisted upon ; grant that the Mexicans are proud, courteous, loyal,
dignified, and all the rest of it, yet the fact remains that our
political notions center about the idea of law, while theirs center
about the idea, of force. Our popular leader is the great law-
giver; theirs is the successful soldier. And they have a most grim
and trenchant proverb, to the effect that the true soldier "must be
without fear and without pity." In the acceptance ot that Satanic
ideal lies the key to much of Mexico's misery — the fiendish be-
trayals, vengeances, and all the rest of the devilish chaos with
which that unhappy land is now tormented. — Collier's.

She Wanted to Know.

Among the interested visitors of the marine barracks at Wash-
ington on one occasion there was a party of young girls from a
Maryland town, friends of one of the officers of the barracks. They
proved very much interested in everything pertaining to the life
and discipline of the post.

"What do you mean by 'taps?''' asked one young woman.

"Taps are played every night on the bugle," answered the officer.
"It means 'lights out.' They play it over the bodies of dead
soldiers."

A puzzled look came to the face of the questioner. Then she
asked :

"What do you do if you haven't a dead soldier ?"—ffar/'^r'^
Weekly.

No Complaint to Make.

It was at the vaudeville. The girl with the excruciating voice
had just finished her song.

"Just think," groaned Brown to the stranger beside him. "We
paid real money to hear that!"

"I didn't," was the placid response. "Came m on a 'comp.' "

"But you had to spend car fare to get here, did you not?'' asked
Brown.

"Nope," replied the uncomplaining one. 'T live in walking
distance."

"But," persisted Brown desperatelj-, "at least you hoped to be
entertained, not punished."

"No. I didn't care," grinned the stranger. 'T came , to get
away from home. My wife is cleaning house." — Judge.

A motion picture theater on wheels has been equipped by a
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firemen.

Echoes From Examination Day.

The following are some answers found on the examination papers
of pupils in a country school :

"The people who lived on the earth before it was inhabited
were a very low order of savages."

"Samuel Johnson was a well known English writer. He wrote
several heavy books.''

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"Soul of the South" (2) DEC.

"Devotion" (2) DEC.

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"L'Article 47" (2) NOV.

"The TraU of the Lost Chord" (2) NOV.

"For Love of a Man" (2) NOV.

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"Widow Maloney's Faith" (2) OCT.

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"The Oath of O Tsuru San" (2) OCT.

"In The Days of Trajan" (2) OCT.

'Hearts" (2) OCT.

"The Heart of Kathleen" - OCT.

"The Black Sheep" OCT.

"Romance of Erin" (2) OCT.

'The Reaping" (2) OCT.

The Van Warden Rubies" (2) OCT.

"The Plot Against the Governor" (2) OCT.

"God of Chance" (2) OCT.

'A Forgotten Melody" (2) OCT.

"A Pitfall of the Installment Plan" (2) OCT.

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"Exoneration" (2) OCT.

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'Silent Heroes" (2) SEPt!

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25 — In the Mountains of Virginia
27 — In tli<. Days of Trajan (2 reels)
30— In Three Hours
1 — Follies of a Day and Night

3 — The Girl and the Geaser
6— What Her Diary Told

8 — The Haunted House

10 — Martha's Decision

13 — An Assisted Proposal

15 — The Drummer's Honeymoon

17 — The Trail of the Lost Chord

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A Modern Steel Plant (Split Reel)
22— Calamity Anne's Dream
24— The Occult

27— The Spartan Girl of the West
29 — At Midnight
1 — American Born (2 reels)

4 — No release

6 — A Divorce Scandal

8 — Trapped in a Forest Fire

11 — His First Case

13 — Armed Intervention

9 — Freddy Loosebelt From Africa
16 — Fred's Waterloo
23 — The Mexican Sleep Producer
30 — Her Husband and My Wife
7 — Fred Goes In For Horses
14 — The Portola Festival

Los Angeles Police Parade

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Sent. 19 — The Cowtown Reformation

Sept. 26 — A Forlorn Hope

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Oct. 10— The Bully

10— The Judge's Son

14 — No release

17— The Land of Dead Things (2 reels)

21 — No release

24 — Silent Heroes (2 reels)

2& — No release
1 — The Greenhorn (2 reels)
8 — A Forgotten Melody (2 reels)

15— The Reaping (2 reels)

22 — The Black Sheep (2 reels)

29 — From Out of the Storm (2 reels)

5 — The Veteran (2 reels)
12i — The Impostor (2 reels)
19 — The War Correspondent (2 reels)
26 — The Reformation

3 — The Buried Past (2 reels)
10— The Woman (2 reels)

30 — Widow Maloney's Faith (2 reels)

6 — The Judgment (2 reels)
13— The Ghost (2 reels)
20— Witch of Salem (2 reels")
27— The Belle of Yorktown (3 reels)

4 — The Filly (2 reels)
11 — Devotion (2 reels)

Oct. 17 — Venetian Romance

Oct. 24 — A Woman's Wit

Oct. 31— Borrowed Gold

Nov. 7 — An Indian's Honor.

Nov. U — For Mother's Sake

Nov. 14 — Efficacy of Prayer

Nov. 18 — The Claim Jumper

Nov. 21 — Days of '49

Dec. a — The Revelation

Dec. 5 — The Long Portage

Dec. 9 — Her Legacy

Dec. 12 — Soul of the South (2 reels)

5i©ne

Sept. 1

-Fatty's Day Off

Los Angeles Harbor — (Split Reel)
4 — The New Baby

8 — Mabel's Dramatic Career
11 — G3rpsy Queen

15— What Father Saw
Willie Minds the Dog

18— The Fatal Taxicab

22 — When Dreams Come True
25 — Mother's Boys

29 — The Bowling Match

2— Billy Dodge's Bills

6 — Across the Alley ) _ i-.. i
Abelone Industry j ^P"*

9 — Schnita, The Tailor
14 — Their Husbands

16 — A Healthy Neighborhood
20— Two Old Tars

23 — A Quiet Little Wedding
27— The Janitor

Making an Automobile Tire

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30— The Speed King

3 — Fatty at San Diego

6 — Love Sickness at Sea

10— Small Town Act . Milk We Drink

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13— Wine

17— Our Children

20 — A Muddy Romance

24 — Fatty Joins the Force
27 — Cohen Saves the Flag

1 — The Woman Hater

4 — The Rogues' Gallery

The San Francisco Celebration
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8 — A Ride for a Bride

11— The Horse Thief

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Nov. 20 — Making Himself a Hero

Murphy's New High Hat (Split Reel)
Nov. 27 — A Method in His Illness

The Man With a Razor (Split Reel)
Dec. 4— How He Won

The Actor Book Agent

(Split Reel)

Dec. 11— How It Worked

The Wild Indian (Split Reel)

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7— The Heart of a Fool
9 — The Frame Up

13— For His Loved One

14 — The Winning Loser
16 — Playmates

20 — His Last Deal

21 — A Shoemaker and His Doll
23— The BaseBall Umpire

The Aesthetic Match

27 — A Slight Misunderstanding

28 — The Love of Conchita
30— When the Debt Was Paid

4 — The Man of the Wilderness

5 — A Mix-up in Pedigrees

7— The Heritage

11 — The Iceman's Revenge

12 — No Release

14 — The Van Warden Jewels (2 reels)

18— No Release

19 — Trough the Sluice Gates
21 — Always Together

25 — Vengeance

26— The Scenario Writer

28— The Oath of O Tsuru San (2 reels)

1 — No release

2 — The Marriage of Niatana

4 — The WarJ of the Senior Claw

8 — Levinsky's Holiday

9— The Bravest Man
11— The Rivals

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15— The Pitch That Defiles

16 — The Tomboy's Race

18 — L'Article 47 (2 reels)

22 — No release

23 — The House on the Tree
25— A Warm Welcome

29 — An Accidental Clue

30 — Hendrick's Divorce

2 — The Padre's Sacrifice

6 — The Helping Hand

7 — Rick's Reaemption

9 — Romance and Duty (2 reels)

13 — No Release

14— The Rival Pitchers

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Nov. 26 — No. 48
Dec. 3— No. 49
Dec. 10— No. 50

Princess

21 — A Shotgun Cupid
28 — Her Right to Happiness
5 — The Little Church Around

the Corner
12 — His Imaginary Family

29 — Hearts of the Dark
1 — Makers and Spenders
4 — Targets of Fate (2 reels)
6— The Buffer
8 — Once Upon a Time

11— The Rebellious Pupil

14— Poor Old Mother

15— The Flirt

18 — A Knight Errant
20— O, What a Night!

Two Men and a Mule (Series 1)

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25 — Hearts (2 reels)
27— The Real Mother

29 — Two Men and a Mule (Series 2)
1— The Colonel's Oath
3 — A Sure Cure

8 — Two Men and a Mule (Series 3)
10— The Power of the Sea

12 — The Bracelet

15 — For Love of a Man (2 reels)
17 — Two Men and a Mule (series 4)

19 — A Man and a Woman
22— Her Father's Daughter

26 — A Rough Diamond
29 — The Reporter's Scoop

1 — Tony's Sacrifice
3 — A Woman of Sin
6 — For Another's Crime (2 reels)
S^Two Girls of th- Hills
10— Four $100 Bills

13 — A Man's a Man

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Oct. 7 — Louie, the Life Saver

Oct. 10— A Girl Worth While

Oct. 12 — A Deep Sea Liar

Oct. 14— The Plot Against the Governor

(2 reels)

Oct. 17 — A Peaceful Victory

Oct. 19 — The Beauty in the Seashell

Oct. 21 — The Mystery of the Haunted Hotel

Oct. 24— The Old Folks at Home

Oct. 26 — The Silver Tongued Orator

Oct. 28 — How Filmy Won His Sweetheart

Oct. 31 — A Twentieth Century Farmer

Nov. 2— The Water Cure

Nov. 4 — The Junior Partner (2 reels)

Nov. 7— The Little Brother

Nov. 9 — Lo^-^Ving for Trouble

Nov. 11 — The Campaign Manageress

Nov. 14 — The Children's Hour

Nov. 16 — He Couldn't Lose

Nov. 18 — Baby's Joy Ride

Nov. 21 — A Clothes-line Quarrel

Nov. 23 — Their Great Big Beautiful Doll

Nov. 25— The Blight of Wealth (2 reels)

Nov. 28— Curfew Shall Not Ring To-night

Nov. 30 — The Henpecked Hod Carrier.

Dec. 2 — The Problem Love Solved

Dec. 5 — What Might Have Been

Dec. 7 — The Milkman's Revenge

Dec. 9— A Beauty Parlor Graduate

Dec. 12 — Uncle's Namesakes

Dec. 14 — Lawyer, Dog and Baby

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KEYSTONE The Gusher

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MAJESTIC The God of To-Morrow

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SELECTED RELEASE

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17th

BRONCHO The Open Door

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MUTUAL WEEKLY No. 51

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18th

AMERICAN Personal Magnetism

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DOMINO The Curse

(2 reel Drama)

KOMIC

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KEYSTONE Fatty's Flirtation

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19th

KAY-BEE The Pitfall

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PRINCESS The Law of Humanity

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THANHOUSER Jack and the Beanstalk

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20th

AMERICAN Fate's Round-Up

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MAJESTIC Man's Awakening

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RELIANCE Title Not Announced

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21st

MAJESTIC The Prisoner of the Mountains

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THANHOUSER No Release

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With FLORENCE ROBERTS
THANHOUSER.... MOTHS

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THANHOUSER ROBIN HOOD

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"Half Hour," which Miss Georg
played at the Lyceum, moved on td
CindnnaU^Mpnd^, ^et^/t* flbcned
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f FUNNY "l^UNNY" FILMS HURT.

Unfunny "funny" films are to get the
gate. Films that are' funny only be-
cause they are classified as comics are
to be sent back to their manufacturers
with a protest.

The greater part of 1,500 picture
managers in town are a vmit in declar-
ing that nine out of ten of ihe so-called
"comics" of the movie? are really
"chasers."

The exhibitors believe the fault is
with the manufacturers and are saying
so. Scarcely a day goes by that doesn't
Brifig its quota ot jeers from exhibitors
leveled at tne manufacturers* designed
film jokers.

One well-known movie manager, say-
ing he voiced the opinion of more than
500 exhibitor associate's, shot a note
into the Vitagraph last Tuesday beg-
ging that the alleged funny films be
suspended, as they are costing him pat-
ronage.

The same exhibitor declared every
company, save one, that he had done
business with during the selection of
films for three houses for four years
had lost the trick of making movie au-
diences laugh.

The heads of the film companies he
claimed weren't keeping close enough
to their scenario departments. Men
who hadn't a funny bone in their bodies
were passing on submitted comic sce-
narios. Women, never temperamental-
ly humorists, were judging submitted
laughmakers. Editors and directors,
refined a thousand miles beyond the
degree of the average movie fan, were
deciding what was amusing. The laugh
.bug had been emasculated.

The particular complainant begged
the Vitagraph, on behalf of himself
and his fellow managers, to go back to
the old Keystone style of semi-horse',
play. He cited the Keystone's uproar-
ious pool game film as an illustration
of the sort of stuff that made his audi-
ences rock in their chairs. He in-
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cent example of unfunny "funny" film.
He said he had handled the output of
all the syndicates during his four years*
movie management, and that to-day
none of the companies save the Key-
stone was living up to the old laugh
standards. He said further that unless
exhibitors could count on funny films
m funny film deliveries, the exhibitors
of .which he was a club member, would
pr0bably establish a funny film factory
of their own.

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Reel Life

DUTY

7l()h(^^^ to Very 5M©s]

+§^^l,r*^® ''Slipping into the square of light thrown by the big projecting machine

at the Majestic ^ Theatre yesterday, Miss Florence Roberts as Sapho in the motion picture
proauction ot this tamous play, added new laurels to her already top-heavy crown. "With the
sarne passionate abandon with which she made the role of 'Sapho' famous in the play that
tool? the country by storm a few years ago. Miss Roberts as the pictured Sapho left abso-
lutely nothing to wish for in yesterday's production. Only the voice was lacking, and that
was made up for, m the wealth of detail that the film allowed. In the play but four scenes
are given and all the earhest scenes of the book are of a necessity omitted on the stage. In
the- pictures yesterday all this was changed. As there is no limit to the number of scenes to a
mm arama, the motion picture production of 'Sapho' followed the book in every particular."

It's a great modern costume piece, laid in a foreign land, with big, sensational moments
and sttrrmg heart interest. In these elemients "ROMANCE AND DUTY" reminds you of our
successful L Article 47. ' Remember the release date of "ROMANCE AND DUTY"— Tuesday,
Dec. 9. The list of principals— Ernest Joy, Belle Bennett, Frederick Vroom, Demetrio Mitsoras
(the Greek Photoplayer) and Billy Brown— prove that

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PHILAPELFHIA
wrltest

9

"My theatre seats over 1600 people.
Sapho, with Florence Roberts, is the
most beautiful moving picture I have
ever seen. We were forced to call out
the police to keep the crowds in line.
They stretched solid for over a block —
and until we closed down at midnight,
I showed to standing room only."

SIAPHO (with Florence Roberts) the biggest puller yet for your theatre.

LISTEN! The Manager of the Bijou Dream, Philadelphia, writes:

"With Sapho (with Florence Roberts, in six reels) I broke my box office records for
the year. Crowds were lined up till nearly midnight, trying to get in."

If you miss booking SAPHO, you miss such chances as this to fill your theatre.

BOOK IT NOW— AND CROWD YOUR HOUSE.

Her Engagements

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A Summer-Boarder Comedy Sketch. One and Three-Sheet Lithographs.
Release, THURSDAY, December 18, 1913

A Western Drama of Thrills and Pathos. One and Three-Sheet Lithographs.
Release, SATURDAY, December 20, 1913

12, 1913. A T

MONDAY, December 22, 1913. A Two Part Society Drama

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Reel Life

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Princess

MURIEL OSTRICHE, MARIE ELINE
ARTHUR BAUER AND BOYD MARSHALL
IN "HIS IMAGINARY FAMILY" .

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PRODUCED IN A PERFECT STUDIO AT NEW ROCHELLE,
N. Y., THE HOME OF PERFECT PICTURES

Release of FRIDAY, December 12th, 1913

I

FEATURING

MARIE ELiME

(The most Famous of Child Actresses)

IVCCmiEL OSTRICME

(The Youngest of Leading Women)

(The Handsomest of Leading Men)

AND A

STRONG SUPPORTING CAST

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OLLOWINGS

V/

ALL LOS ANGELES TURNED OUT FOR THE

AND THE

OS AM:^\m Police Parade

"APOLLO" filmed the events and the crowds.
Release date, SUNDAY, December 14.

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Keystone
lies

December 8

RIDE FOR A BRIDE

December 11
THE HORSE THIEF

December 15
THE GUSHER

December 18

FATTY'S FLIRTATION
—PROTECTING SAN
FRANCISCO FROM
FIRE

December 20

HIS SISTER'S KIDS

December 22
A BAD GAME

December 25
SOME NERVE

Dec. 10 THE FRAME UP

Dec. 17 THE OPEN DOOR

Dec. 24 HER FATHER'S STORY (2 Reels)

Dec. 31 THE WOMAN (2 Reels)

Jan. 7 A MILITARY JUDAS

Jan. 14 CONSCIENCE

THE FRAME

Kay- Bee
Features

December 9
HER LEGACY

December 12

SOUL OF THE SOUTH

December 19
THE PITFALL (2 reels)

December 26

HARVEST OF SIN

(2 reels)

December 30
NO RELEASE

January 2
PRINCE

January 9

A KENTUCKY

ROMANCE

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Domino Winners

Dec. 11 DEVOTION (2 Reels)

Dec. 18 THE CURSE

Dec. 25 EILEEN OF ERIN

Jan. 1 TRUE IRISH HEARTS (3 Reels)

Jan. 8 HARP OF TARA (2 Reels)

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We will deliver copies to you on the tenth of each month, at 10 cents each;
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Send us $2.00 for twenty copies of the December issue and try it out this
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Leel Life

'iMK, imz

THE THANHOUSER THREE -A -WEEK

Released Sunday Dec. 7 "The Milkman's Revenge" Released Friday. Dec. 1 2

Cranky Mrs. Grump, who lives on a milk diet, dlscharepi
maid because the latter is smitten with a milkman — the same who
"serves" the "route" that includes Mrs. Grump's residence Tho
milkman doctors Mrs. Grump's milk, with amusine exhi1aratil,„
and amazins results. "^^""aratrng

Released Tues. . Dec. 9 "A Beauty Parlor Graduate"

Hubby was peeved at Wlfey be-
cause she didn't dressj walk, talk
and look like the fashionable ma-
trons of the day. So Wifey be-
came "fashionable" via the beauty
parlor and swell dressmaker route.
Did she please Hubby then? Nay,
nay. See the film.

THANHOUSER (

"BIG"
PRODUCTIONS

NEW ROCHELLE
NEW YORK

Thanhouser Stars!

Thanhouser Features!

Thanhouser Quality! ^

12.
-s do
;Hind-
e- -had
Salem

;

•d as
atre.
: run
) the

"Uncle's Namesakes"

To win ten thousand dollars, the American brother wired the
wealtliy Enelish brother that his newly-born sirl twins were
l)oys! You see. the bachelor brother in Britain wanted his rela-
tive's "first chUd" to bear his (Uncle's) name. Then Uncle visits
America and learus of the deception.

PRODUCTIONS "BREAK IN"
THEATRE UNDER A

CONTRACT THAT
PROTECTS?

As the clipping shows, "THAN-
HOUSER -BIG' PRODUCTIONS"
are breaking into the biggest and best
theatres without regard to the regular
service furnished, be it Mutual Gen-
eral or Universal. They headline any
kind of show. Let us tell you how
to get "THANHOUSER 'BIG' PRO-
DUCTIONS" for exclusive first-run
use in your locality for a full year
liy iron-clad contract. Just think
of getting fouT-part productions like
"MOTHS." "ROBIN HOOD." "LE-
GEND OF PROVENCE" and "FROU
FROU" that way! One a month on
the first of the month.

Let's Send You Particular},
Anyway !

Thanhouser Stars!

Thanhouser Features!

Thanhouser Quality!

CANT, OUR "BIG"
O.M YOUR^

IS

BREAKING IN ON Q. F.
Springfield, M»ss„ Nov, 12.
What has been considered a strong-
hold "for the General Film Co. since
its inception, the Bijou, has given the
Mutual a foothold' here by running
several o£ its features in connection
with the regular G. F,' service. .

With a big increase in business, sev-
eral G. F. multiples were put on foi
the last part of the week, a'fter which
"Robin Hood" (Thanhouser) was
shown, with an entire Mutual show to
fill out, to big returns. This week 3
mixed bill is announced.

PICTl'RES AT W.ULDMAN Ii.

Newark, Nov. 12.
^itre, formerly playinj
Monday zs the

ax:

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The
Mutual Film
Corporation

announce as a special re-
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play of the above title.
Miss Fealy, starred in
this film — is known from
coast to coast as a legiti-
mate theatrical star, and
has positively never been!
seen to better advantage]
than in this motion pic-
ture of "MOTHS."

MUTUAL SPECIAL

"MO

TH

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Scenario By LLOYD F. LONERGAN

William Russell

Harry Benham

Gerda Holmes
Lila Chester

Mrs. Lawrence Marston

"Moths" has been described as the most extraordinary description of a woman that has
been penned. You must not miss this Marvel-Play and its wonderful star. There are
wonderful lithos, too, and they should attract people to a play that will hold them.

Special terms and bookings can be had exclusively through the offices of any

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The strongest test— the final analysis— of a film, is applied in its
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PROJECTION in its BEST FORM must be utilized here,
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He was born in London, and as an
infant made the voyage to America in
company with his parents. They jour-
neyed on to San Francisco, California,
where he secured his education.

He spent some time at Berkeley Col-
lege, and then launched out on a com-
mercial career. From this he drifted
into prospecting, and took up civil en-
gineering, but as he puts it "a problem
in mathematics interested me only so
long as it remained unsolved." and he
determined to follow the bent of his
heart and seek the footlights.

In 1906 he spoke his first line at the
Majestic Theatre, San Francisco. After
the big fire there he played in "Ye
Liberty," at Oakland, California, and
then played in stock such as Belasco's
Alcazar, Felice Morris, Lieber, and
others.

For the past two years he has played
in pictures with great success, and he
has won a large following among the
ardent picture fans throughout the
country.

Mr. Coxen has appeared in quite a
number of American releases. He has
distinguished himself in quite a number
of "Flying A" feature subjects, such as
"The Ghost of the Hacienda," "Crooks
and Credulous," "In Three Hours,"
"The Drummer's Honeymoon," and in
"The Trail of the Lost Chord," he car-
ries the lead with honors. His future
appearance in American subjects is be-
ing watched with great interest.

New Reliance Studio

The new studio just completed for
the Reliance, on the Clara Morris es-
tate at Yonkers, is one of the most
practical studios for making moving
pictures in this country.

It is of skeleton steel construction
and white ground glass with surpris-
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whole width of the studio, fifty feet
without supporting posts of any kind.
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ground glass, the sides being of port-
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the summer. The roof of the studio
floor is thirty-one feet at its apex, with
regulating ventilators, which operate from the
floor level on each side of the middle ridge. The
height of the sides is seventeen feet to the eaves,
with another row of regulating ventilators
underneath the eaves. The base of the side
walls, two feet above the floor level, is
concrete and carries the pipe coils for
steam fitting. The building is one hundred
feet by fifty, providing an Uninterrupted area of
five thousand square feet, equipped with necessary
traps, etc. The studio itself is elevated fifteen
feet above ground level to admit the necessary
lateral light. The basement will be used for
factory purposes. Against the north wall of the
studio are located the scene dock and painter's
■frame. It is pierced in the middle by a large
door intended for entrance into an adjoining
building to be built later for the reception and
storage of properties and additional dressing rooms
on the second floor.

Extending along the entire length of the studio
floor are suspended three parallel overhead trol-
leys for transporting the artificial light to any
desired point. When the day is dark a few
extra Quartz lights, combined with the daylight,
will produce perfect pictures, giving the same
degree of light underneath the brim of a person's
hat as above. For combining artificial and day-
light in taking pictures the studio is a model
of economy. T^o months more of the sun's rays
will further bleach the arsenic ground glass to an
absolutely dead white. Permanganese glass
bleaches pinkish, which is bad for the light rays.

The staff of the Reliance propose to inaugurate
the new studio with a, dance and supper next Sat-
urday evening, to which all of the high officials of
Yonkers will be invited, and all the notables of
the local film world.

Ed Coxen

Great Welcome For Mace

A delegation from the Photoplayers was on
hand at the Los Angeles depot for a "welcome
home'' to Fred Mace, their President, who got
in on the train from New York. Mace had been
producing his Apollo comedies there over the
summer, pending the completion of a studio in
his favorite Los Angeles. Among the Appolloites
that came in with Mace were Marguerite Lover-
idge. Bud Duncan, Glen Lashus, Violet Fleming,
Harry Edwards and George Washington Peters,
cameraman. "Fred's I. O. U." is the first picture
made by the Appolloites in their new location. In
it, Mace is said to have shown his joy at being
back at Los Angeles and the Photoplayers' Club-
house.

Big Glass Stage For Thanhouser

Building Inspector Henry G. Anthes has approved
the plans of the new glass stage of the Thanhouser
Film Corporation which is being erected to the
south of the new buildings, near Main Street and
Echo Avenue. It is a big skeleton of steel, and
will be enclosed with wire glass with great re-
fractive powers,, so that the light will be dffused
without the use of white curtains. This is im-
portant, as the character of lighting is the greatest
factor in photography.

The new stage is to cost $15,000. It is being
erected on concrete foundations, reinforced with
steel. It will have floor dimensions of 95x75
feet, and the highest point will be about sixty
feet above the ground level. It is to be com-
pletely trapped and equipped for all sorts of
scenic effects, and will have seven exits and four
entrances from the scenery room. It will be heated

in winter by eleven coil radiators oper-
ated from a central heating- plant. The
glass stage erected last spring is to be
used in conjunction with the new one.

A Hornet's Nest

When Sydney Ayres rode majestically
through the Sycamore Canyon, admiring
nature's beauties, he little dreamed of
the dangers that encompassed him. He
suddenly came to a realization of life's
sterner realities when his horse acci-
dentally kicked a hornet's nest. Ayres
got stung and possibly due to the irony of
fate, as he had been boasting of the
courteous and fine treatment that had
been accorded him since his arrival at
Santa Barabara, California, as leading
man of the "Flying A" Company. Mr.
Ayres expresses himself in no uncertain
terms as to beautiful Santa Barbara, and
his work with the American Co. there.

Mother and Son

Harry Von Meter gave his mother,
Mrs. Von Meter, a great fright at
Edgerly Court recently. He had occa-
sion to make a hurried trip home, and
awakened his mother, who was reclin-
ing in a hammock on the sleeping
porch. He spoke rather abruptly to
her, and no wonder she was startled.
Mr. Von Meter was attired as a brusque
miner of the '49 period, something she
had never seen before. Mrs. Von
Meter did not recognize her son, but
thought it was an intruder until he
spoke assuringly to her.

The Daly Version of
"Frou Frou"

The "Frou Frou" dramatization from
which Thanhouser has made a filmati-
zation is the regular Augustin Daly one.
A good price was paid for the version,
which gave C. J. Hite the exclusive
picture privileges to it and the right
to advertise the fact. Lloyd Lonergan
wrote the picture scenario and Maude
Fealy was cast for the title role. It
is the fourth of the monthly "BIG
PRODUCTIONS." Posters in sizes up
to twenty-four sheets go along. Special
musical accompaniment, prepared by the
Tarns Musical Library, is furnished
exhibitor readers of this journal free
on request to the Thanhouser people.

Cupid Busy At "Flying A" City
Beautiful

Whether it is the line of productions being put
out by the popular American companies or whether
it is the natural environment of Santa Barbara —
who can tell? But will somebody please ask
George Field, the classy villain, what it was that
recently came over him to develop such a marked
interest in one of the most charming exponents
of feminine grace and beauty.

Kidlet Charms "Little Mothers"

The Thanhouser Kidlet was the main attraction
at the bazaar of the exclusive Little Mother's Aid
Association at the Waldorf Astoria, New York,
Saturday, Dec. 6th. The tiny photoplayer held
her audience spellbound. Just prior to the Kid-
let's appearance, a film showing her in photoplay
was run off. It was "The Children's Hour," a
Thanhouser reel based on Longfellow's immortal
poem. The Mutual Film Corporation gave the
show, which was attended by the elite of metro-
politan charity workers.

New Child Wonder for "Princess"

The Princess brand in the Mutual list has a
way of garnering bright children. Now it's a
two-year-old. Marie Eline, a featured Princess
girl, is only eleven and even Muriel Ostriche, the
leading woman, hasn't passed seventeen. The
two-year-old is Dorothy Benham, and she has a
specialty already. It's a "cry" and the most
natural you ever saw. At a given signal by her
mother, Dorothy will simply cry her eyes out.
There's nothing "fakey" or forced about it. See
for yourself when Princess "Law of Humanity"
is released, Friday, Dec. 19th.

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A

One of our very good friends in the moving-picture
industry recently expressed his belief that, inside of two
years, every moving-picture exhibition in the United
States and Canada would be a free entertainment — that
the public would be admitted throughout each day and
evening without the payment of any admission fee what-
soever. He stated that an almost unlimited number of
big manufacturing and importing houses stood ready and waiting
to pay from fifteen thousand to half a million dollars, annually,
for the privilege of advertising their wares on the screens — and
that it could be so well done — mixed in with the class of picture-
plays we now have that it would pay both film manufacturers
and exhibitors much better than the present lease system.

In regard to the big advertisers, he spoke the truth. Such
propositions are being made every day to the film manufacturers,
and there is no question whatever that a larger income from the
film could be made in that way — provided that public patronage
of the moving-picture theatre remained and grew in the same pro-
portion that to-day's conditions indicate. But this is just where
the whole scheme exhibits a fatal weakness. The public patronage
would not continue after theatre audiences found they were being
exploited to increase the sales of big corporations.

It is a fact which has been demonstrated over and over again
— from century to century — that no human being appreciates or
values that which he obtains for nothing. Even our Hebrew fel-
low-citizens who go further in that direction than any of the rest
of us, balk at a certain point in the getting something for nothing.
It doesn't look right. It's not human nature. There's a trick in
it somewhere. Of course there is. And in this particular instance
when an audience fairly understands that they are permitted to
see two or three motion-plays of an evening at the price of sitting
through a reel-advertisement of somebody's Don't wanta Biscuit —
another reel devoted entirely to the excellence of Steinz's Food
Products — and several other reels of Pataganian Cleanser — Gold
Corkscrew Beer — and Lord Beaconsfteld cigars — it will be a very
short time before it will be almost impossible to get a decent audi-
ence in any theatre at all.

To-day, the poor man — of the masses — is coming nearer to ob-
taining the clean and decent amusement which is his just due, at
a price he can well afford, than at any time in the world's history.
The big advertisers are growling over the fact that he is obtain-
ing altogether too much — that it is senseless waste to give him
all that he is now getting without utilizing the unparalelled op-
portunity to coax his other pennies away through "big advertising."

So far, the manufacturers have withstood the pressure upon
them— the large majority — to make and put out advertising films.
They have stood firm because — with the experience they've already

had with the public — it looks like suicidal policy to attempt
such a thing. Because, in several instances where it has
been tried, the patrons of the theatres have protested
against it by staying away. But the claim is being inces-
santly reiterated that motion-plays can be written in such
^^fe a way that the advertising will be scattered all through
them so delicately no one will notice it. And this implies
two antagonistic propositions. If the advertising in any motion-
picture play is to have any pulling value, as advertising, it must
be sufficiently evident to attract the spectator's attention to the
article advertised. Otherwise it has practically no advertising value.
And — if the spectator's attention becomes distracted even in
a slight degree by the advertising element in any motion-
play, he loses practically all of its attraction as a dramatic
amusement.

So that the whole proposition gets right down to this: Will
theatre audiences go — night after night, day after day, as they
are now doing — to see moving-picture advertisements? It's a pret-
ty safe gamble that they will not — after they've once discovered
how they are being fooled, and that won't take very long.

For example. Paterfamilias comes home after a hard day's
work — feels like relaxation. Wife and kiddies suggest the Movies.
All right — what's playing, around the corner? Well — there's a
prison-play — a rough-house comedy — a cowboy-Indian play — and
the advertising reels. What! .... Only three plays, and a lot

of advertising stuff? Punk! Let's go to the Hippodrome,

or a good vaudeville show — or up to Terrace Garden, and dance
the Tango — or around to Jones's, for a game of pinochle.

Or— take another phase of the subject: Wlhat's showing at
the Clinton, or the Princess, to-night? Well — there's a play with
Mabel Normand _and "Falty" in it — and another, with Jack Richard-
son and Winnie Greenwood. Oh, yes — and a split-reel, with the Than-
houser Twins and Muriel Ostriche. Hm-m-m — that sounds pretty
good — ^but, no — it isn't like what they used to be Last time I
saw Mabel Normand, she was advertising the P. D. Q. Corset^
and "Fatty" was demonstrating a Weight Reducer. Jack Richard-
son was playing Boss in a Cigarette Factory — showing the whole
process of making Cairo Gold-Tip Cigarettes. Thanhouser Twins
have been advertising Brick Dust—z.nA. Muriel has been demon-
strating how to apply Bavarian Violet Cream every night before
retiring. What's the use! Let's go over to the Knickerbocker
and see a. real play— with real acting. Two-fifty a seat? . . . Well,
it's worth it.'

There's the whole story. Is the entertainment worth iV— worth
the admission price? Worth the trouble of going around the
corner and getting a free seat. What is the size of the average
Free Entertainment audience?

4

Reel Life

Illustrated by Joseph E. Sandford

CAST

Ben Cameron Sydney Ayres

Ernesto Suarez Jack Richardson

Harding Harry von Meter

Commandante de la Barra Charles Cummings

Ozozco, a peon Jacques Jaccard

Old Padre Charles Morrison

Inez de la Torreno Vivian Rich

Ozozco's Mother Louise Lester

Senora Del V'alle Charlotte Burton

Senora Velazquez Caroline Cooke

Spanish Soldiers, Americans, etc.

In order to get a clear Gringo, and fate plays right

idea of this picturesque ,^ -.. ^^^^^u-^f into his hands. A number

play, it must be remember- il^ "'' '^^^^^^^m^i recently-arrived gold-

ed that when gold was dis- ^ ^ £»' ■ -3^ hunters and land-grabbers

covered in California, in ' ' ^ \ from the East — with the

September, 1847, that entire > \ usual American contempt

section of the country was K . . *^he Greaser — have met

Spanish American — thinly i| ^ . ^ riklif Cameron's ranch to per-

populated by Mexican and hL ~~ ' C)' ^^''^ ^ raiding San

Spanish rancheros, who P* ' Juan, taking possession of

lived in princely feudal style " --j^kf^^y. it. and dividing it up among

upon their own estates and ■ ^ ITqi^^ themselves. Learning of

never dreamed that any law \, p j F H ' this, Suarez gets together a

could destroy the validity of \. (\ f //, - fT V \ ^--^^^ small army of the Spaniards

their title to the lands. The ^\ r y ) y v^^. 5i ^*'<v~> ^"'^ attacks the Gringos at

American Flag had been \^ ' M < JS/'^ I Cameron's hacienda — cap-

hoisted at Monterey, July ^ \-- ' turing a number of them,

5th, 1846 — and California ^'^^^'^m ^^^S^ including Cameron himself,

was formally ceded by ^ - > j«f ^ heen trying to dis-

Mexico to the United States ^/ /^'^ ^^C^^^ suade his countrymen from

by the Treaty of Guada- " jBiP^^^' - their land-stealing,

lope, February 2, 1849. On * VTi,--*8feirT'^^^p^^\ Suarez so influences the

September 9th, 1850, the . 'yj^ pt J^'Cv^^s^ ^=^, Spaniards, however, that

State was admitted to the ' ikj- ^ ^ they consider Cameron the

Union. Up to that time, leader of the plot and stand

the entire intercourse be- " : • - him up against a 'dobe wall

tween the Eastern States _ to be shot. Ozozco, learn-

and California had been by Sydney Ayres and Jacques Jaccard in Jd5a«Mo-!. ing of bis preserver's dang-

means of sailing vessels "The Rose of San Juan" . er, crawls to the stacked

around Cape Horn — but guns, unobserved, and sue-

after the discovery of gold, beginning in 1849, the trails ceeds in extracting the bullets from each — whispering certain in-
across the continent were followed by a vast army of emigrant structions to the prisoner. When Cameron is fired upon, he falls-
gold and home-seekers ' who, upon their arrival in the "promised as if killed — and when the Spaniards have gone away manages to
land" took up claims and staked out ranches without much regard free his arms of the rope which had bound them — escaping, with
for the rights of the original Spanish owners. All this naturally the aid of Inez and the faithful Ozozco. They make their way
led to bad feeling between the two races which often culminated to the mountains, and escape to safer territory, further North,
in some very bitter local fighting. And this is what forms the In a cast so thoroughly good as that of the Flying A, it is

groundwork of the play. difficult to single out any two or three for special mention. All

Ben Cameron, a young Virginian, goes to California in the early give a finished presentation which cannot be criticized. But it
Fifties to take up Government land and establish himself as a may be said without in the least belittling the others that Mr.
ranchman. As he rides toward the little pueblo of San Juan, he Ayres, Mr. Richardson and Miss Rich have seldom been cast for
finds upon the road a starving Spanish peon, Ozozco — and cares parts which more thoroughly suited them or in which they seemed
for him. Later, when riding past the Mission Dolores in San more entirely at home.

Juan, one day, he sees a beautiful girl talking to the Padre in The scenic effects in the play are beautiful — and something

charge of the mission, and learns, that her name is Inez — better more. Because the setting is in California itself — the same lovely
known, for her beauty, as The Rose of San Juan. They are mu- valleys and mountains, the same picturesque architecture, as that
tually attracted. At the fandango, that evening, he meets her in which incidents identical with those portrayed actually occurred
again — and protects her from the familiarities of a drunken Span- sixty years ago. And it is this sort of thing which is giving the
iard. family of limited income, throughout the United States, more

The Spaniard — (most excellently done by Mr. Richardson) — realistic plays and acting on the moving picture screens than can
inaturaMy determines to have his revenge upon the handsome be produced on the "legitimate stage for a much higher price.

Reel l Ai^

5

By Culpeper Zandtt

War Correspondent, Etc.

When the maid had admitted the two men and Sarven had
joined them in the drawing-room, Dorothy slipped down the stairs
and along the hall to the dining-room. The table, with its low-hung
lamp over the centre, and its individual, red-shaded candles, was a
masterpiece of old dull mahogany — spotless napery — gleaming old
silver — and flowers. Her housewifely sense thrilled a little as she
glanced about the cosey room, with its crimson walls and Chip-
pendale sideboard in
shadow — apd sniffed the
subtle odor of perfect
cooking which penetrated
through the pantry from
the kitchen. For a mo-
ment or two, she sensed
a thorough contentment
with her lot in life —
which included John Sar-
ven and the dainty subur-
ban nest he had put her
in. Then — a shiver of
nervous apprehension ran
through her slender
figure. For what? . . .
She really didn't know.
On the surface, her pros-
pects were of the bright-
est. And j'et — ?

Sam Kendall was
among the few men who
would always be welcome
in her home — at any hour
of the day or night. John
had told her things about
him — out in the far
corners of the earth —
which proved him both a
man and a friend whom
one might bind to himself
for life with no fear for the snapping of the bond. But
Sam — a more able Engineer than Sarven, if that were possible
— had an outspoken distrust of all political berths and a prefer-
ence for the big construction work in Central Asia or the Soudan
which built generals from the promising Rensselaer Polytechnic
material sent out to it and sent them sky-hooting around the world
at a second's notice to do other big things.

Dorothy like the man — even loved him, because John did —
but a very real dread made her strongly disapprove of that phase
in Engineering life of which' he was a marked type. Having a
fixed position in one of the City Departments was so much more
settled, and satisfying. And Roger Brayton was coming, some-
time after dinner — and after a decent hour or so of civility to their
hostess, they were going to shut themselves up in the library for
one of those horrid long business talks which lasted well into the
morning — and she knew that John had been thinking about that
talk ever since Monday — looking forward to it with a concentra-
tion she had learned to recognize as symptomatic of some approach-
ing determination which she never could fathom in advance — and
this sinking dread came upon her in odd moments — without reason.

Then — there was Julian Springer, their other dinner-guest—
an old flame of hers who had, done everything but put in words a
request that she marry him. At one time, Julian had managed
to exist upon a very small income — so much was known to all of

Jacques Jaccard. Vivian Rich and Sydney Ayres in
"The Rose of San Juan"

his acquaintances — yet, for at least three years prior to her mar-
riage, he had occupied an expensive suite at the Martinique and
was commonly supposed to be making at least twenty thousand a
year. Not that she ever had the slightest desire to be his wife
— there was something about Julian which made her instinctively
distrust him, at times, though she liked him quite well on the
whole. Since her marriage, he had managed to take a number

of slight liberties which
she inwardly resented,
when they happened to be
alone for an instant — but
it was done in such a
joking assumption of
good- fellowship b a se d
upon old and long ac-
quaintance that she had
not thought it worth men-
tioning to her husband.
And upon this particular
evening, she had an im-
pression that he would
stay and chat with her in
the drawing-room when
the other men retired to
the library for their con-
ference. By the time they
had reached the entrees,
the excellent company and
the evident success of her
dinner had banished her
feeling of apprehension
entirely. Then a remark
of /Julian Springer's — he
seemed more interested in
Sarven's affairs than she
ever remembered before —
came like the first sicken-
ing tremors of an earth-
quake to disturb her peace of mind.

"Er — If I'm not mistaken. Sarven, you were on the other side
in the election — were you not?"^

"Why — yes. But more for professional reasons than real belief
in that party's principles. If I hadn't been in one of the City
Departments, I think I should have voted the other way The elec-
tion was a splendid thing for the City — no question about it. But
I couldn't knife the people to whom I owed by appointment — that's
something no real man likes to do, though he may be sometimes
forced into it."

"Humph ! . . . Doesn't strike me that way ! I think, if I saw
the Deluge coming and knew my job depended on it, I'd be pretty
apt to vote with the Deluge — and see that the people in charge of
the Deluge were properly informed of that fact!" (Kendall had
sized up Springer at their first meeting and detested him as all
big and generous natures detest a mean one — but up to that moment
he'd been gentleman enough to conceal his aversion. Even now,
his remark was somewhat equivocal — if one cared to accept it that
way.)

"W-w*-e-l-l — we have your word for it, Springer, that you'd
see it in that light — and I'm not altogether surprised at your point
of view. But I consider it an excellent argument in favor of my
contention that no professional man can afford to accept political
employment. It destroys his independence — stunts his professional

6

Reel LMe

development, and has the tendency to make a slave of him — a time-
server — instead of a red-blooded man. Of course, I'm not speak-
ing of John, here — he's really not in that class for a moment, and
this political earthquake comes at a very opportune time for him
— before he's fitted so deep in the rut that he can't drag him-
self out." ,

"You mean, I suppose, that he's too good an Engineer to have
any fear as to not being retained by the new administration?"

"I don't know how I happened to give you that impression !
What I do mean is that if he sends in his resignation to-night, he'll
only beat 'em to it by a day or so at the outside. Professional
ability has nothing to do with it — that's why such a job is punk."

"If — if' you're right in your surmise, Kendall, I, for one, am
mighty sorry to hear it — mighty sorry ! A ten-thousand-dollar
salary isn't picked up in this town every day!" (Kendall glanced at
him casually, from deep-set, half-closed eyes — and thought to
himself: "Liar — you don't look it! There's something brewing in
that curly head of yours — you skunk!") Dorothy — whose cheeks
had suddenly whitened — could scarcely keep her voice steady, as
she asked :

"Does he really mean, John, that you're likely to lose your —
your — your position— in the Department?" (Her husband's smile
was reassuring, though she couldn't for the life of her see why he
should take the matter so lightly.)

"I lost it Election Night, Honey— but the pay-cheques don't
stop until New Year's Day, so it didn't seem worth bothering you
about."

"But — but what on earth will you do?" (Kendall's great hearty
laugh was infectious. It warmed the corners of her heart and
gave her momentary confidence, though she dreaded the remedy
the big leonine Chief might propose.)

"Don't lose any of your beauty sleep on that account, Dot !
Engineers of John's class aren't any too numerous. You'll not

have to cut down much on anything except the cake and the
motor-cars. Leave John to Brayton and me — his Christmas stock-
ing won't be altogether empty, I reckon."

In spite of this reassurance, her nervous dread — now having
something definite to feed upon — grew as she listened, in the draw-
ing-room, to Julian Springer's society gossip. She was even so
preoccupied that she made but little resistance when he kissed her
hand — and half-unconsciously eluded an embrace when he would
have slipped an arm about her. In a moment or so, she dis-
missed him.

It was after one in the morning when John came up to her
after letting his friends quietly out. She was wide awake — and
lay there looking at him with a nameless dread in her soft brown
eyes.

"John ! . . . Come to me, dear ! Sit here on the side of the
bed, where I can get my arms about you! Did they — ? Are you
really — ?" (He kissed the quivering lips tenderly and twisted
a tendril of the pretty hair about his fingers as he told her-
quietly — but as a surgeon might.)

"Yes, Honey. It's the new cantilever across the Bramapootra,
on the borders of Thibet. I go out in sole charge — and the job's
a little more of a stunt than the Oroya Bridge in Peru. It's en-
tirely possible. I'll swing the steel across that canon, about
fifteen hundred feet up — and when the first train crosses, I'll have
a reputation almost in the 'Hammond' class."

"But, John ! . . . What's to become of me. How long will it
take?"

"Why — I'd say, from what Kendall gave me of the situation —
(He was up there with Captain Younghusband's force, you know,
some years ago) — I'd say we should have the line open for traffic
in three years — if the Thibetans and Chinks let us alone. Of course,
you never can tell just what you'll run into, in a country like that.
But if they keep shoving along my cement and steel from Cal-

Jacques Jaccard, Sydney Ayres and Jack Richardson in "The Rose of San Juan'

A)iic}'ican

Reel Life

7

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.-..lit..

"Hostiles" in "The Curse"

Domino

cutta, I ought to do a little better than three years. Of course,
that section of country is no place for a woman— but Darjiling
isn't so far away. I think that's probably where I'd better locate
you, after I get on the ground and see how things look." (There
was an eager glow of anticipation in the keen eyes which stared
past her into vacancy — the look of a man who has tasted the reali-
ties of life and values them above the shams of a so-called civili-
zation.)

"But — what about our home, here— the nest we've spent so much
time and thought upon! Oh, John— I just can't leave it in such a
way! It has grown too dear to me! And— oh, Darling, there's
another reason—" (He laid his face gently against her's and
whispered :)

"I know. Dear — I know. But your Mother and Alice can stay
with you until Summer — you'll be up to the voyage by that time,
and I'll have a bungalow waiting for you that will seem like home."

The next four days came and went like a whirlwind. She had
not supposed it possible that a man could uproot himself from a
salaried position — from a comfortable home and social associations
which had seemed to her permanent — at a moment's notice, and
actually sail away — joyously, in all but the parting from her — for a
strange and barbarous place at the other side of the world. She
felt as if her world had turned upside-down. And their many,
acquaintances were quite outspoken in their disapproval of a call-
ing which failed to recognize social obligations as the paramount
interest in everyday life.

Her Mother and Sister came to stay with her, temporarily, as
John had arranged in one brief, astonishing talk over the telephone
— and it was perhaps due to their presence in the house that Julian
Springer kept some of his designs in the background until several
months had passed. He called — once a week, or oftener, if invited

to dine — and made himself agreeable to the ladies. So agreeable
in fact, that Mrs. Arkwright and Miss Alice rather openly con-
trasted his attractiveness and position in New York with that of a
somewhat abrupt and unconventional person whose means of liveli-
hood called him suddenly to all sorts of impossible places in such
an unsettling way. They considered Springer, from long acquaint-
ance, almost one of the family — and urged Dorothy to go motor-
ing with him, or to accept his invitations to theatre parties, that
she might not be so lonely during Sarven's absence. Just
why she didn't accept any of the numerous invitations, she couldn't
have explained. John had always wished her to have a good
time — was, in fact, unusually liberal in that respect, and had
sent her to the theatre more than once with Sam Kendall or other
of his brother Engineers in whom he had implicit confidence. But
she had an instinctive feeling that Springer was a smaller, meaner
man than any of them — that they inwardly disapproved of him as
an individual whose nice sense of honor had become a little too
conventionally blunted.

Finally — in April, when the buds were appearing upon the trees
and, for a sweet reason of her own, she was longing for John
Sarven more than ever before in her life — there came an evening,
the horror and shock of which made her shiver for years when-
ever she thought of it. Springer had dined with them and re-
mained to spend the evening. Her Mother and Sister had gone
out to visit a neighbor, leaving them alone in the house — the
servants having also gone out. They were sitting on a divan in
the library — and she became conscious, suddenly, that his manner
and what he said were becoming a little too familiar. He raised
her hand to his lips and started to slip one arm about her waist
in a careless, matter-of-fact way, as if it were too old a custom

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to be seriously objectionable. She quietly rose from the divan and
seated herself in a chair by the .fireplace.

"Oh, come now, Dorothy — what's the use of putting on airs
with me! We've known each other too long. Come back here,
and give me a kiss!"

"Julian! . . . What do you mean? Are you intoxicated!"

"Yes . . . With love for you! . . . And you know it! You've
known it for years — ever since that impossible laborer of yours
stole you from me. Is this a decent way for a man to treat his
wife — to leave her for an indefinite time, after less than a year
of married life! To put her in a fairly comfortable home, with the
promise of something better, and then coolly propose dragging her
away to some God-forsaken mud hut among savages, just because
he is satisfied to be a salaried mechanic instead of a business man
who keeps his place in society and the respect of other people !
Leave him! Leave him to-night — and come to me! I've money
enough to give you what a woman of your beauty deserves ! All
I ask is your love — and I know you gave me that long ago !"

Too overcome with amazement and loathing to realize what
he was about, she suddenly found herself in his arms — his feverish
lips were pressing loathsome kisses upon her's — and then — even
as she struggled for strength to resist him, she was conscious of
a 'sudden relaxation in 'his muscular embrace. An expression of
fear and horror came into his face. He released her — and turned,
stif¥-necked, automatically, like a wooden figure, to obey a mut-
tered order in his ear — a ring of steel pressing, icily cold, upon
the back of his head.

"Step over there against the book-case — and turn around ! No
. . . You needn't hold up your hands — I'd get you before you could
draw a gun if you had one!" (The room seemed to reel before
Dorothy's eyes — she couldn't believe her senses. With a little gasp-
ing cry she was in her husband's arms.)

"John ! . . . John ! . . . Is it really your own dear self I You

saw! . . . You don't believe I possibly could! Oh, John, you don't!
You don't! — "

"Believe what. Honey? . . . That you'd let a shunk like that
touch you — unless he jumped you by surprise. Not for a second !
If I did, I'd shoot you right here, and now. No! ... I heard what
he said — saw what he did Now — sit over here by the window,
Dear — and turn your face away until I'm through with him."

An hour later, an ambulance drove up before the house and
the surgeons went off to the hospital with a man who lay there
six weeks before he recovered sufficiently to go home. After the
sound of wheels died away down the road, Sarven took his wife
in his arms and held her so closely that the pounding of his heart
fairly shook her slender body.

"I came back for you Dear — so that you may be settled in your
own bungalow, out there, before the Other little life comes to us.
There's a flag-pole sticking up from the roof — with the Stars and
Stripes nailed to it. So he won't be a Chink. Are you ready to
go with me, Honey — even to the ends of the earth?" (She nestled
a little closer in his arms, as she murmured:)

" 'Whither thou goest, I go — and thy people shall be my people'
— even if they're a mixed section-gang, with Chinese and Thibetans."

The Ball at Terrace Garden

The entertainment and ball of the Motion Picture Exhibitors'
Association of Greater New York, to be held at Terrace Garden,
on December 15th, promises to be the largest social event ever
held in that Hall. A casual glance over the list of reserved box
holders shows the following:

Mutual Film Corp., Thanhouser Co., Famous Players Co., Vita-
graph Co. of America, Kinemacolor Co., Universal Co., Edison
Co., World's Special Feature Co., United Electric Light and Power
Co., Kalem Co., General Film Co., Elclair Co., Mayor Kleine,

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The Open Door, "I'll Disown You If You Go With That Man"

Broncho

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The Pitfall, "Try a Little— It Won't Harm You"

Kay-Bee

Mayor-elect Mitchell, City Officials, Licence Bureau and Special
Sessions Court Judges.

These boxes will be filled by the officials, actors and actresses
of the various Companies reserving the same. Chief among those
who will be present are Mae Marsh, Muriel Ostriche, Irene Hunt,
Flo LaBadie, Lamar Johnstone, John Bunny, Lillian Walker, King
Baggotl, Mary Fuller, Florence Roberts, Helen Gardner, Romaine
Fielding, Arthur Johnson, Florence Lawrence, Pearl White, Ken-
neth Casey, Alice Joyce, Barbara Tennant and a great number
of others; the list being so stupendous that it would be impos-
sible to publish. The Famous Players, headed by Al. Kaufman,
studio manager, will be present with their entire Company.

A large representation of exhibitors from all over the State
will also be present.

A Mew Fiaywrlglit

Pastor Writes "Moving" Plays

^ OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 15.— On the theory that the church
should co-operate with and seek to elevate instead of oppose the
theatre an Oklahoma City divine has attained a very unique com-
bination in the way of titles, that of minister-playwright. And
he is not just an ordinary playwright, either, but a writer of
scenarios for motion picture production.

Oklahoma City's first writer of motion picture dramas is the
Rev. Clarence J. Harris, pastor of the' First Unitarian church
and Browning lecturer before the various women's clubs of Okla-
homa City. In five months he has had three dramas accepted by
producing companies and has written several others which have been
submitted.

The first scenario written^ by the Rev. Harris was "The Trail

of the 'Lost Cord,' based on the immortal poem of Adelaide Proc-
tor, "The Lost Chord," and the song of the same name by Sir
Arthur Sullivan. This drama was accepted and produced by the
American Film Company.

Around the sentiment of the poem and song, the Rev. Harris
has created a beautiful plot, the most peculiar feature of which,
perhaps, is that the principal character is a Catholic priest. How-
ever, the liberality of the Unitarian church led the Rev. Harris
to select what he considered the strongest charadter possible
for the drama, regardless of religion. The romance connected
with the manner in which the priest discovered the "Lost Chord"
is unfolded in the story.

This drama was accepted and produced within six weeks after be-
ing submitted, which, it has been stated by New York City critics, is
a most remarkable experience for a new writer. The photoplay in
an Eastern motion picture magazine was termed "a two-part alle-
gorical masterpiece, ideally presented, with pleasing tints and tones
and of such strong dramatic qualities as will readily classify it
with the foremost productions of modern cinematography.

The second drama accepted by the Broncho Film company, is
termed "The Southern Tenderheart." It is based on the ex-
periences of a member of the G. A. R., who last summer went
to Chattanooga to attend the G. A. R. national encampment. A
romance also is woven into this drama with the actual experiences
of the Oklahoma City man. The third, accepted just two days
ago by the American company, is "The White Sheep," a two-part
production and a companion drama to "The Black Sheep," re-
cently exhibited by the American company. "The Black Sheep"
was a negative drama with the work of the evil characters pre-
dominating. "The White Sheep" is just the opposite, positive,
with the moral lesson the feature.

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The Curse, "Preparing to Burn Faith at the Stake" Domino

\)on\\ao iVIajestic

The Curse A Man's Awakening

By Richard V. Spencer and Thomas H. Ince Dec. 20, 1913

Dec. 18, 1913 CAST

The sheriff Frederick Vroo"

It happened in the old town of Salem. Tim Farley, the Clara, his daughter Belle Bennet

■ , , <• t)-iIj/~ u- The prospector, a consumptive Eusene Pallett

Jilted lover, plans to avenge himself on Richard Crewe, his Bill ..... .f Ernest Jo

rival, and on the girl, Faith Cole, by causing her to be con- The highwayman Howard Davie

demned for witchcraft. He succeeds in working his ruse — The small respect and confidence in woman that Big Bill ha

Faith is put in prison — and on the appointed day, she is bound was shattered when Sue Alurillo ran off with Ben Lajour. H

to the stake to be burned before all the good people of Salem. took to all sorts of recklessness, winning a bad reputation in Blu

Meanwhile, the new governor of the colony, John Calvert, is on Vallej' — and when a purse and mask which he had picked up i

his way to Massachusetts. He does not believe in execution the woods were found upon his person the same evening that th

for witchcraft — and on ship board he draws up a proclamation stage was held up, he was readily accused and arrested. That da

suspending "Capital punishment of all persons in said Massa- he had been watching with a dying prospector in a remote shack i

chusetts Baj^ Colony who have been found guilty in the courts the mountains, who had told Bill of his sweetheart, rebuking hi

of the alleged crime of witchcraft." The governor arrives at the for jeering at women — and had died begging a decent burial. Clar

very hour that Faith is bound to the stake in the public square — the sheriff's daughter, brings him his supper in jail, and he tell

barely in time to save her. She and her lover are banished her of his promise to the dead man. She promises aid — and tha

from the town — they go away together into the wilds of the night he is mysteriously freed. He goes back to the prospector'

New World. cabin, where he finds and captures the real thief of the hold-u"

A <5 H P + f li laden with his booty. He forces the fellow to dig the grave — the

A bad L^atastropne ^^y.^^ ^lim in custody back to the settlement. Returning a littl

Marjorie had been given some hard peppermint candies, and later to the shack, he finds Clara there, heaping the rough moun

after holding one in her mouth for a few minutes, she ran to her with flowers "for the sake of the girl he loved— and who love

mother and cried, "0 mother, I swallowed that candy!" him." All the bitterness in Bill's heart passes like a bad dream

"Never mind," said her mother; "it will not hurt you." in the sweet companionship of Clara, a new life opens for hi

"Yes, I know," said Marjorie, "but I lost the use of it."

— Life. "In my time," declared grandma, "girls were more modest."

Much talent is often lost for want of a little courage. "I know," said the flippant girl. "It was a fad once. We ma

— George Eliot. get back to it."

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The God of To-Morrow

By Bettie Fitzgerald
Dec. 16, 1913
CAST

Tim Mallory, an old miner Ricliard Cummings

Kate, his wife Metta White

Dorothy, their daughter Francelia Billington

Joe Richards, in love with Dorothy Lamar Johnston

A Chinaman K. Yamamoto

The count de Monilies Howard Davies

Celeste Billie West

Tim Mallory strikes pay dirt — and the family goes East, where
Dorothy is sent to a finishing school. But the whole-souled West-
ern girl cannot forget her sweetheart in Red Gulch. She writes
him frank and wistful letters all the while she is at school, and
during the two years she is abroad — begging him to come East to
see her when she "comes out" on her return to New York. Mean-
while, a penniless count comes upon the scene. Joe sees him
attentive to Dorothy — and believing that she is destined for a far
more brilliant future than he could ever give her, he releases her,
and returns West. Misunderstanding his act as desertion, Dorothy,
heartbroken, accepts the count. But on her wedding day she has
a vision, brought to her by "the God of To-Morrow," a little
Chinese good-luck image, an old keepsake which Joe left for her
on going West. She cannot endure the future the God shows her
with the count — and she runs away, back to Red Gulch, where she
finds her real lover and lifelong happiness.

Looking Ahead to Educational Films

The moving picture show at last has been admitted to the audi-
toriums of the Carnegie libraries in Brooklyn, N. Y. It is needless
to state that the exhibitions permitted are those which
are supposed to be uplifting in their character — such
as illustrate travels, history, biography, science, outdoor
sports, etc., and which are educational. The admission of enter-

tainments of this kind to the libraries has been opposed not only
on the ground that they were not in keeping with the purposes
of the institutions, but that they would enter into competition
with the regularly licensed moving-picture establishments. These
objections, however, have been overcome, in much the same way
as the authorities of public libraries have refuted the claim that
the Ibiraries, as circulators of reading matter, were unfair com-
petitors of book-sellers and newsdealers. The field of the "movies"
is therefore broadening, and it is doing so in response to a popular
demand.

The Bushleaguer's Dream

By Lloyd F. Lonergan.
Dec. 19, 1913.

CAST

Clarence Fitzmorris, a demon outfielder, in his own opinion ... William Russell

Secretary of the Club S. Sullivan

Messenger Boy George Grimmer

Fitzmorris got the baseball craze — and got it bad. He came to
the conclusion that there was a great baseball hero lost in him-
self— and as the Giants are always on the lookout for new talent,
he got a chance to try out with them. A day's practice convinced
him that he was the king of demon outfielders — and when he
reached home that night, he dreamed a dream. He thought he
was performing such feats of fielding as utterly flabbergasted the
battle-scored Giants — and at the conclusion of the game, he was
offered a contract which he haughtily spurned, as it meant only
$10,000 a year. "Add another cipher to that" he commanded—
and it was done. Then he woke up. A messenger boy was shout-
ing in his ear. He had brought a message from the manager of
the Giants informing the recruit that he had been sent back to the
wild country — as the stuff of which Giants are made "wasn't in
him."

Justus D. JJanicb and Marguerite Snow in "Peggy's Invitation'

Thanhouser

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The Shriner's Daughter

Dec. 22, 1913.
CAST

William Lambert, dealer in real estate William Bertram

George Goodrich, his partner George Field

Dr. Brown Ed Coxen

Anne Cortell, in love with Lambert Charlotte Burton

Helen, Lambert's daughter (2 years old) Helen Armstrong

Helen, Lambert's daughter (15 years old) Nina Richdale

Helen, Lambert's daughter (22 years old) Winifred Greenwood

Mrs. Methler, a well-to-do widow Ida Lewis

Head Physician at hospital William Tedmarsh

Mgr., shipping house Reaves Eason

Anne's Nurse Edith Borella

Maid in Lambert's home Violet Neitz

Wlilliam Lambert and George Goodrich are business partners —
and both wish to marry Anne Gortell. When she accepts Lambert,
Goodrich is consumed with jealousy — for years he watches his op-
portunity for revenge. Anne dies — and her little girl Helen, is
left to the care of servants. One evening, Goodrich sees her father
leaving the house to attend a meeting of the Shriners, and seizes
this occasion to steal the child. He takes her West — is cruel and
neglectful to her — and at last, she is adopted by Mrs. Methler
who so loves Helen that she pays her "father" toll money when-
ever he demands it, for the privilege of keeping the child.

Meanwhile, Lambert finds solace in devotion to the Shrine — and
a dozen years later, the "Hands around the State tour" takes him
to Santa Barbara. During the festivities, he is overcome by the
heat, and the young doctor who attends him proves to be Helen's
lover, whom she has refused to marry on account of her profligate
■"father," Goodrich — he having virtually sold her. Lambert's nurse
in the hospital is Helen herself. The sick man recognizes his
former partner skulking about the hospital grounds — and when

Helen acknowledges the man as her father — Lambert is not slow
in putting two and two together. The matter is taken to court —
Goodrich disposed of — the Shriner finds his daughter — and the
lovers are happy.

The Mighty Atorri

Dec. 15, 1913.
CAST

The Bachelor Paul Scardon

The Spinster Miss Wright

The Child Baby Engle

Miss Prue and Mr. Bond were in that serio-comic predicament
where each had become immensely fond of the other, but could
not find the courage to say so.

A poor woman, penniless and homeless, leaves her baby in
Bond's apartment. On his return, the bachelor is somewhat sur-
prised and upset — until Miss Prue across the hall — led by the
baby's cries — comes to his — and the infant's — rescue. Of course,
tlhe only thing to do is to take the child to the police station.
They take it — together. But at the station house, they can't seem
to give it up. The Mighty Little Atom has won both their hearts.
The situation is perplexing, until Bond applies the obviously simple
solution — he proposes. And Miss Prue joyfully accepts him.

Of Course He Did

Charlie, aged six, asked at the soda water counter for a cone
of ice cream. The clerk, not catching his order, asked :
"Do you want two cones?"

"I want two," said Charlie, "but I've only got one nickel."

— Judge.

Ed Coxen, Winifred Greenwood and Ida Lewis in "The Shriner's Daughter"

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"Jack and the Beanstalk" (2) : . . DEC. 19

"The Pitfall" (2) DEC. 19

"The Curse" (2) DEC. 18

"The Open Door" (2) DEC. 17

"Where The Road Forks" DEC. 15

"Soul of the South" (2) DEC. 12

"Devotion" (2) DEC. 11

"The Woman" (2) DEC. 10

"Romance and Duty" (2) DEC 9

"For Another's Crime" (2) DEC. 6

"The Filly" (2) DEC. 4

"The Buried Past" (2) DEC. 3

"American Born" (2) DEC. 1

"The Belle of Yorktown" (3) NOV. 27

"The Blight of Wealth" (2) NOV. 25

"Witch of Salem" (2) NOV. 20

"The War Correspondent" (2) NOV. 19

"L'Article 47" (2) NOV. 18

"The Trail of the Lost Chord" (2) NOV. 17

"For Love of a Man" (2) NOV. 15

"The Ghost" (2) NOV. 13

"The Imposter" (2) NOV. 12

"The Judgment" (2) NOV. 6

"The Veteran" (2) NOV 5

"The Junior Partner" (2) NOV. 4

"Widow Maloney's Faith" (2) OCT. 30

"From Out of the Storm" (2) OCT. 29

"The Oath of O Tsuru San" (2) OCT. 28

"In the Days of Trajan" (2) OCT. 27

"Hearts" (2) OCT. 25

"The Heart of Kathleen" OCT. 23

"The Black Sheep" OCT 22

"Romance of Erin" (2) OCT. 16

"The Reaping" (2) OCT. 15

"The Van Warden Rubies" (2) OCT. 14

"The Plot Against the Governor" (2) OCT. 14

"God of Chance" (2) OCT. 9

"A Forgotten Melody" (2) OCT. 8

"A Pitfall of the Installment Plan" (2) OCT. 6

"Targets of Fate" (2)! OCT. 4

"Exoneration" (2) OCT. 2

"The Greenhorn" (2) OCT. 1

"Life's Pathway" (2) SEPT. 30

"A Highland Romance" (2) SEPT. 25

"Silent Heroes" (2) SEPT. 24

"The Ghost of the Hacienda" (2) SEPT. 22

"Fred's Trained Nurse" (2) SEPT, 21

"The Stolen Woman" (2) SEPT. 20

"The Bondsman" (2) SEPT. 18

"The Land of Dead Things" (2) SEPT. 17

"The Clown's Daughter" (2) SEPT. 13

"The Message to Headquarters" (2) SEPT. 12

"For the Crown" (2) SEPT, 8

"The Glow Worm" (2) SEPT, 6

"The Ironmaster" (2) SEPT. 5

"The Veteran Police Horse" (2) SEPT, 2

"The Green Shadow" (2) AUG, 29

"The Madcap" (2) AUG. 27

"The Ward of the King" (2) AUG. 26

"For the Flag" (2) AUG, 25

"Success" (2) AUG 23

"An Orphan of War" (2) AUG 22

"The Fire Bugs" (2) AUG. 21

"The Heritage of Eve" (2) AUG. 20

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1 — FoUiei of a Day and Nieht

3 — The Girl and the Geaser
6— What Her Diary Told
8— The Haunted House

10 — Martha's Decision

13 — ^An Assisted Proposal
IS^The Drummer's Honeymoon

17— The Trail of the Lost Chord

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26— The Tale of the Ticker

A Modern Steel Plant (Split Reel)
22 — Calamity Anne's Dream
24^The Occult

27— The Spartan Girl of the West
29 — At Midnight

1 — American Born (2 reels)

4 — No release

6 — A Divorce Scandal

8 — Trapped in a Forest Fire

11 — His First Case

13 — Armed Intervention

15 — Where the Road Forks (2 reels)

18 — Personal Magnetism
20 — Fate's Round Up

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16 — Fred's Waterloo
23 — The Mexican Sleep Producer
30 — Her Husband and My Wife
7 — Fred Goes In For Horses

14 — The Portola Festival

Los Angeles Police Parade

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21— Fred's I. O. U.

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17— The Land of Dead Things (2 reels)

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1 — ^The Greenhorn (2 reels)
8 — A Forgotten Melody (2 reels)

15— The Reaping (2 reels)

22— The Black Sheep (2 reels)

29 — From Out of the Storm (2 reels)

S— The Veteran (2 reels)
13 — The Impostor (2 reels)
19 — The War Correspondent (2 reels)
26 — The Reformation

3— The Buried Past (2 reels)
10— The Woman (2 reels)
17— The Open Door (2 reels)

6 — The Judgment (2 reels)
13— The 'Ghost (2 reels)
20 — Witch of Salem (2 reels)
27— The Belle of Yorktown (3 reels)

4— The Filly (2 reels)
11 — Devotion (2 reels)
18— The Curse (2 reels)

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Sept. 12— The Waif

Sent. 19 — The Cowtown Reformation

Sept. 26 — A Forlorn Hope

Oct. 3— The Loaded Dice

Oct. 10 — The Bully

Oct. 17 — Venetian Romance

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24 — A Woman's Wit
31 — Borrowed Gold

7 — An Indian's Honor.
IJ — For Mother's Sake
14 — Efficacy of Prayer

18 — The Claim Jumper
21— Days of '49

2 — The Revelation
5 — The Long Portage
9 — Her Legacy
12 — Soul of the South (2 reels)

19— The Pitfall (2 reels)

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Sept. IS — What Father Saw

Willie Minds the Dog
Sept. 18 — The Fatal Taxicab
Sept. 22 — When Dreams Come True
Sept. 25 — Mother's Boys
Sept. 29 — The Bowline Match
Oct. 2— Billy Dodge's Bills
Oct. 6 — Across the Alley 1 c. i-.. i
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Oct. 9 — S'chnita, The Tailor
Oct. 14 — Their Husbands
Oct. 16 — A Healthy Neighborhood
Oct. 20— Two OW Tars
Oct. 23 — A Quiet Little Wedding
Oct. 27— The Janitor

Making an Automobile Tire

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30— The Speed King

3 — Fatty at San Diego
6 — Love Sickness at Sea

10— Small Town Act . Milk We Drink
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13— Wine

17— Our Children
20 — A Muddy Romance
24 — Fatty Joins the Force
27— Cohen Saves the Flag

1 — The Woman Hater

4 — The Rogues' Gallery
The San Francisco Celebration

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8 — A Ride for a Bride

11— The Horse Thief
15— The Gusher

18 — Fatty's Flirtation
Protecting San Francisco From Fire

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20— His Sister's Kids

Komic

Nov. 27 — A Method in His Illness

The Man With a Razor (Split Reel)

Dec. 4^How He Won

The Actor Book Agent

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Dec. 11— How It Worked

The Wild Indian (Split Reel)
Dec. 18— First Prize . . At the Cabaret

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16— Playmates

20 — His Last Deal

21 — A Shoemaker and His Doll
23 — The BaseBall Umpire

The Aesthetic Match

27 — A Slight Misunderstanding

28 — The Love of Conchita
30— When the Debt Was Paid

4 — The Man of the Wildernes*

5 — A Mix-up iq Pedigrees

7— The Heritage

1 1 — The Iceman's Revenge

12— No Release

14— The Van Warden Jewels (2 reels)

18 — No Release

19 — Trough the Sluice Gates
21 — Always Together

25 — Vengeance

26— The Scenario Writer

28 — The Oath of O Tsuru San (2 reels)

1 — No release

2 — The Marriage of Niatana

4 — ^Tbe Ward of the Senior CUm

8 — Levinsky's Holiday

9 — The Bravest Man
11— The Rivals

15— The Pitch That Defiles

16 — The Tomboy's Race

18 — L'Article 47 (2 reels)

Nov. 22 — No release

Nov. 23 — The House on the Tree

Nov. 25 — A Warm Welcome

Nov. 29 — An Accidental Que

Nov. 30 — Hendrick's Divorce

Dec. 2 — The Padre's Sacrifice

Dec. 6— The Helping Hand

Dec. 7 — Rick's Reflemption

Dec. 9 — Romance and Duty (2 reels)

Dec. 13 — No Release

Dec. 14 — The Rival Pitchers

Dec. 16 — The God of To-morrow

Dec. 20 — Man's Awakening

Dec. 21 — The Prisoner of the Mountains

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28 — Her Right to Happiness

5 — The Little Church Around

the Corner
12 — His Imaginary Family
1$' — ^The Law of Humanity

Reliance

4 — Targets of Fate (2 reels)

6— The Buffer

8 — Once Upon a Time

11— The Rebellious Pupil

14 — Poor Old Mother

15— The Flirt

18 — A Knight Errant
20— O, What a Night!

Two Men and a Mule (Series 1)

—(Split reel)

25— Hearts (2 reels)
27— The Real Mother

29— Two Men and a Mule (Series 2)
1— The Colonel's Oath
3 — A Sure Cure

8 — Two Men and a Mule (Series 3)
10 — The Power of the Se*

12— The Bracelet

15 — For Love of a Man (2 reels)

17 — Two Men and a Mule (series 4)

19 — A Man and a Woman
22 — Her Father's Daughter

26 — A Rough Diamond
29 — The Reporter's Scoop

1 — Tonv's Sacrifice
3 — A Woman of Sin
6 — For Another's Crime (2 reels)
8— Two Girls of th- Hills
10— Four $100 Bills

13 — A Man's a Man

16 — The Mighty Atom

17— The Pseudo Prodigal

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17 — A Peaceful Victory

19 — The Beauty in the Seashell

21 — The Mystery of the Haunted Hotel

24— The Old Folks at Home
26 — The Silver Tongued Orator

28 — How Filmy Won His Sweetheart
31 — A Twentieth Century Farmer
2— The Water Cure

4 — The Junior Partner (2 reels)
7 — The Little Brother

9 — Lo^nking for Trouble.

11 — Tht Campaign Manageress
14 — The Children's Hour

16 — He Couldn't Lose

18 — Baby's Joy Ride

21 — A Clothes-line Quarrel

23— Their Great Big Beautiful Doll

25— The Blight of Wealth (2 reels)
28 — Curfew Shall Not Ring To-nifht
30 — The Henpecked Hod Carrier.

2 — The Problem Love Solved

5 — What Might Have Been
7 — The Milkman's Revenge

9 — A Beautv Parlor Graduate

12 — Uncle's Namesakes

14 — Lawyer, Dog and Baby
16 — Peggy's Invitation

19 — Tack and the Beanstalk
The Bushleaguer's Dream

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 22nd

AMERICAN The Shriner's Daughter

(2 reel Drama)

KEYSTONE A Bad Game

RELIANCE Title Not Reported

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23rd

KAY-BEE (No release)

MAJESTIC Mrs. Brown's Burglar

(Comedy)

SELECTED RELEASE

THANHOUSER An Orphan's Romance

(2 reel Drama)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24th

BRONCHO Her Father's Story

(2 reel Drama)

MUTUAL WEEKLY No. 52

RELIANCE Title Not Reported

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25th

AMERICAN (No release)

DOMINO Eileen of Erin

(2 reel Drama)

KOMIC Title Not Reported

SELECTED RELEASE

KEYSTONE Some Nerve

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26th

KAY-BEE The Harvest of Sin

(2 reel Drama)

PRINCESS Title Not Reported

THANHOUSER His Father's Wife

(Comedy)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27th

AMERICAN The Rose of San Juan

MAJESTIC The Pride of the Force

RELIANCE Title Not Reported

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28th

MAJESTIC Helen's Stratagem

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THANHOUSER The Head Waiter

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APOLLO Title Not Reported

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— Directed by Lucius Henderson, who
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December 18

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EILEEN OF ERIN

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PEGGY'S INVITATION

(Welcome Return of Marguerite Snow, after a half year's
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(With little Leland Benham as Jack)

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Princess

Dorothy Benham and Marie Eline in "The Law of Humanity"

Man Who Founded Motion Pictures

The founder of the moving picture business according to Popu-
lar Science, is Eadweard Muybridge who began his experiments
in instantaneous photography in California in 1872 and subse-
quently carried them forward at the University of Penns\lvania,
which provided him with grants amounting to more than SW.GOO
The scientific investigation supported by the Pennsylvania Uni-
versity was thus the origin of an enterprise of immense practical
and commercial importance. The annual receipts from the moving
picture houses in the United States are about $150,000,000. A
royalty of 10 per cent on these receipts would defray the entire
cost of all the real university and research work in this country.

The experiments of Muybridge at the University of Pennsyl-
vania were originally undertaken to study animal locomotion, and
in this direction were of much importance, both for science and
for art. Painters and sculptors represent men and animals as
they appear to the eye, not as they appear in instantaneous photo-
graphs, but the knowledge of the position of the body in move-
ments first learned through such pictures, is of value to the artist
comparable with a knowledge of anatomy.

On the grounds of the University of Pennsylvania a shed was
built, about 120 feet in length, painted black with a network of
white threads. Opposite the shed was the camera house, in which
were twenty-four cameras, each having a lens three inches in di-
ameter. The cameras were operated electrically by a motor c'ock,
so that twelve successive exposures could be made in one-fifth of
a second. In some cases three batteries of cameras were arranged
so that simultaneous views from difTerent positions were taken.

Instantaneous pictures of animal locomotion were subsequently
made by M. Marey in Paris, who used a sensitized film, so that
a succession of pictures could be taken with a single lens. Edison
later applied the film to the kinetoscope, and tp projecting moving
pictures on a screen with a lantern.

Muybridge, however, not only took the first photographs of mov-
ing objects, but also first projected them on a screen, thus lead-
ing directly to the modern exhibitions of moving pictures. This he
(?id in lectures, begmnmp in 1380 and on a large scale at tlie
Chicago Exposition of 1893, where a building was specially erected
in which he exhibited flocks of birds flying across a screen, athletes
wrestling and similar moving pictures.

No Sportsman.

A certain Irishman living in New York owns a number of tene-
ment houses on the East Side in the Jewish district. One day orie
of his tenants, a little wizened-up Jew, called at his office to make
a complaint.

"I tell you, Mr. Murphy, I am goin' to leave your flat."

"Sure, now," answered Murphy, "and what is the trouble?"

"Veil, I tell you dere's too many rats in dot flat. Vy, only yes-
terday, I kills eight !"

Murphy jumped to his feet in anger, and bellowed forth: "An'
'tis rats, is it, that is bothering ye? You lave thim rats alone!
What do you wav.t for eight dollars a month? Hunting privileges."

Variety

In answer to Mrs. S 's advertisement for a laundress, Ellen,

a darky, black as the ace of spades, applied for the work. With
her was a group of small darkies, some black, some brown, and

some yellow. Mrs. S asked if all these children were Ellen's.

The latter replied :

"Yas'm they's all mine."

"But, Ellen," said Mrs. S , "they are all different colors."

"Yas'm ; you see, it's like dis : My first husband was black
like me, my secon' was brown, an' the one I got now he belongs
to the fair sex." — Harper's Magazine.

Princess

Muriel Ostrich.e and Catherine Webb in "The Law of Humanity"

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At the Cabaret

Komic

Motion Picture Censorship

Those Brooklynites who heard the address of John ColHer be-
fore the City Clu'b yesterday, and these included some of the most
substantial men of the borough, got a lot of instruction about a
subject that has had many puzzling features. Mr. Collier is gen-
eral secretary of the National Board of Censors, a body of ISO
citizens, men and women, having no legal sanction under the
statutes of any State or of the nation, but intrusted by the manu-
facturers and distributors of motion picture films with the func-
tion of passing on them before actual production in public. Its
powers are greater than any law could sustain, that the courts
would hold constitutional. The work is done by committees. The
members serve without pay, and may not be persons with any
pecuniary interest in the business Mr. Collier said that about
$500,000 worth of films are thrown out each year. He thought
the fact that most exhibitors did not select their films, but as a
matter of economy took what came to them from an exchange,
the fact that neither locality nor the age of patrons could be con-
sidered by the theatres, justified a censorship. It became impos-
sible for the citizens patronizing a given place to censor for them-
selves a series of continuously changing attractions as they could
censor for themselves productions at a regular theatre. And what
was wholly proper for the sane and well balanced adult to see
might be very improper for children or defective adults. He made
a strong plea for children's theatres to show "movies" especially
designed to interest and not to harm children.

There was a delight to his listeners in the way Mr. Collier
explained the principles on which the censors proceeded in accept-
ing or condemning a motion 'picture play or film. Crime for
crime's sake was barred. But as all drama must portray the
struggle between good and evil forces, the elision of all crime
was impossible if drama were to be admitted. Arson motifs were
thrown out. Suicide was not let in except where it was essential

for a moral lesson. Criminal libel was taboo. Plays attacking any
religion, even Mormonism, had to be discarded. Of five drama
films on the Thaw escape those that were truthful and founded
on news got through. One was changed. One was condemned
because it dealt with the Madison Square tower incidents, and
other things improperly suggestive.

The moral of Mr. Collier's talk was the need of motion pic-
ture theatres for the young, the need of using films in the schools
and at recreation centers for educative ends ; the need of making
the most of an entertainment which has become so large a factor
of American life. It is not going too far to say that nearly all
his hearers agreed with the speaker before he had finished.

The Way to Ask

Elihu Root tells a story about himself and his efforts to correct
the manners of his office boy. One morning the young autocrat
came into the office and tossing his cap at a hook, exclaimed :

"Say, Mr. Root, there's a ball game down at the park today,
and I want to go down."

Now the great lawyer was willing that the boy should go, but
thought he would teach him a little lesson in good manners.

"James," he said, "that isn't the way to ask a favor. Now,
you sit down in my chair and I'll show you how to do it properly."

The boy took the office chair and his employer picked up his
cap and stepped outside. He then opened the door softly and
holding the cap in his hand said quietly to the small boy in the
big chair :

"Please, sir, there is a ball game at the park today; if you can
spare me I would like to get away for the afternoon."
"In a flash the boy responded :

"Why, certainly, Jimmie, and here is 50 cents to buy your way
in." — The Ladies' Home Journal.

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Better Movies Desired For Capital Children

Crusade May Be Inaugurated by Federation of Women's Clubs.

Members of the several women's clubs of the District of
Columbia may start a campaign in this city to obtain the display
of motion pictures suitable for children and for the prohibition
of discouragement of the display of pictures which they believe
are not good for young folks. The step which may lead to the
inauguration of such a crusade was taken yesterday at a meet-
ing of the Federation of Women's Clubs of the District held at
the Raleigh Hotel, when a resolution was adopted authorizing
the organization to take up the matter of obtaining better pic-
tures with the large motion picture syndicates.

No definite plans were outlined for such a campaign, nor was
definite action taken toward making an organized movement ex-
tending this idea. It is believed by many of the members, how-
ever, that such a crusade will be made. Mrs. Ellis Logan, presi-
dent of the federation, stated last night that without doubt th;
matter would be given serious attention by the women.

Lucky for Him

"The wolves were upon us," he related to the girl he was
trying to impress. "Their howling penetrated to our very
marrow. We fled for our lives. But each second we knew
that the ravenous pack was gaining on us. Closer, closer — at
last they were so close that we could feel their muzzles against
our legs, so that—"

"Ah," sighed the lady, greatly relieved, "how glad you must
have been that they had their muzzles on!" — Everybody's Magazine.

American

Winifred Greenwood, Ida Lewis, Wm. Belteam, Ed Coxen and
George Field in "The Shriner's Daughter"

American

Winifred Greenwood in "The Shriner's Daughter"

Thanhonser

Justus D. Barnes and Marguerite Snow in "Peggy's Invitation"

Making Capital

The New Reporter going to the telephone and ostentatiously
starting the machinery — Hello ! Central ! Let me have 2745C.
please. (A pause.) You giddy little thing! No. I said twen-ty-
seven. Twent\'-sev — Hello! is that 2745 C? Is Mr. Safgertees
Devoy in the office? Will you tell him that Mr. Jefferson McAd-
dister would like to speak with him? Yes. that's the name, Mc-
Addister, journalist.

The other reporters listen in awestruck silence.)

The New Reporter — Is this really Mr. Devoy? My name is

Ah, you recognize my voice? You perhaps remember that I

interviewed you yesterday. What's that? Best report? Oh, thank
you ! You're very kind. I tried to make it so. Has anything
turned up in regard to that case since noon? Well, sorry to
trouble you. Eh? Dinner? You're extremely kind. At Sherry's?
What? And a bottle? (Surging interest in the entire staff.)
It's awfullv kind of vou. Well, say Tuesdav, at eight. But really
I— ' "

City Editor (in his every-day voice) — I have some work here,
McAddisler, when you are quite through talking to yourself. That
telephone has been disconnected since morning. — Puck.

An Irish priest had labored hard with one of his flock to in-
duce him to give up the habit of driTiking, but the man was reluc-
tant.

"I tell you, Michael," said the priest, "whiskey is your worst
enemy, and you should keep as far away from it as you can."

"My inimy, is it, father?" responded Michael. "And it was
your riverince's silf that was tellin' us in the pulpit only last Sunday
to love our inimies I"

"So I was, Michael," rejoined the priest; "but was I anywhere
telling you to swallow 'em?" — Tit-Bits.

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Majestic

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J hanhouser

Belle Bennett and Ernest Joy in "A Man's Awakening"

Leland Benham in "Jack and the Bean Stalk"

The First Prize

Komic

The Pitfall, "The Try-out"

Kay-Bee

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RelianCi

Ralph Lewis, Miriam Cooper and Sue Balfour in
"The Pseudo Prodigal"

Madge — This summer seems to be much cooler than last.
Marjorie— You must remember dear, that you're not wearing so
many clothes. — Judge,

Majestic

Howard Davies, Francelia Billington and Lamar Johnstone in
"The God of To-morrow"

The Professor— Life itself is but a chemical combination of the
constituent atoms of chloride salts.

The Girl— Well, it's sweet to me, anyway.

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Lila Chester

Mrs. Lawrence Mars ton

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—The Haunted House
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A Modern Steel Plant (Split Reel)
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—The Occult

-The Spartan Firl of the West

-At Midnight

-American Born (2)

-No release

-A Divorce Scandal

-Trapped in a Forest Fire

-His First Case

-Armed Intervention

-Where the Road Forks (2)

-Personal Magnetism

-Fate's Round Up

-The Shriner's Raughter (2)

-No release

-The Rose of San Juan

Apollo

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—The Mexican Sleep Producer
—Her Husband and My Wife
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-The Portola Festival
Los Angeles Police Parade

(Split Reel)

-Fred's L O. U.
-The Fresh Freshman

Broncho

17— The Land of Dead Things (2)

21 — No release

24— Silent Heroes (2)

28, — No release
1 — The Greenhorn (2)
&— A Forgotten Melody (2)

15— The Reaping (2)

22— The Black Sheep (2)

29 — From Out of the Storm (2)

5— The Veteran (2)
12 — The Impostor (2)
19 — The War Correspondent (2)
26 — The Reformation

3— The Buried Past (2)
10 — The Frame Up
17— The Open Door (2)
24 — Her Father's Story (2)

13— The Ghost (2)
20— Witch of Salem (2)
27 — The Belle of Yorktown (3)
4 — The Filly (2)
11— Devotion (2)
18— The Curse (2)
25— Eileen of Erin (2)

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-Days of '49

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-Her Legacy

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Split reel

4 — How He Won

The Actor Book Agent

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11— How It Worked

The Wild Indian (Split reel)
18 — First Prize . . At the Cabaret
(Split reel)
25 — Wifey's Christmas Present

A Live Wire

(Split reel)

Majestic

Nov. 30 — Hendrick's Divorce

Dec. 2 — The Padre's Sacrifice

Dec. 6 — The Helping Hand

Dec. 7 — Rick's Redemption

Dec. 9- — Romance and Duty (2)

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Dec. 16 — The God of To-morrow

Dec. 20 — Man's Awakening

Dec. 21 — The Prisoner of the Mountains

Dec. 2i3 — Mrs. Brown's Burglar

Dec. 27 — The Pride of the Force

Dec. 28i — Helen's Strategem

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20 — Two Old Tars

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27— The Janitor

Making an Automobile Tire

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30 — The Speed King

3 — Fatty at San Diego

(Split reel)

6 — Love Sickness at Sea

10— Small Town Act . Milk We Drink

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13— Wine

17— Our Children

20 — A Muddy Romance

24 — Fatty Joints the Force
27 — Cohen Saves the Flag

1 — The Woman Hater

4 — The Rogues' Gallery

The San Francico Celebration
(Split reel)

5— A Ride For a Bride

11— The Horse Thief

15 — The Gusher

18 — Fatty's Flirtation

Protecting San Francisco From Fire
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20 — His Sister's Kids
22 — A Bad Game

25 — Some Nerve

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The Aesthetic Match

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28 — How Filmy Won His Sweetheart
31 — A Twentieth Century Farmer
2 — The Water Cure

4 — The Junior Partner (2)
7 — The Little Brother

9 — Looking for Trouble

11 — The Campaign Manageress
14 — The Children's Hour

16 — He Couldn't Lose

18 — Baby's Joy Ride
-A Clothes-line Quarrel
-Their Great Big Beautiful Doll

^,_The Blight of Wealth (2)
28_Curfew Shall Not Ring To-night
30 — The Henpecked Hod Carrier
2 — The Problem Love Solved

5 — What Might Have Been
7 — The Milkman's Revenge

9 — A Beauty Parlor Graduate

12 — Uncle's Namesakes

14 — Lawyer, Dog and Baby
16 — Peggy's Invitation

19 — Jack and the Beanstalk
The Bushleaguer's Dream (2)

21 — No release

23 — An Orphan's Romance (2)
2"l6 — His Father's Wife
28 — The Head Waiter

-The Rebellious Pupil

-Poor Old Mother

-The Flirt

-A Knight Errant

-O, What a Night!

Two Men and a Mule (Series 1)

—(Split reel)

-Hearts (2)

—The Real Mother

-Two Men and a Mule (Series 2)

-The Cojonel's Oath

-A Sure Cure

-Two Men and a Mule (Series 3)

-The Power of the Sea

-The Bracelet

-For Love of a Man (21

-Two Men and a Mule (Series 4)

-A Man and a Woman

-Her Father's Daughter

-A Rough Diamond

-The Reporter's Scoop

-Tony's Sacrifice

-A Woman of Sin

-For Another's Crime (2)

-1 wo Girls of the Hills

-Four $100 Bills

-A Man's a Man

-The Mighty Atom

-The Pseudo Prodigal

-The Flyleaf of Fate

-The Alternative

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Red Life

Minister Movie Actor

Prominent among the actors recently engaged by
D. W. Griffith, said to be the highest salaried stage
director in the world, who lately became identified
with the Mutual Film Corporation, is Jiquel
Lanoe, a former minister from France to Hayti.

While Mr. Lanoe's features have become known
to moving picture audiences all over the world
and he is recognized as a pantomimic artist of
ability, his real identity has been known only to a
small circle of his nearest friends.

Mr. Lanoe makes a specialty of character work
and gives a performance that is marked by high
artistic value and finish. He will soon be seen in
legitimate drama on the Mutual program, playing
among other characters the part of the Count in
Our Mutual Girl^ in which he lives up to his
reputation of being the best dressed man in
moving pictures.

"Big Kids" Have a Party

All the members of the City Beautiful, the home
of the "Flying A" productions, had a regular kid
party an evening not long ago. Miss Ida Lewis
played hostess and entertained some thirty odd
promiscuous, some dirty and saucy, others bashful
and crying. No bunch of real kids could have
been more frolicsome, and to appreciate the time
they had it is almost necessary to have been pres-
ent, but a list of the guests and their attire will
perhaps give a fair idea of the atmosphere while
the informal was being enjoyed.

Nearly all carried toys of some sort, and then
they got to quarrelling about them. And if it
wasn't that it was some other thing. There were
rough and tumble fights on the middle of the floor,
and the girls stole each others' candy. Here is
what they were: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ricketts,
"Shipahoy" and Gretchen. Louise Lester, a bahy
doll that Calamity Anne had lost. Julius Frank-
enburg and Vivian Rich, Buster Brown and his
lister Mary Jane. Jack Richardson, a freckled-
face boy with a stationary smile. Ed Coxen, a
Santa Barbara muchacho from the period of 1850.
Harry Von Meter, honeyboy. Mrs. Harry Von
Meter and Mr. Orahood, the heavenly twins.
Charlotte Burton, little girl in blue. All the
others were present in their best infantile bibs
and tuckers. Lorimer Johnston looked on when
he wasn't looking out. The hostess concluded the
entertainment in a manner for which she bears
splendid reputation.

Reliance Studio Notes

The Reliance's new uptown studio, which is on
the dividing line between New York and Yonkers,
suddenly became a human bee hive last Tuesday.
The final section of the domed glass roof had
scarcely been set in its place before directors
and actors swarmed into the building and occupied
the stage settings that had been prepared for their
use. Edgar Lewis claims the distinction of di-
recting the first scene to be played in the large
studio building, which promises to be kept work-
ing to capacity by the large corps of directors
with which General Staff Director Griffith has
surrounded himself.

Return of Snow and Cruze

All is happiness at New Rochelle. Marguerite
Snow and James Cruze, oldest and most famous
of Thanhouser "teams." are back in picture work
again. Since "She," this pair has been noted in
important Thanhouser films, and for the past six
months Mr. Cruze has been working alone because
three years' consecutive Thanhouser work made
her seek a rest. Returning to her New Rochelle
labors, Miss Snow had done one picture, "Peggy's
Invitation," without Mr. Cruze, but now they will
be seen together again in "Joseph, Son of Jacob,"
where they have the big leads. Meaning that
Cruze is Joseph and Miss ,Snow the wife of
Potiphar. "Four reels, in January." Hundreds
of people and animals galore. It's the first
biblical Thanhouser since "The Star of Bethle-
hem" of last Christmas.

Sydney Ayres

American

Ince's Men On the Firing Line

No war hereafter will be complete without its
battery of motion picture cameras and their in-
trepid operators.

Batteries of field and heavy artillery may thun-
der, hurling their metal death and destruction into
the enemy. Men of war may fight with great
guns. Soldiers may meet, bayonet to bayonet.
But no clash of warring peoples will ever again
be complete without the motion picture clicking
in unison with the great and small guns.

Today, with a comprehensive equipment of thou-
sands of feet of film, motion picture cameras and
other essentials, seven intrepid operators leave
Santa Monica for the scenes of carnage and strife
in Mexico. They will record the battle scenes in
the face of the leaden and steel hail of death.
Then these pictures will be brought back and
shown to President Wilson, his cabinet and Con-
gress.

These motion picture men will journey to
Juarez, Mexico, where they will be joined by two
others already on the scene. Then part of the
party will join the constitutionalist army and
another coterie will push on toward Mexico City
with the purpose of entering the city and taking
motion pictures of scenes of strife there.

The camera men are sent out by Vice President
Thomas H. Ince from the Santa Monica canyon
camp. Their equipment includes a portable dark-
room, extra lenses, rations and other supplies suffi-
cient to last several weeks.

Movie Camp is Bomb Wrecked; Two
Dying

Los Angeles, Dec. 4, 1913.

Moving picture actresses, Indians and cowboys
to-day fought a fierce blaze in the ammunition
house of the Kay-Bee motion picture camp in
Santa Ynez canyon, Santa Monica mountains.
Two men were probably fatally burned, the com-
pany's manager suffered severe burns and other
property was imperiled.

George Carew and S. Miller, employed in the
ammunition house, were probably fatally burned.
They are in St. Catherne's hosptal, Santa
Monica.

Manager William S. Brooks was severely burned
about the face and hands as he headed the fire
fighters' rush into the blazing building to rescue
Carew and Miller.

The ammunition house was totally destroyed
with its contents, entailing a $10,000 loss.

Carew and Miller were making smoke bombs in
battle scenes when in some unexplained manner
they exploded. Instantly the building was in
flames.

Manager Brooks, chief of the fire department
and camp mayor, headed the rescue rush.

The first move was to rescue Carew and Miller.
Streams of water were turned on the blaze and

extinguishers and other fire fighting apparatus were
brought into use. The cafeteria and several other
buildings were on fire a dozen times, but were
saved.

Actresses handled hose and fire extinguishers
with the men.

Carew and Miller were rushed to St. Cather-
ine's hospital in automobiles, but Brooks remained
despite his burns.

Lorimer Johnston Completes Great
Production

A three part subject under title "Destinies Ful-
filled," has been completed by Mr. Johnston of the
"Flying A" Company, and will be scheduled for
release shortly. The reputation of this producer
is assurance of the merit of this subject.

"Calamity Anne In Society"

It is a foregone conclusion that this subject will
be a scream. The versatility of Louise Lester
will insure a tremendous score with a subject
offering such possibilities.

"In the Firelight"

A two part American has been produced by
Thomas Ricketts, and is deserving of highest
commendation. It will be released on Dec. 29th.

Japanese Girl Is New Star in Realm
of Films

Thomas Ince, director for the New York Motion
Picture Company, at Edendale, seems to be in the
field for every big attraction, regardless of cost.
Recently he signed a contract with clever Miss
Tsuru Aoki, whose work with the Majestic com-
pany in the film, "The Oath of Tsuru San,'' has
been meeting with such success.

Mr. Ince has five new film dramas in which he
will feature Miss Aoki. When she made her debut
with the Scoveli Juvenile Stock Company recently
in the play, "A Daughter of Isis," many people
predicted a bright future for her in the spoken
drama. Miss Aoki was contemplating a season
in vaudeville when the pictures "got" her. She
is a favorite with her associates and the other day
the Scoveli Juvenile Company went in a body to \
see "The Oath of Tsuru San."

Four boxes at the Mason Opera House last night
were filled with more than a score of Sioux In-
dians in their regalia of the plains. The red men
are friends of Julian Eltinge, who invited them to
see his "Fascinating Widow," and there wasn't
any doubt of their enjoyment of it. The Injuns
are part of the New York Motion Picture Com-
pany outfit, but probably none had before seen the
inside of a theatre.

The 32 Sioux Indians of the Broncho motion
picture camp at Santa Monica canyon have be-
come so versed in real American ways and manners
that they have taken up the tango craze.

Oliver Morosco is now considering an offer from
Thomas H. Incd, Vice-President and General Man-
ager of the New York Motion Picture Company
for the motion picture rights of Mr. Morosco's
successful Hawaiian drama, "The Bird of Para-
dise."

Thomas H. Ince is negotiating with David
Belasco for the motion picture rights for several
of the former Belasco Successes. This would
include "Darling of the Gods" and "Madame
Butterfly."

Considerable anxiety is felt among the members
of the New York Motion Picture casts as to who
will be chosen to accompany Mr. Ince to Hawaii
and the South Sea Islands. He is negotiating for
the moving-picture rights to several Oriental
plays, and feeling sure that he will get them
has already invested in a barkentine, and is mak-
ing preparations for an extended cruise.

"Flying A" Cowboys Rope Seal

When Santa Barbara County Commissioners
arranged to exhibit the various industries of their
county at the San Francisco Fair in 19(15s they
called upon the "Flying A" cowboys to catch the
seal and the boys demonstrated they could rope
seal as readily as cattle.

Reel Life

3

Notes

Reliance Notes

THE TITLE of the first picture directed by
Christy Cabanne for release on the Mutual pro-
gram will be "Until Death Us Do Part." It is a
pretentious ■ three part production, and will mark
the first appearance in Mutual films of the clever
little actress, Mae Marsh, who is claimed by many
to promise a more brilliant future than our most
widely heralded screen favorites. This picture
will also introduce to Mutual audiences for the
first time, the popular Indian actor, Eagle Eye,
probably the most expert horseman in the world,
as well as the famous Burns Brothers, Robert
Harron and a number of other screen notables
perfected in their art by the master hand of
D. W. Griffith.

JAMES KIRKWOOD has returned to his first
love, "Reliance," and has been received with a
shout of genuine joy. It was in the old Reliance
studio on West 21st Street that Jim Kirkwood
first took the director's chair after making an
enviable reputation as a screen actor in the early
days of the Biograph, following his last appear-
ance in a Broadway production. Director Kirk-
wood has just completed the staging of several
of the coming Erlanger productions, and will take
a much needed week's rest before beginning work
under the Mutual banner.

■TWO BOBBY BURNSES at the Reliance studio
— both famous in their special sphere of labor —
promises to make a system of numbering neces-
sary. Bobby Burns of "Wizard of Oz," "Babes
in Toyland," and "Komic Comedy" fame might
help out the situation by wearing his human
spider costume or only appearing as a lion or one
of the many other animal "characters" with which
he is so closely identified. Along the same line,
the other Bobby Burns might appear only on
horseback. For as the other Bobby Burns said,
"A Man's a Man For a' That."

EUGENE SANGER'S first production for Re-
liance, released on Dec. 8th under the title of
"Two Girls Of The Hills," is a strong heart in-
terest drama of the Kentucky mountains. Prom-
inent in the cast are Anna Laughlin, Vola Smith,
Thomas Mills and George de Carlton.

EDGAR LEWIS is staging a new Italian drama
written in two parts by Russell E. Smith, who is
now a member of Frank Wood's scenario staff.
The title and release date of this photoplay, the
action of which is laid in one of New York's
"Little Italys," will be announced later.

Early Life in California

The Customs of unscrupulous landgrabbers of
early California days are vividly portrayed in the
"Flying A" subject, "The Rose of San Juan."
The story was written by Sydney Ayres, who also
plays the lead, supported by Vivian Rich and an
able cast. The production of the subject is by
Lorimer Johnston, and will be released on Satur-
day, Dec. 27th.

Does a Critic Need Criticism?

In writing a criticism on the two part American
"The Trail of the Lost Chord," an eminent author-
ity got himself slightly misplaced.

The carefully worded article reads: "The Lost
Chord is symbolical of his dead wife.'' The lead-
ing character was a monk. One of the fine points
of the story was that the accidental death of the
girl prevented the consummation of the wedding
ceremony — so the hero was not married, but be-
came a monk. "The Lost Chord" is symbolical of
"Happiness."

The story was excellently produced and left no
possible room for misconception.

American Company Installs Big Battery
of Filters

The American Film Mfg. Co. have just installed
a large battery of water filters in their Chicago
laboratories. The capacity of the filters will allow
the use of 10,000 gallons of filtered water per hour.
The new equipment is calculated to make the
already perfect quality of American pictures
stand out all the stronger.

Riley Chamberlin

Thanhouser

"Hands Around the State"

The California Shriner's tour of the state has
been made a feature of the two reel "Flying A"
subject, "The Shriner's Daughter," produced by
Thomas Ricketts. It is a beautiful gripping heart
interest story taken from life. The story itself
was written by Julius Frankenburg and Thomas
Ricketts, and has a strong vein of human interest
told in a very forceful and convincing manner.
The photographic quality is of the usual "Flying
A" standard, and with Winifred Greenwood and
Ed Coxen playing opposite leads the dramatic per-
fection is assured.

Actresses Must Be Young, Says Griffith

The recognition of youth and beauty, as attributes
necessary to success in motion pictures, is not a
small part of the reason for the greatness of
D. W. Griffith, general stage director for the
Mutual.

From the very beginning of his career, Mr.
Griffith has surrounded himself by good-looking
young actors and actresses, in whom he saw
possibilities of exceptional talent, and moulded
them into pantomimic artists. It is only necessary
to review the popular idols of pictures, and pick
out the ones who received their training under this
noted director to see how much weight he has
always placed upon their youth and appearance.

Mary Pickford is still a mere slip of a girl, while
Blanche Sweet and Mae Marsh, both of whom have
already made enviable reputations as screen artists,
are only nineteen and seventeen years of age,
respectively. The two latter leading ladies are
again under Mr. Griffith's valuable tutelage with
the Mutual Film Corporation, as is also Robert
Harron, another artist who, in spite of his
established position as leading man, is only twenty
years of age.

Many interesting stories are told by moving
picture stars of the methods used by Director
Griffith, to make them rise to sufficient heights of
emotion during the playing of ther first important
parts. Mr. Griffith's ability to "make people act"
approaches real genius, and he will go to almost
any length to get an actor to give him the effect
that a scene demands. In the early days of Mary
Pickford's career, when she was engaged to her
present husband, Owen Moore, who was working
with her in Mr. Griffith's company, the noted
director would accuse her fiance of lack of intelli-
gence until she lost her temper. Then he would
turn quickly to the camera men and whisper, "Go
ahead! Grind!" The result was always an exhi-
bition of temperament on the part of "Little
Mary" that exactly fitted the character she was
portraying.

Among the early trials of little Mae Marsh was
the playing of a strongly emotional role in which

she was required to show a high degree of sudden
fright. The transition from perfect tranquility to
terrible alarm had to be made almost instant-
aneously, and Miss Marsh could not seem to per-
form the difficult feat of acting perfectly enough
to suit her exacting director. Mr. Griffith was
seen giving secret orders to a property man, and
then the scene was started with the camera faith-
fully recording the action. This time Miss Marsh
had no difficulty in getting the effect required of
her, for at the correct moment, a double barrelled
shotgun was fired off behind the scenery within a
few feet of her head, and her exhibition of sudden
fright was all that could be desired by the most
critical audience.

Field-Greenwood

The "City Beautiful," Santa Barbara, California,
the home of the "Flying A" Companies, was the
rich and glowing setting for a little scene that was
not caught by the ever-present camera man.
George Field and Winifred Greenwood, two
popular leads at the American studios', were
quietly married on Nov. 26th. The host of
friends and fans all join heartily in extending
good wishes. We wonder did "Where the Road
Forks" have a bearing on the solution.

Miss Greenwood and Mr. Field, of course,
continue to appear in "Flying A" productions.

"Flying A" Rodeo

Athletic Park at Santa Barbara has been leased
by the American Film Mfg. Co. for their first
annual rodeo, which will be held on Jan. 1st.
Untamed steers, cattle and horses will be broken
as a part of a general program, including exhibi-
tions of riding and other sports. Great interest
is evinced by the employees of the company, as
well as the public at large, and the event promises
to assume the proportions of a gala-day.

Santa Barbara Has Long Siege of Dark,
Cloudy Weather

All directors at the American studios at Santa .
Barbara are deploring and in no uncertain terms
their enforced inactivity because of the extended
period of darkness and rainy weather.

American Company Erects London Plant

Popularity of "Flying A" subjects abroad has
made it necessary for the American Company to
erect its own home in London. A five-story
structure is being erected on Wardour Street,
and is expected to be ready for occupancy about
the first of the year. All machines and laboratory
apparatus are being shipped from Chicago, and the
plant abroad will be operated on the same lines as
the American plant in Chicago.

Actors Busy on Sunday

For the first time since the "Flying A" com-
panies have made Santa Barbara their permanent
home, has Sunday work been undertaken. The
many weeks of rain and clouds have made it
necessary for tlie several companies to work on
Sunday.

Jack Noble Goes to Mutual

Seven years as a Lieutenant in the United States
Army is part of the varied career of Jack Noble,
a successful motion picture director who has just
been added to D. W. Griffith's staff of directors
producing pictures for the Mutual program.

Lieutenant Noble was an active figure in the
quelling of the Boxer uprising in China;, as well
as an interested witness of the fall of Manila so
successfully staged by Admiral Dewey. His army
training has been of inestimable value to him in
the staging of large military dramas for the
Thanhouser Company, with which he was asso-
ciated for three years, and his varied experiences
are frequently brought into play during the great
variety of stories that a director is called upon to
picture.

Mr. Noble was at one time stage director for the
Solax Company, and was also part owner of the
Ryno Film Company, which produced a number of
photoplays of note under his direction.

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'iV(fttt(n'l jYlovles^^ in ^hd Poor Mnifs Stocldiig

While this Editorial is being written, many of the
best-known "Screen Favorites" and Motion Picture Ex-
hibitors in the United States are dancing the Tango and
doing other pleasant convivial things at the Third Annual
Ball of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' Associati;qn in
Terrace Garden. Doubtless, many of those present will
notice and comment upon the fact that a large number
of new friends have been added to their ranks since the similarly
pleasant occasion a year ago — and if they have a moment's leisure
fo,r reflection, they will be amazed at the indicated number of
people now interested in the Motion Picture industry.

Last year — as shown by a glance through the Christmas Num-
ber of the Mutual Observer — all of the Mutual Companies were
turning out an amount of film which then seemed surprisingly large.
The "Mutual," itself, was just breaking away from old methods
and entering upon its plan of handling all films independently.
And its controlling management was gradually settling into the
hands of men who were building for the future — men who looked
just a little beyond "to-morrow" and realized the almost unlimited
possibilities in the Motion Picture Industry.

To-day, the business is still in a transition state — the changes
in detail and handling are constant — frequent — but the volume of
first-class film turned out by the Mutual Companies, en masse, has
grown to unbelievable proportions. It is already beginning to be
a serious question as to where the limit of expansion will eventual-
ly disclose itself — and into what permanent form the industry will
settle as a steady and lasting proposition. But in all the turmoil
of overwhelming increase in business, there is one fact which stands
out clearly, above all others. There was never a time in the his-
tory of the world when the poor man of its masses got as much
solid, enjoyable, instructive and d,ecent amusement for a nickel,
or its equivalent, as he gets to-day.

It was coming to him — in the millenium, possibly. He had
earned it — sweated for it with straining back and muscles — paid
for it in blood and toil through the centuries. And though the
promise was ever before him, it seemed as elusive as a will-c^-the-
wisp. Always, it turned out, in every-day life, that when it came
to a form of amusement which was unquestionably clean — ethical —
beneficial both to mind and body — it was the man with the ionger
purse who got it, and the toiler put up with something rougher,
with more of the debasing element, more pernicious in its after-
effects. Usually, it was the rougher sort of games — in which the
women and children could not fully participate — and which led,
through the broad highway of thirst to the seductive and destroy-
ing bottle as a fitting wind-up of the entertainment. Sometimes,
it was the County Fair— which started innocently enough in the
morning but wound up with the same old bottle, with gambling
on the side. And, in the line of dramatic amusement, it was either

the roughest, cheapest vaudeville, or blood-and-thunder
melodrama which no woman or child had any business to
see — with murder, arson and drunkenness portrayed as
manly and desirable qualities. In short, any sample you
cared to investigate — of the poor man's amusements — was
an inverse ratio-limit to what it should have been. And
the fact that he had earned something better — something
more elevating and satisfying — was always there. You never got
away from that.

Nou — the toiler is coming into his own. Three Buffalo Nickels
in his Christmas Stocking will buy him as many evenings of whole-
some, even instructive, amusement. The saloonkeepers of the
United States admitted, three weeks ago, that the Motion Picture
Theatres had cut their annual income for the past year
between fifteen and twenty per-cent — in some instances, fifty
per-cent.

This one fact, alone, means that the poor man of our American
cities sits down at his Christmas dinner, this year, just twenty
per-cent more of a whole man than he was in December, 1912.

The Movie Play of Christmas, 1913, has not yet reached its
fullest or its best development. At present, it is impossible to in-
dicate clearly just what that will be. Development along educa-
tional lines seems obvious. Exploitation as an advertising medium
is to be feared — and a great deal of serious thought should be de-
voted to protecting this beneficial industry against absolute ex-
tinction through such corrosive influences. If the man of the
masses fully appreciates what he is getting to-day, from the Movies,
in the way of wholesome entertainment for his entire family, he
will never stand for a debasement of that amusement for the fur-
ther enrichment of big adve.rtisers who are already sufficiently well
supplied with this world's goods. He will not pay his nickel to
see an advertising film, and he will not enter the doors of a the-
atre where such films are shown for nothing — that is, he will not
if he is a self-respecting man instead of a loafer.

The Mutual Companies feel this year that they have contributed
in a pleasing and wholesome way toward making this Christmas
season a little jollier- — a little more helpful in uplifting influence —
for every man, woman and child in North America — ^and quite
some few in other countries. It's the sort of feeling that warms
the cockles of every man's heart — makes him digest his own turkey
— or goose — or canvas-back, according to his taste and pocket-book
— with fewer after-qualms of stomach or conscience.

So — good friends — we, of the studio and projecting-room pledge
you — in spring-water, ginger-ale, old port, as you please — another
year of increased effort in the line of even better, saner amuse-
ment than we have given you in the past. Here's to your good
health — to the forgetfulness of your daily cares and worries — to
the ever-strengthening bond of our Mutual acquaintance.

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A Christmas Story
By Cmlp^per Xmitt

Illustrated by Joseph E. Sandjord

When a girl has grown up in the lap of luxury, the way she
accepts loss of fortune and social position when those upon whom
she has been dependent meet with disastrous reverses is a pretty
strong and very severe test of character. The girl who is a weak-
ling in physical and mental fibre — slumps — becomes a clinging, help-
less creature who drifts inevitably into a small wage-earning position
and is so filled with false shame concerning her come-down in the
world that she has no courage left to face the world or the people
in it. But the thoroughbred realizes, with a somewhat uncertain
smile, that she has previously been occupying an illogical position —
and gets busy making it a logical one with the shortest possible
delay.

Norma Sanderson had
been accustomed to spend
at least four thousand dol-
lars a year on her gowns
alone — to have every week-
end taken up at somebody's
country-house or on some-
one else's yacht — to stay
through April in Paris, and
May in London, as regularly
as the seasons came around.
Then came the panic — her
father's af¥airs were found
to be involved with those of
several Trust Companies —
and she came home to find
herself an orphan, with an
income of less than five
hundred dollars a year. At
Wellesley, she had taken a
somewhat unusual scientific
course which gave her a
taste for and smattering of
two or three subjects not or-
dinarily interestingto a young
woman. So the task of quali-
fying as an expert electrician
and wireless operator was
a matter of but a few months
difficulty, one of the best positions the Marconi people had to offer.

During her summer travels of the previous year, she had met
and liked Robert Eversham — a Western man who was said by some
to be a promoter — by others, to be a shrewd operator with a genius
for pools, in Wall Street. They had made the run across the Con-
tinent together as guests of a well-known railway President, in his
private car — and Eversham had been sufficiently attracted by her
to call, upon sundry occasions when both happened to be in the
same locality for a few days. After the smash, she ran across
him but once — under circumstances where she didn't care to force
herself upon his attention. Then a year passed. Being one of the
best operators in the Company's employ she earned and was of¥ered
a month's vacation, at full pay, including transportation wherever
she cared to go. And she sailed for Panama on one of the Royal
Mailers to loaf and rest under sunny skies — over blue deep-water.

One of her first acquaintances on the Magdalena was Tommy
Clarke, the Chief Marconi man — with whom she struck up a pleas-
ant acquaintance. But for reasons of her own, she said nothing
as to her own connection with the Company until the third day
out. And looking across the saloon, during her first dinner aboard,
she saw — with something of nervous apprehension — a gentleman sit-
ting at the Captain's left whom she identified at once as Robert Ever-
sham, with a becoming but unfamiliar moustache. When she went

-after which she obtained, without

on deck again, she had little difficulty in keeping sufficiently out of
his way to avoid recognition — and hunted up Clarke in the Marconi
room. She approached her object by degrees, in a roundabout way.

"Er — Mr. Clarke — it was your watch below at dinner-time, this
evening — was it not? Yes — I was quite sure I saw you at the Cap-
tain's table. Do you happen to know who the gentleman is who sat
at the Captain's left?"

"Well — I do, and I don't. He sent a number of messages this
afternoon — signed 'A. W. Chesterton' — and that's his name on the
passenger-list. But I've a hunch that it's not his real one."
"Why? What makes you think that?"

"Some of my reasons, I
can't give you — against
Company's orders. But I
think he's putting through
some kind of a deal in Wall
Street. And from the
people he's been communi-
cating with, I'm dead sure
he's one of the big whales
among the operators. Now,
if I'm right, I can get at
pretty nearly who he is by
a process of elimination. I
know where Rockefeller is
— and Hatch — Gates — Gug-
genheim — Hill — they don't
any of 'em look like this
chap. In fact, if he had a
smooth face, he'd be a dead
ringer for 'Eversham', the
Westerner who came from
Frisco a few years ago."

"M-hm — I saw his picture
in the newspapers when he
was doing something or
other in Wall Street. This
man would like him — with-
out a moustache. What
does Mr. Eversham do in
the 'Street', anyhow? Nobody seems to know just what his business
is — from what I've heard. Is he a stock-broker — a railroad specu-
lator— or what?"

"I reckon he's a pretty big fish. Miss Sanderson. None of the
newspaper reporters seem to have any luck in making him talk about
himself or his business. He lives at one of the Clubs, and he's a
member of a lot more. Rides a horse up in the Bronx, every day.
Plays cards some — and wins when he plays — but not enough to pay
what it must cost him to live. He's on several Boards, and he
owns a pile of securities — reckon no one knows how big a one.
Lunches at one of the down-town Clubs near Wall Street — but he's
rarely seen in any of the brokers' offices, and I never heard that
he had one of his own. Of course, I may be altogether mistaken
in this man, 'Chesterton'. That may be really his name — but if so,
he's a new arrival in the financial world."

"Er — have you ever heard, Mr. Clarke, that Eversham is a
somewhat unscrupulous person — the sort of one who would gain
his object by any means — fair or otherwise?"

"Oh, they say that sort of thing about any chap in big finance,
don't you know. Buf from what I'd heard of Eversham, I got a
different impression. I think he's one of these Westerners who
plays any old game to win — taking whatever cards are dealt him —
but never plays what you'd call a mean game."

There are ways every woman has of dressing or muffling herself.

when out of doors, so that a person not quite sure of her identity
would hesitate about claiming acquaintance upon a fancied re-
semblance. During the next two days, Mr. 'Chesterton' passed
Norma Sanderson several times on deck— even glanced across the
saloon at her when they were below, at dinner— and was quite
sure they had met, somewhere. But the association of ideas refused
to crystalize upon just when or just where. It needed but a smile
of recognition upon her part to supply the needed clue— but, though
she met his glance calmly, once or twice, she appeared to consider
him an entire^ stranger and showed no disposition to strike up a
steamer acquaintance with him. Norma had considerable pride of
her own. As the daughter of a millionaire, she was socially and
financially a little more than Eversham's equal— they met upon
common ground. But as even an expert wireless operator, earning
a hundred dollars a month, their position in life was much less
even— and she was independent enough to avoid the appearance of
cultivating a millionaire's acquaintance for what she could get out
of him. So— matters drifted along until the third evening out-
after dinner— when she climbed to the upper deck for a little talk
with either the Captain or Clarke, whichever happened to be at
liberty. One of the wireless-room ports was open, as the weather
had grown steadily warmer— and she read from the spark the
message which was being sent as plainly as if someone had repeated
it to her:

"Ford & Allardyce,

971 Beaver St.,
New York City.

Secure last block Nafl

Food Products stock any

cost. Have control now.

Should get it ten points

down. But want 75% of

stock. Control Amal-
gamated Cold Storage,

also — hut will take 5,030

shares at 32."

She began to sense a deal
so colossal — so full of fear-
ful possibilities for the
food supply of the entire
nation — ^that a cold chill
sent shivers down her back
in spite of the warm even-
ing air. Was it possible
that a man she had known
intimately — had admitted to
her friendship — could think
for a moment of cornering
the nation's food supply for
no better reason than the ac-
cumulation of a few odd mil-
lions for himself ! She

couldn't believe it — and yet — ? She had been reared in an atmos-
phere of stock transactions. She knew the signs of an imminent
"corner" in something when they were forced upon her notice.
The instant the crashing spark was silent, she pounded upon the
door, and slipped inside when Clarke unbolted it.

"Tommy — I heard that message through the port — I've been
in charge of the Washington Station for the past year — on a
month's vacation, you know! I didn't tell you before — didn't
care to talk shop. We're working for the same people and can
discuss this thing between ourselves! Have you any idea what
this man Chesterton means to do?" (Clarke eyed her, specu-
latively, for a moment before answering.)

"You say you've had the Washington Station?"

"Oh, here! Listen-in while I talk to the Wool worth Build-
ing!" (The spark crashed out a message, and in a second or so,
the operator nodded :

"O. K., Miss Sanderson. I didn't really doubt you — but you
know as well as I do how strict our orders are. Now — you heard
that message — and you really know as much as I. If this man,
Chesterton, controls the Food Products and Storage Trusts, as he
says, he can prevent nearly all the food necessities- -or, at least,
the better part of ihem — from being sold in open market until he's
good and ready — until the price gets high enough to suit him!"

"That is just what's making me sicker — more tired of living
in a world where such things can happen — every minute I think

of what this fiend evidently proposes to do! Wait a second! . . .
Let me think! I've listened to details of this sort of thing all my
life! I believe I know a way to block it — long enough to have the
newspapers make it 'unsafe for him to make another attempt right
away. Will you leave me alone in this room for half an hour?"

"H -m-m — I'm responsible for any message sent from this ship,
you know !"

"Not if you leave a duly accredited operator of your own Com-
pany in charge of it while you go below to have the Doctor fix up
a stomach-ache. What happens to me is immaterial. I'll write out
the message in regular form, and swear the man gave it to me for
transmission. Now hurry! Go below — and don't come back for
twenty minutes at least!"

Clarke fully expected to lose his job as a result of the affair —
but he was man enough to take the chance when it seemed hkely
to block a public calamity. The minute he disappeared she locked
the door and sent a message to 'Chesterton's' brokers, instructing
them to place selling orders with twelve other firms next morning
and begin selling Food Products and Amalgamated Cold Storage
as soon as the Exchange opened — to continue selling until further
orders. In just half an hour, a reply came from them to the effect
that they understood instructions fully, and would carry them out.
This message, Clarke sent down to the man, Chesterton, when he

returned to the operating
room — and being exactly
what might have been
expected from his own mes-
sage, it apparently aroused
no suspicion in Chesterton's
mind.

The next day was un-
eventful. The life aboard
drifted along in its usual
delightful way — and Ches-
terton appeared to be well
liked by the other passen-
gers, when she curiously
watched him to see whether
a monster of his class bore
the ear-marks of what he
really was in public life. In
spite of herself, he fascin-
ated her. He bore himself
like a man, in every sense
of the word. It seemed im-
possible to believe that for
the sake of adding to his
own millions he would take
countless tons of good
wholesome food in its natur-
al and proper season — food
which the masses actually
needed to sustain life — and lock it up in storage warehouses until it
was absolutely poisonous and its price risen beyond the reach of
moderate incomes. She was standing by the rail in the port gangway,
after dinner, when Chesterton came out of the saloon companion —
lighted a fifty-cent cigar — and strolled forward as if his conscience
were entirely at ease. Moved by a sudden anxiety as to what had
been happening on the Exchange, she climbed to the wireless room
— and again asked Clarke to leave her there for a while. Then —
she asked the Woolworth Building if there had been anything
doing in Wall Street, and was told of the slaughter in National
Food and Amalgamated Storage. Just at that moment the door —
which she had forgotten to lock — quietly opened behind her back,
and Chesterton came in — locking it behind him.

"Excuse me, young lady — Clarke is below, I suppose? Never
mind — I heard you at the key — you can take a message for me, I
suppose?" (Her mackintosh collar was turned up around her face
— (it had been raining) — and the peak of her yachting-cap was
pulled down over her eyes.) "Got your pencil handy? All right —
take this:" (She jotted down the' address of the Brokers.)

"Stop selling — you've got about all of it. Send telegraph
orders to Managers each branch Amalgamated Storage —
release every pound food products every description to-
morrow morning. Place on sale in open market. Destroy
what is left unsold after Hfieen days. Prices will break.

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but they must accept zvhat is offered. New regulations go
into effect Monday. Thereafter, no food of any descrip-
tion mill be kept in storage longer than forty days under
any circumstances.

Signed:

Robert Eversham, Prest."

She sent the message with the stunned feeling of a person try-
ing to do something in a dream. Afterward, she sat looking
straight before her at the induction-coil — trying to comprehend
what this man had done — what his purpose really was — trying to
visualize the effect upon the prices of food products all over the
country when his orders were carried out next day. Slowly, she
turned around to him and studied the strongly-lined face behind
the huge cigar he was just lighting.

"Do — do you think for a moment that those Managers will
carry out that order! Do you dare even hope they will?"

"I sure do." (Calmly, and with a twinkle in his eye.) "I
was elected President, with full powers, at the last Board meet-
ings of both Trusts. Didn't have full control, then — bluffed the
other Directors to a finish — that was all. But .now, I have the stock.
They will obey my orders, or get out — and by this time they
know it."

"But — but — I sent an order, yesterday, to sell all your stock until
further orders !"

"Sure ! . . . I heard you — through the port ! Saved me the
trouble — just what I was going to do myself! Throwing that lot
on the market enabled my other brokers to buy back the whole
bunch thirty points down. I'm going to make you a present of
just an even million on that deal — Norma!"

"You — you've recognized me !"

"Shucks! ... I never loved but one woman in my life! Do you

suppose I wouldn't know her in Timbuctoo, if I ran across her there?
You seemed to be ashamed of my acquaintance, for some reason
or other — so I reckoned I'd saw wood until I found what your
idea was."

"And — and — you really meant to break the Storage Trust, all
the time?"

"Exactly ! . . . Been gunning for it over a year. Thought I'd
like to make you and the poor people of this country a Christmas
present that amounted to something, this year. Reckon I did, too.
Norma — you know what I want for my Christmas. Perhaps I
haven't said anything definite before — but you know it, all the
same. I thought mebbe you wouldn't care about thinking of me
in that way until you'd had a chance to size me up — measure me
against other men, to see how I panned out. Well — I meant to
hunt you up when I got back from this trip — "

"But — how could you ! You didn't even know where I was !"

"Hmph ! . . . I've kept track of you every day since you
landed in New York after your Father's death. And I've wanted
you, girl — Lord, but I've wanted you ! How about it — do you
s'pose you ever could — " Something in her face brought him to his
feet. In another second she was in his arms. And Clarke patiently
pounded on the door for at least five minutes before they paid
enough attention to him to unlock it.

A Boston Correction.

Bilkins had recently moved from New York to Boston. The
other morning he went to the butcher's.

"Give me a nice porterhouse," he ordered.

"Extremely sorry, sir," said the proprietor of the establishment
urbanely, "but we are not giving anything away this morning."

■ — Harper's Weekly.

"The Harvest of Sin"

"The Firewater Magnifies Their Wrongs"

Kay-Bee

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V

'Eileen of Erin"

"Dennis Is Captured, More Dead Than Alive"

Domino

The Simplex Christmas Gift

Reel Life is pleased to announce that the Precision Machine Co.,
maker of the Simplex Projecting Machine, has selected Reel Life
as a medium for presenting the Exhibitor with information of extra-
ordinary value. Coming at this season, the Simplex is making a
Christmas Gift to Exhibitors, continuing through the year. A full
page, appearing weekly in Reel Life, will illustrate and explain
the individual parts of the Simplex machine. This will mean as
much to the Exhibitor as a course of instruction in an automobile
school would mean to the owner of a 1914 car. These pages will
warrant the closest study. The Exhibitor who masters the Simplex
instructions will not be at the mercy of his operator. See the first
installment in this Christmas issue, and get a comprehensive idea of
this extraordinary holiday offer.

Cupid's Lieutenant

Dec. 26, 1913
CAST

Billy Drow Boyd Marshall

Muriel, the village school teacher Muriel Ostriclie

Tommy Marie Eline

Pupils

Billy Drow, senior at Dartmouth, home for a few weeks from
college, met Muriel Bond, the new school teacher — and fell in
love with her. Muriel became so absorbed in Billy that she
neglected her pupils, and Tommy Todd — speaking for the others
— told her as much. Muriel was very conscientious — and when
she realized that the children were really right, she gave Billy
back his ring, and tried to bury herself in her work. But the

little school teacher's former radiance was turned to gloom —
and Tommy saw that he had made a mistake. Acting as Cupid's
lieutenant, he sends an appealing message to Billy Drow — the
envoy brings the young man back with him — and Tommy has
the satisfaction of seeing the lovers reunited.

Eileen of Erin

Bv Richard V. Spencer and Thomas H. Ince
Dec. 25, 1913

Dennis Morrissey was arrested and condemned to die, for
leading a charge against British troops who had commanded the
Irishry to "lay down their arms." His mother and sweetheart were
implicated in his crime — but with the help of the priest, escaped
by sea. That same hour, Dennis was being led to his execution.
An Irish sympathizer contrived to cut the thongs that bound his
hands — and by a ruse, he got out of the reach of the soldiers,
running for his life along the rocky shore — skulking and hiding
among the crags. Seeing the small boat, tossing on the waves, bear-
ing the refugees to the ship anchored in the offing — he threw
himself into the sea swimming desperately. Those in the boat
failed to hear his ories, but he reached the ship — and scarcely
were his mother and Eileen safely aboard, when they saw Dennis
himself, dripping wet, coming over the deck to them. The three,
reunited, sailed to America, feeling that they had been miraculously
spared to a new life.

Beggar — Kind sir, I'm hungry !

Cholly Van Violet — ^But you certainly cawn't be intending
dine at this time of the evening in those clothes ! — Exchan^

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"Some Nerve"

'Tlirting With His Wife"

Keystone

In The Firelight

Dec. 29, 1913
. CAST

Abner William Bertram

Ned (13 years old) ; Abbot Lindsey

Ned (19 years old) William Brumburg

Ned (25 years old) Ed Coxen

Nell (10 years old) Dolly Lester

Nell (17 years old) Mabel Harmer

Nell (23 years old) Charlotte Burton

Stranger George Field

Abner Cary sank back in his armchair, pondering over scenes
of the past twenty years which had centred about that cheerful
open fire. In middle life, he had been left alone on the farm — all
his kith and kin were dead — and when Ned, a waif of twelve, asked
him for shelter and work, he had taken him in eagerly — and a few
years after, a little orphan girl, Nell. The two young people filled
his days with happiness — until the coming of the stranger. He was
a handsome man, who knew the world, and he captured Nell's
imagination at first meeting. When Abner — instinctively believing
the man to be unworthy — refused his consent to their marriage,
the stranger easily persuaded Nell to elope with him. On the
farm, now lonely and grief-stricken, they waited vainly for some
word from the runaway. At last, Ned set out to find her. In the
city, fifty miles distant, he met the stranger, who took the young
man — on promise of news of Nell — into a cafe and "treated," until
Ned was left in a drunken stupor. That same night, he deserted
the girl, of whom he was tired. Chance guided Ned and Nell to
one another, and the boy took her home to Abner. Not an unusual
■tory, perhaps — but one that held all of tragedy and beauty, and

deepest emotions and memories, for Abner Cary, musing in the

■•^ht.

Reliance

Giovanni's Gratitude

Dec. 27. 1913
CAST

George Rankin George Siegmann

His wife Irene Hunt

Giovanni Jack Pickford

Pietro Ralph Fitzsimmons

Mano Thomas Mills

George Rankin, the superintendent of a large factory, saves
a young Italian from the attack of a street gang — and later,
when the boy needs employment, finds a place for him in the
plant. Giovanni overhears two Italians, employed there, plot-
ting to blow up Rankin's house — he notifies the superintendent,
and the Black Handers are discharged. That same evening, they
try to avenge themselves upon the boy in a knife fight. An old
Italian attempts to protect Giovanni and is stabbed — the crime
is fixed upon the boy, who flees to the hills. In the woods, he
again overhears the two desperadoes planning to blow up
Rankin's house that very night. He cannot decide at once
whether to save himself or warn his friend — then he sees the
Italians preparing a lighted bomb, and rushes down the ravine
just in time to throw the thing back out of Rankin's cellar
window. The Black Handers receive the full force of the
explosion, and are instantly killed. Rankin and his wife come
upon the scene — Giovanni is cleared by his sweetheart of his
alleged guilt — and his gratitude and sacrifice clearly recognized
and rewarded by his employer and the Rankin family.

"And v/hat did you do when he kissed you? Did you hand him
his hat?"

"Er — no, mamma. I hid it." — Puck.

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The Flyleaf of Fate

Dec. 22, 1913

Ralph Cummings was engaged to Hilda Hawthorne — but he was
a poor scribbler who couldn't afford to marry, and the wedding
day had never been set. Meanwhile, George Blake, a rich banker,
falls in love with Hilda — and tired of waiting, she marries him.
Cummings is bitterly disappointed — but he idealizes the woman
who can now never be his, and pledges himself to be always true
to his lost sweetheart. With loneliness and regret eating ever
deeper into his heart — he spends more and more time browsing in
a second-hand book shop, where Mary Sharp, the daughter of the
proprietor, falls in love with him. Finding an old school book of
Hilda's, with her name on the flyleaf, he buys it. Not long after,
he hears that she is a widow — hope reviving, he goes to see her.
But she only laughs at him, mocking at his poverty — and he leaves
her, broken-hearted. His idol is clay — and he goes back to the
book store — ^there to find the girl who loves him still faithful. Then
he knows he loves Mary — that she is better than any ideal woman
who doesn't exist for him — and they are married.

Long Distance.

Our five-year-old Larry does not like Aunt Maria one single
bit she came to see us one day when he was not in, but as she
was leaving the front door to go mother spied Larry, who was
playing across the street, and called to him :

"Larry, dear, come over and see Aunt Maria."

"I can see her from here, mother," was the firm reply.

— Woman's Home Companion.

The Harvest of Sin

By William H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince
Dec. 26, 1913

Jim Neal is a rough character who kept a saloon in a Western
settlement, selling liquor to the cowboys and the Indians. His "half-
way house" is the centre of many drunken brawls and raids — and
the minister, a fine Western type, tries his best to rouse Neal to
the evil he is working in the community — especially for the sake
of his wife, and little girl, Mary. At last, a fight in the place ends
with Neal shooting a man — and the settlers, in revenge, wreck the
place. Neal flees for his life. Meanwhile, the Indians — their wrongs
greatly exaggerated by the firewater — go on the war path. They
meet Mrs. Neal, escaping with little Mary to her sister's, and make
her prisoner. The child, however, at her mother's command, hides
in the bushes, just before the Indians reach them. Neal is killed
in the Indian raid — the minister saves the child, and in vanquish-
ing the redmen, the settlers restore Mrs. Neal to her little girl.
Neal's body is found among the rocks, a note clutched in the stiff
hand — "I have reaped the harvest of sin — God bless my wife, and
baby Mary."

Cell Growth Shown by Film.

PARIS, Dec. 6. — The formation of living cells was shown in a
moving picture film this week before the Society of Biology by
Profs. Joly and Commandon. The experiments were made on the
blood of tadpoles. These were forced to undergo a fast for several
weeks and afterward fed for ten days. Then drops of their blood
were placed on the cinematograph. The experimenters could see
the blood corpuscles form and then divide, showing the phenomena
of the growth of animal matter.

"The Flyleaf of Fate"

Reliance

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Majestls

The Alternative

Dec. 24, 1913.
CAST

Jack Bolt Paul Scardon

His wife Ruth Fielding

Parson Brown George De Carlton

His wife ilabel Wright

Jack Bolt was in prison when his wife's letter came, telling
him that little Ida lay dangerously ill. He was frantic to escape
— and succeeded in making a get-away in the prison supply wagon.

Boarding a freight train, he reached P ^that same evening, and

skulked along the streets, trying to find a place where he could
steal clothes to replace his convict suit. An open window presented
itself — and he slipped in. A little boy lay on the couch, fast asleep
over a book — Bolt tiptoed into the next room, hurridly closing the
door — and rummaged out a suit of clothes belonging to Bobby's
father, Parson Brown. Re-entering the child's room, he found it
in darkness, and filled with gas. He hesitated a moment — then his
better nature prevailed. Ten minutes later the parson returned to
find him working intently over the unconscious child. Taking in
the situation at a glance — Brown was puzzling whether to hand the
man over, or let him go — when Bolt escaped through the window.
On reaching home, he found that his little girl had passed the crisis
— and resolved to be a better man for her sake.

Simplex In Olympic Theatre.

The Olympic Theatre, 107th Street and Broadway, N. Y., one
of the largest moving picture theatres in the city, seating over
1,700, has installed two (2) Simplex Projectors.

A Sapho Trolley.

One of the most unique methods of advertising ever seen in this
country was recently tried with great success, by the American
Theatre, Butte, Montana, when a trolley car was run through the
city streets with its entire sides and dashboards covered with Sapho
posters. This beautiful feature play has been filling the American
to capacity — day and night.

Reliance

The Pride of the Force

Dec. 27, 1913

Nora was a first-class cook — but she had athletic aspirations.
She was always engaging in boxing bouts with Bridget, the
second girl — and at last her mistress discharged her. Then
Nora decided to become a policewoman. The force welcomed
her with open arms — and her heart swelled with joy as she ar-
rested women in hobble skirts, and pulled in small boys shooting
crap. An escaped lunatic, however, proved her Waterloo. He
was harmless enough, and accustomed to follow the asylum
gardener, carrying his hose — asking everybody he met for a few
more feet of hose, and being greatly aggrieved when they could
not supply him with it. One day he left the asylum grounds —
and came upon Nora taking a siesta on a door step. He tickled
her nose with a feather — and she woke to see a weird looking
fellow threatening her with a knife and demanding hose. With
a yell, she set off as fast as she could pelt to the police station,
where her brothers in the service furnished the lunatic with all
the rubber tubing he could carry — and sent him away in peace.
Nora was disgusted. "It's back to the stove for mine," she
declared — and she kept her word.

\

"Eileen of Erin"

"Off For America"

Domino

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'The Prisoner of the Mountain"

Majestic

Majestk

The Prisoner of the Mountain

By Philip Lonergan
Dec. 21, 1913

Richard Stevens was president of a large mining company. A
new director, William Gurley, was elected — and he schemed to
get control of the company. At last his opportunity came — when,
driving on an unfrequented road in his automobile, he found Stevens
lying unconscious, where he had been struck by another car. Gurley
hired two men to take his rival to a lonely hut in the mountains,
and hold him prisoner there. Meanwhile, the annual election of
officers of the mining company was drawing near. Stevens' keen
mind did not desert him — learning that the lake, visible from the
mountains, would flow into the aqueduct when the flood gates were
opened at the aqueduct celebration — he wrote an appeal for help,
and enclosing it in a bottle, flung it far into the lake. The bottle
was found by a young civil engineer, the fiance of Stevens' daughter.
He hurried to the millionaire's assistance, and the latter was freed
just in time to reach the offices of the company, the morning of
the election. Gurley was defeated — and the disclosure of his
treachery resulted in his expulsion from the company.

The Worid-Wide Film Exchange

A person comfortably seated in space to observe the revolu-
tion of the earth could be entertained continually for one complete
whirl of twenty-four hours with motion pictures from the Amer-
ican films exported this year; twenty-five thousand miles of them,
enough to loop around the equator. This new export business is
increasing faster than the gait of seven-leagued boots. Twice
as many million feet will have been exported this year than last,
according to an estimate of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce. Not all this enormous output carries pictures, of
course. It is believed that three-fourths of the films used all over
the world are manufactured in this country, and the larger quan-

tity of exportations are unexported, for picture making by the foreign
purchasers. On the other hand, most of the imported films con-
tribute pictures to the limitless panorama of the movie shows.
Some million feet of the exported blanks return annually printed
with pictures from the ends of the earth. It is an amazing in-
dustry, and the interchange helps to make the whole world kin.

The Miser's Policy.

Jan. 3, 1913.

CAST

Turpin, the miser Joseph Swickard

Katy, his niece and ward (as a child) Nina Richdale

Katy (ten years later Winifred Greenwopd

Benny, in love with Katy Ed Coxen

Marsten, the stranger George Field

Chvner of lumber yard William Tedmarsh

Architect Reaves Eason

Katy's uncle adopted her — on the death of her parents — not
so much for love of tihe little girl, as for the fortune which
her father's will placed in his control, provided he took care of
Katy. However, as she grew older, she became more helpful
every year to the old man, and he came to be really very fond of
her. When the young men began to be attentive, Dan Turpin
found a way to get rid of them — all except Benny Apjones. Benny
stuck — won out — and wrote Katy that he was coming on a certain
day to claim her as his wife. The old miser read .the letter —
and avariciousness got the better of him. He took out the hoard
that belonged to him, as Katy's foster father — and the young
folks, coming in suddenly, found him gloating over it. Evidently,
he had visions of his treasure soon slipping from his grasp. But
the happiness of Katy and the young chap presently drove out
this meaness — he gave the pair his blessing — and Katy's fortune
went with it.

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An Orphan's Romance

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Dec. 23, 1913
CAST

Mary Maude Fealy

Tom Sinks, her stepfather Sidney Bracey

'Anna, her society aunt Carey Hastings

Jack, a young millionaire Harry Benham

Matron at Hospital Miss Dunn

Nurse Mrs. Badgley

Footman Morgan Jones

Maid Mrs. Benham

After her mother's death, Mary was left without a friend in
the world — for her stepfather was a cruel old farmer who made
a slave of her. Then, a letter came from her aunt in Montclair,
inviting Mary to make her home with them. At first Mary was
radiantly happy in the new life — and not the least of her joy
was due to the attentions of Jack van Horn, a young millionaire,
who fell head over heels in love with her. But Cousin Winifred
loved van Horn herself — and when he was called to Europe by
business, she and her mother succeeded in making Mary believe
that Jack and her cousin were engaged. Mary — no longer able
to endure her aunt's house — went to a New York hospital and
became a trained nurse. On the young man's return — instead
of turning to the cousin for consolation — he devoted himself to
searching for the girl he loved. At last an automobile accident
brought him to the hospital, where Mary was assigned to nurse
him. She sent for her cousin, believing it was she whose rightful
place was with the injured man — but Winifred confessed all —
and the orphan's romance ended happily.

Her Father's Story

By William H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince.
Dec. 24, 1913.

Nell Brassey was rather tired of her good-natured, unromantic
husband. Jack — and was meeting Jim Weston in secret. Her father,
an old sheriff, found this out — and one day he surprised them at
their rendezvous, sending Weston off at the point of a gun. Then
he told Nell the tragic story of his life.

When she was a baby, a stranger, wounded in an Indian attack,
took refuge with Nell's father and mother. "Mr. Rollins" was no
other than the famous Mascal Vine, wanted for bigamy and rob-
bery— and later, when his identity became known to the sheriff,
Mrs. Coke — who believed in "Rollins' " innocence and was in
love with him — saved him from arrest by unlocking his handcufifs
and eloping with him. In the Arizona deserts, they were lost —
and when the woman was dying of hunger and thirst, she fran-
tically begged Vine not to desert her. Angrily remonstrating with
her, he swooned from weakness — and she, with sudden inspiration,
snapped around her own v/rist, and his, one of -the handcuffs she
had taken from him several weeks before. When Vine came to,
he found himself linked to the lifeless body of the woman he had
seduced. On discovering them, the sheriff found Vine dead also.

Nell Brassey heard her father's story with horror — and when
Jack came home, she ran into his arms sobbing out her repentance
— though he was totally ignorant of her guilt.

Leading Question.

D. A. R. — "I have the drum that my great-grandfather carried
all through the revolution." The Flippant One — "And when he
saw the enemy, did he beat it?" — Puck.

Maude Fealy and Harry Benham in "An Orphan's Romance"

Thanhouser

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Charlotte Burton and Ed Coxen in "In the FireHght"

American

Dr. Montessori's Aim.

Dr. Maria Montessori lectured on her method of education
Monday night, Dec. 8th, to an audience that filled Carnegie Hall.
More than 1,000 persons were turned away. Dr. Montessori spoke
under the auspices of the Montessori Educational Association.
Dr. John Dewey, President of the National Kindergarten Associa-
tion, presided. The lecture last night, it was supposed, would be Dr.
Montessori's only public appearance in this city, but so much in-
terest has been manifested that she will deliver a second lecture
in Carnegie Hall on Monday, Dec. 15th. Dr. Montessori spoke
last night in Italian.

S. S. MoClure, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Montessori
Educational Association, was the first speaker. He said that he
and his wife went to Italy to investigate the Montessori method.
Mr. McCIure has done much to introduce this method in the
United States, and is making a further study in Dr. Montessori's
own school in Rome.

Many of those in last night's audience were Italians. For the
benefit of those who could not understand Italian, Anne E.
George, a Montessori teacher, acted as interpreter. She translated
sentence by sentence.

After the lecture there were moving pictures taken in Dr. Mon-
tessori's school at Rome and shown last night in public for the
first time. These pictures showed the teacher assisting children
at their work. Dr. Montessori explained that her pupils always
learned through their own initiaive, never through the initiative of
the teacher.

"The development at which I aim," said Dr. Montessori, "in-
cludes the whole child — bodily strength, knowledge of practical
necessities of life, keenness of all senses, and accurate muscular
control. My pupils learn their three R's earlier than other chil-
dren. A broad basis is laid for the child's future development.
My larger aim is the eventual perfection of the human race."

Overcharged.

The attorney for the gas company was making a popular ad-
dress.

"Think of the good the gas company has done !" he cried. "If
I were permitted a pun I would say, in the words of the immortal
poet, 'Honor the Light brigade.' "

Voice of a consumer from the audience, "Oh, what a charge
they made!" — Youth's Companion.

Mutual %¥eeMy NOo 51

A Lunch 'Neath the Arches — Panama-Pacific Exposition
officials dine in new Machinery Hall.

A Steeplechase in Germany — An interesting race through the
water at Karlshorst.

Suffragists Call on the President — Large number of "Votes-
for-Women" advocates visit the White House.

Polish Wreck Costs Many Lives — Two trains collide on
Warsaw Railroad at Kovno.

Christmas the World Over — Strange and interesting Yule-
tide scenes covered by Mutual Weekly camera men from all
parts of the earth.

S. S. "Zulia" Sinks in New York Harbor — S outh American
boat goes down while on way to dry-dock.

Some High but Cold Dives — A midwinter aquatic carnival at
Bath, England.

Portland, the Progressive — Several exciting happenings in
Northwestern city.

Texas Floods — Western part of Lone Star State swept by
deluge.

Helen Badgley, "The Thanhouser Kidlet," in "His Father's Wife"

Thanhouser

Tlianlioiiser

His Father's Wife

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Dec. 26, 1913

The broker was rich, and elderly — when he fell prey to a design-
ing woman. She was a stenographer in his office, very demure
and clever — and it never occurred to Bronx that she wanted him
for his wealth alone. When his son — who read the girl on first
meeting — hinted as much, he resented the accusation, and to get
even with the boy for interfering, asked Molly to marry him that
very day. His wife never forgave the boy. She made all sorts
of trouble between father and son — until Maurice was practically
an outcast — and finally disinherited. Bronx's new will left every-
thing to Molly. However, she boasted of her cleverness to her
brother — and her husband overheard just enough to be convinced
that Maurice was right after all. He made a new will, leaving all
to his son — and was on the way home in his automobile, with the
document in a tin box, when he was suddenly stricken, and the box
fell from the car. Bronx was taken home — and never regained
consciousness. Meanwhile, a little girl found the box, and put it
among her playthings. Molly Bronx ordered Maurice to leave the
house forever, as there was nothing for him. That same hour,
a fire broke out in the neighborhood. It was in the home of the
little girl. Maurice Bronx was the hero of the fire — he saved little
Helene — and, strangely enough, found the lost will.

Kind to the Actors.

"You are going to fiddle while Rome burns?"

"Yes," replied Nero.

"But you can't play the fiddle."

"That's all right. The fact won't be noticed in the moving pic-
tures."

MaJsstSs

Mrs. Brown's Burglar

Dec. 23, 1913
CAST

Brown R. Cummings

Mrs. Brown Carrie Clark Ward

Willie, their son Mathe Rubert

Bartender Sidney De Gray

Druggist D. Mitsoras

Weary, a tramp William Nigh

Mike, a policeman Chester Conklin

Sergeant John Rand

Brown liked to go on sprees — and Willie Brown had a weak-
ness for jam. Between the two of them, Mrs. Brown led a hard
life of it. One evening, Willie was caught raiding the pantry
and soundly spanked by his father, who then departed for a
night's jollification. Determining to avenge himself on his
mother, Willie dressed up a dummy in his father's c'cthes, and
put it under the bed — then he called Mrs. Brown to look. Run-
ning to the drug store she telephoned the police to come quick,
there was a burglar in the house. Meanwhile, a tramp had
walked in and made himself comfortable in the bed. When
the officers arrived, they found Weary — who was big and ath-
letic— more than a match for them, and fled down stairs, to be
greeted by a volley of water from the garden hose. The "other
burglar" was captured and hauled off to the station — but when
he had sobered up, he declared himself the master of the house,
and Mrs. Brown was obliged to come and prove in person that
her husband was not a burglar. Little Willie got his — and now
he doesn't touch jam — not even when it's offered him.

Two Meanings-
He (in a rage) — That man is the biggest fool in the world.
His wife (comfortingly) — Henry, you are forgetting yourself.

Woman's Home Companion.

VERY operator and exhibitor should know how a perfect projector is made; he should know what the
different parts are for and be familiar with their use.

We will illustrate weekly on this page a part of the Simplex machine and describe thoroughly its
manufacture.

For the first article of the series to be published under the above heading, we have chosen the CENTER FRAME,
upon the accuracy of which depends the correct working of the entire mechanism.

X XX XXX

The CENTER FRAME is made of close grain grey cast iron, the patterns being designed to reinforce all
parts liable to strain in machining or use. The entire frame is Japanned before machining

Cast iron, as a bearing metal, is recognized the world over as being par excellence. It is semi-porous, thereby
retaining a quantity of oil, and causing a glazed surface to be formed by the revolving shafts of tool steel.

The above reproductions show at a glance the amount of machine work — such as milling and profiling, illustrated
by letter "D", drilling and reaming, "C" — which is necessary in its manufacture.

Each operation must be perfect in itself or the finished piece will be rejected by the chief inspector who makes
a final and rigid inspection.

The bearings No. 1 motor drive stud. No. 2 main drive shaft. No. 3 lower feed sprocket shaft. No. 4 interme-
diate shaft, No. 5 vertical shaft. No. 6 top feed sprocket shaft. No. 7 framing slide cam arm, are of generous length
as shown by "A" — large in diameter "C" and are drilled and reamed to exact size.

The large bearing as shown on plates X and XXX is for the framing cam into which fits the intermittent box.

Precision applies throughout the entire factory, from the office to the shipping department. Specially designed
machinery is required for many of the operations on SIMPLEX parts.

Compare each part of the Simplex with that of your present machine.

Tack this up in pour operating room. With the succeeding numbers, it rvill furnish very complete and valuable
information regarding the

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KEYSTONE He Would A Hunting Go

RELIANCE Daybreak

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Tuesday, December 3^

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MAJESTIC The Baby

SELECTED RELEASE

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THANH O USER An Amateur Animal Trainer

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Tliiirsday, Jmuary 1st

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DOMINO True Irish Hearts

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KOMIC. .The Bad Man from the East— Levi's Luck

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KEYSTONE A Misplaced Foot

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KAY BEE Prince

PRINCESS A Rural Free Delivery Romance

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THANHOUSER Their Golden Wedding

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Sati;irday, JaiPiary 3i

AMERICAN The Miser's Policy

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KEYSTONE Love and Dynamite

MAJESTIC Educating His Daughters

RELIANCE Some Rogues and a Girl

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Siisaday Jmmmy 4Ah

MAJESTIC Mollie and the Oil King

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THANHOUSER Mrs. Pinkhurst's Proxy

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APOLLO : The Tale of a Shirt

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In Six Reels

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THANHOUSER MOTHS

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Witi MAUDE FEALY

THANHOUSER ROBIN HOOD

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THANHOUSER,. A LEGEND OF PROVENCE

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KAY BEE.... THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

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Force of Habit

There is at Princeton an instructor in mathematics who
was country bred, a fact that is frequently betrayed by
some homely saying of his.

One day an undergraduate had performed some pecu-
liarly useless and complicated process in arriving at the
solution of a problem when the instructor said:

"This reminds me of a colt once owned by an old
friend of mine down east. This colt was put out to pas-
ture after having been fed from its birth in a box stall
and watered at a trough in the yard. The pasture lay
across a small river, and in the middle of the day the colt
would swim the stream to go up to the barn for a drink
of water." — Harper's Magazine.

"Just a Lot of Water"

You think that perhaps so much talking about Niagara
has kind of dulled the edge of your appreciation of it.
I don't believe it. The first man that saw it probably
said: "What's to hinder?" and didn't stare at it very long.
Nothing to eat there, and it looked spooky, and anyhow
standing where it was so damp would probably give him
rheumatism. It tells in the guide-book how a man in the
early days went to see the place, but it was a very cold
night, and the tavern was comfortable, so he sent a boy to
see if it was worth while. The boy came back and said it
wasn't much; just a lot of water falling, and it was colder
than all get-out, and he wouldn't advise it. — Eugene Wood,
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Majestic

Lamar Johnstone and Ernest Joy in "A Prisoner of the Mountain"

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the police to keep the crowds in line.
They stretched solid for over a block —
and until we closed down at midnight,
I showed to standing room only."

SIAPHO (with Florence Roberts) the biggest puller yet for your theatre.

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Release of FRIDAY, December 26th, 1913

One of Those Pretty Love Stories that Have
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M A RiJC L 3 N E

(The most Famous of Child Actresses)

jV'URIEL O^TIKOlCi:

(The Youngest of Leading AVomen)

(The Handsomest of Leading Men)
AND A

STRONG SUPPORTING CAST
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Any APOLLO is a Comedy Reel."

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December 26

HARVEST OF

SIN

January 2
PRINCE

January 9

NARCOTIC

SPECTRE

(2 Reels)

January 16

CIRCLE OF FATE

HARVEST
OF SIN

SOME
NERVE

December 24 HER FATHER'S STORY

December 31 THE WOMAN

January 7 A MILITARY JUDAS (3 Reels)

January 14 THE CURE (1 Reel)

January 21 CONSCIENCE

ICeystOiiD Comeiies

December 25 SOME NERVE
December 27 THE CHAMPION
December 29 HE WOULD A HUNTING GO
January 1 MISPLACED FOOT, and

A GLIMPSE OF LOS ANGELES

(Split Reel)

January 5 LOVE AND DYNAMITE

Wmmrs

December 25

EILEEN OF

ERIN

January 1

TRUE IRISH

HEARTS
(3 Reels)

January 8

HARP OF TARA
January 15
THE

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CALL

(3 Reels)

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THE THANHOUSER THREE -A-WEEK

Sunday, Dec. 21st-

-NO RELEASE because of extra -reel release of preceding Friday (Jack and the
Bean Stalk).

Tuesday, Dec. 23rd — "AN ORPHAN'S ROMANCE." Friday, Dec. 26th-
Maude Fealy's first "regular re-
lease," in which she is sup-
ported by Sidney Bracy,
Harry Benham and Carey
L. Hastings.

-"HIS FATHER'S WIFE," with
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Thanhouser Kidlet, Emma L.
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A Christmas Story

By IRVING CRUMP

Forced ajar by a swirling draught of cold air from the street,
the door at the end of the long, dark hallway in the Sun office
stood partly open as if admitting begrudgingly the right of this
girl in fox furs to enter the sanctum. Such displays of hospitality
were rare indeed from the old door, for usually it was closed and
guarded by a truculent office boy and few got by who did not wear,
so to speak, their passport on their sleeve.

Yet Marion Bendall — or j\Iarion Clifford, as the Sun's readers
knew her best — hardly seemed to fit in the paper-strewn, smoke-filled
editorial room. There was nothing that suggested her occupation
about the neatly tailored black suit and mass of tawney fox furs
that were heaped about her shoulders and fell over the front
of her jacket to merge with a muft" of similar color. Nor was
the wistful face and tired brown eyes that looked out between
the furs and the broad brim of her hat exacth^ what one would
e.xpect in those who are supposed to be constantly digging into
other people's affairs, to spread them before the world in glaring
headlines and unsympathetic type. Nevertheless, the girl in fox
furs was a member of the Sun's staff. ^Moreover, she was gen-
erally conceded to be the best woman writer in New York and the
Sun had been congratulating itself ever since the night (nearly
two months before) when she pushed boldly past the inhospitable
door and told the city editor that she intended to return to newspaper
work after nearly a year's absence from the game.

Though there were half a dozen coatless, and in some cases,
vestless rewrite men and reporters in the room, no one paid any
particular attention to her as she entered and walked toward the
line of mail boxes on the wall. Austin, the city editor, looked up
from his work absently and immediately bent to his task again.
Old Hancock, the bewhiskered czar of the copy desk, gave her a
fleeting glance, his mind still on the screaming headline he was
planning, and one telegraph machine, a little shriller in tone than
the rest opened up a fusillade of dots and dashes which could
be heard above the general clatter that came tumbling through
the doorway of the telegraph room.

For a moment the girl hesitated before the line of mail boxes.
Then stretching upward on her dainty toes, she reached three
letters in one of the compartments. Although two were addressed
in a decidedly feminine hand and looked really worth while, the
third, clothed in a crisp yellow envelope and appearing \ery busi-
nessy, with its typed address, seemed to hold the most interest for
her. Indeed, at sight of it she became quite animated and a look
of eager expectancj^ crept into her melancholy eyes as she threw
off her furs and hurried across the room to her own flat-topped
desk.

With a quick, rfeTvous motion she withdrew a hatpin and ripped
open the envelope. Hastily drawing forth the letter she unfolded
it, disregarding a long yellov\^ slip, obviously a check, that fluttered
to the floor. A moment she paused to read the single typewritten
line :

Mrs. Marion Bendall:

Merr}- Christmas.

James R. Bendall.
Instantly the look of hope and expectancy changed to an ex-
pression of lonesome sadness. Then, as she reread the line again,
color flushed her face.

"Oh, the sarcasm," she muttered, as she tore the letter into
tiny pieces and let them sift between her fingers to the floor."
"The irony of it !"

Then she discovered the check and picking it up she folded
it neatly. A bundle of similar checks she drew from her purse
and unsnapping the rubber band that bound them together, put the

last in place, pausing only a moment to count them. And as she
put them away she mused :

"Eight weeks. It seems more like eight years."

Half heartedly she turned her attention to one of the other
letters, all unconscious of the fact that Hogan. a rewrite man, and
Monroe, one of the outside men, were watching her through the
haze of tobacco smoke.

"Peculiar girl." said Hogan as he adjusted a fresh sheet of
paper in his typewriter. "Peculiar, but she can write like the
dickens. I used to meet her occasionally when she was on the
Journal. Comes of a mighty good New England family down Cam-
bridge way. Reversal of circumstances or something like that and
she had to get into the newspaper game. She sure can write
though Dropped out of sight about a year ago. I heard she
married one of the men on the Journal. Don't remember his name.
L.ast I heard of her 'liil she popped in here a few weeks ago. Wonder
if he died or what."

"Why don't you ask?" suggested Monroe, lighting a black cigar
and fixing his coat preparatory to a venture into the night.

"Well — ah — wouldn't it be rather indelicate, to say the least?"
asked Hogan, with a smile.

But the remark was lost on ^lonroe. He was one of those news-
paepr men who never realized the existence of the word "indelicate."
Perhaps that was one of the reasons why he was considered the
best "news-getter" in the shop.

By half past seven activities in the Sun's editorial rooms were
at fever pitch. A score of typewriters were rattling out stories for
the early country edition, and six men were hunched over the
semi-circular copy desk digging the flaws out of page after page
of copy heaped before- them by the ever active copy boys.

^Marion Clifford was hard at it with the rest. Her lonesomeness
cast aside for the time, she was busy writing one of those "Brief
Essays About the Town" that were attracting so much attention
among Sun readers, when a copy boy interrupted her with a
message that "Boss" Austin had an assignment for her.

"This is Christmas Eve, Miss Clifford, and the city is giving
its poor a treat in the form of a Christmas tree up in Madison
Square," said the city editor, with a trace of sarcasm in his voice.
"Of course, we have men there to handle the story about the
ceremony and all that, but I want )"ou to go up and dig out a real
story. You know, one with a lot of human interest in it. A
Christmas story that will make New York eat breakfast with tears
in its eyes to-morrow morning."

"All right. I saw the tree this afternoon when they were decor-
ating it. It's a wonderful old spruce and it looks sadly out of
place there in the Square surrounded by big skyscrapers," she said,
as she turned toward her desk again.

The cold wind was driving powdery flakes from the darkness
overhead when Marion Clifford arrived on the outskirts of the
th rong that crow'ded about the tall, light-bedecked spruce m the
centre of the park. It w-as a heterogeneous gathering of New
Yorkers ; tired but enthusiastic shop girls, tenement mothers with
shivering, but none the less joyful children, men and women from
the east and west of town, and from the theatre district a few
blocks north ; just such a crowd as Marion Clifford would delight
in being a part of any other night but this. Though the wind
was sharp and the snow crystals cutting, no one seemed to care.
All were imbued with the spirit of Christmas and the girl in
fox furs could feel the throb of emotion that swayed the vast
crowd as a hundred children, grouped on a stand at the base of
the giant fir, burst forth into an old English Christmas carol.

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Reliance

Violet De Biccari

Yet all this awakened no response in her. Of the thousands in
the Square she was the lonesomest. Indeed, the ecstasy evident in
the vigor of each applause stirred in her only a feeling akin to
bitterness. Why should she be the only unhappy person in all that
iTowd? Wihy should her Christmas be barren of pleasure when
every one else seemed brimming over with good cheer? Thus she
questioned the order of things as she wandered through the crowd
on her real mission, the search for a Christmas story, all but for-
gotten.

So occupied was she with her own emotions that almost before
she realized it the last carol had been sung and the joyous crowd
was thinning. In groups men and women left the square while
slowly, one by one, the lights which illuminated the tree began to
fade until only the huge star on top shined forth. Then suddenly
tliis, too, without even a preliminary twinkle, grew dead and the
girl in fox furs was alone in the square with only the lifeless old
spruce for a companion.

For a few minutes she stood staring at the top of the tree
where the star had been, while the wind tossed the ends of her
furs about and swept gusts of snowflakes past her. Then for the
first time she realized that she had missed the story she was after;
but even the failure could not rouse her from her lonesomeaess.
Slowly she turned away and started toward the Subway, almost over-
come by her unhappiness.

It was not until she crossed Park Row that she thought of her
failure again. Then suddenly, as she passed under the arc light in
front of the Sun office door, an impulsive thought made her stop.
A moment she weighed her own suggestion, then nerves a-tingle,
she dashed up the steps and through the long, dark hall to the
editorial room.

"He wants human interest," she whispered, "and I can give it
to him."

Hardly pausing long enough to throw off her wraps, she grasped
a bundle of copy paper from the nearest desk and began to write
in long hand with one of the thick black pencils which the office
provided for its proof readers (for when Marion Clifford had a real
story to write she scorned the typewriter, preferring to paint her
word pictures through the medium of a lead pencil).

She bent over her desk and scrawled line after line, so en-
grossed in her work that she forgot to call a copy boy to take her
first sheets away. And as she wrote she built a story of a girl
in fox furs. She told of the little quarrel which had separated
this girl and her husband for weeks, and of the hopes that were
shattered with the arrival of each yellow envelope. She wrote
of the checks that were hoarded, untouched, because of her injured
pride and of her effort to earn her own living. And last of all
she told of her lonesome Christmas Eve up there in the vast throng
in Madison Square and how she lingered after the rest were gone
and watched the lights go out, one by one. She wrote her own
emotion as she alone knew how to write.

When the first sheets of the story arrived at the copy desk old
Hancock glanced over the scrawl himself. But as line after line
was deciphered the old man bent closer, his deadly pencil for-
gotten. A smile wrinkled his face as he read — a certain sign that
the story was unexpectedly good. And when he arrived at the
last sheet he seized the bundle and hurried to Austin's desk. To-
gether they read it and when they had finished each looked at
the other and then toward Miss Clifford.

Austin was the first to realize that she was crying. The strain
had been too much for her and she was sobbing hysterically, her
head pillowed on her arms on top of the desk. The City Editor
walked to her chair, the bundle of copy in his hand.

"It's a wonderful story, Miss Clifford. The best Christmas story
I've ever read. Shall we publish it?" he asked.

She looked up at him and smiled through her tears.

"You wanted human interest. There it is. Don't mind me.
I'm only a little nervous. Send a boy upstairs for a strong cup
of coffee and I'll soon be all right again."

"By all means, you shall have coffee. And you can go into Mr.
Stanton's private office and lie down as long as you wish. Here
boy !"

***********
In twenty-five minutes the city edition was on the press, with
Miss Clifford's story featured on the first page. And in twenty-nine
minutes a bundle of Suns, the ink still damp, were smuggled out of
the office by means of a curious underground system known only
to the denizens of the press rooms and into the Journal's editorial
rooms a block away.

Jim Bendall, city editor of the Journal, received his copy of
the Sun just as he put his initials on the order that sent his own
paper to press. He took it eagerly, as he had taken every issue of

Marie Eline, "The Thanhouser Kid"

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the Sun since Marion Clifford returned to newspaper work. The
feature story on tlie first page arrested his attention, for he knew
at a glance her style of writing. He read the first paragraph, the i
paused, for he recognized immediately the lonesome girl in fox
furs.

"By George, she's writing about herself!" he gasped.

Then he read on hungrily and when he reached the bottom of
the column, started to read it over again. But in the midst of
his reading he was moved by an uncontrollable desire to see this
girl and tell her the story of a man who was lonesome too.

Hurriedly he seized his hat and coat, and scorning the slow-
moving building elevator, descended three steps at a time to the
street. And just as he was entering the long, dark hall of the Sun
office the rays of the arc before the door revealed the girl in fox
furs coming out.

"Marion!" he said huskily, for the emotion her story had stirred
within him had not yet subsided.

"Jim !" she whispered.

Then, a moment later, in the darkness of the hallway, a voice
said :

"It will be a merry Christmas after all, won't it Jim?"
And the answer was:
"Indeed, little girl, it will."

Largest Moving-Picture Theatre.

A moving-picture theatre with a seating capacity of 3,000 has
recently been opened jn Salt Lake City, containing all the adjuncts
and conveniences of a properly equipped amusement house for a
metropolis. Built of reinforced concrete, the building is absolutely
fireproof, and cost over $150,000. Ventilation is taken care of by
a complete plant, in which the outside air is washed, dried and
heated or cooled to the requisite temperature, and then introducer!
through ventilators, while the vitiated air is withdrawn through
openings near the roof. A complete lighting system has be'^^n
installed, a pipe organ, costing $30,000, built in, and the operating
room, constructed of metal, asbestos and reinforced concrete, has
been given special attention. In case of accident or fire, the operat-
ing room is shut off absolutely from the rest of the house. Two
machines are provided with full equipment so that there need be
no wait in this new playhouse. The manager's office is equipped
with a small projecting machine, so that the main room need not
be used when testing films. Several views of this theatre appear
in the December Popular Mechanic's Magazine.

Reliaiire

Runa Hodges

"The Thanhouser Twins"
Marion and Madeline Fairbanks

Moving Pictures For Defense.

Moving pictures will be exhibited Tuesday in the federal court
at Boston as part of the defense of the United Shoe Machinery
Company, in the dissolution suit brought by the government. The
pictures will show machines of the company in operation in various
stages of shoe manufacturing. Reasons for the purchase of the
nuhierous concerns acquired by the United Company were given
by Sidney W. Winslow, president of the company, in testimony
yesterday. The early purchases were made, he said, chiefly to
put an end to litigation arising out of infringements of patents,
and six other companies were acquired for the purpose of turning
them into agencies of the United.

Other companies were bought, he said, for the purpose of
extending the scope of the business, the purchase adding machin-
ery that the United had not manufactured up to that time. These
machines had to do mostly with the finishing of the shoe after
it had been lasted and stitched. Other purchases tOok in companies
that furnished findings and supplies, such as needles, eyelets,
cement and tacks. Still other companies were acquired, he said, to
secure patents and royalties on patents which the United Company
required to give it a free field in developing its own machines along
improved lines.

To wipe out some old obHgations of the Goodyear Company,
which was one of the three companies which joined to form the
United, two concerns were bought out. Further companies had
to be bought to secure the services of certain experts. During its
first three years, the United Company spent $278,000 in buying up
litigants, Mr. Winslow testified. None of the machines acquired
were competing machines, he said, and no attempt was made to
drive competitors out. Elmer E. Howe, attorney for the Goodyear
Company when it was merged in the United, testified to conditions
surrounding that merger. — Springfield Republican, Dec. 5, 1913.

To Give Movie Lectures At Coming Poultry Show.

The biggest of America's poultry shows of the year will come
to Madison Square Garden the Friday after Christmas and stay
through to the end of the year. It will keep open Sunday, Decem-
ber 28, at popular prices, to enable the workingman to learn how
to raise poultry with profit on a backyard farm.

Superintendent Cleveland had a vision; it is not to make the
Garden show profitable — it has been a consistent money-maker
for its stockholders — but to make it a great educational force,
doing for one week in the year what the "Ag" department at Cor-
nell University and other educational institutions are doing all
the year.

Hence, Cleveland is going in for illustrated lectures as a part
of the Madison Square Garden Poultry College's curriculum, and
anything that seems likely to result in pedagogical efficiency. The
Garden show is to lead a grand assault on the citadel of high
priced food by teaching the masses how to produce their own poul-
try and eggs in rear yards, or even on housetops.

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Charlotte Burton in "In the Fireliglit' .unerican

Stocked With Reading.

While traveling through the rural districts of Missouri, a book
salesman approached a farmer and stood for several minutes im-
portuning him to buy the book he was selling. Presently the
farmer blinked his eyes and said :

"No, it ain't no use. I can't read."

The salesman paused a moment and then said :

"But you must have some one in your home that can read.
Your wife, your children — I know they would be interested."

"Yes, my daughter can read," replied the Missourian, "but
she's got a book." — Lippiiicott's.

Harry Benham and "The Thanhouser Kidlet" in ")i\s Father's *Wife"

"The Flyleaf of Fate" • Reliance

Made Her Peevish.

Mrs. Malaprop — Young Sharp will have to apologize before
I speak to him again.

Miss Interest — Did he insult you?

Mrs. Malaprop — Did he? The last time I met him I told him
that my uncle had locomotive ataxia, and he asked me if he
"whistled at crossings." — Exchange.

"The Pride of the Force" Majestic

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"The Pride of the Force" Majestic

George Rankin and Jack Pickford in "Giovanni's Gratitude"

Escaping Danger.

While visiting his nephew in the city, Uncle Sam, Shimmerpate
stopped in front of a motion picture billboard on which were dis-
played pictures of lions, tigers, elephants and other African wild
animals^

"Great guns, ITenry," he said to his nephew, "I'm mighty glad
I leave town Saturday afternoon !"

"Why are you so anxious to get away?" asked the nephew.

Pointing to the billboard, Uncle Sam read aloud the words :
"To be released Saturday night." — Judge.

"Her Father's Story" "The Tempter" Broncho

Maude Fealy in "An Orphan's Romance" Thanhouser

He Knew.

Little Willie, the son of a Germantown woman, was playin;;
one day with the girl next door, when the latter exclaimed:

"Don't you hear your mother calling you ? That's three times
she's done so. Aren't you going in ?"

"Not yet," responded Willie, imperturbably.

"W^on't she whip you?" demanded the little girl, awed.

"Naw!' exclaimed Willie, in disgust. "She ain't going to whip
nobody! She's got company. So, when I go in she'll just say,
'The poor little man has been so deaf since he's had the measles I"

— Lifpincott's

Marie Eline, Boyd Marshall and Muriel Ostriche in
"Cupid's Lieutenant"

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Winifred Greenwood

Favors Local Film Censors.

Local censorship of the "movies," by means of a committee of
film exhibitors appointed by the mayor and backed by his authority
was advocated by John Collier, secretary of the national board
of censorship, New York city, before the City Club.

"The national board advocates this form of censorship because
it does not involve legislation, but is based upon the power already
vested in the executive of a city," said Mt. Collier. "If it does
not prove satisfactory it can be changed over night, whereas a
statute once on the books is rigid and hard to get rid of.

" 'Censorship by administrative order,' as this is called, has
been adopted by Boston, Portland, Ore., San Francisco and Wash-
ington, D. C. In all of these cities it has been satisfactory and I
believe it is the type of censorship which can be used to the best
advantage. It involves the appointment of a committee which
will see all the films brought to the city before they are sent to
the theatres. It will have the power to censor any part or all of
a film passed upon favorably by the national board, but it will not
be able to pass a film which has been declared unfit for exhibition
by that body. The committee makes its report to the mayor, who
usually sustains its action but who is not bound in any way to
do so. He is the court of last resort and when a controversy is on
regarding a film, he gives the final word.

"By having both the public and the film exhibitor represented
on the censorship committee, there is a. good chance for greatly
improving the standard of moving pictures, for the latter are
usually severe critics. I understand that Milwaukee is dissatis-
fied with the quality of some of the films shown here and I have
no doubt that there is much reason for that feeling. When the
city undertakes censorship, it sets itself to a big task, but that is
no reason why censorship should not be used.

"The national board of censors passes on the average of 120
films each week, which are produced by forty manufacturers. Dif-
ferent committees are in session two or three times a day, giving
two hours or more to each session. In the year ending June
1, 1913, approximately $450,000 worth of films was rejected by
the censors. I would not say that the producers made this film
in bad faith. It was simply a question of a difference in standards.

"The highest order of intelligence and the widest possible ex-
perience combined with mature judgment are required of anybody

who is to conduct censorship. No absolute rules for censorship
can be laid down and it is this that makes the task so difficiult.
Moving pictures now deal with modern political, social and re-
ligious problems. They are the means by which these problems
may be brought before the people and thrashed out. Hence, we
can readily see that complex and delicate questions of morality
arise which puzzle the wisest mind. I would be the last person
to claim that the national board exercises the best judgment in
many cases. Indeed, if we are in the right in 51 per cent of our
decisions, I am satisfied. This gives you an idea of the difficulties
which censorship involves, but as I have said before, this is no
argument against."

Questions put to Mr. Collier at the close of his address brought
out the fact that there are a number of "tramp" films being ex-
hibited which have never been brought before the national board.
These are produced by manufacturers who are not listed with the
national board and who sell their films directly to exhibitors. The
Harry K. Thaw film, which was shown in Milwaukee recently,
was mentioned by Mr. Collier as being one of this brand.

Mr. Collier also stated that the stamp of approval which is
placed upon films by the national board may be and often is placed
upon films which have been censored unfavorably. This is done
by exhibitors who do not wish to lose money by destroying their
product or making it over. He explained that a stamp protected
by a copyright is now being devised by the national board and
that the use of this in connection with the uncensored or adversely
censored films will result in suit against the offender.

"A local board of censorship should co-operate with the national
board," said Mr. Collier, to the extent of keeping in touch with the
latter's work through its printed bulletin, which gives the name
of each film censored and what changes have been made or ordered
made. This would obviate the necessity of seeing every film brought
to the city, for some are of an educational nature and are obvious-
ly all right." — Milwaukee Journal.

Reliance

Irene Hunt and George Siegmann in "Giovanni's Gratitude"

Reel Life

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The Movies and Temperance.

We have heard moving picture houses condemned for taking
the nickels and dimes of children and those who can ill afford
to spend them. We have heard the houses defended as the poor
man's theatre. But there is one phase of the "movies" that is just
coming to the attention of the public and that is the loss to liquor
saloons from the patronage of the picture houses. The craving
for amusement that has been gratified by a visit to a saloon is now
gratified by a visit to a moving picture show. This is no fancy
sketch. It is no creature of the imagination. That the use of
intoxicating liquors is curtailed by the movies is the testimony of
the retail liquor dealers themselves. A Jersey City saloon keeper
unbosomed himself the other day and spoke for the men in his line
of business in the city of his residence and that vicinity, and here
is the result of his experience and that of his friends:

"We can't shut our eyes to the fact that these five and ten
cent moving picture houses that have sprung up like mushrooms in
the last few years have been taking customers away from us by
the wholesale.

"How? In the good old days before the 'movies' craze men of
small means would drop into a barroom and spend some small
change before they got out. Now most of them go to the motion
picture shows and stay there an hour for a nickel or a dime.
Perhaps they take their wives or children or best girls. They
get all the excitement they want and then go straight home and
we are the losers.

"When you count up the thousands of men who do this every
night you'll get an idea of the extent to which this craze for the
'movies' has cut into the saloon patronage."

If the 'movies' have done nothing else for the people than this,
they have at least aided, although unwittingly, in the propagation
of temperance.

Kuiiiic

"Wifey's Christmas Present"

American

Ed Coxen, Joseph Swickard and Winifred Greenwood in
"The Miser's Policy"

Broncho

"Her Father's Story"

Lighting London Theatre by New Method.

A decidedly novel method of lighting a London moving picture
theatre is interesting as showing how the indirect method of light-
ing can be introduced without giving rise to the impression of
"flatness" of which some people complain.

The greater part of the light, according to the Electrical Wbrld,
is derived from the illuminated dome. This dome has a blue and
gold style of decoration, so that it gives, in a sense, the effect
of an artificial sky." It is lighted by twelve concealed electric
lamps.

Round the dome is a ring of forty-eight lamps above diffusing
glass disks. The remainder of the lighting is provided by con-
cealed lamps, which also serve to illuminate the decorative painted
panels in the background.

People are so used to the idea of having a lamp in a room that
when the room is lighted without any apparent source there is a
feeling that the installation is somehow incomplete. The use of a
dome seems to avoid this impression. The brightly illuminated
dome surface is involuntarily accepted by persons entering the
interior as being separate from the ceiling and itself constituting
a source of light. The feeling of flatness is also skilfully re-
moved by the use of the concealed lighting over the panels.

Cruelty to Animals.

Hazel, aged seven, while feeding the cat at the dinner table, was
reproved by her father, who told her that the cat must wait until
later, whereupon the small girl wept and said:

"I think it is a shame, just because she is a poor dumb animal,
to treat her like a hired girl." — Human Life.

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"Devotion" (2) DEC. 11

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30 — Her Husband and My Wife
7 — Fred Goes In For Horses
14 — The Portola Festival

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28 — The Fresh Freshman
4— The Tale of a Shirt

8— A Forgotten Melody (2)
15 — The Reaping (2)
22— The Black Sheep (2)
29 — From Out of the Storm (2)

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12— The Impostor (2)
19 — The War Correspondent (2)
26 — The Reformation

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10 — The Frame Up
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24— Her Father's Story (2)
31— The Woman (2)

13— The Ghost (2)

20— Witch of Salem (2)

27— The Belle of Yorktown (3)

4— The Filly (2)
11— Devotion (2)
18— The Curse (2)
25 — Eileen of Erin (2)

1 — True Irish Hearts

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10— The Bully
17 — Venetian Romance
24 — A Woman's Wit
31 — Borrowed Gold

7 — An Indian's Honor

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14 — Efficacy of Prayer

18 — The Claim Jumper
21— Days of '49

2 — The Revelation
5 — The Long Portage
9 — Her Legacy

12— Soul of the South (2)

19— The Pitfall (2)
23 — No release

26 — The Harvest of Sin
2 — Prince

2— Billy Dodge's Bills

6 — Across the Alley I „ ,. ,
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9— Schnltz, The Tailor
14 — Their Husbands
16 — A Healthy Neighborhood
20— Two Old Tars
23— A Quiet Little Wedding
27 — The Janitor

Making an Automobile

Dec. 7 — Rick's Redemption

Dec. 9 — Romance and Duty (2)

Dec. 13 — No release

Dec. 14— The Rival Pitchers

Dec. 16 — The God of To-morrow

Dec. 20 — Man's Awakening

Dec. 21 — The Prisoner of the Mountains

Dec. 2l3 — Mrs. Brown's Burglar

Dec. 27— The Pride of the Force

Dec. 28' — Helen's Strategem

Dec. 30— The Baby

Jan. 3 — Educating His Daughters

Jan. 4 — Mollie and the Oil King

30— The Speed King
3 — Fatty at San Diego

Tire

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6 — Love Sickness at Sea

10— Small Town Act Milk We Drink

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13— Wine

17 — Our Children

20 — A Muddy Romance

24 — Fatty Joins the Force
27 — Cohen Saves the Flag

1 — The Woman Hater
4 — The Rogues' Gallery

The San Francisco Celebration
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8— A Ride For a Bride

11— The Horse Thief
15 — The Gusher

18 — Fatty's Flirtation

Protecting San Francisco From Fire
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20 — His Sister's Kids
22 — A Bad Game

25 — Some Nerve

29— He Would A Hunting Go
1 — A Misplaced Foot

A Glimpse of Los Angeles

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The Wild Indian (Split reel)
18 — First Prize . . At the Cabaret
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25 — Wifey's Christmas Present
A Live Wire

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1— The Bad Man from the East

Levi's Luck (Split reel)

27 — A Slight Misunderstanding

28 — The Love of Conchita
30— When the Debt Was Paid

4 — The Man of the Wilderness

5 — A Mix-up in Pedigrees

7 — The Heritage

11 — The Iceman's Revenge

12 — No release

14 — The Van Warden Jewels

18 — No release

19 — Through the Sluice Gates

21 — Always Together

25 — Vengeance

26— The Scenario Writer

28— The Oath of O Tsuru San (2)

1 — No release

2 — The Marriage of Niatana
4 — The Ward of the Senior Class

8 — Levinsky's Holiday

9 — The Bravest Man
11— The Rivals

15— The Pitch That Defiles

16 — The Tomboy's Race
18— L'Article 47 (2)

22 — No release

23— The House On the Tree
25 — A Warm Welcome

29 — An Accidental Clue

30 — Hendrick's Divorce
2 — The Padre's Sacrifice

6 — The Helping Hand

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-His Imaginary Family

-The Law of Humanity

-Cupid's Lieutenant

-A Rural Free Delivery Romance

-Hearts (2)

-The Real Mother

-Two Men and a Mule (Series 2)

-The Colonel's Oath

-A Sure Cure

-Two Men and a Mule (Series 3)

-The Power of the Sea

-The Bracelet

-For Love of a Man (2'>

-Two Men and a Mule (Series 4)

-A Man and a Woman

-Her Father's Daughter

-A Rough Diamond

-The Reporter's Scoop

-Tony's Sacrifice

-A Woman of Sin

-For Another's Crime (2)

-Two Girls of the Hills

-Four $100 Bills

-A Man's a Man

-The Mighty Atom

-The Pseudo Prodigal

-The Flyleaf of Fate

-The Alternative

-Giavonni's Gratitude (2)

-Daybreak

-His Awful Vengeance
Seeing Stars and Stripes

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-Some Rogues and a Girl

28 — How Filmy Won His Sweetheart
31 — A Twentieth Century Farmer
2— The Water Cure

4 — The Junior Partner (2)
7— The Little Brother

9 — Looking for Trouble

11 — The Campaign Manageress
14— The Children's Hour

16 — He Couldn't Lose

18 — Baby's Joy Ride

21 — A Clothes-line Quarrel
23— Their Great Big Beautiful Doll
25— The Blight of Wealth (2)
28— Curfew Shall Not Ring To-night
30 — The Henpecked Hod Carrier
2 — The Problem Love Solved

5 — What Might Have Been
7 — The Milkman's Revenge

9 — A Beauty Parlor Graduate

12 — Uncle's Namesakes

14 — Lawyer, Dog and Baby
16 — Peggy's Invitation

19 — Jack and the Beanstalk
The Bushleaguer's Dream (2)

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23 — An Orphan's Romance (2)

2'6 — His Father's Wife

28— The Head Waiter

30 — -An Amateur Animal Trainer

2 — Their Golden Wedding

4 — Mrs. Pinkhurst's Proxy

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Reel Life

"Child Representatives" at Ball

At the New York Exhibitors Ball, C. J. Hite
sprung an innovation by having present for his
Thanhouser and Princess Companies an array of
"child representatives." Usually at trade balls, it
has been the custom for prominent manufacturers
to be represented by their best known directors
and actors, and to get away from custom Mr. Hite
hit on the "child representatives" idea. The result
was a near-riot at the Thanhouser box. Mr. Kite's
"child representatives" were Leland Benham, the
Thanhouser Twins and Kidlet, for the Thanhouser
Company, and Marie Eline and Dorothy Benham
for the Princess. None of the youngsters was over
eleven years of age, and onel. Dorothy Benham,
hadn't reached three. Mr. Hite expects to have
the same "representatives" at the Screen Club
Ball, provided the whooping cough, croup and
measles steer clear of the prodigies for another
month.

Rejoins Old Director

It is not generally known that Lucille Young, of
the Pathe and Universal Western pictures, and of
Western pictures generally, was an Eastern lead-
ing lady before that, with the Thanhouser Company
at New Rochelle. It was over three years ago, and
in the nature of a "break in" for Miss Young.
Her whole Thanhouser connection was merely a
matter of a few months, as she answered a call
from the West. Her Thanhouser director was
Lucius Henderson, and Miss Young, leaving New
Rochelle, said it was a real pain to part from the
direction of this able producer. Recently the New
Majestic forces at Los Angeles found need for a
new leading woman. The business representative
of the company went to see Miss Young. She
wavered over the contract until the Majestic man
mentioned that Mr. Henderson, who was trans-
ferred from New Rochelle, to New Majestic, was
the director who wanted her. Then she signed
without further hesitation.

The Thanhouser Zoo

A real little zoological garden is being built out
to the left of the new stages. Lila Chester, prize
animal lover in the Thanhouser aggregation, is al-
together happy. The other Thanhouserites merely
hope that the bars of the zoo hold tight. Just
what kind of dumb players are being bought for
the zoa, the press agent doesn't state. Michael
Schliesser will be "Wild Animal Manager." He
was formerly in charge of animals for Hagenbeck,
Germany, and collected animals for the Museum
of Natural History of New York, for which he
became taxidermist. The camels used in Than-
houser's "Joseph, Son of Jacob," were especially
trained for that production by Mr. Schliesser.

Santa Barbara Mission

American to release "The Planting of the
Cross," a two part feature on the founding of
the Santa Barbara Mission. The principal role
of Padre Junipero Serra will be played by Sydney
Ayres.

"In the Firelight"

A literary gem by the "Flying A" Company, in
which Edward Coxen plays the lead, supported by
Charlotte Burton, George Field and Wm. Ber-
tram. Replete with gorgeous firelight and sunset
scenes. Release date, Monday, Dec. 29th.

The American Makes Another New
Departure

On Monday of each week the American Film
Mfg. Co. will release a two part feature and once
each month the two part subject will be replaced
with a three part production. This innovation
goes into effect on Monday, Dec. IStln, and the
first three part release will be on Jan. 12th, 1914.

Noted Author Visits "Flying A" Studios

Marc Edmund Jones, scenario writer and author
of national reputation, recently made a trip from
New Orleans, La., to Santa Barbara, California,
for the purpose of getting better acquainted with
the members of the "Flying A" Companies and
to better familiarize himself with the vast re-

Harry Von Meter

American

sources and facilities available. He is at work
on a number of special feature productions. "In
the Firelight," a two part subject to be released
Dec. 29th, was written by Mr. Jones.

American Announces Three Reel Subject

The first three reel subject put out by the
American Film Mfg. Co. has been set for release
Monday, Jan. 12th, 1914. The title is "DES-
TINIES FULFILLED," and makes a very beau-
tiful subject full of heart throbs and human inter-
est. It involves three generations, and is told in
a charming manner, with great care and preci-
sion. Sydney Ayres plays the lead, with Vivian
Rich playing opposite, in the first two reels. In
the last reel Harry Von Meter is the lover and
Vivian Rich "doubles" as her own daughter. Ex-
cellent versatility is displayed on the part of the
entire cast. The usual "Flying A" quality and
beautiful natural settings predominate. ,

Henry Walthall With Mutual

For the third time in five years Henry Walthall,
who is said to be one of the most widely known
favorites in the moving picture art, has become
a member of the Reliance stock company. His
last change marks the second time he has left the
Biograph to return to Reliance, while his record
shows that once he was won away from Reliance
by a second tempting contract with the Biograph.
In fact, his whole career as an actor in the silent
drama has been with the two. above mentioned
companies, with the single exception of a short
appearance in Pathe pictures. Mr. Walthall is
one of a surprisingly small number of artists
who are recognized in the business itself as estab-
lished moving picture stars. He is one of the
exclusive group of talented players who were
attracted to pictures before they had gained their
present vogue, and have mastered the technique
of the silent drama to a degree that puts them
in a class by themselves.

Associated with Mr. Walthall under the Mu-
tual banner are several recognized members of
the superior class of picture experts to which
he belongs, and men with whom he has long
been intimately associated in the motion picture
art. Among his friends of long standing, not
only is the recognized peer of picture directors,
D. W. Griffith, once more his director, but he is
also surrounded by such noted companions of his
early screen days as William Bitzer, James Kirk-
wood and Eddie Dillon.

The Stanhopes

Stanhope is Stanhope, but Fred is not Walter,
even if they both did originate with Liebler and
Company and invade the field of motion pictures.

Walter T. Stanhope,, who has recently become
identified with the Famous Players, is not the
Stanhope of Biograph fame, who has lately joined
the Mutual forces as one of D. W. Griffith's
right-hand men. Fred Stanhope is located at
present at the new Mutual studio at Broadway
and 16th Street.

Blanch Sweet With Mutual

Blancli Sweet, the beauciful young motion
picture actress, who as leading lady for the
Biograph Company, has become one of the best
known stars in the screen world, has signed a
contract to appear exclusively in motion pictures.

As a star in Mutual photoplays. Miss Sweet
will again be under the direction of D. W.
GriffithI, who schooled her in her art and staged
most of the dramas in which she has appeared.

Although Miss Sweet is only nineteen years of
age, she is recognized as one of the greatest
emotional actresses in the silent drama. Her
versatility is said to be remarkable in that she
plays light ingenue roles or portrays extreme
characters with equal cleverness. A remarkable
case is recorded on the film in which she played
the part of a woman of thirty-four years of age
and successfully changed to a woman of forty
without the aid of a makeup. She accomplished
the difficult feat of showing the difference in
years merely by her finished knowledge of the
art of facial expression.

Mutual Sends New Company West

Westward Ho! is still the cry of the film men.
Another company of Mutual players will help
swell the ranks of the large Los Angeles motion
picture colony within a few days. General
Director D. W. Griffith selected the actors with
special care, having in view the style of dramas
in which they are to appear. Many of the stories
have already been arranged in final form for
picture production, among them being the popular
three act play, "A Man and His Mate," by
George Durant. Several interior scenes for this
drama, which will be presented in three parts, are
being made in a Pullman coach, while the com-
pany is en route to the coast.

The former Kinemacolor Studio on Sunset
Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, is being
remodeled to receive the Mutual players, and a
new factory is being completed on the grounds
for the handling of the film. Joseph Altschulter,
formerly of the Biograph, will be the expert in
charge of the factory, while Samuel Landers,
also of Biograph fame, will head the list of cam-
era men. Christy Cabanne has been chosen by
Mr. Griffith as head director, and his acting com-
pany includes Miriam Cooper!,, formerly with
Kalem, Raoul Walsh of the Biograph, Frank
Bennett of the Vitagraph, Fred and Robert Burns
of Biograph fame. Eagle Eye, the expert Indian
horseman, and Dark Cloud, who is rated by Mr.
Griffith as the foremost Indian actor in the world.

According to Director Cabanne, heart interest
for the trip is being furnished by Samuel Landers
and his bride, who are honeymooners, only a few
days removed from the License Bureau.

Reliance Plans

The many important changes that have taken
place in the Reliance Company, which include the
organization of what is no doubt the largest stock
company of well-known screen artists in the his-
tory of pictures, are just beginning to be noted
on the screen.

A comedy split reel is announced for Decem-
ber 31, consisting of "His Awful Vengeance,"
a new idea burlesque by Anita Loos, and "Seeing
Stars and Stripes," by Charles L. Douglas, which
were staged by Edward Dillon, the new Reliance
comedy director, late of the Biograph Company.

The new year will usher in the first of the
Reliance dramas in which the lately acquired
famous stars will be seen. Among the vehicles
in which they will appear are "Some Rogues and
A Girl" by George Hennessey, "The Janitor's
Family" by Frank E. Woods, and "The Loaiei"
by Mark S. Reardon.

Reel Life

3

SifiJio aii^l E7<:cl\n(i;^a Notes

Jessalyn Van Trump and Lucille Young
Return to "Mutual"

Some weeks ago in announcing a formidable list
of additions to the New Majestic (Los Angeles)
stock, C. J. Hite said he hoped eventually to
have one of the biggest picture stock companies
on the Coast. Recent engagements made by C. J.
Hite have helped him make good on the hope.
Two are of leading women, giving Majestic seven
"female leads" in all, a number as large as can
be found at any Coast studio. The first new
leading woman engaged was Lucille Youngi well
known in Western pictures, who liked the idea
of returning to her old director, Lucius Hender-
son; Jessalyn Van Trump, famous in American
films, is the other. And to make the acting staff
larger still, a special leading man is being sought
for Miss Van Trump. Special scenarios are being
prepared for this favorite by Scenario Editor
Lonergan, dramatic in nature, on the lines of her
American successes.

Signs Directors Just For Big 'Uns

Special directors have been assigned by C. J.
Hite to help in the making of his Thanhouser
"Big Productions." Carroll Fleming, the famous
New York Hippodrome producer, is one. Most
of the great recent spectacles at the Hippodrome
were the creations of the ingenious Fleming, and
it is for spectacle scenes that Mr. Hite has wisely
secured his services. Howell Hansel is the other
new "Big Productions" producer. He comes from
a twenty years' experience in the legitimate, where
he staged numerous "big cast" plays, entitling him,
in Mr. Hite's opinion, to an immediate chance at
"Big Production" film producing. Eugene Moore,
the veteran of the regular Thanhouser directing
staff, has been on the feature stuff of late. Mar-
guerite Snow and James Cruze have joined Maude
Fealy as stars in the features. Clarence Dull has
been appointed property master of the big stuff,
while Michael Schliesser, as announced recently, is
Wild Animal Manager. Many of the feature
scripts call for lions, tigers and other beasts of the
jungle and Schliesser, who was with Hagenbeck in
Germany, will find himself a busy man. One of
these scripts is "The Fall of Khartoum," which
calls for elephants and camels in addition to other
animals. The new all-glass stage put up exclu-
sively for the "big sets" in the features is half
a city block in depth.

"A Man and His Mate" To Be Picturized

"A Man and His Mate" will soon be seen in
motion pictures as a three-part production. This
story by George Durant was widely read in novel
form before it was dramatized, when it enjoyed
large popularity with theatre audiences. Arrange-
ments have been completed whereby it will be
presented on the Mutual program, staged by
Christy Cabanne with Miriam Cooper and a care-
fully selected cast.

American Introduces Novel Mutual
Trailer

Instead of the customary end piece reading,
"Mutual Program," the "Flying A" productions
are being supplied with the Winged Clock, with
the hands quickly rotating, and the now very
popular wording, "Mutual Movies Make Time
Fly." It will probably be a very short time when
all subjects on the Mutual program will use the
improved end piece.

"The Lost Treasure"

The American Film Mfg. Co. announces the
completion of another three-reel subject, the title
of which will be "The Lost Treasure," produced
by Thomas Ricketts, who enjoys a most enviable
reputation as a producer of merit and whose work
is always looked forward to with a great deal of
pleasure.

Hutchinson Returns to Chicago After
Extended Coast Trip

Pres. S. S. Hutchinson, of the American Film
Mfg. Co., after an extended trip on the Pacific
Coast, will return to Chicago in time to spend the
holidays with his family. His two sons, Hobart

Harry Benham Thanhouser

and Winston, will return home from school so
as to make tile family reunion complete.

Mr. Hutchinson has been on the Coast for sev-
eral months past, in fact he has spent almost the
entire year in Californa, Oregon, Washington and
the Hawaiian Islands, where in addition to look-
ing after the interests of the American, he has
also devoted considerable time to the interests of
the Mutual Film offices.

After a short stay in Chicago he will again re-
turn to the Coast.

Camera Artist Makes a Find in "Flying
A" Studio

Mr. Franklin Price Knot, the camera artist, in
seeking special types, finds wealth of material
among "Flying A" folks. Vivian Rich was
selected in the costume she wears in "Destinies
Fulfilled," a three-part feature soon to be released.
Peter Morrison and other cowboys were also
selected because of their individuality in the work
they are doing.

"Mstear' Notes

The value of the moving picture negative ob-
tained for use in the "Our Mutual Girl" series
soon to be seen on the Mutual program, is said
to be so great that two cameras are used in the
taking of every scene.

This precaution not only lessens the risk of k)ss
due to accident to the camera or film, but also
allows extra care to be used in the developing of
the exposed negative.

One roll of negative is developed in New York,
while the other is immediately sent to a Philadel-
phia factory. The reason for this method of
procedure is that while factory conditions are apt
to be unfavorable at any time, there is small
chance of striking bad conditions in two factories
at the same time.

The many important personages being photo-
graphed for the Mutual Girl series are extremely
difficult to get to pose for motion pictures, and
if anything happened to mar the negative once
it was obtained, the chance of retaking the picture
would be very small.

A print is made from each negative, and the
better one of the two selected for use in the
picture. In addition to this advantage is the very
important fact that one camera man usually
obtains much better action than the other because
his position happens to be favorable.

Madame Luisa Tetrazzini fell a victim to the
fascination of posing for moving pictures upon
her recent arrival in New York on the Maure-
tania.

The cameras of "Our Mutual Girl" accompanied
by the little lady herself and a number of her
supporting company, were on the deck to receive
the big liner and meet some of the notables
among her passengers. Tetrazzini took a lively
interest in the proceeding, and the result was
several hundred feet of pictures, showing the
famous star being welcomed to America and her
experiences with the reporters and custom officials.

The first "Our Mutual Girl" picture will be pre-
sented early in January, and will begin a weekly
series that is said to be one of the greatest in-
novations ever introduced in motion pictures.

Paul Armstrong's sensational drama, "The
Escape," will soon be seen as a four-part motion
picture. It is being produced by the famous
director, D. W. Griffith, for presentation on the
Mutual program. The appearance of this pre-
tentious picture will be of special interest, as it
will not only mark the first appearance of Blanch
Sweet as a Mutual star, but it will also be the
first Mutual picture presented actually staged by
Mr. Griffith.

The cast is made up of such familiar favorites
as Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Donald Crisp, Earl
Foxe, C. S. Abbey and Spottiswood Aitken.

Because of the recognized high standing of the
authors responsible for coming three and four
part motion picture dramas announced for early
release on the Mutual program,, the great im-
provement in the class of pictures now being
produced by the different studios is brought
forcibly to the attention.

"A Man and His Mate" by H. R. Durant;
"Imar, the Servitor" by Daniel Carson Goodman,
and "For His Master" by George Pattullo, are
a few of the high-class dramas soon to appear as
multiple reel productions on the Mutual program.

By developing moving pictures in a bath tub
William Bitzer, photographic expert for the Mu-
tual Film Corporation, made a new record for the
length of time in which moving pictures can be
photographed, developed, printed and projected
upon a screen.

The pictures were made of the delegates lo the
Motion Picture Exhibitors' Association of New
York in the Hotel Imperial. At 2 o'clock in the
afternoon the delegates posed for a moving pic-
ture in the street, near the hotel, and at 7 o'clock
the result was exhibited at the convention hall in
Terrace Garden.

Three reels were taken in the afternoon, some of
the delegates grouped in front of the hotel, one
of them entering the building, and a third of the
moving crowds at Broadway and Thirty-first St.
All these were shown the same night and, accord-
ing to the experts, a record of celerity was estab-
lished.

Mr.. Bitzer, who was formerly associated with
the Biograph, lately joined the forces of the
Mutual Film Corporation. He is said to have
been the first motion picture camera man to
grind a camera in the United States and is ac-
knowledged to be an authority on the subject of
moving picture photography.

An Historical Subject of Unusual
Interest

The "Flying A" Company, under direction of
Lorimer Johnston, has finished a two-reel sub-
ject under the title "The Coming of the Padres,"
pictorially reproducing the founding of the Santa
Barbara Mission by Padre Junipero Serra. The
principle role will be played by Sydney Ayres.
The production will not be an exclusively re-
ligious one, but will introduce much interest of
early California life.

Clippings From Recent Local News-
papers

If the products of motion picture films manu-
facturers in Los Angeles since the beginning of
1913 were to be placed together, the string would
reach from here to San Francisco, a distance cf
about 500 miles.

And the films of all the concerns of the United
States in the year 1913 would reach around the
world, 25,000 miles at the equator.

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holiday which we observe in the United States — or, for
that matter, in any civilized country?" Probably every
individual has asked it, more than once of himself and
his friends.

Merely as a matter of personal taste and preference,
different holidays stand pre-eminent in the minds of different people.
In the days of our fore-fathers, it was considered unpatriotic to
mention any other day in the same breath with the "Glorious
Fourth," and in Latin-America, the "Cinquo de Mayo" and the "Set
de Settembre" occupy similar positions. In New England, even to-
day, "Thanksgiving^' — a legacy from Puritan ancestors — probably
would be given preference on a casual vote. "Christmas" is almost
universal — and has a peculiar and lovely charm of its own which has
lasted already nearly two centuries and will be venerated by gener-
ations yet unborn. The socialists and anarchists undoubtedly have
a weakness for "May Day" — possibly because, in the temperate and
colder climates, it marks the beginning of a season when they can
sleep out of doors if other shelter is denied them, and raise hell
generally without the imminent risk of being frozen to death. No
anarchist in good Union standing likes a nipping day of zero
weather — he'll admit it frankly, if you ask him. "Labor Day" and
"Election Day" are political, rather than lovable for sentiment's
sake. "Washington's" and "Lincoln's" Birthdays, once, were patri-
otic— now, they are but legalized excuses for knocking off work.
But when the last leaf on the old calendar is torn off, and the
first red-letter day of the new one gleams warmly in our faces, a
certain effect is produced which is lacking in every other holiday
observed by man.

It's not the watch-dinner" at a famous lobster palace on the
world's "Broadways" — where those of us who haven't better sense
cheerfully submit to being robbed in a totally inexcusable way. It's
not the "making good resolutions" which, by stern fortitude and
self-denial we manage to keep half alive — merely for the shame of
the thing — until along after February 1st, sometime. It is, to-day,
not even the good old Knickerbocker and Chinese custom of ferret-
ing out and calling upon all the friends whom we haven't seen
during the year — and so keeping in touch with those who have
been dear to us during the flight of life's arrow from darkness,
through light, to darkness. But, in its own individual way — in
every nation — under every sun — it is the one day of the year which
typifies "Hope" to the entire human race.

New Year's is the day of "beginning again" — the day of recon-
struction— the time of getting one's second — or third — or hundredth
wind. It's the one day of all the year when each human being may
bravely close a book of failures — turn over the leaf of mistakes in

his life-ledger — and "begin again." With even fair health,
there is no man, woman or child — ^of any age — who may
not say to himself or herself on New Year morning:
"If at first you don't succeed, try — try — again." There
is no catastrophe in life so great or irremediable that the
victim may not say: "That is over — now, for a fresh
start." There is no manuscript coming back with sick-
ening regularity to the writer which may not be sold on its thirtieth
or hundredth journey to an Editorial desk. There is no business
or occupation ever so completely smashed that the man who came
a-cropper with it may not pick himself up — rub the sore spots on
the night of December 31st — and start in again next morning with
good chances of success.

Unless a person is afflicted with incurable disease, there is no
such thing as hopelessness in his condition or circumstances. Even
the incurables may yet snatch from what remains of life many an
hour of forgetfulness — sunshine — ease from pain — and even some
degree of accomplishment. One's condition is never really hopeless
— he merely thinks it. Hopelessness is a diseased mental attitude—
that's all — usually, resulting from a deranged liver. And please don't
mistake these statements for Christian Science theories — because
they're really not theories at all, but facts which have been proven
over and over again. The Christian Scientists were astute enough
to base many of their arguments upon just such facts as these —
which had comforted humanity centuries before Mary Baker Eddy
was born. It really isn't the nature of any healthy man or woman
to acknowledge defeat. Hopelessness and melancholia are, primar-
ily, impaired digestion and liver. Simple food — plenty of exercise,
sunshine and fresh air — will cure the most obstinate case. And it
is some realization of this which has made New Year Day — whether
American, Chinese or Hottentot, the date is immaterial — symbolic
of hope and better conditions. On the morning of January 1st — or
its equivalent with other peoples — we have yet to see the individual
who is wholly a pessimist. His affairs may seem, for the moment,
about as bad as they possibly can be — his daughter may have eloped
with the chauffeur — and, like Job, he may be afflicted with boils.
But on New Year morning he begins figuring on "the way out" —
reflects that, after all, the chauffeur is a healthy, educated chap,
who may produce fine grandchildren — and thinks the boils are at
last yielding to antiseptic treatment.

There is no time in a man's life when he may not "begin again"
— with more or less prospect of success. There is no unfortunate so
poor or down-trodden that he may not, to some extent, improve
his condition and circumstances.

"A Happy New Year !" That toast contains more irrepressible
human hope than any other — in every language on earth.

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Sleel Life

The Morning ©f .'\iu)lhei' 'Day

A New Year Story

With Ilhistrations by A. BEARDSLEY

All through the fall, she had been conscious of mental oppres-
sion in him. His disposition was naturally a cheerful one and,
even when obsessed by business affairs which hadn't gone to his
liking during the day, he usually managed to brush away their
influence and come into the house with the healthy breeziness which
made him so universally liked by men and women. But — of late —
there had been a shade less of this — a subtly deepening line be-
tween his brows — fits of abstraction when they were dining alone —
occasional random answers when they were out with friends for
the evening. Her woman's instinct would have felt it, unconsciously,
even if there had been no outward indication of something amiss.
Presently, her growing anxiety reached a phase where some ex-
planation was necessary —
amd she ohose the half-
hour of mutual confidences
before retiring.

"Harvey — I think it's
time you told me about
it."

"About what, Kits?"

"The thing which is
troubling you. Oh, there's
no use trying to laugh it
off. Dear. You're worried
about something — it's been
going on a long time —
and it doesn't seem to be
getting any better. You
migfht as well 'fess up and
let me share it. I'm
wretched — going along
this way — not being able
to do anything — seeing you
come home more and
more worried every night.
Tell me — won't you
Dear?"

"You've no idea 'Jiow
hard it is, Kits. 1 want
you to have what other

women have — like to have you go with other women who invite you
into decent houses — to meet people who are congenial and worth
while. But — we're running deeper into debt all the time. It costs
more than I'm making — or can make — honestly — at present."

"Why^ Harvey — can't you go to the firm and ask for more
salary? I'm sure you're earning it! You work nights and holidays.
Tell them if they won't pay you more, you'll go and work for
some one else!"

"Humph ! They'd wish me luck — and tell me to stop in, any time
I was passing — always feel an interest in how I was getting along.
Mannigan's about as cold-blooded as a fish ! Any one who ever
bluffs him will have to play his cards mighty close to his chest.
Of course I'm worth more — worth double what they're giving me.
They know it. Some day they'll give me more — ^but not until busi-
ness in general is a good deal better than it is now. I can't blame
them — I'd cut expenses if I were in their place. But the point is —
even if they did give me a raise, unless it was way up in the
thousands, it wouldn't help us much. You've got to have clothes !
I want to see you as decently dressed as the friends you go with.
We can't invite people even to a hotel supper without spending
twenty or thirty dollars in an evening. I can't bury you in an
apartment with no chance for recreation or amusement."

"I — I'm afraid I would get sick if I were cooped up here all alone,
Harvey. — And — well — people are so azi'fully nice to me, I just

couldn't accept it all without doing anything in return — could I?"
(He turned away from her, despairingly, and walked over to the
window) .

"Well — there it is, you see! We're in an impossible position —
and for the life of me, I can't see any way out."

"Why — isn't it — there must be some way of getting more money,
Dear ! Other men, not half so clever as you, get it ! Look at that
stupid Mr. Granger — ^Mrs. Hemingway told me his income was over
a hundred thousand a year — and he hasn't sense enough to answer
an ordinary question, intelligently !"

"Granger is the son of a Tammany contractor. When his father
died, he came back from college to boss a business he knew ab-
solutely nothing about.
But 'he didn't need to
know. When your con-
tracts are handed over to
you without costing a
nickel car-fare, and you
have sub-contractors who
do all the work, it isn't so
much of a job to put in
an hour ot so each day
banking the money.
Would you like to have
me increase my income
the same way?"

"Why — what do you
mean, Harvey? .... It
seems quite simple. I'm
sure you could do that —
very easily."

"Perhaps — I doubt it.
It's not considered honest,
you know. I'm a fool —
of course. But some
things do go against the
grain, Kits."

At the end of another
fortnight the situation
hadn't improved in the
least. On the contrary, he was two hundred dollars deeper in debt.
And it seemed a peculiarly exasperating time for bare-faced temp-
tation to reach out its slimy claw at him.

James K. Murtagh was the active business partner of a success-
ful concern with whom his firm had had some business dealings —
not as many, by a large majority, as Murtagh thought it should
have. And this, of all mornings, was the time that smooth and
prosperous club-man hit upon to walk into the private office of the
Purchasing Department.

"Hello, Harvey ! . . . . Say — I want you to come around to the
Arkwright and lunch with me. Got a few little matters to go over
with you."

"Can't do it, Murtagh. That's something the Purchasing Agent
of as large a concern as this shouldn't do. Doesn't look quite right,
you know."

"Well — I guess that's right. Say — you're pretty smooth, Harvey
— don't mean to have anybody catch you with the goods, do you.
Well — after all — that's the only kind of a man it's really safe to
do business with. Now — say — these partitions are solid enough —
I can't even hear them type-writers in the other room. An' if
any one opens that door, I'll shut up like a clam until he goes out.
Let's get down to business. You're to give out fifty thousand dol-
lars' worth of orders for goods in our line within the next two
weeks — and we're goin' to sell 'em to you — see? Now — I ain't

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goin' to ask you what it'll cost us to get them orders — I don't
insult nobody. But I'm goin' to do a leetle thinkin', out loud — an'
of course, if you should happen to overhear me, why I ain't respon-
sible for that. Let's see now — got to dreamin' about wills, this
mornin'. Friend of mine — one of the slickest lawyers in New York
— does a lot of estate business. Well — I dreamed this mornin' that
I seen him writin' a letter to you — sayin' he'd been notified by a
concern of western lawyers that, two months ago they drew up
a will for an old miner who said you'd done him a good turn.
This miner was all in with bum lungs — doctors didn't give him
more'n a month to live, an' he was goin' to hike up in the mountains
to a shack he had among the pines — stick it out there as long as
he could, an' then cash in. He signs the will they draw up — an'
leaves you ten thousand dollars — to be paid over without probate
or any legal entanglements at the end of thirty days, whether he
was actually dead then or not. Carryin' out their instructions,
they communicate with this lawyer friend of mine as their New
York attorney, ask him to look you up, an' notify you of the legacy
— which they're ready to remit at once — through him. Funny sort
of a dream — wa'n't it? I'd like to see you fall into a leetle pot like
that, Harvey — might help your expense account for a month or
so — hey? An' the beauty of a thing like that is — for a man in your
position — ain't any man livin' could say a single dam word against
your takin it. Why — in
that there dream I had —
that old 'lunger' of a
miner had even cal'lated
what the inheritance tax
would be, an' chucked it
in, extry — along with the
lawyers' fees — so's you'd
get the whole ten thou-
sand— net. Well — funny
what a man'll dream when
he's been up late nights
thinkin' over some deal —
ain't it. I got to be goin'.
Say — you think over them
fifty-thousand dollar con-
tracts, will you? W«
know our prices are about
right — an' we've got to
have 'em. 'Course — if
you ever did inherit a
legacy like that, it might
run to more than I
dreamed about. Dreams
are kinda fool things, any-
how. Well — so long,
Harvey — I gotta be goin'."

"Wait a second, Mur-
tagh — 'how the devil could
any one-lung miner afford
to leave me ten thousand

out of the profits on fifty thousand in contracts — if they were straight?"

"Dunno as I just get you. Old Man. I didn't say nothin' about
that miner's havin' no contracts. Oh, I see — you was just puttin' a
supposin' sort of question, was you? Oh, well — you can't never
figure contracts in that way. Some contracts is dear at one per-
cent— other ones '11 stand fifty. It all depends. Sometimes a man's
acquaintance in a business way is worth a dam sight more'n the
profits in the job — for lots o' reasons. Well — I gotta be goin'. Say —
call me up, to-morrow — will you?"

He sat, after Murtagh left the office, for a long time, looking
out of the window — thinking. Then one of the stenographers told
him to go up to the Vice-President's office. When he was closeted
with that official, Trowbridge took a couple of bills from the wire-
basket on his desk and glanced fhrough the items.

"Er — I notice you're buying this stuff from a new concern. Why
did you leave the old one?"

"They were charging us about five hundred dollars a week more
than what seemed to me a reasonable profit on what they sold to
us. If you'll send for last week's bills from the new people, you'll
find them just about that much lower — and the stuff is even better
quality. Frankly, Mr. Trowbridge — I've not the slightest proof,
but it looks to me as if someone has been getting a pretty nice little
rake-off on that account."

"Hmph ! . . . I appreciate your watchfulness, Sloan — that's the
sort of thing we pay for, but don't always get. All the same, you've
made a mistake in this case. Of course, you've nothing to do with
actually using that stuff — making it up — and so the last lot may
seem better to you than the old. As a matter of fact, it isn't as good
— the foreman's been after me about it. The old concern had a
secret process — they put something in which made the stuff about
right, even at five hundred dollars more a week. Now — just as
soon as you can, I want you to go back to 'em. I wouldn't wait
too long about it, either."

He left Trowbridge's office with his mind in a whirl. He might
not be in the practical manufacturing department, but he had enough
technical knowledge to know that the new concern was supplying
them with a better grade of material at a weekly saving of five
hundred dollars. Who was getting itf Where was the wheel within
the wheel? Trowbridge? . . . That seemed ridiculous on the face
of it. But who?

He went home that night completely disheartened — and spent an
evening with people of expensive tastes — an evening that cost him
over sixty dollars. Next morning, he telephoned Murtagh that he
had given his concern the fifty-thousand-dollar contracts. And by
two o'clock, he was in possession of a ten-thousand-dollar inheri-
tance from an un-remembered miner in the West whom he was

supposed to have once be-
friended— all legal tech-
nicalities having been at-
tended to. He deposited
the cheque before his per-
sonal bank closed for the
day — and that evening he
drew and mailed cheques
for every penny he owed.
At midnight, she came into
the little library to see
what was keeping him up
so late. He was sitting
at his desk, staring into
vacancy — with an expres-
sion upon 'his face that
she had never seen before
— the expressioin of a man
who has lost faith in him-
self.

Foir a moment or so,
she leaned against the
wall, in the shadow — and
studied him — a shiver of
apprehension clutching at
her heart. Presently, he
sensed her nearness in the
room — and spoke, without
turning his head. Like
the relentless drip of
water on a stone, he
told her — in fragmentary sentences — -of his struggle against
increasing debt — of the utter inadequacy of his salary to meet their
monthly and daily expenses. There was no word of reproach for
unnecessary expenditure upon her part — no suggestion that they
might possibly have saved money by a more economical way of
living. It had occurred to him — but, knowing the scale upon which
her father had kept her when they were married, he thought it
would be merely a waste of breath to argue that point with her.
Finally, he told her of Murtagh's contracts and his ten-thousand-
dollar legac}' — finishing with a despairing toss of his arms above
his head as if there was nothing more to be said.

"Why, Harvey — I think that legacy was a great piece of luck!
You say you've paid off everything you owe? Before you get that
much in debt again, the Firm will raise your salary — and then
we'll be all right anyhow, won't we?"

"Oh, Girl — Girl — can't you see what I've done! That legacy
was nothing but a bribe from Murtagh — cleverly covered up to keep
me out of States Prison — a bribe to give his concern those contracts !
And my taking it makes me just as much of a grafter and dis-
honest man as any corrupt politician serving his time in Sing Sing!"
(An expression of horror crept into her face. She shrank back
against the wall with a gesture of loathing.)

"You, Harvey! . . . My husband! . . . That sort of a creature!

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Oh-h-h — -my God!" (The words and her action stung him as
nothing else could have done. A moment before, he would almost
have died before using a rough word to her — before saying that
which he knew would have the force of a blow in her pretty face.
But, at last, the primal man was aroused in him. He knew now that
nothing short of a shock and plain talking would rouse her to an
imderstanding of her own part in what he had done. Slowly, he
got upon his feet and faced her.)

"Look here, Kits — we might as well have this out ! You and 1
could have lived, very comfortably, on half the money we have
spent. You've known for some time that we were living way be-
yond our income — but you never made a single suggestion that we
might cut down expenses. For what I did, to-day, you are directly
responsible. But that isn't what makes me sick at heart. I'll man-
age to work out our own proposition in a better way, after this —
and it won't be in a rotten community of thieves, either! After I
had banked that ten thousand, I went to Trowbridge and told him
about it — told him of Murtagh's dream yarn, and my giving them
the contracts, to-day. And he never turned a hair! Said he didn't
see how any possible blame could attach to me for accepting a
legacy which I'd inherited under a will I Said Murtagh's concern
would undoubtedly carry out the contracts satisfactorily — but that
was none of his business. Said, as long as I didn't interfere with
contractors for material which he knew zvas all right, he had no
reason for interfering with my department. I went to him with a
confession of grafting which should have meant my instant dis-
charge, even if they didn't prosecute me — and I was laughed at for
over-scrupulous ideas. Business in this great city is fairly reeking
with graft ! My firm assumed as a matter of course that I was
getting mine on the side for years before I to-ok it. Nothing would
have convinced them that I was absolutely honest. That sort of
thing has gone out of date. Well — I told Trowbridge I was done
with him — said my resignation would be in by the end of the month.
But I mean to leave this town on some steamer to-morrow morning
— and somewhere — under better conditions — begin life again."

As the full significance of his intention became apparent to her,
she forgot what he had done — forgot his unbelievable accusation
that she had been responsible for it — -and remembered, only, that
he was her husband — that she loved him— and that he was leaving
her.

"Harvey — what do you mean! What am / to do?"

"Put all our stuff, here, in a storage warehouse ! Go and spend a
couple of months with your Aunt — she's the right sort ! She'll gladly
take you in and keep you until I can make a start in some other
place. When that time comes. Kits — it's up to you. We'll have
no more of this society life with its criminal waste and false ideas.
We'll begin again — as just a very human man and woman, trying
to get our share of happiness and beauty out of the world in a sane
and healthy way — turning our time to some account instead of frit-
tering it away on leeches and grafters. Or else — if that doesn't
appeal to you — we'll part — forever."

She was stunned. In the whirl of his preparation for departure,
during the next eighteen hours, her former, care-free existence
seemed being torn up by the roots, leaving shipwreck of all her
ideas and expectations. When he finally left, she was unable to go
to the steamer with him ; in fact, it was two months before she even
knew where he had gone.

Finally, a letter, came — from a pioneer town in Alberta. He had
taken a Southern Pacific steamer to New Orleans, and then gone
to the Pacific Coast — eventually settling down as superintendent of
a large stock-ranch not far from Calgary. He wrote her of the
attractive little bungalow he had fitted up and enclosed the money
for her transportation — if she cared to come.

Two weeks later, he met her as she stepped from a C. P. R.
Pullman at the station nearest his ranch — and, to give her no time
for retrospection or comparisons, kept up a lively flow of talk all
the way out to the bungalow. After an appetizing dinner had been
served by a smiling and attentive Chinaman, Sloan had his horse
saddled for a short night ride to look after some of the stock —
and, throwing a light cloak about her shoulders, she came out into

Justus D. Barnes and Sidney Bracey in "An Amateur Animal Trainer"

Thanhouser

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9

Sydney Ayres and Moonshiners in "The Power of Light"

American

the moonlight with him to look down into the depths of the valley
below. Taking her into his arms, he kissed her tenderly before he
swung up into the saddle.

"After a day or two, you'll begin to love it here, Kits. There's
room to breathe. It's a cleaner, bigger, honest life. For us, Dear,
it's the morning of another day." C. H. N.

The Power of Light

Jan. 5, 1914
CAST

Cliff Jackson Sydney Ayres

Tom Jackson, his father Jack Richardson

Dr. Stockton Harry von Meter

Jimmie Bentley Jacques Jaccard

Jennie Bentley Vivian Rich

Maud Stockton Charlotte Burton

Mother Bentley Mrs. Coxen

Mrs. Jackson Caroline Cooke

Caroline Thomas Violet Neitz

U. S. Deputies, moonshiners, etc.

Cliff Jackson was "different" from other mountaineers. He was
determined to get an education — and 'he longed to convert the moon-
shiners to an honest way of earning a living. His father, the ring-
leader of the illicit liquor distillers, misunderstood his son's instincts
as defiance of his authority — and Cliff gladly left home to seek
schooling in the city. There he meets a poor family of Bentleys —
with a very lovely daughter — and also becomes intimate with the
family of a kindly pastor, who helps him to get an education. The
pastor's daughter, Maud, fascinates him — but Jennie Bentley, he
knows, is the girl to love his people and help him in the work he
is preparing to do among the mountaineers. When he goes back
home — after several years' absence — he takes Jennie with him as his
bride. En route, he is wounded by a stray bullet, from the gun of a
government officer on the trail of the moonshiners — and carried,
helpless, to his father's cabin. In spite of his suffering, he rallies

his family and their confederates about him — and by sheer spiritual
force, and a will inflexibly fixed on the right, wins them over. The
community takes ifp cattle raising — and lawbreaking and dishonesty
become things of the past.

^> ^>

Ilsllliic:©

Seeing Stars and Stripes.

Dec. 31, 1913.

Casey Murray, a grocer, burns sulphur in his store one
night. When he reaches home, he finds the door locked, and
is obliged to climb in the cellar window. His irritation is
not improved when he finds a note from his wife — which she
has forgotten to put outside — telling him that she has gone
to her club, and has left the key under the door mat. He tosses
the note out of the window, and a runaway convict gets it. Casey
retires in high dudgeon — only to be robbed of all his clothes
while asleep, and then to be awakened with cries of fire. He
tumbles into the only clothes in sight — the convict's suit which
he has left behind — and rushes down the street, to find a crowd
around the store. The firemen are turning on the water in
volleys — and Casey's stock is in ruins. His cries of protest
only call the attention of the police to his convict suit, and he
is wildly chased. Meanwhile, the convict, in Casey's clothes, is
sitting in the rear of the store, waiting his chance to make
a haul — when Mrs. Casey comes along, and mistaking him for
her husband, rushes up and puts her arms about him. Dis-
covering her mistake, she runs for help, and the thief plunges
into the store. Mrs. Casey identifies her husband in the con-
vict suit — and then the real convict overcome by the sulphur
fumes, comes tumbling out of the store, into the arms of the
police. Casey claims his clothes — and the whole mess is straight-
end out.

10

Reel Life

"True Irish Hearts"

"The Ould Dun Cow"

Domino

Kay-Be®

Prince

Jan. 2, 1914

The Chief of the Fire Department issues an order forbidding the
men to keep any pets at headquarters — and Prince, a dog, who has
become a great favorite with them all, is rafifled off. He comes to
Dick Gordon — much to the joy of Mildred, his little girl — 'but to
the disgust of his wife. A few days later, Mrs. Gordon is called
from her ironing board to the bed of a sick friend — and, in her
hurry, leaves the hot iron on the board, setting it afire, and then
a basket of clothes. Mildred has been scolded and locked in her
room for feeding Prince at the table. She hears the dog scratching
and whining at her door — then the smoke begins to come in under
the door, but the window is barred, and she is in a trap. Prince
runs to the fire house and calls out the company, which rushes to
the Gordon's just in time to save Mildred, but not before she has
been badly burned. 4, 4, #

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Thmhomer

The Head Waiter

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
CAST

Tames, the head waiter Arthur Bauer

Mrs. Hollywood, a society matron Florence La Badie

Carl Hollywood, her husband Al Russell

Mrs. Green, Mrs. H.'s mother Miss Webb

Grace Ethel Benham

Butler Nick Woods

Guests, waiters, messenger boy, etc.

James, the head waiter at Tupelo's cafe, had an exaggerated
notion of his importance. He ruled the fashionable restaurant with
a rod of iron, and he firmly believed that the women who came

there were all in love with him — for how could they resist such
brilliancy and such good looks as were his? There was one woman
in particular — a young society matron, the leader of an exclusive
set — whom he was ambitious, above all the rest, to captivate. One
day at luncheon he found her looking at him approvingly — and
before leaving, she gave him her visiting card, with "Please call
at eight" written on it. James was convinced that he had made a
conquest. He went to Mrs. Hollywood's house, attired in his best,
carrying a magnificent bouquet of roses and ferns. To his surprise,
however, she invited the rest of the family to look him over — and
he was then and there told to "report for service next morning."
Though James had been mistaken about the lady, she was quite
right about James. For he made her a butler to be proud of —
lending great dignity to her establishment.

Reliance

Day Break

Dec. 29, 1913

Dorothy La Castra was a spy of the Austrian government — and
Duke Henry held her life in his hand. At his orders that she pro-
cure from a certain young English lieutenant plans of a fortifica-
tion which he carried — she followed him to a ball, where, finding
him intoxicated at a late hour, she stole the papers from his pocket.
Reaching the rooms of the Duke, she was on the point of deliver-
ing over the plans, when a letter fell out of the parcel. It proved
to be from the young man's mother, expressing faith in his carry-
ing out the orders of his country. Dorothy becomes conscience
stricken — and decided to return the plans at the cost of her life.
She makes her sacrifice. Duke Henry retaliates and escapes — the
woman lies at daybreak in a huddled heap on the floor.

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True Irish Hearts

Jan. 1, 1914

Danny Sullivan and Patrick O'Neill were both in love with the
village beauty, Rose O'Farrel — and when she decided to marry
Danny, Patrick was that broken-hearted, he went to Dublin to study
for the priesthood. Several years later, Danny, as the leader of a
band of Irish patriots in his part of the country, was worsted by
the British soldiery, captured, and sentenced to death. Patrick re-
turns about this time — to find his old sweetheart in deep trouble.
He determines to save Danny at any price. Disguising himself in
a shawl and dress of the prisoner's mother, he goes to visit him,
and persuades Danny to exchange clothes with him and make his
escape — as he assures him that the officers of the law will not dare
harm a priest. Sullivan, his wife and mother, escape to America —
but the colonel exacts full payment from the priest — and O'Neill lays
down his life for the girl he loves.

when the authorities come to take the child away, she realizes that
she cannot give up little Josephine. Determined to devote her
future to the child, she goes to a country town, where she sup-
ports her tiny home by dressmaking. A year or two later, her old
companions — on a motor tour — come through the village and,
recognizing Florence, try to persuade her to return to Broadway.
But the temptation fails to lure her. The townspeople are shocked
to see her on such familiar terms with the gay strangers — and she
is in danger of losing her hard-won respect and confidence among
them — until a trifling incident puts all suspicion of her character
out of their minds — and they are convinced that little Josephine
could have no better guardian.

The Baby

Dec. 30. 1913
By Philip Lonergan
CAST

Florence Francelia Billington

Van Tuyler Lamar Johnston

Florence Maley loved the excitement of the "Great White Way."
Yet, while she was still young and attractive, the glamor began
to wear off, and she wearied of the endless round of cafes and
dancing-resorts, and the fast men who entertained themselves with
her. One evening, on going home to her boarding house, she finds
that the consumptive woman across the hall has died — leaving a
little girl motherless and homeless. Florence takes the child, to
care for her until some permanent place can be arranged. But

Some Rogues and a Girl
Jan. 3, 1914

Old Miller was a recluse. Feeling that the end was near — and
distrusting his servant, Pete — ^he writes his grandaughter Marie to
come at once, and in the letter gives her the combination of the
safe. All that he has is to go to Marie. In struggling out to mail
the note he collapses. He is helped home by a stranger named
Bondj who promises to deliver the letter. Meanwhile, Pete has
made up his mind to rob the house. While his master is dying, he
fills a trunk with plunder. A thief, however, gets into the house,
spies on Pete — and while the latter is gone for a wagon to take the
trunk away, the thief empties it and puts in it the dead body of old
Miller. Pete drives away with his ghastly load, none the wiser.
The thief is trying to get the safe open when Marie reaches the
house. Bond, meanwhile, has gone to get a doctor. He and the
physician get back just in time to rescue Marie, helpless in the
clutch of the thief, who is threatening her with death if she does
not reveal the combination of the safe.

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Their Golden Wedding

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Jan. 2, 1913

Granville Sewell (aged 75) Mr. Thompson

Elizabeth, his wife Leslie Stose

Enna, their daughter Florence La Badie

William, Enna's husband Sidney Bracey

Tom, their son (aged 28) Harry Benham

Malatesta, drawing teacher Mr. Wood

The Sewells' married life had been ideal, and their Golden
Wedding day found no happier couple living. Their daughter was
home, with her husband and boy, and there were neighbors in,
and much merrymaking. Late in the afternoon — when the others
had gone for a walk about the place — Granville Sewell, a little
tired from the unusual excitement, slipped off by himself to think
over the past. He seemed to see again beautiful Elizabeth Wight,
as he first met her — and then came the call to arms, and their
wedding was indefinitely postponed. In the next four years, he
gave his best to his country, fighting under Sherman— and was
dangerously wounded. Then Elizabeth came, and they were mar-
ried— on his death bed, it was supposed. But her tenderness and
skill in nursing saved his life — he was spared to fifty years of almost
unparalleled happiness, with a wife, who now, at seventy-five, was
still the sweetheart of his youth.

Business depression is an unknown term in the motion picture
industry, according to news gleaned from the dividend columns
of the daily papers.

The Mutual Film Corporation announces its regular monthly
dividend number Eight as one-half of one percent with an extra
dividend of one-half of one percent on common stock.

The New York Motion Picture Corporation which manufac-
tures pictures for the Mutual program announces the seventh

monthly dividend as one percent on its capital stock and an
extra dividend of one percent thereon. Both of these notices
are signed by Charles J. Hite, Treasurer, the well known motion
picture magnate of Thanhouser fame.

With special motion picture productions as the attraction
in several Broadway theatres that have hitherto offered only
successful stage dramas and with the leading vaudeville theatres
featuring multiple reel pictures in the same sized type as their
headline acts, things continue to look rosy in the world of film-
dom. .

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Educating His Daughters

By William Nigh
Jan. 3, 1913

A retired capitalist had reared his three daughters — left mother-
less when Bess, the eldest, was only five — in the seclusion of his
country place. In their "teens" thej' are still ignorant of the con-
ventionalities— romping out of doors, dressed as boys — when an
automobile accident acquaints them, for the first time, with the
opposite sex. The ringleader of the three boys, who is in love
with Bess, schemes to get admission to the capitalist's household —
and disguising himself as a governees, is engaged to educate the
girls. Incidentally, father falls in love with the governess. "Miss
Hopkins" plaps her (his) game very cleverly — arranging trips for
nature study in the woods, and so making possible meetings between
his partners in crime and the three entrancing Misses Gilder. The
finale comes at a ball — which teacher persuades the capitalist to
give his daughters for educational purposes — when "Miss Hopkins"
promises to accept father's advances, provided he will consent to
the girls' marrying the men of their choice. Then comes the
denouement — six young hearts are made happy — while father's ro-
mance dies a bitter death.

Dave Thompson and Leslie Stose in "Their Golden Wedding"

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The Son of Thomas Gray

Jan. 10, 1913
CAST

Thomas Gray, M. D Harry von Meter

Harry Gray Svdnev Ayres

Dr. Collier Jack Richardson

Tom Morgan Jacques Jaccard

Mrs. Gray Louise Lester

Bessie Gray (as a child) Virginia Fordyce

Bessie Gray (Six years later) Dolly Beal

When Thoriias Gray's health failed, his son, Harry, succeeded
him. His father and mother, unknown to him, were dependent upon
the income from a tonic containing morphine — and later, when the
tonic is discovered, in connection with a fatal morphine case-
analyzed, and traced back to its producer — Dr. Gray, senior, is dis-
graced and reduced to poverty. It is his son who, for reasons of
conscience, gives away the family secret to a board of physicians.
Enraged, Harry's father disowns him— and when the family is
ruined, refuses to allow his son to support them. Father, mother
and little sister vanish out of Harry Gray's world — and not till
several years later — when they are about to be evicted from a poor
tenement — does the landlord discover in his tenants his lost famil)'.
Harry now persuades them to come to his home, where, under his
skillful treatment, his father regains his health — and his mother and
sister their happiness.

A Rural Free Delivery Romance

Jan. 2, 1914
CAST

Fred, rural mail driver. Boyd Marshall

Ruth, his sweetheart Muriel Ostriche

P. O. Inspector Morgan Jones

Mail driver Oaude Sexias

Ruth lives with her miserly uncle, whose grocer threatens him
with a lawsuit for failure to pay a bill of long standing. The uncle,
Herman Long, has been thwarting the love ai¥air between Ruth and
the rural letter carrier — and he determines to use Fred in escaping
his obligations to the grocer, and to break off any attachment be-
tween him and his niece, forever. He summons two witnesses, and
shows them an envelope addressed to the grocer, containing the sum
demanded. Then, by a clever ruse, he exchanges this envelope for
an empty one, which he gives to Fred for registration. When the
grocer receives the empty envelope, and the thing is made public,
evidence is against Fred — especially as it is known that he has
recently bought an expensive ring. Ruth finds the duplicate envelope
in her uncle's waste paper basket — and suspecting treachery, carries
it to the Post Office. One of the witnesses recognizes this as the
original envelope by a tobacco stain on it — the miser is cornered, and
Fred vindicated.

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True Kindergarten Spirit

Master Harold had returned after his first day at a kindergarten
school, says the Manchester Guardian.

"Well, Harold," said a friend of his mother who was calling,
"how do you like school? I suppose you are the youngest there."

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height and throwing out his chest — "oh, no ! Some of our chaps come
in perambulators."

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Helen's Stratagem

Dec. 28, 1913
CAST

Tohn Rockwood Lamar Johnston

Helen, his sister Miss Sisson

Rowley Ernest Joy

Mrs. Rowley Mrs. ilcCormick

Maud Rowley Miss Day

Crampton Howard Davies

Stenographer Edna Smith

John Rockwood was nominated for district attorney by a poli-
tical party whose shrewd boss was Martin Rowley. A certain
wealthy rnanufacturer was persistently violating the fire ordinances,
and when John's attention was called to this fact, and to the num-
ber of persons who had lost their lives in Crampton's mills — he an-
nounced that he would prosecute him vigorously, on election. The
manufacturer angrily complained to the boss, who promised that
the young candidate should be brought round. He felt sure he
could manage matters, as Rockwood was in love with bis daughter,
Maud, and would do almost anything before he would queer him-
self with her or her father. When the boss made his orders clear
to Rockwood, however, he received a letter indignantly refusing
to let the manufacturer go scot free. Enraged, he called the young
man on the phone. Then the bewildered candidate learned that his
sister Helen, who believed him incapable of wrong, had substi-
tuted the indignant refusal for his note of acquiescence — and shamed
by her action, he replied that he had meant every word of the let-
ter. Though expecting defeat — Rockwood was elected. And he
made good. He won the respect of the boss, and he married Maud
Rowley.

Thanlaoiiser

An Amateur Animal Trainer

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Jan. 30, 1914
CAST

Jack, a wealthy broker Sidney Bracey

Belle, a stenographer ; Ethel Cooke

The young broker fell in love at first sight with his pretty
stenographer. Before she could marry him, the girl said, he must
get her father's consent. So Jack Crane took the first train to the
little town in New England where Ben Matthews lived, expecting
to return the next day and claim his bride. However, father's con-
sent was not so easily won. He proved to be an animal trainer,
and an erratic old gentleman. Conducting his would-be son-in-law
to a remote paddock on his animal farm, he pointed to an elephant
grazing therein. "Tame that beast," said he, "and my gal is yours."
Jack did his best. But the elephant was a fierce one — and at last,
he was giving up in\ despair — when a little girl came to his rescue.
The money Jack paid Helen's father to buy him a new elephant of
tractable disposition, and exchange it, unknown to Matthews, for
the untameable one, was indeed a fortune — but it saved the little
girl's father from bankruptcy — Alatthevv succumbed, and Jack mar-
ried Belle.

The "Mutual Girl"

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interesting film has been mentioned extensively in the press during
the past month and will prove one of the greatest productions of
1914. Owing to the elaborate scale on which it is produced, there
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She Investigated

What Elsie's sister wanted to know was where Elsie got
that beautiful silver mounted walking stick. But Elsie didn't
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to ask Elsie.

"I found it." Elsie poutingly informed her sister, "floating
like a schooner on the waves one day when I was bathing."

But two days later Elsie's sister said to Elsie :

"Come — tell me! What is his name?"

"Name!" repeated Elsie blankly. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, dear," said Elsie's sister, "that last night I tried
to make that stick of yours float in the bath, and — well, dar-
ling, it sank!" — Pearson's Weekly. .

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"Daybreak" Reliance

Complain of Vice Films

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has repudiated the use of his name by
promoters of moving-picture vice and white-slave plays. The Y. M.
C. A. and other organizations have complained to the police about
the white-slave films. Most of the vice films being shown are ad-
vertised as being under the auspices or the patronage of societies in-
terested in the suppression of the white-slave traffic. One of the
best-patronized of the movie plays is called a dramatization of the
Rockefeller white-slave investigation report.

Mr. Rockefeller issued the following statement last night:

"My attention has been called to the fact that moving picture
shows dealing with vice have been advertised as 'based on the Rocke-
feller report' and that the impression has been deliberately created
that the Bureau of Social Hygiene is favorable to such exhibitions.
May I say with all possible emphasis that no films have been based
on our work with our approval or consent ; that we have not in-
dorsed any moving picture shows or plays dealing with this subject
now being produced in this city; that the use of my name in any
such connection is absolutely unauthorized and that I and those as-
sociated with me in this work regard this method of exploiting vice
as not only injudicious but positively harmful."

Manufacturers of moving picture films throughout the country
are said to be working night and day to get out vice film plays now
that the craze for that sort of pictures is at its height.

From the Presidential Chair to the "Movie" Stage

With ex-President William H. Taft in the title role, "The Presi-
dent's Pardon" was thrown on the screen at the Melbourne theatre
to-day for a two days' run. This is said to be the first photo-
drama in which a President of the United States has ever appeared
as an actor.

The picture was taken at Beverly, the summer home of Mr. Taft.

In the photoplay he issues executive clemency to a man who was
convicted of a crime he did not commit. The daughter of the con-
victed man makes a personal appeal to the President. She first con-
fronts the secret service man at the door, but by her winning ways
she gets the ear of the President and he capitulates to her request
while smiling the famous Taft smile. — Tacoiiia (Wash.) Tribune.

Motion Picture Industry Honored

It is not generally known that over seven million people daily
attend motion picture theatres, which brings to mind what an enor-
mous task it is and has been to safeguard their lives. This is
principally attained by means of proper and sufficient safety devices
on the projecting machines, and it is interesting to note that a Gold
Medal was awarded to the Nicholas Power Company, manufacturers
of Power's Cameragraph No. 6A, by the American Museum of
Safety, under whose auspices the First International Exposition of
Safety and Sanitation was held at the Grand Central Palace, New
York, December Uth and 20th inclusive. This distinguished tribute
to the mechanical genius and untiring efforts of Mr. Nicholas Power
has been the occasion of much rejoicing by those who have been
bending their energies to uplift the motion picture art, especially
with regard to the prevention of fire and accident, and Mr. Power
has been heartily congratulated.

How Pat Was Impressed

"Was the sermon to-day to y'r liking, Pat?" inquired the priest.

"Troth, y'r riverence, it was a grand sermon intirely," said Pat
with genuine admiration.

"What seemed to take hold of ye!" the priest inquired.

"Well, now as ye are for askin' me, begorra, I'll tell ye. What
tuk hoult of me most was y'r riverence's parseverance — the way ye
wint over the same thing agin and agin and agin." — Ladies' Home
Journal.

Ford Stirling in "Love and Dynamite" Keystone

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Mignon Anderson Thanhouser

Overdoing Pictures.

Now the cry is "overbuilding" in the moving picture business,
just as it once was in the realm of the regular theatre.

Shrewd observers see collapse ahead for the movie business
unless a .halt is called in putting up new theatres.

Once there was a time when theatres and stores were daily
being converted into picture houses. The time has now come
when picture theatres "will have to be turned back into stores.

New York now has the spectacle of the owners of picture
theatres building houses in opposition to themselves on the
same block. This is enthusiasm grown delirious. Because
there happens to be an overflow from one well established
house it does not follow that there will be patrons enough to fill
an even larger theatre next door.

There is little wonder that picture houses have sprung up -over
night, because the entertainments given herein require neither
skill, brains or ingenuity for their presentation. The shows are
ready made. A reel operator is about all help that is necessary.
Films may be run off time after time with hardly any expense.
The pioneers coined money and it is not astonishing that scores
of outsiders should have jumped into the game, building new
theatres or making them out of old places of business.

But there is already signs that the craze is dying, or at least has
reached its flood.

Many of the theatres built for pictures here and in other cities
are so large and costly, and there are so many smaller houses in
competition, that all of them cannot prosper.

There is certain to be a crash sooner or later and the legitimate
theatres will be the gainers.

The picture delirium temporarily hurt the high class balcony
and gallery business. Dramas and musical comedies, and the
houses in which they appear, suffered much therefrom.

But they will be the winners in the long run, because the
picture craze has developed a new and abundant amusement lov-

ing public, people who formerly seldom went to a theatre of any
kind, and who, having had their appetities for entertainment
whetted by the movies, are beginning to want plays dominated by
flesh and blood.

This new public is so vast that the legitimate theatres in time
will win back from it all that has been lost in the moving picture
competition, and the picture game, by the defection of this large
class, will be crippled accordingly.

He Listened When Too Late.

At a recent literary gathering, Charles Garvice, the well known
novelist, told a story of an irritable old man who hurried into a
barber shop one afternoon.

Addressing the man he found in charge, he snapped : "I want
\ ou to cut my hair, and do it without talking. I can't bear to have
a barber talking to me while he's cutting my hair."

"Yes, sir," was the reply, "but you see — "

"There you are !" broke in the old gentleman. "You want to
start at once, and you'll cackle-cackle all the time. I know you
and 3'pur tribe. You cut my hair and hold your tongue."

"Yes, sir; but I should like to tell you — "

"And I don't want to listen," retorted the old gentleman ; "just
you cut my hair, and don't talk."

"But surely, sir, you'll allow me to say — "

"I won't allow you to say anything," snapped the other. I don't
want to listen to you. I don't suppose you've got anything to say
that I don't know already. Your business is to cut my hair and
hold your tongue, and I'll be obliged if you'll make a start."

The old gentleman glared defiantly, plumped into the chair and
shut his eyes as a sign that he wouldn't hear another word. The
badgered man, with an air of desperation, grabbed a pair of scis-
sors and set to work with them. A\''hen the operation was finished
the old gentleman grunted, opened his eyes and stared at himself
in the glass. Every remaining hair on his head quivered with indig-
nation and horror.

"Call that hair cutting !" he shouted. "Why, it's disgracefully
done! It looks as if it had been gnawed by a rat! Do you call
yourself a barber? You're no more a barber than I am!"

"No, sir; you're right at last, sir!" roared the man in rep'/.
"I'm a pork butcher from round the corner, and I'm only taking
care of the shop while the barber has gone out for his tea."

— Pearson's Weekly.

Love and Dynamite"

"Discovered by His Rival"

Key :> tone

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The Words That Won

In London one of the weekly papers offered a prize for the best
list of strong words to ninn'ber ten. The announcement specified
that but ten words would be considered from any one person and a
committee of literary men would select from the numbers offered
the ten strongest words in the English language.

These are the words that won : Hate, blood, hungry, dawn, com-
ing, gone, love, dead, alone, forever.

Do you think of any stronger, fuller of suggestion? — Exchange.

The Library Association of Morristown, N. J. is going to broaden
its work by entering the moving picture field. A subscription com-
pany is being organized with a capital of $800. About $500 will be
used to purchase the necessary machine, booth and other supplies,
leaving $300 for a reserve fund. Those who subscribe must pay in
by Dec. 13th. It is thought possible to run two shows each Tuesday
and Saturday with at least five reels. The admission fee has been
placed at 10 cents.

Vice Films At Weber's

"Traffic in Souls." the moving picture vice play based upon the
Rockefeller white slave report and upon the Grand Jury investi-
gation undertaken by District Attorney Whitman, will be presented
at Weber's Theatre, beginning November 2Sth. Two performances
will be given each afternoon and one in the evening. Eight hun-
dred actors are used to depict the seven hundred scenes. The
scenes are mostly laid in New York and show the pitfalls that
are laid for young girls in shops, at the large steamship piers,
and at the dance halls by the agents of the vice interests.

Home Trader

A surgeon in a Western town, engaged to perform an operation
of minor character upon a somewhat unsophisticated patient, asked
him if he were willing to have only a local anesthetic."

"Sure," replied the other; "I believe in patronizing home industry
whenever you can."

And he meant it. — Lippincott's.

BelittUng the Job

A farmer in great need of extra hands at haying time finally
asked Si Warren, who was accounted the town fool, if he would
help him out.

"What'll ye pay?" asked Si.

"I'll pay what you're worth," answered the farmer.
Si scratched his head a minute, then announced decisively:
"111 be darned if I'll work for that." — Everybody's Magazine.

-

Douniio

"True Irish Hearts" "You'll both be going back now."

Louise Lester

One Yankee Economy-

In St. Louis there is a Yankee who settled in the Mound City
after the civil war, and has there built up a fortune of millions.
The economies and conservatism by which he has accumulated
his little pile have increased with his years. Acquisition has be-
come a habit.

He has one son over whose expenditures he keeps careful watch.
Recently, his offspring took an uptown car. The father who saw
him board the car, and knew his destination, judged he had spent
his fare foolishly.

That evening, after dinner, the elder called the younger man
into the library, saying he had something to tell him. "But first,"
he interrupted, rising from his chair, "I will turn down the light ;
we can talk just as well in the dark, and it will save the gas."
He then proceeded to give' reasons why the expenditure of the
uptown car fare was unnecessary. As he went on explaining the
value of economy, out of the darkness where his son sat he heard
a fumbling and shufHing. Much to his distaste, the noise con-
tinued. At length heated to impatience, he cried, "Sam, what are
you doing?"

"Father," came from out of the blackness, "I can hear jugt
as well without 'em, and, while we're sitting here in the dark,
I'm taking off my trousers to save 'em."

■ For the rest of that evening economics were not discussed.

— Success.

Queen Bee Gone Astray

A newly married couple were beginning their honeymoon in a
city hotel. The bride went out to do some shopping, and when she
returned she found herself puzzled to decide which was their room.
When she thought she had located it she tapped timidly on the
panel and breathed :

"It's me, honey ; let me in."

There was no response, and she tapped louder and said.
"Honey it's me, and I want to come in."

"Madam," said a gruff voice from the other side of the door,
"this ain't no beehive; it's a bathroom." — Everybody's Magazine.

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Tlianlioiiser

Dave Thompson, Leslie Stose. Florence La Badie, Sidney Bracey
and Harry Benham in "Their Golden Wedding"

Same Stumbling Block

A prominent Boston attorney tells of an American tourist hailing
from the West who was out sightseeing in London. They took him
aboard an old battleship, which was Lord Nelson's flagship in several
of his most famous naval triumphs. An English sailor escorted the
American over the vessel, and coming to a brass tablet on the deck,
said as he reverently raised his hat :

" 'Ere sir, is the spot where Lord Nelson fell."

"Oh. is it?" replied the visitor blankly. "Well, that ain't nothin',
I nearly tripped on the blame thing myself." — Har Iter's Magazine.

Daybreak" Reliance

"He Would a-Hunting Go" Keystone

Northern Gemman in Dixie.

An old negro went into a drug store in Richmond and said:
"Boss, will you please, suh, call de colonel on de telephone?"
This was done, and the old darkey said :

"'Colonel, dat ar mule done stall right in de main street right
out here in front of de store. Yaas, suh; I done tied strings
around his ears, but he didn't budge. What's dat? WJiat's dat?
Yaas, suh, I built a fire under him, but it didn't do nuthin' but
scorch his harness. Yaas, suh, yaas suh; I took de things out, but
he wouldn't budge. Yaas, suh; yaas suh. What's dat? No, suh;
no suh, colonel. I didn't twist his tail. Yaas, suh, yaas, suh, an-
other gemman twist his tail ; he look like a northern gemman.
What's dat, colonel? Yaas, suh, dey tuk him up to de hospital."

— Argonaut.

Sydney Ayres in "The Power of Light" Anwiican

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Princess

Muriel Ostriche in "A Rural Free Delivery Romance"

Well Defined.

A servant at a well-known gentleman's house much astonished
the family miinister, who had called to make inquiries on the
occasion of the birth of a child.

Is it a boy?"

"No, sir."

"Oh! a girl?"

"No, sir."

The inquirer gasped, and the servant continued with dignity:
"Madam has given birth to an heir." — Sketch.

Reliance

"Daybreak"

Apollo

''The Fresh Freshman"

The Wrong One

Mr. Gunson took two cigars from his pocket, carefully selected
one and handed the other to his guest.

"Fine cigars," he remarked, striking a match. "Two for a
quarter."

The guest puffed a light into his cigar and blew a cloud of
smoke into the air.

"Two for a quarter," he asked.
"Yes," replied Mr. Gunson proudly.

"Sorry I didn't get the twenty-cent one," remarked the guest
sadly. — Judge.

Ma jestic

Lamar Johnston and Miss Sisson in "Helen's Stratagem"

Arthur Bauer and Florence La

A Trying Role

"Remember, Arthur, you are the son of a gentleman. Trv to
behave like one for just' one day."

"All right, mother, but it will spoil the whole day for me."

— Exchange.

Hot Remedy

Cayenne pepper is said 'to be a reliable and effective means of
preventing seasickness.-

A slice of bread is first buttered and sprinkled with the pepper
and is then folded over- so that it can be eaten without burning the
mouth and throat. — Popular Mechanics.

Reads Book From "Movie" Screen

Filtfi of Four Hundred Page 'Volume Can be Carried in Waistcoat

Pocket.

Moving picture books are the latest forms of literature and the
Library Institute, which was in session yesterday in the Park
Avenue Hotel, saw a- real waistcoat pocket one. It was the prop-
erty of Professor Paul Otiet, secretary of the Union of Inter-
national Associations, with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The
association is an endowed organization, to the funds of which
Mr. Carnegie contributes, and its object is to spread informa-
tion of all kinds.

Dr. Otlet took a four hundred page book from his pocket, where
men generally carry watches— a tiny roll two inches in length
and an inch in diameter. The new invention is called a Biblophote
and was perfected by Robert Goldschmidt and Dr. Otlet. The film
is introduced into a small machine and the pages, magnified 500
times, are thrown on a screen.

Badie in "The Head Waiter" Tlianhouscr

A Strict Sense of Duty

The touring car had turned upside down, burying the motorist
under it, but the village constable was not to be thus lightly turned
from his duty.

"It's no use your hiding there," he said severely. "I must have
your name and address."— Exc/iange.

Films and the Libel Law.

Congress is after the "movies."" A pending bill would prohibit
the importation and the interstate transportation of certain films
or other pictorial representations. This bill makes it unlawful for
a moving picture house to show a film or other pictorial represen-
tation injurious in character to or libelous in its nature of any
state, territory, county, city or community of the United States
unless said film shall be true and correct in every fact, and in every
particular as to the person, scene, matter, occurrence or any other
thing whatsoever representing to exist. It is said that this is due
to the efforts of the western states, because they have main-
tained for a number of years that the cowboys and Indians in
"wild west" moving pictures were detrimental to their welfare.

A Surprise for the Teacher

"This class comprehends the meaning of words very quickly,"
said the Boston teacher to her visitors. "You noticed we spoke
of the word 'ransom' a few minutes ago. How many," turning
to the children, "can think of a sentence containing the word 'ran-
som.?' Every one. Yes, Harold?"

Harold arose proudly.

"My sister's beau ran some when pa"—

And then the children wondered why the class was dismissed
three minutes early. — Ladies' Home Jo%trnaI.

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"True Irish Hearts" (3) JAN. 1

"The Woman" (2) DEC. 31

"In the Firelight" (2) DEC. 29

"Giovanni's Gratitude" (2) DEC. 27

"Eileen of Erin" (2) DEC. 25

"Her Father's Story" ' (2) DEC. 24

"An Orphan's Romance" (2) DEC. 23

"Ihe Shriner's Daughter" (2) DEC. 22

"Jack and the Beanstalk" (2) DEC. 19

"The Pitfall" (2) DEC. 19

"The Curse" (2) DEC. 18

"The Open Door" (2) DEC. 17

"Where The Road Forks" DEC. 15

"Soul of the South" (2) DEC. 12

"Devotion" (2) DEC. 11

"Romance and Duty" (2) DEC 9

"For Another's Crime" (2) DEC. 6

"The Filly" (2) DEC. 4

"The Buried Past" (2) DEC. 3

"American Born" (2) DEC. 1

"The Belle of Yorktown" (3) NOV. 27

"The Blight of Wealth" (2) NOV. 25

"Witch of Salem" (2) NOV. 20

"The War Correspondent" (2) NOV. 19

"L'Article 47" (2) NOV. 18

"The Trail of the Lost Chord" (2) NOV. 17

"For Love of a Man" (2) NOV. 15

"The Ghost" (2) NOV. 13

"The Imposter" (2) NOV. 12

"The Judgment" (2) NOV. 6

"The Veteran" (2) NOV 5

"The Junior Partner" (2) NOV. 4

"Widow Maloney's Faith" (2) OCT. 30

"From Out of the Storm" (2) OCT. 29

"The Oath of O Tsuru San" (2) OCT. 28

"In the Days of Trajan" (2) OCT. 27

"Hearts" (2) .OCT. 25

"The Heart of Kathleen" OCT. 23

"The Black Sheep" OCT 22

"Romance of Erin" (2) OCT. 16

"The Reaping" (2) OCT. 15

"The Van Warden Rubies" (2) OCT. 14

"The Plot Against the Governor" (2) OCT. 14

"God of Chance" (2) OCT. 9

"A Forgotten Melody" (2) OCT. 8

"A Pitfall of the Installment Plan" (2) OCT. 6

"Targets of Fate" (2) OCT. 4

"Exoneration" (2) OCT. 2

"The Greenhorn" (2) OCT. 1

"Life's Pathway" (2) SEPT. 30

"A Highland Romance" (2) ; SEPT. 25

"Silent Heroes" (2) SEPT. 24

"The Ghost of the Hacienda" (2) SEPT. 22

"Fred's Trained Nurse" (2) SEPT. 21

"The Stolen Woman" (2) SEPT. 20

"The Bondsman" (2) SEPT. 18

"The Land of Dead Things" (2) SEPT. 17

"The Clown's Daughter" (2) SEPT. 13

"The Message to Headquarters" (2) SEPT. 12

"For the Crown" (2) SEPT. 8

"The Glow Worm" (2) SEPT. 6

"The Ironmaster" (2) SEPT. 5

"The Veteran Police Horse" (2) SEPT. 2

"The Green Shadow" (2) AUG. 29

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You can increase your earning capacity by making yourself thoroughly familiar with the various parts of a perfect
projector and understanding their exact use. To help you we will issue these Bulletins at frequent intervals.

In this Bulletin we feature
the Simplex Film Trap, an en-
tirely new departure from those
used heretofore on ordinary
projecting- machines.

It is made of a combination
of metal not subject to changes
of temperature, etc. A most im-
portant feature is the fact that
the tension is on the polished or
back side of the film, thus in-
suring an even pressure at all
times. Another point of superi-
ority is that a slight upward lift
removes the gate quickly, per-
mitting the easy cleansing of
any emulsion or foreign matter
from shoes 155 and 156.

The Gate (illustration IE) is
made of machine steel, the lugs
securing the Gate to the holder
being electrically welded, form-
ing one solid piece. "D" shows
the milling machine work pains-
takingly done to rough out the
steel blanks.

Film Trap Shoes (155, 156,
Plates El, E2) are of steel, pack
hardened, ground on both sides
and beveled ("H") to permit
(E2) with ease and exactness.
There can be no recoiling of the film trap shoes as they are securely

fastened to the aperture casting. These features, and the unusual care and precision with which each part is
made and assembled, shows you the remarkable durability, lasting qualities and efficiency of these parts.

The lateral guide rollers (153,
El, E3) are of steel, hardened
and ground ("H"), thereby in-
suring perfect accuracy and ex-
ceptional wearing quality, re-
sulting in the absolutely
straight guiding of the film into
the film trap. You can adjust
the distance between the rollers
at will by a set collar (153^,
E3).

The Gate (641,^ Plate 3) is
opened for threading by a light
inward pressure on trimble
(167, Plate E4) and is closed
by releasing film trap door trip
lever 645, Plate E3. Thus in
threading, there are only two
operations: one to open, one to
close gate, as compared with
four operations necessary on
other projectors. At a glance,
this demonstrates simplicity
and a saving of time in thread-
ing. The intermittent sprocket
tension shoe (646) is made of
ten pieces of tool steel, each
hardened, ground polished, and
securely riveted together to
form one solid piece. The two
inside shoes are offset and do
not touch the film.
To safeguard you against accidents, the Cooling Plate (648A, E4) is
made of two pieces of sheet steel, separated inch, which _arrests the
heat by radiation from the fire shutter and aperture side of the film
trap, preventing the shutter from sticking.

At every step in the making these parts are carefully inspected by
experts who instantly reject any piece showing the slightest flaw in workmanship,
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NOT content njereh^ to make the Edison the longest
lived projecting machine on the market, we are
constantly building it stronger and stronger. Our
latest improA'ement is the substituting of HELICAL
GEARS instead of spur gears, formerly used in the
mechanism.

These Helical Gears give

Longer Life Silent Operation Steadier Operation

The Edison Helical Gears are twice as heavy as the
old spur gears. They are made of hardened tool steel
and will outwear anv die cast gear on the market.

The diagonal cut of the Helical Gears keeps the gears always in mesh, thus doing
away with the play in the old spur gears and giving absolutely uniform application
of power. That means steadier projection.

T|ie lack of play greatly reduces the noise of operation, making the machine prac-
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A. Gear Guard has been placed over the new mechanism. It adds to the appear-
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Despite the greatly improved service of the Edison and
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Including 25-40 Ampere Grid Type Rheostat

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MONDAY— American, Keystone,
Reliance.

TUESDAY— Majestic, Thanhouser.
Selected Release.

WEDNESDAY— Broncho, Mutual
Weekly, Reliance.

THURSDAY— American, Domino,
Keystone. Selected Release.

FRIDAY— Kay-Bee, Thanhouser.

SATURDAY— American, Majestic,
Reliance.

SUNDAY — Broncho, Majestic,
Thanhouser.

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10 — Martha's Decision

13 — An Assisted Proposal

15 — The Drummer's Moneymoon

17— The Trail of the Lost Chord (2)
20— The Tale of the Ticker

A Modern Steel Plant (Split Reel)
22 — Calamity Anne's Dream

24— The Occult

27 — The Spartan Girl of the West
29 — At Midnight

1 — American Born (2)

4 — No release

6 — A Divorce Scandal

8 — Trapped in a Forest Fire

11- ^ — His First Case

13 — Armed Intervention

IS — Where the Road Forks (2)

18 — Personal Magnetism
20— Fate's Round Up

22— The Shriner's Daughter (2)

25 — No release

27 — The Rose of San Juan

29 — In the Firelight
1 — No release
3 — The Miser's Policy
5— The Power of Light (2)
8 — No release

10 — The Love of Thomas Gray

16 — Fred's Waterloo
23 — The Mexican Sleep Producer
30 — Her Husband and My Wife
7 — Fred Goes In For Horses
14 — The Portola Festival

Los Angeles Police Parade

■ (Split

21— Fred's I. O. U.
28 — The Fresh Freshman
4— The Tale of a Shirt

11— A Swell Dish

29— From Out of the Storm (2)

5— The Veteran (2)
12 — The Impostor (2)
19 — The War Correspondent
26 — ^The Reformation

3— The Buried Past (2)
10— The Frame Up
17 — The Open Door (2)
24 — Her Father's Story (2)
31— The Woman (2)

7— A Military Judas (3)

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13— The Ghost (2)
20— Witch of Salem (2)
27— The Belle of Yorktown (3)
4— The Filly (2)
11— Devotion (2)
18— The Curse (2)
25 — Eileen of Erin (2)
1 — True Irish Hearts
8— The Harp of Tara (2)

18 — The Claim Jumper
21— Days of '49

2 — The Revelation
5 — The Long Portage
9 — Her Legacy
12— Soul of the South (2)

19— The Pitfall (2)
23 — No release

26 — The Harvest of Sin
2 — Prince

9 — The Narcotic Spectre (2)

7 — An Indian's Honor
11— For Mother's Sake
14 — Efficacy of Prayer

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20— Two Old Tars

23— A Quiet Little Wedding
27 — The Janitor

Making an Automobile Tire

(Split reel)

30 — The Speed King

3 — Fatty at San Diego

(Split reel)

6 — Love Sickness at Sea

10— Small Town Act Milk We Drink

(Split reel)

13— Wine

17— Our Children

20 — A Muddy Romance

24 — Fatty Joins the Force
27 — Cohen Saves the Flag

1 — The Woman Hater

4 — The Rogues' Gallery

The San Francisco Celebration
(Split reel)

8 — A Ride For a Bride

11— The Horse Thief
15— The Gusher

18 — Fatty's Flirtation

Protecting San Francisco From Fire
— (Split reel)

20 — His Sister's Kids
22 — A Bad Game

25 — Some Nerve

29— He Would A Hunting Go
1 — A Misplaced Foot

A Glimpse of Los Angeles

(Split reel)

5 — Mabel's Stormy Love Affair
8— The Under Sheriff

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11— How It Worked

The Wild Indian (Split reel)
18 — First Prize . . At the Cabaret
(Split reel)
25 — Wifey's Christmas Present

A Live Wire

(Split reel)
1 — The Bad Man from the East

Levi's Luck (Split reel)

8 — Chasing Gloom

The Servant Question (Split reel)

Majestk

14— The Van Warden Jewels (2)

18 — No release

19 — Through the Sluice Gates

21 — Always Together

25 — Vengeance

26 — The Scenario Writer

28— The Oath of O Tsuru San (2)

1 — No release

2 — The Marriage of Niatana

4 — The Ward of the Senior Class

8 — Levinsky's Holiday

9 — The Bravest Man
11— The Rivals

15— The Pitch That Defiles

16 — The Tomboy's Race
18— L'Article 47 (2)

22 — No release

23— The House On the Tree
25 — A Warm Welcome

29 — An Accidental Clue

30 — Hendrick's Divorce

2 — The Padre's Sacrifice

6— The Helping Hand

7 — Rick's Redemption

9 — Romance and Duty (2)

13 — No release

14 — The Rival Pitchers

16 — The God of To-morrow

20 — Man's Awakening

21 — The Prisoner of the Mountains
23 — Mrs. Brown's Burglar

27— The Pride of the Force

28 — Helen's Strategem
30— The Baby

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3 — Educating His Daughters

4 — Mollie and the Oil King

6 — The Ten of Spades

10 — The Sorority Initiation

11— A Ticket to Red Gulch

24— No. 39
1— No. 40
8 — No. 41
22— No. 43
29— No. 44
5— No. 45
12— No. 46
19— No. 47

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26— No. 48
3— No. 49
10— No. 50
17— No. 51
24— No. 52
31— No. 53
7— No. 54

Prlii€ess

5 — The Little Church Around the
Corner

12 — His Imaginary Family
19 — The Law of Humanity
26 — Cupid's Lieutenant

3 — A Rural Free Delivery Romance
9 — A Circumstantial Nurse

-Hearts (2)

-The Real Mother

-Two Men and a Mule (Series 2)

-The Colonel's Oath

-A Sure Cure

-Two Men and a Mule (Series 3)

-The Power of the Sea

-The Bracelet

-For Love of a Man (21

-Two Men and a Mule (Series 4)

-A Man and a Woman

—Her Father's Daughter

—A Rough Diamond

—The Reporter's Scoop

—Tony's Sacrifice

—A Woman of Sin

—For Another's Crime (2)

—Two Girls of the Hills

—Four $100 Bills

—A Man's a Man

—The Mighty Atom

—The Pseudo Prodigal

—The Flyleaf of Fate

— The Alternative

— Giavonni's Gratitude (2)

— Daybreak

—His Awful Vengeance^
Seeing Stars and Stripes

(Split reel)
—Some Rogues and a Girl
— The Loafer
— The Sacrifice
— The Psychological Moment

28 — How Filmy Won His Sweetheart
31 — A Twentieth Century Farmer
2— The Water Cure

4 — The Junior Partner (2)
7— The Little Brother

9 — Looking for Trouble

11 — The Campaign Manageress
14— The Children's Hour

16 — He Couldn't Lose

18— Baby's Joy Ride

21 — A Clothes-line Quarrel
23— Their Great Big Beautiful Doll
25— The Blight of Wealth (2)
28— Curfew Shall Not Ring To-night
30 — The Henpecked Hod C)arrier
2 — The Problem Love Solved

5 — What Might Have Been
7 — The Milkman's Revenge

9- — ^A Beauty Parlor Graduate

12 — Uncle's Namesakes

14 — Lawyer, Dog and Baby
16 — Peggy's Invitation

19 — Jack and the Beanstalk
"The Bushleaguer's Dream (2)

21 — No release

23 — An Orphan's Romance (2)

2"6 — His Father's Wife

28— The Head Waiter

30 — An Amateur Animal Trainer
2 — Their Golden Wedding
4 — Mrs. Pinkhurst's Proxy

6 — The Runaway Princess (3)
9 — No release

11 — Two Little Dromios

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Studio and Excliaege Notes

Edward Coxen of the "Flying-A" Films

Here's to you Oh! Edward Coxen,

For we like the things you do.
We all like your style of loving,

And we care a lot for you.
And we like the look appealing

That is seen within your eyes
When you play the part of hero,

With some sweet girl for the prize.
We all think you great as sheriff

And you make a cowboy grand — •
So here's health and luck to you, Ed;

Gee! I'd like to shake your hand.

EDWARD A. LIFKA.

One of Our "Every Day" Letters

Kalama, Washington.

December 16, 1913.

To Mutual Film Exchange;,

Portland, Oregon.
Gentlemen : —

First shipment of Films used last evening.
We are well satisfied. Pictures were clean, clear
and distinct and in good shape. Accept thanks
for same. Should any bad splices or neglect on
return shipment occur from our house, please
report same to me. I want good service and
will positively return shipments in first class
condition if so received. Will send check for
any stated day in week you desire, but would
suit us better to mail check for week's service
Tuesday morning. Send us any suggestion you
have to boost business, and again accept my thanks
for the pretty bill last night.

Hoping that our association together may be
"Mutual" and always agreeable,
Respectfully,
E. F. WICKER, Mgr.
CARLSON THEATRE
Kalama, Wash. Box 5.

Rev. Mr. Harris Explains

Rev. Clarence J. Harris of Oklahama City,
Oklahoma, about whom an article appeared in
the Reel Life of December 13. relative to his
Photo Play writing, says in a communication to
the editor; "It is with no little humility and
embarrassment that I note the suggestion in
your published article that ambition of a reform
nature impels me to enter the moving picture
field. I am in it as a student, a pupil, one
seeking help, rather than rendering assistance. If
I sell a picture now and then, I am pleased, but
my profit is coming by contact with the art and
constant visits to the Moving Picture Theatre.
I believe in the Moving Picture business; it is
here to stay and but in its infancy. The quality
of its character will be determined by the tastes
of those who demand the pictures.

I am a firm believer in the theatre; I stood
alo ne as a Protestant minister here opposing legis-
lation which meant closing theatres on Sunday.
A Sunday theatre with a clean show is whole-
some and proper for those who desire them. I
frequently attend them and shall continue to do so.
My whole position, suggested by your corres-
pondent in this city is, that the church people
should help the theatre by attendance and sym-
pathy. Introducing moving pictures in the
churches will not help the theatres, I believe
it will help to lift up the standards of theatres
by having those interested in moral, spiritual
and intellectual things, attend them and lend
to them their influence.

I am thoroughly interested in Moving Pictures;
and if some time I can take my place with others
now known as Playwrights, I shall consider I
am occupying one of the largest and greatest
positions of influence possible to a literary or
moral worker. Until then I shall be of more
local value and shall render to all our Moving
Picture houses here my best support and fellow-
ship."

A Mexican Trick

The office of the Mutual Film Corporation at
Dallas, Texas have been pondering for some time

Jack Richardson American

why there should be such a great demand for
bookings on the Battle of Gettysburg in war-ridden
Mexico and the reason leaked out when the New
York Office of the New York Motion Picture
Corporation received an official notice from the
Mexican Government that they would take steps
to seize and confiscate the five reel motion drama
(as they term it) "The Battle of Gettysburg," the
next time it entered the country as the carranza
agents were booking the film and every time
they booked it they smuggled into Mexico two
machine guns and twelve rifles. They hood-
winked the United States officials on the border
by declaring they were for lobby display.

A Burglar's Risk

Keystone had a near tragedy, in the making
of the three reel special, "Bafiles, the Gentleman
Burglar." The Keystone police force were pursu-
ing Baffles over the roofs of ten and twelve
story buildings. One of the cops, just as ho
was about to shoot, slipped on the edge of the
roof, and for a moment it appeared as though he
were going over. Regaining his foothold, however,
he scrambled back to safety much to the relief
of onlookers. The camera was kept going through
it all, however, and a thrill accidental perhaps, but
nevertheless the genuine article was secured.

American Activities Centered on
Multiple Reel Subjects

All of the companies of the "Flying A" are
devoting themselves to the production of mul-
tiple subjects, one of which is to be released
each Monday. Following are titles set for early
release :

"IN THE FIRELIGHT" Dec. 29th,

"THE POWER OF LIGHT" Jan. 5th,

"DESTINIES FULFILLED" Tan 12th,

"RETURN OF HELEN REDMOND"

Jan. 19th,

"A BLOW OUT AT SANTA BANANA"

Jan. 26th.

"Unto the Weak"

An attractive title to an exemplary subject by
the "Flying A" second company. It preaches a
sermon that is stronger than it would be possible
for the most able silver tongued orator to deliver.

In the quiet subdued action and sentiments
presented it drives home conviction with a force
that is bound to bring in good results.

"Flying A" Star Poses for Magazine
Writer

In an article extolling the gorgeous beauties
of nature found prevalent in Santa Barbara, Cali-
fornia, to appear in Harper's Bazaar article. Miss

Vivian Rich was asked to pose. The personal
charm and beauty of Miss Rich will add consid-
erably to the interest and attractiveness of the
picturesque illustrations.

Band Benefit at Santa Barbara Big
Success

The Band Committee of Santa Barbara has
written the American Film Mfg. Co. as follows:

"The band committee desires to extend its
most sincere and cordial thanks to your company
for your great kindness in giving the splendid
benefit performance of last Saturday.

"We also hope that each individual who con-
tributed to that success will accept our gratitude
in fullest measure.

"We feel that our entire city as well as the
band committee, has appreciated your effort, not
only as an unusual artistic success, but as a
public spirited contribution to a cause which
has been a great factor for good in the town.
Very sincerely yours,

THE BAND COMMITTEE

Per C. W. Northup
Secretary."

Eellanse

Jan. 7, 1914
CAST

Tom Burns George Siegmann

Mrs. Burns, his mother Jessie Villares

Dr. Fox Garfield Thompson

Mrs. Fox Sue Balfour

Myra Irene Hunt

A neighbor Louie Ducey

A maid Emily Fulton

Tom Burns won't work — and though he really
loves his old mother,, every time that she needs
him he goes off with bad companions and it re-
mains for Dr. Fox to help her out. The doctor at
last remonstrates with Burns, and then gives him
a thrashing. The loafer determines to get even
with the doctor. Arming himself with a club, he
goes to his home — sees him taking an affectionate
farewell to his own mother, for whose sake he
befriends other people's mothers — and then fol-
lows him to his own cottage, and sees how tend-
erly he looks after Mrs. Burns' wants. Tom's
manhood is roused — these duties really belong to
him — he changes his way of life, becoming a son
worthy of her patience and love, even in neglect.

Thasili©iiser

Mrs. Pinkhurst's Proxy

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Jan. 4, 1914
CAST

Jack, a hobo Riley Chamberlain

Mrs. Maria Mann, a suffragette Mrs. Sullivan

Miss Jane Jennings Carey Hastings

Tom, a rural station agent Sidney Bracey

Village constable George Barnes

Bill, a brakeman Mr. Horton

Committeewomen, policemen, etc.
The women's society in a small Western town
had engaged the fam.ous foreign reformer, Mrs.
Pinkhurstf, to lecture in the town hall — for which
she was to receive $500. At the last hour, Mrs.
Pinkhurst sent word that she could not come —
but the telegraph boy lost the message, and it fell
into the hands of a tramp who had been reading
about the celebrated woman lecturer in the news-
papers, and saw in the situation an easy way to
make some money. He secured an affective dis-
guise and palmed himself off as Mrs. Pinkhurst,
making a very eloquent speech. No one sus-
pected the hoax — and the $500 was just within the
tramp's grasp — when the police rushed into the
hall and arrested him. Mrs. Pinkhurst, it ap-
peared, was still in Europe, and the police were
after a clever bank embezzler who had been im-
personating her all over the country. The bank
embezzler had slipped out of the game just in
time, when the unfortunate tramp jumped in.

Reel Life

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Stailo ani Exdimg^ Notes

"Flying A" Force's Enthusiastic Workers

"The Joy of Work" is not the title of a film,
nor that of a book, but is descriptive of the con-
ditions existing at the American Film Mfg. Co.
establishments at Chicago, Santa Barbara and Lon-
don. Enthusiasm of the highest order has been
manifested by the entire force. It has spread
like a forest fire, from the office of the president
down through the various departments, including
artistic, technical and business interests, permeat-
ing the entire system with an ever increasing de-
sire for efficiency and perfection. This condition
of evident delight and pleasure in serving has
given rise to greater ambition — greater results and
achievement — and is responsible for the present
high standard of American productions.

Summing up the situation after careful scrutiny.
Pres. Hutchinson was pleased to term the con-
ditions resulting as being due to "the joy of
work." He is confident that what has been ac-
complished is only an intimation of what is to
come. "Flying A" productions will continue to
set the world's standards. As the laws of har-
mony and mutual benefit underlie the success of
all great institutions they insure to the American
a success that is permanent and with an ever
widening scope.

This is the greatest production of films in the
world, as the United States produces probably
three-quarters of the films, according to statistics
last compiled. The value of these films is about
$3,500,000.

Girdles the Globe

The globe cculd be banded by a tiny glimmer-
ing black string on which are recorded the faces
of all the beautiful motion picture women and all
the stalwart figures of the handsome heroes of film
drama.

Los Angeles is one of the most important cen-
ters of this new industry which is taking on such
vast proportions. The export trade is enormous,
the American films going to all the large foreign
countries. England is at present our chief trader.

Here are some of the figures given out by
Thomas H. Ince, Vice-President and General
Manager of the Broncho, K. B. and New York
Film Company: 19,000 produced a week or
760,000 feet this year.

The Fire in the Kay-Bee Plant

Thomas H. Ince, Vice-President and General
Manager of the K. B. Motion Picture .Company,
was fortunate enough to have taken out a blanket
insurance policy on his place but two weeks before
the fire of yesterday arrived; therefore, their loss
will be small from a financial point of view. But
their loss of time in waiting for the arrival from
New York of a new supply of guns and saddles
and other paraphernalia necessary to the carrying
on of their business, will be quite appreciable. In
New York alone can they secure the cavalry sad-
dles which they use in the making of their pic-
tures, and it is the same with the muskets, which
are the arms of men who served in the army dur-
ing the Civil War days, and that were sold by
the Government to a New York dealer in dis-
carded war materials. These materials have been
telegraphed for, and it is thought they will be
delivered within the next thirty days, and while
they are in transit to Santa Ynez, the time of the
Indians and cowboys and actors and actresses
engaged up there will be employed upon plays
that have no alarms of war in them.

The heroine of the powder explosion at the
Kay-Bee plant last week was Miss Anna Little,
the clever film player. Miss Little was one of
the first to reach the side of the injured men, and
she did valiant service as a nurse.

"Our Mutual Girl"

The newspaper notices of Fritzi SchefT's mar-
riage cleared up a deep mystery at the Mutual's
Union Square studio recently. All arrangements
had been completed for the great little devil
of the opera to come to the studio at a certain
hour and pose for the "Our Mutual Girl" series.

When the time arrived and Miss SchefT did not
appear, many guesses were forthcoming to account
for the broken engagement. It was not known
that the little prima donna decided to make her
third plunge into the sea of matrimony which,
of course made her appearance at the studio
quite impossible.

"Our Mutual Girl," however, was introduced to
several stage celebrities. She appeared before the
camera with Laurette Taylor, of Peg O' My Heart
at the Cort Theatre and Bruce MacRae, of "Nearly
Married" at the Gaiety Theatre. She also had
the pleasure of meeting the great author of "The
Clansman," Thomas Dixon, who behaved before
the camera as if being a moving picture star
was part of his many accomplishments.

Arrangements have been made to introduce
"Our Mutual Girl" to Godowsky, the great pianist
and also Ysaye, the famous violinist, who will
appear with her before the camera in the near
future.

C. J. Kite's Career

That fame and fortune have been won practi-
cally "over night" in the motion picture business
is well illustrated by the interesting career of
C. J. Hite, prominently identified with the Mutual
Film Corporation, The Film Supply Company of
America, The American Film Manufacturing Com-
pany, The Carlton Motion Picture Laboratories,
The Majestic Motion Picture Company, The
Thanhouser Film Company, Ltd., of London.

In spite of the long list of successful film
companies in which he is an important figure,
it is only necessary to go back to 1906i to find his
first important move in the business. Only eight
years ago his first venture was launched in Chicago
under the name of C. J. Hite Moving Picture
Company. The main object of this concern was
to furnish motion pictures to Lyceum Bureaus
and private entertainments. Most of his pictures
were fairy tales, scenic and religious subjects
which were the best that could be had at that
time.

He gradually found his collection of pictures
assuming large proportions which led him nat-
urally into the film renting business. His first
"exchange" was a small office with a rickety
desk in the Monadnock Building, Chicago, but
he was compelled to spend so many houre a day
at his work that his health began to suffer. The
calling in of a doctor proved to be an important
incident in his business career, for when the
physician discovered that the reason for his

patient's condition was the close attention he
was compelled to give to his remarkably success-
ful office, a deal was made which led to renewed
activities on a larger scale with the doctor as
a financially interested associate.

In an increditably short length of time C. J.
Kite's film exchange occupied an enormous suite
of offices and had important branches in several
other cities.

From the renting of films to their manufacture
was the Inext important step in Mr. Hite's
career and his many interests make him one of
the leading factors in the moving picture world.

Griffith on Objectionable Plays

There is no excuse for photoplays which call
forth the criticism of Censor Boards and the
Press, according to General Director D. W.
Griffith of Reliance. The most delicate subjects
can be presented upon the screen without the
least danger of offense to the most fastidious
if they are staged artistically and with the care-
ful avoidance of sensational treatment.

A large part of the lamentable condition of
the theatrical business proper can be traced di-
rectly to the producing of plays in which the
most daring subjects were presented with a view
to sensational results.

After the opening of the first half dozen _ of
these much-to-be-regretted offerings, all theatrical
performances had to be immediately classed under
two heads; those to which one could take his
wife and daughter and those to which he must
advise them against going.

Since it is most a difficult matter to produce a
successful drama even without such a handicap;
and since wives and daughters make up the
largest part of a theatre's audience; poor business
had to be the general result.

It behooves the Motion Picture Producers to
profit by the mistakes of the Broadway Theatri-
cal Managers and steer clear of the dangerous
sensational treatment of vital subjects which
although they call forth a large amount of cheap
advertising and do a tremendous business for a
short time, do so at a terrific sacrifice in the
long run. The price of their financial success
must be paid many times over by the picture
producers and picture theatres as a whole.

It has already been necessary for parents in
thousands of the homes of motion picture theatres
patrons, who have been carefully educated _ to
believe the their children are safe from im-
moral influences while looking at "the pictures,"
to give the alarm against their families seeing
certain loudly heralded films of doubtful moral
influence.

Director Griffith of the Mutual claims that
one does not have to be very far sighted in
order to see that a few of these questionable
pictures will soon reduce to a perceptible degree
all picture loving audiences. But he also adds
that their existence is all the more lamentable
because it is so unnecessary to treat the subjects
presented in a manner that make them at all
objectionable.

The art of the picture play has been developed
to such a high degree that there is very small
excuse for the production of any drama with
the absence of sufficiently artistic treatment to
make it call forth even the slightest criticism
from the censor's standpoint.

Mr. Griffith is working at present on "The
Escape" by Paul Armstrong, which is an eugenic
drama calling for the most delicate kind of
treatment. Several negatives are made of each
scene that threatens to be at all questionable,
the action being changed in each case, so that
the one can be chosen for final use, which is
above the criticism of the strictest censor. "An
artistic motion picture, is to a sensational film
as the oil painting of a master is to a question-
able postal card," says director Griffith, "and
it is to the greatest interest of all concerned that
the artistic be encouraged at the expense of the
sensational."

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m I'Mm m n i/ihk

One of the points most forcibly demonstrated in the
development of motion-plays is the increasing familiariza-
tion of distant cities and localities.

It is but a few years ago that our ideas of foreign
places were obtained from photographs on little oblong
cards — duplicate photos, side by side, one for each eye — at
which we looked through a little hand-stereoscope, with
eye-shades like a horse's blinders. These "stereoscopic views," as
they were called, gave us our first reliable visual impressions of
foreign cities and celebrated objects of historic interest. Thej' were
to be found upon almost every parlor table — or the corner "what-
not"— and their posession, whether in farm or city house, was ac-
cepted as a material evidence of "culture." During the time of their
greatest vogue, their only competitor in the same line was the
souvenir book of lithographed "views'" — about the same size and
shape — which every returning tourist brought home as concrete
evidence of his travels.

The first real improvement upon these "stereoscopic views'' — •
as amateur photography became more developed — was the "un-
mounted photograph," printed in thousands by publishers, who sold
them to artists and architects at first, and the cheaper form of
photographic reproduction by "half-tone" prints, "egg-shelled" to
prevent smudging, which were sold under the names of "Cosmos"
and "Perry" Pictures. Then came the post-card craze — and the
reproduction in that form of views taken in nearh" every city of
the world.

The unmounted photographs of the world's celebrated streets
and buildings, selling at 25c. to $3.00 each, were beyond the reach
of average people living on a moderate income — but were of im-
mensely educational value to those who could af¥ord to purchase
even a few dozens of them. The Perry and Cosmos Pictures, selling
at two or three cents each, came more easily within the reach of
the poor man's purse — but for years after they came out, the poor
man preferred beer and did not avail himself of the opportunity.
But the post-cards "got" his family, even if they didn't get him — •
and were directly responsible for giving the average citizen in all
countries a better idea of how other places and peoples looked than
he ever had before. In this connection, newspaper half-tones should
not be considered because, from considerations of space and imper-
fections in printing, they never present an accurate idea of any
particular place. The illustrations in weekly papers are far better,
but they do not reach the mass of the people.

Now — all these countless pictures of other places have increased
the average man's knowledge of his world a thousand-fold— but
they have presented it in just so many detached chunks, which is
where they fall considerably short of reality. For example — we
have before us at this moment a picture of the Place de la Concorde
and the end of the Champs Elysees. In it, are two fiacres crossing
the "Place" — the Obehsk, which marks the site of the Guillotine—
another fiacre, driving up toward the Arc de Triomphe — the entrance
to the Rue Royale, with the buildings at the side and a distant

glimpse of the ^ladeleine — also, perhaps a dozen pedes-
trians. If the daily aspect of a street or building never
changed under varying conditions, it would be only neces-
sary' to stock up with enough of these pictures to know the
world's cities very accurately. But "as a matter of fact, if
this particular picture had been taken from a point a few
hundred feet east of where the camera stood — say, at the
end of the Pont de la Concorde — the scene would have presented an
appearance so entirely different that a person with no topographical
perception would never recognize it. And if the same picture had
been taken when a military procession was crossing the "Place" and
the Rue Royale was in deep shadow from a rain-cloud, it would also
have passed for that of an entirely different place. Which brings us
to the great advantages of the motion-picture over any of these
previous methods of illustration.

In the motion-picture of any particular locality, we get its actual
living conditions and momentary variations. Nothing is lost. A
person looking at a single-reel film of the Place de la Concorde
would have, fixed upon his mind, an impression of the locality which
would enable him to instantly recognize it during his first day or
hour in Paris. And this statement would probably hold good of al-
most any place on earth. The "Bund," at Nagasaki, for instance, is
a far cry from New York — yet if those who have seen it here on the
screens ever steam up that narrow and beautiful Bay on a Pacific
IMailer or Toyo Kissen Kaisha boat, they will recognize the scene at
first glance. And everyone who saw the "Durbar" pictures would
recognize the famous Gates of the old Fort at Delhi if he rarv
across them in the middle of the Sahara.

Putting it perhaps a little more concretely, the motion-picture
film is a link which binds together in educational and topographical
familiarity every country, city and town in the world — enabling
those in the lesser places to become as familiar with the daily life
in the greater as if they had spent months in it. And one of the
peculiar features of this familiarity is the way it may be, and con-
stantly is used to create optical illusions.

It is a general impression that the aspect of foreign citigs is so
entirely different from those in our own vicinity that we should
recognize them at first glance as being strange to us. But the fact
is that almost every city on the globe possesses buildings whose
architecture and appearance is almost identical with those in other
cities. And the "Movie" camera man uses this every day, to save
traveling expenses, without the spectator being much the wiser for
the excusable faking. Daudet's "Sapho" was laid in Paris and its
suburbs. The very successful ]\Iajestic film of the book was taken
in Los Angeles, California — but not one person in a thousand would
ever suspect it. The Thanhouser film of "Robin Hood" was mostly
taken at Fort Schuyler and Bronx Park— but you'll swear it's
Sherwood Forest when you see it.

Our morning paper tells us what is happening all over the world.
Our "Movie" Theatre, around the corner, enables us to see it. We
are more cosmopolitan to-day than yesterday.

6

Reel Life

3io ^^MaUml (^i

For the last three months, there has been in preparatiodi, here
in New York, a series of motion-picture plays — educational, de-
scriptive and dramatic — which will be released each week thiough-
out the entire year, beginning Jan. 19th. and which are different from
anything heretofore attempted
in motion-plays.

The idea is based upon the
generally admitted interest m
every city and town of the
United States in the daily life
— the celebrated sights and per-
sonages— of New York — the
second city of the world and,
in many respects, the greatest.
And the method of portraying
all this upon the motion-pic-
ture screen so that it may be
caught by the spectator at a
glance — and understood as
quickly iby persons of efyen
moderate education — lies in de-
picting the daily life of a young
girl who comes from a small
interior town to visit city rela-
tives and is launched by them
into the whirl and fascination
of New York society life.

To those who may justly
claim that to become a social
leader in New York is not
altogether the sumum bonum
of earthly existence, it may be
explained that a very consid-
erable number of people in the
United States so consider it —
and the interest in that sort of
thing is a very real one. It
may also be claimed that com-
paratively few girls, arriving
in New York, ever have the
chance to participate in the
lotos-eating life of those at the
top. But they do have a chance
to observe that life from the
sidewalks — and this series of
aims enables every man, woman
and child in the entire country
to observe it with them.

Without wasting too much
of the spectators' time in de-
tails of her earlier home life — varying in no respect from that of
thousands of other American girls — this fortunate young woman is
showin arriving in New York upon her first visit — in the home
of her wealthy Aunt, where a certain amount of training for her
society life is first necessary. Little mannerisms and personalities
— not objectionable in her country home — go through a modifying
process reminding one of the polishing of a diamond. Then her
costume demands attention. Gowns entirely suitable for dances
of the Monday Night Social in Oshkosh or Kalamazoo are a long
way from being comme il faut at Sherry's or the exclusive houses of
the New York Smart Set. There are visits at the parlors of a
famous Modiste— at equally famous shops and department stores —
until the girl's personal outfit is a liberal education in up-to-daite
dress in all its multitudinous details. In this connection, the fact
should be strongly emphasized that every gairment worn by the
Mutual Girl in these films was purchased outright and paid for
by the producing Company. In no single instance has any portion
of her wardrobe been loaned as a model.

Norma Phillips, the "Mutual Girl"

Once launched in New York society, the girl naturally meets
a large number of famous people — world celebrities — and the
camera has faithfully recorded each of these meetings — the little
every-day mannerisms of the celebrities and the matter-of-
fact way in which such meet-
ings actually take place in the
daily life of the favored ones
in this great metropolis. Pri-
vate houses — famous hotels
and public buildings — famous
steamships and de luxe trains
— suburban country-places
which have been described by
the press all over the country
— society functions at famous
city homes — at Madison Square
Garden and the Metropolitan
Opera House. In short, near-
ly every feature and detail of
metropolitan life among peo-
ple whose incomes range from
one hundred thousand to a
million dollars a year.

In selecting a girl to portray
such a life as this, the "Mu-
tual" was confronted with a
difficult problem. In a motion-
play, an average girl may be
taught conventional manners
and observances within the
limits of two reels at the out-
side— but in actual life, the
process is a much longer one.
It was therefore necessary to
obtain one who was at home
in such environment from the
very start, one needing no long
course of coaching. Personal
attractiveness was naturally
another oonsiideration — also,
coloring. For various photo-
graphic reasons, a light com-
plexion was preferable to a
brunette. Then simplicity-
naturalness — i freedom from
self-consciousness before the
camera, etc.

After weighing very care-
fully the merits of many young
women in their companies,
the Mutual Directors finally selected a Maryland girl —
born in February, 1892, at Cambridge on the Chesapeake
— raised in Baltimore — and educated at Mt. St. Agnes College, Mt.
Washington, Md. She left college in her junior year to obtain a
position in the theatrical company supporting Richard Carle — sup-
ported Blanche Ring in the "Wall St. Girl" — and then joined the
London Opena House Company in "Come Over Here." Crossing
the Atlantic again for a brief visit to her mother, she was per-
suaded by Director Ritchey to join the Reliance Company, and has
been with the Mutual ever since. As a talented young "lead" of
the Reliance Company, her face and acting, an the screen, have
become familiar to millions of people in this and other countries
who will welcome her in this new and vastly more important role.

As The MUTUAL GIRL is one of the most stupendous pro-
ductions ever attempted by any association of film manufacturers,
we present to the readers of Reel Life — on these two pages and the
cover of this issue — portraits of Norma Phillips — The MUTUAL
GIRL.

Reel Life

Conklin had been watching
her over the tortoise shell rim
of his glasses for ten minutes.
Molly Crawford had kept track
of the time in spite of the fact
that she appeared to be dili-
gently working on a Sunday
special which she hoped to sell
by way of increasing her
meagre weekly space bill on
the Journal. She stole furtive
glances over her shoulder as
she worked and each time en-
countered the same calculating
blue eyes. But the expression
in the city editor's usually
care-worn face was one that
she could not understand.

Had her morning story gone
awry? she asked herself as she
kept on scribbling (for she had
not yet learned the trick of
composing on a typewritter),
or had she done something that
would lose for her the privilege
of earning even the small in-
come that she eked from the
Journal as a space writer? But
while she was pondering the
last question the city editor
called her name and crooked
his forefinger at her. She
crossed the paper strewn edi-
torial room with trepidation.

"Do you want to handle your
first big story to-day, Miss
Crawford?" he asked with just
the trace of a smile altering
his face. Molly breathed a
sigh of relief, and immediately
became all attention. Anything
that did not savor of minor
social functions, obituaries, or
church news was a relief to
her, for heretofore only unim-
portant assignments had been
her lot.

"If you've followed the Jour-
nal lately," continued Conklin,

"you know how we are wading into the grafters in New York. We've
chased a lot of 'em to cover and have made the Police Department
beg for mercy. But there's one story we can't run down. It's about
the Working Girls' Protective Association. There's a clever woman
behind it, that's why. And behind her is the Police Department with
its grafters, and the politicians who get their share, and Heaven
only knows who else. We've had men working on the story for
weeks. They've done some fine detective work up to a certain
point, then they fell down, and I've had my suspicions why. I fired
Rogan and Brennan for it, and I'll fire some others before long.
They tried to tell me they didn't fall for the graft. But I'm old in
the game, and I know they got paid for reporting "No Story." Mrs.
Alice Hope is the woman who runs the Association. You'll find her
up in her headquarters on Third Avenue. Pose as a working girl.
Go up and meet her. Learn how they take money away from un-
suspecting shop girls. Get all the dope you can ! come back to the

Norma Phillips — the "Mutual Girl"

office ; make out an affidavit and
swear to it and then we'll make
the police arrest her.

All enthusiasm over the im-
portance of her mission, Molly
Crawford returned to her desk,
secured her jacket and hat and
some note paper, and started
for the door. But Conklin
called her back.

"Look here, girl. I've picked
you to do this 'cause I believe
you're honest. But you haven't
been in the city very long. You
don't know the dirt and filth
of it. You don't know the
grafting and the vice that ex-
ists. It will be a revelation to
you, but for goodness sakes
keep your skirts clean. I had
a daughter once — little older
than you I guess. She got
friendly with a rat of a man
ten years ago. Now she's gone.
I don't know where — and — ah
— well, I don't care now. I
guess she's dead by this time. I
hope for her sake she is. She's
dead to me, I know. Poor
Annie." .... (a moment
he siat staring vacantly into
space, then suddenly he pulled
himself together and spoke
sharply). Here are the few
things we know about the
Working Girls' Protective As-
sociation. They may help you."
He handed her an envelope as
.she turned to go.

Every nerve tingling with the
excitement of the chase, Molly
Crawford hurried across to the
Bowery and entered a Third
Avenue car. She tucked her-
self away in the corner of a
cross seat far up forward, and
with eager fingers drew forth
the contents of the envelope
Conklin had given her.
In an old but neatly pressed black suit and a last year's hat she
looked every bit the part she was about to play. Indeed her income
since her arrival in the city a year ago had hardly been more than
that of the average shop girl. Fresh from high school in a Western
village where she lived, she had arrived in New York the summer
before, bent on making a success with the small experience in jour-
nalism she had acquired in the newspaper office of her home town.
But she reckoned without proper knowledge of the conditions she
had to face. She made her home with an aunt who was having
trouble to make both ends meet, and it was quite apparent to Molly,
at the outset, that she could look for no help at all from her. As
for ever calling upon her parents for financial assistance in time of
stress, that was out of the question. Her pride forbade her.

Yet, as day after day, she tramped up and down Park Row, look-
ing for a position, she felt that her pride was slipping. Five dollars
would have meant a great deal to her then, and it took every ounce

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of will power to resist sending a single complaining letter home.
She knew that help would be forthcoming at once. But just when
she felt most discouraged, "Bob" Conklin, the city editor of the
Journal, took notice of her, to the extent of suggesting that she
join his staf¥ on space. She did not realize then that the lot of a
woman space writer is harder than that of anyone else in newspaper
work. Social stories were all that Conklin entrusted to her, and the
result was that her space bills averaged less than ten dollars a week
the year around. Indeed the old discouraged feeling soon returned,
for she found that last year's suit would not wear forever, and that
made over hats were not conducive to that always-dressed-up-feeling
most women delight in.

No. 3-8 Third avenue was the address Conklin had given her.
Molly Crawford walked twice past the dreary looking store front
with its besmudged windows and dirty gilt lettering. Finally she
summoned sufficient courage to open the heavy door and walk in. It
was a barren looking room, graced with but two desks, each of which
was deserted. But at the far end was a door, on the glass panel
of which appeared the word "Private." Instinctively Molly knew
that Mrs. Alice Hope was to be found behind that door. Also she
knew that if she remained in the outer room very long, some one
would come in and prevent her from seeing the wary Mrs. Hope,
so with nervous haste she stepped to the door and pushed it open.

There was a hurried scramble inside, and Molly distinctly heard
the cling of glass against glass and the slamming of a desk drawer.
Mrs. Alice Hope was facing the door as she entered, an ugly scowl
on her face. When she caught sight of the girl, however, her atti-
tude changed.

"Why, how-do-you-do, dearie?" she asked in most cordial tones.
"Another new member, I suppose? I'm so glad. Isn't there some
one in the office to take care of you?" It was hard for Molly to
judge her age because of the paint and powder. She was tall and
decidedly heavy in proportions and doubtlessly her manner of dress

vv'as meant to make an impression, but Molly knew her kind, and only
by force controlled a shudder for she could detect the insincerity of
her pleasant attitude. Also Molly's nose told her plainly that she
had not heard the clink of a medicine glass when she entered. The
fumes of whiskey were conveyed to her even above the odor of
cheap perfumery.

"Yes, I'm eager to' join," said Molly. "In fact "

But Mrs. Hope interrupted her.

"You ain't no shop girl!" she snapped. "You ain't no shop girl!
W'ho ever heard of a shop girl saying 'eager.' You're a reporter
(she almost screamed). Sending a girl this time, eh! Trying t' get
something on me. Well, y'can't."

"At least I can say you drink whisky," retorted Molly sharply,
"and I can say you keep it in your desk too." She had stepped for-
ward as she spoke and jerked open the top drawer of the desk,
revealing glass and whiskey bottle. "That will go nicely in the
story I hope to write about your organization," she added.

For a moment Mrs. Hope seemed beside herself with rage. Then
with what appeared to be a super-human effort she controlled her-
self.

"You're a sharp one," she said almost pleasantly. "You are
sharp. Well, now that you know I've got it, let's have a drink to-
gether, and talk business. I'll treat you the same as I treat the rest.
Give you *S00 to call off the story. How about it?" She reached for
a mesh bag on her desk as she spoke, and drew forth a roll of yel-
low bills. Molly trembled.

Five hundred dollars ! As much as she earned in a year on space !
All for just reporting "No Story." Almost before she realized it
her hand went forward. But at the touch of the crisp new bills she
shrank away. Then suddenly her strength of will came back, and
she could smile at her temptor.

"You couldn't buy me off for five thousand dollars, Mrs. Hope,"
she said.

Once again the woman's face became livid.

Sydney Ayres in "Destinies Fullilled"

American

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Vera Sisson and J. E. Swickard in "The Ten of Spades"

Majestic

"Oh, you're one of the good kind," she sneered. "Well, I can
take care of you, too." As she spoke she leapt toward the door and
turned the key in the lock. "I'll shoot you along the line with the
rest of the good girls they pick up on the avenue every day. Oh !
you'll go! (she was working herself into a frenzy with anger).
You'll go ! And they'll never hear of you again. You're good, eh !
Fine. Wbuldn't drink with me, eh ! Well, I'll drink to your future."

She stepped hastily toward the desk and started to open the
drawer. Then suddenly she stood erect and her face grew white
and distorted. Every muscle in her body seemed to go rigid.
Molly recognized the symptoms of paralysis at once, and tried to
catch her as she fell. But the woman's heavy body slipped from her
grasp and tumbled across the desk. The girl looked searchingly into
her face for signs of life.

And as she leaned over the prostrated form a locket on a chain
about the woman's neck attracted her attention. It had been jarred
open by the fall, exposing the picture of a man. Though it had been
taken more than a decade ago, Molly recognized the features of
"Bob" Conklin. Hastily she turned the trinket over and read the
name "Annie" engraved on the back. With a quick movement she
un snapped the catch that held it, and slipped it into her jacket
pocket. Then picking up the key where the woman had dropped it,
she unlocked the door and hurried through the still deserted outer
office.

A moment she paused in her mad rush down town and called up
the nearest hospital.

It was a decidedly white and very nervous Molly Crawford who
stood beside "Bob" Conklin's desk.

"I'm sorry to report 'No Story,' Mr. Conklin," she said.
Conklin sat up with a start.

"You don't mean you fell for the bribe, too !" he demanded in-
credulously.

"No," she said, "I fell for this.'- And she dropped the opened
locket on his desk.

For a moment Conklin looked at it in amazement. Then he picked
it up with trembling fingers and gasped :

'"Where did you get it? It's Annie's!"

Then Molly sat down in the chair beside his desk, and with a
trembling voice told her experience of the afternoon. Tears of
shame and unhappiness coursed down the editor's cheeks as he lis-
tened, but when she told him that he could find his daughter in the
hospital a look of hope came into his eyes.

"I'm going up to see her !" he exclaimed. "Perhaps there is
some of the former Ammie left. Perhaps I can persuade her to be
different. Thank you, little girl, you've done a lot for me to-day,
and if things have been sort of rough for you here in the past
they'll be different after this, you can depend on it."

But Molly could merely say, "Thank you," for the old man's
grief made her unhappy too.

Well Defined

A servant at a well-known gentleman's house much astonished
the family minister, who had called to make inquiries on the occa-
sion of the birth of a child.

"Is it a boy?"

"No, sir."

"Oh ! a girl?"

"No, sir."

The inquirer gasped, and the servant continued with dignity:
"Madam has given birth to an hek."~Skctch.

This From London

The Professor — Boy, get me a fly.

New Page — Yes, sir. Dead or alive, sir? — Punch.

10

Eed Life

Sydney Ayres and Vivian Rich in "Destinies Fulfilled" American

Matrimony and the Eyes

A very old Irishman one day astonished a friend by announc-
ing that he was about to get married.

"Married !" exclaimed his friend. "An old man like you !"

"Well, ye see," the old man explained, "it's just because I'm
gettin' an ould bhoy now. 'Tis a foine thing, Pat, to have a
wife near ye to close the eyes of ye whin ye come to the end."

"Arrah, now, ye ould fule!" exclaimed Pat. "Don't be so fool-
ish. What do ye know about it? Close yer eyes, indade. I've
had a couple o' them, an' faith, they both of them opened mine."

Mrs. Browning had a new servant girl.

"Agnes," said the mistress, "did you put the clothes in soak?"
"Oi did not," answered the girl; "did you want me to, mum?"
"Why certainly," was the reply.
"Very well, mum," said Agnes.

About two hours later Agnes presented herself to her mistress.

"Oi hev put thim clothes in soak, mum," she said, "but the
parrot-nose av a pawnbroker wud give me only chew dollars on
the whole outfit. Here be th' money, mum, an' it's sorry Oi am that
ye bees so harrud up." — Harper's Magazine.

Simplex Sales

There seems to be no let-up in business with the Precision
Machine Co. Of special note in sales during the past week are.-
Two motor-drive Simplex to the 68th Street Playhouse, 68th Street
and Third Avenue. This house has a seating capacity of 450, and
is one of the first playhouses built under the new law — absolutely
fireproof.

The Biograph Company has installed two Simplex for the New
York studio and one for the California studio.

The elaborate Stanley Theatre, 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue,
which is about completed, has installed two Simplex machines
through B. F. Porter.

Restricted Childhood

Sheffield Ingalls, lieutenant governor of Kansas, believes in giv-
ing Young America a full chance to enjoy all there is in wholesome
boyhood play. He tells the following story to show how some
youngsters are hampered :

Gordon, seven years old, was playing bandit, and for some
time had been staggering around, as if badly wounded, without
actually toppling over as a victim of the imaginary bullets of his
playmates. A neighbor, watching the game, called to him :

"Gordon, why don't you fall down?"

"I can't," answered the boy, crossly, "I ain't allowed to. If I
had my old pants on I'd have been dead long ago."

— National Monthly.

Wanted To Be There

Tony came over from the old country and obtained employment
in America as a second hand. Some time afterward he went to his
foreman and said: "Boss, like baf vacation."

"Why, Tony, you don't need a vacation," answered the boss.

"Yes, boss, I like haf vacation," repeated Tony.

"What do you want with a vacation? If I give it to you, Tony,
you will go over to the old country, blow all your money, and
then come back broke. You had better stay here."

"I like haf vacation, boss," stolidly repeated Tony. "I'm going
to get married, and I'd kinda like to be there."

— Everybody's Magazine.

A Social Catastrophe

"Was no one injured in the railway collision, count?"

"No, but nevertheless it was a most painful situation. First,
second, third and fourth class passengers all mingled together.
Simply unheard of!" — Fliegende Blatter.

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The Better Place

An old country woman, compelled to sit in a suffocating smok-
ing compartment in a crowded excursion train, gazed open-mouthed
through the window at a lady on the platform who was giving the
porter exhaustive instructions regarding the storage of her bicycle.

"See that you find the best place in the van, porter, and fix it very
securely, and don't let anyone play with the bell, and close the win-
dows so that nobody can steal it, and cover up the handle-bars, and
make sure the train doesn't shake it as it goes over the points."

The porter promised slavish obedience, pocketed his tip and
turned to go away.

"One moment, young fellow," cried the old woman, leaning out
of the window and catching his arm. "I want to get out of here.
It ain't half cosy enough. Here's tuppence; now show me the way
to the bicycle van." — Exchange.

John D.'s Wit.

The following anecdote may serve to illustrate John D. Rocke-
feller's sense of waggishness:

One day, chancing to go along the golf links, he saw an old
attendant spiking dead leaves and scraps of paper which he put
in a bag.

"Good day, Tom," was the oil man's friendly greeting. How's
business?"

"Dull, sir — dull," returned Tom gloomily; "gets worse every
day, I'm thinkin." "

"You surprise me,' chuckled John D., as if with an anticipatory
thrill; "from what I see of it I should say that your business was
picking up." — Neale's Monthly.

Sabbath Reading

"Louise, I really cannot permit you to read novels on Sunday."
"But grandmamma, this novel is all right; it tells about a girl
who was engaged to three Episcopal clergymen, all at once.'' — Life.

Old Adages Disproved.

Look Before You Leap.
There is probably no saying in the history of the world that has
been more disproved by the experience of mankind than this one.
If everyone who has ever done anything worth while had looked
before he leaped, how few things would ever have been accom-
plishd? Theodore Roosevelt's life would be as peaceful as the
trip of a Gowanus ferryboat on Sunday morning. The doctrine of
looking before you leap is based upon timidity and unintelligence
— a cowardly terror of making mistakes, and reduction of your
experience to a minimum. Looking before you leap means very
soon that you will never leap. Leap first and look afterward —
that is the only sure way. By and by you will get so expert that
you can leap from crag to crag like a Rocky Mountain goat. Mean-
while, should you by any chance break your neck, bear in mind
that most of the really great men of all time have done the same
thing. — Life.

Not Guilty.

A story on the Hon. Josephus Daniels that is going the rounds
is as follows :

At a recent visit of the secretary of the navy to the academy
at Annapolis he was jostled in the crowd of visitors to such a
degree that a man of proportions trampled heavily upon the secre-
tarial toe.

Instead of apologizing when Mr. Daniels turned his head
to see who had crushed his foot the offender growled out :
"What do you mean by giving me such a nasty look?"
"Why," returned the secretary suavely, "I notice that you have
a nasty look, but I had nothing to do with giving it to you."

— Neal's Monthly.

Inconsistent Fractions

"I am tired," declared Womanhood, in effect, "of being a better
half by courtesy and a submerged tenth in point of fact." — Life.

12

The Film Industry
United States Leads in Films

If one should place together all of the motion picture films
manufactured in the United States during the calendar year of
1913, the string would be more than 25,000 miles long. This would
be enough to stretch around the world at the equator and allow
a few films left over to be "passed by the national board of cen-
sorship."

Not only films of comic or tragic pictures are sent out of this
country. Many miles of blanks are exported every year.

This country leads the world in the manufacture of films. The
burea^u of foreign and domestic commerce has established a system
of detailed record that keeps an accurate accovmt of every inch
of film sent from the United States. This shows a total exporta-
tion of 65,500,000 feet of plain films in the nine months ended in
September, and 23,500,000 feet of exposed, or finished films. This
means that 89,000,000 feet of films were sent from the United
States in nine months.

The total value of the films exported in the nine months is
given at $3,500,000. This averages about 21/2 cents a foot for the
unexposed film, and about 7 cents a foot for the finished picture
films.

England is by far the largest purchaser from the United States,
having bought more than 80,000,000 feet in 1912. Other countries
that buy largely from the United States are France, Brazil, Labra-
dor, Newfoundland and Canada. Many hundred thousand feet are
sent to the Philippines annually.

Importation of films amounts to about 1,000,000 feet per month.
Nearly all of these are films which have been exposed and are
ready for use — Washington "Post."

Many Millions Attend Movies

More than 63,000,000 men, women and children attend the mov-
ing picture theatres in the St. Louis District, or the Greater St.
Louis, in a year. The "movies" are more popular in St. Louis
and its suburbs in Missouri and Illinois than in any commercial
center in the world. On an average, approximately nineteen per
cent of the population goes daily to the photoplay houses.

Talk of New York, Paris, London and Berlin! Of the 900,000
inhabitants of St. Louis itself, 179,539 see the "movies" every Sun-
day, and 153,891 every day in the week. Every week 1,002,885 St.
Louis people visit the 125 licensed theatres and every year, 57,504,-
012. The St. Louis District attendance is 199,487 every Sunday,
and 170,982 every week day.

Capital investments in the St. Louis moving picture business
amount to approximately $6,000,000, and by authorities it is esti-
mated that the operations keep some $8,000,000 in constant circula-
tion by the year. The direct revenue exclusively at the doors is
about $6,000,000.

The activities are not confined to exhibition. St. Louis has two
large film manufacturing concerns, and many small films and
companies here are engaged in producing comedies and dramas.
St. Louis is the central headquarters for the leading film manu-
facturers of New York and California, and the central head-
quarters of the South and West for the reel lessors. It is also
the central supply market for equipment, instruments, parapher-
nalia, and sundry accessories.

Hard Lesson

A judicious reticence is hard to learn, but it is one of the great
lessons of life. — Chesterfield.

"In the Clutches of a Gang"

Keystone

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15

The ¥ky/ Plnys

reputation. The colonel falls in love with
Mabel Kerns, a vivacious Western girl —
and, one day, the colonel failing to keep an
appointment with her, she goes to his
quarters, and finds him lying unconscious
from smoking opium. Shorty confesses to
her that Warren has learned to use the
drug in China — and begs her to influence
him to give it up. Warren promises Mabel
easily enough — and he tries to keep his
word. But his habit gets the better of
him. Depressed and nerve shattered, he
resorts to his pipe again — and dreams a
wild and horrible dream, in which he sees
the Indians wreck the fort, and Mabel
changed into a dishevelled haired maniac,
because, doped with opium, he is not on
duty to save the situation. In his shame
and desperation, he dreams that he blows
himself up with gunpowder. Waking, the
colonel thrusts his opium outfit into the
fire. Mabel and Shorty are unseen wit-
nesses to this. Then as the girl comes
in and stands by him, watching the opium
burn — he renews his oath, and this time
she knows he will have the strength to
keep it.

A Sorority Initiation

Jan. 10, J914
LEAD

Ruth, pupil at Riverdale Seminary. . .Billie West
When the girls heard that the daughter of
a convicted embezzler was coming to Riverdale
Seminary, they were very indignant. Only the
influence of Ruth Graham, the most popular girl
at Riverdale, prevented an outbreak. She was a
broad minded girl — and when Mary Adair arrived,
she instinctively felt that Ruth was her friend,
and dung to her — confiding to her all her
family troubles, and showing her letters from
her father in prison, assuring his daughter of his
innocence. Ruth is initiated into a sorority — and
is "stumped" to spend the night in "the haunted
house." She accepts the dare. Alone in the
old building, she hears two men enter. Keeping
as still as death — she overhears talk which throws
light on the case of Adair — enabling her eventu-
ally to clear an innocent man's name, and re-
store to Mary the father whom she loves and has
never doubted.

The Ten of Spades

Jan. 6, 1914
CAST

Jess, a waif Vera Sisson

Ralph West, a young prospector. .William Garwood

Kate, the stage driver's wife Metta White

Jess was saved by West, the young prospector,
from life in a rough dance hall — and finds a home
with Kate, the stage driver's wife. Ralph teaches
Jess to read, befriends and protects her — and she
falls in love with him. One day she is telling her
fortune with cards, and as the fortune is disap-
pointing, she recalls that she has heard that cards
told on a new bridge at midnight reveal the truth.
That same night she goes to a bridge just com-
pleted over the creek, and, stealthily, lays out the
cards. By the sputter of a match she sees that
between the King arid Queen of Hearts is the ten
of Spades. Then, hearing voices, she hides in the
bushes. Barry, a miner, who has threatened her
safety and honor ever since the night of her ap-
pearance in the dance hall, comes over the bridge
with a fellow horseman — and the girl hears him
planning to kill West next day. She warns West,
who laughs at her fears— but all day she keeps
near him — and when Barry assaults him, it is Jess
who receives the bullet. Drawing from her bosom
the playing cards, she shows West — who has shot
Barry — that the Queen of Hearts and the ten of
Spades are blood stained from her wound — but the
King of Hearts is untouched. She dies in West's
arms.

Norma Phillips
The "Mutual Girl"

Molly and the Oil King

By G. H. Haynes
Jan. 4, 1914
CAST

John Bradford Lamar Johnston

Rainey Dick Cummings

Mrs. Rainey Mollie McConnell

Molly, Rainey's daughter Francelia Billington

John Bradford is a young millionaire in the oil
business. As a means of crushing his competitors,
he decides to secure rebates from the railroads and
undersell them. Molly Rainey, the daughter of a
small operator — to save her father from ruin —
gets a position in Bradford's office, as stenographer,
in order to secure evidence against him. She gets
possession of the needed papersi, but is detected
by her employer who denounces and dismisses her.
Meanwhile, however, Molly has fallen in love with
the young oil king — and he has been so deeply
affected by her, that after her dismissal, he can-
not forget her. He is much astonished to learn
that she is the daughter of one of his competitors
— and desiring to make her think better of him, he
compels his associates to repudiate the rebate plan
— with the result that Rainey's customers notify
him that they will continue to deal with him on
the old terms. Having won the gratitude of the
Rainey family, Bradford has no difficulty in pre-
vailing upon them to receive him as a friend —
and, eventually, Molly consents to be his wife.

Priiisess*

A Circumstantial Nurse

Jan. 91 1914
CAST

Tom Boyd Marshall

Mary, his daughter Muriel Ostriche

Superintendent Morgan Jones

His wife Katherine Webb

His child Dorothy Benham

Tom, jailed for another's crime, is discharged
because of his excellent record among the pris-
oners. He returns home, with no money, to
find his daughter, Mary, sick. He appeals to a
doctor — but in vain. Desperate, he plans to rob
his former employer's house to get money for
medicine for Mary. That night, he breaks into the
house — finding it empty except for little Helen, as

the family is gone to the theatre, and the
servant has slipped off for an hour with
her sweetheart. The baby wakes crying
with pain. Tom realizes that the youngster
.s sick, and he stays with her. There
.'Telen's father and mother find him on
iheir return. Their gratitude wins his con-
..dence, and he. confesses his plight. When
•-hey have heard Tom's ,story, the wealthy
superintendent and his wife gladly give
.lira money and help for Mary.

R©llaii€e

The Sacrifice

Jan. 10, 1914 I

Jane Dale, who supports her sick sister,
is told that Rosaleen must go west, or die.
She receives a bonus for overtime work at
the store — and with this, and her savings,
she plans to send her sister to Colorado.
That night a tramp sees her hide the
money. He breaks in and steals it — the
very next day, Grollnitz, the proprietor
of the store, insults Jane, she retaliates,
and loses her position. The two girls are
destitute — Rosaleen is dying — and there is
no one to whom they can turn. A young
poKceman tries to make Jane borrow money
from him — but his manner of offering it angers
her, and she refuses. Rosaleen is failing before
her eyes — and, at last, in desperation, she writes
the proprietor of the store that she will recon-
sider his proposition, if she may come back
to work for him. The letter falls into the sick
sister's hands — and rather than have Jane make
such a sacrifice, she tries to end both their lives
by gas. The young policeman — uneasy about the
girls — returns just in time to save them. He
then proves to Jane that his intentions are
honorable — and she accepts the money, sends her
sister west — and finds new happiness and hope.

TlaamliQiiser

The Runaway Princess

Jan. 6, 1914
CAST

Princess Priscilla Maude Fealy

The American Millionaire Harry Benham

Prince Wilhelm of Ogram Dave Thompson

The King Arthur Baur

The Millionair's Sister Lila Hay ward Chester

The king of a certain small kingdom in Europe
orders his niecej, the fair Princess Priscilla of
Rurilia, to marry Prince Wilhelm of Ogram,
a man of evil reputation, whose personal habits
are utterly revolting to the Princess. She refuses
— and he has her locked a prisoner in her apart-
ments, until she shall consent to obey. Her
nurse helps her outwit the king and escape —
and together, they make their way to America.
For a time, they live very comfortably on the
money and jewels which they take with them — then
their funds get low, and the old nurse falls ill,
and has to be taken to the hospital. The phy-
sician who attends the nurse finds the Princess
a position — little dreaming that she is of royal
blood — as maid to a wealthy woman in New York.
The wealthy brother of the Princess's mistress
falls violently in love with the supposed ladies'
maid — and asks her to marry hi'm. But she
wishes to surprise him. The appearance of the
minister from Rurilia at the house gives her
her opportunity. He is prevailed upon to keep
her secret until he can arrange to pre-
sent her, as the Princess, at a ball which her
mistress is soon to give. On this occasion, she
appears in all her royal splendor, and. before all
the guests, accepts the hand of the American —
declaring that she prefers the love of an honest
man to a throne.

16

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"Harp of Tara"

"It's Nora I'll have — or I'll smash th' harp I

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How Children Should Act

A mother who was going to take her children visiting with her
had been instilling the old rule of "Children should be seen and
not heard."

"And now, what are you children going to act like?" she in-
quired as a last precaution.

"Like movin' pitchers," came the ready response. — Delineator.

Affront Resented

The social worker stopped a .small girl who was carrying a baby.
"Isn't he a fine, big boy?" she began, ingratiatingly. "What's his
name?"

The child waxed indignant. "It ain't a boy! Everybody thinks
it's a boy." She hugged the baby closer. "You poor darling!" she
soothed, "they ain't got much opinion of you, 'ave they?'' — Life.

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"The Runaway Princess" (3) JAN. 9

"The Narcotic Spectre" (2) JAN. 9

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"A Military Judas" (3) JAN. 7

"The Power of Light" (2)..^ JAN. 5

"True Irish Hearts" (3) JAN. 1

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"In the FireUght" (2) DEC. 29

"Giovanni's Gratitude" (2) DEC. 27

"Eileen of Erin" (2) DEC. 25

"Her Father's Story" (2) DEC. 24

"An Orphan's Romance" (2) DEC. 23

"The Shriner's Daughter" (2) DEC. 22

"Jack and the Beanstalk" (2) DEC. 19

"The Pitfall" (2) DEC. 19

"The Curse" (2) DEC. 18

"The Open Door" (2) DEC. 17

"Where The Road Forks" DEC. 15

"Soul of the South" (2) DEC. 12

"Devotion" (2) DEC. 11

"Romance and Duty" (2) DEC 9

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"The Filly" (2) DEC. 4

"The Buried Past" (2) DEC. 3

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"The Belle of Yorktown" (3) NOV. 27

"The Blight of Wealth" (2) NOV. 25

"Witch of Salem" (2) NOV. 20

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"L'Article 47" (2) NOV. 18

"The Trail of the Lost Chord" (2) NOV. 17

"For Love of a Man" (2) NOV. 15

"The Ghost" (2) NOV. 13

"The Imposter" (2) NOV. 12

"The Judgment" (2) NOV. 6

"The Veteran" (2) NOV 5

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"From Out of the Storm" (2) OCT. 29

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"Silent Heroes" (2) SEPT. 24

"The Ghost of the Hacienda" (2) SEPT. 22

"Fred's Trained Nurse" (2) SEPT. 21

"The Stolen Woman" (2) SEPT. 20

"The Bondsman" (2). SEPT. 18

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AMERICAN Destinies Fulfilled

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Tuesday, January 13tli

MAJESTIC Jake's Hoodoo

SELECTED RELEASE

THANHOUSER Adrift in a Great City

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BRONCHO The Cure

(Drama)

MUTUAL WEEKLY No. 55

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(Drama)

Ttarsday, January iStli

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KEYSTONE How Motion Pictures Are Made

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PRINCESS When the Cat Came Back

THANHOUSER Coals of Fire

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AMERICAN Unto the Weak

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MAJESTIC The Lackey

RELIANCE The Faith of Her Fathers

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MAJESTIC What the Crystal Told

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THANHOUSER Turkey Trot Town

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APOLLO In Union There Is Strength

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THANHOUSER MOTHS

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Scents of Justice

A gentleman visiting a jail noticed a colored man of his
acquaintance whom he had never known to be guilty of
wrongdoing.

"Why Jim, what are you here for " he asked.
"I don't know, suh," replied the negro.
"Well, what have you been doing?"
"Nothin' 'tall, suh — nothin' 'tall."
"What made 'em put you in here, then?"
"Well, dey sez, boss, I wus sent up fur fragrancy." —
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"A Military Judas"

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N. Y., THE HOME OF PERFECT PICTURES

Release of FRIDAY, January 9th, 1914

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One of Those Pretty Human Interest Stories that Have
Made PRINCESS Famous
WITH

(The Most Famous of the "Kids")

MURIEL ©STRICHE

(The Youngest of Leading Women)

BOY© MARSHALL

(The Handsomest of Leading Men)
AND A

STRONG SUPPORTING CAST

"Circumstantial Nurse"

Mew R©€liiell©, N. Y..

Featuring
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WITH

OLLOWINGS

Fred Mace in "A Swell Dish"

A .svyicix mm

W!mt Wa5 la J c V

See the APOLLO for Sunday, Jan. 11

(with the World Famous APOLLO " FRED)

Learn why
"Every APOLLO is a Comedy Reel-
Any APOLLO is a Real Comedy.'

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THREE REELS
Victor Hugo's Masterpiece

Featuring WILLIAM GARWOOD and
FRANCELIA BILLINGTON

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January 9

NARCOTIC

SPECTRE
(2 Reels)
January 16
CIRCLE

OF FATE
(2 Reels)
January 23

KENTUCKY

ROMANCE
(1 Reel)
January 27

FOR HER

BROTHER'S

SAKE

(1 Reel)
January 30
DIVORCE
(2 Reels)

January 7

January 14

January 21

January 28

February 4

February 11

February 18

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A MILITARY JUDAS (3 Reels)

THE CURE (1 Reel)

CONSCIENCE (2 Reels)

ROMANCE OF SUNSHINE ALLEY

(1 Reel)

NEW ENGLAND IDYL (2 Reels)

ROMANCE OF THE SEA (2 Reels)

YELLOW FLAME (2 Reels)

January 8 HARP OF TARA (2 Reels)

January IS THE PRIMITIVE CALL (3 Reels)

January 22 THE INFORMER (2 Reels)

January 29 HEART OF WOMAN (3 Reels)

eystone

January 3

LOVE AND

DYNAMITE

January 5

MABEL'S
STORMY
LOVE AFFAIR
January 8

THE UNDER

SHERIFF

January 12

A FLIRT'S

MISTAKE

January IS

HOW MOTION
PICTURES

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January 17
IN THE
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OF THE GANG
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Sunday, Jan. 4th — "MRS. PINKHURST'S PROXY," with the inimitable Riley Chamberlain as Mrs.

Pinkhurst — supported bv Sid Bracy, Carey L. Hastings, Ethyle Cook, Katherine
Webb.

Tuesday, Jan. 6th — NO RELEASE, because of the three-reeler of the succeeding release day.

Friday, Jan. 9th— "THE RUNAWAY PRINCESS," played by Maude Fealy, with Harry Benham as
the American Millionaire, Dave Thompson as the Prince, and Arthur Bauer as the
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J merican

Jacques Jaccard and Vivian Rich in "Destinies Fulfilled"

American

Louise Lester, Vivian Rich and Jack Richardson in
"Destinies Fulfilled"

Teaching Him.

Briggs — Did your vi^ife scold you wihen you went home so late
last night?

Griggs — You don't know what it is to have a wife who was
once a school teacher. Why, she made me write a hundred times
■on a slate, "I must be home by 10 o'clock." — Exchange.

Main Thing

Ted — "Cheer up, old man ! Absence, you know, makes the heart
grow fonder."

Ned — "What's worrying me is that I'm not just sure that it**

having the same effect on the girl." — Judge.

"A Military Judas"

"Brother Jim died fighting for his country"

Broncho

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Reel Life

Thanhouser

Riley Chamberlin in "Airs. Pinkhurst's Prox}'"

A Pertinent Query.

In a Southern town one morning a negro called upon a neigh-
bor. He was met at the door by his friend's wife and the dialogue
ran something like this:

Kinder cold this mawnin'."

"Kinder. Think mebbe it's gwine to rain."

Mebbe it is. Is Dan in?"

"Shore; he's in."

"Kin I see him?"

"No, siree !"

"But I want to see him bad."

"I's sorry, but you can't see him, Dan's dead.''

"Go 'way. You's jokin'."

"No, I ain't jokin'. He's dead all right."

"He die sudden?"

"He die very sudden."

■'Yo' shore 'bout dat?"

"Just as shore as I kin be.''

At this point the caller hesitated a moment and then added :
"He say anything ''bout a bucket o' whitewash befo' he died?"

— Lippuicott's Magazine.

Along 'With the Rail.

A darky named Dick was known as a notorious thief, so much
so, in fact, that all the thefts in the neighborhood were charged
to him Finally, one man had all his turkeys stolen and he had Dick
arrested.

"You stole Mr. King's turkeys?" asked the judge.

"Well," said Dick slowly, "I'll tell you sir; I didn't steal dem
turkeys, but last night I went 'cross Mr. King's pasture and saw
one of my rails on de fence, so I jes' brought it home, and, con-
found it, when I come to look, dar was nine turkeys settin' on
de rail." — National Food Magazine.

Teetotal.

A London clergyman was being entertained over a week-end
bj' one of the well-to-do but plain men of a Lancashire town not
far from Manchester.

As soon as the guest was settled by the fireside on the Sunday
evening his host asked him, "Are you a teetotaler?"

"Well, no ; not exactly," the clergyman admitted.

The master of the house received the statement with obvious
relief.

"Ah'm right glad to hear it," he said. "We'n had that sort
stayin' with us afore. Now, if ye'd been one o' them teetotalers
ye'd a' been wantin' soda water and lemonade and lime juice and
ginger ale and nobody knows what all. But as ye ain't a teetotaler
ye'll be like the rest of us an' satisfied wi' plain water !"

—London Answers.

Magnanimous.

The wife of the coal baron had just finished reading the grue-
some details of the latest mine disaster.

"It seems to me, John," she said angrily, "that the mines could
be safe-guarded far better than they are at present."

"Don't be too hard-hearted, dear," yawned the coal baron ;
"why, the coal stolen by our employees hardly amounts to any-
thing."— Puck.

Taking No Chances

"What's this?" said the editor. "Mr. Longbow is lying at death's
door," "make it read " 'laying.' "

"What," exclaimed the reporter in surprise. "That's not cor-
rect."

"No," replied the editor ; "but it's better to make a gram-
matical error than of¥end Longb'row's relatives. His reputation
for veracitv is notoriouslv bad.'' — Strax Stories.

Doiiuno-

Jim Macy watching the result of his treachery.
"Harp of Tara"

35

Science and the Milkman.

Housekeeper — What makes you so late with the milk these
mornings ?

Milkman — Well, you see, mum, the pure food law don't allow
us more than 25,000,000 bacteria to the gallon, an' you wouldn't
believe how long it takes to count the little devils ! — Lippincott's.

Youthful Tragedy.

Someone had given little Willie a pocket comp;\ss. His teacher
carefully explained the different points.

"See," said she. "You 'have the north in front of you, the
east to your right and the west to your left. Xow what have you
behind ?"

Willie looked shocked and sorry.

"There!" he exclaimed pathetically, "I knew some one would
see the patch, but mother says I got to wear these pants all the
rest of the month." — National Monthly.

The New Modes.

"Uncle Henry," asks the sweet creature appearing before that
gentleman in one of the newest 'creations' in the way of frocks,
"how do you like my new gown?"

"Well," grumbles the grizzled old misanthrope, "you're safe
in one respect. Nobody can have you arrested for carrying con-
cealed weapons." — Life.

Not Room Enough

While riding on an electric car, during his first visit to the city,
a farmer passed the yard of a monument company, where gravestones
and monuments were displayed. Turning to his host, he remarked in
an awestricken voice : "They dew bury 'em close in the city, don't
they?" — Lit>pincoff\i.

"In the Clutches of a Gang"

• 0 #

Marie Eline, Boyd Marshall and Muriel Ostriche in
"A Circumstantial Nurse"

What Could He Do?

The teacher was reading the history of England to some of
the little pupils. When she came to the statement that Henry I.
never laughed after the death of his son she noticed one of the
little girls had raised her hand and seemed very desirous of al-
tracting her attention.

"Well, Amy," said the teacher, "what is it?"

"Please, ma'am," said little Amy, "what did Henry I. do wheit
he was tickled?"- — Harper's Bazar.

Half of the Pleasure.

The youngest girl of a Baltimore family was recently much
distressed at dessert to discover that there was ice cream for
dinner.

"Oh, papa," exclaimed the youngster reproachfully, "why didn't
they tell me this morning that we were going to have ice cream?"
"What difference would that have made?"

"Lots!" sighed the child. "I could have expected it all day."

— Lippincott's Magazine.

In a town in western Kansas the dry weather was being dis-
cussed by two traveling men.

Little puffs of white clouds were rolling by, and one of the men
remarked "That certainly looks like rain."

"No chance," the other replied ; "those are just empties coming,
back from Iowa." — Everybody's.

"Pop, why does the moon get full?"
"I don't know. Don't bother me."

"Pop, I guess if the moon would only stick to the Milky Way
it wouldn't get full, would it?" — Lippincotfs Magazine.

36

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Majestic

{\^, -Billie West and G. Henkle in "A Sorority Initiation"

Congenial Occupation.

"Wliat's the friend of yours with the anarchistic tendencies
doing these days?"

"He has a job in an automobire factor\-."'
"Gee! I'll bet he loves his job."
■ ""He surely does. All he has to do is to blow up the tires."

— Judge.

Should Reverse It

Suffragists are refusing to have the Encyclopedia Americana
in their libraries, for under the subject "Eve" it merely says,
"See Adam." — Nezv York Evening Post.

A merican

Ed Coxen, Charlotte Burton and George Field in
"Unto the Weak"

"The Runaway Princess" Thanhouser

The Country Superintendent

The superintendent was examining the school.
"Who wrote Hamlet?" he asked.

A very frightened little boy rose to his feet and said: "Please
sir, I didn't."

The superintendent was telling one of the members of the
school board.

"Haw! Haw!" said he, "I bet the little rascal did it all the
time." — National Monthly.

He Wanted Good Work

"What you need," said the doctor, "is an operation."
"Very well," replied the patient, "which operation are you clever-
est at?" — Exchange.

Kav-Bee

"The Narcotic Spectre"

}}w7uirm wo,

In this bulletin, we explain the making of the shafts for use on
Simplex Peerless Projector.

You will note they are exceptionally large in diameter and long;
and are much heavier than those used or ordinary projecting ma-
chines.

The shafts are made of Jessop's tool steel; and after turning,
they are carefully ground on the best grinding machines (Brown &
Sharpe's), which insure great accuracy.

These shafts of tool steel run in bearings of cast iron on the
center frame which retain a certain quantity of oil, thereby reduc-
ing friction to a minimum and eliminating the possibility of getting
out of an alignment.

Where high speed duty is required, the shafts are hardened to
minimize wear.

Shutter Shaft D 133%, the longest shaft on the projector, is
8%" long and %" in diameter. This shaft is supported by two
bearings, each 1" in diameter.

P42a

59

long (5%6'

The only strain on the shutter shaft is an aluminum shutter which is perfectly balanced and
weighs 6 ozs.

No. 11, main driving shaft, is the largest in diameter used on any projecting machine, it
is i/o" in diameter and 7%6" long. On this shaft fit two clutches to hold the main driving gear
and the crank shaft. Unlike other projectors, the take-up is driven from this shaft, hence
the large diameter.

No. 23, the vertical shaft, is one of the smaller sizes (6" long, -Xq" dianieter), and is
supported by two bearings ; its purpose is to support the bevel gears for driving the shut-
ter, the upper feed sprocket, and holding the centrifugal governor which operates the fire
shutter.

No. 37, the lower feed sprocket shaft, is Y^" in diameter and exceptionally
')•

A glance at this reproduction wih convince the most skeptical that the
Simplex differs from any other projector, as shaft No. 37 is several
times larger than any other used.

No. 30 is one of the smaller sizes (3%" long, diam.) ; and is the

top feed sprocket shaft; it is made of tool steel, pack hardened.

No. 115 is the spiral driving gear shaft of the shutter bracket. The
sides of this shaft are ground flat to permit the fitting of the hardened
spiral gear which operates the shutter when framing the picture.
(Length 3%", diam. Vie".)

No. 20 is the intermediate gear shaft and is in diameter and
3%" long.

The previous size of this shaft was "Ac/' diameter and 3" length,
from which you will see that we have increased Simplex cost in-
stead of cheapening it. This shaft is pack hardened.

No. 428, motor drive pinion stud, is /le" iii diameter and 3I/2"
long, and is held to the centerframe by a boss on the casting, 1^4"
long.

This shaft is hardened and its duty is to support the motor drive
pinion, which meshes into the main driving gear.

No. 59 is the fly wheel shaft which carries spiral cut gear No.
61 and the fly wheel on the intermittent box. (Length 3", diam.
'/le"-)

Shafts, Nos. 37, 115, 20 and 59 are sold only with the gears.
All of the shafts are grooved to permit oiling of the entire length,
which is so essential. At every step in the making and grinding of
these shafts, they are carefully inspected by experts and measured
with micrometers, thus insuring to operators and exhibitors, inter-
changeability of parts.

No. 67, star wheel shaft and star is cut from one solid piece; the shaft is 3" long and 15/64" in dia.
The star wheel cam and shaft are likewise cut from one piece; the length of shaft is 2%e" and dia. Yxq".
The slide over arm which operactuates the gears on the shutter bracket is 2^" long and ^g" in dia.

317 East 34th St.
York City

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PRECISJ 0,M iV( A c ! .( ( M !«: C

A Compliment to

In speaking of our Factory recently, a new employee remarked;

WHY THEY HAVE NO
REPAIR DEPARTMENT!

No better testimonial could be desired; AND THIS IS TRUE.
Repairs are almost unknown.

New Orleans, La., Jan. 9, '13.

I wish to advise that the two machines we

have in our Alamo Theatre are now sixteen months old
and are just as good as the day we put them in.
Very truly yours,
HERMAN H. FICHTENBERG

^ .J Ft. Worth, Tex., Sept. 30, '13.

Gentlemen: -> »

My machines are in fine condition, having been run

for three years with practically no repairs.

Yours very truly, C. M. FOX

What About YOUR Upkeep?

It isn't the initial cost, but the maintenance expense that counts.

Precision projection, solidity and great
durability are features of

The Peerless Projector

Used in over 90% of the Film Studios.

Catalogue C gives full details

&Sued i,y PRECISION MACHINE CO.

317 East 34th Street NEW YORK

A WEEKLY MAGAZINE OF KINETIC DRAMA AND LITERATURE

PUBLISHED BY
MUTUAL FILM CORPORATIOK, NEW ^ORK.

Copyright 1914, by Mutual Film Corporation

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HELICAL GEARS INCREASE the LIFE of

Edison Kinetoscope

Type

Showing Helical Gears

NOT content merely to make the Edison the longest
lived projecting machine on the market, we are
constantl}^ building it stronger and stronger. Our
latest improvement is the substituting of HELICAL
GEARS instead of spur gears formerly used in the
mechanism.

These Helical Gears give

Longer Life Silent Operation Steadier Operation

The Edison Helical Gears are twice as heavy as the
old spur gears. Thej^ are made of hardened tool steel
and will outwear any die cast gear on the market.

The diagonal cut of the Helical Gears keeps the gears always in mesh, thus doing,
away with the play in the old spur gears and giving absolutely unifoj;m application
of power. That means steadier projection. ,

The lack of play greatly reduces the noise of operation, making the machine prac-
tically silent.

A Gear Guard has been placed, over the new mechanism. It adds to the appear-
ance of the Kinetoscope and affords; protection to the operator.

Despite the greatly improved service of the Edison and
the increased cost of manufacture, the price is still

$250.00

Including 25-40 Ampere Grid Type Rheostat

You must see this new mechanism in operation to ap-
preciate that our claims are far from exaggerated. Step
into the nearest Mutual Exchange — they all sell Edison
Kinetoscapes — and examine the: new type "D" thoroughly.
You will never he satisfied with any other projecting
machine.

Showing Gear Guard

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TRADE MARK

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MONDAY — American, Keystone,
Reliance.

TUESDAY— Majestic, Thanhouser.
Selected Release.

WEDNESDAY— Beauty, Broncho,
Mutual Weekly, Reliance.

THURSDAY— American, Domino,
Komic, Keystone. Selected Release.

FRIDAY— Kay-Bee, Princess,
Thanhouser.

SATURDAY — American, K e y -
stone. Majestic, Reliance.

SUNDAY— Apollo, Majestic, Than-
houser.

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17— The Trail of the Lost Chord (2)
20— The Tale of the Ticker

A Modern Steel Plant (Split Reel)
22 — Calamity Anne's Dream

24 — The Occult

27— The Spartan Girl of the West
29 — At Midnight
1 — American Born (2)

4 — No release

6 — A Divorce Scandal

8 — Trapped in a Forest Fire

11 — His First Case

13 — Armed Injervention

IS — Where the Road Forks (2)

18 — Personal Magnetism
20— Fate's Round Up

22— The Shriner's Daughter (2)

25 — No release

27 — ^The Rose of San Juan
29 — In the Firelight

1 — No release

3 — The Miser's Policy

5— The Power of Light (2)
8 — No release

10 — The Love of Thomas Gray

12— Destinies Fulfilled (3)
15 — No release

17 — Unto the Weak

16 — Fred's Waterloo
23 — The Mexican Sleep Producer
30— Her Husband and My Wife
7 — Fred Goes In For Horses
14 — The Portola Festival

Los Angeles Police Parade

(Split Reel)

21— Fred's I. O. U.

28 — The Fresh Freshman

4— The Tale of a Shirt
11— A Swell Dish

18 — In Union There is Strength
Whose Baby Are You?

(Split Reel)

-Withering Roses

Jan. 14

Nov. 19 — The War Correspondent (2)

Nov. 26 — The Reformation
Dec. 3— The Buried Past (2)

Dec. 10— The Frame Up

Dec. 17— The Open Door (2)

Dec. 24 — Her Father's Story (2)

Dec. 31— The Woman (2)
Jan. 7— A Military Judas (3)

Jan. 14 — The Cure

IJ>©1

Nov. 20— Witch of Salem (2)

Nov. 27— The Belle of Yorktown (3)

Dec. 4 — The Filly (2)

Dec. 11 — Devotion (2)

Dec. 18— The Curse (2)

Dec. 25— Eileen of Erin (2)

Jan. 1 — True Irish Hearts

Jan. 8— The Harp of Tara (2)

Jan. IS— The Primitive Call (3)

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7 — An Indian's Honor

11 — For Mother's Sake
14 — Efficacy of Prayer

18 — The Claim Jumper
21— Days of '49

2 — The Revelation
5 — The Long Portage
9 — Her Legacy

12— Soul of the South (2)

19— The Pitfall (2)
23 — No release

26 — The Harvest of Sin
2 — Prince

9 — ^The Narcotic Spectre
16 — Circle of Fate (2)

Jan. 4 — MoUie and the Oil King

Jan. 6 — The Ten of Spades

Jan. 10 — The Sorority Initiation

Jan. 11— A Ticket to Red Gulch

Jan. 13 — ^Jake's Hoodoo

Jan. 17 — The Lackey

Jan. 18— What the Crystal Told

(2)

Ii©yst0ii©

3 — Fatty at San Diego

(Split reel)

6 — Love Sickness at Sea

10— Small Town Act Milk We Drink

(Split reel)

13— Wine

17— Our Children

20 — A Mudd_y Romance

24 — Fatty Joins the Force
27 — Cohen Saves the Flag

1 — The Woman Hater

4 — The Rogues' Gallery

The San Francisco Celebration
(Split reel)
8— A Ride For a Bride

11— The Horse Thief
15— The Gusher

18 — Fatty's Flirtation

Protecting San Francisco From Fire
—(Split reel)

20— His Sister's Kids
22 — A Bad Game

25 — Some Nerve

29— He Would A Hunting Go
1 — A Misplaced Foot

A Glimpse of Los Angeles

(Split reel)

5 — Mabel's Stormy Love Affair
8— The Under Sheriff

12 — A Flirt's Mistake

15 — How Motion Pictures Are Made
17 — In the (Clutches of the Gang

11— How It Worked

The Wild Indian (Split reel)
18 — First Prize . . At the Cabaret
(Split reel)
25 — Wifey's Christmas Present

A Live Wire

(Split reel)
1 — The Bad Man from the East

Levi's Luck (Split reel)

8 — (phasing Gloom

The Servant Question (Split reel)
15 — Walt's Photograph

The Vapor Bath

(Split reel)

1 — No release

2 — The Marriage of Niatana
4— The Ward of the Senior Class

8 — Levinsky's Holiday

9 — The Bravest Man
11— The Rivals

15— The Pitch That Defiles

16 — The Tomboy's Race
18— L'Article 47 (2)

22— No release

23— The House On the Tree
25 — A Warm Welcome

29 — An Accidental Clue

30 — Hendrick's Divorce

2— The Padre's Sacrifice

6— The Helping Hand

7 — Rick's Redemption

9 — Romance and Duty (2)

13 — No release

14 — The Rival Pitchers
16— The God of To-morrow

20 — Man's Awakening

21 — The Prisoner of the Mountains
2l3 — Mrs. Brown's Burglar

27 — The Pride of the Force

28— Helen's Strategem
30 — The Baby

3 — Educating His Daughters

Sept.

24— No.

39

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26— No.

48

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3— No.

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8— No.

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17— No.

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5 — The Little Church Around the
Corner

12 — His Imaginary Family
19 — The Law of Humanity
26 — Cupid's Lieutenant

2| — A Rural Free Delivery Romance

9 — A Circumstantial Nurse
16 — When the Cat Came Back

Eellance

3 — A Sure Cure

8 — Two Men and a Mule (Series 3)
10— The Power of the Sea

12— The Bracelet

15 — For Love of a Man (2t

17 — Two Men and a Mule (Series 4)
19 — A Man and a Woman
22 — Her Father's Daughter
26' — A Rough Diamond
29 — The Reporter's Scoop

1 — Tony's Sacrifice

3 — A Woman of Sin

6 — For Another's Crime (2)

8 — Two Girls of the Hills
10— Four $100 Bills

13 — A Man's a Man

16 — The Mighty Atom

17 — The Pseudo Prodigal

22— The Flyleaf of Fate

24 — The Alternative

27 — Giavonni's Gratitude (2)

29 — Daybreak

31 — His Awful Vengeance

Seeing Stars and Stripes

(Split reel)

3 — Some Rogues and a Girl
5 — The Loafer

7— The Sacrifice

10 — The Psychological Moment

12 — Slim Hogan's Getaway

14— The Two Slaves

17 — The Faith of Her Fathers

9 — Looking for Trouble

11 — The Campaign Manageress
14— The Children's Hour

16 — He Couldn't Lose

18 — Baby's Joy Ride

21 — A Clothes-line Quarrel

23 — Their Great Big Beautiful Doll

25— The Blight of Wealth (2)

28— Curfew Shall Not Ring To-night

30 — The Henpecked Hod Carrier

2 — The Problem Love Solved

5 — What Might Have Been
7 — The Milkman's Revenge

9 — A Beauty Parlor Graduate
12' — Uncle's Namesakes
14 — Lawyer, Dog and Baby
16 — Peggy's Invitation

19 — Jack and the Beanstalk
The Bushleaguer's Dream (2)

21 — No release

23 — An Orphan's Romance (2)
2"6 — His Father's Wife
28— The Head Waiter
30 — An Amateur Animal Trainer
2— Their Golden Wedding

4 — Mrs. Pinkhurst's Proxy

6 — The Runaway Princess (3)
9 — No release

11 — Two Little Dromios

13 — Adrift in a Great City
16 — Coals of Fire

18' — Turkey Trot Town

2

R©el Life

Big Realistic Stock Exchange Scene in
"The Hermit"

In the two-part production of "The Hermit," bj
the American Film Mfg. Co., a most realistic
Stock Exchange scene is staged, requiring up-
wards of 75 people and the entire floor of the
enormous glass studio at Santa Barbara.

Thomas Ricketts is the producer and is put-
ting forth his best efforts, which insure popular
approval of this subject.

"Calamity Anne in Society"

A rollicking good comedy with Louise Lester
in titular role, which has made her famous the
world over.

The subject beggars description — it must be
seen to be appreciated. It is scheduled for re-
lease Saturday, January 31st, 1914.

Classy Photographs of "Movie" Stars

Keeping pace with its natural progressiveness,
the American Film Mfg. Co. has announced pub-
lication of a new set of twelve 8x10 photographs
of the principal leads of their companies. The
photographs are of the highest possible quality
and are not half-tone reproductions. The same
set is also furnished artistically hand-colored at
a slight advance in cost. These photographs can
be secured from any of the Mutual offices or from
the general office of the American at Chicago.

"Flying A" Pennants

The American has issued a very attractive felt
pennant with the "Flying A" and the name
"American." These pennants are made up in
red, white and blue with the trade-mark and name
sewed thereon, making a very attractive sou-
venir. They can be secured direct from the
Chicago office of the American or from the Mu-
tual offices.

"A Blowout At Santa Banana"

Under this title the American announces a
two-part farce drama. In the execution of this
plot, a wagon load of fireworks is exploded and
the resulting pyrotechnic display lends a very ar-
tistic touch to the production.

The special staff from the "Flying A" studios
at Santa Barbara is still working on the set of
pictures to be used at the San Francisco Exposi-
tion of 1915. Many thousand feet of the most
interesting matter of California has been taken and
will form the basis for a continuous exposition
at the Panama Canal Exposition.

"The Return of Helen Redmond"

The American Film Mfg. Co. is to be con-
gratulated upon the results obtained in the drama
"The Return of Helen Redmond."

The technique and detail are magnificently pre-
sented and the subject will without a doubt elicit
the most favorable criticism.

The settings and appointments are realistic and
lend a pleasing charm. The picture was pro-
duced by Thomas Ricketts and will be released
Jan. 19th, 1914.

An Industrial Drama

The pottery industry has been chosen to lend
educational value to an already fascinating drama
by the American Film Mfg. Co. The actors are
engaged in various occupations and perform their
work with such apparent interest that it is with
difficulty they are distinguished from the regular
force.

Sydney Ayres and Vivian Rich prove to be
zealous artists and Jack Richardson gives every
assurance of the cruel and stern master. The
title of the film is "At the Potter's Wheel," and
was produced by Lorimer Johnston. It will be
released on Jan. 24, 1914.

Mutua.
J. Jiquel Lanoe

New Reliance Dramas

Scenarios for coming Reliance releases are
from the pens of several authors, well known in
the world of photo playwrights. "Slim Hogan's
Getaway" is by George Hennessy, as are also
"The Two Slaves" and "The Hidden Clue."

"Pat Flannigan's Family," by A. H. Gieblert
will soon be produced under Eddie Dillon's di-
rection, while "The Idler," which will shortly
make its appearance in one reel, is by Russell E.
Smith, as is also "Tricked by a Photo," being
staged by Edgar Lewis.

"The Janitor's Family" is from the clever pen
of Frank E. Woods, while "A Man and His
Mate" is by H. R. Durant, and "Imar the Servi-
tor" is the work of Daniel Carson Goodman.

The convenience of the location of the new
Reliance studio at 29 Union Square has been
brought forcibly to the attention of directors and
actors in many ways, but is especially appreciated
by those now engaged in the production of the
two coming multiple reel subjects, "The Escape"
and "The Gangsters of New York."

Both of these dramas, each of which will be
presented in four reels, are laid in the very
heart of New York City and call for settings
that are supplied by the hundreds within a few
blocks of the studio. Two of the large Reliance
touring cars are constantly in readiness at the
Broadway entrance to the building and make fre-
quent trips to selected points in the immediate
neighborhood carrying members of "The Escape"
and "Gangster" companies.

"The Escape," which is a picture version of
the original Paul Armstrong drama, is being
staged under the personal direction of D. W.
Griffith and will be the first picture by this noted
director to be presented on the Mutual program.
It promises to make the strongest kind of photo
drama, as it deals intimately with the underworld
life of a large city and is full of those finely
drawn sociological character studies for which
Director Griffith has become justly famous.

For the finding of types for extra people in the
big ensemble scenes upon which Director Grif-
fith lays so much stress, the location of the studio
is almost ideal, as a few blocks' walk in any di-
rection is sure to bring the searcher face to face
with the very best example of the character he is
seeking.

James Kirkwood, who is staging "The Gang-
sters of New York," is equally elated over
the location of the studio, in connection with
the requirements of his own picture. Director
Kirkwood, wlio is also thoroughly at home while
creating characters that call for a wonderful

insight into human nature, is reveling in the
use of characteristic backgrounds fpr his out-
door scenes and typical East Side toughs for
his mobs.

"The Gangsters of New York" will be the first
Kirkwood release on the Mutual program since
his return to Reliance from the Biograph com-
pany, where he w-as especially engaged in pro-
ducing large multiple reel dramas.

The Mutual Girl

Although Ysaye, the noted violinist, thinks very
well of New York women, his wife does not
agree with him. On the contrary, she told Our
Mutual Girl, between scenes in which her dis-
tinguished husband posed for the "Our Mutual
Girl" series, that she considers New York women
the most poorly dressed, from the standpoint of
good taste, of any women in the civilized world.

Ysaye did his utmost to come gallantly to the
rescue of the New York ladies, and came as near
as he dared to saying that they were the most
beautiful women in the world, and as handsomely
and correctly dressed as even the ladies of Paris.

The great violinist was introduced to Our Mu-
tual Girl at the stage entrance of Carnegie Hall,
where she previously had the pleasure of meeting
the world's greatest pianist. Ysaye was enthusi-
astic about motion pictures and allowed himself
to be photographed on over two hundred feet of
film. He even consented to several scenes being
takn at the main entrance of Carnegie Hall in
which his wife also appeared.

Our Mutual Girl was greatly impressed by the
pleasing personality of both Ysaye and his wife,
and was enthusiastic about the great musician's
perfect command of the English language. She
is now planning to meet Pavlowa, the famous Rus-
sian dancer, who has consented to be one of the
many celebrities to appear in the "Our Mutual
Girl" series at an early date.

"R and M" Notes

Owen Moore and James Cooley., two of the best
known motion picture leading men in the art,
have become identified with Reliance during the
past week.

This makes the second appearance that both
of these screen favorites have made with Mutual
brands. Owen Moore was the original Majestic
leading man, appearing with his talented little
wife, Mary Pickford, in the first Majestic picture
ever presented to the public. Mr. Moore has
since appeared in Biograph, Victor and many
special photo productions.

James Cooley was formerly leading man for
the Reliance company, leaving them to return to
the stage proper as a stock leading man, in which
capacity he enjoys almSst as great a reputation as
he does on the screen.

Mr. Moore and Mr. Cooley will be seen in the
D. W. Griffith four-reel production of "The
Escape," by Paul Armstrong, which is now being
prepared for picture presentation.

Preparations are now being rushed for the de-
parture of four more Reliance companies to Holly-
wood, Los Angeles, where they will join the
forces already occupying the former Kinemacolor
studio, which is being prepared for their re-
ception.

Director D. W. Griffith will be in personal
charge of these companies and will be accom-
panied by Directors James Kirkwood, Eddie Dil-
lon. Edward Morrisey, and two others not yet
selected. With Christy Cabanne, who is in charge
of the company now working at Hollywood, the
Reliance's Los Angeles contingent promises to
assume substantial proportions.

Although the full list of artists who will form
the companies of the several directors cannot be
definitely announced at present writing, it is
known to include the many well-known stars that
have recently become affiliated with Reliance under
D. W. Griffith's direction.

Frank E. Woods and Russell E. Smith will ac-
company the Thespians who will leave for Los
Angeles about January 15th.

Reel Life

3

American Engages New Assistant
Director

H. L. Forbes, an experienced moving pirlure
actor, has been engaged by the American Film
Mfg. Co. as assistant director to Loriraer John-
ston.

Mr. Forbes' past experience in pictures has
been such as to well equip him for the strenuous
duties that confront him.

American to Dramatize Famous Story
of "Cricket on the Hearth"

Charles Dickens' popular story is to be produced
in pictures by Lorimer Johnston. The subject
will be presented in two parts in a novel and
original manner. Elaborate and extensive prepa-
rations are being completed to make this subject
one of the strongest features for the new year.

New York Motion Picture Corporation

The New York Motion Picture Corporation has
turned out of its New York factory for the year
1913, 21,000,000 ft. of film, and in addition to
this, the studio factory at Los Angeles, Cal.i,
manufactured 750,000 ft. of negative and 750,000
ft. of positive, which are kept on hand as cold
copies. These are figures compiled by Mr. Thomas
H. Ince, Vice-President and Director General of
the New York Motion Picture Corp., who is quite
a statistician. Mr. Ince also gives some other fig-
ures that will interest the general public. They
are as follows:

Of the film used over the world, the United
States produces probably three-quarters of it. The
value of these films is about $2,^500,000.

Los Angeles is one of the most important cen-
ters in this new industry, which has taken on such
vast proportions. The export trade is enormous.
American films are going to all the large foreign
countries. England is at present our chief
trader. If the films of all the concerns of the
United States in the year 1913 were laid out in
one continuous band, it would reach around the
world, 25,000 miles at the Equator.

In addition to her having made a pet of the
famous horse of the Broncho Company, Snow-
ball, Miss Anna Little, N. Y. Motion Picture
Corporation's leading lady, was presented with a
big husky black bear by one of the Broncho Com-
pany's Sioux Indians. This also comes under the
category of a pet, and it is no uncommon sight
now to see Miss Little driving down the main
street of Los Angeles, Cal., on Snowball, with
"Brownie," her pet bear, on a leash, trotting
alongside.

Keystone Methods

Broadway, Los Angeles' most conjested thor-
oughfare, was put at the disposal of the Key-
stone Co. for the making of a picture entitled
"His Sister's Kids." In this, the Keystone police
make a chase down it at the busiest time of day.
The city traffic police mistook a fleeing player for
an escaped lunatic and there was a genuine strug-
gle in their attempts to capture him. A large
crowd gathered, and a bystander was about to
turn in a riot call, when it was discovered that
it was the Keystone Company at work. Mean-
time, the Keystone police, coming at full speed,
had a hazardous time threading the traffic. One
was hit by a street car, and two others came
very near being run down by autos.

"Destinies Fulfilled"

The first three reel "Flying A" productioi
will be released Jan. 12th, 1914. It was pro-
duced by Lorimer Johnston to whom is due
much credit for this spendid dramatization of an
all-absorbing topic. It is a sidelight of the civil
war, although no attempt has been made to put
on a war drama.

The leads are played by Vivian Rich, Sydney
Ayres, Jack Richardson, and Jacques Jaccard.

The interest is maintained throughout the pro-

Henry Walthall

duction and the quiet and natural sequence of
events attest ability of highest calibre on the part
of the entire staffs. The soft tones and de-
lightful tints are pleasing to the eye and empha-
size the artistic merit and excellent photographic
quality that prevails throughout.

An Enthusiastic Fan

A villain is seldom lauded for his good work.
The greater efforts he expends to the interpreta-
tion of the character he represents, the stronger
■will be the reproach felt toward him. This
should scarcely work out this way, and now and
then a critic will call attention to the strong
dramatic action and the splendid work of a
"heavy." A letter from an enthusiastic fan is
so direct and to the point that we present it
verbatim.

Titusville, N. J.
December 12th, 1913.

American Film Mfg. Co.

Chicago,
Gentlemen: —

"I take this opportunity to write and express
in words my appreciation for the splendid
pictures which you are making. "The Trail of
the Lost Chord" was more than fine. I used to
go in the picture theatre and pay no attention
whatever to what kind of pictures were shown.
But I never enter a theatre now that does not
show "American" plays.

Miss Vivian Rich is "Great" and I think she
is the most beautiful girl I ever saw.

"The Flying A" is getting better every day
and is giving us the cleanest plays made.

"Now there are two players whom I consider
the finest on the screen and they are George
Field and Jack Richardson. These two players
seldom receive any praise tor their excellent
work. But I find it impossible to put in words
my high esteem for these two gentlemen. Their
acting is wonderful and I sincerely hope that they
will have great success in the future."

Very truly yours,

Aroona Forte.

Reliance

The Faith of Her Fathers

Jan. 17, 1914
CAST

Ruth Jacobs Irene Hunt

Old Man Jacobs George Siegmann

Dick North Harry Spingler

Ruth Jacobs is ashamed of her father's pawn-
broker's shop — and keeps her race and her father's
business a secret from her Christian friends.
Nathan Rosner, a young Jew, loves her, but she
avoids him, preferring the attentions of Dick
North, a rich young Gentile. Dick's mother loses at

bridge — and her husband refusing to pay her debts,
she pawns a diamond star at Jacob's shop, telling
her husband and son that the jewels were stolen.
Ruth is to see Dick at a dance — and prevails upon
her father to let her wear the diamond star. The
minute Dick sets eyes upon it, he recognizes it,
and asks her where she got it. She says that her
father gave it to her — and Dick tells her that then
her father must be a thief. There is nothing for
it but that Ruth take Dick to the shop. Here he
is convinced of the truth, and tries to patch up
matters with the girl — but she feels that they have
been permanently estranged by his suspicions of
herself and her father — that his ways are not her
ways. Dick goes away, carrying the star back to
his mother as a token of the pawnbroker's good
will. And Ruth finds in Nathan Rosner her real
lover and future, in the faith of her father's.

Ttmhrnimr

Adrift in a Great City

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
, Jan. 13, 1914

LEAD

Kathleen Florence La Badie

Pat Moran, the prosperous foreman of a con-
struction gang, sends to the Old Country for
his wife and daughter. On his way to greet them
at the pier, he meets with a serious accident and
is taken, unconscious, to a hospital. When he
comes to himself, he sends tracers to seek his
wife and daughter — but they cannot be found.

Meanwhile, the two women, penniless and
friendless, are reduced to beggary. The girl finds
work in a sweat shop, but her eyes are over-
taxed, and she is thrown out, blind and helpless.
Then, she wanders the streets, playing her violin
—and one day blunders into the hospital grounds
where Moran is convalescing out of doors. The
doctor learns her story — Moran listening near by.
The foreman recognizes in the ragged, blind grl
his lost daughter. Grief is turned to joy — the
doctor assures them that Kathleen's sight can
be restored — anl father, mother and daughter are
happily reunited.

Coals of Fire

Jan. 16, 1914
CAST

Blodgett, a young business man.... Harry Benham
Helen, his motherless child. .. .Thanhouser Kidlet

Moore, Blodgett's clerk Riley Chamberlain

Larrie, Moore's grandson Leland Benham

Helen's nurse Miss Chester

Gary, a storekeeper George Barnes

Jane Mrs. Badgley

Butler N. S. Woods

Blodgett succeeded in business simply by being
heartless. He ground down all opposition. There
was only one person whose wishes stood above
his will — and she was his motherless baby girl,
Helen. Emmet Moore, a clerk, many years in
Blodgett's employ, is discharged, merely because
he is getting old — and instead of beng able to sup-
port his little grandson, tables are turned, and the
two become dependent upon the pennies the
youngster earns by selling newspapers. One day,
Moore comes into their shabby quarters, to find
Larrie feeding a little girl whom he has come
across, lost in the streets. Moore recognizes
Helen Blodgett, and angrily tells "the kid" to
"get out." His frowns, someway, and the new
tone of voice— for she has never known anything
but kindness — intensely amuse the child, who
climbs into the old man's lap and announces
that she likes him. His rage vanishes — he cares
devotedly for little Helen, while Larrie is sent to
notify her father. When Blodgett comes, and
sees the good turn his discharged clerk has done
him, he is stricken with remorse. Moore receives
back his old position — and his employer assures
him that he has a life job.

Money is obtained for properly rendered service in every
line of business.

Motion Picture Theatre patrons recognize superior service
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PUBLISHED BY
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N®w Y©rlc, Jasioary 10, 1914

CLARENCE HERBERT NEW, Editor WM. H. PECKHAM, Business Manager

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At this season of the year, when the editorial chest is
filled with bright hopes for the coming twelve months
and dreams of a film-encircled world, there comes to us
from Chicago a spirit of hollow Mockery seeking to cast
asparagus upon some of our most proifound (!) utter-
ances in these colyums.

It has always been an editorial privilege to cull from
the official observations of an "esteemed contemporary" certain
words and phrases which may be returned with supposed boomer-
ang effect, as competiti-ve ammunition — and completely ignore ac-
companying observations in the same paragraph which qualify and
give them an entirely different meaning. But we are somewhat
surprised that the aforesaid Mocking spirit from Oiicago should
have overlooked the fact that even keen-edged satire at the sup-
posed expense of a brother editor never fails of being most excel-
lent advertising for that persecuted and well-meaning victim. We
had inferred, from various indications, that Reel Life was being
read from cover to cover by a large and steadily increasing clientele.
But this unexpected attack upon the part of a hitherto friendly
rival fills our cup of satisfaction to overflowing and assures us that
we are not a negligible ifactor in trade-journalism. So — ^here's to
the very good health of our esteemed contemporary in Chicago.
Long may he flourish. And if, in his idle moments, he finds op-
portunity to indulge himself in another whack at us, we thank him
in advance for the gratuitous advertising. Not that we really need
it — but that sort of thing is always welcome.

Having discharged this little obligation, let us now consider the
safety-valve, and its application to modern business. The bicycle
owed its exceedingly great popularity, during the summer of its
existence, to the invention and perfection of ball-bearings. In
Ifact, without ball-bearings it could never have existed— they were
the heart and soul of the bike. To-day, the bike — as a man-power
machine — is practically dead. But the vital principle — ^^ball-bearings
— made the automobile possible, and exists to-day in a more highly
developed form. Without ball-bearings, or roller-bearings, as a
means of eliminating friction, no motor yet invented could produce
a speed of sixty miles an hour in a motor-car. When the bicycle
Industry became over-developed and its pressure became too great,
ball-bearings were the safety-valves which perpetuated the active
principle — in the automobile.

The safety of any industry depends upon its progressive de-
velopment. Through all the active changes and phases, it is al-
ways the vital principle which is perpetuated. The visible-writing
— column-selecting type-writer of to-day — with adding-machine at-
tached— bears little resemblance to the clumsy original Remington
with its lacqered and highly decorated tin casing which made its
inner working a mystery. But the basic principle of keys actuating
typebars which strike upon a movable cylindrical piaten traveling

in a lateral carriage is the same to-day as when the type-
writer was first invented. In the motion-picture industry,
the basic principle is the photographing of an object or
group of objects so rapidly that not a single consecutive
motion is lost. That principle will be going through its
ifuture stages of development when generations yet unborn
are dead. And its possibilities in the way of development
seem at this writing almost unlimited. But to maintain that the
present status of the motion-picture play will continue indefinitely
is to ignore the fickleness of public taste and the capacity of the
human mental boiler. The boiler of commerce, for example, will
stand a pressure of 300 lbs. to the square inch. Increase the pres-
sure to 400 lbs. and, without a safety-valve, it will burst. In-
crease the number of "movie" theatres in the country to a point
where none of the "legitimate" theatres are left — and there will
be a reaction to the "legitimate."

But the safety-valve in the motion-picture industry is the ex-
tremely wide diversity of its possible future application. It is only
a question of time when every church — every school — every civic
Board and Town Council — will own a projecting machine and lease
or purchase film. There will be an appreciable number of picture-
plays in demand for several years — but there will be a far greater
proportion of industrial and educational films shown throughout
the country. In spite of many statements to the contrary, we are
convinced that there are still certain s\vata of society which remain
unin)fected by the "movie" fever. We are constantly attacking
these people with better plays — more interesting films of various
descriptions — ^but we haven't "got" them yet. And it is highly
probable that we must use a different sort of bait before we do
get them. It is true that individuals from all classes of society are
steady patrons of the "movie" theatres — ^but those whose oppor-
tunities for amusements are comparatively unlimited— who attend
opera, regular theatre, lecture, library, museum — who motor or sail
the seas as the whim seizes them, — are not dependent upon the
picture-play. In time, we shall reach them — through educational
films.

The underlying principle of kinetic photography is to all intents
immortal, as ifar as this and succeeding generations are concerned.
We shall have our pictures always in natural colors, very shortly.
We shall eliminate all flickering and lost motion — to-morrow — ^or
next day. Probably before 1915, we shall project upon the screens
living hearts and lungs in action — the moving machinery inside of
other animals — and the business operations of the typhoid microbe
at work.

And the film manufacturers who do not let their attention wander
too far from their safety-valve — who anticipate future developments
before the other fellows study them out — will undoubtedly salt
away millions.

6

Reel Life

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lA little over thirty years ago— in 1882, to be exact— the French
novel, Frou Frou — ^by H. Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy — was pub-
lished by C. Le^T, in Paris. As a book, the novel does not seem
to have attracted much attention on this side of the Atlantic, for
we find no trace of an English translation now in print — and Eng-
lish authorities appear to be so foggy about it that the Century
Dictionary gives the date
of the Comedy as 1869,
while "Who's Who" puts
it at 1892. In France,
however, the play won
enough popular favor to
be produced upon the
stage of the Comedie
Franigaise — long before
Halevy aspired to the
directorship. And in a
short time it was pro-
duced both in England
and the United States —
scoring very satisfactory
runs in both countries.

Just why the play
should have been classed
as a comedy is not clear
— for, in our interpreta-
tion of the word, it is

at least drama, if not

actual tragedy. There

is scarcely a comedy line

in it. And, accustomed

as we now are to the

dramatization of any

argument under the sun,

no matter how plain or

pointed, on our Ameri-
can stage, we can easily

see why the question

worked out in Frou

Frou seemed a bit

risque to our more sedate and conservative theatre-goers of the
"eighties." For the play is French in its whole viewpoint and con-
struction. Not that we object to that sort of thing in the least —
far from it. There are Frou Frous by the hundred in our New
York society of to-day — and with our more up-to-date point of
view, they see no obligation in the way of an early demise upon
their part. But let us sketch the story, as Meilhac and Halevy
wrote it.

Gilberte is the young, happy and rather frivolous wife of Henri
de Sartorys, a rising diplomat in the service of France — and both
are very much attached to their j^oung son, Georges, a child of
four — ^though his mother sees little of him owing to her many social
engagements. Comte Paul de Valreas is a wealthy young Parisian
with a taste for gambling, private theatricals and intrigue with
attractive women. Louise is Gilberte's sister — living in the coun-
try. Other characters are Brigard — Baron and Baronne de Cambri
— Pitou — Zanetto — Pauline and La Gonvernante— -who fill in the
background and assist in sustaining the action. But the play re-
volves around Henri, Gilberte, Louise and the Count.

Among her favorite distractions of balls, masques, etc., it is
easy for Comte Paul to interest Gilberte in private theatricals.
Rehearsals are soon in full blast at Sartorys" home. He happens
in upon one of them at a moment when le Comte is kissing his
wife and is naturally about to make things unpleasant when the
book is shown him and others of the party assure him that the
action is in the play. He is not over-pleased, but makes no further
comment and leaves the room.

From this incident on, Comte Paul brings to bear all his powers

of fascination in alienating the affections of Gilberte— who at first
resists him. About this time, Louise comes to pay her a visit in
Paris— and the boy, Georges, take a great fancy to her. Gilberte
persuades Sartorys to have Louise make her home^ with them, per-
manently—and Louise somewhat reluctantly consents. Sartorys and
the boy, seeing more of her each day about the house than

Gilberte, soon become
very fond of Louise.
When the wife sees this,
MHH^^HBflBjllg;-^ she in a

^^^^^^^^^^^^ hap-hazard way, to be

more than usually laf-
HPI fectionate with both her

husband and her boy —

r WKH^^^' ^'"'^^ inopportune

^ ^ ' moments, and feels her-

self repulsed. Her vivid
imagination magnifies
the situation far more
than the actual facts
warrant, and Comte
Paul finds her listening
more readily to his
pleading.

Finally — one crucial
night- — she packs her
hand luggage and starts
to leave the house for
him when her sister sur-
prises her in the act of
leaving and remonstrates
with her. Gilberte then
accuses Louise of alien-
ating her husband and
boy. Louise is too hor-
rified at the charge to
detain her — and Gilberte
goes to the Comte.

Sartorys traces them
to Venice — has a stormy
interview with both, in which he strikes the Comte and repulses
Gilberte. A duel follov/s at sunrise next morning — in which Comte
Paul is killed.

Eventually, -the sisters come together again. Gilberte is now
failing rapidly in health. They live in Venice. Louise writes Sar-
torys that Gilberte is dying and begs his forgiveness in one last
interview. He comes to her with little Georges — and poor Gil-
berte dies in his arms on the Venetian balcony, looking out across
the lagoon.

This death scene is exceedingly beautiful — as, in fact, are many
of the others. Although not a word is spoken and the situations
are French rather than American, no audience can fail to catch
the meaning or point of every scene or bit of acting. The story
tells itself upon the screen — and the production is an exceptionally
good one. It is not comedy — but it is life — the sort of life that
human beings live — with the fool mistakes which actually do re-
sult in tragedies te-day as frequently as they ever did.

A pretty sister-in-law is always an experimental element when
mixed in a family of two or three. There have been cases, un-
doubtedly, where the husband stood the wear and tear on his
powers of resistance in such a way that the wife had nothing to
feed her imagination — ^but as a rule, the sister-in-law gets her full
share of the family affection, and then some. But no wife is play-
ing the game fairly w^hen she acknowledges defeat from a situa-
tion of her own creating instead of trying to make herself more
attractive than her rival. Those interested in such problems should
by all means see this play. Was Gilberte justifiedf Was she weak
and foolish? You won't be able to decide the point at once.

11

Moving Picture Portraits

Moving family portraits must be considered a luxury now, but
the time may come when they will be quite common in the homes
of the well-to-do.

Just now the moving family portrait is winning its way into the
homes of the very wealthy, the homes oif those who can afford the
luxury. In fact, the moving picture people are beginning to make
quite a business of such portraits. One concern especially, which is
perhaps the best known of them all for its artistic work for show
purposes, is offering its services privately to wealthy persons, for
portraiture of this kind.

Naturally, it is rather expensive. The company having obtained
an appointment, sends a couple of experts to the home of the
millionaire. The operatives carr}- with them the requisite apparatus,
and make a moving portrait af the wife in her boudoir, in the draw-
ing-room, etc. ; and likewise, pictures of the children, at play in
the garden or otherwise occupied.

The market for this sort of work is necessarily limited, and the
price is proportionately high. But the pictures are well worth the
money. The person for whom they are executed pays for the films
at so much per linear foot, and is provided, incidentally, with a
machine by the aid of which he can at any time throw the por-
traits, in motion, upon a screen.

One can easily imagine how interesting it would be in later
years, to see children as they were when they were little — not mere
stiff likenesses of them, in frame or photograph album, but living
portraits, showing them in the act of studying their lessons, or
capering about and enjoying themselves.

The moving picture people are also making a specialty df sim-
ilar portraits of celebrities, for show purposes. Thus for instance,

they took a picture of -former President Taft in his office at the
White House, showing him at his daily work. In another case
Cardinal Gibbons was the "subject" — exhibited in the act of receiv-
ing a deputation of clerical dignitaries, major and minor, in his
garden.

The Cardinal required the picture-man to place his machine
in such a position as to take him in profile, because as he frankly
explained, his years would thus be shown less plainly. This ar-
rangement was not entirely satisfactory to the photographer, who,
in the middle of the performance, suddenly said to his assistant:
"Spring it Bill!"

Whereupon Bill, who had been provided for the purpose with
a watchman's rattle, caused it to revolve thrice with a loud noise.

The Cardinal, his attention attracted, turned his face toward the
camera for a moment or two — which was exactly what was desired.

After the affair was over, he said casually to the photographer:
"That machine of yours makes a good deal of noise." And the
camera man just grinned.

A Plausible Excuse

And^ther story credited to the late Justice Brewer has it that
while he was judge in a minor court he was presiding at the trial
of a wife's suit for separation and alimony. The defendant ac-
knowledged that he hadn't spoken to his wife in five years, and
Judge Brewer put in a question.

"What explanation have you," he asked, severely, "for not speak-
ing to your wife in five years ?"

"Your Honor," replied the husband, "I didn't like to interrupt
the lady." — Everybody's.

"The Primitive Call"

"He adopts the native dress"

Domino

12

Rssl Life

Clean Movies for Children

A number of South Side mothers have started an agitation for
a better class of motion pictures for children. It is their idea
to furnish amusement and instruction by eliminating pictures of
crime and melodrama.

The first show under the mothers' supervision will be given
Saturday afternoon at the Apollo Theatre, 3225 Troost Avenue.
TIhe program includes pictures of an educational nature, as well
as comedy that children can appreciate. Efforts are being made
to interest other picture show managers in the matter so that they
will set aside an afternoon or night each week for such films.

"Say, pa," said little Wlillie, "If 3-ou was to feed the cow on
soap would she give shaving-cream?" — Harper's Weekly.

Professional Restraint

"The train struck the man, did it not?" asked the lawyer of the
engineer at the trial.

■'It did sir," said the engineer.

"Was the man on the track, sir?" thundered the lawyer.

"On the track?" asked the engineer. "Of course he was. No
engineer worthy of his job would run his train into the woods
after a man, sir." — Livingston Lance.

Little Willie Again

"Pa!" came little Willie's voice from the darkness of the nurs-
ery.

Pa gave a bad imitation of a snore. He was tired and did not
wish to be disturbed.

"Pa!" came the little voice again.

"What is it, Willie?" replied his father, sleepily.

"Tum in here; I want to ast you sumpin'," said the little voice.

So pa rose up from his downy and, putting on his bath-robe
and slippers, marched into the nursery.

"Well, what is it now?" he asked.

Editorial Crispness

A lady having written a story of which she thought a great
deal, took it to an editor and asked him to read it, in order to see
if he could make any use of it. As the editor was somewhat dil-
atory in acceding to the lady's request, she called a day or two
later and again asked him to look at it and to let her know as soon
as possible, because, as she said, "I have other irons in the fire."
Shortly after, the editor's reply came, which was : "Dear Madam —
I have read your story, and I should advise you to put it with your
other irons.— Yours faithfully. The 'Editor."— The Sketch.

Back at the Professor

It is said that Proif. Blackie often told this anecdote "on him-
self." This old professor used to form a very picturesque feature
in the Edinburgh streets. He was a wiry old patriarch, with hand-
some features and hair falling in ringlets about his shoulders. No
one who had seen him could possibly forget him. One day he was
accosted by a very dirty little bootblack with his "Shine your boots,
sir?" The professor was impressed by the filthiness of the boy's
face. "I don't want a shine, my lad," said he: "but if you'll go
and wash your iface I'll give you a sixpence."

"A' nioht, sir," was the lad's repl}'. Then he went over to a
neighboring fountain and made his ablution. Returning, he held
out his hand for the money.

"Well, my lad," said the professor, "you have earned your six-
pence. Here it is."

"I dinna want it," returned the boy, with a lordly air. "You
keep it and get your hair cut." — National Monthly.

Winifred Greenwood and Reaves Eason in "The Return of Helen Redmond"

American

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Francelia Billington and Lamar Johnston in "The Lackey"

Majestic

A Year of Thanhouser Progress

During the year 1912, the Thanhouser Fihn Mifg. Plant at New
Rochelle, N. Y., was sold to Mr. C. J. Hite at a price said to be
something over $200,000.00 From that time, during the remainder
of the year, the plant was developed until, on January 13th, 1913,
it was one of the best equipped motion-picture studios in the United
States. Then — at one o'clock in the morning — came a fire which
completely wiped it out of existence.

The fire-alarmis called to the scene in a very few moments prac-
tically every person who had been interested in the plant. President
Hite — Lloyd F. Lonergan, the Director and Scenario Writer — ^Bert
Adler, the Advertising Manager — and most of the actors and ac-
tresses whose means of livelihood was apparently being destroyed
in a few brief moments. It was a crisis of the sort which brings
leaders and executive ability very prominently to the front.

President Hite sized up the situation the instant he leached the
offices on the second floor — and gave quick orders to get all of the
aims dnd reels owt of the bmlding regardless of other valuable
property. Looking out of the window, he recognized the faces of
his operating staff among the crowd of spectators and realized
what the catastrophe meant to them. Mr. Adler was with him in
the office at the moment — and he told him to go out among the
people and call a meeting at his house within an hour. It is said
that the office got too hot, about that time — compelling both Presi-
dent Hite and Mr. Adler to jump from that second-story window.

Nearly all of the positive reels were lost — and with them pretty
much everything else that had been in the plant. But most of the
negative reels were saved. When the people met at Mr. Kite's
residence, that night, they were told that salaries would go on just
the same — and Mr. Adler was instructed to find and equip other
quarters before noon. By 10 A. M., the small real estate office of
Cooley and West had been converted into a joining and projecting
(^Continued on Page 1(5).

itoal Weekly Mo. 54

Suffragettes Again on the Hike. — Small but intrepid band
from New York to Albany.

A Little Journey to Toyland. — Germany produces a new and
interesting product for 1914.

Modern Hawaii. — Island territory uses latest in motor-plows
for cane fields.

Winter Fashions. — Latest Paris designs for winter hats and
wraps.

A Launching at Bridgeport. — Ocean receives a new guest
at Lake Submarine Boat Yards in Connecticut city.

A New Safety Buoy. — The Debotte Brothers experiment on
the Seine with a new life-saving device.

Home from the Wars. — King Constantine reviews his troops
in Athens, Greece.

The Portland Stock Show. — Choice examples of northwestern
farm products displayed in Oregon city.

A Tip from England. — St. Albans revives ancient custom
of whipping and shaking the town mayor.

Roosevelt, the Hero. — Ex-President enthusiastically received
in Buenos Ayres.

Queen Mary Goes Visiting. — English monarch calls at the
homes of miners in Durham, England.

A Memorial to Souvaroff. — Russian Government erects
splendid monument to famous general at Plainesti, Roumania.

Big Fire on West Coast. — Oil well burns at Fruit Vale,
California.

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Red Llf©

Vhxyt

The Return of Helen Redmond

Jan. 1% 1914
CAST

Helen Redmond Winifred Greenwood

Neil Forrester Reaves Eason

Rev. Forrester Ed Coxen

Jack Cooper George Field

Marjorie (Helen's daughter) Violet Neitz

Marjorie's Maid Edith Borella

Valet William Tedmarsh

Neil Forrester married Helen Redmond against
his brother's wishes. Neil was a gay young club-
man, and Helen was a chorus girl, whose ruling
passion was excitement and novelty. Domestic
life soon palled upon her — and when her little
girl, Marjorie, was scarcely three years old, a
great hankering for the stage and the old days
possessing her;, she quarrelled with her husband —
and ran away, back to it all.

Forrester dies — and his brother, a clergyman,
brings up the child. Helen forgets her responsi-
bilities in Bohemia. But a slight incident chances
to remind her of her daughter — by this time a
girl of ten — and she is seized with the desire to
have her. She goes to her brother-in-law's house,
and demands Marjorie. He reasons with her that
it would be wrong to take the girl into the stage
environment. In a flash Helen sees how it prob-
ably would end for the attractive young girl —
and how much better off she is in the clergyman's
refined home. She renounces Marjorie. How-
ever, she gives up the stage, and becomes a music
teacher. Gradually, she fits herself to be the
mother of her own daughter — and, at last, they
are happily reunited.

At the Potter's Wheel

Jan. 24, 1914
CAST

Roual Nevers (an Artist) Sydney Ayres

Jean Montparnasse Jack Richardson

Tomosa (a Clay Worker) Harry Von Meter

Frederick (a Master Decorator) . .Jacques Jaccard

Vera Nemours (a Decorator) Vivian Rich

Carlina Charlotte Burton

Jeanne Eaton Louise Lester

Hortense Caroline Cooke

Vera Nemours was a penniless girl, of unusual
beauty, who lived in a little town near Paris,
with old Jeanne Eaton. Jeanne was dumb, and
infirm — and no longer useful at the pottery; but
Vera managed to keep them both alive by her
skillful decorating of the porcelain for Jean
Montparnasse, Jeanne's former master. Mont-
parnasse fell violently in love with Vera. Once
he tried to take her in his arms against her will —
and young Roual Nevers, the chief designer,
knocked him down. Then, one of the girls grew
jealous of Vera — and when the latter was carry-
ing a beautiful vase, fresh from the potter's
wheel, she stuck out her foot, and Vera fell,
shattering the vase in a thousand pieces. She
returned to old Jeanne, in disgrace — discharged
from the pottery. In their misery, they decided
to end it all. Just then, someone came hammering
at the door — and when the old woman, temporar-
ily dissuaded from her purpose, opened, Jean
Montparnasse rushed in. He seized Vera in an
insanity of passion. Jeanne grappled with him —
and in the struggle, he fell through the low
window, to the street, six stories below. Roual
hears Vera's screams — and rushing to her pro-
tection, tells her he loves her, and that her fu-
tures, and old Jeanne's, will be a very different
story.

Withering Roses

Jan. 14, 1914
CAST

Mary (Fairy in vision) Margaret Fischer

Jolin Harry Pollard

The Evil Spirit Joseph Harris

The Maid Adelaide Bronti

The Cripple Child Kathie Discher

Her Father Fred Gamble

The new American brand, "Beauty," makes its
debut on January 14th, in "Withering Roses."
This first release is significant of "Beauty" films-
aiming at a high order of kinetic art — exception-
ally fine subject matter and perfect dramatization
— arid appealing strongly to lovers of the best in
motion pictures. Margaret Fischer and Harry
Pollard will appear exclusively in these new
American production^, supported by a brilliant
cast.

"Withering Roses" presents a striking allegory.
John is a young society man, ruthlessly pursuing
happiness. He is in love with Mary, a beautiful,
gentle girl, whom he pains and shocks by his
carelessness and cruelty to weak and helpless per-
sons who happen to get in his way. She refuses
the bouquet of roses which he brings her — telling
him that when he has learned the magic of kind-
ness to fill life with joy, he may come back to her.

Half bitter, half rueful, John sits long that
night in his room before the roses Mary has re-
jected— and they yield him a vision. He sees
himself, as he is — gay, self-seeking, heartless —
faring forth in quest of happiness. He comes to
a sign at the foot of a steep hill; the Road to
Happiness. As he stands, wondering — a Fairy
appears to him, who is strangely like Mary. She
smiles, nodding — then vanishes — and he begins to
climb. At length, he comes to a gate into a
beautiful garden. On the gate are the words:
the_ Garden of Happiness. Just then somebody
whispers to him to enter — and, turning, he sees
a stranger in a scarlet cloak at his side. They
go in together, and the stranger shows him a
rose growing in the heart of the garden — "the
Rose of Happiness." John rushes greedily for-
ward and snatches the blossom from its stem.
Instantly, he finds himself and the stranger in
a barren desert— the flower withered in his hand.
Turning upon his evil companion, he seizes him by
the throat — but, as he does so, the Fairy appears,
and the stranger fades into the air. Again they
find themselves at the foot of the hill— and the
fairy gives him a fresh rose.

John begins the ascent. One after another, he
overtakes the people to whom he has been ruth-
less and cruel — and in each case he flings them
aside, only to find himself at the bottom of the
hill again, and the rose withered. After each
failure, the Fairy starts him anew — till there is
but one rose left. One chance only, now, to find
happiness! Toiling upward, he meets on the hill-
side an old man and a cripple child — a gentler
impulse comes over him, and despairing of his
own fitness, he gives the child the rose. Imme-
diately, he is standing in the heart of the Garden
of Happiness — the beautiful Fairy, radiantly smil-
ing, at his side.

John rouses from his day dream. He remem-
bers the old man and the little lame girl he has
rebuflied that very evening in the park — and seizing
the bouquet of rosea he goes to find them. As
he lays the flowers in the arms of the sleeping
child, and tucks a roll of money in the old man's
hand, Mary is an unseen witness. The next mo-
ment her arms are warm around his neck— her
face, bright as the Fairy's in his dream, is raised
to his — he has found Happiness.

The Cure

By William H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince
Jan. 14, 1914

Mrs. John Wimble, a domestic and very con-
tented little woman, receives a call from Miss
Marsh, leader of the Woman's Rights Club, who
convinces Mrs. Wimble that one of her talents is
wasting great gifts in rocking the cradle when she
might be ruling the world. Mrs. Wimble takes up
with the club, and becomes active in promoting the
feminist movement — to the great disgust of her
husband. Determined to break up the game, he in-
vites Jim Murphy, a typical 8th Ward heeler, to a
reception at his house — announcing to the guests
that Murphy is to be his wife's political partner.
Murphy's attempts to sing and entertain in the
drawing room, and his atrocious table manners so
sicken Mrs. Wimble that she is obliged to retire.
Other embarrassing incidents contribute further to
humilitate her — and in the end she is glad to get
out of the club, and give up her public work for a
quiet life at home.

The Primitive Call

Jan. IS, 1914

Roland Van Dyke was bored by the conventions
of society. He became so melancholy that the
family physician ordered him away on a long
sea voyage — and though thought of parting with
her only son nearly broke his mother's heart, it
seemed best that he should have an utter change
of scene. Roland's ship is wrecked, and he is
cast upon a cannibal island, where he is attacked
by the natives. A beautiful native girl — fascin-
ated by the stranger — helps him to get the better
of his foes. Half crazed with loneliness, and
longing for human companionship, Roland follows
the girl — and woos her by playing the flute, which
he has learned on shipboard. Thus this Pan, re-
cently from civilization, wins the wild naiad —
and they live together, with the consent of her
tribesmen. Two years later, some sailors, sight-
ing Roland's signal, offer to take him home. He
goes back to find that his mother has died of
grief for his loss, and that she has willed prac-
tically all her property to the woman whom she
had always hoped her son would one day marry.
Roland finds the old associations unendurable.
He returns to the island, and to his South Sea
bride, who is now the mother of a beautiful
child. The primitive call masters him, heart and
soul.

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15

The N^'w Pli

Majeslls

A Ticket to Red Horse Gulch

By Philip Lonergan
Jan. 11, 1914
LEADS

Jack Oliver, a telephone lineman,

William Garwood

Molly Belle Bennett

Oliver, a telephone lineman in New York,
out of a job, finds a railroad ticket to Red
Gulch, a mining town in the Far West — and
being pretty desperate, and in a mood to tilt
with fate, he uses the ticket. It lands him
with Bill Salter, a mine owner, and the father
of a very pretty girl, Molly — to whom Oliver
makes himself indispensable. When gold is
discovered on the claim, it is illegally seized
by claim jumpers, before Salter can get it
duly registered — and it is the young tender-
foot who outwits the desperadoes, files the
claim and saves the gold to Salter. Thus,
from a poorly paid lineman in the East,
crowded with competition. Jack Oliver becomes
part owner of one of the richest mines in the
West, the country of vast opportunities — and
marries Molly. And his great good fortune
all came from his finding that lost bit of
paper that took him to Red Gulch.

Jake's Hoodoo

Jan. 13, 1914
CAST

Jake, in love with Lucy Lee Hill

Lucy Lucille Young

Lucy's father Howard Davies

Jake and Lucy — since father won't consent —
decide to elope. The hour is set for a certain
Friday evening. That night, at supper, being
very nervous, Jake upsets a plate of baked beans
on his one pair of trousers. He repairs damages
with gasoline — and hangs the trousers on the line
while he shaves. A tramp, fresh from a tug of
war with a bull dog, sees Jake's trousers, and
cannot resist. Finding the indispensable article
gone, Jake is desperate — and when Mr. Henpeck
comes along, he holds him up and takes his nether
garments by force. Henpeck runs home and
scrambles into bed; but, meanwhile, Mrs. Hen-
peck has gone out on his trail. Seeing her hus-
band's trousers going down the street with a girl,
she follows the couple to the minister's — summons
the police, and orders the groom arrested for big-
amy. Lucy flees home, and goes to bed, weeping.
The tramp, spying the ladder at her open window,
gets into the house — and she wakes in great
fright, to see him making off with her father's
cash box. In the interim. Mrs. Henpeck has dis-
covered her mistake — and has set Jake free. He
comes to the rescue — just in time to get the better
of the tramp, recover his trousers, hand the cash
box back to Lucy's father — and wins his paternal
forgiveness.

The Lackey

Jan. 17, 1914
By Philip Lonergan
LEADS

Marie Stevens Francelia Billington

Judge Stevens, her father Andrew Robson

The Lackey Lamar Johnston

Marie Stevens is the attractive, much courted
daughter of Judge Stevens, a jurist of the highest
type. The butler in their house is a young man of
considerable education, and by nature a gentle-
man. He falls in love with Marie — but keeps his
passion a secret. Stevens, however — to whom his
daughter is everything in life — perceives the
butler's feelings, and indignantly discharges him.
Some time after this, the judge is dining at his
club, when he is called on the 'phone from his
own house by a strange man. The voice informs

Mutual
May Willard

him that this is a prisoner, formerly sentenced
by Stevens to a life term, but who has escaped—
and is now about to avenge himself by killing the
judge's daughter. A pistol shot rings out— and the
horror-stricken judge supposes the convict has
executed his threat. He rushes home— to find the
former butler standing over the wounded convict,
and Marie safe. The prisoner is recaptured and
dispatched. The servant and the judge's daughter
realize that they love each other— but the ironclad
barxier of social caste separates them, and the
servant proves himself doubly a hero by quietly
going away, leaving Marie to find a happier future
than he could possibly give her.

PrMsass

When the Cat Came Back

Jan. 16, 1914
LEADS

May Suburban Muriel Ostriche

Dick Suburban Boyd Marshall

They were a very young couple — and the
landlord's daughter, Nell, was certainly pretty.
Mrs. Suburban was suspicious of her. Then, one
day, she comes upon Dick taking a cinder out of
Nell's eye — and being already jealous, she mis-
understands the situation. Dick can't convince
her there is nothing in it — so, at last, he lets her
go out to walk off her tantrum, and lies down on
the couch to read a diverting story, telling him-
self that the storm will soon "blow over." A
runaway kitten invades the room — and Nell hunts
it down, only to be found in her domain by May,
on her return. Things are infinitely worse — and
May leaves the house, in tears, Dick giving pur-
suit. She gets round the corner — then runs back
home, to sob it out on the couch. The kitten, still
on the rampage, is again chased into May's room
by Mr. Gordon, the landlord — and Dick returns
to see that gentleman on his knees by the couch
which looks suspicious, though he is only fishing
underneath for the cat. Of course Dick knows
it is all right— but he gets even with May by
pretending otherwise. Then she sees that she
is in exactly the same position as Dick was an
hour before — and insists upon being forgiven.

Kay-Bss

The Circle of Fate

Jan. 16, 1914
Antonio Tojetti and his beautiful daughter,
Maria, are street musicians in Venice. John
Strom, an American, becomes infatuated with
Maria, and persuades her to go back to
.America with him. Her father discovers the
plan, and tries to prevent it — but in vain,
fwo years later, Maria, deserted by Strom,
comes home to her father — to die. Tojetti
swears vengeance. Restless, and unable to
forget Maria, he becomes a guide in the
mountains — and fate brings Strom into his
power. An American, his young wife and
party are touring in Italy — and they apply for
a guide up Vesuvius. Tojetti engages himself
to the American — and recognizes John Strom.
Strom does not remember the father of Maria.
That night they make the ascent. The Italian leads
Strom apart from the others. As they are stand-
ing by the crater, the Italian tells him of Maria's
fate, and announces that he is going to push him
over into the volcano. Strom is frozen with hor-
ror— and the next moment, Tojetti, with the fury
of a wild man, hurls him down into the lava pit.

Rdlaues

The Two Slaves

Jan. 14, 1914
Leads: Runa Hodges and Spottisford Aitken
Runa was the very sweet little girl of Jack
Barry. She had no mother — and Barry couldn't
keep straight. One night when he came home
badly intoxicated, Runa took the bottle from his
overcoat pocket and hid it. The next morning,
Barry went back to the saloon — and staggering
out, across the street, was knocked down by a
passing truck, and seriously hurt. He was car-
ried to a hospital — and after waiting all day Runa
started out to search for him. It is thus, wan-
dering frightened and lost, that Mr. Carter finds
little Runa. He is a lonely old bachelor, in sad
need of something to live for. He comforts the
child and takes her home with him — and every
day grows more fond of her — but. at last, Barry
turns up, and claims her. Barry vows he will
quit drinking and be a good father. Unfortu-
nately, he discovers the bottle Runa has hidden
weeks before — and that very night sees the down-
fall of his resolution. Realizing how helpless he
is — and being a weak man only, not a bad one —
he takes the child back to Carter, knowing that
he will do everything for her — and then wanders
off into the darkness.

Slim Hogan's Getaway

Jan. 13, 1914
CAST

Slim Hogan Thomas R. Mills

Doctor West Harry Spingler

Jane Grey, a dressmaker Anna Laughlin

Joe Grey, her father Paul Scardon

Saloon keeper George De Carlton

Slim Hogan, a gangster, earns the gratitude of
Jane Grey, a young seamstress, by saving her and
her father in an attack by the gang. The old man
is seriously injured, and Hogan helps him home.
Dr. West calls regularly to see Jane's father —
and wins the girl's heart. One day, however, he
surprises Hogan in the flat, taking him and Jane
for lovers. Hogan himself misunderstands Jane's
gratitude for love — until he gets suspicious of the
doctor, when, in jealous rage, he declares he will
kill West. Meanwhile, Hogan has been wounded
in a scuffle with the police — and goes to the near-
est doctor in great pain — to recognize his rival.
West. He draws his gun, in spite of the wound —
but the doctor is too swift and strong for him.
He disarms him, and thinking Jane loves him,
dresses his wound. The girl meanwhile, fearful
for the doctor, has informed the police. On
leaving the office, Hogan is pursued, and shot
and killed. Jane arrives, and is greatly distressed
at sight of Hogan's dead body. The doctor ex-
presses sympathy — but is immensely relieved
when she explains she had no love for the gang-
ster, only gratitude.

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CContinued from page 13) Interior of the new Thanh

room — equipped with hot water, heat, telephone connection — and
the electric lights were ready for business by two o'clock. Dur-
ing the day, the Comet Factory in West 33nd 'St., New York, had
been secured for the business oif actual production, with Mr. Loner-
gan in charge. And Mr. Lonergan continued to produce two com-
plete plays each week rdjithout interruption or intermission — whicli
is about all that need be said of any man's ability as writer and pro-
ducer. The plant was not insured. President Hite did not ask for a
cent of borrowed money. He made good his losses out of the
profits of the Thanhouser business. The accompanying photographs
give something of an idea as to what he has accomplished in one
single year. The large studio interior shown on page 16 has six
times the capacity of the one destroyed by fire a year ago — and it

ouser Studio, New Rochelle, N. Y.

is but one O'f two. Both studios are perfectly equipped in every
particular — and there is even a menagerie of live animals con-
nected with them ifor various "feature" productions — ^the anacondas
and boa constrictors being comfortably quartered near the furnace
under one studio to keep them in a lively condition during the winter.

The loyalty of the Thanhouser operating staff to their Chief has
been a matter of considerable comment during the past year — but
the foregoing facts account for it. And the feeling will be em-
phasized at the ball to be given in one of the studios on Jan. 13th,
to commemorate the fire. All but one of the ifamiliar faces will be
seen. But there will be a tinge of unavoidable sadness at the
empty place so long filled by Mrs. Charles J. Van Houten, who had
been constantly in charge of the negative-room, and who died Jan. 6th.

Keystone

"How Motion Pictures Are Made" "Making Up" Exterior of the new Thanhouser Studio, New Rochelle, N. Y.

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KEYSTONE Too Many Brides

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BEAUTY Withering Roses

BRONCHO Conscience

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MUTUAL WEEKLY No. 56

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DOMINO The Informer

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THANHOUSER An Elusive Diamond

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so strong- a list of favorites as New Majestic boasts. -See the new releases fo-r their latest work:
"A TICKET TO RED HORSE GULCH." Western Drama. Out Sunday, Jan. 11th. With William
Garwood, Belle Bennett, MoUie McConnell, Frederick Vroom, W. A. Lowery, Charles Rogers,
Billy Stafford and W. A. Pyke. '
"JAKE'S HOODOO." Comedy. With Lucille Young, Lee Hill, Howard Davies, Joe Swickard,

Demetrio Mitsoraz (the Greek Photoplayer), Diok Cummings and Carrie Clark Ward.
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MONDAY, Jan. 12th

Dealing with a vital episode in the life of a New
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 14thl

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George Siegmann and Irene Hunt in "The Faith of Her Fathers"

SATURDAY
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In Two
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PRODUCED IN A PERFECT STUDIO AT NEW ROCHELLE,
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Release of FRIDAY, January 16th, 1914

One of Those Pretty Human Interest Stories that Have
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February 18 YELLOW FLAME (2 Reels)

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cast" play that's a sure-fire success.
Tuesday, Jan. 13th: — "ADRIFT IN A GREAT
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'The Circle of Fate"

'Climbing- Vesuvius"

Kay-Bee

"The Circle of Fate"

"In Venice"

Kay-Bee

"Well, we have had the infant fitted with glasses, his appendix
removed, and his stomach re-enforced. Have we overlooked any-
thing?"

"Just one item."

"What is that?"

"We have forgotten to name the child." — Judge.

"Why won't you buy something at my table?" demanded the girl
at the charity fair.

"'Beaause I only buy from the homely girls," said the man.
"They have a harder time making sales."

The girl was not ofifended, and he worked this right down the
line. — Louisznlle Courier- J ournal.

'The Primitive Call"

"Aboard the Sailing Vessel''

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Sydney Ayres and Vivian Rich in "At the Potter's Wheel"

Scenes on the Western Ranch

The Kay-Bee ranch, at Santa Monica, Cal., the child of Thomas
H. Ince, manager and master producer, has sprung into prominence
in a very brief time. It covers approximately 2,000 acres, with a
stretch olf about 25,000 acres behind it which may 'be used by the
concern at any time. The Pacific bounds it on one side and the
coast mountains, with their picturesque canyons and high table-
lands stretch out into its other three boundaries as far as the eye
can reach. There are five directors and several hundred actors
working on it. The Kay-Bee and Broncho films are made there
for a New York motion picture concern.

The visitors had gone only a few steps when a Confederate
officer dashed past on a snorting charger. Around the bend they
came upon some dark-skinned girls , and men riding bareback.
Across the creek a ifat Indian woman stood outside her little cabin
watching the scene. They were all "movie" actors !

A side trip to an Indian village on a tableland several hundred
feet above the sea revealed unlimited "atmosphere" and a host of
Indian actors, some in their native dress, and some in soldier's uni-
form, doing Western pictures.

He Spelled It

Bride and groom they were, unmistakably, and the guests writ-
ing "wish you were bere" greetings in that Atlantic City hotel
were much interested in them. Each sat at a desk and got busy with
pen and ink, the silence being broken only when the bride asked
how to spell a hard word. These queries annoyed an old gentleman
writing nearby, and he was plainly relieved when the bridegroom
left the room. The little bride did not know that she had been de-
serted and she again got stuck on a word.

"How do you spell Cincinnati, honey?" she asked.

"C-i-n-c-i-n-n-a-t-i-h-o-n-e-y," responded Mr. Grouch.

— Lippincott's Magazine.

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Margaret Fischer in "Withering Roses"

A Warmed-Over Sensation

The professional fire fighter is too frequently face to iface with
danger to regard fires in an aesthetic light, but the feeling of the
amateur with a passion for "running with the machine" occasionally
shows an epicurean flavor.

While running to a fire in a large town in Massachusetts one
citizen overtook another, who was going in the same direction.

"Oh, dear!" the last gasped, quite out of breath. "I hope it's
not the stove lining works ; I've seen that twice already !"

— Youth's Coiiipaiiiuii.

Muriel Ostriche and Boyd Marshall in
"When the Cat Came Back"

Princess

H^sl La!©

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Reliance

Thomas R. Mills and Jane Grey in "Slim Hogan's Getaway"

Torture of Tantalus

The golif bug's soul came back from a little range around Satan's
preserve with a smile as wide as the Amazon river. "I say,"
it eixdlaimed, "I doin't caM this much of a ihell. They have the
finest golf course out there I ever saw in my life." A droll-looking
old soul who was sitting on the safety valve looked up. "But
did you see anybody playing on it?" he asked. "No," the newcomer
admitted, "I didn't." The old-timer chuckled. "That's it," he
said. "Me won't let anyboidy play on it." — Exchange.

Mignon Anderson and Justus D. Barnes in
"The Two Little Dromios"

Florence La Badie in "Adrift in a Great City"
A Sad Case

A certain doctor, who is, on liis own frank admission, "the
ugliest man in four countries," has a keen sense of humor, which
enables him to enjoy many real and unconscious reflections upon
his facial deficiencies.

Once, after he had arrived too late to succor a poor woman
who had been killed in a factory, the local newspaper published an
ambiguous account of the case, which the doctor, with grim ap-
preciation, preserved.

Having first described how the woman had come by her injuries,
the paragraph went on to say :

"Strong hopes were entertained of saving her life until Dr. P. —
arrived; but these hopes unilortunately proved ill-founded, for the
moment the doctor showed his face within the door the poor
woman fell back with a gasp and expired."

Strong Resemblance

"Say, Billie," said Tommy, "do you believe in Santa Glaus?"
"You bet I do!" returned Billie. "I've seen him. I peeked
while he was fillin' my stockin' last year."
"What did he look like?" asked Tommy.

"Well iif pa'd had a twin brother I'd ha' thought it was him,"
said Billie. — Judge.

What He Expected

Hugh Hume, the Portland (Ore.) editor, tells a story of .an
Irishman ^named Mike Flannery, who found a valuable package
belonging to a local capitalist. He took it around to the man's
house and was rewarded. As he left he met a friend.

"What's the matter, Mike?" asked the friend, "didn't he give
you as much as you expected?"

"I thought he wouild give me more than I expected," replied
Flannery sourly. — Boston Herald.

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Reel Life

Judge Stevens in "The Lackey" Majestic

Spottisford Aitken and Runa Hodges In "The Two Slaves" Relia)ue

Music and the "Movies "

Is the moving picture craze harmful to music and the other
arts? The pianist, Joseif Hofman, thinks so, and he cannot be
accused of being prejudiced against mechanical inventions. As a
boy his favorite toy was the typewriter ; a little older he turned to
the automobile and found his joy in tinkering with motors and de-
vising new appliances; very likely he will turn next to the flying
machine. He has a mechanical bent and likes new inventions, yet
he thinks the motion-picture has set artistic interest back many
years. To stimulate tihe imagination, he is quoted by an interviewer
for the New York Times as saying, "You must make a man guess ;
give him a few outlines only, in such an attractive form that he
will complete the structure for himself. The moving picture leaves
nothing to guess at.'' This deadening efifect, he thinks, has a spe-
cially adverse ef¥ect upon music.

People reason that if they go to concerts they have to study
and work and guess, while the moving picture does it all ifor them,
leaving them to sit back in comfort. It is all made so easy if or
them. And the trouble of it is that it captivates every class, from
the highest to the lowest in intellect. I go to them myself, so I am
no better than anyone else. But in my case I think it does me no
harm, for my mental qualities are settled and it cannot displace
them. But you can see what it will do for the young generation
to wthich it supplies the whole means of relaxation. The moving
picture will work more harm here than it will in any other civiliza-
tion, because it is exactly adapted to your demands. You want
your impressions quick and complete. In Europe a man is the sub-
ject of newspaper comment, they describe him. Here they print
his picture. The newspapers here are very close to the people's
thoughts so there is no more accurate authority on what the people
want than the newspapers. Of course, every newspaper here is

different, and the difiference is apparent in details, but the general
principles remain the same. That same atmosphere is carried into
your artistic life, and who could imagine it otherwise? You asso-
ciate artistic penformance here with excitement. You want your
moods, whatever they are. to be excited to the fullest degree.
Abroad they will listen to things which have an easy course and
no particularly striking effects. But here you must be "waked up"
every once in so often.

It would be unfair to hold the motion picture responsible for
a mental habit which he correctly describes, but it is true that it
does satisfy better than almost any other form of entertainment
a taste which many modern conditions have helped to develop. It
is not alertness, and a quick curiosity as to a great variety of things
that can be seen. This incessant appeal to the optic nerve is un-
deniably a stimulus, but unless supplemented its effect is likely to
be superficial. One image follows another with too little time for
reflection and ainalysis ; one set of ifaculties is stimulated at the
expense of the rest. To this condition the art which Mr. Hofmann
so admirably represents affords an excellent corrective, if only
because it introduces sensations through another channel, and sets
the mind to functioning in a different way.

Educators have long been complaining that people are becoming
too eye-minded, that pupils have difficulty in hearing straight or in
remembering what they hear. It is a tendency which much reading
increases, and the motion-picture habit, while it exercises the mind
in a different way, is appealing, and even more strongly, to the
visual sense. A good training should not be so one-sided ; it should
exercise the ear as well as the eye. The importance in education
of the rhythmic sense is coming to be recognized, and it is to be
cultivated precisely through the arts which address the ear, notably
music, poetry and the dance, which is inseparably associated with
music. But the dance, which is quite sufficiently cultivated just
now, while it lays an excellent foundation for the rhythmic arts,
stops there ; its esthetic content, though genuine, is of a limiteil
range, and it falls as far short Of music and verse as the motion
picture falls short of painting and sculpture in the stimulation of
the higher faculties. All these things are good, but they should be
combined in the right proportions. Is there not some danger, as
Mr. Hofmann suggests, that so brisk and energetic a people as the
Americans may be tempted to stop short with those more super-
ficial arts which give a quick and easy gratification of tlie senses?

Thanhouser

Thanhouser Kidlet and Harry Benham in "Coals of Fire"

Reel Life

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Thought Him too Strenuous

Mrs. Casey was proud of her strong, muscular son, and still
more proud of him when he went into the gymnasium and made
Ihimself locally famous.

Then one day a rumor reached her ears which she didn't like,
and when Michael came home that night she proceeded to take
him to task.

"Look here, Mike Casey, what's this I've heard about your doin's
at the gymnasium? Don't ye know it's poor we are, an' havin' no
money to pay for yer destructive carryin' on?"

"Why, what do ye mean, mither?" asked the astonished Mike.

"Ain't they sayin' all over town that ye "broke two af their best
records down there?" she howled. — National Magazine.

Her Other Half

The four-year-old twins, who had no playmates of their own
age were delighted when a little girl of three came to visit a neigh-
bor. After the three children had played together for a time, the
twins, hand in hand, went to their mother, and said, "Mother,
where's the other one of her?" — Youth's Companion.

How Could He Know?

"King Lear is a great character," remarked the friend "Yes,"
answered the actor ; "I suppose you remember my performance
last season?" "No, I must confess I have never seen you in the
part." "Indeed!" was the rejoinder in a torte of gentle surprise.
"Then, how on earth did }-ou know it was a great character?"

Jake's Hoodoo

Majestic

George Siegmann and Irene Hunt in
"The Faith of Her Father"

Reliance

American

George Field, Winifred Greenwood and Violet Neitz in
"The Return of Helen Redmond"

Ladies and Gentlemen

A certain Congressman was visiting the town that had been his
former home and had been asked to address an audience of his
former neighbors. In order to assure them that his high position
had not caused him to put on any airs, he began his address thus :

"My Dear Friends — I won't call you ladies and gentlemen — I
know you too well to say that." — National Monthly.

Located

Unfortunate pedestrian (who has been knocked down and is a
little dazed) — Where am I ? Where am I?

Enterprising hawker — 'Ere y'are, sir — map o'London, one penny.

- — Punch.

The Cure

"Murphy Entertains the Guests"

Broncho

A Gigantic Breed

A woman at a dog show noticed a pretty girl gazing around as
if puzzled. She went over to her and said: "Pandon me, but
can't you find the kennel you wish? If not, I shall be glad to
assist you."

"Oh, thank you," she replied. "Would you mind showing me
where they are exhibiting the ocean grey hounds?"

— National Monthly.

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"A Clotheslme Quarrel" Thanhouscr

Exterior, Reliance Studio, Yonkers, X. Y.

Not Used to Sleepers

The nervous old lady approached the porter in a sleeping car
and asked :

"Oh, porter, where do I sleep?"

"What's the numbah ob youah berth, ma'am?" he asked.

She looked at him questionably for a minute and then replied,
"I don't see what that has to do with it, but if you must know, it
is third ; there was a brother and sister born before me."

— Exchange.

"Algy's Awful Auto" Princess

interior. Reliance Studio, Yunkers, N. Y.

Senator O'Gorman tells the following story. "A wealthy west-
erner met a friend of former days who was rather evidently on tlie
doiwnward path. Plainly liquor had been the cause of his undoing.

"The westerner, however, wished to be friendly and asked the
man to have a drink. The friend gladly accepted the invitation.

"Leading the way into a cafe, the westerner said to the bar-
len/der: 'Two straight whiskys, please.'

"The derelict moved quickly to the bar and said in an eager and
decisive tone of voice: 'Give me the same.'" — Hearst's Magacivc.

"What Might Have Been" Thanhouser

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"In the Clutches of the Gang" (2)

"The Faith of Her Fathers" (2)

"Circle of Fate" (2)

"The Primitive Call" (3)

"Destinies Fulfilled" (3)

"The Runaway Princess" (3)

"The Narcotic Spectre" (2)

"The Harp of Tara" (2)

"A Military Judas" (3)

"The Power of Light" (2)

"True Irish Hearts" (3)

"The Woman" (2)

"In the Firelight" (2)

"Giovanni's Gratitude" (2)

"Eileen of Erin" (2)

"Her Fathsr*:; Story" (2)

"An Orphan's Romance" (2)

"The Shriner's Daughter" (2)

"Jack and the Beanstalk" (2)

"The Pitfall" (2)

"The Curse" (2)

"The Open Door" (2)

"Where The Road Forks"

"Soul of the South" (2)

"Devotion" (2)

"Romance and Duty" (2)

"For Another's trime" (2)

"The Filly" (2)

"The Buried Past" (2)

"American Born" (2)

"The Belle of Yorktown" (3)

"The Blight of Wealth" (2)

"Witch of Salem" (2)

"The War Correspondent" (2)

"L'Article 47" (2)

"The Trail of the Lost Chord" (2)

"For Love of a Man" (2)

"The Ghost" (2)

"The Imposter" (2)

"The Judgment" (2)

"The Veteran" (2)

"The Junior Partner" (2)

"Widow Maloney's Faith" (2)

"From Out of the Storm" (2)

"The Oath of O Tsuru San" (2)

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"Hearts" (2)

"The Heart of Kathleen"

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"The Van Warden Rnbies" (2)

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"God of Chance" (2)

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r BULLETIN MO. 4

To cash-in to the greatest extent on your earning power, it is essential for you to have a thorough Icnowledge of
the various parts of a perfect projector and to understand clearly the use of each. We are sending you this
information at frequent intervals.

Each Simplex Bulletin has a valuable message for you. Keep them — it is worth your while.

In this Bulletin we explain the Intermittent Case which is in two pieces— Box, 49 and Screw Cover, 50. It is
made of close grain grey cast iron in which vanadium is mixed. Like the Centre Frame, the bearings are of gener-
ous length, drilled and reamed to exact size by expert workmen. They are then glazed by revolving shafts of tool
steel, forming a bearing of unusual efficiency.

The Eccentric Bearing (54) of the star wheel shaft (67) is of machine steel, into which is set a pack hard-
ened, ground and lapped steel bushing 1-3/8" long and 15/64" in diameter (Plate Bl). The entire bearing is 1/100"
off centre. By loosening the two set screws (55, Bl) and using the wrench (614, on Plate B) the star can be
adjusted to the cam with far greater ease than on ordinary machines because theie is oiay de bearing.

The Intermittent Movement is perfectly balanced as you can see by a glance
at "Bl." The star wlieel bears on cam (615) and by tlie superior construction of
the framing device, the film effects an equal strain on the intermittent sprocl^et
((-i8). The eccentric bearing (54) equalizes the strain on the star wheel and the
^procl^et end of the intermittent sliaft.

Tlie star wheel shaft is small in diameter and consequently reduces the
weight to a minimum, so that when turned and stopped 16,000 times during the
projection of one reel of film, the Ijacklasli is eliminated. As you know, if you
take two wheels, one 1 ft. and the other 2 ft. and revolve them both at the same .
speed, then bring them to a sudden stop, the lighter one (1 ft.) will instantly
i-ome to a dead stop, caused by a -lack of centrifugal force; but the heavier one
will stop with a jar and backlash.

The star wheel and shaft (67) are made from a special drop forging of tool
steel, as are the cam and shaft (615), both being accurate to the 1/10,000 of an
inch limit, and are cut on specially designed machines requiring the most careful
workmanship and skill to produce.

The gears (585^, 61-Bl) are of tool steel, spiral cut, pack hardened and ground
into a perfect mesh to roll together witliout the slightest friction.

The intermittent sprocket (68) and upper and lower feed sprockets (40) are
cut on a machine specially designed for the making of the Simplex. The teeth
are cut involute, which is the most perfect form of tooth for film contact, a feature
that is vitally important in the rock steady perfect projection for which the Simplex
is famed.

Oiling of the star, cam and fly wheel shaft is accomplished by oil tubes leading
to the bearings; the cam, working on a system commonly termed splash feed,
lubricates the gears.

Plate B

By loosening four screws the intermittent case can be removed from the
mechanism and replaced in two minutes.

The framing of the film is accomplished by advancing or retarding the inter-
mittent by a novel arrangement of turning the intermittent box forward or back-
ward, the shutter synchronizing automatically by a simple cam arrangement. Con-
sequently the intermittent sprocket is always in line with the film both vertically
and horizontally, and does not move up and down. Because there is no moving
carriage, the possibility of losing the lower loop is eliminated.

These points show you the precise care with which every Simplex part is made
—Illustrate graphically the reasons why the Simplex is the perfect projector.

TO THE OPERATOR.

It is worth your while to study the Simplex carefully because the Simplex
makes your work easier, better, and far more profitable. You want to get the
best results and make the most money. Simplex operators are doing it. Why
don't YOU?

If the Simplex is not operated near you and your Dealer does not carry it,
write us and we will tell you where you can see one and learn what it means
to you.

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IT IS ALL
IN THE MAKING

A PERFECT PROJECTOR
GIVES PERFECT RESULTS

The Great Rigidity of

A MOTION PICTURE MACHINE -especially when hand
driven — is subject to great vibration. Unless your machine
has the stability to withstand this the result is an unsteady picture
no matter how perfect your projection.

With the SIMPLEX, perfection in results comes first. The
projection is flickerless, the machine far heavier than any other
made; and the pedestal, weighing 130 lbs., gives an absolute solid
foundation which successfully resists all vibration.

Careful attention to every detail
and precision in construction have
rendered

The Peerless Projector

Used in over 90% of the Film Studios.

Catalogue C gives full details

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317 East 34th Street

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HELICAL GEARS INCREASE the LK2 of

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showing Helical Gears

NOT content merely to make the Edison the longest
lived projecting machine on the market, we are
constantly building it stronger and stronger. Our
latest improvement is the substituting of HELICAL
GEARS instead of spur gears formerly used in the
mechanism.

These Helical Gears give

Longer Life Silent Operation Steadier Operation

The Edison Helical Gears are twice as heavy as the
old spur gears. Thej- are made of hardened tool steel
and will outwear any die cast gear on the market.

The diagonal cut of the Helical Gears keeps the gears always in mesh, thus doing
away with the play in the old spur gears and giving absolutely uniform application
of power. That means steadier projection.

The lack of play greatly reduces the noise of operation, making the machine prac-
tically silent.

A Gear Guard has been placed over the new mechanism. It adds to the appear-
ance of the Kinetoscope and affords protection to the operator.

Despite the greatlj' improved service of the Edison and
the increased cost of manufactm'e, the price is still

$250.00

Including 25-40 Ampere Grid Type Rheostat

You must see this new mechanism in operation to ap-
preciate that our claims are far from exaggerated. Step
into the nearest Mutual Exchange — they all sell Edison
Kinetoscopes — and examine the new type "D" thoroughly.
You will never he satisfied with any other projecting
machine.

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Reliance.

TUESDAY— Majestic, Thanhouser.
Selected Release.

WEDNESDAY— Beauty, Broncho,
Mutual Weekly, Reliance.

THURSDAY— American, Domino,
Komic, Keystone. Selected Release.

FRIDAY— Kay-Bee, Princess,
Thanhouser.

SATURDAY — American, Key-
stone, Majestic, Reliance.

SUNDAY— Apollo, Majestic, Than-
houser.

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24 — ^The Occult

27— The Spartan Girl of the West
29 — At Midnight
1 — American Born (2)

4 — No release

6 — A Divorce Scandal

8 — Trapped in a Forest Fire

11 — His First Case

13 — Armed Intervention

15— Where the Road Forks (2)

18 — Personal Magnetism
20 — Fate's Round Up

22— The Shriner's Daughter (2)

25 — No release

27 — The Rose of San Juan
29 — In the Firelight

1 — No release

3 — The Miser's Policy

5— The Power of Light (2)
8 — No release

10 — The Love of Thomas Gray

12— Destinies Fulfilled (3)
15 — No release

17 — Unto the Weak

19 — The Return of Helen Redmond (2)
22 — No release.

24 — At the Potter's Wheel

23 — The Mexican Sleep Producer
30 — Her Husband and My Wife
7 — Fred Goes In For Horses
14 — The Portola Festival

Los Angeles Police Parade

(Split Reel)

21— Fred's I. O. U.
28 — The Fresh Freshman
4 — ^The Tale of a Shirt
11— A Swell Dish

Whose Baby Are You?

(Split Reel)

18 — An Accidental Baby
25 — It's a Bear!

14 — Withering Roses
21 — Fooling Uncle

26 — ^The Reformation
3— The Buried Past (2)
10— The Frame Up
17— The Open Door (2)
24 — Her Father's Story (2)
31— The Woman (2)
7 — A Military Judas (3)
14 — The Cure
21 — Conscience (2)

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Nov. 27— The Belle of Yorktown (3)

Dec. 4 — The Filly (2)

Dec 11 — Devotion (2)

Dec. 18 — The Curse (2)

Dec. 25 — Eileen of Erin (2)

Jan. 1 — True Irish Hearts

Jan. 8— The Harp of Tara (2)

Jan. 15— The Primitive Call (3)

Jan. 22— The Informer (2)

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11 — For Mother's Sake
14 — Efficacy of Prayer

18 — The Claim Jumper
21— Days of '49

2 — The Revelation
5 — The Long Portage
9 — Her Legacy

12— Soul of the South (2)

19— The Pitfall (2)
23 — No release

26 — The Harvest of Sin
2 — Prince

9 — The Narcotic Spectre
16 — Circle of Fate (2)
23 — Kentucky Romance

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Jan. 11— A Ticket to Red Gulch

Jan. 13 — Jake's Hoodoo

Jan. 17 — The Lackey

Tan. 18— What the Crystal Told

Jan. 20— The Ring

Jan. 24 — The Power of Mind

Jan. 25 — The Thief and the Book

13— Wine

17— Our Children

20 — A Muddy Romance

24 — Fatty Joins the Force
27 — Cohen Saves the Flag

1 — The Woman Hater

4 — The Rogues' Gallery

The San Francisco Celebration
(Split reel)
8 — A Ride For a Bride

11— The Horse Thief
15 — The Gusher

18 — Fatty's Flirtation

Protecting San Francisco From Fire
— (Split reel)

20 — His Sister's Kids
22 — A Bad Game

25 — Some Nerve

29 — He Would A Hunting Go
1 — A Misplaced Foot

A Glimpse of Los Angeles

(Split reel)

5 — Mabel's Stormy Love Affair
8— The Under Sheriff

12 — A Flirt's Mistake

15 — How Motion Pictures Are Made
17 — In the (Clutches of the Gang

19 — Too Many Brides
22 — Won in a Closet

24 — Rebecca's Wedding Day

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18 — First Prize . . At the Cabaret
(Split reel)
25 — Wifey's (Christmas Present
A Live Wire

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1— The Bad Man from the East
Levi's Luck (Split reel)

8 — (phasing Gloom

The Servant Question (Split reel)
15 — Walt's Photograph

The Vapor Bath

(Split reel)

22 — What the Burglar Got

The Wild Man From Borneo

(Split reel)

4 — The Ward of the Senior Class

8 — Levinsky's Holiday

9 — The Bravest Man
11— The Rivals

15 — The Pitch That Defiles

16 — The Tomboy's Race
18— L' Article 47 (2)

22 — No release

23— The House On the Tree

25 — A Warm Welcome

29 — An Accidental Que

30 — Hendrick's Divorce

2 — The Padre's Sacrifice

6 — The Helping Hand

7 — Rick's Redemption

9 — Romance and Duty (2)

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16 — The God of To-morrow

20 — Man's Awakening

21 — The Prisoner of the Mountains
23 — Mrs. Brown's Burglar

27— The Pride of the Force

26 — Helen's Strategem
30— The Baby

3 — Educating His Daughters

4 — Mollie and the Oil King
6 — The Ten of Spades

10 — The Sorority Initiation

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5— The Little Church Around the
Corner

12 — His Imaginary Family
19 — The Law of Humanity
26 — Cupid's Lieutenant

2 — A Rural Free Delivery Romance

9 — A Circumstantial Nurse
16— When the Cat Came Back
23 — The Vacant Chair

12— The Bracelet

15— For Love of a Man (2>

17 — Two Men and a Mule (Series 4)
19 — A Man and a Woman
22 — Her Father's Daughter

26 — A Rough Diamond
29 — The Reporter's Scoop

1 — Tony's Sacrifice
3 — A Woman of Sin_

6 — For Another's Crime (2)
8 — Two Girls of the Hills

10— Four $100 Bills

13 — A Man's a Man

16 — The Mighty Atom

17 — The Pseudo Prodigal
22— The Flyleaf of Fate
24 — The Alternative

27 — Giavonni's Gratitude (2)
29 — Daybreak

31 — His Awful Vengeance

Seeing Stars and Stripes

(Split reel)
3 — Some Rogues and a Girl
5 — The Loafer

7— The Sacrifice

10 — The Psychological Moment
12 — Slim Hogan's Getaway

14 — The Two Slaves

17— The Faith of Her Fathers

19— Our Mutual Girl

21— The Man

24— The Hidden Clue

18 — Baby's Joy Ride
21— A Clothes-line Quarrel

23 — Their Great Big Beautiful Doll
25— The Blight of Wealth (2)
28— Curfew Shall Not Ring To-night
30 — The Henpecked Hod Carrier
2— The Problem Love Solved

5 — What Might Have Been
7 — The Milkman's Revenge

9 — A Beauty Parlor Graduate

12 — Uncle's Namesakes

14 — Lawyer, Dog and Baby
16 — Peggy's Invitation

19 — Jack and the Beanstalk
■fhe Bushleaguer's Dream (2)

21 — No release

23 — An Orphan's Romance (2)

2'6— His Father's Wife

28— The Head Waiter

30 — An Amateur Animal Trainer
2 — Their Golden Wedding
4 — Mrs. Pinkhurst's Proxy

6 — The Runaway Princess (3)
9 — No release

11 — Two Little Dromios

13 — Adrift in a Great City
16 — Coals of Fire

18 — Turkey Trot Town

20 — Her Love Letters

23 — An Elusive Diamond
25 — The Elevator Man

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Reel Life

Mme. Gerardy and The Mutual Girl

Madam Jean Gerardy, wife of the noted 'cel-
list, has a decidedly different opinion of Ameri-
can women from that of the wife of Ysaye.
Madam Gerardy — who accompanied her famous
husband when he was presented to Our Mutual
Girl recently at the Hotel Majestic, at 72nd Street
and Central Park West, New York City — was
told that the wife of the great violinist did not
think well of the manner in which American
women selected and wore their clothes.

"I am afraid I do not agree with her," said
Madam Gerardy, "for I must confess that I con-
sider American women the most beautiful and
the most alluring creatures in the world!"

The celebrated 'cellist was an interested listener
to the conversation, but did not volunteer any
opinion on the subject. He was greatly interested,
however, in the "behind the scenes" of motion
pictures, and insisted upon escorting the Mutual
Girl and her aunt to their waiting limousine, after
he had been photographed with them in several
interesting scenes.

A Radical Departure in Posters

According to President H. E. Aitken, of the
Mutual Film Corporation, the production of high-
class artistic posters in connection with the regu-
lar film releases is only second in importance to
the production of the motion pictures themselves.

Mr. Aitken says that, although moving picture
posters, as a whole, show a vast improvement over
those issued one year ago, there is much room
for further advancement.

The original reason for the poor class of litho-
graphs used in picture advertising, was, no doubt,
the lack of importance placed upon them by some
manufacturers, and the short-sighted policy of
striving for sensational effects indulged in by
others. But artistic posters are beginning to re-
ceive the attention they deserve, and it is safe
to predict that the cheap dime novel style of
lithographs will soon be a mere matter of early
film history.

Under President Aitken's direction, the Mutual
is making strenuous efforts to overcome the many
obstacles that stand in the way of perfect poster
service — both from the standpoint of the poster
itself, and its distribution to the exhibitor. Time,
or rather, the lack of time, is the greatest problem
that the motion picture manufacturer has to solve,
as opposed to the producer of stage drama. For
where the theatrical manager has weeks in which
to allow for the making of his "paper," the pic-
ture manager has only days.

This fact, of course, puts the film company at a
serious disadvantage. To have sketches made by
the lithographer, and submitted for approval be-
fore the making of the posters, consumes many
precious hours, and in case of the rejection of
the first sketches offered, the making of a second
set is in many cases greatly handicapped by the
proximity of the date upon which the posters must
be delivered.

The Mutual has greatly lessened the obstacles
that stand in the way of its poster ideals by the
establishment of a special department that is giv-
ing all of its attention to the subject. That re-
sult has fully justified the effort and promises
even more perfect posters in the immediate future.

"Until Death Do Us Part"

Introducing a number of well-known artists,
new to the Mutual program, the first multiple reel
production offered by the Mutual Film Corpora-
tion, since its spectacular activity several weeks
ago, when it suddenly branched out and secured
the services of numerous new directors and actors
under D. W. Griffith's guidance — was given its
initial performance in Philadelphia on January 9th.

"The Great Leap" or "Unto Death Do Us Part"
is the title of the feature, which is a four-part
drama of feud life in the Kentucky Mountains.
It is remarkable for its large number of legiti-
mate thrills — chief among which is a leap on
horseback, made by the hero, with the leading

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Reliance

woman clinging to his shoulders, from a high table
rock into the deep waters of a raging torrent at
the foot of a jagged cliff.

Due to the successful photographing of this
really death-defying feat of recklessness, the
picture would command special attention as a
thriller, even were it less valuable as a dramatic
offering.

But artistically staged by Christy Cabanne, with
Mae Marsh and Robert Harron in the leading
roles, supported by the great Indian rider. Eagle
Eye, and a splendid cast, the production is worthy
of its position as the opening feature of a new
era in the history of Mutual pictures.

Mayor Ince's Christmas Presen'.

Mayor Thomas Ince of Inceville is said to be
the hardest working public official in the world,
not excepting the President of the United States.
That he is the busiest mayor in the world is not
even open to serious question.

Mayor Ince is the motion picture director who
is responsible for the pretentious Kay Bee and
Domino productions seen on the Mutual pro-
gram, and his public office is due to the fact that
he has built up a city of more than seven hundred
inhabitants at Santa Inez Canyon, California.

Thomas Ince is Vice-President, Manager and
Head Director of the New York Motion Picture
Corporation, besides being the mayor of Ince-
ville— and although his working hours average
from eighteen to twenty of the twenty-four, not
excepting Sunday, he seems never too busy to
pass the time of day with a friend or to be kind
to those who labor under his able direction.

The busy population of Inceville are very fond
of their mayor, and on Christmas presented him
with a slight token of their esteem in the shape
of a beautiful watch fob containing sixty
diamonds. The gift was presented after the de-
livery of a speech, which would seem to insure
the re-election of Mayor Ince for many terms
to come.

Kathie Fischer

Kathie Fischer is six years old, and is a little
"native daughter" for she was born at Oakland,
California, on the twenty-sixth of August. Kathie
is a niece of Margarita Fischer and inherits her
talent, for her mother — known on the stage as
Mary Scott — is well known in stock in the middle
West and the far West. She also acted as a child,
and took mature parts at an early age.

Kathie bears a strong resemblance to her popular
aunt, and has had the benefit of her careful
tutelage and affection. She has also been fortunate
in that she always acted under Harry Pollard's

direction, for the child loves and respects him,
and he insists upon her being natural at all times.

Kathie is dark, with big, expressive eyes — and
she is a born comedienne. In serious drama, also,
the child has a wonderful grasp of the meaning to
be conveyed and of sentiment. For some time she
acted in the Powers pictures and made a big hit
in the following: "Why Rags Left Home," "Bob-
by's Magic Nickel," "While the Children Slept,"
"The Kid," "Playmates," "The Lesson the Chil-
dren Taught," and "Jimmy's Deception."

She is now appearing with Margarita Fischer,
under Harry Pollard's direction, in the "Beauty"
brand at the American studios. She is one of
the few really naturally clever children appearing
in Photoplays, and is, fortunately, a sweet un-
spoiled little girl with it all.

New York Motion Picture Corporation
$10,000 Offer Refused. Movies Can't
Tempt Mantell. Thespian Declines
to Present "Richelieu" Before
Camera Until He Retires

Robert Mantell, dean of Shakespearean actors
on the American stage, will not enter the realm
of the movies.

Mr. Mantell refused an offer yesterday of un-
usual financial proportions to play his famous
"Richelieu" before the camera, but for the sixth
time refused to appear anywhere but on the legiti-
mate stage, until he has finally retired from actual
stage life, when he says he may be induced to
record "King John," "Richelieu" and "King
Lear" on the reel-films.

Since Sarah Bernhardt and Forbes-Robertson
registered their best efforts in the movies, Mr.
Mantell has received countless offers to play many
of his most notable successes before the camera,
but has steadfastly refused, and yesterday re-
fused the offer of Thomas H. Ince, vice-president
and general manager of the New York Motion
Picture Corporation, of $10,000 to play before the
camera during his engagement in Shakespearean
repertoire, at the Majestic Theatre next week.

Mr. Mantell does not refuse for the reason that
he does not believe in the great educational worth
of the moving pictures, but because he believes
that so long as he shall appear before the public
in person, he should not appear on a screen.

Mr. Ince, who made him the offer, already has
the signature of William Faversham to a contract
calling for this actor's appearance in "Julius
Caesar" before Aug. 1, 1914, a production that
will excel in every particular in point of mas-
siveness and magnitude, the presentation Mr.
Faversham made here this season, while he also
holds contracts with several other famous players
who will appear in feature films here this
summer.

Beauty Films

Under the title of Beauty Film, the Mutual
Program adds another brand to their output. It
is announced that on Wednesdaay of each week a
one-reel subject will be put on the market. The
first subject, under the title, "Withering Roses,"
is released on Jan. 14th. The drama well bears
out the name of the brand, and is a fair testi-
monial of the quality of subjects to follow.
"Withering Roses" is an allegorical play, teeming
with love interest, and executed in a very artistic
manner. Harry Pollard is the producer, and also
plays the lead. Opposite him plays Margarita
Fischer, one of the most popular stage beauties —
with an enviable reputation on the legitimate
stage, as well as in moving pictures.

An able company of reputable stars has been
engaged for the Beauty productions. At a pri-
vate exhibition of a number of subjects, it was
evident that each succeeding subject excelled, and
it can safely be maintained that this brand will
become very popular in a short time. It is in-
tended that comedies, as well as dramas of high-
est quality, will be put out.

Reel Life

3

Holiday Season Over

The holiday spirit having spent its fury at Santa
Barbara, conditions are again normal. The
weather permitting, the more important work of
producing pictures has been resumed with re-
newed vigor — and glowing descriptions of thrilling
features eminate from the "Flying A" studios.

A Blowout At Santa Banana

The "Flying A" Company under iLoriraer
Johnston has put out a very creditable two-reel
farce drama which depicts the amusements and
sports indulged in on a holiday in a frontier
town. The rapid succession of one stunt after
another gives the subject a snappy effect that is
entirely pleasing.

A Western Town Celebration

A Fourth of July play, under the title of "A
Blowout At Santa Banana," furnishes a multi-
tude of experiences incident to Western life.
A wagon load of fireworks is accidentally set off,
a Western hold-up, busting bronchos, catching a
greased pig, and similar sports are depicted in a
most amusing manner.

Three of the characters are given their choice
of marrying three old maids or being lynched.
They heroically choose to die.

"Calamity Anne in Society"

Louise Lester, in her inimitable new character
sketch of Calamity Anne, goes herself one better
than in her last appearance of "Calamity Anne's
Dream." Her acting is perfectly natural, so much
so, in fact, that one would almost believe her to
be the novice in society dress she purports to be.

Her appearance is decidedly grotesque and will
provoke wholesome amusement while attesting her
astounding versatility. Release of this subject
has been set for Jan. 31st.

The Elusive Diamond

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Jan. 23, 1914
CAST

Mrs. Burr, a wealthy old widow, Carey L. Hastings

Bettina, her companion Mignon Anderson

Butler David Thompson

Mrs. Burr's favorite niece was to be married
Thursday evening — and wishing to make Clemen-
tine a very valuable present, the widow selected
from her collection a noted diamond which she
entrusted to her companion, a bright, capable girl,
with instructions to deliver it safely into the
hands of the prospective bride, at her suburban
home. The companion's suspicions were aroused
by the conduct of the butler — and she took pains
to conceal the diamond in the most unlikely place
before setting out. In the suburban town she was
met by a man who pretended to be an employee
of the niece, sent to conduct her to the house. It
did not occur to her that this might be an ac-
complice of the butler- — and she presently found
herself a prisoner in a deserted house. Her be-
longings were searched — and she threw the jewel
case, concealed in her hair, out of the window,
where her captor and his wife wasted much pre-
cious time hunting for it, the girl meanwhile mak-
ing her escape. She came back with two police-
men— and then it was revealed that the elusive
diamond had not been out of her possession at all.
It was cleverly hidden in Bettina's traveling bag,
embedded in a cake of soap.

Her Love Letters

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Jan. 20, 1914
CAST

Williamson, a well-to-do broker, Harry Benham

Elise, his wife "Miss Beautiful"

Phyllis, their child Thanhouser Kidlet

Williamson and his wife, Elise, are very

James Cruze Thanhouser

happy — until she is obliged to go abroad to the
bedside of her dying mother, and the ship is lost.
Mrs. Williamson is not reported among the few
survivors. In settling his wife's affairs, William-
son goes through her desk — and is deeply touched
to find the letters he had written her during their
engagement. But a shock comes when he also dis-
covers another package of love letters, addressed
to "Sweetheart" and signed "Henry." For the
sake of their little girl, Williamson decides he will
never breathe to anyone a word about his wife's
other lover. Shortly after, Mrs. Williamson is
found at sea, clinging, with two others from the
shipwreck, to an open boat. She returns home —
and at first the shock of joy eclipses everything
else in her husband's thoughts — then, the memory
of the secret letters ccmes between him and her.
He is on the point of leaving her forever — when
she discovers the whole trouble, and proves con-
clusively that the letters were written to an old
school friend, and given her for safe keeping. She
forgives her husband his suspicions, first for the
sake of their child — and, later, freely, out of the
love she bears him.

Margarita Fischer — "American Girl"
Her Career

Recently engaged with the appropriately named
"B'eauty" brand of the American company at
Santa Barbara, Margarita Fischer is now univer-
sally known as the "American Girl"- — ^and surely
no better type could possibly have been selected.
Miss Fischer is playing under the direction of
Harry Pollard, with whom she has been associated
and whom she has played opposite to, for several
years.

This wonderfully versatile young actress was
born in the middle West, and had no thoughts of
anything but her own people and school, until a
travelling dramatic company visited the town and
the manager persuaded Mr. Fischer to let Margar-
ita play a part in one of their productions. The
child's talents were so pronounced that her father
decided to form a company and star Margarita
as "Babe Fischer." Thus she was known when,
as early as fourteen years of age, she played the
leads in all the well known stock productions. In
the same company her sister, two years her senior^
played the character parts, and Margarita was an
established favorite throughout the middle West
and the Western states. On the death of her fa-
ther, Margarita secured an engagement with Wal-
ter Sanford and played leads for a long season.
Other prominent engagements were with T. Daniel
Frawley in Canada, and Joseph Medill Patterson.
She played a season with Grace George, and was
later starred in "By-products." Miss Fischer went
over the principal vaudeville circuits with Harry

Pollard, with a sketch entitled "When Hearts Are
Trumps."

Her motion picture experiences have been a
continuous triumph, starting with the Selig Poly-
scope Company in Chicago. This was followed by
an engagement with the American, and later an
extended stay with the Imp, which led to the Uni-
versal, principally under the Rex brand. Miss
Fischer is blessed with youth and great beauty,
and possesses wonderful powers of facial expres-
sion. She can literally "talk with her eyes." She
is exceptionally good in emotional parts, but is
almost as much at home in light comedy — and
surely there was never a more pathetic "poor
girl" on the screen, or a sweeter "old lady," when
the opportunity presents itself.

Is Margarita popular? Well, she inspired a
gifted musician to write a song about her which
was sung all over the continent — her face looks
out at one upon the box of one of the best brands
of talcum powder on the market — her face and
bust are on the back of playing cards — and she
has posed, as model, to more than one famous
painter. And her mail! She receives hundreds
of letters a year — and what is more, she answers
them, too. Of a particularly lovable disposition,
this . charming little lady has a host of friends
who follow her work with ever increasing interest.

Harry Pollard

By Richard Willis,
Photoplayers' Club, Los Angeles, Cal.

Harry Pollard is one of the most recent acqui-
sitions to the "Mutual Program." On January
the fourteenth, the first release of the "Beauty"
brand, produced at the beautiful studios at Santa
Barbara, will take place. The "Beauty" brand
will represent the output of a company directed
by Mr. Pollard, who will also play his own leads.
He has beautiful Margarita Fischer opposite him,
as well as a carefully picked company. For
many months Harry Pollard produced highly suc-
cessful and artistic photoplays at the Universal
studios at Hollywood — pictures which embraced
emotional dramas, children's plays, and comedies
of a high order. Among others may be named—
"The Village Blacksmith," "In a Strange Land,"
"Black Jack's Atonement," "Mother," "The
Freckles" series of comedies, "Bobbie's Magic
Nickel*" "While the Children Slept," "The Kid,"
"Playmates," "The Lesson the Children Taught,"
"The Doctor's Story," "Why Rags Left Home,"
and "Three Children." In many of these Mr.
Pollard acted himself, and always with distinction.

Harry Pollard is Kansas born, but his family
migrated to California, where Harry was brought
up on a ranch. He learned to ride and became
strong and athletic. He got his first liking for
the stage by winning a competition at school,
given for the best recitation, at the age of twelve,
when he competed against pupils up to the age
of twenty. Overhearing a remark, made by a
teacher, that he was destined for the stage, he
then and there decided upon his future — and at
the age of 18 secured a minor position at the
Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco. Possessed of
a wonderful memory, and steeped in the history,
of the stage and the many plays he had quietly
studied, he was enabled to take up a trying part
at a few hours' notice when an actor fell sick.
His rise after this was rapid, and although he
held many positions as lead in prominent stock
companies, he returned several times to be wel-
comed warmly at the Alcazar. He is well known
in vaudeville circles — having toured the country
with Margarita Fischer in "When Hearts Are
Trumps" and other sketches.

In moving pictures Harry Pollard made his
initial appearance with the Selig Polyscope com-
pany, opposite Miss Fischer. Then came engage-
ments with the Imp and the Universal, and with
the American in Arizona. His years of experi-
ence, coupled with an excellent screen appearance,
sound dramatic training, and absorption in his
work, as well as an unerring eye to detail, fits
him peculiarly for his position as director and
leading man in the newly created "Beauty" brand.

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Reel Life

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AWEEKLY MAGAZINE OF KINETIC DRAMA AND LITERATURE

PUBLISHED BY
MUTUAL FILM CORPORATION, NEW YORK

W®V7 York, Jiuvuwy \/, \0H

CLARENCE HERBERT NEW,. Editor WM. H. PECKHAM, Business Manager

MUTUAL FILM CORPORATION, Publishers, 71 West 23rd Street
Five Cents the Copy Circulation This Week 25,000 $2.50 by th« Yeaer

In selling any commodity to the general public — whether
merchandise or amusement — every producer of such com-
modity studies the various classes of his customers and
manufactures special wares for special groups. Occasion-
ally, the commodity is of such nature that it reaches all
classes — equally — but even then, it sells better if it is put
up in different shapes to suit different tastes.

If there is any impression that the audiences who go to see a
Feature Play are practically identical with those who habitually
patronize a programme of One-Reelers, it is a mistaken one — and
the reason is fundamental. Of course, individuals will be found
in all classes who will go to see any and every kind of a picture
play — but it is very doubtful if a six-reel Feature will ever draw,
steadily, as large audiences in the tenement districts, for example,
as a selected programme of one and two-reel plays shown for one
evening only. The home of the Feature Play is properly on Broad-
way or similar streets in other cities — and to explain the reason
for this, it is necessary to dig down a bit into the psychology of
human amusements.

A few hundred years ago, amusements were less complex — and
fewer. The country Fair, with its rough sports — bear-baiting,
wrestling, shooting at the butts, dancing and merry-making in gen-
eral— came within reach of every man. Even the strolling players
giving their dramatic representations at the wayside Inn couldn't
collect a penny until their performance was practically over — and
depended upon the generosity of the spectators at that. But v/hen
it came to a production by the King's Players in the old Globe
Theatre — or a specially enacted Masque or Tourney in some noble-
man's castle — the public at large either were not invited or found
the price a steeper one in several ways.

From Shakespeare's time to this, the amusements of the masses
have been made up of individual acts rather than a single con-
secutive entertainment lasting several hours. Probably each man and
woman among the audiences has a personal liking for some par-
ticular part of an evening's varied entertainment because it is
something with which the spectator is thoroughly acquainted. A
man, for example, preferred seeing and participating in a good
wrestling match because that was his pet form of athletics, and
a woman enjoyed pretty dancing because she had a personal repu-
tation in that line. Or — coming down to more modern times — a
mason or a porter enjoys the gymnastic "turns" at a variety show
because he's tried a good many himself — and his wife enjoys a bit
of rough-house comedy because she's a first-hand connoisseur of
that sort of thing in the tenements where they live.

Before the Movies came along, the dramatic entertainment of
the masses was 80% vaudeville and 20% Bowery melodrama —
their theatre was the variety theatre, par excellence. We remember
asking the question one day, in the high and far-off time — why a
certain managerial acquaintance ran nothing but vaudeville in his
theatre. And the reply seems just as emphatic to-day as it was

then: "Because Fm not in business for my health! What
would you expect me to run in that neighborhoodf"

That answer covers the whole question. Our theatres
today, in any locality, are just what they are because they
supply a public demand. Nobody's in business for his
health — in these days — or from artistic pride in his work,
either. He's out for the money. And he produces at
his theatre what he knows will bring the money. When the
cash receipts begin to fall of¥, he goes into executive session with
himself to study out the reason why — and changes his bill accord-
ingly.

With the Broadway Crowd — considering that sort of audience
as a separate class — the fundamental process of enjoying any
sort of dramatic amusement is entirely different. As a class, it has
had far more advantages than the vaudeville patrons — advantages
of wide reading — thinking — travel — acquaintance with the higher
forms of the Drama and Opera in various countries. And it
demands more stability — solidity — food for consecutive thought —
in its dramatic entertainment. Acrobatic feats, it sees at the circus,
where they properly belong — it doesn't care for them in the theatre.
When it wishes to see a base-ball star or a famous pugilist, it
goes up to the Polo Grounds or the Coney Island Athletic Club — it
doesn't care for them on the stage, where they have no legitimate
excuse for appearing. And above most of the other considerations,
it wishes to know what it is going to see, beforehand. The idea
of buying a seat as one grabs a lottery ticket out of a bag, and
being entertained by any program which happens to be on that
night, doesn't appeal to this class of people at all. They like to
select their play a week in advance and discuss it with those
who may have seen it already. They like certain seats in the house
— they are not comfortable in others. They buy their seats ahead as
a rule — because they like to feel that on a certain evening they are to
see and enjoy some definite play which they enjoy in anticipation
during the interim.

The Feature Play appeals particularly to this class of people. If
it is a filmitization of some popular book, they have read the
book and are curious to see what sort of picture play has been
made of it. The Feature Play usually runs for the full week — which
again appeals to this class. They've seen the posters and made
up their minds to go — but — Monday and Tueday evenings are not
convenient — they have other engagements. Thursday happens to
be open — they get tickets for that evening.

The whole proposition is a difference in the manner of living.
The man on Avenue A takes his amusement as it comes and
doesn't care to bother his head about it in advance. The man on
Central Park East has to consult his private secretary to see
what evening he has open — and purchase his tickets ahead. And, as
the Exhibitor isn't in business for his health, he gives each man
what he wishes.

6

Two long weary days it had lasted. Forty-eight seemingly
never-ending hours had gone by, and he had not even spoken
with her. Indeed, had it not been for the envelope of copy,
brought in each morning by the postman, he would not have
known whether she was still alive. But it was his own fault,
and he realized it. It was he who had forced the estrange-
ment. It was he who had left
the dinner table in anger that
evening — to stride from the house
a few moments later, so overcome
with jealous rage that he hardly
knew where he was going.

And all during those two gray
days, that letter lay on his desk —
as if put there by Satan to spur
his passions whenever he showed
signs of relenting. Its typed ad-
dress taunted him. Its postmark
seemed to burn its way into his
brain and make him furious. Time
and again he picked it up in anger
— only to put it down again un-
opened. He could never quite
make up his mind whether it was
better for him to be certain of his
wife's duplicity, or remain ignor-
ant of the details, and in that
way, make it easier for him to
forget.

Once again he picked it up.
This time, however, he was not
angry, nor had he any thoughts
of opening it. He merely sat
studying the envelope pensively,
sadly. His day's work and worry
over conditions in general had
taken every ounce of energy from
City Editor Billy Butler. He was
content to sit and meditate there,
in the all but deserted Editorial
room of the Evening Times. An
hour ago he had sent the forms of
the final edition to press. The
members of his staff had long
since gone home — save for a
single emergency man, an operator
and a copy boy, all forced to re-
main, in case news warranting a special extra should develop. The
stream of human beings — the six o'clock throng that nightly hurried
across City Hall Park and passed down Park Row to Brooklyn
Bridge and home — had gone, too. Home ! Two days ago the word
had meant something to him. But now — • He crushed his stale
cigar in his palm as he thought of all the happiness that was
lost to him.

For twenty minutes he sat studying the address on the en-
velope, as if he sought to read the contents without opening it.
This was not the first letter he had studied thus. It was the
last of four that had come into his hands, all addressed to his
wife in the same careless typewriting, and bearing the post-
mark of a Philadelphia sub-station. The first had merely made
him curious — for he was certain that it contained a tribute to
Jessie's clever stories that recently had been appearing daily
on the back page of the Times.

He took the letter home, fully expecting to share its news.
But when his wife evaded his questions, yet showed keen in-

Harry Benham
"Her Lo

terest in the information the note contained, he became more
than curious. Then the second arrived, a few days later, and
again her evasive answers. This time he became really angry,
for he suddenly recalled that the last he had heard of Bob
Rome — a former Times man, who had paid particular attention
to Jessie when she was a regular member of his staff six years

before — was that he was some-
where in Philadelphia.

The third letter only made him
more convinced that his suspic-
ions as to the identity of the
writer were well grounded, for he
was certain that he recognized the
typewriting on the envelope as
Bob Rome's work. Not that
Rome's typing was any more ex-
pressive than that of any other
person, but Billy Butler had de-
veloped that sixth sense all news-
paper men eventually acquire —
the ability to read a man's char-
acter by the way he handles his
machine.

He had nothing in particular
against Rome. It had been a fair
contest six years ago and he had
won. Indeed, the evening their
engagement was announced, Rome
had arranged a dinner party for
their benefit. Butler always had
had the highest respect for his
rival after that — that is, he did
have, until his suspicions were
aroused by the letters.

To be sure, it was not a really
satisfactory clue to base his judg-
ment on — this psychology of the
type-written page — but the Times'
City Editor was far from ration-
al these days. In fact, his state
of mind was responsible for the
trouble with Jessie in the begin-
ning.

First of all had come his diffi-
culties in Wall Street. What
little money he had been able to
save during the last few years,
was invested in a block of stock which promptly slipped down
ten points within two weeks after its purchase. It had been
slipping down eights and quarters ever since.

Then, on top of this misfortune, came the disquieting news
that the Frawley Corporation, the big Chicago publishing firm,
was contemplating the purchase of the Evening Times, in order
to complete its newly-formed chain of papers on the Atlantic
Coast. Butler had not doubted the report when it was first
current, for the Frawley's had been trying for some time to
secure a paper in New York with an A. P. franchise. He also
knew that the present owner of the Times was willing to part
with the sheet for a certain price — in fact, Old Lumly had been
willing to sell out for two years; but the price he asked was so
ridiculously large that Butler had remained confident that the
paper would never change hands.

It was a well-known fact about the shop that the advent
of Frawley's would mean the passing of Billy Butler as City
Editor. Long ago, when Butler was a cub on a Chicago daily,

and Miss
ve Letters'

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7

he had trodden on Big Mike Frawley's corns, when he dug up
a political scandal story that was published the length and
breadth of the country. Mike Frawley had a reputation for
never forgetting anything of that nature, and it was certain he
would welcome any opportunity to get even.

And the opportunity had come. That very morning word
had been passed that the deal had gone through two days be-
fore, and the Frawley's were in charge. The rumor was veri-
fied an hour later, when Butler received a personal letter from
Big Mike himself, requesting his resignation — said resignation
to take effect at the end of the week.

This was more trouble heaped on the head of the almost
overwhelmed City Editor. But he had been expecting it.
Indeed, for a month past he had been trying hard to play safe,
by finding an opening on another sheet. But it was mid-
summer— and even Billy Butler could not find a newspaper
job in August.

How much longer than twenty minutes the troubled City
Editoir would have speculated on
the contents of the unopened
letter is a matter of conjecture.
The sudddn and [unexpected
rattle of a telegraph machine
aroused him. He looked up ex-
pectantly, and saw the single
operator coming from the tele-
graph room, putting on his hat
and coat as he walked.
"Going, Tom?"

"Yep, Washington wire says
'good-night.' It's nine o'clock."

The man picked a last edition
from the pile and folded it meth-
odically.

Butler watched the office boy
and emergency reporter pass out,
too. Then he slipped the letter
into his pocket, and taking his
hat from the top of his desk,
crossed to the switchboard and
darkened the room.

But as soon as he left the build-
ing his mind went back to Jessie
and the letters again. So preoc-
cupied was he, that he never no-
ticed he had entered the subway
until he mechanically produced a
nickel for his ticket. It was then
that he suddenly realized that he
was bound for home instead of
toward the Hotel Astor, where he
had spent the last two nights. He
hesitated a moment, as if in doubt
just what he should do. Then he
smiled.

"I can go up town and see the
youngster at least," he mused, as
he brushed by the ticket chopper.

* sjc * * * *

The maid answered the door bell, and Butler thought she
looked somewhat startled at seeing him. But before he could
speak she exclaimed:

"Oh, Mr. Butler, t' missus done gone t' Philerdelphy t' day
an' haint come back yet. I'm powerful wor — "

"Gone to Philadelphia!"

He was staggered. All the way up town he had been hoping for
a reconciliation with his wife. He had brought himself to the point
of forgiveness and even framed an apology. But the maid's words
made him forget his good intentions.

He passed her in a rage and strode through the house to
the library. Back and forth he paced, muttering to himself.
Once he caught sight of Jessie's picture on a table. It annoyed
him, so he turned its face away. But as he stampeded about
the room, his passions rose higher. Again his eye fell on the
photograph, and seizing it, he was on the point of hurling it
crashing against the wall — when a patter of bare feet made him
pause.

"Hello, Dad!" came a shout from the hallway, and a mo-
ment later a little girl in a long white nightgown darted into
the room, and caught his hand.

"Oh, Daddy, mother's gone to Phily-Phily-what's-his-name.
Where you been so long? An' whatter you doin' with mother's
picture?"

The presence of the little girl seemed to break the tension.
For answer to her questions he simply took her in his arms and
cuddled her close to him. And the child, feeling that some-
thing was amiss, was strangely silent.

Together they sat there for a long time, so long indeed
that the curly head was soon nodding. Finally it nestled con-
tentedly in the crook of his arm and the child slept. And
while she slept, the man's mind harked back over the past,
clinging longingly to the happy years since the child's mother
came into his life.

He remembered her first appearance in the Times office, a
vivacious high school girl from the West. He remembered her

first assignment — and how nerv-
ous she was when she left the
office to cover a meeting of the
girl shirtwaist strikers in Bry-
ant Hall. He recalled, too, the
story she wrote — a story bubbling
over with so many pleasantries,
that a really serious and ugly
strike meeting was made to
seem like a social gathering.
That had always been her
way of writing; indeed, the
winsomeness of her sentences
alone had carried her from space
writer to a well-paid specialist
before she had been in the game
three years. Then she decided to
be Bill Butler's wife, in spite of
the attentions of others. She will-
ingly gave up newspaper work to
take care of a home for him. For
six years she had been happy
with him and his child. But the
desire to create stories could not
be stifled entirely, and finally she
asked Billy Butler's permission
to do a single daily story for the
back page of the Times, writing
the copy at home during her spare
moments.

Just at this point in his medi-
tations the maid entered, with an
expression on her face that told
him more plainly than words that
it was high time for the sleepy
little bunch in his arms to be a-
bed. Meekly he gave her over,
kissing her good night, and im-
mediately fell to thinking again.

An hour later, the trend of his
thought was broken by a mufHed
fumbling at the front door latch, and the swish oif skirts, as some-
one came softly through the hallway.

He was standing when she entered — and when he saw her,
his anger returned.

"So, receiving letters isn't enough? You go to Philadelphia
to see him now!" Then, without waiting, "Here's the fourth
letter — perhaps you'll find something interesting in it." He
held it toward her.

She seized the envelope.

"Billy, you goose, how long have you had this?"

"Oh, I'm a goose for holding up another man's letters to
my wife two days, am I? I only wish I was cad enough to
have opened it."

But instead of being contrite, she smiled, and her eyes
twinkled merrily.

"You were a goose this time, you jealous old thing! That letter
is all about a new job for you. Why, just because you were so
long in bringing it home. Bob Rome had to telegraph to-day for

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Harry Benham and the Thanhouser Kidlet in
"Her Love Letters"

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Red Life

me to come to Philadelphia and fix things up. You see, he's run-
ning a newspaper men's exchange, and the managing editor of the
Chicago Post telegraphed him a month ago to get me to join his
staff — he'd been seeing my new stories and liked them. But I
wrote Bob that I'd only had one city editor in my life, and unless
Billy Butler got a job on the Post, too, the deal was off. And
guess what, Billy!"

"Can't," said the astonished and mortified man.

"Why, the Frawleys hired Werner, of the Post, to come to New
York and take your job on the Times — and Bob's got his old place
for you. Oh, you see, I've known all about your 'being fired, even
though you didn't come home. Bob got the news. And I meant
your new job to be a surprise; but you nearly spoiled things. Now
aren't you a goose?"

"I am," he whispered into the little pink ear, so temptingly near
that he kissed it first.

Motion Pictures To Promote River

SPOKANE, Wash. — A motion picture of the great upper Columbia
with its scenic panorama of forest, prairies, mountains, sheer pre-
cipices, tumbling cascades and veritable wonderland of beauty may be
taken as one of the first steps in the campaign started by the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce to open the great waterway to traffic and at
the same time create an interest and awaken enthusiasm in the
minds of tourists really to "see America first," says the Chronicle.

Not Questionable

Caller — I've heard it spoken of as a questionable play. Dramatic
Critic — Questionable? Not the least bit sir. It's absolutely un-
deniably and hopelessly bad, and everybody knows it. — Chicago
Tribune.

No Wonder

Mother (viciously scrubbing her small boy's face with soap and
water) — Johnny, didn't I tell you never to blacken your if ace with
burnt cork again? Here I have been scrubbing half an hour and
it won't come off.

Boy (between gulps) — I — uch — ain't your little boy — uch ! I'se
Mose, de colored lady's boy. — Judge.

Could He? Well, Yes

Just before he left London for a well deserved holiday at
Dunoon, Harry Lauder was telling us some good stories in his
dressing room at the Palace.

One of them related to a christening ceremony that was taking
place in a church in a mining district. The infant that was to be
christened was gloriously arrayed. Among other things it wore a
splendid bonnet, which, when the critical moment arrived, the mother
had some difficulty in removing.

With the eyes of the congregation upon her the poor woman was
greatly flustered, and her attempts to hold the baby and take its
bonnet off at the same time seemed likely to end in her dropping
the infant on the floor.

The clergyman turned rather impatiently to the father, a tre-
mendously powerful looking collier, who was standing stolidly
watching his wife's struggles.

"'Can you hold the child?" he asked sharply.

The big collier turned a disdainiful glance on the minister, rather
a diminutive man. "Man, I could fling him over the kirk — an' you
tae !" — Exchange.

Getting Up in the World

Architect (enthusiastically) — "When you get into the new house
you won't know yourselves'." Mrs. Newrich — "Excuse me, it will
be other people we won't know."

Margarita Fischer in "Fooling Uncle"

Beauty

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.'lino'icun

Louise Lester, Ida Lewis, George Field, Winifred Greenwood, Ed Goxen and xA.merican Gast m "Galaniity Anne in Society"

Motion Pictures In Schools

A Des Moines high school will use motion picture films to
illustrate studies and provide entertainment each week for a new
social center. One night each week the large auditorium of the
West high school will be opened as a real "movie" house, although
without train robberies, Indian massacres, Chinatown murders or
illustrated songs. However, the pictures will not be so severely
censored as to become dull. They will be of the sort to appeal
to young persons. Weekly news events will be a feature and there
will be a series of cartoon films.

One night each week the West high school building will be
thrown open to the public. An opportunity for amusement and
social meeting will be offered those who would have no other place
to go except down town dances and street corners. Gymnasium
classes in simple exercises, basket ball and apparatus work will be
initiated for both boys and girls. The school swimming pool will be
opened for the public night and classes in cooking and sewing
will be started for shop girls who have no other opportunity to
learn about housekeeping.

Citizens of Des Moines, which was one of the pioneer cities to
adopt commission government, voted overwhelmingly in favor of
opening the school house as a social center at a recent, election.
High school students purchased a complete motion picture outfit
with the proceeds of a play they staged. The admission to the
picture shows will be five cents to start with. Later it is planned
to sell two or three tickets for this price. The proceeds will go to
pay rent for films. In class work the motion pictures will be used
in commercial geography to depict industrial conditions and in the
domestic science department to explain food analysis and the pre-
paration of food products.

It is hard to say why the men and women in charge of the
schools in other cities of this country have not been quicker to

adopt the motion picture as a means of education. Its value is
so apparent that it needs no argument to support its adoption.
Instead of waiting ten or twenty years to adopt the moving picture,
why do not our school authorities take advantage of it today? —
Albany (N. Y.) Press Knickerbocker.

Quite Simple

A northern bishop once told this story about his father.

He was a farmer, and one year he took it into his head to grow
flax; so he sowed the seed, and, having a good crop, sent it away
to be made into a tablecloth.

Some time later, when seated at dinner, he remarked to a lady
near him :

"I grew this tablecloth myself."

"Did you really?" she answered, apparently much astonished.
After .a momentary pause she asked the rather fatuous question:
"How did you manage it?"

It was plain from her tone that she had no idea how tablecloths
came into existence, so the old farmer lowered his voice mysterious-
ly as he replied :

"If you'll promise not to tell anyone, I'll tell you."

The lady promised, eagerly.

"Well," replied the farmer, still in the same mysterious tone, "I
planted a napkin." — Tit-Bits.

No Funeral

Ethel — Jack said last night he'd kiss me or die in the attempt.
Kitty — Good gracious! And did he kiss you?
Ethel — Well, you haven't heard of his death.

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"A Kentucky Romance"

"The Feud Leaders Meet"

Kay-Bee

Teaching Citizenship by Moving Pictures

The consular reports contain an interesting story of how Italy
educated the millions of voters who came into the franchise for
first time at the recent election. Th-ere were over 4,000,000 voters
who had never cast a ballot before and who had to be taught how
to exercise their new right. The thing was done effectively by mov-
ing pictures. The procedure to ibe followed by the voters was thus
graphically illustrated. Besides, the political leaders had films of
their own to teach their followers how to get the result they were
alfter. As has been said, the method was highly successful. Indeed
it was so successful thait public leaders are now taking it up as a
means to spread 'education along various lines, notably domestic
and personal hygiene. This method of using the moving picture
theatres for purposes of education is not new to this country. It
has been used in the anti-ituberculosis campaiign. It has also been
used for political purposes in many places. But nowhere has this
popular form of entertainment been turaed to the highest good
in an educational way. The great bulk of the masses of the popu-
lation could be reached better in no way than through moving pic-
tures. Our boards c^f health could spread the doctrines of cleanli-
ness and good sanitation by showing the pictures of the wrong habits
and wrong methods. The public schools of the country could be
turned over for this highly important education of our adult popu-
lation. Further, our children whose delight in moving pictures is
notorious, could learn from them many a lesson of life that can-
not be given them in the usual manner. Modern methods of edu-
cation are not to be avoided merely because they seem to afford
the education through the avenues of pleasure or entertainment.

The results in the Italian election were remarkable. Some of
our Americans would revise their opinions of the Italians if they

were to stop and consider how intelligent, well ordered and entirely
successiful was this first ^election in Italy under the general fran-
chise. The population of Italy must be composed of an usually
adaptable and intelligent class of people. Think how many of our
voters are utterly unable to make the ballot tell the story they want
it to. Natives and foreigners lose their franchise because they have
not learnt how to use it. Our foreigners in this country, if they
were properly taught the ways erf the land and instructed how to
wield the ballot, would not be long in understanding these elemen-
tary matters of American citizenship.

Too Much for Her

"Don't you want me to give you a ride on your sled?" asked
a lady af a small boy whom she met trudging along, dragging his
sled behind him. The boy looked up at the lady solemnly, then
spread his arms and said : "I am an airship !" And the lady hur-
ried on, recognizing her total inability to cope with such a wonder-
ful machine. — Exchange.

One morning when the colonel asked his usual question about her
health the old lady turned to her granddaughter, who accompan'ed
her, and motioned. The girl stood and stared. The old lady
wigwagged frantically. The girl looked stolidly at her. The old
lady wheezed and coughed and panted. The girl stared straight
before her.

Finally, the old lady burst out furiously:

"Drat you, Mary Louise! Didn't I tell you you would have to
talk for me? Can't you see I can't say a word to save my life?"

— Saturday Evening Post.

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What Made His Heart Glad

Lonely Man Was Glad to See Some Evidence of Possible
Congenial Companionship

The hotel dining room was 80 feet long. A tall man sat eating
a lonely breakfast at one end. A stout man was performing the
same rite at the other. They passed out together.

"Marooned," murmured one.

"Are we the only inhabitants?"

"With the exception of the help, we are alone."

"These late vacations are awful!"

"Yes; I'll never take another."

Days passed — dull days, lonely days. Sometimes they hobnobbed.
At other times they abhorred each other and kept apart.

One morning the tall man sat dreaming on the veranda. He
was dreaming of waltzes and of moonlight strolls. The stout man
was on the bench. Suddenly he bent over something, and then
began to beckon wildly. The tall man sauntered down.

"What have you found?" he languidly inquired.

"Look at that, Robinson Crusoe !" yelled the stout man.

"What is it?"

"Look!"

The tall man looked, then smiled feebly.

It was the print of a girl's shoe in the sand. — Judge.

Too Ostentatious

The Tall Blonde — Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The Short Brunette — But the Lima Ohio, man who shot off fire-
works when (his wjilfe went away on a vacation made a vulgar
display of bis affection — Judge.

None Safe

"You admit, then," inquired the magistrate severely, "that you
stole the pig?"

"I suppose I must," said the prisoner.

"Very well," returned the magistrate with decision. "There has
been a lot of pig stealing going on around here lately, and I am
going to make an example of you or none of us will be safe." —
Tit-Bits.

The story is told of Judge McCauless, of Wichita, who has the
distinction of being the leanest man in the state, that he was one day
walking along a street in Kansas City, when he noticed that a hound
dog was following him. After he had gone a block and the dog was
still trailing him, he turned to a street gamin and asked : "Boy, what
do you suppose that dog is following me for?"

"Well, mister," said the boy, as he looked the judge over from
head to foot, "I dunno exactly, but my idee is that he takes you for
a bone." — National Monthly.

Gastronomy

Backwards — "Which restaurant in New York is it that is famous
for its chandeliers?"

Mrs. Backwoods — "I don't remember eatin' a chandelier the whole
time we wuz there, Cyrus."— Life.

In The Prohibition State

"Got any gasoline?" asked the tourist, stopping at the rural garage.

"Sorry, Mister," said the manager, "but ye come jest a mite tew
late. My wife's puttin' up some brandied peaches fer them summer
boarders, and we used the last drap yisterday." — Judge.

"The Informer"

"Michael is accused of treason"

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Censorship of Movies Explained by Chairman

Mrs. E. K. Foster, chairman of the Los Angeles board oif cen-
sors'hip, before a mieeting of the Parent-Teacher Association in the
Pasadena High Sohool last week, declared an overstrict censorship
which is apt to be, she said, in the long run, an expression of one's
personal views, bad in its effect on the people.

Making a strong and earnest plea that moving pictures be given
the right censorship, Mrs. Foster said : "Moving pictures have a
deci'ded tendency to reduce crime and drunkenness, to attract men
from the saloons and women from cheap amusements, if the films
are not m'ade too didactic, too educational.

"Too long we have censored moving picture films upon the
condemnation or praise of our own personal taste. Such censor-
ship is not on the right basis. It is like saying that if I prefer
real art, I roust prevent my neighbor from hanging a chromo in
her home.

"Too oiften we censor moving pictures in that mood. They
don't please us, thicrefore, they should not be. If we over censor
films, until all their appeal to the average masses is lost, we will
drive the people away from this amusement, to something more
difficult to control. Saloons have lost much of their business
'through the interest the 'movies' have for the public. That interest
must not be lost. Lack of clean entertainment is a great cause
of vice and improper conduct, especially in college towns."

Mrs. Foster said people themselves must make the best censors,
for the moving picture industry, like all others based upon the law
of supply and demand, will cater to what the people want. Mrs.
Foster is further quoted as saying:

""^f the educated putJlic continues to look askance at the drama
of the films, the producers cannot be blamed for continuing to offer
melodramatic tragedy and slapstick comedy, for work of a higher
nature may prove a financial failure before present audiences. The
solution of the problem is for the educated public to accept the

movies just as it already accepts the drama of the stage, and then,
iby patronizing the best productions, to urge the producers to give
the best films that the public will pay to witness. The producers
must be taught that decency pays." Giving full credit to films of
thoroughly educational purpose, Mrs. Foster said 'that the greatest
educational results came from the films shown purely for recrea-
tion. "The films are a wonderful humanizer 'highbrow' and 'low-
brow;' rich and poor, young and. old, all find pleasure in them.
They have become the most popular form of recreation, even sup-
planting dancing in popular favor."

Economical To The Last

"When visiting a certain town in Massachusetts," says a Boston-
ian, "I was told of an extraordinary incident wherein the main
figure, an economical housewife, exhibited, under trying circum-
stances, a trait so characteristic of New England women.

"It seems that an elderly lady of the place had by mistake taken
a quantity of poison — mercurial poison the antidote for which, as
everybody knows, comprises the whites of eggs.

"When this antidote was being administered, the order for which
the unfortunate lady had overheard, she managed to murmur, al-
though almost unconscious:

"Mary, Mary! Save the yolks for the pudding!" — Harper's
Magazine.

A Common Quest

"I say, my friend," called the motorist to the farmer, as he drew
up alongside of the field. "I'm looking for a decent road to take
me into Squigglesville."

"I'm derned glad to hear it," replied the farmer. "Ef ye happen
to find it, stranger, send me a tellygram, will ye." — Judge.

Mignon Anderson in "Turkey Trot Town"

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Conscience

"They Have Taken All My Jewels"

Broncho

Shortsighted Managers

The managers of moving picture shows who persist in presenting
exhibitions condemned by public opinion for their indecency are
acting with blind disregard of their own best interests. Their busi-
ness has been enormously profitable. The public appetite for the
"movies" has been insatiable. Only the shows of the lower class
have hitherto been suspect and they have been objectionable, since
the system of inspection was instituted, chiefly because of the insani-
tary condition of some of the exhibition rooms, the lax manage-
ment, and the danger of panic in case of a fire alarm. Against the
centrally situated shows such complaints have not been made, and
they have been supported by all classes of the community.

Who does not enjoy a good show of moving pictures? The
moving wild animals in their native haunts, the pictures of great
parades and festivals, the historical shows, have given delight to
countless thousands and have provided a new and appreciable factor
in the public education. Now their fair name is endangered by the
unsightly and revolting spectacles presented for profit under the pre-
tense of uplifting the public morals. The shortsightedness of the
film makers and the managers who lend their houses to such exhibi-
tions is not open to argument.

The moving picture trade has had a blow, and only prompt and
intelligent action can relieve it. The substitution for pictures the
police have suppressed of others scarcely less objectionable is not a
safe way out of the difficulty. The drama has been injured in the
past by the same foolish methods, and much of the "bad business"
now complained of by theatrical managers is undoubtedly due to the
fact, as Mr. De Wolf Hopper lately expressed it, that decent people
seeking theatrical entertainment no longer ask "Where shall we go?"
but "Where can we go?"

Miitoal Weekly Mo, ■S'l-

Flower Show in Rome. — Italian city is the scene of an inter-
esting exposition.

Baseball in Australia. — American and English actors contest
for charity at Sydney.

Ducks Go to Jail. — San Francisco game wardens turn seized
consignment over to Bastille inmates.

S. S. "Columbus" Launched. — North German Lloyd liner is
christened at Danzig, Germany.

France Has New Dirigible. — The "Spiess" is exhibited at St.
Cyr.

Winter Sports in Michigan. — Upper peninsula now the scene
of unusual merry-making.

Ludwig anHunting Goes. — Bavarian King meets with success
as a sportsman.

Foreign Fleets at Athens. — King Constantine visits English
and French battleships in Aegean Gulf.

The Tournament of Roses. — Pasadena, California, is the
scene of a magnificent pageant.

A Wedding in India. — An aristocratic family gives away its
daughter.

A Gay Festival in Cairo. — Natives arrange a carnival in honor
of Lord Kitchener.

The Battle on the Border. — Mexican Constitutionalists and
Federals meet in terrible conflict near Presidio, Mexico.

Apologies

Visitor — Does this town boast of a hotel?
Native — No; it apologizes for it. — Judge.

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Calamity Anne in Society

Jan. 31, 1914
CAST

Anne Thompson (the wrong heiress),

Louise Lester
Miss Ann Thompson (the real heiress),

Josephine Ditt

Social Secretary Ida Lewis

Western Lawyer William Bertrar

Butler William Tedmarsh

Calamity Anne is standing in front of her
shack — Tommy, the burro, nibbling grass at her
feet — when a lawyer arrives with some as-
tonishing news. It seems that he has been
seeking, far and wide, the Miss Ann Thomp-
son, named as heiress to a rich estate — and
has at length traced Calamity Anne to Little
Gulch. Calamity readily goes with the law-
yer- rclaims the property — and, at the lawyer's
suggestion, engages a social secretary to initiate
her into society, and prepare her to fill the
role as mistress of a palatial house, many
servants and beautiful grounds. The secre-
tary ■ comes — and launches Calamity. She
trains her to wear corsets and fashionable
clothes — and issues invitations to an elaborate
dinner, coaching the supposed heiress in the
etiquette of hostess. Calamity, however, in her
excitement, forgets "good form," and falls back
upon her native heartiness of manner and Western
boisterousness — which causes great consternation.
To cap the climax, a party of her old cowboy
friends arrive, and she falls upon their necks.
Then, it is discovered that Calamity is not the
Miss Ann Thompson of the will, after all. The
real heiress is produced — and the quaint old
woman of the West is glad enough to relinquish
her claim, and go back home with the cowboys.

A Blowout at Santa Banana

Jan. 26, 1914
CAST

Wall Eyed Pete 1 The Three fSydney Ayres
Curly Whiskerlegs^ Guardsmen -I Jack Richardson
Rattlesnake Pete J [Harry Von Mete

Col. Mazuma Julius Frankenb

Toothpick Slaughter William Tedmarsh

Hair Trigger Bill Jacques Jaccard

Widow Slumgulioni The Three f Louise Lester
Liza Jane Yerner }■ Aunts -j Caroline Cooke

Widow SquawbuckJ [ Edith Borella

Petaluma Vivian Rich

Tapioca Charlotte Burton

Cactus Blossom Violet Neitz

Rev. "Nosey" Splicer Perry Banks

Dad Kilgore Charles Morrison

Capt. Wheeler, Capt. of Rangers, George Morrison

The three guardsmen get on the wrong side of
three pretty girls, and each is commanded to "ask
Aunt first." They obey — and are accepted by the
Aunts! As a means of escape, they joyously agree
to drive sixty miles over the desert to Tomb-
stone, to fetch a ton of fireworks for the Santa
Banana Fourth of July celebration. They reach
Tombstone, and get the load — virtuously shunning
all temptations to drink or gamble away the
Santa Banana funds — then, on the road home,
they are attacked and overwhelmed by bandits.
They manage to get the better of the desperadoes,
though at the sacrifice of the load of fireworks —
and when they reach the home city, minus their
trust, their story and excited explanations are not
believed. It is decided — since Santa Banana had
been deprived of fireworks — to lynch the three
guardsmen and thus provide a "Roman holiday."
The three aunts try to deliver the unfortunates —
but it is only in the nick of time that effective
help comes. The Rangers bring in a string of ter-
rified bandits — their story, and that of the guards-

Marguerite Loveridge

Apollo

men, dovetail — explanations and apologies follow.
The girls relent — and the trio, so recently in dis-
grace, become the heroes of the hour.

Fooling Uncle

Jan. 21, 1914
CAST

P^Sgy Margarita Fischer

Her sister Kathie Fischer

Harry Harry Pollard

Uncle Fred Gamble

^^'^•^ Joseph Harris

Peggy and Harry are in love — but as Harry's
financial condition is desperate, and he is dependent
on the whims of an old uncle, he must first win the
uncle's consent to the marriage. He takes Peggy
to see uncle — and she makes herself so charming
that the old gentleman is infatuated with her —
follows her home and proposes. She, with method
in her madness, accepts — to Harry's consternation.
Then, she lets the younger man into the game.
She will lead uncle such a dance, she declares, that
he will be only too glad to buy her off. This she
does — dragging the poor old man to roof-gardens,
dances and cafes, until, one evening, she treads
upon his gouty foot in the tango, and uncle
fleeing to Harry — who is present to watch the
progress of the game — begs his nephew to marry
Peggy. Harry refuses. Uncle offers him a large
sum if he will take the lively young lady off his
hands — still Harry refuses Uncle keeps raising
the_ sum — until at last he names an amount with
which his nephew is satisfied, and Harry consents.
The two schemers take uncle home — and turning
him over to his valet, they rejoice together over
their victory, .and the anticipations of a happy
future.

Conscience

By Richard V. Spencer and Thomas H. Ince
Jan. 21, 1914
Haggerty and Slade are burglar pals. Slade
evades the police — but Haggerty, one night, is
obliged to leave the city, as he has been seen and
suspected. He disguises himself in a minister's
clothes, and goes West. In the mining town
where he locates, he finds it the best policy to
to live up to his garb — the miners trust him, and

give into his keeping the gold that accumu-
lates for shipment. He writes Slade to come
West — that now is the chance to make a big
haul. Meanwhile, Mary Grey comes to live in
the community, and Haggerty falls in love
with her. He becomes conscience stricken
about the double life he is leading — and
when Slade turns up, refuses to commit the
robbery. Slade threatens Haggerty with ex-
posure— and Haggerty gives up the key to
the gold chest, hidden under the floor. As
Slade is in the act of opening the chest, Hag-
gerty tries to wrench the key from him — a
fierce battle ensues — Slade shoots Haggerty,
and thinking him dead, takes the gold and
leaves. Haggerty revives, calls for help, and
sends the miners after the thief. They track
down Slade, and kill him. Mary comes to
nurse the supposed minister — he tells himself
that the past is buried, that he is another
man — and at length he and Mary confess their
mutual love.

The Informer

By Richard V. Spencer anad Thomas H. Ince
Jan. 22, 1914
Barney O'Shea is late in asking his sweet-
heart, Nora, to go to the shindy — and mean-
while, she has consented to go with Michael,
his rival. Barney plays ghost — frightening Michael
away, and himself takes Nora to the merrymaking.
Michael never forgives him. He sees how to get
even with Barney a trifle later, when he informs
the British against him as the leader of the Irish
patriots of Kilcommon — and the British soldiers
burn Barney's cottage in a vain effort to discover
the ringleader. Nora takes old Bridget O'Shea into
her house and cares for her as her own mother. A
despatch bearer is wounded, and finds refuge in
Nora's cottage. He asks Mrs. O'Shea to keep the
papers he is carrying — the British search the
house, find the papers upon the old woman — and
condemn her to death for treason. The Colonel
sends word to Barney, however, that if he will give
himself up, his mother's life shall be spared. He
does so — and is hanged in her place.

A Kentucky Romance

By William H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince

Jan. 23, 1914

The feud between the Hargroves and the Selbys
started with Bob Hargrove's cow. She was con-
tinually getting into Jim Selby's garden — and one
day, Selby was on the point of shooting the animal,
when Hargrove came upon the scene. They quar-
relled— and Selby was wounded, slightly, in the
arm. After that, Nance Selby and Loxie Har-
grove— who had been sweethearts from childhood —
were forbidden ever to cross the stream which
separated the two farms. Hargrove has a young
sort,. Tommy, who is the apple of his eye. He
goes fishing — falls in — and is rescued from drown-
ing by Loxie, who then rides post-haste for the
doctor. On the way, he is shot by Selby, who
knows nothing of his errand. Nance, who was on
the expedition with Tommy, manages to get the
half drowned boy home. The whole family hurry
him to the doctor's, where they find Loxie, al-
most spent with his wound, telling the doctor to
go as quickly as possible to Tommy. Loxie's horse
runs home, with a blood stain on the saddle —
and the Hargroves, thinking Selby may have se-
riously injured their son, start in search of him.
They all meet at the doctor's — the whole story is
told — and the feud is ended with the parents'
promises that Nance and young Hargrove shall be
married.

Red

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What the Crystal Told

By F. W. Randolph
Jan. 18, 1914

Jane Murphy Belle Bennett

Murphy, her father Frederick Vroom

Jane's mother Victory Bateman

Happy Dan Mullen, ward heeler, Howard Davies

Jane was tempted and seduced — when a very
young girl, working for her living— by Dan
Mullen, a rising young ward politician. Her
father turned her out — and she went from
bad to worse. Her appeals to Dan for help
met only wth heartless rebuffs. Several years
later see Dan the boss of his party. He has
won his way up by many dishonest tricks —
and the district attorney, working for better
government, determines to ferret out the
facts of his career and bring him to justice.
Dan becomes worried — and, always of a super-
stitious turn of mind, he consults a gypsy for-
tune teller. He fails to recognize the veiled
figure in the darkened room — but Jane knows
him at first glance. Before he realizes it, he
is telling the gypsy secrets which, if publicly
known, would insure his arrest and a long
term in prison. She fills his mind with all
sorts of mystic nonsense — and bids him look
into a crystal ball — in which he sees, scene
by scene, all the suffering Jane has en-
dured since that fatal night in her early girl-
hood when he initiated her downfall. He is horri-
fied. The gypsy puts back her veil — and Mullen
is thrown into a panic. He tries to escape, but
detectives surround the place, and take him into
custody. A dictograph has been placed in the
room, and every confession he has made has been
accurately taken down by a stenographer. Dan
goes to prison for a long term of years — and Jane
Murphy has her revenge.

The Ring

By Philip Lonergan
Jan. 20, 1914
CAST

Maggie Gallagher Jessalyn Van Trump

Dan Maher George Larldn

Gallagher, Maggie's father Frederick Vroom

Mrs. Gallagher Victory Bates

Nora Kelly ^€"3 Kuhn

Mrs. Gerard, a wealthy woman Metta White

When Maggie Gallagher accepted Dan Maher,
the engagement ring proved a serious problem to
the groom elect. He thought he was in great
luck, accordingly, when he found a beautiful ring,
one day, on the street— and being ignorant of its
value, he decided that no harm would be done if
he kept it and gave it to Maggie. Nora Kelly —
who had tried in vain to attract the handsome
Dan — saw him put the ring on her rival's finger—
and when Mrs. Gerard advertised for her lost
diamond solitaire, Nora maliciously went and told
her that Dan had stolen it. Dan was arresfed,
charged with the theft, and locked up. After a
momentary feeling of triumph, Nora has keen
pangs of remorse. The sight of Maggie, bravely
trying to keep back the tears, as she works at her
machine, is more than she can bear. She goes to
Mrs. Gerard and confesses that she has criminally
slandered Dan, who is innocent. He is released

and Mrs. Gerard, becoming warmly interested in

the young couple, gives them back the diamond
ring — and Maggie soon becomes Mrs. Dan Maher.

The Power of the Mind
Jan. 24„ 1914
CAST

Henry Graham William Nigh

Grace, his wife Jessalyn Van Trump

Doctor Conklin Ernest Joy

Mutual

Consuelo Bailey

Helena, their child Thanhouser Kidlet

Theatrical Manager Howard Davies

Henry Graham is paralyzed by a fall from his
automobile. The doctor is an old friend of the
family — and Graham, made morbid by his suffer-
ing, plots to bring about a romance between him
and his wife. He begins to abuse Grace. She
tells the doctor how changed Henry is — and says
he needs many comforts they cannot afford — how
can she increase their income? The doctor sug-
gests that she write a play and submit it to a
friend of his who is a theatrical manager. The
play is written and accepted. It is kept a secret
from Henry — and Grace is absorbed in rehearsals.
She is constantly with the doctor who escorts her to
and from the theatre in his automobile. Graham be-
lieves that his idea of bringing about a romance be-
tween them, is now a fact. Growing still more
morbid, he tries to take poison — but is rescued in
the nick of time by the doctor, and the attendant,
whom he has bribed to get the poison for him, is
discharged. The night of the play arrives — and
Grace, reluctantly and tearfully, leaves her hus-
band, in company with the doctor. Graham, get-
ting hold of a revolver, tries to shoot himself — but
the entrance of the discharged attendant, in the
role of a burglar, erases from his mind all mor-
bid notions, and even the memory of his paralyzed
condition. The doctor and Grace return — to find
Graham standing in the middle of little Helena's
room, holding the burglar at bay with the re-
volver. From that moment, he makes rapid strides
to recovery, both physical and mental. Grace's
play is a success — and the entire situation between
her and the doctor is frankly explained.

Rellasic©

The Hidden Clue

Jan. 24, 1914
CAST

May Preston Anna Laughlin

Ashley Harry Spingler

Ashley was the trusted foreman of Perkins &
Company, Appraiser and Diamond Cutters. One
evening, working alone in the office, he hears
thieves breaking in. He phones the police — then,
fearing the officers may not arrive in time, he
hides seven large, uncut rubies, just received, in
a jar on the desk. , With astonishing presence of

mind, he jots down the following figures to
serve as a clue to where he has secreted the
gems: J99c. 8: /@4 2: %3$c. In the sttug-
gle with the burglars, Ashley is killed. Hear-
ing the police coming, the desperadoes run off,
empty handed. Perkins puts the* case into the
hands of private detectives, Dick Henshaw
and Miss Preston. The mystery seems in-
soluble— until May discovers the figures Ash-
ley scribbled down, and it flashes over her that
they correspond to letters on the same keys
of the typewriter. She writes the letters in-
stead and gets: "Look in jar on desk."
Meanwhile, the thieves return and are seized
by the two detectives, who receive a large i re-
ward for the capture of Ashley's slayers and
the recovery of the rubies. 1

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The Vacant Chair

Jan. 23, 1914 '
CAST

Grandmother Carey L. Hastings

Her Grandson Boyd Marshall

Dorothea Muriel Ostriche

She was a lovable but hard-headed old lady
— and she was determined that no other woman
should ever take her dead daughter's place.. So
when her widowed son falls in love with a new-
comer to the town — a very attractive young widow
— she is so displeased that she exiles him from the
old home, though still welcoming her grandson as
a frequent visitor. The son marries the widow—
and the town approves. But grandmother does
not relent. Then, she begins to be very lonely.
A young girl becomes friendly with the solitary
old lady — and they grow to love each other. One
day the grandson comes — and finds with grand-
mother Dorothea, the daughter of his father's
new wife. Already, grandson is secretly in love
with the girl, who is remarkably pretty and sweet.
She darts out of the house when she sees him —
leading him a chase down the street— and grand-
mother follows them. They all come together in
the house of the recently married son. Grand-
mother learns then, who her winsome young com-
panion of many lonely weeks, is — she sees her son
and Dorothea's mother happy together — and the
portrait of her daughter still hanging on the wall,
honored by the second wife. Grandmother is con-
vinced that she has been unreasonable. She asks
forgiveness — and they all gather round her, lov-
ingly. And grandmother is perfectly happy.

Thaii!i©i![s©r

Turkey Trot Town

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Jan. 18i, 1914
CAST

Van Horn, a tired business man. Perry Horton

Marguerite, his wife Florence La Badie

Elaine, their child Thanhouser Kidlet

Susanne, a woman burglar Mignon Anderson

Jeannette, her pal Grace Eline

Captain of Police Arthur Bower

The Judge Riley Chamberlain

In the mythical city of Turkey Trot Town, the
inhabitants danced not only at receptions and res-
taurants, but in their everyday occupations at
home and in business. Even one night a robbery
is committed, with the main participants turkey
trotting joyously through the daring feat — and the
hero, at the most thrilling moment, never once
forgetting his steps. The Judge himself turkey
trots to the court — -with becoming dignity — and
the woman burglar is the only person who finds
it easier to turkey trot into trouble than to tango
gracefully out of it.

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February 6

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January 19
January 22
January 24
January 26
January 29
January 31
February 2

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January 29
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With MARGUERITE SNOW and JAMES CRUZE,

A Sumptuous Presentation — FEBRUARY 1st

The Thanhouser Three -A- Week

Sunday, Jan. 18th— "TURKEY TROT TOWN," tan&oed by Mignon Ander-
son, Flo La Badie and Perry Horton to a successful conclusion.
The Kidlet "trots," too! They all do, in this odd town!

Tuesday, Jan. 20th — "HER LOVE LETTERS," introducing- "Miss Beauti-
ful," the mystery g-irl of Thanhouser Studio — she has no other
name. Featured along with her in this play are Harry Benham
and the Thanhouser Kidlet

Friday, Jan. 23rd — "AN ELUSIVE DIAMOND," which is entrusted to
Mignon Anderson, -who resists the best efforts of Dave Thomp-
son to lay hands on it. Carey Ij. Hasting-s is also concerned.
Your interest is held .straight throug-h.

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"Sixty Years a Queen"

"Sixty Years a Queen" had its first representation Dec. 8,
1913, at the New Gallery Cinema, Regent street. It was a won-
derful entertainment, lasting two hotirs, and showing the life
pf the late Queen-Empress Victoria from the day when, as a
girl of eighteen, she was called on to rule over Great Britain,
to the hour when her great and noble life ended at Osborne.
It is a truly marvellous reproduction of sixty years of the
Empire's history, a panorama of fashions, a progress of in-
ventiqns, a march of attainment in all that has added to the
greatness of the mighty Dominion. The uniforms of the sol-
diers vary as the film continues; the gradual change in the
style of garments is alone of deep interest; but soon all thought
is centred in the reincarnation of the famous men and women
of the early and the late Victorian times; statesmen, generals,
admirals, diplomatists, writers, painters, sculptors. Some of
these are shown in the youthful days, gradually acquiring years
with their exalted mistress. Or else they are seen in the au-
tumn of their days disappearing as their time comes, and giving
place to other courtiers, other councilors.

There is the picture of the shy, young girl on June 20, 1837.
She is wearing a shawl over her nightdress, and Lord Conyng-
ham is kneeling and hailing her as "Queen." Then she is in her
Coronation robes surrounded by her Peers in Westminster
Abbey. A year or two passes, and the girl has matured into
the woman, and there is her marriage and the halcyon days of
early happiness with her children.

It is all so cleverly managed. The film of the Queen must
have been represented by several women, for you seem' to see
the years coming to 'her in a series of decades just as you watch
the events that happen — the christening of the Prince of Wales
(Edward VII.), the upgrowing of the Prince and his brothers
and sisters; the opening of the first International Exhibition;
the departure of the troops for the Crimea; the Indian Mutiny
and its massacres; the first presentation of the Victoria Cross;

and the Queen's terrible bereavement in the loss of her hus-
band. From this time on the Prince if Wales is constantly with
his mother, and we see his bethrothal and marriage.

Then there is the Queen in her middle age meeting Living-
stone, sending the first cable message to President Lincoln,
leading the simple life in -her Highland castle, accepting a book
from Charles Dickens, attending the thanksgiving service in
St. Paul's for the Prince of Wales' recovery from typhoid fever,
and in conference with Gladstone, Disraeli, or John Bright or
Lord Salisbury. She is seen bidding farewell to Gordon, who is
departing to his grave in the Sudan; and then we see her slow-
ly ageing in various scenes, culminating with her Golden
Jubilee in Westminster Abbey. More scenes follow, showing
events in the ten years which bring the Diamond Jubilee, when
the Queen made her last great progress among the people who
adored her. Then the painful reminders of the South African
war, and the final scenes of all — leaving her sleeping beside the
husband she loved and mourned so dearly and so ifaithfuUy.

It is a splendid and magnificent triumph of the cinema, and
no Englishman can resist the emotion and reverence which
must come to him as .he realizes, in the way these pictures enable
him to realize, the mighty, gloriously majestic womaji who, for
so long, was the guiding star of Britain's Empire. — London Standard.

Irish Diplomacy

A number of offenders had been disposed of by the magistrate
when there was brought before him a son of the old sod.

"Phwat name?" snapped the magistrate, as he looked at the
prisoner.

"Patrick Casey, sor."

PIov ye ever been befure me befure?"

"No, your honor-r. Oi-ve seen but wan face that looked like
yourn, an' thot was the picture of an Oirish king."

"Discharged," announced his honor. "Call the next case." —
Harper's Mai^aciuc.

Jessalyn Van Trump, Ernest Joy and William Nigh in "The Power of the Mind''

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Thomas Mills and Anna Lauglilin in "The Hidden Clue"

Noted Authors Write Plays For "Movies"

In its efforts to raise the standard of moving pictures the
Mutual Film Corporation has contracted for the stories by
many of the most prominent authors of novels and magazine
stories and they will be condensed into scenario form and pro-
duced upon the lighted screen under the direction D. W.
Griffith, the Mutual's big director, who has been called "the
Belasco of Moving Pictures."

Among the authors whose work has been contracted for are
Thomas Nelson Page, ambassador to Italy; Paul Armstrong,
playwright, whose drama, "The Escape," a romance of the
underworld, is now being produced by Mr. Griffith personally;
John Kendrick Bangs, George A. Birmingham, who wrote that
very successful Irish comedy, "General John Reagan," now
playing in a long run at the Hudson Theatre. New York;
Daniel Carson Goodman, author of "Hagar Revelly," the pub-
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Zona Gale, Eleanor Ingram, author of "The Car Behind;"
Robert H. Davis, of the Mungey magazines; Paul West, of the
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Collier's; George Pattullo and Roy Nofto, both of whom are
famous writers of Western stories; E. Phillips Oppenheim, the
celebrated English novelist; Mary Roberts Rinehart and Roy
McCardeW.—Monfpelier (Ft.) Journal.

Had Lost Place

Gertrude, aged three, sat in her high chair at the dinner table
turning about in her fingers a small ear of corn from which she
has been nibbling a row at a time. Suddenly she burst into tears.
"What is the matter, dear?" asked her mother. "I've lost my
place!" sobbed the little one. — The Delineator.

Identified His Man at Last

When Asking for Mr. Jones at Jesus College, Oxford, it is
Necessary to Be Quite Explicit

It was at Jesus College, Oxford, that one of the most laughable
stories connected with that university originated. Jesus- College is
chiefly patronized by Welshmen.

A Cardiff resident, visiting the city for the first time, bethought
himself that at Jesus College was a young man he knew in the Welsh
capital, so he resolved to call on him. Accordingly he tackled the
porter of the college.

"Is Mr. Jones in ?"

"Which Mr. Jones?" was the reply. "There are 27 Joneses in
this college."

"Mr. Jones of Cardiff, sir."

"There are 18 Joneses from Cardiff," exclaimed the porter, im-
patiently. "What's his Christian name?"
"David, sir."

"There are ten David Joneses from Cardiff here," answered the
ofticial. "You must be more explicit. What kind of hair has he?"
"Red, sir."

"There are six David Joneses from Cardiff with red hair in
Jesus," said the porter. "What kind of eyes has he?"

"Well, just a wee bit of a cast in them," was the reply.

"There are three David Joneses from Cardiff with red hair and
with a slight cast in their eyes," burst from the angry man at the
lodge. "Has your Mr. Jones any other peculiarity?"

"He's a bit lame on one foot, sir."

"Now, why didn't you say so at first? Up stairs, first to the
right, second to the left, third to the right again. At No. 18 is the
only David Jones from Cardiff with red hair, a slight cast and a
lame foot. Why didn't you say so before?" — Stray Stories.

Hard World to Hit

He — Fadly has given up his automobiles and caught the airship
fever.

She — How long do you think he will be bent on going up?
He — Oh ! "until he gets bent coming down.

"Conscience" Broncho

"Ain't you glad to see me, old pal?"

Red Life

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To Show Uplift Films

Benjamin Fay Mills, lecturer and evangelist, has invaded
the motion picture field with an avowed gospel of "cleanliness
and decency." He has organized the Motion Drama Associa-
tion in Michigan, and the order has been endorsed by Governor
Ferris, Bishop Williams, President Hutchins, of the state uni-
versity and others.

The association's latest action has been the leasing of the
Broadway Theatre in Detroit, where its pictures are shown.
The association buys its pictures outright. Its object, accord-
ing to Mr. Mills, is to elevate the motion picture drama to a
stage high enough to make censorship unnecessary.

Mr. Mills was in Toledo Friday and arranged for an ex-
hibition of the association's holiday program at the Lyceum
Theatre during Christmas week. A three-reel spectacle, "The
Star of Bethlehem," and a film dramatization of Dickens' story,
"The Christmas Carol," are two of the numbers. Shakespearean
readings and sacred songs by the newly discovered Italian
tenors, will complete the program.

"The moving picture theatre has been a great obligation to the
public," Mr. Mills said, "Its prices of admission are so low (that it is
the universal entertainment. WJiatever influence it has will affect
the whole public, hence we must see to it that its influence is
all for good. That is the object of our association. I think
Toledo will approve, for we have sacrificed no elements of
popular appeal. Omr films will foe just as thrillinig, just as
beautiful as others. But they will not have objectionable fea-
tures. My policy always will be: 'Wholesome plays for whole-
some people,' " l)e concluded. — Exchange.

Thrift At Any Cost

"Holy mackerel !" roared Crabshaw up the dumbwaiter shaft.
"Why do you play that one record over and over again without a
change?''

"Because," Pennypincher angrily shouted down, "I hate the darn
thing and I want to wear it out, so I can throw it away." — Judge.

Broncho

"Conscience"

Beauty

Margarita Fischer, Harry Pollard and Fred Gamble in
"Fooling Uncle"

Minister's Mission

"That's a nice looking fellow who's just come in," said the
young man who was dining with his best girl. "Is he a friend of
yours ?"

"Yes, indeed, T know him well," laughed the maiden.
"Shall I ask him to join us?"

"Oh, George!" said the girl, blushing, "this is so sudden."
"Sudden? What do you mean?" he asked in surprise.
"Why — why, that's our minister." — Exchange.

Catty

"So Jack Harkness has proposed to you?"
"Yes. How did you know?"

"My fiancee told me last night. He used Jack's love for you to
give weight to an argument."
"An argument about what ?"

"He was trying to convince me that love is blind."
"The fact that he is your fiancee should have convinced you of
that."— Ibid.

Her Wisdom

"Girls !" called good old Aunt Broadhead.

"Ma'am?" they answered, as they fluttered around her.

"Having in my time married and buried four husbands," quietly
said the excellent dame, "I am persuaded that how a man conducts
himself at the wedding is not half so important as how he behaves
after that event. And I have found this recipe a sure one for the
preservation of domestic tranquility : 'Feed him and forgive him.'
That is all, except that it is well to marry early and stay married
late." — Judge.

36

ted Life

Mabel Normand in "Won in a Closet"

Keystone

Saved His Treasure

"My great-uncle, who was blind,'' said a Frenchman, "once
buried $4,000 in gold louis under a pear tree in his garden. His
neighbor saw him do it and in the dead of night came and stole
the money replacing the earth carefully.

"Some days later my uncle brought fifty more louis down to
the pear tree for burial, and, silently weeping, he, too, replaced the
earth.

"He knew whom to suspect, and that night he called on his neigh-
bor. He seemed thoughtful and distrait and the neighbor asked
him what oppressed his mind.

" 'Well, I'll tell you," said my great-uncle frankly, 'I have 1,00!)
louis hid away in a safe place, and today a tenant paid off a mort-
gage, and I have another 1,000 louis in cash on my hands. I don't
know whether to seek out another hiding place for this money or
put in where the other is. What would you advise?"

" 'Why, said the neighbor eagerly, 'if your first hiding place is
safe — and you declare it to be so — I should certainly put this money
there too.'

"My great-uncle said firmly that that was what he would do on
the morrow. It was the wisest course. Then he took his leave.

"And when next day he went to the pear tree again there, sure
enough, was his lost 1,000 louis, all put back again." — Exchange.

Foiling A Briber

The justice of the peace was in the south and a marked state
of ignorance. He was approached by a man desiring a divorce, and
he did not know what to do. Calling a friend to his side, he
whispered ;

"What's the law on this p'int?"

"You can't do it," was the reply. "It's out of your jurisdiction."

The husband, observing the consultation and feeling keenly his
desire to escape from the matrimonial woe, exclaimed :

"I'm willin' to pay well ; got the money right here in my sock."

At this the justice assumed his gravest judicial air. Obviously he
was deeply pained. Never before in all his life had he been so bowed
down by grief.

"You knew before you came here," he said sadly, "that it wasn't
for me to separate husband and wife, and yet you not only take
up the valuable time of this court by talking, but you actually pro-
pose to bribe me with money. Now, how much have you got in
that sock?"

"About $6.50, your honor."

"Is that so? Then I fine you $5 for bribery and $1.50 for takin-^
up my time with a case out of my jurisdiction ; and may the Lord
have mercy on your soul !" — Popular Magazine.

Limited Opportunities

First Tramp — ^One-third of a man's life is spent in sleep.
Second Tramp — And another third in jail, and what time does
that leave a feller for the practice of his profession? — Exchange.

A Troublesome Tower

She was a good servant, was Jennie, and Mrs. Wanderfarr never
wished for better. But in the matter of pictures Jennie was weak.
There was one in particular, which showed the leaning tower of
Pisa. Every day Mrs. W. hung it straight, and every morning
Jennie put it crooked.

So Mrs. W. watched.

"Now, look here, Jennie," she said, "you've hung that picture of
tlie tower crooked again ! Just look at it !"

"That's just what I say, mum," returned the domestic dolefully;
"look at it. The only way you can get that silly tower to hang
straight is to hang the picture crooked." — Exchange.

Not Sure Of Her Figure

Attorney General McReynolds tells this on himself:
Some years ago he was the attorney for the defense in an im-
portant case which hinged on the testimony of one woman. Conse-
quently, he conducted the cross-examination of the fair witness
with elaborate caution.

"How old are you?" he led off, preparing to trap her if her re-
ply did not tally with an important date in the story she had just
told.

"Fifty-four or sixty-four," she answered, flustered by the ordeal
she faced.

"What do you mean?" demanded McReynolds, leaning far for-
ward in his chair and looking particularly stern. "Don't you know
your own age?"

"I'm not sure," the woman replied doubtfully. "Indeed, I'm not
sure. You see, I always get my age and my bust measurement
mixed.'' — The Popular Magazine.

Carey L. Hastings in "The Vacant Chair'

Princess

Howard Davies and Belle Bennett in
"What the Crystal Told"

Majestic

Reel Life

37

Moving Picture Films

One of the good uses for moving picture films is for recording
historic events. Not long ago the king o-f Roumania organized the
production of a film of no less than 3,000 yards length, this being a
reproduction of the Roumanian-Russo-Turkish wa.r which determined
the independence of that country. The film will be kept in the arc-
hives of the realm, says the Chicago News. In order to carry this
out the army lent 8,000 men in uniform with arms and baggage, led
by the officers. Another case is that of the Italian government, which
is collecting all the films taken during the war in Tripoli. In Eng-
land the same thing is done for the films of the king's coronation
events. — Exchange.

A Synonym

It is to be feared that a great many persons agree in practice,
if not in theory, with the idea of a certain Washington schoolboy
to whom the question was put, "What is a synonym?"

"A synonym," explained the lad, "is a word you use when you
don't know how to spell the one you thought df first."

— Brooklyn Life.

Descriptive Shopping

"I want," said the man who had lost his wife's memorandum
before he reached the grocer's, "some Of that cheese that costs a
dollar a pound and tastes like butter that you would buy for 10
cents a pound."

He got his Camembert. — Lipptncotf s.

Komic

"Walt's Photograph"

"The Man"

Moving Pictures to Be Seen on Farms

MORRIS, Minn., Dec. 10. — Moving pictures on th-e farm are to
become a reality as the result of action taken by officials of the West
Central Minnesota Development association today. The machine
will be purchased and installed in every county of the association,
in charge of the county agent.

The plan is to purchase a combined stereopticon and moving
picture machine. The pictures will be thrown up on a large canvas
in the open during the pleasant months. During the winter, pictures
will be shown in the schoolhouses. Films illustrating improved
methods of agriculture, better home life, methods of travels in
foreign lands, will alternate with stationary slides of local scenes.

Oriental Charity

An observer with humorous sympathies reports a trait of a
Chinese servant employed in a suburban faniily which reveals a
certain capability for ready assimilation of American methods of
dealing with the tramp problem.

A forlorn, hungry-looking tramp called at the kitchen door
early one Monday morning, and was promptly interviewed by fli
Ting. To him the tramp related a pitiful tale of woe, ending with
a humble petition for something to eat.

"Likee fish?" asked Hi Ting in insinuating tones.

"Yes, I like fish," the tramp answered.

"Call Fliday," answered the other, as he closed the door with
an imperturbable smile. — Harpe)-'s Magazine.

"Help, help ! I can't thwim and my wife ith drowning." "Why
don't you walk out with her then? You don't appear to be out of
your depth." "Yteth I am, I'm, I'm tihanding on her." — Tatler.

A Cinch

William J. Stevens for years local station agent at Sawnsea,
R. I., was peacefully promenading his platform one morning when a
rash dog ventured to snap at one of Williams' legs. Sevens prompt-
ly kicked the animal half way across th-e tracks, and was immediately
confronted by the owner, who demanded an explanation in lan-
guage more forcible than courteous.

"Why," said Stevens, when the other paused for breath, "your
dog's mad."

"Mad ! mad ! You double dyed, blankety blank fool, he ain't
mad !"

"Oh, ain't he!" cut in Stevens. "Gosh! I should be if any one
kicked me like that." — Everybody's Magazine.

Belle Bennett in "What the Crystal Told"

Majestic

On the Way

Blasted Britisher — My word! We men are not all angels, you
know.

London Suffragette — Well, you soon will be. — Life.

38

American

Harry Von Meter, Sydney Ayreg and Jack Richardson as
''The Three Guardsmen" in "A Blowout at Santa Banana"

. American

Louise Lester and Ida Lewis m "Calamity Anne in Society"
Fido's Agent

When little Margaret passed her plate the third time for chicken
her mother said :

"My dear, you must not eat so much chicken. I am afraid you'll
be ill."

"Well, mother/' said Margaret, "I'm not eating this because I
want it. I'm collecting the bones for Fido \"— Harper's Monthly.

As a certain young artist of New York sat upon his stool one
day in the Adirondacks doing a bit of "mountain stuff," there ap-
proached him from the rear a native, evidently with ideas of his
own touching art.

"Did you ever try photography?" asked the newcomer. "No,"
was the curt response of the young artist, who continued his work.

"It's a good deal quicker," suggested the native.

"I suppose it is," surlily assented the painter, with another dab
of the brush.

"And," the native added, with a dash of malice, "a good deal
more like the place." — Lip pine ott's.

Same Old Way

Manufacturer's Wife — Dinah, if you cast your ballot the way
I desire, perhaps your wages will be raised. — Life.

Ready With Retort

Candid Hostess (on seeing her nephew's fiancee for the first
time) — "I never should have known you from your photograph.
Beggle told me you were so pretty."

Beggle's Fiancee — "No, I'm not pretty, so I have to try and be
nice, and it's such a bore. Have you ever tried?" — Punch.

A Long Walk

McFee got on a Broadway street car at the city hall New York.
The car was pretty well crowded and he was unable to find a seat.
At each corner, however, the car stopped and took on passengers.

"Move Jorwarld !" said the conductor e|ach time. "Plemty of
room in the front of the car. Move forward !"

And M'cFee moved forward.

The car reached Fourteenth street — two miles or thereabouts —
before the conductor got through the crowd to McFee. "Fare !"
he demanded.

"Fare!" said McFee indignantly. "Do you expect me to pay for
the privilege df walking from the city hall to Fourteenth street?"

— From Judge.

Making Up

"Making up" has a variety of meaning, according to Christie
MicDonald, who has made a decided hit in "Sweethearts."

"There had been i lovers' quarrel, and it was his first visit
in two weeks.

" 'I guess you know there was a difference between your sister
and myself he ventured, trying to pump the little sister.

" 'Yes, indeed,' responded the latter, without hesitation.

" 'Well — er — do you think Clara will make up when she comes
down ?'

"Little Bessie leaned over near and whisipered :
" 'She is upstairs making up now.' " —

December Young's Magazine.

Inevitable Result

"I am surprised to hear that Dubbleigh has broken down," said
Stubbs. "He used to have a splendid constitution." "Yes," said
VViggletrope, "but he began amending it." — Harper's Weekly.

"How's everything in your home?" asked Smith.
"Oh," replied Brown, "she's all right." — Dope Book.

The Policeman — Where are you going at this time of night?
The Wanderer — I'm — hie — going to a lecture. — Sketch.

"How much for the puppies, laddie?"

"One's 'arf a crown, sir; t'other's 3 shillin'."

"Why is one sixpence more than the other?"

" 'Cos 'e swallered sixpence this mornin'." — Tit-Bits.

Lest We Forget

Small .A.rthur — Mamma, I hurt my finger. Please tie a rag on it.
Mamma (after an examination) — It isn't injured enough to need ty-
ing up, dear. Small Arthur — Well, tie a rag on it anyway so I
won't forget which finger it is that hurts. — Exchange.

"What are union rates, pa?"
"Wedding fees, my son." — From Judge.

'Rebecca's Wedding Day"

"In Distress"

Keystone

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"The Thief and the Book" (2) JAN. 25

"The Informer" (2) JAN. 22

"Conscience" (2) JAN. 21

"The Return of Helen Redmond" (2) JAN. 19

"In the Clutches of the Gang" (2) JAN. 17

"The Faith of Her Fathers" (2) JAN. 17

"Circle of Fate" (2) JAN. 16

"The Primitive Call" (3) JAN. 15

"Destinies Fulfilled" (3) JAN. 12

"The Runaway Princess" (3) JAN. 9

"The Narcotic Spectre" (2) JAN. 9

"The Harp of Tara" (2) JAN. 8

"A Military Judas" (3) JAN. 7

"The Power of Light" (2) JAN. 5

"True Irish Hearts" (3) JAN. 1

"The Woman" (2) DEC. 31

"In the Firelight" (2) DEC. 29

"Giovanni's Gratitude" (2) DEC. 27

"Eileen of Erin" (2) DEC. 25

"Her Father*:: Story" (2) DEC. 24

"An Orphan's Romance" (2) DEC. 23

"The Shriner's Daughter" (2) DEC. 22

"Jack and the Beanstalk" (2) DEC. 19

"The Pitfall" (2) DEC. 19

"The Curse" (2) DEC. 18

"The Open Door" (2) DEC. 17

"Where The Road Forks" DEC. 15

"Soul of the South" (2) DEC. 12

"Devotion" (2) DEC. 11

"Romance and Duty" (2) DEC 9

"For Another's Crime" (2) DEC. 6

"The Filly" (2) DEC. 4

"The Buried Past" (2) DEC. 3

"American Born" (2) .... : DEC. 1

"The Belle of Yorktown" (3) NOV. 27

"The Blight of Wealth" (2) NOV. 25

"Witch of Salem" (2) NOV. 20

"The War Correspondent" (2) NOV. 19

"L'Article 47" (2) NOV. 18

"The Trail of the Lost Chord" (2) NOV. 17

"For Love of a Man" (2) NOV. 15

"The Ghost" (2) NOV. 13

"The Imposter" (2) NOV. 12

"The Judgment" (2) NOV. 6

"The Veteran" (2) NOV 5

"The Junior Partner" (2) NOV. 4

"Widow Maloney's Faith" (2) OCT. 30

"From Out of the Storm" (2) OCT. 29

"The Oath of O Tsuru San" (2) OCT. 28

"In the Days of Trajan" (2) OCT. 27

"Hearts" (2) OCT, 25

"The Heart of Kathleen" OCT, 23

"The Black Sheep" OCT 22

"Romance of Erin" (2) OCT. 16

"The Reaping" (2) OCT. 15

"The Van Warden Rubies" (2) OCT. 14

"The Plot Against the Governor" (2) OCT. 14

"God of Chance" (2) OCT. 9

"A Forgotten Melody" (2) OCT. 8

"A Pitfall of the Installment Plan" (2) OCT. 6

"Targets of Fate" (2) OCT. 4

"Exoneration" (2) OCT. 2

"The Greenhorn" (2) OCT. 1

"Life's Pathway" (2).... SEPT. 30

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rtU(,l,*:T(N NO, 5

Por Bulletin No. 5 we :have chosen the take-up device which, if studied
carefully, will greatly assist every operator and help increase his earning
capacity.

This should be of considerable interest to the exhibitor, as it clearly
sets forth indisputable facts and illustrates the great value he receives
when ^purchasing- a Simplex projector.

For a projecting machine to work properly, it is important that the
take-up device be of a design that can be relied upon to rewind the film
unto the lower reel evenly, and the adjustments of the tension be few and
simiple. Simiplicity and rigidity of the take-up device are important fac-
tors in successful operation.

Unlike other projectors, the take-up device used on the Simplex pro-
jector is not driven from the lower feed sprocket shaft, but is directly
belted to the main driving gear, thus 'balancing the entire mechanism and
equalizing the strain on the main driving shaft.

The take-up furnished with the regular 'Simplex equipment is of the
well-known friction-disc type, belt-driven, as shown on Plate K.

The details of the frictional-disc device are illustrated by Plate Kl.

The pulley 26054 and the driving side of the disc No. 260 are made of
a close-grain iron, which is carefully machined to insure accuracy.

Part 2 60, the driving side of the disc, is directly connected to the
take-up shaft No. 684.

Friction disc No. 262 is of leather, 3 in. in diameter and in. thick.
This operates between friction disc 260 and pulley 26054. Its duty is to
transmit the tension with Pulley 260% thereby equalizing the speed.

The take-up driving pulley No. 260}4 driven by belt No. 263H is
forced to bear against leather washer 262 by spring 264, which is kept in
place by a thimible 265 and set screw No. 266.

Take-up shaft No. 684 is made of cold-rolled steel and is 9% in. long
by ^ in. in diameter, and after turning, is carefully ground to insure
accuracy. Tlie end that carries the reel is reduced to 5/16 in. to accommo-
date tlie ordinary reel, this being the prevailing diameter of the bearings
of reels in this country. Tliis shaft is supported by a bearing on the
spider casting No. 251, which is 2sA in. long, as shown on Plate K and K2.

Anotlier advantageous point of the Simplex projector, and a time-saver,
is the reel clips shown on Plate Kl. Their duty is to hold the reel onto
the take-up shaft, so tliat the pin on 689 engages the reel. There are no
reel clips to lose.

The 3,000-ft. take-up device, as shown on Plate K2, is a radical depar-
ture from any used heretofore on projecting machines.

It stands to reason that the take-up which is primarily designed to
reel up 1.000 ft. of film cannot satisfactorily take up 2,000 or 3,000 ft. "We

have designed a special take-up
device to meet this situation.

This take-up is similar to the
belt-drive with the exception that
we have designed a steel sprocket
No. 691, Plate K2, iyi in. in di-
ameter, which, combined with the
use of the special Bell & Howell
standard reels, with 5-in. hubs, as
illustrated on Plate K2, equalize
to a minimum the strain whicli
would otherwise exist on the first
250 ft. when re-winding, and the
last 250 ft. on the upper reel.

This reel, when used in con-
nection with tlie take-up driv-
ing sprocket, permits a slower
speed than with the ordinary
reel.

In order to obviate the chance
of straining the belt connector,
we use a steel chain, which has
proved far superior than a belt
for driving large reels of this
diameter. It is imported by us
and is of the well-known Coven-
try manufacture. It is % in.
wide and is guaranteed by the
maker to withstand a breaking
strain of 300 lbs. The blocks
are hardened to eliminate wear
and stretch, and the tension of
the chain on sprocket 691 is ad-
justed by take-up chain adjust
bracket No. 690, shown on Plate
K2.

The adjust-screw thimble
spring and frictional discs are
identical to those used with our
regular take-up, as shown on
Plate K and Kl, with the excep-
tion of the special cut steel
sprocket.

Keep these bulletins for fu-
ture reference. They are in-
valuable to the operator. They
illustrate graphically the rea-
sons why the Simplex is the per-
fect projector.

PLATE K2

IT IS ALL
IN THE MAKING

A PERFECT PROJECTOR
GIVES PERFECT RESULTS

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mary 24, 1914

Copyright 1914, by Mutual Film Corporation

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HELICAL GEARS INCREASE the LIFE of

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NOT content merely to make the Edison the longest
lived projecting machine on the market, we are
constantly building it stronger and stronger. Our
latest improvement is the substituting of HELICAL
GEARS instead of spur gears formerly used in the
mechanism.

These Helical Gears give

Longer Life Silent Operation Steadier Operation

The Edison Helical Gears are twice as heavy as the
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and will outwear any die cast gear on the market.

The diagonal cut of the Helical Gears keeps the gears always in mesh, thus doing
away with the play in the old spur gears and giving absolutely uniform application
of power. That means steadier projection. ,

The lack of play greatly reduces the noise of operation, making the machine prac-
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A Gear Guard has been placed over the new mechanism. It adds to the appear-
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Despite the greatly improved service of the Edison and
the increased cost of manufacture, the price is still

$250.00

Including 25-40 Ampere Grid Type Rheostat

You must see this new mechanism in operation to ap-
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You will never he satisfied with any other projecting
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11 — His First Case

13 — Armed Intervention

IS — Where the Road Forks (2)

18 — Personal Magnetism
20 — Fate's Round Up

22— The Shriner'n Daughter (2)

25 — No release

27 — ^The Rose of San Juan
29 — In the Firelight

1 — No release

3— The Miser's Policy

5— The Power of Light (2)
8 — No release

10 — The Love of Thomas Gray

12— Destinies Fulfilled (3)
15 — No release

17 — Unto the Weak

19 — The Return of Helen Redmond (2)
22 — No release.

24 — At the Potter's Wheel

26 — A Blowout at Santa Banana (2)
29 — No release.

31 — Calamity Anne In Society

A»olI©

7 — Fred Goes In For Horses
14 — The Portola Festival

Los Angeles Police Parade

(Split Reel)

21— Fred's I. O. U.
28 — The Fresh Freshman
4 — ^The Tale of a Shirt
11— A Swell Dish

Whose Baby Are You?

(Split Reel)

18 — An Accidental Baby
25 — It's a Bear!

1 — The Great Pasadena Rose Tourna-
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Dec 4 — The Filly (2)

Dec. 11 — Devotion (2)

Dec. 18— The Curse (2)

Dec. 25 — Eileen of Erin (2)

Jan. 1 — True Irish Hearts

Jan. 8— The Harp of Tara (2)

Tan. 15— The Primitive Call (3)

Tan. 22 — The Informer (2)

Jan. 29 — Heart of Woman (3)

14 — Witherinp Roses
21 — Fooling Uncle
28 — Bess, the Outcast.

3— The Buried Past (2)
10 — The Frame Up
17— The Open Door (2)
24— Her Father's Story (2)
31— The Woman (2)

7— A Military Judas (3)

14— The Cure

21 — Conscience

28 — Romance of Sunshine Alley

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18^ — The Claim Jumper
21— Days of '49

2— The Revelation

5— The Long Portage

9 — Her Legacy
12— Soul of the South (2)
19— The Pitfall (2)
23 — No release

26— The Harvest of Sin
2 — Prince

9 — The Narcotic Spectre (2)
16— Circle of Fate (2)
23 — Kentucky Romance

27 — Her Brother's Sake
30 — Divorce (2)

Jan. 18— What the Crystal Told

Jan. 20— The Ring

Jan. 24 — The Power of Mind

Jan. 25— The Thief and the Boo'it (2)

Jan. 27' — No release.

Jan. 31 — A Riot in Rubeville

Feb. 1 — The Vengeance of Najerra

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24 — Fatty Joins the Force
27 — Cohen Saves the Flag

1— The Woman Hater

4— The Rogues' Gallery

The San Francisco Celebration
(Split reel)
8— A Ride For a Bride

11— The Horse Thief
15 — The Gusher

18 — Fatty's Flirtation

Protecting San Francisco From Fire
— (Split reel)

20 — His Sister's Kids
22 — A Bad Game

25 — Some Nerve

29— He Would A Hunting Go
1 — A Misplaced Foot

A Glimpse of Los Angeles

(Split reel)

5 — Mabel's Stormy Love Affair
8 — The Under Sheriff

12 — A Flirt's Mistake

15 — How Motion Pictures Are Made
17 — In the Clutches of the Gang

19 — Too Many Brides
22 — Won in a Closet

24 — Rebecca's Wedding Day

26 — Double Crossed

29 — Little Billie's Triumph
31 — Mabel's Bare Estape

25 — Wifey's (Thristmaa Present
A Live Wire

(Split reel)
1— The Bad Man from the East

Levi's Luck (Split reel)

8^ — Cliasing Gloom

The Servant Question (Split reel)
15 — Walt's Photograph
The Vapor Bath

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22— What the Burglar Got

The Wild Man From Borneo

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29 — The Physical Culture Bug
The Scheme that Failed

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11 — The Rivals Nov!

15 — The Pitch That Defiles . Dec

16 — The Tomboy's Race ' Dec.
18— L'Article 47 (2) Dec

22 — No release Dec

23— The House On the Tree Dec.
25 — A Warm Welcome Dec.

29 — An Accidental Que Dec.

30 — Hendrick's Divorce Dec.

2— The Padre's Sacrifice

6 — The Helping Hand Dec

7 — Rick's Redemption Dec
9' — Romance and Duty (2) Dec

13 — No release Dec.

14 — The Rival Pitchers Dec

16 — The God of To-morrow Jan.

20 — Man's Awakening Jan.

21 — The Prisoner of the Mountains Jan.
23 — Mrs. Brown's Burglar Jan.

27 — The Pride of the Force Jan.

28 — Helen's Strategem Jan.
30— The Baby Jan.

3 — Educating His Daughters Jan.

4 — MoUie and the Oil King Jan.
6 — The Ten of Spades Jan.

ro — The Sorority Initiation Tan.

11 — A Ticket to Red Gulch Jan.

13 — Take's Hoodoo Tan.

17— The Lackey Feb.

Princess

5 — ^The Little Church Around the
Corner

12 — His Imaginary Family
19 — The Law of Humanity
26 — Cupid's Lieutenant

a — A Rural Free Delivery Romance

9 — A Circumstantial Nurse
16 — When the Cat Came Back
23 — The Vacant Chair
30— The Purse and the Girl

Ilellaiise

22 — Her Father's Daughter
26 — A Rough Diamond
29 — The Reporter's Scoop

1 — Tony's Sacrifice

3 — A Woman of Sin

6 — For Another's Crime (2)

8— Two Girls of the HilU

10— Four $100 Bills

13 — A Man's a Man

16 — The Mighty Atom

17 — The Pseudo Prodigal

22 — The Flyleaf of Fate
24 — The Alternative

27' — Giavonni's Gratitude (2)

29 — Daybreak

31 — His Awful Vengeance

Seeing Stars and Stripes

(Split reel)
3 — Some Rogues and a Girl
5 — The Loafer

7— The Sacrifice

10 — The Psychological Moment

12 — Slim Hogan's Getaway

14— The Two Slaves

17— The Faith of Her Fathers
19— Our Mutual Girl
21 — The Man

24— The Hidden Clue

26 — Our Mutual Girl

28 — Tricked by a Photograph
31— Too Proud to Beg

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25— The Blight of Wealth (2)

28— Curfew Shall Not Ring To-night

30— The Henpecked Hod Carrier

2 — The Problem Love Solved

5 — What Might Have Been
7 — The Milkman's Revenge

9 — A Beauty Parlor Graduate
12i — Uncle's Namesakes

14 — Lawyer, Dog and Baby
16 — Peggy's Invitation

19 — Jack and the Beanstalk
The Bushleaguer's Dream (2)

21 — No release

23 — An Orphan's Romance (2)
2-6— His Father's Wife

28— The Head Waiter
30 — An Amateur Animal Trainer
2 — Their Golden Wedding

4 — Mrs. Pinkhurst's Proxy

6 — The Runaway Princess (3)
9 — No release

11 — Two Little Dromios

13 — Adrift in a Great City
16— Coals of Fire

18i — Turkey Trot Town

20 — Her Love Letters

23 — An Elusive Diamond
25— The Elevator Man

27 — The Woman Pays
30 — No release

1 — Why Reginald Reformed

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-^Mr^

Fred Mace Grabs Another Fighter!

Fred Mace must have his fighter! Now it's
Leach Cross whom he's picljed to fill the place
of the late "Bull" Young, who succumbed to a
knockout blow and set the reformers of California
into a new frenzy about the prize ring. Leach
is a careful Jewish gentleman and won't die, and
who may be depended on for picture posing as
long as there's money in it. So may Leach's
whole family, for that matter — Eddie Foy and
HIS seven will tremble when Apollo's "A Swell
Dish" comes out. For blame it if Leachie hasn't
brought his home folks into that film and put
them over immense 1 Not as many in the Cross
family as in the Foy, of course but what there
are just burn with cleverness and — well. Leach
wants you to see the film. Along with Cross,
Director Mace has annexed Fred Hornby. The
latter isn't a fighter or anything uplifting. He's
just as actor. (California Letter.)

An Impromptu Scene

Guests and visitors, present at Edgerly Court,
Santa Barbara, were given an unlooked-for treat
recently, when Caroline Cooke and Tom Ricketts,
both members of the "Flying A" companies, put
on the balcony scene of "Romeo and Juliet."
Miss Cooke had just stepped out on a veranda
of the hotel when Mr. Ricketts opened the win-
dow of his living room below. The situation
prompted Ricketts to render Romeo lines. Miss
Cooke accepted her cue — and as both knew their
parts perfectly, the scene was carried to the end
most efficiently. It is this living in the atmos-
phere of their work which makes the "Flying A"
stars so efficient in their chosen calling.

Another Reel Life Enthusiast

San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 14, 1914.
Editor, Reel Life,
New York City.
Dear Sir:

I beg to state that I have recently sold my
theatres in Hutchinson, Kansas, and have ac-
quired an interest in several moving picture the-
atres in this city, where I am permanently lo-
cated.

I will consider it a great favor if you will
kindly enter my name as per the address below
on your mailing list so that I may receive your
weekly regularly. I consider your publication a
very valuable requisite to the moving picture busi-
ness and have missed it greatly since leaving
Kansas.

Thanking you in advance.

Yours very truly,

E. WAYNE MARTIN,
508 West Craig St.,
San Antonio, Texas.

His Notion of Work

Dave Thompson, the veteran Thanhouser
player, is nothing if not a busy man. Recently
he was appointed studio manager of the Than-
houser plant — by the way, he was Thanhouser's
first studio manager, to go back into ancient his-
tory— but said he wanted to go on acting. Mr.
Hite, though, knew Thompson had fitted himself
for the post by previous experience. You see, af-
ter being the pioneer studio boss at New Rochelle,
Thompson quit the job to take his family to
Europe. Returning to the Thanhouser employ, he
became a leading man. But President Hite, know-
ing the Thompson worth arranged that he take
over the managing work and play in the pictures
besides. So now Dave gets all the stages in
order mornings for all the Thanhouser directors,
places the "right people" with the right producer,
"makes up," orders the various stages and "sets"
dismantled, orders used costumes returned and
new ones procured, writes up the new property
lists, tells the scenic artists the new "drops"
he wants painted and "calls" the people for next
day! Upon the finish of which, Mr. Thompson
has "nothing to do 'till to-morrow" — provided
some delayed director isn't using the studio at
night!

George De Carlton

Reliance

A Sample of "Movie" Appreciation.

January 9i, 1914.

Thanhouser Co.,

New Rochelle, N. Y.
Dear Sir:

As I was looking through the billboard paper, I
notice a picture of Miss Flo La Badie. Please
tell her to write to me by return mail. She don't
know me, but when she writes to me four or five
times, then she will know me. If you want to
tell her to write to me, I will be very, very glad
indeed. I like her very, very much indeed. Let
me hear from you, within two or three or four
days I remain. Please show Miss Flo La Badie
this letter.

" Yours truly.

GIUSEPPE GARIBALDL

Instructive Movies.

The sum of human knowledge now no longer is
contained

In volumes written by the learned few.
But in movies for a nickel is abundantly explained
For those as ignorant as I and you.

Eugenics and eupeptics and eucantimaginewhat
Are the deeper things that they exemplify.

Enlightening our progeny exactly how they got
The ills that ultimately made them die.

They magnify the microbe to double Jumbo's size
And show you how he shuffles off his shell;

They also hand out miracles before your very eyes
In a manner that is difficult to tell.

They show you a pedestrian a motor car has hit
And reduced to an impalpable small pile.

When a white wing with his broom obligingly
attends to it
And it rises and salutes you with a smile.

The process of digestion they display upon the
screen.

And if you have a stop watch you can time
The period sufficing for the cabbage or the bean.
The orange or the lemon or the lime.

Then why should we our ignorance unceasingly
bemoan.

When for a nickel's cost in every block
Such gobs of erudition as few have ever known
Can be had in twenty minutes by the clock?

—The Sun, N. Y.

New York Motion Picture Corporation

To keep up with their rapidly expanding busi-
ness, and to more adequately supply the demand
for Keystone Comedies, Mack Sennett, Vice-Presi-
dent and Managing Director of the Keystone
Company, is just completing extensive enlarge-
ments in his studios and factory. For the past
three months the present plant at 1712 Allesandro
Street, Los Angeles, has been entirely too small
for the demands that were being put upon it.
The new improvements were then put under way,
and when completed will be one of the best
equipped motion picture studios on the coast.

Mr. Henry Lehrmann, Keystone Director, has
just completed a two reel "Kid" melodrama, fea-
turing the abduction of a juvenile heroine by the
juvenile villain. The Venice Miniature Railway,
near Los Angeles, with engines, coaches, round
houses, depots and several miles of track; was
leased especially for this feature. Besides the
railway, all of the remaining sets and furnishings
down to the last detail, were in small scale. The
children in this picture are the same who have
been taken by Keystone and trained especially
for the Keystone Kid Pictures, which are to be
a regular feature in the program of this company.

The new program of three a week, and a
two reel special every month, recently adopted
by the Keystone Company, has caused Managing
Director Mack Sennett to hustle up all departments
of the studio. A new stage, 60x80 feet, has
just been completed, which, with the old one now
gives a total of over 300 square feet of working
room. All sets, props, and furnishings have
been added accordingly and there is now enough
material to easily keep eight or ten companies
going. Four new directors, with the same number
of cameramen, have also been added. This brings
the list to a total of seven directors with the
accompanying seven companies of players. And
all are constantly at work turning out Keystone
comedies.

"Little Billy," Keystone's two-year-old star, is
again at work in a Kid picture. This time Billy
carries the lead throughout an entire reel, includ-
ing a hold-up, running away with the cash of a
Punch and Judy show, and foiling a couple of
villains. All of this he does with his usual facial
expressions and a dramatic comprehension away
beyond his years. "Little Billy" will take part in
all the future Kid pictures put out by Keystone,
and which are becoming almost as popular as the
comedies played by Keystone grown-ups.

The Keystone Company is working on a news-
paper story which was taken in the linotype room
of the Los Angeles Times. This latter paper is
one of the largest dailies in the United States,
and no other company has photographed the lino-
type machines and presses before. The great
difficulty lies in getting the proper light in the
dark interiors. This the Keystone Company over-
came by sending nearly five hundred miles to
San Francisco and obtaining arc lamps of the
most powerful rays, which, with the lamps se-
cured in Los Angeles, gave the desired effect.

Instructor Recognizes Former Pupil hy
Publicity Statements

Miss Winifred Beckingsale, instructor in a
Canadian high school finds in Vivian Rich a
former pupil. Miss Beckingsale visited Santa
Barbara and met Miss Rich of the "Flying A"
Studios, confirming her conclusions as to her
identity. Vivian had made an indelible impression
upon her former instructor because she was al-
ways at the head of her class.

An Easter "Flying A" Feature

"The Last Supper," a two reel production, is
announced by the American Film Mfg. Co. Lori-
mer Johnston has been entrusted with the pro-
duction of this subject, and gives assurance that
it will be done in the thorough and careful
manner which characterizes his best work. Christ
and the Apostles will be shown at the festal
board with absolute historical accuracy. The
release date has not as yet been set, but will be
as close to Easter as possible.

Re©l Life

S

The Thanhouser Fire Anniversary

The Thanhouser Fire Anniversary, marking the
opening of the new Thanhouser Studios at New
Rochelle, was held Tuesday, January 13,, with
about 700 persons in attendance. All the trains
from New York were met at the station by au-
tomobiles in charge of the Reception Committee:
James Cruze, Chairman; Billie Noel, Al Mayo,
Frank Grimmer and Claude Seixas. Miss Jessie
Bishop, in charge of arrangements, procured a
"special" on the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad to take the New York attend-
ants home, at 2:06 A. M. Others on the ar-
rangements committee were: Dave Thompson,
James Cruze, Charles Gerke, Harry Benham and
Bert Adler. David Thompson and Bert Adler
were in charge of the floor and entertainment.
Grimmer's Orchestra furnished the dance music.
A special caterer was on hand to see that all
the 700 attendants had refreshment as well as
entertainment. The prominent Thanhouserettes
present were: Mr. and Mrs. C. J Hite, Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd F. Lonergan, the full staff of di-
rectors; Marguerite Snow, Maude Fealy, Flo
La Badie, Mignon Anderson, Muriel Ostriche,
Adele Rey, Lila Chester, Catherine Webb, Carey
L. Hastings, Riley Chamberlin, Justus Barnes,
Arthur Bower, Al H. Moses, Jr., Henry Cron-
jager, William Zollinger, Theodore Heise and
Frank Zimmerman. Be-ribboned "Kewpie dolls"
were the souvenirs.

THE ENTERTAINMENT.
(David Thompson and Bert Adler, Announcers)

1. Mrs. Morgan Jones in violin selections, with

Boyd Marshall at piano.

2. Film presenting leading Thanhouser Players

in bits from their best releases.

3. Alice Turner;, girl comique, in songs.

4. Slides of C. J. Hite and the Thanhouser

department heads.

5. Roy Hauck, boy comediarv, in songs, ac-

companied by Boyd Marshall.

6. Thanhouser Film, "Coals of Fire."

7. The Thanhouser Twins, in dances and reci-

tations.

8. The Thanhouser Illustrated Song, posed by

Muriel Ostriche and Boyd Marshall, pho-
tographed by Claude Seixas, music by
Sid Bracy, sung by Boyd Marshall, with
Sid Bracy at the piano.

9. Harry Benham's own illustrated song, a bur-

lesque by Harry Benham.

10. David Thompson in a monologue.

11. The Thanhouser Kid and little Leland Ben-

ham in songs and dances.
In the audience were players and officials from
almost every prominent producing company
around New York, as follows: Gertrude McCoy,
John Collins, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Seay, Mr.
and Mrs. George Lessey, Dick Neil, Mr. and
Mrs. William Barrett, Edison; Misf Mary Charle-
son, Sam Spedori, Vitagraph; William Russell, Al-
bert Russell, Biograph; Irving Cummings, Pathe;
Victor Naulty, New York Motion Picture Co.;
Mrs. and Mrs. Paul Scardon, Earle Fox, Mr.
and Mrs. Carl LeViness, Reliance; E. H.
Sanders, Universal, Joe Farnham, All-Star, Wil-
liam Barry, Nicholas Power Co.; Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. H. Peckham, Reel Life; George D. Proctor,
E. Kendall, Gillette, Moving Picture News; R.
H. Pangburn^ N. Y. Telegraph; Wen Milligan,
The Billboard; Dr. William J. Ivory, Screen
Club; J. E. Brulatour, Miss V. Johnson, East-
man; Mr. J. V. Ritchey, Mrs. Worthy Butts,
Greenwich Litho. Co.; Mr. Brewer, Otis Litho.
Co.; Frank C. Bangs, Mr. and Mrs. George
Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. Peckham, Mrs. Edward Mc-
Call, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lieb, Mr. William
Rising.

Congratulatory wires were received from: John
Bunny, Maurice Costello, Mr. and Mrs. James
Young, Miss Lillian Walker, Tefft Johnson, Vita-
graph; Anthony O'SuUivan, T. N. Heffron, Law-
rence Marston, Madge Kirby, Alan Hale, Gertrude
Robinson, Biograph; Walter Edwin, Ashley

;iio 'J^x^^hm^^ Mo

Thanhouser

Dave Thompson

Miller, Gladys Hulette, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Prior, Mary Fuller, Edison; Alice Joyce, Tom
Moore, Phil Lang, Kalem; Earle Metcalf, Lloyd
B. Carleton, George Terwilligeri, Ormi Hawley,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Hibling, Lubin; Francis
X. Bushman, Gilbert M. Anderson Tinton Steck,
Don Meany, Essanay; Kathlyn Williams, John
Pribyl, Selig; Gwendolyn Pates, Paul Panzer,
Frank Powell, Jack Standing, Pathe; Harris Gor-
don, James Kirkwood, D. W. Griffith, Henry
Walthall, Mae Marsh, Norma Phillips, Reliance;
William Garwood, Phil Lonergan, Lucius Hen-
dersoni, Francelia Billington, Majestic; Fred
Mace, Marguerite Loveridge, Apollo; Vivian Rich,
S. S. Hutchinson, R. R. Nehls, American; Tom
Ince, Kessel and Bauman, George Nicholls, Kay-
Bee; Mack Sennett, Mabel Norman, Keystone;
H. E. Aitken, Roy Aitken, W. C. Toomey, Clar-
ence H. New, J. R. Freuler, Mutual Film Cor-
poration; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Laemmle, J. C.
Graham, King Baggott, Ethel Grandon, Frank
Smith,, Howard Crampton, Joe Brandt, Universal;
and Chester Beecroft, General Film.

"True Western Hearts"

The story of the noble sacrifice of a father
and son, who, moved by the misfortunes of a
neighbor, give up the proceeds of five years of
unremitting toil.

A very interesting production, with Sydney
Ayres in the lead, doing splendid work. With
the exception of Louise Lester, who takes the
part of the neighbor's wife, and her little child,
the entire cast is made up of men. But for
all this, the subject commands attention.

"The Hermit"

A two part production by the American Film
Mfg. Co., Thos. Ricketts directing and Edward
Coxen in the titular role, supported by Winifred
Greenwood, George Field and other stars of "Fly-
ing A" fame.

A heart-interest story with a strong grip, and
dramatization that is at once convincing and real.
It is not often that two brothers are hopelessly
in love with the same girl — and that the nobler
character of the two is worsted by the unscrupu-
lous conduct of the other. This situation is
brought about in a masterful manner by the
producer, Thomas Ricketts, and the story unravels
itself in a free and easy manner.

Principals and producer do themselves credit.
The release has been set for Feb. 2nd.

Beauty Films Popular

With the first release, "WITHERING ROSES,"
scarcely having been shown on the screen, the
clamor for further Beauty releases is assuming
gratifying proportions. The popular and beautiful
Margarita Fischer is the leading lady and her
ability and charming personality, which is dis-
played in a marked degree in these productions,
is increasing her already numerous friends and
admirers.

Beauty films will be released on Wednesday of
each week. Subsequent titles are "Fooling Uncle,"
"Bess, the Outcast," "Sally's Elopement," "The
Wife," and "The Storm."

Exquisite photographs for lobby display are
available.

This Comes from Mr. L. Freeman, of the
Furby Theatre, Winnipeg.

The Editor,

"Comic" Section,
Reel Life.

If the American Apollo whilst riding on a
Broncho, happened to meet the Princess wearing
a Domino, at the "Sign of the Double Winged
Clock" — I wonder if she would accept a Key-
stone ring from him and place her Reliance
upon his Mutual backing to fulfill his promise
of marriage, when he becomes wealthy and "Can-
houser" ?

Yours truly,

K. B.

Won't Have Photo Printed

The Thanhouser studio has a demure young
lady who won't have her picture printed in
the papers — she's so shy! This unusual actress
is said to be a society girl who "has reasons"
for keeping her face out of the printed page, al-
though many persons would consider photoplaying
in itself a publicity medium of the most pro-
nounced kind. But the particular photoplayer
will not have her photo published or her name,
either — they call her "Miss Beautiful" in the
Thanhouser casts and let it go at that. "Miss
Beautiful's" first film appearance comes late in
the month. The release is called "Her Love
Letters," and Harry Benham and the Thanhouser
Kidlet appear, too.

Tliaiili®i3ser

The Elevator Man

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Jan. 25, 1914
CAST

Tim, an aged elevator man.... Riley Chamberlain
Rose, a pretty young stenographer. .Flo La Badie

Jack, in love with Rose Harry Benham

Williams, chief clerk Sidney Bracy

The old elevator man had been employed in
the office building for many years and was
treated with much consideration. He had his
likes and dislikes, however. A certain young
clerk and a very pretty stenographer, employed
by one of the firms, especially had won his heart
— and he was delighted when they confided to him
that they were engaged. Another clerk, higher up
in the same companyj old Tim despised. When
the lovers quarrelled — as all young lovers will — -
and the pretty girl flirted with the clerk whom
Tim disliked, the old elevator man was broken
hearted. Then, he decided to play upon the
yellow streak in Williams' disposition. He did
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AWEEKLY MAGAZINE OF KINETIC DRAMA AND LITERATURE

PUBLISHED BY
MUTUAL FILM CORPORATION, NEW VORK

Mew Y©rk, Jaiinary 24, 1914

CLARENCE HERBERT NEW, Editor WM. H. PECKHAM, Business Manager

MUTUAL FILM CORPORATION, Publishers, 71 West 23rd Street
Five Cents the Copy Circulation This Week 25,000 $2.50 by the Yeaer

At a time when about every third adult person appears
to be trying his or her hand at writing motion-picture
scenarios, much criticism has been stirred up over the
fact that so many of the film manufacturers turn back to
the celebrated novels every few weeks ifor play material.

Those who follow the weekly programs of motion-
plays with enthusiastic interest are struck by the number
of dramatizations from the good old standard novels — and ask
with more or less protesting emphasis why our native talent isn't
given more of a chance to work out something better and more
novel. People who really know something of literature and the
drama wisely refrain from going into this question — but, as always,
they are in the minority, and our daily mail contains a serious
propoirtion of letters from would-be scenario writers who ifancy
they have a grievance.

Suppose we see if this point can't be made so clear that all of
our correspondents, and their friends, may understand it.

Taking the average theatrical season in New York City for the
last twenty-five years as a basis for argfument, it should be re-
membered that in no single winter during that time have we seen
upon the legitimate stage more than six really first-class plays-
plays which have sufficient vitality to reappear, season after season,
in various -parts of the world. During some winters, there have
been not over three or four of such plays. And those ifour — or six
— ^dramatic performances have re!presented the pick — the final choice
— of all the plays submitted to producing managers. Of course,
many other new plays were produced, each season — but they were
ephemeral and had very little basic worth.

To-day, the demands of the motion picture industry are such
that over one hundred new film plays are released every week in
this country alone. The regular fall, winter and spring theatrical
season in New York runs about thirty-two weeks. So we have
a ratio of 3,200 motion-picture plays, each season, against the 6
firstnclass plays of the legitimate stage — quite a respectable differ-
ence— ^in figures. Out of the 3,200 motion-picture plays— (it is
really 5,200, because there is no off-season in film production) —
only a certain proportion can be considered as being in the same
dramatic class as the six regular plays referred to, and it stands
to reason that this proportion — really first-class work — cannot be
done by amateurs. These are the permanent masterpieces — writ-
ten by masters of their cralft, whether living or dead.

The 5,200 scenarios must be written and produced each year.
Taking even the incessant efforts of such veterans as Thos. H.
Ince and Lloyd F. Lonergan, the film manufacturers cannot obtain
more than two-thirds of that number — really fit for production.
The balance must be made up in order to get the output — and it
must be good stuff. So recourse is had to the almost inexhaustible
supply of first-class books upon the library shelves — and at that
point in the search for material it is very soon proved that the

older standard novels and plays offer better subject-mat-
ter for motion-picture plays than the modern school.

In the older novels, something always happens — from
chapter to chapter. In the days when they were first
read, something had to happen. People dined more lib-
erally, drank more port, went to sleep more quickly —
and the book had to keep them awake by sheer inter-
est, or it was poor stuff. Dumas — 'Ainsworth — James — Walter
Scott — Victor Hugo — Dickens — Thackeray — DeFoe — Robinson — Geo.
W. M. Reynolds — all of them knew how to write a story with the
punch in it. The modern school drifts more to character-study.
Possibly we may be on our way to a higher iform of literature
than the old masters reached. But when it comes to carrying the
thread of your story in pantomime, so that an audience with limited
education catches the full force of every scene, mere character-
study fails to get across. A D'Artagnan or a Ruy Bias, or a Don
Caesar de Bazan doesn't need to say a word on the screen. He is
himself — and you know exactly what he's about, every minute. It
isn't in the least necessary for Robin Hood to make long speeches —
you see him shooting his deer in Sherwood Forest, or getting the
laugh on the Sheriff of Nottingham, or embracing Maid Marian,
and you get the whole action without a word of explanaition. In
the Trail of the Lost Chord, you see the Padre at his organ and
his whole story opens out before you. In Sapho — the story is so
clear that no explanation is necessary. In Moths — the duel scene
for instance — you instantly sense the tragedy of Correze being
shot through the vocal cords in his throat, even if he is not other-
wise seriously injured.

5,200 scenarios a year — with the number steadily increasing!
The magazines and weeklies on the news-stands contain the names
of perhaps 200 writers of fiction more ar less well-known to
the reading public. Suppose that every one of them were to drop
magazine work and turn to scenario-writing? There is no ques-
tion but that they are far better equipped for the work— by tech-
nical knowledge and experience — than any amateur who ever set
pen to paper or pounded a machine. Yet each of the two hundred
would have to produce something over twenty-five scenarios a
year — two a month — to meet even the present demand. Does any
thinking person suppose that any living writer can produce twenty-
five scenarios of 10,000 to 20,000 words each, in a single year, and
have them all up to an acceptable standard of merit? Human
brains of that sort should be in a museum — preserved for all time.

Let us be thankful — if we depend upon the Movies for a large
part of our entertainment — that the present supply of good old
standard novels in the libraries, together with a very respectable
amount of magazine fiction, isn't likely to be exhausted, as film
material, in the next five or ten years. If we were obliged to
depend upon our amateur playwrights for even two or three thou-
sand "Movie"-Plays, each year, the outlook for clean acceptable
entertainment would be a gloomy one.

6

Red Life

hiy Bias

In order to get a
clear impression of
the picture Victor
Hugo had in mind
when he wrote Ruy
Bias, in 1838, we
should rememiber
that Spain — which
in ISOO was the
world's greatest na-
tion, under the Em-
peror, Charles V —
had been gradually
degenerating, going
to pieces, for two
hundred years — and
was, in 1698 a land
filled with ' the
grossest corruption,
with an aristocracy
who, seeing no hope
for the future, were
squandering their
fortunes in the
wildest sort of dis-
sipation, taxing the
people until they
starved and com-
mitted' all sorts of
crimes openly in the

streets df Madrid, utterly incompetent and conscienceless as a gov-
erniing class.

The army numbered scarcely eight thousand, unpaid, starving
and barefooted men — and many of the Grandees who had run
through their entire ifortunes had drifted into the ranks of the
Zaiiri, or gipsy-bohemian street rdbbers. Back of all this, one
should also remember that the aristocracy kept in iforce all of the
false dignity and rigid observances, developed under Philip II,
which made upper class life about as cheerless and monotonous as
that of a monastic hermit in hi'S cell. No woman could speak to
a man unless in the presence of a duenna — she couldn't take a walk
out of doors unattended — and every branch of society was seething
with intrigue of every description. The King, Charles II, was
merely a figure-head, politically — ^spending his last years in hunt-
ing, praying, dissipating, as much as possible away from his young
and heautiful Queen, Maria of Neubourg, w^ho was chaperoned to"
suoh an extent by her duennas that she was a prisoner in the palace.

The despotic government was such that the King held the power
of life and death over his subjects. For one of the masses to
openly acknowledge that he loved the Queen was actually high
treason, punishable by instant death. Individuals, of the masses,
existed merely by his royal pleasure — ^if anything about them dis-
pleased him, he could have them executed without a question being
raised by anyone. These facts must be kept in mind to under-
stand both the temerity and the fears of Ruy Bias — whom we first
meet as a lackey in the service of Don Salluste de Bazan, Mar-
quis of Finlas and President of the Alcaldes of the Court — (a
comibination of Secret Service Ohieif and Head of the Government
Police) .

Don Salluste, at the moment, is under sentence of banishment
to his Castillian estates because he will not marry one of the
Queen's Bavarian Maids of Honor whom he has seduced — and is
boiling over with schemes for revenging himself upon the Queen,

HOOVERJ'

who has caused his
downfall.

Looking from- the
window he sees, in
the street, his cousin
Don Caesar de Ba-
zan — who, having
run through all his
money, has become
a Zaiiri, consorting
with the street and
highway bandits,
though supposed to
be in the Indies —
and sends for him.
When Don Caesar
— who, though an
adventurer, is still a
gentleman of far
better character
than himself — enters
the room, Don Sal-
luste offers to rein-
state him — provide
him with money,
etc. — if he will as-
sist in obtaining re-
venge upon a wo-
man. This, Don
Caesar indigmantly
refuses to do — throwing the purse of gold at his cousin's feet.

Don Salluste then leaves the Toom for a moment, and Ruy Bias
discovers in Don Caesar an old and tried friend among the Zafiri.
Ruy Bias, loving the Queen as he does, feels bitterly the degrada-
tion of his lackey's livery — and impulsively tells his friend how he
daily risks his life to obtain certain German flowers ifor the Queen
and drop them over a high wall into her private garden. Don
Caesar is sympathizing with him when the Marquis returns — and
by that scoundrelly Grandee's order, is arrested by two alguazils
who send him as a slave to the Moors in Barbary.

Don Salluste has noticed with some amazement a remarkable
resemblance between Ruy Bias and Don Caesar. Making the lackey
write and sign a bond to serve him faithfully under any and all
conditions, he tells him he will advance his fortunes and make him
a Grandee of Spain. Handing Ruy Bias a handsome court-sword,
he throws a richly embroidered cloak around his shoulders, places
a Grandee's hat upon his head — ^and when the Queen enters the
long gallery at the back of the room, introduces Ruy Bias to the
Court as his cousin, Don Caesar de Bazan — just returned from the
Indies. Then Don Salluste retires to his estates, temporarily, in
exile — ^after whispering to his protege that he wishes him to make
the Queen fall in love with him.

Through the influence of another relative at Court, Ruy Bias is
presently brought to the King's notice, at the Escorial, and is sent
by him with a royal letter to the Queen in Madrid.

The Queen has missed her houquet of German flowers in the
gairden ifor three days — ^but found a blood-stained bit of lace at
the foot of the wall, upon the last occasion, and a love-note inside
the bouquet. Neglected by the King, she is already in love with
this devoted admirer whom she has never seen. When Ruy Bias
presents the King's letter, she notices that a bit of lace is missing
from his doublet and that his left hand is bound up in a blood-
stained handkerchief — wounded, undoubtedly, upon the sharp iron

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7

spikes at the top of her garden wall. That settles it. They know
and love each other before the end Oif the interview.

Shortly afterward, the King falls ill. The Queen takes the
government into her own hands — and secretly advances Ruy Bias
until ihe becomes Prime Minister.

He shows him^selif a man of far greater honesty and ability than
any of the Grandees in the Privy Council — which he soon domin-
ates. Upon one occasion, he forces the resignation and exile of two
corrupt Grandees from the Council — and the Queen hears his ar-
raignment of them from a secret closet. When he is alone in the
room, she comes out and confesses her love for him. Then — he
goes to his own house — and finds Don Salluste awaiting him.

The time is ripe for Don Salluste's vengeance. He commands
Ruy Bias to send for the Queen and receive her clandestinely in
his own house. Ruy Bias refuses. Don Salluste threatens instant
exposure not only of his own imposture but of the Queen's love for
him — and to save iher, he consents. But he is nearly crazed by the
idea and determines to save her at any cost. He sends a page with
a note to a rival Grandee begging that gentleman to insist upon
the Queen's not stirring from her palace for at least three days.
But the jealous old Grandee is suspicious — withholds the note —
and himself comes to fight a duel
with Ruy Bias. In his absence,
Don Caesar— ^who has escaped
from Barbary — comes down the
chimney. After helping himself
to food and wine, he appropri-
ates better clothing and is ready
for anything which may turn up
when the old Grandee comes in.
Don Caesar has no objections to
a ' duel — goes outside with the
Grandee and kills him. ' In the
meanwhile Ruy Bias retwrns.

Feeling sure that his warning
will save the Queen, he has pur-
chased a phial of poison and de-
termines to kill himself in order
that there may be no chance of
her being compromised. But, just
as he is lifting the phial to his
lips, she comes in through the
secret door — decoyed by a letter
which Ruy Bias had written while
still a lackey, at Don Salluste's
order, to one of his mistresses.

The Queen had recognized the
writing and seized the first op-
portunity to grant the written re-
quest for an interview.

Ruy Bias tells her the v/nole
story of his being forced to im-
personate Don Caesar — and begs
the Queen to leave him while
there is yet time. But Don Sal-
luste comes in while they are talk-
ing— and jeeringly tells them the Queen is now ruined past all
redemption but that he will provide them with money if they will
fly the country at once.

Seeing no other way out of it, Ruy Bias steps up behind the
scoundrel and draws his sword from its scabbard. He forces
Doit Salluste into an adjoining closet in spite of the Queen's ter-
rified pleading to spare the man — and kills him there. Then he
returns and after begging her to forgive him, swallows the poison.

When she finally realizes that he is really dying, the Queen for-
gets his humble origin — forgets everything except her love for
him — and he holds her close in his arms for one last minute. -Then
he dies — ^begging her to escape from the house before it too late.

Considering the times in which they lived the condition of

Spanish society and all the contributing circumstances — the story
is neither overdrawn nor impossible. Reading it in these Twenti-
eth Century days it seems wildly improbable to say the least. But
it was not. Admitting, without question, Victor Hugo's title as
one of the great masters of fiction, it must also be conceded that
his picture of the times and the people is an accurate one. Only
a few years before — in the reign of Philip IV — Prince Charles
of England and the Duke of Buckingham traveled incognito through

France and down to Madrid to pay their respects in person to the
Infanta, Don Philip's sister, who was betrothed to the young Eng-
lishman— afterward Charles I. And to this day, that piece of be-
lated knight-errantry appeals to the Spanish mind with a force
which no little differences with the English nation will shake for
generations yet to come.

We are accustomed to consider the Banana Republics — the little
Spanish-American States — opera-bouffe afi^airs, to-day, because
they are run on a basis of sentiment and graft instead of what we
consider common-sense business principles. And it must be re-
membered that Spain in 1698 was a much greater extreme of such
conditions than Honduras or Mexico are now.

Acting upon modern ideas of procedure, Ruy Bias and Don
Caesar would have gotten together, somehow — killed Don Salluste —
and taken over the entire government as Dictators. After the
King's death, Ruy Bias would have married the Queen, and the
stoTy would ihave had a less sombre ending. But in the reign of
Charles II of Spain, such an outcome would have been an im-
possibility. Victor Hugo took a chance on the probabilities when
he saved even the Queen out of such a mess. The drama is a
masterly picture of almost unbelievable times and conditions — and

it lemds itself particularly to re-
production on the motion-picture
screens because there is action
'j enough for half a dozen plays.

The story is there. Like good
wine, it needs no bush. It tells
itself — and this Majestic produc-
' tion is especially fortunate in its

cast. William Garwood plays Ruy
\y Bias — Frederick Vroom is Dap

Sallu-ste — Francelia Billington is
the Queen — and Belle Bennett
plays the part of Don Salluste's
sweetheart — a character intro-
y duced in the motion-play to give

additional balance in the panto-
mimJc action.

Victor Hugo's drama, Ruy Bias,
should not be confused with the
comedy, Don Caesar de Bazan, by
Dumanoir and Dennery, written
in 1844, or the opera of the same
mame by Massenet, produced in
1872 — ^boith of which are based
upon the character and story of
Don Caesar de Basan as told in
the dialogue of Ruy Bias.

Taylor Fight Pictures.

J. 0. Taylor, San Antonio pho-
tographer, who was commissioned
to make motion pictures of the
Constitutionalist forces in Northern
Mexico, returned Tuesday morn-
ing after an exciting experience in
the recent battle of Nuevo Laredo. He was with General Pablo
Gonzales during the several days of the engagement and saw all
of the fighting. He attempted to take pictures while the battle was
in progress and received a number of bullet holes through his
clothes as a result of his daring.

"It was practically impossible to operate a camera because of the ,
topography of the country," explained Mr. Taylor. "The country
around Laredo is flat and every time I would get my machine in
position the Federal sharpshooters selected me for a target."

Mr. Taylor joined the army of General Gonzales at Matamoros
several weeks ago and accompanied it up the river on the march
to Nuevo Laredo. He made about 3,000 feet of film of the army
while it was en route.

Put Him Wise

First Porter — Gee ! Dat man gib me a large tip.
Second Porter — Yep, An' yo done gib yo'self away by thanking
him and smilin'.

"Why, ain't that all right?"

"No, sah ! If yo had acted nachul, he'd felt obligated to do it
nex' time. See?" — Life.

8

Red Life

Down Into Crater of Vesuvius.

Frederick Burlingham, the American who made a descent into
the crater of Vesuvius, tells a more sensational story of
his feat than was imagined when the news was first published
here.

Mr. Burlingham said that he reached the extreme bottom
of the crater, a depth 1,212 feet, while the vocano was active at
that depth. Professor Mercalli, director oif the Vesuvius observ-
atory, had believed this impossible. He is amazed at the proofs of
his assertion submitted by the American.

Professor Kalladra, who made a descent into the crater to a
depth of 1,200 feet said that Burlingham's trip was the most dang-
erous ever attempted. He surmises from Burlingham's story that
another part of the floor of the crater 'has collapsed owing to the
increasing activity of the volcano.

Mr. Burlingham said that three Italians, Sonnino, Formassino
and Gaudino, aided him. They slept three nights on the top of the
mountain waiting for a propitious moment for the descent. This
came on Dec. 21. Ropes were launched over the precipices and the
descent began. On account of the unsteady wind making the des-
cent very difficult, Gaudino remained on the edge of the second
precipice to watch the ropes as the others descended.

"As my companions kept talking of danger," says Mr. Burling-
ham, "I volunteered to carry the cinematograph machine, weighing
nearly 30 pounds. I also had to carry the half plate camera. Sonnino
carried the tripod, which weighed 20 pounds.

"Wiiile descending below the third precipice, almost immediately
over the large sulphur fume role, the wind changed and we were
enveloped in dense sulphur fumes. A cloud of dangerous acid
fumes came next. We had taken the precaution to tie cloths around

our ifaces. We stood motionless there for 20 minutes, breathing as
little as possible, hoping for the fumes to pass.

"As they continued, we decided to descend farther, and eventu-
ally reached the floor of the crater by passing over a steep slope
■between the sulphurous fume role and the main mouth of the
crater, which was opened in July.

"There was no immediate danger there, so we took a motion
picture of the new crater and the precipitous surrounding walls.
Then I suggested making a descent of 200 feet through the tunnel
to the mouth. Sonnino, who is an expert on Vesuvius, warned me
that the lives of all would be in danger, but all finally agreed to take
the risk.

"I continued to carry the cinematograph machine. We reached
the edge of the opening, from whioh red-hot smoke was issuing in
a great volume. I estimated that the temperature was 600 degrees
centigrade. We got back to the surface without any incident worth
relating." — Boston Post.

Genevieve Guessed It

Algernon — You must not think, dearest, that because you are
rich and I am poor I am trying to marry you on account of your
money.

Genevieve — Whose are you after — pa's ?

A Reasonable Query

"Papa !" little Johnny began.

"Now, what do you want?" asked his suffering father, with the
emphasis on the "now."

"Will my hair fall of? when it's ripe like yours?" — Tit-Bits.

'The Heart of Woman"

"Donald is Lionized by Society"

Domino

Red LIf©

9

Perpetuating our Wild Animals and Fishes.

A census of fishes at the Aquarium on January 1 gave the number
of specimens as 6,698, of animals' in the park as 4,729, and showed
that the attendance at the two places was more than 4,000,000 duT-
ing the last year.

The national reserve parks of the West have been stocked with
bison born and reared in New York City. In 1912, Dr. Franklin W.
Hooper, president of the American Bison Society, started a move-
ment to induce the national government to join in establishing a new
national bison herd, to be located in Wind Cave National Park, South
Dakota. Toward that nucleus the New York Zoological Society gave
from its herd fourteen selected bison, seven of each sex.

An important work of the society during the year was the pub-
lication and free distribution of 13,000 copies of a book by Dr.
William T. Hornaday, director of the Zoological Park, entitled "Our
Vanishing Wild Life," at a cost of $10,000. Copies were sent to
legislators and officials, and the society believes the book was instru-
mental in having a clause inserted in the tarifif law prohibiting the
importation into the United States of the feathers, plumage and parts
of all wild birds.

Motion pictures of the transfer of bison were shown, also pictures
of the capture at Cape Hatteras of the porpoises now on exhibition
at the Aquarium, the fur seals and sea lions on the Pribylov Islands,
in Bering Sea, and of Captain Kleinschmidt's adventures with the
walrus, salmon and caribou on the Alaskan peninsula and the Siber-
ian coast.' — N. Y. Tribune.

The New Organ

"How many stops has that organ you bought your daughter?"
"Five — breakfast, dinner, tea, supper and bed!" — Judy.

His Manifold Aspect

Small Boy — Mamma, is it really true that the devil has horns
and a club ifoot?

The Mother — Ah, my dear, sometimes the devil appears in the
shape of a very handsome and charming young man.

■Simall Boy (pityingly) — Oh, mummy, you're thinking olf Cupid.

— Punch.

Artistic Slides.

The Feature Announcement Slides, put out by Scott & Van
Altena, of 59 Pearl St., New York, are gaining rapidly in popular-
ity on account of their uniform high quality — both in respect to
the making of the slide and the coloring.

Scott & Van Altena keep the picture in just the right propor-
tions, as regards light and shade, while the background, contain-
ing the printed matter, is black as pitch. This is a great improve-
ment over the general tendency to have the shadows in the pic-
ture as black as the background.

The slide of Norma Phillips, The Mutual Girl, is exceptionally at-
tractive, made from the best picture she ever had and set in a gold
fname. It looks like an artist's masterpiece.

10

Reel Life

Charlotte Burton aaid Ed. Coxen in "The Hermit"

American

Film Vandals Taken in Hand by Principal Manufacturers

A howl you could hear from the Bronx to the Ghetto and then
clear out to East New York set the film exhibitors of Greater New
York by the ears Wednesday, when an order went forth from all
the exchanges of the Mutual, Universal and General Film that the
film producers had reached the limit of their patience with film
vandals.

The kick was caused by exhibitors who have been making a
practice of snipping parts of films from reels before turning the
films back to the exchanges and from others who, by lack of over-
sight of their operators and other employes who handle films, do
not see to it that films are not mutilated before being returned.

The order that precipitated this action was tacitly agreed upon
by the three big producing syndicates only after each had made up
its books for the past year and discovered after a conference that
over 10 per cent of all the reels issued came back unfit for the
screen. A quiet investigation instituted by the companies among
customers developed the fact that some exhibitors had collected as
many as several hundred feet of £lm of certain subjects and were
using them as personal possessions for private exhibition.

One Bronx exhibitor had SCD feet of cabaret subjects, pieced to-
gether for screening and had actually" shown the split several times
Ihiimself the picture being made up of film he had clipped from this
picture and that before returning after use. This particular ex-
hibitor had attempted to rent the split to friends at the commercial
rate.

With the combined companies circulating about 100 reels weekly
at an average value of 10c per ft., the 10 per cent loss on the out-
put by deliberate and careless mutilation has been figured out to
amount to more than half a million dollars yearly.

A blacklist of persistent offenders is proposed by the companies
to make the dishonest and careless exhibitors behave. The manu-

facturers say they are not influenced so much by the money they
will save in attempting the newest kink in reform as in preserving
for each audience the integrity of their play subjects; that in many
instances they, the manufacturers, have been criticized for present-
ing half-baked ideas in the film.s when the disjointed stories screened
have been due to the cut-offs and cut-outs of covetous exhibitors
or to the tearing of the film when winding or rewinding, or in
handling before or after screening. — "Variety."

The Irresponsible Child

Small Boy (noticing the Phi Beta Kappa key hanging from the
minister's watch chain) — Did you find it again, or is this another?

Minister — Why, my little man, what do you mean? I never
lost it.

Small Boy — ^Oh, mother said you had lost the charm you had
when you were young. — Judge.

He Was Dead Right— too

Teacher — ^Now, what little boy can tell me what is the most im-
portant canal in the world?
Pupil — I kin, mum.

Teacher — Very well, Willie; you may tell me what is the most
important canal in the world.

Pupil — Th' alimentary canal, mum. — Judge.

Spectacular Effect.

"Was that man ever a lobbyist?"

"He may have been," replied Senator Sorghum. "He had a way
of saying 'Good morning. Senator,' in a confidential tone that was
calculated to give a casual observer an idea that we were quietly
discussing matters of great importance," — Ex.

Filipinos Thrilled By Moving Pictures.

"I believe that the most enthusiastic motion picture fans in the
world are found in the Philippine Islands at Manila," said Edwin I.
Standish, who has spent several years in the country of which he
speaks taking moving pictures.

There are about forty-five moving picture houses in Manila, both
licensed and independent. In the Philippines there are about one
hundred.

"The natives there prefer the cowboy and Indiaai films of a melo-
dramatic nature. They are like children when viewing the pictures
and at all times will rise up in their excitement when an especially
villainous looking villain is about to kill the heroine and shout in
their excitement, 'quedou,' which in white man's talk means 'look
out' They will go without eating for a long time and almost starve
themselves in order to save up the ten centavos (five cents) which
is necessary to gain them admission to the theatre.

"At one of the theatres called the Cine Rizal -they have at the
entrance a low bar upon which there is a sign read-
ing, 'Anybody under this bar free of chaige,' which is
another way of saying that children are admitted gratis.
But it is an amusing sight sometimes to see the grown-ups who
have not the necessary price trying to squeeze under the low bar-
rier and the gateman in a frenzy trying to eject him.

"Another unique feature of the performances in the Philippine
Islands is caused by the sub-titles on the films. Most of these are
Spanish, but occasionally films with English sub-titles are shown, and
when this is the case one of the audience who is better acquainted
than his fellows will arise and in a stentorian voice translate
the inscription for his friends. A whisper will spread over the
house as each tells his neighbor what it means. The films represent
real life to them, and they become as thrilled and excited at the
performance as if they were seeing a spectacle in real life.

"There is still trouble with the Moros in this country, especially

in the wilder portions, such as Mindanao, but this does not inter-
fere seriously with the attendance at the theatres, as a larger por-
tion of the audience is composed of natives, anyway.

"The Filipinos are still ignorantly superstitious of the moving
picture camera. Last year I placed my camera on the Escolta, which
is the Broadway of Manila. The crowd which gathered at first
fled in a panic when they saw that I was about to photograph them,
and in a minute the street was depopulated. The only evidence
of life that I could see was a few scared eyes peeping out of the
shutters.

"One energetic exhibitor had what was called a 'naval' theatre.
It consisted of a launch, equipped with the motion picture projec-
tion machine and the screen. He would back this up against the
shore as far as he could and then erect three walls. He charged
five cents admission, standing room only, as there were no seats.

"Another peculiarity of this country is what might be called
their 'red' sunlight. Between the hours of 12 and 12.30 a camera
operator who is ignorant of the conditions will invariably get an
under-exposed film. The light, which to the naked eyes seems
to be dazzling white, in reality is of a reddish tone, which accounts
for the phenomenon. The best pictures are o'btained between 5
and 6.30 in the morning. Because of the climate it is very difficult
to keep a film for more than sixty hours after exposure.

"I would like to say one thing for the benefit of the manufactur-
ers in this country. It is a noticeable fact that at the moving pic-
ture exchanges in ' the Philippine Islands the casts of the film'
company are not kept up to date, being from a year to two years
old. It wouldn't take much work to remedy this, and I think it
would be well worth while."

Mr. Standish is now living out at Mamaroneck, New York,
where he intends to start a feature film company. — N. Y. Telegraph,

Ed. Coxen as John Kmg, in "The Hermit"

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Reel Life

Moving Picture Battles

If the shades of Rameses II, Alexander, Hannibal, Julius
Caesar, Tamerlane, Napoleon, Frederick and Grant — not to mention
a few thousand others, are in a position to witness events on this
mundane sphere, they must weep to think that they were born and
fought so soon. The spectacle oif such a fourth-class piker as Villa
fighting a battle before a battery of moving picture cameras so that
his martial courage and strategic powers may be blazoned to the
world at once, as well as being handed down to posterity, is enough
to make the departed captains of history shed bitter tears.

We cannot sympathize very deeply with these dead warriors. If
they were born too soon that certainly is not our fault. We rather
congratulate ourselves on having a counterfeit presentment of a
battle to replace the pen pictures of historians and war correspond-
ents. As a fact, there seems to have been a larger proportion of
ink to blood shed in the recent Mexican campaigns than ever before.

Take the recent battle at Ojinaga where the Constitutionalists
besieged the Federals ifor eight long days, during which there
was constant fighting at close and long range, during which there
were many "spirited sorties" from the city, "many desperate as-
saults by the besieging army," awful carnage everywhere. One
would judge from accounts that the bloodshed in this combat would
come up to about that of Liao-yang. Yet the figures are six
hundred casualties of all kinds on both sides, and we suspect that
these are as imaginative as some of the descriptions. The new
system of warfare in front of a camera will make for accuracy of
detail in future descriptions. It may make and unmake reputations,
but in any event war will be much like what Sherman called it
for the general who cannot make a good showing in front of the
camera. — -Philadelphia Inquirer.

Malaprop Mayor.

Du ring a lecture at Milborne Port, Somerset, Walter Raymond
spoke of a provincial Mayor who, when traveling, left a newspaper
in the corner of a railway carriage and went to the bookstall.

Upon returning he ifound a woman had taken his seat. She im-
mediately arose and, apologizing, said :

"I won't deprive you of your seat."

"Oh, no depravity, madam," he answered, "no depravity."

—New York (N. Y.) Call.

Teaches Surgery By Films.

After many vicissitudes, the new use of the cinematograph has
been begun by Dr. Doyen by teaching surgery to students by films.
His films also preserve the records of operations. A few years ago
a gold medal at Berlin was awarded him for surgical films. He
is the only owner of a collection of such films, and now has more
than fifty, showing nearly all the great surgical operations.

He advocates this method ifor students before admitting them
to a view of the actual operation, which then becomes much more
valuable. He also makes it a point that such a record of his actual
work permits' a doctor to criticize it and his assistants' positions
in a way that they could not possibly do otherwise. It is also an
infallible record of the correctness and adequacy of the methods
employed.

Dr. Doyen advocates the establishment by this means of a great
museum of surgical art, which would assemble films of the greatest
operators engaged in unique or difficult operations, which would
otherwise be lost. — Neiv York Times.

''Divorce"

"Anna in Luxury"

Kay-Bee

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13

Maude Fealey as the Wife in "The Woman Pays"

Thanhouser

Moving Picture Demonstration.

Keystone miners, to the number of 1,500, employes of the com-
pany and a large number of the men's wives, from the various
mines of the company, witnessed the moving picture demonstration
in the St. Clair theatre, Friday afternoon, showing the correct way
to post mines, and do the work in general with the greatest degree
of safety to men and property. The old haphazard, dangerous
methods of mining coal and working about the mines were plainly
set forth in the pictures.

The exhibition was given by the Keystone company officials
for the education and special benefit of their employes. The pic-
tures and outfit are the joint property of the H. C. Frick Coke
company and the United States Government and were collected and
perfected at a cost of $30,000, the Frick company paying half the
expense and the government the other portion. Every phase of
coal mining is depicted and miners seeing the pictures in motion
gained much valuable information relative to the proper way to do
their work with the greatest degree of safety. A few exhibitions
of these pictures have been made on a small scale.

— Greensburg Star.

Sympathy.

A street car flirt tried in every way to attract the attention of
the pretty young girl opposite him. Just as he had about given up,
the girl, entirely unconscious of what had been going on, happened
to glance in his direction. The flirt immediately took fresh cour-
age.

"It's cold out today, isn't it?" he ventured.

The girl smiled and nodded assent, but had nothing to say.

"My name is Specknoodle," he volunteered.

"O, I am so sorry," she said, sympathetically, as she left the car.

— Boston (Mass.) Morn. Globe.

Miitml ¥/e©kly No. SS

A Poor Man's Vehicle. — Cycle motor car becoming popular
throughout the world.

Lord Kintore Arrives. — Chairman of Anglo-American Ex-
position comes seeking attractions for London show.

The Movies in Japan. — Motion picture theatres now the
principal amusement of Nipponese.

The Circus in Winter. — What the Barnum and Bailey outfit
really looks like in its Connecticut home.

Modern Havsraii. — Island territory uses latest in motor-plows
for cane fields.

Miners Strike in France. — Thousands of workmen protest
against long hours and low pay.

A Cross-Country Run. — San Francisco Bulletin conducts an-
nual event in Pacific Coast City.

The Royal Sidney Horse Show. — Australian stock rgis^s
exhibit some splendid specimens of draft horses. iclV V.^

After the Floods. — Western Texas as it looked afteii'.'^e
freshets subsided. . .. uss-sv/

In spite of his well known poor marksmanship, a certain Eng-
lishman was invited to the country for a day's shooting. The at-
tendant in great disgust witnessed miss after miss.

"Dear me," at last exclaimed the sportsman, "but the birds seem
exceptionally strong on the wing this year!"

"Not all of 'em, sir," came the remark. "You've shot at the
same bird this last dozen times. 'E's following you about, sir."

"Why?" asked the sportsman.

"I dunno, sir, I'm sure," replied the man, "unless e's 'anging
round for safety." — Pittsburg (Pa.) Sun.

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True Western Hearts.

Feb. 7, 1914
CAST

Tom Thompson Sydney Ayres

Jed Thompson, his father. Harry von Meter

Ed Thorpe Jack Richardson

Jim Lawrence Joseph Knight

Joe Jackson Jacques Jaccard

Mrs. Lawrence Louise Lester

Helen Lawrence ... Little Helen Armstrong
Tom Thompson and his father had
worked for five years to get together
enough money to buy a farm of their own.
They had taken about two thousand dol-
lars in gold dust, as near as they could
reckon it, out of the ground — and now
Len Williams was going to sell his place,
and two thousand would buy it. Jed
Thompson, alone in the cabin is surprised
by Ed Thorpe, a reck'ess character, who
has wind of the money hoard. Thorpe
tries to torture the old man into reveal-
ing its hiding place — but he will not tell —
and is rescued just in time by his son, who
makes quick work of Thorpe. That same
day they go to the cabin of a poor woman,
■widowed only the day before — whose husband, a
miner, has aided the Thompsons over many a
rocky place — to help her bury her dead. It is
only a little while after this that they learn that
the Widow Lawrence is consumptive — and she has
her child to support. The treasure which torture
could not make the Thompsons give up, they now
yield over cheerfully to help the Lawrences. And
they prevail upon Mrs. Lawrence to take the
money by a brave falsehood — ^telling her that
they have bought her husband's share of the claim.
She was a helpless, sick woman — but they were
men and could hustle. So they returned to the
cabin to take up anew the long fight of hard
work and saving for the farm.

The Hermit.

\ Feb. 2, 1914

CAST

John King Ed Coxen

Tom King George Field

Mr. Bliss William Bertram

Mrs. Bliss Ida Lewis

Lillian Bliss Winifred Greenwood

Grace King Charlotte Burton

Agnes Larned Josephine Ditt

Nurse Edith Borella

Ralph Rome Pete Clark

Nells Garfield Reaves Eason

John King had lived alone in the California
wilderness fifteen years. More than a quarter
of a century before, he had been engaged to a
beautiful girl, loved also by his brother, Tom.
The latter, by a daring scheme, tricks the girl
into believing that her lover is a villain and
she repulses him, to marry Tom. John King,
convicted on circumstantial evidence of felonious
assault, serves seven years in prison for his
brother's crime. When he is freed, he leaves
his family to bury himself in the wilds. Here,
twenty years later, his niece — with a motoring
party — comes across his cabin, and greatly im-
pressed with the personality of the Hermit, per-
suades him to lunch with them. Afterwards,
she learns ^is story — and the shock of sorrow
at the mutual discovery of their relationship is
assuaged by "the affection which springs up be-
tween the girl and her long lost uncle. Laterj
Grace succeeds in bringing her mother — now a
widow — and John King together again.

Beauty

Bess, the Outcast.

Jan. 28, 1914
LEADS

Bess Margarita Fischer

The School Master Harry Pollard

Lucille Young

Bess was the daughter of a stage robber, who
was caught in the act and killed by the vigilantes.
She lived in a hollow tree, and fought her way in
the world alone, as best she could, until the com-
ing of the school master. Mr. Brookes defends
Bess from the jeers of the school children — and
wins her heart. She ceases to play truant — studies
hard — and proves an apt pupil. The master takes
a great interest in her. But, the wild girl's
jealousy being provoked one day by the school
teacher's attentions to Gladys, a pretty but spiteful
young lady in the school — Bess runs away into the
woods, threatening never to return. Brookes
hunts her out — and patiently explains to her
where she is doing herself and him a great
wrong. She promises to do better, and returns
to school. The following Sunday, the waif ap-
pears at church, to the consternation of all pres-
ent. When she sees the master come down the
aisle, with Gladys on his arm, she keeps her self-
control — and thus wins her first moral battle.
But Gladys jeers at Bess — and she runs out of the
church, desperate and bent on revenge. A com-
pany of travelling Players presents an opportu-
nity. The waif flirts with the chief actor, and
gets a job in the show. There is a rough-
house in the saloon — Bess dances on the billiard
table — and the master, coming to her rescue, wins
out only after a rough and tumble fight with the
whole theatrical gang, in which Bess saves his life
by knocking a revolver out of the hand of the
chief actor. They escape to the school house,
whither the minister and school trustees pursue
them, demanding the expulsion of Bess. Then,
the master realizes that he loves his wild girl —
and he tells the townsmen that if she goes, he
goes with her. The two leave the village — to
become husband and wife, and work out a new
future together.

The Heart of Woman.

By William H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince
Jan. 29, 1914

Marion Colgate is the daughter of a proud
American Colonist. General Gage proposes to her
■ — but she refuses him, because she wishes a man
given to the arts and not to warfare. Her father
is ambitious for her to marry a title. Gage, visit-
ing the British outposts, meets a young Scotch-
man, Donald Muir, educated, and a fine musician.
The general is magnanimous enough to see in
Donald, Marion's ideal, and to send him to her
home — first, however, inducing him to impersonate
Lord Marsh, and thus win Colonel Colgate's favor.

Muir and Marion fall love — but she dis-
covers that his title is a masquerade, and
sends him away. Not long after, Muir,
unable to forget his sorrow, engages with
Washington as a scout, and performs a
daring mission, delivering plans from
Washington to a courier of General Greene.
Returning, he is wounded — and staggers
into a garden, which proves to belong to
Marion's aunt. Marion herself is visiting
her aunt at the time. They find the
wounded soldier, and hide him. Muir re-
covers— his first deceit is forgiven — and
be and Marion are happily married.

f Kay-Bee

m Divorce

i Jan. 30, 1914

The wife of Jim Forbes was discontented
because of his low salary. It seemed
hopeless that he should ever earn any
larger amount — and she allowed herself to
encourage the attentions of a former lover,
Robert White, a rich merchant. White
desires Anna for her beauty, and she de-
cides to divorce Forbes to marry money.
When she goes to her new husband, she
leaves her little girl, Mildred, with Forbes who is
devoted to the child. He never lets Mildred know
the truth about her mother. Years later, Forbes
falls sick — and Mildred finds employment as er-
rand girl in a department store belonging to
Robert Wt)ite. She is sent with a package to the
White mansion, where she meets her mother.
Anna has become just as discontented as a rich
man's wife as she was with a poor man for her
husband — impulsively, she tells the young girl who
she is, begging her to come to her and she shall
live in luxury the rest of her days. Mildred is
shocked and repelled by her discovery, and the
heartlessness of the woman who claims to be her
mother. She tells Anna that she would rather
die poor than accept her offer — and goes home to
give her father redoubled tenderness and loyalty,
knowing now his sad secret.

The Thief and the Book

Jan. 25, 1914

CAST

The Bat, a thief Ernest Joy

The F'y, another thief E. Pallette

Mr. Jones, an old book seller J. Swickard

Bess, his grandchild Billie West

Old Meg Victory Bateman

Landlady Carrie Nast

The Bat is converted to an honest life by a
book on electricity which he buys at random
from an old bookseller and his fifteen-year-old
grand-daughter. He becomes assistant electrician
in the Electric Light and Power Co., and at
length partner with his former employer. Mean-
while, the old bookseller loses his business and
dies. His grandchild, Bess, falls a victim to Old
Meg, in whose refuge for thieves. The Devil's
Roost, the Bat had formerly plied his dishonest
trade. Bess is caught by the Bat in the act of
stealing his watch — he, remembering his own past,
helps her to learn stenography, and she is saved
to better things. Naturally, he becomes very fond
of his little protegee — and she makes a hero of
her benefactor. Then — the sister of the Bat's
business partner comes to town, and the Bat
does his share in entertaining her. Bess is sick
with jealousy. She follows them to the theatre
and steals the sister's purse, fleeing with it back
to the Devil's Roost. There her old suitor, the
Fly, tries to get her in his clutches — and she
escapes from him, only to incur his hatred and
revenge. He goes to the theatre and gives away
Bess and her hiding place to the police. Mean-
while, however, Bess, has returned a package to

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15

few iPiavs

the theatre box office, containing the purse,
with a pathetic note to the Bat — and gone
back to the Roost. The Bat has recognized
the police description as that of his old
haunt. He follows — rescues Bess — and
takes her to his lodgings, and there tells
her the whole story of his past, showing
her the old book from her grandfather's
shop, which providentially changed his
course of life. In great wonder over it all,
they confess their mutual love.

A Riot in Rubeville

Jan. 31, 1914
CAST

Charles Dudley, "Outlaw and Gentleman
Joe," in real life, Henry .Henry Carter

Lizzie, the Poor Working Girl, in real
life, Ednah, Henry's Wife . . . Billie West

Alias Sherlock Holmes Sid De Grey

A certain man in the village is infamous
as a wife beater and a horse thief — and a
large reward has been offered for his cap-
ture. It chances that a road company
comes to the "opery house," with "Lizzie,
the Poor Working Girl" as the bill — and
the leading man has the misfortune to re-
semble the village villain. The local de-
tective is the first to remark the likeness — •
and on the evening of the show, just as
the Outlaw is in the act of choking the lead-
ing lady. Alias Sherlock Holmes ignites the
mind of the excited populace, and the village, as
a mob, storms the stage, dragging the supposed
wife beater off to tar and feather him. In real
life, "Henry" is as mild a soul as any living —
and his wife, the "Lizzie" of the drama, is not
long in proving this. He escapes his unwarranted
punishment, and the villagers are convinced that
they have been mistaken in their man.

The Mutual Girl.

Second Reel
Jan. 26, 1914

Margaret, the Mutual Girl Norma Phillips

The germ of an interesting plot is suggested in
the second appearance of the Mutual Girl. The
country sweetheart has the pluck, after following
her to New York, to stick to the town and get
a job on the Cunard Steamship piers, where his
suspicions are roused by the mysterious actions of
a foreign gentleman whom he is convinced is a
smuggler. He traces the Count to the home of
Margaret's aunt, where he has been invited to call
on the lady's charming niece. The country sweet-
heart does not win his case this first time — but we
are convinced, at least, that he is made of the
right stuff. Margaret sees the Yale-Princeton
Football Game, with her aunt. Next day, they
receive an invitation from the only woman senator
in the United States, Mrs. Helen Robinson, of
Colorado, to visit the famous Morisini Estate.
En route, Margaret and her aunt go shopping.
They motor to Joseph's Fifth Avenue millinery
shop, where they make expensive selections.

Too Proud to Beg.

Jan. 31, 1914
James Morrison was more honest than the aver-
age— and when temptations made his position with
Sullivan & Sons impossible, if he were to remain
straight, he gave up his place and went in search
of another. Winter, however, found him still on
the streets, one of the vast army of the unem-
ployed. He managed to get occasional free
lunches at the saloons — and even took food from
the garbage pails in the halls of the tenement.
His daughter, Bess, falls ill — and an old woman in
the house helps the girl what she can. About this

Mutual

Blanche Swett

time a thief, living at the same number, steals a
wallet from Sullivan, Sr. — and Morrison, because
he has been noticed skulking suspiciously about,
is accused of the theft. Too proud to vindicate
himself by confessing that he is obliged to rum-
mage the garbage to live — the old man permits
the charge. The old woman, however, who has
been kind to Bess, has keen eyes. She reads the
truth of the situation, and goes to Sullivan.
Meanwhile, the real thief is caught in the act of
throwing away the empty wallet — Morrison is
exonerated — given his former job — and he and
Bess are assured of a happier future.

Tricked by a Photograph.

Jan. 28, 1914
Lead: Irene Hunt as "Lela"
A detective takes his sweetheart to a summer
amusement place, and has his picture taken with
her, in a very loving attitude. The same day a
noted crook — whom at the time the detective does
not know for what he is — comes to the photog-
rapher's with his girl, and they have a similar
picture. Several months later, the detective is sent
after Bill Greaves. He finds the girl — but she will
not give up to the police the man she loves. The
detective tries all sorts of schemes to break down
her silence — at last, he hits upon a way to make
Lela jealous of Greaves. He remembers the
incident of the photographs. Getting the crook's
picture from the photographer, he cuts out his
head — and then, cutting his own picture out of
the other photograph, substitutes Greaves'. He has
this re-photographed — and takes it to Lela. Sup-
posing that Greaves is untrue to her, she flies into
a jealous rage, telling the police where he is —
and he is captured.

Princess

The Purse and the Girl

Jan. 30.. 1914
CAST

Nell Muriel Ostriche

Jim Boyd Marshall

Tommy, an errand boy Marie Eline

Nettie Muggs Fan Burke

Jim is going into the bank, when he
drops his billfold — and it is picked up by a
very attractive young woman, named Nell.
Just then, a friend of Nell's comes along
in an automobile and absorbs her in con-
versation so that Jim, retracing his steps,
looking for the billfold, does not speak
to her, nor does she notice him. She
enters the bank to inquire about her find —
but no loss has been reported. Taking
the money home, she lays it on a table—
and is suddenly off again in great ex-
citement to see a fire which has broken
out in a nearby house, when Tommy, a
milliner's errand boy, comes in, and finding
no one, looks over the premises, spying the
billfold. Then he hears steps — and hides
behind a curtain just in time to see a
thief slink in and pocket the money. He
runs to give notice to the police. His
story is not believed, and he is arrested
and taken to the police station. Thither
comes Jim seeking some clue to the bill-
fold. He believes in Tommy's innocence,
and bails him out. Later, Tommy stumbles
upon the thief, Muggs, and his confederate,
Nettie. His budding detective instincts
assure him that they have Jim's property.
Meanwhile, Jim has met Nell at the police
station, come there on the trail of the same
billfold. Love springs up between them.
Tommy leads the police to Muggs. The
money is restored to Jim— and though re-
_ _ cently a loser, he is a winner now doubly

rejoicing that his money is found and that

he has discovered Nell.

Tfeaiife©i3ser

The Woman Pays

By Maude Fealy
Jan. 27. 1914
CAST

^^•■g^et • Maude Fealy

James Watsoni her husband Mr. Crane

Tom, their son, four years old..Thanhouser Kidlet

^"t'^'' • •••••• Nick Woods

Jack Dacres j^^^^ ^ruze

Susan, the landlady Carey L. Hastings

Watson was so absorbed in business that he did
not realize that he and his wife were drifting
apart. Away from home, night after night— she
never doubted his truthful excuses. But when he
surprised her— coming home unexpectedly one
evening— with Jack Dacres, a reckless fellow, mov-
ing_ in their social set, and appearances were
against her^ Watson suspected her of the worst
In his fury, he drove her from the house— and
though later he as impulsively relented, circum-
stances had by then ensnared Margaret and com-
promised her reputation so seriously that he gave
her up forever— and she was obliged to seek
refuge with the man who had caused her ruin
Twenty years after, she and Dacres are running
a gambling house in New York, when a young
district attorney enters in the guise of a player
to secure evidence and order a raid. The woman
recognizes in the young attorney her own son
whom she has not seen since a baby. When a
scuffle ensues between him and Dacres, she grapples
with the gambler, who shoots himself by acci-
dent— and thus she saves the life of young Wat-
son. In his gratitude, he prevails upon his father,
who is an influential lawyer, to defend the un-
known woman, who has been arrested for murder.
Not until the lawyer meets his client in the
prison cell does he know that it is his wife whom
he has promised to vindicate. For the sake of
the son, her identity is kept a secret between
them — Watson wins the case — and Tom Watson
is satisfied.

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Reel Life

Marguerite Snow as "Potiphar's Wife" in "Joseph in the Land of Egypt"

Thanhouser

Motion Pictures Take Place of Cheap Melodrama.

That melodrama of the old-time "blood and thunder" type has
had its day and will soon be obsolete, but that real melodrama will
endure, is the belief of Thomas E. Shea, who is playing at the
Colonial Theatre this week. "The type of melodrama which depicts
the deep, dark villain and the impossible hero is no more."

"Such plays as 'Custer's Last Stand' and others dealing with
frontier life, in which blood is supposed to have run like water,
are gone forever. And good riddance, too. They were the trash
of the melodrama and placed a black mark on any good perform-
ances along that line.

"True, there are yet plenty of melodramas — and there always
will be. Wlhen the melodramatic situations no longer exist in plays
then the American stage will be no more.

"And the type of play, whether it is real melodrama or trash,
depends almost entirely upon the actors. By their own personality
or naturalness they remove automatically impossible and ridiculous
situations which if portrayed by second-rate players would jar on
the nerves of the intelligent and would be laughed at and jeered
by those who frequent the theatres where a cheaper brand of melo-
drama is shown.

"There are several 'hits' on the stage today which if it were not
for the high-class actors portraying them would be dismal failures.
Situations arise in all of them which, if any but artists were to
attempt, would disrupt the entire play and cause it to leave a bad
taste.

The reason for the waning of the cheap melodramatic produc-
tions is apparent. The motion-picture film has taken its place. The

same plays which were formerly portrayed on a small stage, with
painted scenery as a background, are now being shown on screens.
And those have the world as their background. They add natural-
ness to the scenes and make the bad spots more palatable.

"It is for this same reason that melodrama will never give way
entirely to anything. The motion-picture machine is the greatest
educational instrument known at the present time and can portray
some plays successfully. But there are a few things that it has not
yet perfected and probably never will.

"A motion picture can never impress those looking at it with
the value of a pause or the significance of a sigh. That feeling
of the real given any play when a human being steps out on the
stage is missing. In these respects they lose their touch of the
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When Domenico Carlini first looked upon Honoria O'Brien, it
was borne in upon him that his heart had not been irreparably
damaged by the cruelty of Annunciata. One approving glance from
ithe blue eyes of Honoria entirely erased the wounds inflicted by
Annunciata's dark and scornful looks, and the tones of commen-
>dation in the rich Irish brogue drowned forever the memory of
Annunciata's disdainful words of dismissal.

Being entirely ignorant of the nature of Honoria O'Brien and
'having but slight acquaintance with the language of America,
Domenico could scarcely be expected to divine that those apprecia-
tive looks were drawn forth merely by the goodness of the ifruit
which he offered.

"Those are the elegant peaohes ye do be after having," she ex-
claimed rapturously.

"Yes, yessa," Domenico grinned.

"Will ye be coming around ivery day?"

"Oh yes, yessa," and the Italian displayed a set of teeth which
would have roused the advertising instincts of any dentafrice firm.

As he once more leaned his weight on the handles of his push-
cart, Domenico had a surprise. The vision of Annunciata which

he had vowed passionately to keep ever before him, began a course
of evolution. Long black hair shaded into a light brown, and a
brunette complexion faded to creamy white, with two freckles on
a pretty tilted nose, while languishing black eyes melted into frank
blue eyes. In fact, there wasn't much of Annunciata left about the
vision, and Domenico's heart grew lighter with every step.

To do him justice, Domenico was not fickle. Four months ago
Luigi had crossed his path. In the height of his pride, Domenico
had taken Annunciata to a grand place where one was served a
feast of five courses, with wine, for thirty-five cents. There, at
the next table sat one with a high celluloid collar and red neck-tie
with yellow oak leaves upon it. This person had dared to make
eyes at Annunciata. . ^

"Bah," responded the man in the stiff collar to Domenico s _re-
tmke. "I look where I like," and was it possible that Annunciata
had smiled encouragement to his brazenness?

"I will kill you," exclaimed the lover, reaching his hand towards
the pocket where he carried his knife.

He of the red neck-tie made a slight motion with his right hand
and in it suddenly appeared a revolver. "I am Luigi Petronella,"

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he said, "feared by the police of Chicago, Pittsburgh and Phila-
delphia. And you think to kill me?"

"Not here," responded Domenico, his gesture indicating that
only the presence oif a roomful of diners prevented the instant
execution of his threat.

"And you will kill him?" demanded Annunciata eagerly, as
they left the restaurant.

"Yes, give me a chance on the open street and I will cut off
his moustache and bring it to you for a wedding present," Dom-
enico stoutly declared ; in his heart, however, he knew he would
do nothing of the sort. To meet Luigi on the open street was to
rush to the saints. Accordingly, he changed his ifruit route lest
Luigi should seek him out in ihis accustomed places.

Yet, in the few hours he took from his trade to visit Annun-
ciata, Domenico felt a chill in the air. Finally, the trouble came
to an open break. She accused him of trying to avoid Luigi.

"You are afraid," she declared. "My cousin Rose marries
one week from Saturday. I have asked him to come and I shall
dance with him. Do you come too and take me ifrom him and I
will marry you."

Domenico did not go to the wedding-party Saturday night. But
as he trundled his cart along uptown blocks he saw ever before
him Annunciata. Thus it was until the day when Domenico's
gloom suddenly melted before the bright smile of Honoria O'Brien.
After the lady-of-the-house had endorsed Honoria's judgment on
his peaches, he was allowed to bring a basket into the kitchen.
The large airy room with its table tops scrubbed until they shone,
the spotless floor and above all the clothes-horse full of white
starched and rufiied garments, all ironed to perfection, gained the
Sicilian's instant admiration. He wiped off the bottom of the

peach-basket with his every-ready shirt-sleeve before venturing to,
set it down on the gleaming oilcloth.

Honoria beamed approval at his thoughtfulness and Domenico's
susceptible heart turned over several times. He came over to the
ironing board, "Nica girl. Gooda wash. Gooda iron. When you
marry ?"

The iface of the goddess changed unmistakably and words rushed
forth in a torrent. "It's none of your business whether I marry
or don't — and I'd like to know who's been after telling ye anyway,
but ye'll stop j-eer impertinent questions and get out of here, or
I'll give ye a taste of the flat-iron."

Domenico left hurriedly, puzzled. Why this unaccouatable!
anger? To be sure, he hadn't understood her rapid stream of syl-j
lables, but their tone needed no translation.

Great indeed would have been Domenico's surprise if the cause
of Honoria's wrath had been revealed to him. For Thomas Toohy
had waited upon Honoria for six months steady, but had recently
absented himself on Thursday evenings, wholly, without excuse.
Honoria's pride pictured all the girls in the neighborhood pitying
her. On hearing Domenico's "When you marry?" she instantly
supposed that Katy next door had been entertaining the new fruit-
man with the story of the faithless Thomas. A few minutes later,
Honoria remembered that Domenico couldn't have understood the
gossip, no matter how ready Kate might be to impart it. Relief
swept over Honoria in a welcome flood. "Begorra, then it was
only some quare kind of an I-talian blarney the lad was meaning."

The next day, however, she endeavored to make up for her
previous rudeness by saying, "If it's blarneying me ye were, ye
must learn to do it neater."

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"A Romance of Sunshine Alley"

Broncho

71o La Badie, at the Thanhouser Studio, operating a Powers' 6A
Projecting Machine

MIer 1914 iVlodel

A few years ago, the young women of this country were as par-
icular about the style and model of the bicycle they rode as they
iirere about the cut of their gowns. To-day, the lady whose motor-
ar happens to be a 1912 or 1913 model is hopelessly outclassed as
ll society leader. And now this particular phase of up-to-dateness
ias gotten as far as Projecting Machines in the Movies.
I Miss Florence La Badie has not explained to us just what started
!er ambition to become an expert machine operator — but she seems
D have believed the time coming when a first-class Projecting Ma-
hine would be a regular piece of furniture in every home, and
lade up her mind to handle the thing herself.

She practiced for several weeks in the projecting-room at the
,?hanhouser studio at New Rochelle until she became an expert —
nd is said to be the only actress as yet competent to handle a
lachine scientifically. Her preference, just now, is a Power's 6A
Projector — which she operates with ease, and with which she ob-
ains exceedingly clear and perfect pictures on the screen.

Communications are now in order from other Movie ladies con-
erning their pet machines and their ability to operate them.

Master Ned (to the Rev. Dr. Trehern) — Wished I'd been here
1st night when you baptized the company.

Rev. Dr. Trehern — What do you mean, my son? I did not bap-
ze anybody.

No? Well, mam.ma said that when you came in last night you
irew cold water on everybody."

Maybe He Was Right.

The teacher had a great deal of trouble making a boy understand
point in his lesson. Finally, however, he succeeded, and, draw-
I ig a long breath, remarked :

"If it wasn't for me, you would be the greatest donkey in this
i^wn." — Pittsburg {Pa.) Press.

And Just As Hard.

A chilled and uncomfortable traveler, waiting for his train on
the shelterless, wind-swept platform of the junction, accosted a
native of the town.

"Say, friend," the traveler growled, "does the wind blow this
way all the time?"

"No," replied the native, "sometimes it turns around and blows
the other way." — Exchange.

Trial Marriage

He (on the honeymoon) — Will you love me forever?
Modern Wife — No; but I'll make it a year, with the privilege of
renewal. — Judge.

Willie — Don't lick me, mother ! I just saved four men and three
women from drowning.
Mother— How ?

Willie — They were just going on the ice when I broke through. —
Exchange.

The several members df the family had been telling what they
would do if they owned the world. Mother would abolish poverty)
Father would provide absolute justice for all. Sister Sarah would
give every woman the vote.

Finally, the views of 10-year-old Johnny were sought.

"What 'ud I do if I owned the world?" said he looking up from
a geography he had been studying. "Wlell, I'll tell you what I'd
do. First I'd get old Atlas to sign up two baseball teams among
his brothers and cousins; then I'd lay out a diamond on the Desert
of Sahara, put the Rocky mountains around it for a fence, give the
players the moon for a ball and the north pole for a bat, and, say,
maybe I wouldn't sit on top of Pike's peak and see some ball game!"

— Judac

Princess

Marie Eline and Fan Burke in "The Purse and the Girl"

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Reel Life

"Divorce" "Caged !"

(Continued from Page 34)

Domenico beamed. The words were Greek to him, but the tone
was sufficient. "Me learna 'Merican, so me talka to you. What,
yes?"

"Sure," responded Honoria, smiling in return. "I'm willing
to pass the time of day with ye when ye can speak like a Chris-
tian."

"There could fee no doubt that this was encouragement. The
next day he saw her at an upper window, dusting. He called
"HuUoa" joyfully, exulting in his fluent command of English, and,
beyond dispute, she waved the dust-cloth at him!

That was a Thursday evening and Domenico hurried through
his macaroni in ten minutes, taking then one hour to array him-
self in festival clothes. His feet trod lightly the pavements where
he was wont to push his heavy cart in the day time. As he turned
Honoria's corner, his head in the clouds, he did not notice a man
dragging along some ten feet behind him.

Domenico rang the basement bell. Honoria peered noiselessly
through the curtain. All that was visible from her peep-hole was
one large masculine boot. Her heart gave a joyful bound as she
drew the rapid conclusion that Thomas Toohy had seen the error
of his ways. With difficulty, she made herself walk slowly to the
door and refuse to look up as she opened the gate.

At that moment, as he stood there, actually before her, Domenico
had, stage-fright and forgetting his "lines" he poured forth his
emotions in a flood of Italian, siezing Honoria by both hands. Tlie
girl screamed. Almost instantly, six-feet-three of enraged Irishman
was on top of Domenico, for Thomas Toohy had repented his sins,
negligences, and ignorances and was on his way to receive Honoria's
forgiveness. She continued to scream, for the Jithe Sicilian had
wormed himself out of the Irishman's arms and drawn a knife.
At that moment a policeman's whistle sounded down the block.
Domenico ran. It was no use, however, for with Toohy pursuing
from one direction, while the blue-coat approached from the other
corner, Domenico was soon captured and landed sullenly at the
police station.

The lieutenant hardly looked up from the blotter as the patrol-
man reported, "Felonious assault, the Dago drew a knife."

Altogether, things looked very serious for Domenico the next
morning in court, especially after Thomas Toohy had told his
story and Honoria given confirmation.

"Well, what have you to say about it?" demanded the magis-
trate.

"Me no 'stand," muttered Domenico sullenly.
"Don't understand ! Well, here's the interpreter. Now speak up,
man, and don't lie more than you can help."

Domenico looked into the eyes of a fellow countryman and gave
forth his side of the story.

Even the veteran interpreter was amazed. "He says, your
Honor, that this is his girl. He brought her peaches every day, and
came last night to ask her to marry him and that this Irishman
jumped on him for nothing at all. Then he pulled his knife."

To this recital Honoria and Thomas exclaimed in chorus:
"What, marry a Dago !"

To which Thomas added the most conclusive aonfutation ;
"But, Nora's going to marry me this day week. Sure, your Honor,
don t think any girl from County Mayo would be taking up with
an I-talian."

"No, I don't," agreed his Honor, who haled from that same
region. But Domenico stuck to his story. "Well, well, this is a
police court and we can't take all day over one case. However,
there's no doubt, Toohy, but what you might hit him first."

"That I did," asserted Thomas proudly.

"Under the circumstances, then," said his Honor, "we'll hold
Domenico 'for further examination next Thursday. That's the
happy day, isn't it Toohy? and I don't think you'll bother to come
here and press the charge."

"No sir," said the prospective bridegroom, "I'm willing to lave
the little fellow to his own devices that morning."

"Next case,' called the court officer.

* *i * * * *

It was a very sulky prisoner to whom, the following day, his
jailer announced: "Lady to see yez." Domenico had scarcely
stepped over the threshold of the cell when someone flung herself
about his neck. In the name of all the saints, it was Annunciata.
"Oh my sweet one," she cried, "they have put thee in jail because
an Irishman, the pig, tried to kill thee. Thou needst not tell me,
for it vvcis read me from the papers. Now, more so even than
Luigi, thou art famous."

Princess

Muriel Ostriche, Marie Eline, Arthur Bower and Boyd
Marshall in "The Purse and The Girl"

Reel Life

37

American Women of Fashion Giving Up Real Aigrette.

(Massachusetts State Ornithologist, Edward H. Forbush.)

"AH signs indicate that, at least, American women of fashion
are giving up the real aigrette composed of the feathers of the
egret. These beautiful white plumes, worth their weight in gold
only a year ago, are now seen on the headgear of maid-servants,
cooks and colored girls. This indicates that the mistresses are
passing them on. States have legislated against their use, moving
picture shows have shown the killing of the parent birds with
young left starving in the nests, Audubon societies have sent out
tons of literature regarding the threatened extermination of the
species, the government has forbidden the importation of their
plumage and now even the importers have practically given up
dealing in the feathers. Cheap imitations are taking their place
on every hand, and at last it seems possible to save beautiful birds
from extinction.

"Last spring I stated in these columns that the repulsive and
horrible slaughter of wild birds for their plumage must be stopped.
Already two great steps in this direction have been taken. Australia
and the United States have prohibited the importation of the feathers
of wild birds. Other nations will follow their example. If we
are to stop forever the extermination of wild birds for their plum-
age, every civilized country must forbid importation and, eventually,
every state must forbid sale or possession of the plumage of wild
birds except for scientific or educational purposes.

"There are many women still who will wear feathers, careless
of how they are obtained, careless of what laws are broken to
secure them or what species are exterminated. It is now so well
known that wild birds' plumage, used for millinery purposes, is

Thanhouser

Maude Fealey, James Cruze and Gardner Crane in
"The Woman Pays"

"Tricked by a Photograph" Reliance

1 lianhonser

Harry Benham, Flo La Badie and Riley Chamberlin in
"The Elevator Man"

taken mainly by killing the birds in the breeding season when the
plumage is at its best and when the death of each pair of birds
means also the destruction of their eggs or the lingering death of
their young, that no one has the excuse of ignorance except when
deceived by dealers. This sometimes happens. It has been given
out that the so-called 'numidi' feathers now so popular, come
from Africa where the birds that bear them are domesticated like
the common hen. In reality, these feathers come from three
closely allied pheasants, chief of which is the Manchurian. The
long feathers, used for millinery purposes, grow over the tail of
the bird, forming a train somewhat like that of the peacock but
very light in color. These feathers are dyed, bent, made up and
sold as 'numidi.' The pheasants that bear them are natives oi
eastern Asia, where they are rapidly being exterminated for the
feather trade and will soon be swept from the face of the earth
unless the trade in their feathers can be stopped.

"As it is now illegal to import these or the feathers of any other
wild bird into the United States, why do we see such a remarkable
display of them on the headgear of the women we meet? This is
the result of two causes ; first, ignorance or carelessness on the
part of the women, and second, an attempt on the part of the
importers to get rid of the stock they have on hand. Some of
the dealers, being warned in advance that the plumage proviso,
prohibiting the importation of the plumage of wild birds, would
be passed by congress, imported all the feathers they could buy
while the 'buying was good.' A dealer told a government official
last August that he should borrow every dollar he could and in-
vest it all in paradise feathers, pending the rise in price that was
sure to come when the feathers could no longer be legally imported.
It remains to be seen whether the demand will increase now that
the feathers cannot longer be legally obtained and whether price suf-
ficient to warrant the risk of smuggling will be paid by misguided
women." — New Britain Herald.

Agreeably Surprised.

A burglar, in the act of breaking open a safe, was greatly as-
tonished on raising his head, to see a man intently watching his
proceedings. He tried to escape, but the man stopped him, saying:

"Go on, my friend, I am deeply interested is your work."

"How so?" the thief inquired in great surprise.

"Because I have lost the key to this safe, and if you manage to
open it you shall be handsomely rewarded for your trouble."

—Eie.

38

Lif@'

Majestic

Billie West, J. Swickard and the Doctor in
"The Thief^'and The Book"

Majestic

Harry Carter, Florence Vincent and Billie West in
"A Riot im Ru'beville"

Movies Now Take You Under The Ocean !

The marvels of "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" —
that famous fancy of submarine adventure — are far surpassed is
reality, as has just been shown by a scientific "expedition" into the
deepest abysses of the Atlantic Ocean!

M. Louis Joubin, famous French- scientist, after years of re-
search, has practically "conducted" Parisians on a wonder-voy-
age from continent to continent in the eternal calm that lies
three miles deep under the Atlantic billows. The "trip" however,
was really taken at the Oceanographic institute in Paris — ^taken by
means of moving pictures and lectures on what the frigid floor
oif the sea looks like.

Down there, of course, no man could possibly go, for he would
be crushed flat by the terrible pressure of the water — a weight of
10,000 pounds there would be bearing on every square inch of his
body.

But M. Joubin's excursion was none the less extraordinary and
has attracted a deal of attention from European savants. This
scientific lecture summed up the very latest researches of the very
new science of "oceanography." This science has only begun to
yield fruit, after the recent return oif several deep-sea exploring
craft specially fitted for dragging and sounding the ocean. It has
revealed to us new and fascinating realms and strange forms of
life never seen before.

M. Joubin pretended to lead his hearers down into the ocean
from the coast of France. They "walked" for a short time on the
"submarine sidewalk,' or shelf, which extends out for a few miles

around the continents, and is only some 600 feet below the surface
of the water.

Here they were shown by films not only fish and plants that have
long been familiar to science — but they also made astonishing dis-
coveries as to the way objects appear to a human eye submerged
under water. Due to the bending of rays of light when they enter
the water and the reflection of rays from the underside of the sur-
face back towards the bottom, it is difficult, Joubin proved to them,
to tell the location of the head of a man walking on the bottom,
and a double image was produced which was very confusing.

After crossing the sidewalk, the explorers "plunged" suddenly
into the abyss. Three solid miles of black salt water rolled over
their heads !

The freak fisli that inhabit those mysterious realms carry their
Oii.'n searchlight — little phosphorescent lamps — about them to il-
luuiine the blackness of tlieir native sea. And the floor of the
ocean itself is lit U'p zvith a pale glow sent out by the thousands of
minute animals zvhich cling to it.

The ocean floor is covered, according to Joubin's findings, with
gray mud, encrusted with the shells of uncounted millions of tiny
animals. The temperature of the ocean depths is so frigid that the
bodies of fish that have died in upper layers of the ocean and have
fallen to the bottom do not rot, but gradually dissolve, forming
a gruesome slime. Tiiis many oif the sea-beasts eat. They browse
through the mud with open mouths, taking everything they en-
counter into their stomaclis. There the food is separated from the
mud.

The air that they breathe is also obtained in a curious zvay. The
ivatcrs of the ocean near the north pole are naturally very cold,
and cold zcatcr is hcary and fends to sink. As it sinks, the warmer
zcater from the tropics blozvs northward along the surface of the
sea and takes its place. But cold zuater has a tendency to absorb
oxygen in great abimdancc. And so this cold water which sinks
to the bottom of the ocean is heaz'ily charged zvith oxygen. There
it forms a current flozving southward to replace the surface zuater
of the tropics zvhich — in the Gulf Stream — is drazvn northward as
above described.

This deep-sea current, Mr. Joubin's explorers found, is divided
in two streams by a great submarine mountain range which ex-
tends north and south through the center of the Atlantic. After
crossing this range, the excursionists "descended" into the deepest
part of the Atlanic ocean. There, in he spot called Nares Deep,
between the Bermudas and the West Indies, water is over five
miles deep !

From here there is a gradual ascent to the American coast. If
one could go down there to bring some of the strange fishes up to
the surface, the fish would literally explode long before reaching
the surface. Their eggs and entrails would blow out of them, by the
bursting of their body gases, which have a pressure tremendous
enough to counteract the terrific weight of water pressing on the
fish as they swim in their native depths. — Des Moines News.

American

Harry Von Meter, Sydney Ayres, Louise Lester and
Helen Armstrong in "True Western Hearts"

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Impromptu Puns.

Alexander Pope was one of the first Englishmen to decry the
pun. It was, he said, a species of wit so triflingly easy that he
would engage to make one on any subject proposed off-hand.

"Wiell, then, Mr. Pope," said a lady of the company, "make one
on keel-hauling."

Quick as a flash he replied : "That madam, is indeed putting a
man under a hardship."

Theodore Hook once bragged that he could make a pun on any
subject.

"Well, then," said a friend, "make one on the King.''
"The King is no subject," replied the wit.

To a similar boast oif Douglas Jerrold a member of the Garrick
Club replied ;

"Can you make a pun on the signs of the zodiac?"

"By Gemini, I can, sir !" was the double-barreled retort.

Dr. John Watson, better known as Ian Maclaren, was another
wag who boasted of his faculty in punning. At a dinner in Lon-
don where many literary men were present, he asserted that he
could make as good a pun as any one in the room. The challenge
was accepted. Thereupon Dr. Watson assumed a serious mien and
appeared lost in thought.

"Come, now, Watson !" exclaimed Hall Caine. "We are all
waiting."

"Quite so," flashed back the other; "ibut please don't be in such
a hurry, Caine." New York (N. Y.) Call

Confessed.

"Once again my orders have been disobeyed," said the master
in a certain public school sternly. "Who is the miscreant?" Not
a soul answered and a tragic silence prevailed. "This matter shall
be settled once and ifor all," he went on in the same icy manner,
"and if none will tell, every boy in the class shall be thrashed."

Every boy, therefore, was duly thrashed, but not one would
breathe the culprit's name, tmtil suddenlj', as the last boy was about
to receive his share of punishment, the cane was withheld. Fixing
a keen look on the lad, the master said, "Now, if you tell me who
did this action I will not punish you."

"All right, sir, I did it," came the hesitating reply.

— London Tit Bits.

On a recent examination paper on "How We Are Governed"
was this question :

"If the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the
Home Secretary, and all the members of the Cabinet should die,
who would officiate?"

Robert, a boy of 12, thought for some time, trying in vain to
recall who came next in succession. At last a happy inspiration
came to him, and he answered, "The undertaker."

Nezv York (N. Y.) Call.

" 'Little Billie' Helpmg I-limseM" in "Little Billie's Triumph"

Kissed Him on the Street.

A man and a woman were walking along a country road on their
way to call on a neighbor. Presently they heard a honk back of
them and quickly stepped aside to let an automobile pass. As they
were getting the dust out of their throats and clothing, the woman
spoke.

"Henry," she said, "why don't you ride" in a thing like that in-
stead of walking as you do?"

"Because, Mary," he replied, with no sign of shame, "I haven't
money enough to pay the cost of it."

"Why haven't you the money, Henry?" she persisted.

"Because, Mary, I have not been able to get it since I married
you."

If there were any insinuation in that she ignored it.

"Well, why didn't you get it before you married me?" she asked.

"Because, Mary, there were reasons."

"Could you have got it?"

"I am quite sure that I could have done so."

"Then, in Heaven's name, Henry, why didn't you?"

"Because, Mary, I preferred you, as poor as we both were, to a
millionaire lady who wanted me in spite of my poverty.''

She stopped dusting herself and looked at him.

"Henry," she said, severely, "I knew you were foolish about me,
but I didn't think you were that foolish !" And she kissed him, dust
and all, right there in the public highway.—

All Scotmen take pride in their native land, but none more than
the old gardener of Duddingston, of whom the following story is
told:

The gardener was showing a tourist the heauties of the loch
and of the little village. It was evening, and as he expatiated on
the lovely scene and on the glories of his country the moon rose
over a hill.

The old man stopped short in the middle of a speech and gazed
at the moon in admiration.

After a moment he turned to the tourist and said : There's a
moon for ye! I tell ye, mon, we're a grand nation!''

Pittsburg (Pa.) Press.

Settled the Widdy.

"Why is it" queried the fair widow, "that they always say a
man 'pines' for a woman?"

"I suppose," growled tlie fussy bachelor, "it's because pine is
ahout the softest wood there is." — Pittsburg (Pa.) Press.

'Romance of Sunshine Alley''

Broncho

"The Night of the Fight"

"Why won't Mrs. Peckham let her husband run their car?"
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"Divorce" (2) FEB,

"The Woman Pays" (3) FEB.

"A Blowout at Santa Banana" (2) JAN.

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"Circle of Fate" (2) JAN.

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"The Narcotic Spectre" (2) ^ JAN.

"The Harp of Tara" (2) JAN.

"A Military Judas" (3) JAN.

"The Power of Light" (2) JAN,

"True Irish Hearts" (3) 7 JAN.

"The Woman" (2) DEC.

"In the Firelight" (2) DEC.

"Giovanni's Gratitude" (2) DEC.

"Eileen of Erin" (2) DEC.

"Her Fathsr'.; Story" (2) DEC.

"An Orphan's Romance" (2) DEC.

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"The Open Door" (2) DEC.

"Where The Road Forks" DEC.

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"Devotion" (2) DEC.

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"Widow Maloney's Faith" (2) OCT.

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Jlevolving Shutter

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The revolving shutter is an important part of a projecting machine, and is deserving of the most
careful consideration.

The designers of the Simplex projector have given the shutter question a great deal of thought,
and from time to time have designed various types, which have been placed in every conceivable posi-
tion, from between the condensers and aperture plate, to its present position in front of the lens, as
shown on plate H2.

The shutter, when placed in this position,
eliminates the sharp contrast between light and
darkness, and has a tendency to tone the
periods of exposure, as against the time when
there is no picture on the screen — in other
words, dark periods.

Both the 2 and 3-wing shutters, as furnished
with Simplex projectors, were primarily de-
signed to permit a maximum amount of light
to reach the screen with the least perceptible
flicker when the machine is operated at the
normal speed of 66 ft. of film per minute.

The 3-wing shutter No. 665, illustrated on
Plate HI, is intended for use with direct
current.

It consists of one cut-off blade, the function of which is to obstruct the light while the film is in
motion before the aperture, and two flicker blades or interrupters, which equalize the light periods
while the picture is being exposed upon the screen. This type of shutter permits 50% of the light to
reach the screen.

The 2-wing shutter No- 664, illustrated on Plate 1, is primarily designed for use with alternating
currents of 60 cycles or less, and it intercepts the light periods in harmony with the alternations at
the arc.

This type of shutter can also be used on direct current ; but, having only one interrupter it will
not obviate the flicker as well as the 3-wing. 65% of the light is permitted to reach the curtain with
the 2-wing type.

Should a 3-wing shutter be used on alternating current and the shutter be revolved at a speed less
than the alternations at the arc, it would drop out of step with these interruptions, Avhich would
cause a peculiar wave or fluttering eft'ect on the screen.

Both shutters, Nos. 664, illustrated on Plate H, and 665,
illustrated on Plate HI, are 9^ inches in diameter, and can be
used with lenses of any diameter or focus.

The spider casting No. 639 is of a special design, made of
aluminum, and holds the shutters securely, by ten machine
screws.

It is important that the shutter be balanced and light in
weight to lessen strain on shutter shaft, and avoid vibration of the
machine ; this is accomplished by using aluminum in the manu-
facture, the complete shutter and spider weighing only 6 ounces.

An exclusive feature of paramount importance to every
operator and exhibitor is the fact that the shutter can be easily
and quickly set while the machine is in motion, by turning
the knurled knob which is located alongside of the framing handle, illustrated on Plate H2 ; this
eliminates travel ghosts or white streaks.

It will be to the advantage of every operator and exhibitor to compare each part of their present
machine with that of the Simplex projector. The real test of superiority is in comparison.

Investigate the Simplex and be a progressive, up-to-the-minute exhibitor or operator.

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HELICAL GEARS INCREASE the LIFE of

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Showing Helical Gears

NOT content merely to make the Edison the longest
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These Helical Gears give

Longer Life Silent Operation Steadier Operation

The Edison Helical Gears are twice as heavy as the
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The diagonal cut of the Helical Gears keeps the gears always in mesh, thus doing
away with the plaj^ in the old spur gears and giving absolutely uniform application of
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tically silent.

A Gear Guard has been placed over the new mechanism. It adds to the appear-
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Despite the greatly impi'oved service of the Edison
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$250.00

Including 25-40 Ampere Grid Type Rheostat

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Reel Life

MONDAY — American, Keystone,
Reliance.

TUESDAY— Majestic, Thanhouser.
Selected Release.

WEDNESDAY— Beauty, Broncho,
Mutual Weekly, Reliance.

THURSDAY— American, Domino,
Komic, Keystone. Selected Release.

FRIDAY— Kay-Bee, Princess,
Thanhouser.

SATURDAY — American, K e y -
stone. Majestic, Reliance.

SUNDAY— Apollo, Majestic, Than-
houser.

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11 — His First Case

13 — Armed Intervention

15— Where the Road Forks (2)

18 — Personal Magnetism
20 — Fate's Round Up

22— The Shriner'n Daughter (2)

25 — No release

27 — The Rose of San Juan
29 — In the Firelight

1 — No release

3— The Miser's Policy
5— The Power of Light (2)
8 — No release
10 — The Love of Thomas Gray

12— Destinies Fulfilled (3)
15 — No release

17— Unto the Weak

19 — The Return of Helen Redmond (2)
22 — No release.

24 — At the Potter's Wheel

26 — A Blowout at Santa Banana (2)
29 — No release.

31 — Calamity Anne In Society

2— The Hermit (2)

5 — True Western Hearts
7 — No release

14 — The Portola Festival

Los Angeles Police Parade

(Split Reel)

21— Fred's I. O. U.
28 — The Fresh Freshman
4 — ^The Tale of a Shirt
11— A Swell Dish

Whose Baby Are You?

(Split Reel)

18 — An Accidental Baby
25— It's a Bear!

1 — The Great Pasadena Rose Tourna-
ment

8 — One-Round O'Brien in the Ring
again

21 — Fooling Uncle
28 — Bess, the Outcast.
4 — Sally's Elopement

10 — The Frame Up
17— The Open Door (2)
24 — Her Father's Story (2)
31— The Woman (2)

7 — A Military Judas (3)

14 — The Cure

21 — Conscience

28 — liomance of Sunshine Alley
4 — A New England Idyl (2)

11 — Devotion (2)
18 — The Curse (2)
25 — Eileen of Erin (2)
1 — True Irish Hearts
8— The Harp of Tara (2)
15— The Primitive Call (3>
22 — The Informer (2)
29— Heart of Woman (3)
5-0 Mimi San (2)

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2 — The Revelation

5 — The Long Portage
9 — Her Legacy

12— Soul of the South (2)
19— The Pitfall (2)
23 — No release

26 — The Harvest of Sin
2 — Prince

9 — The Narcotic Spectre
16 — Circle of Fate (2)
23 — Kentucky Romance

27— Her Brother's Sake
30 — Divorce (2)

6— The Secret Lode

(2)

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4 — The Rogues' Gallery

The San Francisco Celebration
(Split reel)

8 — A Ride For a Bride

11— The Horse Thief
15 — The Gusher

18 — Fatty's Flirtation

Protecting San Francisco From Fire
— (Split- reel)

20 — His Sister's Kids
22 — A Bad Game

25 — Some Nerve

29— He Would A Hunting Go
1 — A Misplaced Foot

A Glimpse of Los Angeles

(Split reel)

5 — Mabel's Stormy Love Affair-
8— The Under Sheriff

12 — A Flirt's Mistake

15 — How Motion Pictures Are Made
17 — In the Clutches of the Gang

19 — Too Many Brides
22 — Won in a Closet

24 — Rebecca's Wedding Day

26 — Double Crossed

29 — Little Billie's Triumph
31 — Mabel's Bare Escape

2 — Making a Living

5 — Little Billie's Strategy^

?■ — Kid Autoraces at Venice
— Olives and Their Oil

(Split reel)

1— The Bad Man from the East

Levi's Luck (Split reel)

8 — Chasing Gloom

The Servant Question (Split reel)

15 — Walt's Photograph
The Vapor Bath

(Split reel)

22 — What the Burglar Got

The Wild Man From Borneo

'■^■Dlit reel)
29 — The Physical Culture Bug

The Scheme that Failed
5— My Wife's Away — The Sleepy Head
(Split reel)

Majestic

22 — No release

23— The House On the Tree
25 — A Warm Welcome

29 — An Accidental Clue

30 — Hendrick's Divorce

2— The Padre's Sacrifice

6 — The Helping Hand

7 — Rick's Redemption

9 — Romance and Duty (2)

13 — No release

14 — The Rival Pitchers

16 — The God of To-morrow

20 — Man's Awakening

21 — The Prisoner of the Mountains

23 — Mrs. Brown's Burglar

27— The Pride of the Force

28 — Helen's Strategem
30 — The Baby

3 — Educating His Daughters

4 — MoUie and the Oil King
6 — The Ten of Spades

10 — The Sorority Initiation

11— A Ticket to Red Gulch
13 — Jake's Hoodoo

17— The Lackey

18 — What the Crystal Told
20— The Ring

24— The Power of Mind

25— The Thief and the Vook (2)

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27 — No release.
31 — A Riot in Rubeville
1 — The Vengeance of Najerra
3— The Portrait of Anita (2)
7' — No release
8— A Turn of the Cards

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22 — No. 43
29— No. 44
5— No. 45
12— No. 46
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4 — Mutual Weekly No. 58

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Prlacess

12 — His Imagiirary Family

19 — The Law of Humanity

26 — Cupid's Lieutenant
2 — A Rural Free Delivery Romance
9 — A Circumstantial Nurse

16— When the Cat Came Back

23 — The Vacant Chair

30 — The Purse and the Girl

6i — Where Paths Diverge

RellaMse

29 — The Reporter's Scoop

1 — Tony's Sacrifice

3 — A Woman of Sin

6 — For Another's Crime (2)

8 — Two Girls of the Hills
10— Four $100 Bills

13 — A Man's a Man

16 — The Mighty Atom

17 — The Pseudo Prodigal

22— The Flyleaf of Fate
24 — The Alternative

27 — Giavonni's Gratitude (2)

29 — Daybreak

31 — His Awful Vengeance

Seeing Stars and Stripes

(Split reel)

3 — Some Rogues and a Girl
5 — The Loafer

7 — The Sacrifice

10 — The Psychological Moment
12 — Slim Hogan's Getaway

14— The Two Slaves

17— The Faith of Her Fathers
19— Our Mutual Girl

21— The Man

24— The Hidden Clue

26 — Our Mutual Girl

28 — Tricked by a Photograph
31 — Too Proud tn Beg

2 — Our Mutual Girl
.4 — The Janitor

7 — For His Master (2)

TtianliOHser

2 — The Problem Love Solved

5 — What Might Have Been
7 — The Milkman's Revenge

9 — A Beauty Parlor Graduate

12 — Uncle's Namesakes

14 — Lawyer, Dog and Baby
16 — Peggy's Invitation

19 — Jack and the Beanstalk
'The Bushleaguer's Dream (2)

21 — No release

23 — An Orphan's Romance (2)
216— His Father's Wife

28— The Head Waiter

30 — An Amateur Animal Trainer

2— Their Golden Wedding

4 — Mrs. Pinkhurst's Proxy

6 — The Runaway Princess (3)
9 — No release

11 — Two Little Dromios

13 — Adrift in a Great City
16 — Coals of Fire

18 — Turkey Trot Town

20 — Her Love Letters

23 — An Elusive Diamond

25 — The Elevator Man

27 — The Woman Pays
30 — No release

1 — Why Reginald Reformed

3 — Twins and a Stepmother

6 — The Success of Selfishness

8 — Percy's First Holiday

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Reel Life

New Year's Party at Country Club
Great Success

One of the enjoyable events of the winter was
the New Years Eve party given in the Country
Club room Wednesday evening, December 31st.
Mr. Thomas H. Ince, Vice-President and Gen-
eral Manager of the New York Motion Picture
Company, and Mr. Mack Sennett, President and
General Manager of the Keystone Film Company,
entertained fully three hundred leaders of the
artists employed in their moving picture com-
panies now wintering in Southern California.
They were those whose faces are familiar to all
who patronize the moving picture theatres and
among them were some of the most prominent
people in the moving picture world as well as
those well known on the legitimate stage.

The grounds were beautifully illuminated with
Japanese lanterns and the rooms were hand-
somely decorated with natural flowers; a hugh
punch bowl was never empty although every
possible attempt was made to reach the bottom
of it. Music for dancing was furnished by a
full string orchestra, with a quartette of cabaret
entertainers and dancing was indulged in until
long after the New Year had been welcomed.
As old 1913 passed away the rooms were thrown
into darkness and a hugh firework set piece typi-
fying the passing of 1913 with Old Father Time
and his sythe and Cupid as 1914 was illuminated
on the spacious lawn.

Supper was served at which Mr. Ince acted as
toastmaster and all that was good in 1913 was
toasted and all that was expected of 1914 wished
for in toasts which were drunk standing and the
absent ones were not forgotten, for while the
orchestra played "Auld Lang Syne," toasts were
drunk to Messrs. Baumann, Kessel, Hite and
Aitken.

Among those present, well known in the theatri-
cal world as well as filmdom, were George Os-
borne, Walter Belasco, Hershell Mayall, David
M. Hartford, Charles Giblyuj Walter Edwards,
Herbert Standing, Mabel Normand. Anna Little,
Louis Morrison, Jay Hunt. Thomas Chatterton,
Richard Stanton, Ford Sterling, Clara Williams,
Rhea Mitchell, Gertrude Claire, Fannie Midgley
and many others.

It was indeed one of the most enjoyable events
that has ever been held in the Country Club
rooms, and those of the City's residents who
were honored with invitations will remember the
occasion with much pleasure.

"The Lost Treasure"

A mystery of Cripple Creek, is a strong melo-
drama and is reminiscent of the popularity en-
joyed by the initial "Flying A" productions. It
is replete with thrilling incidents of Western
life and sustains the interest throughout. As a
three reel feature, it will be well received. Re-
ceived. Release has been set for Feb. 9th.

"Fooling Uncle"

The second of the Beauty productions, a society
comedy, is resplendent with humor and comedy
touches. Harry Pollard as leading man and
producer displays a marked ability. Margaret
Fischer and Fred Gamble are the other leads
and ably support a cast of histrionic merit.
Beauty productions are receiving a warmer re-
ception than accorded any new brand in so short
a time.

"Bess, The Outcast"

The third Beauty release has been scheduled
for Jan. 82th. It is a strong drama and speaks
well for the versatility of the "Beauty" staff
which has already acquired an astounding popu-
larity.

"The Money Lender"

A one reel drama with an excellent application
of the golden rule.

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Beauty

Harry Pollard

The heartless Money Lender pushes his debtors
to the limit only to find himself in the clutches
of a retaliating fate.

The subject will be much appreciated because
in it will be found so much of the human interest
of every day life.

Ed. Coxen and William Bertram play the lead-
ing roles and are deserving of much credit for
their able interpretations of the characters they
represent.

Popular Vivian Rich

To be a popular actress has its great delights
and satisfactions and causes many an exhultant
heart throb but also has occasioned many a sigh.
Especially so when one is obliged to spend the
evenings and Sundays answering correspondence
from an almost innumerable host of friends.
Miss Rich finds herself fairly inundated with
personal mail from this country as well as from
other English speaking nations.

Dickens' "Cricket on the Hearth," A
Two Part "Flying A" Production

This very popular story has been visualized by
the American Film Mfg. Co. in a most admirable
manner. The settings have been chosen with a
view to portray accurately the minutest detail
and are so true that it requires no stretching
of imagination for the spectator to transport him-
self to England's most charming rural atmos-
phere.

Lorimer Johnston, the producer, is to be con-
gratulated on his success and is deserving of the
highest praise for his painstaking efforts.

This subject will prove a rare treat to students
of literature and classics.

Exhibitors will do well to arrange a matinee
for the pupils of the higher grades of public
schools and the high schools. The film is sched-
uled for release Monday, Feb. 16th.

Exhibitors Speak Enthusiastically

All theatre managers are free and outspoken
in their flattering comments of the merits of
Beauty Films. The first releases had scarcely

been exhibited when there was experienced a
strong demand and booking men are delighted to
find the subjects booked solid for a long time
ahead. The artistic merit and the dramatization
of the subjects are highly commendable. The
photographic quality and technical work are above
criticism.

"Flying A" Stars Aerial Passengers

Miss Vivian Rich and Miss Winifred Green-
wood will make individual areoplane flights at
Hope Ranch. The incidents will be featured in
separate "Flying A" productions.

"The Dream Child"

"Flying A" production by Tom Ricketts is a
coming two reel feature that will create unusual
comment. Release date will be announced shortly.

As Others See Us

Cowboy moving pictures are said to be very
popular in Europe. The cowboys and Indians
of the pictures fulfill preconceived notions of
what America is like and the proof of it is
brought before them. Europeans think of America
in terms of cowboys, Indians and desperadoes
anyway, and even "back east" in our own
country, Texas is imagined to be a place of
desperate ipen and cowboy style of dress. Long
ago the people of Texas ceased to fret about
the mistakes of the provincial inhabitants of
the east, and America is sure enough of herself
to not worry if the movies do "prove" that this
is a country of frontier scenery and inhabitants.

Mutual Prosperity

Business depression is an unknown te'/m in the
motion picture industry, according to news gleaned
from the dividend columns of the daily papers.

The Mutual Film Corporation announces its
regular monthly dividend as one-half of 1 per
cent., with an extra dividend of one-half of 1 per
cent, on common stock.

The New York Motion Picture corporation,
which maufactures pictures for the Mutual pro-
gram, announces the seventh monthly dividend
as one per cent, on its capital stock and an extra
dividend of 1 per cent, thereon. Both of these
notices are signed by Charles J. Hite, treasurer,
the well known motion picture magnate of Than-
houser fame.

With special motion picture productions as the
attraction in several Broadway theatres that have
hitherto offered only successful stage dramas and
with the leading vaudeville theatres featuring
multiple reel pictures in the same sized type as
their headline acts, things continue to look rosy
n the world of filmdom.

Reliance Moves West

Two more companies of Reliance players are
now on the way to Hollywood, Los Angeles,
where they will be joined at an early date by
Chief Director D. W. Griffith and a third com-
pany.

Director James Kirkwood and Edward Morrisey
are in charge of the two groups of artists, among
whom are :

Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Robert
Harron, Donald Crisp, Henry Walthall, Ralph
Lewis, Spottiswoode Aitken, George Siegmann,
Earl Foxe, F. A. Turner, Irene Hunt, W. H.
Long, James Smith, Mary Alden, Courtenay
Foote, Owen Moore, Fay Tuicher.

Also westbound with the players are:
G. W. Bitzer, Walter Stanhope, Sam Du Vail,
L. Picard, Emmit Williams, and the noted scribes
Frank E. Woods, Russell E. Smith and George
Hennesey.

Re@l Life

3

PRESS NOTE
New York Motion Picture Corp.

Thomas H. Ince, Managing Director of the
New York Motion Picture Corporation has the
reputation of being the luckiest one in the busi-
ness. He recently signed for a series of photo-
plays Miss Tsuru Aoki and her company of
Japanese players, the only ones in motion pic-
tures to-day.

It so happens that Miss Aoki is a native of
the Island of Sakura, which was practically des-
troyed by the eruption of the volcano Sakura-
Jairaa. Miss .Aoki^ having lost practically all
her relatives in this eruption was inconsolable
and Mr. Ince though that he was due to lose her,
that she would have to go back home. But in
consoling her, he induced her _ to work in con-
junction with him on a thrilling and powerful
heart interest story, entitled "The Wrath Of
The Gods," a four reel Domino feature, revolving
around Japanese legend and depicting the scenes
and actions of her countrymen during the erup-
tionu so that she could show the world the suffer-
ings of her people.

The news of the eruption was hardly a day
old before Mr. Ince had built in the Santa
Monica Canyon a whole Japanese village.

The entire Japanese companv of twenty people
are being used in this. In addition to this Mr.
Ince is scouring the lower part of California for
Japanese laborers, who are to be worked in as
peasants in the picture. The finish of the pic-
ture is to show the volcano in eruption and the
niolton lava destroying the Japanese village.

Mr. Ince thinks this will be the greatest thing
he has ever attempted.

Powers Notes

W. C. Smith, Ass't General Manager of the
Nicholas Power Company and Herbert Griffen
of the Power sales force will represent the com-
pany at the Convention to be held in Cinn.,
Ohio, this week.

A. J. Lang, Export Manager of the Nicholas
Power Co. is one of the best writers in the
film business on any matters pertaining to the
exporting of film and incidentally projection ma-
chines.

Elwood E. deHart, _ Ass't Sales Manager of the
Nicholas Power Co. is a mechanical expert, hav-
ing gained his knowledge after several years in
the automobile business.

The Power Co. certainly pick out the "live
ones."

Film Actress Badly Hurt

Norma Phillips Thrown in Real Runaway in
Central Park

Norma Phillips, the moving picture actress, who
recently lured Mayor Mitchel before the camera,
came to grief yesterday on the bridle path in
Central Park. She was taking part in a runaway
horse scene, when the horse bolted and threw
her. She was painfully injured.

Miss Phillips was taken unconscious to the home
of the film company's director, at 137 West Fifty-
seventh street. Dr. H. S. Bartholemew of 152
West Fifty-seventh street found that Miss Phillips
had received severe cuts and bruises, a wrenched
back and possible internal injuries, as well as a
severe nervous shock. She was moved later to
her home, the Hotel Van Rensselaer, 17 East
Eleventh street.

The Mutual Girl Catches The Mayor

Mayor Mitchell is in the movies at last, though
quite without his knowledge or consent. Clever
manoeuvring was required to film the Mayor, in
face of his declaration that he would not pose for
any moving picture concern. This statement he
made to a representative of the Mutual Film
Corporation, who asked him to pose for its fifty-
two reel feature, "Our Mutual Girl." So the
Mutual resolved to relieve the Mayor from the
necessity of posing, and they took him without
posing. In consequence, he looked very natural
and extremely glad to meet "Our Mutual Girl,"
and this is how it was done.

As a compromise, the Mayor said, that if a
camera man took his picture as he came down the

Reliance

Thomas Mills

steps of the City Hall, on the way to lunch, he
would not try to stop him. But even this was
a hard thing to do, for the moment a moving
picture camera is set up in New York a crowd
collects, and there seemed to be a great crowd
in City Hall Park. The only thing to do was to
wait until the Mayor appeared and take a chance
of getting him.

Now, the Mayor, whether going to lunch or
anywhere else, is always in a hurry. This was no
exception, and he seemed rather pleased that the
moving picture man was not in position when he
came tearing down the steps.

But Director Jack Noble, who is staging "The
Mutual Girl," cared nothing for the loss of this
outpost. He was holding his fire until he should
see the whites of the Mayor's eyes, so to speak.
And for this final shot he had ambushed a mov-
ing picture camera in an innocent looking express
wagon, which had a slit in the curtain, which
covered the back. This express wagon was drawn
up at the curb on Park Row, and the driver took
off the bridle of the horse and substituted an
oatbag, to make the outfit seem real to the cops
that infest the neighborhood.

As the Mayor came swinging down to his auto-
mobile, which was waiting just back of the inno-
cent looking express wagon, the camera inside
got into action and recorded all that transpired
all unknown to the Mayor.

R. H. Whitney, the manager of "Our Mutual
Girl," suddenly blocked the path of the Mayor
to the sanctuary of his car and held out his hand.
He could scarcely refuse to take it.

"I want to thank you, Mr. Mayor," he said,
"for permitting us to take your picture, and I
want to introduce Miss Norma Phillips, who has
been anxious to meet you for a long time."

Miss Phillips came up and shook the hand of
the Mayor, while the camera in the innocent
looking express wagon coyly clicked off the scene
which Director Noble so much wanted to get.

The Mayor raised his hat, expressed his pleasure
and took his departure all unconscious of the fact
that the patrons of ten thousand moving picture
houses would eventually see the performance.
When he was told about the hidden camera later
in the day, he did not seem so very angry. Miss
Phillips is a very pretty girl.

The Success of Selfishness

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Feb. 6, 1914
CAST

Irene, a country girl who decides to get rich,

Florence La Badie

Strand, a Wall street operator Sidney Bracy

Bert, a country bookkeeper Nick Woods

Jim, a stenographer Bill Noel

Percy, a masher Mr. Dunn

Casey, a policeman Mr. Horan

Irene's butler ; . . . .Perry Horton

Irene's maid Lila Chester

Grace, Irene's sister "Miss Beautiful"

Tom, Grace's husband Harry Benham

Ted and Nita, their children Leland Benham

and the Thanhouser Kidlet
Irene was not so simple as she looked. She was
early convinced that the only way to get ahead
in the world was to use everybody — and in the
small town where she lived she practiced her
theory. She never for a moment intended marry-
ing either Bert or Jim, but she kept them both
guessing, and meanwhile learned from them book-
keeping and stenography which she turned to good
account in getting a position in New York. The
unscrupulous Wall Street operator, whose confi-
dential secretary she eventually became, got into
trouble with the government. Fearing the
testimony of his stenographer, he gave Irene
a large sum of money and told her to go to
Canada on a vacation. The simple little country
girl, however, protested that her conscience would
not permit her to run away — and when he had
pleaded in vain^ she played her trump card. "Of
course a wife may never testify against her hus-
band," she said — he saw it was a case of marrying
the girl or going to jail, and he chose the former
alternative. Irene was pretty, and she made a
very presentable wife — but without love as a bal-
last, she plunged into all sorts of extravagances,
and in the end was the ruin of her husband, and
of her own happiness.

Twins and a Stepmother

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Feb. 3. 1914
CAST

Lewis, a young widower Sidney Bracy

Marion"^ } His twin daughters Madeline and

Marion Fairbanks, the Thanhouser Twins

Miss Willis Florence La Badie

Mary, the maid Ethyle Cook

The twins loved their father — and their Sun-
day School teacher, Miss Willis, who lived next
door. Their mother had died when they were
babies— but Miss Willis, they thoughti, must be
very much like her, and so they were not so
lonely as they might have been. Little did they
dream that their father had fallen in .love with
their beloved teacher — and when they heard that
they were soon to have a step-mother, they were
brokenhearted. Of course they must run away
before the awful woman arrived — and the only
place they knew to run to was the house next
door. When they arrived, bag and baggage, and
explained to the astonished Miss Willis the
motive of their flight — she was secretly much
amused. They begged her to marry their father
and so prevent the dreaded step-mother coming.
Miss Willis hid the children, and solemnly sent
for their father. Then, in the twins' hearing, she
told him that his little girls had left home, and
would go back to him only on condition he
married her, their loved teacher. Lewis cleverly
takes his cue, and plays up to the role expected
of him. He gives his promise in all seriousness —
the twins rush out to embrace father and pros-
pective mother — and to this day, they actually be-
lieve it was themselves who made the match.

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Sometime in this woirld's history — possibly before so
■many generationis have succeeded us — it will be demon-
strated to a mathematical certainty that no business man
of whatever br^eed can afford to govern his daily actions wM
by any rule which conflicts with playing fair in every ^iBK
transaction. SsS

Possibly human existence will be a trifle more monot-
onous without the trickery and chicanery — the lying, the grafting
and the deception — ^which keep all of us constantly upon the alert
today. But doubtless there will be oth.er interests oi a healthier
sort to replace them, <9o we shall gain something after all.

A few hundred years ago the name craftsman stood for some-
thing. It meant not only that a master oi his craft could and did
produce far better articles of commerce than his less experienced
competitors, but that he could be relied upon to keep right on pro-
ducing them up to the samie or a better standard — and at a reason-
able price for the quality. Venetian silks and velvets — Flemish
cloths — Genoese silver, both carved and repousse — Spanish carved
and stamped leathcir — Toledo steel — and a thousand other com-
modities— were of equal durability and quality whether you pur-
chased from the original craftsman who perfected them, or from
hiis great grandson a hundred years later — with the chances in
favoT of the great-grandson's having even discovered improve-
ments upon the original. If one paid for quality, he got quality.
In the very rare cases where he received an inferior article, the
craftsman's trade was ruined. Advertising, as we know it, had
not been developed^ — ^biut reputation was a word which had been
underiStood for a good many centuries. And no amount or sort
of modern advertising has ever succeeded in accomplishing the
same results.

To-day, the tendency is always a cheapening one. To produce
cm article which zmll last for a limited time and may be sold at
the lowest possible price. That is the principle upon which mod-
ern business is done — ^with this added lack of principle : To give
the purchaser always just a shade less than he is supposed to be
paying for. The opportunities for profit by these methods are too
obvious to be denied — ^and with the cost of living ever soaring,
profit would appear a vitally necessary thing — regardless of the
means by which it is obtained.

Do the shoies you purchase to-day last as long or wear as well
as the 'shoes you purchased thirty years ago? On your life, they
do not. Where would the shoe business land if they did? You
may think you prefer the same shape and general style of shoe
you wore five years ago^but that's heresy. Like women's gowns,
the styles must change yearly— else how could the shoe-manufac-
turers and modistes iretire with fortunes in a few years? Take
almost any .commodity you like to name, and the cheapening tend-
ency remains about the same. The purchasing public gets the shag
end of it— and puts up with it merely because the people, en masse,
believe it to be an irremediable condition of things. Every sum-
mer, fine crops of delicious and sound apples are left rotting upon

fi*^ the trees by the contracting syndicates because if apples

•^^^ were plentiful in the city markets, the selling price would
WT be necessarily lower and the profits too piffling to bother
Rn ilw with. Every winter, Northern grocers and speculators
UugS^ take thousands of boxes of Jamaica and Florida oranges
^S^^s — ripe and in perfect eating condition — put them in cold
storage until August — and get a much higher price, then,
for fruit which has become absolutely poisonous to the average
person who eats it — particularly those with delicate stomachs who
are obliged to live on fruit, very largely.

Somic day — the people of this and other countries will see that
Siuch practices are both criminal and unnecessary They will pass
legislation to do away with them — and they'll enforce that legis-
lation if it takes a vigilance committee to do it.

With all this abuse of public confidence, however, it is encourag-
ing to note, here and there, a sfilrvival of old time principles with
certain business houses in every city. The race in wihose hands
the bulk of New York business is now concentrated views with
miutterings of envy and exasperation the persistence with which
certain firms of old New York merchants continue to hold their
customers even in the second and third generations. But the rea-
son is plain for all to read. For a hundred years or more, they
have played absolutely fair with all who had business dealings with
them. Not long ago, the salesman for a much-advertised line of
cheap and unreliable goods talked ifo^r an hour with the buyer of
a certain old established jobbing house — and was told iby that over-
worked gentleman : "It's no use, I tell you ! While the senior
Mr. Park lives, you might just as well try to sell goods in the
moon as get him to handle that line of trash. But he's the last
of the family. When he dies, oome around and see me."

A first-class article is cheap at any reasonable price. A cheap
and carelessly made article — ^or "second" and "third" grades of any
commodity — ^are prohibitively expensive for either a millionaire or
pauper.

Now — ^there is some application in all this to motion-picture
films. Not such an awful lot, we are glad to say — but still some.
The manufacturer who stages his plays in a careless, slipshod way
— ^who will not take the trouble to have his costumes and "sets"
and incidents as nearly correct as his working-capital will permit
him to make them — is not playing fair with the people who pay
their savings to see his films. The exhibitor who charge;s ten or
fifteen cents admissi'On for a five-reel performance and shows
mutilated 30th-run reels of repulsive and offensive subjects, is not
playing fair with the very people who enable him to live.

The manufacturer or exhibitor — the business-house or employee
— who makes a practice of giving fair value in every instance,
and then just a hair's breath more, is a person whom no combina-
tion of circumstances is likely to down in the long run. He won't
make his million so rapidly as the grafter — he may not even come
anywhere near making a million at all — ^but he can face his fellow-
men with full ' confidence that they respect him to the limit, and
he'll certainly never starve.

6

Ree! Life

Fohvunpy 3, 15)14

This exceedlingly
picturesque play of
early California days
— a two-reel drama —
will be seen with un-
abated interest iby
ever3f Movie audience
before whom it is
produced. The Span-
ish-American isetting
is rich in color — sug-
gestive of romance.
The costumes .are
equally so. All of
the elementary pas-
sions— love, hate, av-
arice, self-sacrifice
and revenge — are
shown in a convinc-
ing way.

When it comes to
reviewing the story,
however, one is con-
fronted wil^h the es-
sential dififerences be-
tween a play as writ-
ten for the legitimate
stage — to be acted by
speaking individuals
who deliver the play-
wright's lines with
exactly the shades of
meaning he has de-
vised to reproduce his
conception of plot
and action — and the
skeletonized scenario
so frequently used in building up one or two reels of the silent
drama. In fact, the task of reviewing a motion-picture play from
such scanty material, or the lack of it, would be a liberal educa-
tion lin kinetic-drama miethods to the would-be scenario writer —
and' would give a most severe jolt to his belief that comparative
amateurs may frequently produce stronger, more acceptable work
than old hands at the game.

If for example, one sees a play of this description put upon the
screen for his benefit in the projecting-room, he may lack the
names of scenes, cast and characters — and though the action has
been perfectly clear and comprehensible on the screen, he will find
it difficult to tell the coherent stor}^ without material facts as
groundwork. If he gets the very .abbreviated scene-list to work
from — ^without seeing the film — he must puzzle out the probable
story from a list of seemingly detached and irrelevant stage-sets
with no scrap of dialogue or descriptive titles to assist him. A
very large proportion of motion- picture plays are produced in just
this way. Players are requested to report on the studio stage in
certain costumes. Flats and accessories representing merely one
corner of a room are set up on the floor. A section of stairway is
shown through an open door at the back — furniture is placed upon
a rug in line with the corner. The actors are placed in certain
positions — ordered by the Director to go through with certain mo-
tions— then packed into a waiting motor-car and whirled ofif a few
miles into the country to stand upon the porch of some wealthy

CAST

Anita, humble Spanish girl of early California Francelia Billington

Padre Andrew Robson

Anita's Mother Elizabeth Stone

Don Francisco, rich young artist Lamar Johnstone

Senorita Delfina, a coquette Lucille Young

Senor Garmino, admirer of Delfina Eugene Pallette

Jose, Don Francisco's peon Sidney Diamond

Innkeeper A. Von Harder

Francelia Billing-ton and William

resident' s country
house, or seat them-
selves under a per-
gola in his Italian
garden while the
earner a-man turns
the crank — and the
day's work will
cover a dozen or
more apparently dis-
connected p o s i n g s
which sometimes the
actors themselves
can't puzzle out until
they see them pro-
jected, with other
sandwiched and dis-
solved scenes, on the
screen. After watch-
ing two hours' work
in one of the studios,
the other day, some
of the actors asked
the author what it
was all about — what
the story was?

As .nearly as we
can make out from
the scene-list of this
play — apparently all
the Director had to
work ifrom in produc-
ing it — the story is
something like this in
cold print:

Don Francisco has
noticed the beauty of
Anita during his morning rides in the vicinity of the Californian
pueblo near which his fine hacienda is situated. He decides to
paint her portrait — calls upon Anita's mother and leases a bed-
room in their house which one assumes he uses also as a studio.
We see Anita talking with the Padre on a bench in the little garden
back of her 'dobe house, and infer that she is a "good girl" and
devout Catholic. As a matter of course, the young artist-lodger
is introduced to Anita 'by her mother. Equally, as a matter of
course, the two fall in love during the painting of the portrait —
and Don Francisco's intentions are proved to be unusually honor-
able, for we are shown a wedding-party with the Padre officiating.
Then the scene changes, in the second reel, to DoH Francisco's
lhacienda — where, with the house and grounds ifull of guests, he
seems to go in rather more for the social stunt than he does for
painting.

One infers that Anita's lack of breeding, due to her somewhat
lower station in life, originally, is beginning to get on his nerves in
spite of her undeniable beauty — and that the Senorita Delfina is
occupying rather more of his attention than is strictly necessary
in their social relations.

We see Anita at the window — watching them in the garden.
We see her write a note to the good Padre and despatch it by
Jose. We are even positive that Jose actually goes on the errand,
because we see him saddle his cayuse, ride off, and arrive at the
{Continued on page 9)

HOO V f, <o '

Majestic

Nigh in "The Vengeance of Najerra"

Re©! Life

7

I ho Prmc'] of Fnxrr.s

The city editor's telephone bell
added its shrill voice to the gen-
eral clamor in the Record's
editorial room. It jangled in-
sistently, until Jim Shelton
silenced it by pulling the receiver
from its book and snapping a
curt "Hello" without taking his
eyes from the copy he was edit-
ing. But it wasn't a moment be-
fore he became all attention. For
fully two minutes he listened be-
fore he spoke, then :

"You're certain it was Carl
Kessler? Carl Kessler, the Ger-
man artist!" He listened more
attentively.

"Well, .reasonably certain?"'
Again he listened.

"Good ! Now don't tip off any
of the other papers and we'll have
a beat on them all. Sure we'll
pay you ifor the news, if we can
get a story out of it. What's the
name ?"

He hastily scribbled the speak-
er's name and address on a sheet
of copy paper and hung up the
receiver. Then in the same testy
voice he called:"

"George Regan! Come here!'"

Regan came. He was a tall,
broad shouldered individual with
an I-don't-care-a-hang look in his
eyes that told plainer than words
his disposition. Shelton studied
him silently for a moment.

"Here's a fine chance to knock
the wind out of some of those
specials that Reita Nixon has been
writing for the Call about our
friend Carl Kessler, the German
artist. A chap just called me up

on the 'phone and told me that Kessler had been mixed up in a
street brawl early this morning, and in the fracas he lost his whisk-
ers. Think of that! Lost his whiskers! Some one pulled them
off! The fracas happened in front of Sherry's. You can dig
a first class story out of it, but report before eleven o'clock to-
night. There's something darned queer about it. Kessler lives up
at the Berwick House. Has a suite of rooms on the eighth floor.
No. 840, I think. Get busy and run the thing down. See this chap.
He says he's about the only one who saw the thing happen." Shel-
ton handed Regan the slip of copy paper on which he had scribbled
the name and address.

Regan was star man on the Record's staff. Also he was known
throughout the newspaper world as the Prince of Fakirs. He al-
ways brought back a story; always — no matter what he had to go
through to get it. But the most unfortunate part about it was,
that he did not always stick to the facts in the case. Facts
hampered him ; the moment he learned the truth about anything
he promptly forgot it, and wrote the story as he thought it should
have happened. This faking of his had been responsible for the
loss of. more than one promising position on other papers — ^but

Lamar Johnstone as "Najerra"

when Shelton became his boss,
things were different. Shelton
never believed in going out of
the way to spoil a good story,
and the consequence- was that he
never asked questions when Re-
gan turned in a lively effusion.
Indeed, Truth and Shelton hard-
ly seemed to be on speaking
terms — therefore, Regan pros-
pered in the Record office

* :): H: * * *

There were several reasons
why Regan welcomed the Kess-
ler assignment. There was also
one reason why he disliked it.
Consequently, it was in a some-
what undetermined state of mind
that he left the Record building
on Park Row in quest of Shel-
ton's informant. Reita Nixon
had been writing for the Call a
little more than two months. Re-
gan had made her acquaintance
shortly after her advent into New
York's circle of newspaper work-
ers. That he liked her could
hardly be doubted since he was
found in her company more than
anyone else. Indeed, he had paid
numerous visits to her little four-
room apartment in upper Broad-
way on his "off Sundays." But
two weeks ago the noted Carl
Kessler had come to America to
paint the portrait of a, famous
society leader and since then
Reita Nixon had been a different
girl.

The papers naturally carried
many stories about the well-
known German, but the Call
blossomed forth every second day
in a three-column interview with the famous Teuton, and the stories
were all signed by Reita Nixon. Not only that, Regan had more
than once seen the girl and the black-bearded foreigner together,
in different restaurants on Broadway. In fact, Reita seemed so
interested in Kessler, that the few times Regan met her he had
hard work trying to persuade her to talk on some other subject
besides the German painter's work. "It is all right," he told him-
self," for an art critic (Reita Nixon was art critic as well as
special writer on the Call) to become enthusiatic over such things,
but when it comes to going mad over a Dutch paint-slinger, well — ."
He didn't like the idea.

Moreover, there was something about the man's personality
he objected to. Although he had only seen him at a distance he
did not like the way his flowing black beard was trimmed. In fact,
he was not at all surprised to learn that it was false. And being
a deceiver in the matter of whiskers, what mig'ht he not be in other
things. Thus did he catechise himself.

But this story Would give him all the opportunity in the world
to show the old fakir up. What was behind it all he had not the
silightest idea, but he would find out and expose him. It rather

Majestic

in "The Vengeance of Najerra"

8

Reel Life

hurt to think how ridiculous it would make Reita Nixon's stories that hid the entrance to the adjourning room. Hastily he stepped

seem, and he hesitated a long time before making up his mind as forward and flung the curtains aside. There sat the German in

to the proper line of action — but in the end he concluded that he his dressing gown, a cigarette suspended before his parted lips,

knew what was best for the girl. Otherwise the room was empty. But Regan's quick eye noted a

********* woman's glove and handkerchief on the table in the centre of the

Jim Shelton's informant, when ifound by Regan, proved to be room. Moreover, the handkerchief bore the initial "N," and the

a sharp-witted art student who lived in one of the side streets glove was of a shade particularly favored by Reita Nixon. He

radiating from Washington Square. He had been wandering down felt his face flush with anger— but before he could speak the Ger-

BToadway early that morning when he suddenly came upon a man ""''^^i demanded in his deepest tones :
with a black beard wresthng with a taxicab driver on the side- "Veil, Vwy comes you here?"

walk. He immediately recognized Herr Kessler from the various "So," said Regan, ignoring the question," so, Herr Kessler, you
newspaper prints he had been studying lately, but before he had entertain young ladies here." He pointed to the glove and hand-
time to learn what the fracas was all about, the taxi driver seized kerohief.

the black beard and tugged at it mightily. To the surprise of all The artist was astounded. He reached hurriedly ifor .the glove,

three, the beard parted from the artist's face. But before the but Regan snatched it from under his hand,
astonished motorist had time to realize what had happened, the "Iss id your-r business?" demanded the irate German.

German snatched the hair from his hand and ran, dodging out of I'm making it my business," asserted the reporter fiercely, "I'm

sight around the nearest corner. from the Record. I came up to learn how you happened to lose

That was information enough for Regan to base a two-column your whiskers this morning in front of Sherry''s."
story on, but he intended to make a real killing in this case — so "I — vat !" exclaimed the Teuton, "I loosed my whiskers. Vy

as soon as he quit the art student, he hurried to the Berwick you see I haf dem just vare dey shut pee."

House. It was not customary for Regan to announce himself no But Regan lunged forward and tangled his fingers in the black

matter where he went. He preferred always to walk in unexpected- hair. One sharp jerk, and they were dangling from his hand!

ly. That was why he entered the hotel as if he were one of its The German bounded from his chair — but instead of the guttural

guests and took the elevator to the eighth floor. oath that Regan expected to hear, the man exclaimed:

Room 840 w.as the first of a suite of three rooms, the best in "Holy smoke !" in perfectly good English,

the house. He hesitated a moment before the door and listened. Regan was thoroughly surprised. Before him stood a clean

Inside he could hear the rumble of a deep voice, but the talk was shaven young man of thirty, who grinned as if the whole matter

so low that he could not distinguish a single word. Also he heard was a huge joke, and in the doorway of the last room of the suite

a woman's voice occasionally interrupting. stood Reita Nixon, her face scarlet with anger.

Without the formality of knocking he seized the door knob "What does this mean?" demanded Regan, utterly mystified,
and pushed it open, glancing about the room as he entered. It "It means you've spoiled a secret," retorted the enraged girl,

was the sitting room of the suite, and vacant. However, he heard What business have you in here anyway!"
a scurry of skirts and a guttural grunt or two behind the portiers "Why, I'm after a story."

Majestic

Eugene Pallette, Lucille Young and Lamar Johnstone in "The Portrait of Anita"

Reel Lite

9

Miss Tsuru Aoki as "O Mimi San" in the Japanese play of that name.

At the word story, Reita's anger changed to terror.

"Oh, George !" she cried, coming toward him, "You're not going
to puWish this story, are you? You'll ruin us! This is my brother,
Fred !"

"Your brother! Where's Carl Kessler then?"

"Herr Kessler is still in Germany. He was wounded in a duel
■with another artist three weeks ago. In fact, both were wounded,
and they are hiding in the Hartz Moimtains until they recover
Dueling is forbidden in the German National Academy, you know,
and if they were found out, both would be disgraced. In the
meantime, Kessler had a portrait to paint here and it was necessary
for Fred (he's been studying under Kessler, you know) to mas-
querade and come over to do the work, or else the whole affair
would have come out. I've been interviewing him nearly every
other day because I couldn't resist the easy space money. If Fred
hadn't made a fool of himself by trying to thrash a taxi driver
last night, everything would still be all right."

"Lordie, what a story! Student artist masquerading as his
master, while — "

"Don't, don't — you're not going to publish it are you, George?"

"Huh — well— no. But I'd better call up Shelton." He stepped
to 'the telephone and was immediately connected with the Record's
City Desk.

"Say, Jim— er-Hthat story about Kessler is a fake. His whisk-
ers are on solid. I tried 'em."

"What!" shrieked the irate hoss, "Why, you've deliberately
spoiled a good story ! You're fired !"

"I had a hunch I might be, "retorted Regan as he hung up the
receiver. But somehow he didn't care— for he felt two arms fold

Domino

slowly about his shoulders and a soft little whisper in his ear that
said :

"George, you are the Prince of Fakirs."

The Portrait ly'i Anita

{Continued from page 6)
Mission. Then we see Anita snatch up a knife from the table and
go out into the garden — but — ^don't be alarmed. That knife busi-
ness doesn't amount to anything. We've looked all through the
scene-list, very carefully, and there's no mention of even a cut
finger — ^so the knife is probably local color introduced for a mo-
mentary thrill.

There's quite a bit of pronounced attention on the part of
Senor Garmina toward the Senorita Delfina — which appears to
make Don Francisco a trifle more ardent. Then there's the busi-
ness of Anita's wandering about with her own picture — putting it
on the easel in the studio, presumably to remind her husband of
her existence — and lugging it around the grounds foir some other
reason. Eventually, she rides away from the hacienda on a donkey,
which the Padre leads, and returns to her mother and her former
home. Then we see her in bed — mother and Padre bending over
her. And the play winds up with Don Francisco in the pueblo
graveyard — seeing visions.

This is literally all that any sane person can possibly make out
of the scene-list upon which the play is built. Yet, on the screen,
it is a coherent and beautiful little story — full of color and senti-
ment. Does the amateur scenario writer suppose this result can
be reached without considerable knowledge and experience in mo-
tion-play technique?

10

Reel Life

"The Lost Treasure"

ATnerican

An Instrument of Warfare

The movir.s picture machine in warfare did not make its first
appearance in Mexico. A particularly large and cumbrous cinemato-
graph machine, of the kind in use at that time, went to Santiago
with the American army in 1898, but it was upset in the San Juan
River, together with its unfortunate corpulent operator, and never
took a picture. The operations of the siege of Ladysmith, includ-
ing the firing of the big siege gun operated by the Boers, were
cinematographed, and the films are still shown sometimes. The
cinematograph marched with the Japanese in Manchuria, and ac-
companied the Greeks and Bulgarians when they went to war
against the Turks. It has become almost as much a part of the
apparatus of warfare as cannons and rifles are. What is the use
of being a soldier if you cannot somehow appear in the pictures?

Your true Mexican, whether federalist or rebel, constitutionalist
or unconstitutionalist, has a fine sense of his personal pulchritude,
and loves a photograph of his own ferocious magnificence almost
as dearly as he loves his long-suffering country. There is no reason
why he should be denied the rewards and consolations of the
cinematograph any more than Americans, Britishers, Dutchmen,
Greeks, Bulgarians and Japanese have been denied them. — New
York Mail.

Simplex Increased Business

Beginning with Monday, January 26th, the factory of the
Precision Machine Company will establish a night force, working
from 6 P. M. to 6 A. M. It is believed that this is the first time
in the history of Motion Picture manufacturing where a complete
all-night force has been established. The tremendous influx of
orders for Simplex Projectors has determined this move, which
will be carried on for an indefinite period.

Reforms In Maryland Prison.

Following the abolition at the Maryland House of Correction
of the striped suit, flogging, "cuffing up," and solitary confinement,
a moving-picture outfit is to be installed in the institution.

Recently, a photograph was given to the prison, and "good"
prisoners are allowed during recreation hours and on Sundays to
listen to the instrument. The improvement in conduct among the
400 or more men and women has been so marked that Superin-
tendent Lankford and the board of managers decided to give them
the "movies."

The next step in reform will be the establishment of a school.

— Nezv York Evening Post.

Methodical Construction.

"How about that dialect story of yours?" asked the impatient
editor.

"Coming right along, sir," replied Mr. Penwiggle. "I have all
the punctuation marks written, and it won't take me more than
half an hour to fill in the letters." — Ex.

The Genuine Article.

"Bliggins is a true pessimist."

"What do you mean by a true pessimist?"

"A man who, when the thermometer is at 90 in the shade, in-
sists on worrying about next winter's coal bill." — Ex.

Gramercy — Your bodice is perfectly indecent!
Mrs. Gramercy — It's your blame, my dear. You said you couldn't
afford to buy me a diamond necklace. — Judge.

Movies to Depict Shakespeare as Man and Writer

We have had the film as the exponent of every phase of life;
now we are promised "Shakespeare on the film." It is expected
to rank as a masterpiece.

The most careful preparations have been made to insure historical
accuracy and, after much consultation, it has been decided that the
works of Sir Sidney Lee, Halliwell and Capt. Curling shall be
taken as the guiding authorities in the reproductions to be carried
out by the producers.

These will consist of about 150 scenes, which will be filmed at
Stratford-on-Avon, on the very ground which Shakespeare trod.
Fo^r the interior and Old London scenes, special scenery has been
built.

In the series arranged the whole story of Shakespeare's life,
from the age of seventeen down to his death in 1616, surrounded
by his family, at Stratford, is given in a beautiful collection of films.

The scene opens with his first meeting with Charlotte Clopton,
his first glimpse of "love's young dream," his departure while still
a youth from Grasp, the death of Charlotte from the plague and
the arrest of her father, Sir Hugh Clopton, for treason.

Later the master comes to London and we are shown the historic
scene of the young dramatist outside the Globe Theatre, his being
introduced by Marlowe, the patronage of Lord Southampton, and
his meeting with Raleigh, Drake and other great men of the day.

Then there is the visit of the Queen to the Black Friars Theatre
and finally his death in his native town. It is estimated that the
production will cost $10,000. - ■

Simplex in Bohemia

On Sunday evening, January llth, the Pleiades Club tendered
a dinner to Mr. George Grossmith, the well-known English comed-
ian. Among those present were a number of prominent people in
theatrical circles, including Mr. Joseph W. Famham of the All
Star Feature Co., who, in a short address, briefly outlined film
conditions and made a strong plea for decency of character.

The toastmaster of the evening was Mr. G. Warren Landon,
of the SIMPLEX CO., who arranged to show the first act of Paid
in Full with one of the recent model SIMPLEX machines. The
projection was noticeable for its clearness and steadiness — and as
all scenes were dissolved, the effect was exceptionally beautiful
and impressive.

The Fishless Fisherman.

"So you took a day off from your work and went fishing?"
"Yes," replied the man who insists on being cheerful.
"Have any luck?"

"Certainly. A day off is luck enough." — Ex.

Bank Teller — This check is all right, but you must be introduced I
Can't you bring in your husband?

Woman— Who, Jack? Why, if Jack thought you wanted an in-
troduction to me he'd knock your head off ! — Ex.

Tenant — Can't you let us have a bit more heat, janitor?
Janitor — Good gracious mum ! Do you think you're a chicken on
a model chicken farm? — Ex.

Bubbs — Well, how are your New Year's resolutions?
Dubbs — Fine ! Had one little puncture, but nothing like a regu-
lar blowout. — Ex.

Catherine Gehl, William Bertram, Marion Murray and George Field in "The Money Lender" American

Not a Sentimental Speech

Lieut. John H. Towers, of the United States Navy, is the man
who miraculously escaped death last summer when he fell 1,600
feet with an aeroplane into the waters of Chesapeake Bay. He is
also the man who played the part of ardent young lover in the
moving pictures produced by the navy department some time ago
— pictures for which $20,000 worth of powder was used and seven
warships employed in a great battle scene.

In the picture, the young hero, the naval officer, comes upon
the scene to bid a tragic farewell to his lovely sweetheart. His lips
move slowly and with effort. The girl looks up at him in sadness.
It is easy to imagine the tender words from his lips.

According to those who saw the pictures made, what he actually
did say at this jun,ction was:

"Let's hurry and get this over, and go out for something to
eat. I'm starved." — Popular Magazine.

Seizing the Opportunity

Mrs. Crabshaw — ^"You shouldn't be so greedy, dear, and hang
up both your stockings."

Willie — "Why not, ma? Only a while ago you said you loved
me twice as much as you ever did before." — Judge.

Perfectly Satisfied

A large, slouchy colored man went shuffling down the road
whistling like a lark. His clothes were ragged and his shoes were
out at toes and heels, and he appeared to be in the depths of
poverty for all his mirth.

As he passed a prosperous-looking house a man stepped from
the doorway and hailed him. "Hey, Jim! I got a job for you.
Do you want to make a quarter?"

"No, sah," said the ragged one. "I done got a quarter." —
Everybody's Magazine.

A Fellow Feeling

Little Willie had been very naughty, so much so, in fact, that
after having reproved him several times, his mother was at last
forced to severely punish him.

When his father arrived home in the evening, he at once per-
ceived that Willie's eyes were suspiciously red.

"What's the matter, sonny?" he cried.

"Oh, nothing," responded Willie, uneasily.

"Come, don't be frightened," said his father, in coaxing tones.
"Tell me all about it; I want to know."

Willie remained silent for some time, then he suddenly burst
out :

"Well, if you must know, I've had a thundering row with your
wife." — Pearson's Weekly.

Modern

"Waiter, bring me some raw oysters with negro minstrels, a
steak with some barefoot dancers, and an ice with operatic singers."
"Yes, suh. What'll you have to drink, suh?"
"Nothing but black coffee with acrobats." — Life.

Considerate to the Last

"What is your fee for securing a divorce?" she asked the em-
inent attorney.

"Five hundred dollars, madam," he answers.

"Mercy! Why, I understand that Lawyer Yeller, in the next
block, only charged $25."

"Mr. Yeller is not in our class, madam."

"Well, I'll go to him, anyway. The reason I am going to get
a divorce is that my husband is always scolding me for being ex-
travagant, and goodness knows I don't want to give him another
chance to find fault."

—Life.

Florence La Badie in "The Success of Selfishness"

Thanhouser

Thanhouser Twins, Sidney Bracy and Florence La Badie in "Twins and a Stepmother"

Thanhouser

Davis Plans Free Moving Pictures in Public Parks

Municipal free moving picture shows in the public parks next
summer, scheduled in advance the same as the park band con-
certs, are planned by Park Commissioner Davis.

Interesting and instructive films showing wild animals in their
native habitats, anim.als in the St. Louis Zoo, picturesque features
of the playground entertainments and work of the children, scenes
at the big swimming pool in Fairground, a few thrills added by
pictures of the fire companies responding to alarms, fire scenes in
St. Louis, and similar subjects, would make interesting subjects to
illustrate what is doing in our home city, in Davis' opinion.

The cost of the equipment would be comparatively small, and
the expense of maintaining the apparatus and a wagon to trans-
fer the machine and screen daily from one park to another would
be trivial, as shown by statistics in other cities where the plan
has proved a success.

Davis left Tuesday for New York to attend a convention of
the Playground and Recreation Association of America. While
he is there he expects to confer with municipal experts and get
exact figures on the cost of providing such open-air entertain-
ments.

He plans to meet John Collier, one of the leaders in establish-
ing the National Board of Censorship of moving picture films, and
get from him practical pointers on the cost of making and showing
picture reels, and the expense of maintaining the necessary muni-
cipal studio for preparing the films. — St. Louis Star.

By Which One Big Hit Was Made With the Doting

Parent.

The Monkey — That's your child, isn't it?
The Elephant (pleased) — How did you guess it?
The Monkey — Why it has the same classic Grecian nose and the
same tiny, shell-like ears ! — Pittsburg (Pa.) Press.

The Tango Reaches Spain. — Thousands in Barcelona turn
out and witness a public exhibition of new style dancing.

Ice-Skating Season Opens. — Winter, long delayed, arrives in
Van Courtlandt Park, New: York City. •

A Railroad in Africa. — Line from Kenroussa to Kankan is
opened with elaboiate ceremonies.

Martin Harvey Off for Canada. — Famous English actor given
a hearty farewell at Liverpool.

"Movies" Now Teach Religion. — Pastor Russel, famous
Brooklyn divine, opens New York Theatre devoted to Biblical
stories.

"Teddy's" Triumphant Pilgrimage. — Ex-President Roose-
velt is presented with a horse at Buenos Ayres Exposition.

Off On a Long Journey. — Hamburg-American S. S. "Cleve-
land" carries 500 passengers from New York to the Orient.

A Florida Terrapin Farm. — Southerners now devoting much
time to producing for the northern markets.

Great Lumber Yards Destroyed. — E. K. Wood plant at San
Pedro, California, is entirely wiped out by fire.

The Beardsley Seige. — Mayville, N. Y., man holds off law
officers for one week.

A Torpedo Bicycle. — A new wind-shielded two-wheeler is
tried out in Paris.

Stone-Age Relics Unearthed. — Workmen in Los Angeles un-
cover stone bowl of prehistoric age.

Referred to Lexicographer

Teacher — What is the derivation of the word lunatic?
Pupil — Luna, the moon, and — er — er — attic, the upper story —
Town Tipics.

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Es8l Life

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The Lost Treasure

Feb. 9, 1914
CAST

Amos Brown, express agent Ed Coxen

Agent's Clerk George Field

Ann Steadfast Winifred Greenwood

Sally Ida Lewis

Mrs. Amos Brown Josephine Ditt

Jim Lorgus, bandit Reaves Eason

Dick Bladget William Bertram

Lain Carter, stage- driver Arthur Millet

In the frontier days, a breath of suspicion
was enough to incite a community to mob
violence and the lynch law. When it was
discovered that Amos Brown, a Wells-Fargo
Express agent, was minus $20,000 worth of
gold bullion, awaiting transportation in his
office — the whole settlement mobbed him.
Though Ann, a friend of the agent's wife,
risked her life to save him from the hang
no6se — he and his family were driven from
the town where, a few hours before,' they had
been honored and trusted. Ann married the stage
driver, and lived on a ranch. Some time later,
she chanced upon the trail of the bandits who
had robbed the express office. Getting her hus-
band a posse, she sent him after them — and on
their capture, the mystery of the bullion was
published, and Ann's old friends recalled from
their exile.

The Money Lender

Feb. 14, 1914
CAST

Philip Swan, the Money Lender, William Bertram

Edward Gauss Ed Coxen

His wife Winifred Greenwood

Ethel Swan Catherine Gehl

Gauss child Helen Armstrong

Dr. Ashley George Field

Dr. Brown Reaves Eason

Servant to Swan Marion Murray

Old Philip Swan forecloses the mortgage he
holds on the home of Gauss, the locksmith — in
spite of the efforts of Dr. Ashley to persuade the
money lender to be merciful on the poor family.
Swan's little girl, Ethel — the only thing he loves
in life — falls dangerously ill, and it becomes im-
perative to call Ashley, as the case is beyond the
skill of the only other physician in town. Ash-
ley comes — but demands for advance fee the
transfer to the Gauss deed. Swan demurs — but
conquered by love for the child, goes to the
safe, to find that it has been locked, and that his
combination will not work. The only thing he
can do is to send for the locksmith whom he has
evicted. The doctor persuades Gauss to open the
safe, the locksmith little dreaming what is to be
his reward. Ethel is saved — and their home re-
stored to the Gauss family.

Sally's Elopement

Feb. 4, 1914
CAST

Sally Margaret Fischer

Squinty Harry Pollard

Her Ma Adelaide Bronti

His Pa Fred Gamble

Sally's Sister Kathie Fischer

Squinty's Rival Joseph Harris

Sally's Rival Mary Scott

Squinty, who delivers groceries for his father,
is head over heels in love with Sally, the village
beauty. But when he goes to ask Pa's consent,
he gets a good thrashing — while Ma, who favors
the suit of Pete, the milk man, succeeds in per-
suading her daughter to go for a drive with Pete
that very afternoon. Squinty returns, dejected,
to the store — where his father is talking with

American

Helen Armstrong

Susan, the girl he wishes his son to marry. Pa
hands Squinty a month's wages, telling him to
hustle along and buy Susan an engagement ring.
He starts off with the young lady — but presently
"shakes" her, for he has seen in front of the
blacksmith's shop an automobile for sale at $9.97,
which, it occurs to him, is the one thing which
will save the day. Squinty, in the automobile,
overtakes the milk wagon. While Pete is inside a
house, delivering milk, he forces Sally to climb
into the car — takes her home — commands her to
pack her clothes, while he gets the license and
comes back for her. The lovers succeed in
escaping — pursued by Ma and Pete in the milk
wagon, and Pa and Susan in the grocery express
wagon. The Justice of the Peace holds them up
for speeding — but when the situation is told him,
he performs the marriage ceremony on the spot.
Squinty finds that the automobile has broken
down — but it has served its purpose, for by the
time Pa and Ma, Pete and Susan come up^ the
Justice of the Peace has pronounced them man
and wife.

A New England Idyl

By William H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince
Feb. 4, 1914
CAST

Rose Powers Miss Mitchell

Ella Wynn Miss Steck

John ■ Brown Mr. Borzage

Jim Fownes Mr. Keller

Mrs. Amanda Brown Miss Midgley

Mrs. Fownes Miss Fiely

Jim Swain Mr. Mullen

Doctor Charles Edler

Lawyer Mr. Morrison

Amanda Brown's will left to Rose Fownes the
Brown fortune — which was considered magnificent
in the small New England town — ^provided Rose
married her son, John. John had drifted to the
city, where he had become infatuated with a cho-
rus girl. Rose has a horror of the young man
and his ways — so she determines to marry the
first man who asks her, and give up the fortune.
Jim Fownes is at a business college in the city —
he also meets Ella Wynne, the chorus girl, and
falls in love with her. He rescues her from some

ruffians, marries her, and brings her home
with him. Rose finds that Ella is not at all
the sort of girl she has imagined — but a very
attractive and lovable sister-in-law. Mean-
while, John Brown returns, jilted by his
sweetheart— to find her the wife of his neigh-
bor. Then he realizes that the girl was in the
right all the time — and that he has never really
cared for anybody but Rose. So, the right
young people come together in the end — and
the Brown fortune is disposed of according
to Amanda Brown's wishes.

O Mimi San

By Richard V. Spencer and Thomas H. Ince
Feb. 5, 1914
CAST

O Mimi San Miss Tsuru Aoki

Yoritomo Hayakawa

Tokugawa • Kurihari

Shogun Mr. Morrison

Mikado Mr. Osborne

Sada San Miss Lyons

Owari Charles Edler

In the days of the Revolution in Japan — in the
early '60's — the feeble, old Emperor, for reasons
of state betrothes his elder son, Yoritomo, to
Sada San, daughter of the Prime Minister. The
chief Shogun — supposedly loyal to the Emperor —
aspires to the throne, and realizing that the Jap-
anese people would never permit him to occupy
the throne in person, he casts about for someone
whom he can place there and use as his puppet.
The younger son of the Emperor, Tokugawa, seems
to be the best dummy the Shogun can find — and
he prevails upon him to enter the conspiracy.
Yoritomo is sent away in disguise — and in a far
part of the empire, he meets and falls in love
with a beautiful Japanese girl, of humble birth,
the daughter of a gardener. O Mimi San has no
notion that her lover is the elder son of the
Mikado. Meanwhile, the plot at the court is
discovered, and reported to the Emperor. On his
death, he summons the righful heir, Yoritomo —
who is obliged to leave his sweetheart and return
to the capital to marry Sada San and ascend the
throne.

Kay-Bee

The Secret Lode

By Charles T. Sweet
Revised by Thomas H. Ince and R. B. Spencer
Feb. 6, 1914
John Acton and Jeff Fulton are partners in the
Lost Hope mining claim. Acton's daughter, Mary,
is in love with young Dick Carew, who owns the
next claim to theirs — and when her father's part-
ner proposes marriage to her, she refuses him.
Fulton is the only person who has observed that
Dick and Mary are lovers, and he determines to
get even with Carew. Mary goes away to school
— and shortly after, Fulton discovers a rich lode
in the creek bed. He tries to buy out Acton's
share, but the older man has no desire to sell.
Fulton plots to get Acton out of the way, and
throw the blame on Carew. He goes at mid-
night to the creek bed and moves the monument
of stones, marking the boundary, over into
Carew's claim several yards. The next day, the
two neighbors discover that the monument has
been tampered with — Acton hotly accuses Carew
of robbing him of his land — there is a gun quar-
rel— and eventually Fulton traps the two men,
by means of forged notes of challenge, into a
secret meeting for a duel. He, however, arrives
first on the scene, and fires from his hiding
place on Acton, wounding him. When Carew
comes he discovers Carew, lying to all appear-

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ances, dead. By this time, Fulton has the
sheriff on the scene. Carew is arrested for
assault and put in prison. As Acton lies, hov-
ering between life and death, Fulton takes the
chance to cut off the top line of Acton's will,
leaving the claim to Mary— and make it read
so that Fulton is the heir. Mary returns to
nurse her father. She gets hold of the forged
note to Carew — and proves to the sheriff that
it is not in her father's handwriting. Then
they find that the other note to Acton was
written by the same person. Fulton is sus-
pected, followed, and badly hurt by a fall
from his horse. Thinking that he has but an
hour to live, he confesses everything. The
discovery of the mutilated will clinches the
chain of evidence. Dick is freed— and he and
Mary are betrothed at the bedside of her
father.

Mafestk

The Vengeance of Najerra

By Sydney Diamond
Feb. 1, 1914
CAST

Najerra, a young Indian Lamar Johnstone

Tula, his sweetheart Francelia Billington

Leandro, a Mexican Dandy William _ Nigh

Najerra, a young Indian who works in the
mines in Southern California, is in love with
Tula, a girl of his tribe. She is won away from
him by Leandro, a Mexican who marries her,
and then mistreats her. A last, at the _ annual
Fiesta, Leandro plunges into the gaity, ignoring
Tula, and making love to a beautiful Mexican
girl. Tula sees him in the act of embracing the
girl — and, heartbroken, she wanders back to her
native Indian village. Her father, meanwhile,
has died — and she finds refuge with Najerra and
his mother. But, weak and ill, her long journey
proves too much for her, and she dies in her
lover's arms. Najerra goes to the Mexican town,
bent on revenge. He sees Leandro sitting at his
window, smoking cigarettes and throwing the
burning butts into the street. Just then, a
wagon comes along, laden with powder for use
in the mines. A can falls in the street, under
Leandro's window, bursting open. The next
moment, he tosses the cigarette butt away — and
there is a tremendous explosion. When the
smoke clears, the house is in ruins and Leandro
nowhere to be seen. The Indian hurries away,
to give thanks over Tula's grave for the coinci-
dence that has saved his hands from bloodshed
and yet perpetrated his longed for revenge.

Reliance

The Janitor

Feb. 4, 1914

Jake Gruber was a loafer and a bum — and it
was a mystery to everybody how his wife endured
life. When she married Gruber, she was a widow
with two children, and as he was the janitor of
a respectable apartment house, she naturally sup-
posed that they would be comfortable, and that
for her children's sakes the marriage was ad-
visable. But, as the years passed, Jake slid fur-
ther down hill — and Mrs. Gruber, to conceal his
shiftlessness from his employer, and so keep their
means of support, made a slave of herself, shov-
elling coal, cleaning out the ashes from the cel-
lar, scrubbing the halls and attending to the gar-
bage. When Tom was only seven, and Mary was
eighteen, the two of them went to work to help
their mother. They got positions (though Tom
could work only after school hours) and early
assumed serious responsibilities. The older they
grew, the more they rebelled against the tyranny
and worthlessness of their stepfather. Mary meets
a young man, named Henry Monroe, who asks
to call on her. Ashamed of their squalid quarters
in the basement, her mother allows her to enter-
tain Henry upstairs in the apartment of some

The Priest won Jim Crowley's admiration
by trouncing a rough young fellow who had
insulted a girl. After that, Father Hafey, to
the great joy of Rosalie, Jim's sister, per-
suades Crowley to give up drinking, cattle
rustling and stage robbery — and the two men
become great friends. "The Priest is called
away into the hills to see a dying miner. In
his absence, Crowley's old pals get hold of
him and "kid" him for being "in so thick
with the Priest." He goes with them to the
saloon, drinks heavily, and rides off with two
others on a hold-up expedition. Father Hafey
returns just in time to get wind of his pro-
tege from Rosalie, and go after him. He
overtakes the riders, overcomes the two pals
and brings Crowley home. The. other two
recover, and carry out their scheme. They
are captured and strung up. Crowley is con-
vinced that it is lucky for him that the Priest
followed him — he gives up the past, and joins
his friend in his campaign against crime and
disorder in the Western settlement.

Thanhouser

Helen Badgley, "Kidlet"

people who are away on a visit. She is up there
with the young folks, when Grubner comes home
drunk, finds where they are, and comes pounding
on the door, demanding money. Of course Mon-
roe learns they are in borrowed rooms — he goes
to escape the family quarrel — and Mary never
expects to see him again. The row has got to the
landlord's ears, and Gruber is discharged. Then
the children take matters into their hands. They
have savings to support their mother and rent a
flat. Gruber tries to take the money from them
by force — but the police and Henry Monroe, ar-
riving at the critical moment, save the situation,
taking Gruber and his gang into custody. Then
Mary learns that Monroe has returned to tell her
that he loves her.

Our Mutual Girl

Feb. 2, 1914

Margaret Miss Norma Phillips

The plot thickens in the third reel of "Our
Mutual Girl." The Count accompanies the ladies,
Margaret and her Aunt, on a shonning tour, and
their automobile is shadowed by detectives. The
country boy is leading the search party, bent on
tracking down the smuggler. A few days later,
leaving the Plaza — the Count with them — the
country boy follows them, and climbs over the
back of the automobile. He stops the car, and
detectives, swarming aboard, search the Count.
They find nothing upon him, however, as, in the
dilemma, he has slipped the diamond necklace —
recently passed to him by the two women, pas-
sengers on the lately arrived steamship — into
Margaret's muff. She goes home, innocent of the
jewels being in her possession — indignant at the
treatment the Count has been subjected to — and
altogether mystified what can be the meaning of
it all.

For His Master

Feb. 7, 1914
CAST

Rosalie Crowley Miriam Cooper

Jim, her brother Frank Bennett

The Priest Robert Burns

The Bandit Raoul Walsh

Princess

Where Paths Diverge

Feb. 6, 1914
CAST

Muriel, 3 young teacher Muriel Ostriche

Billy, a college boy Ed Ford

Mrs. Greg, Billy's mother Katherine Webb

Mr. Greg, Billy's father Morgan Jones

Walters, a doctor Boyd Marshall

Billy married Muriel secretly. His mother —
though she boards the pretty young school
teacher to help make both ends meet — has a
great opinion of social caste and her own family,
considering Muriel her son's inferior. The young
people, accordingly, have not the courage to face
her opposition. Muriel secretly works on gar-
ments for the child she is expecting — and Mrs.
Greg discovers the sewing, and the marriage cer-
tificate. She destroys the certificate and drives
Muriel from the house. The young teacher loses
her position, and finds employment with a doctor
named Walters. He loves her and eventually
proposes marriage. She can give him no satis-
factory explanation of her refusal. Soon after,
she asks a month's vacation — ostensibly to visit
her mother — but goes to a hospital, where her
child is born dead. Returning to Walters' office,
he again begs her to marry him. The girl is
heartbroken — when she receives a letter from
Billy, and jt is not long before they are re-
united and happy.

Why Reginald Reformed

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Feb. 1, 1914
CAST

Reginald James Cruze

Margery, his wife Mignon Anderson

Reginald drank — and his wife's arguments were
of no avail. At last her patience gave out, and
she determined to cure her husband by desperate
means. Coming across a snake charmer's adver-
tisement in the paper, she has an inspiration.
One evening when Reginald departs, Mrs. Margery
smuggles into the house the snake charmer and
all his venomous family. On his return Reginald
meets snakes in his bed room, more snakes in the
reception room, an army of snakes in the dining
room, performing most unusual feats — turn
where he may, he cannot get away from the
reptiles. Scared to death, he decides that he had
been hitting it too strong, and takes a flying leap
into the water wagon, much to the joy of his
wife.

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Reel Life

"Making a Living"

Keystone

A Pathetic Reminder

A quaint note of pathos, contrasting sharply with the canned
warfare of Gen. Villa displayed in the "movies," came in the
recognition by the 'elder Madero, father of the murdered president,
of one of his younger sons, in the rebel ranks. The aged father
attended the first performance in New York, sitting well up front.
He looked sadly at the procession of constitutionalists, significant
of the civil strife that is r;ivaging his country. Suddenly he jumps
from his seat: "Raoul," he exclaimed, "my son Raoul, I did not
know he was fighting," and with tear-dimmed eyes the old man
leaves the theatre.

The "movies" have produced a literature all their own, in which
the recognition of the long lost lover, or child, on a film, leading
to a happy reunion, is perhaps the most threadworn plot. — Boston
Morning Herald.

An Important Invention

After 10 years of investigation and experimentation, Thomas
Ingham of Liverpool, says a consular report, has developed a sea-
weed product which he terms "algin" and uses in the manufacture
of noninflammable cinematograph film and of a paper which is
claimed to be water, flame and germ proof, and odorless. The
writer tested a sample of the film as produced by Mr. Ingham,
and, whatever its other properties may be, the sample tested was
certainly not inflammable. As to the paper, the inventor claims
that any quality or thickness of paper may be treated, and, by his
seaweed process, made either waterproof or noninflammable or
both ; and he cited a number of uses for which the paper should
be particularly adapted, such as wrapping perishable goods for
transport and for lining refrigerators, it being a nonconductor of
heat. — Springfield Republican.

Best Remedy Known.

"You have a splendid appetite," said a poor trencherman to his
hearty host, who had just enjoyed an old-fashioned Christmas din-
ner. "What do you take for it?"

"In all my experience," replied the host, "I have found nothing
more suitable than ifood!" — Stray Stories.

Oozing Courage.

Phyllis — Isn't that fellow ever going to propose."
Philo-mena — I guess not; he's like an hour glass.
"Hows that?

Philomena — The more time he gets, the less sand he has.

— Reading (Pa.) Eagle.

No Respect for — the Hat

Henrietta — "Why didden' ye raise yer hat to her, Henry?"
Henry — "Wot, that danged ol' lid?"

"Was your husband kind to yeu during your illness?"
"Kind? Oh, indade, mum, Mike was more loike a neighbor than
a husband." — Life.

Young Pessimist

Teacher — What ! Have you no idea at all why Washington
crossed the Delaware?

Boy — No, ma'am. Unless it was ter hev me kep' in after school
fer not knowing!

Rml Life

17

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IVtonday, ii'abruary 9tlii

AMERICAN The Lost Treasure

(3 Reel Drama)

KEYSTONE Mabel's Strange Predicament

RELIANCE Our .Mutual Girl

Tmesiay, Feferaary lOtli.

KAY-BEE The Colonel's Adopted Daughter

MAJESTIC Just a Song at Twilight

(Drama)
SELECTED RELEASE

THANHOUSER ..The Dancer

(2 reel Drama)

'VVeiuesiay J Wehrtmrj llth

BEAUTY The Wife

(Drama)

BRONCHO Romance of the Sea

(2 reel Drama)

MUTUAL WEEKLY No. 59

RELIANCE Pat Fannagan's Family

(Drama)

Tlaursday, February 12 &

AMERICAN No release

DOMINO The Mystery Lady

(2 reel Drama)

KOMIC Not yet announced

SELECTED RELEASE

KESTONE A Robust Romeo

Friday 3 '^elwuwj Otto

KAY-BEE The Arrowmaker's Daughter

(2 Reel Drama)

PRINCESS The Tangled Cat

THANHOUSER No release

Satiiriay, Webrmrj I4th

AMERICAN The Money Lender

KEYSTONE Not .yet announced

MAJESTIC Fate's Decree

(Drama)

RELIANCE The Idler

(Drama)

Suniay, February IStfe

MAJESTIC The Orange Bandit

(Drama)

THANHOUSER The Skating Master

(Drama)

APOLLO ..The Black Hand Conspiracy

Special Pr©iiii€ll@ias

NEW MAJESTIC SAPHO

With FLORENCE ROBERTS 1° Six Reels

THANHOUSER MOTHS

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"George Was'h-
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A. D."

"What does 'A.
D.' stand for?" in-
quired the teacher.

The small boy
pondered. "I don't
exactly know," he
hesitated. "After
dark I guess."

— Exchange.

aiit SIM

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STIKWIK
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It is made up in one ounce bottles, with brush inserted in cork, ready for use.

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"THE VENGEANCE OF NAJERRA," Indian drama. Out Sunday, Feb. 1st. With Lamar Johnstone, Fran-
celia Billington and William Nigh.

"THE PORTRAIT OF ANITA." 2 REELS. Romance. Out Tuesday, Feb. 3rd. With Lucille Young, Eugene
Pallette. Lamar Johnstone, Francelia Billington, Andrew Robson, Elizabeth Stone, Al Von Hardern and
Sid Diamond.

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Re©l Life

25

RELIANCE

MONDAY, February 2nd

In which the Mutual Girl is innocently involved in a smuggling plot by a bogus count, who hides
a valuable necklace in her muff without her knowledge, while her party is being followed by
detectives.

The world-famous songbird, Tetrazzini, arrives on the Mauretania, and OUR MUTUAL GIRIj
is shown the Fifth Avenue mansions of Carnegie, Gerry, Rockefeller and the Vanderbilts on her
way to the Plaza during a busy day of interesting events.

The Most Beautiful and World Famous Exponent
in the Art of Pantomime

A Rattling Good Comedy Get Your Booking Early

RELEASE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 1914

Produced By

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Replete with suspense and thrills. A West-
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Release Monday, Feb. 9, 1914.

An apt application of the Golden Rule. A n Excellent Drama.
One and Three Sheet Lithos.
Release Saturday, Feb. 14, 1914.

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"There is not one manufacturer that has kept pace
with the American."

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One

Muriel Ostriche and Boyd Marshall in
"Where Paths Diverged"

PRODUCED IN A PERFECT STUDIO AT NEW ROCHELLE.
N. Y., THE HOME OF PERFECT PICTURES

Release of FRIDAY, February 6th, 1914

of Those Pretty Human Interest Stories that Have
Made PRINCESS Famous

WITH

MUEIEL Ostrlcfe©

(The Youngest of Leading Women)

BOYD MARSHALL

(The Handsomest of Leading Men)

CATHERINS WEBB

(The Newest of Princess Favorites)
AND A

STRONG SUPPORTING CAST INCLUDING
EDDIE FORD AND MORGAN JONES

EATURING
' AVORITES

WITH

OLLOWINGS

Fred Mace in "One Round O'Brien in the Ring Again"

0:ii.') !loui\cl O^iVi'ioii iii &:) Rlujs'

See the APOLLO for Sunday, Feb. 8th

with the World Famous APOLLO FRED

Learn why
"Every APOLLO is a Comedy Reel-
Any APOLLO is a Real Corhedy."

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0 i ( 11 i 1 ] ^ ' - 81 [i' 0 A lit (' 0^

(3 REELS)

Featuring MABEL NORMAND and
FORD STERLING
All Keystones This is a

ARE GOOD GOOD KEYSTONE

r STORY BY PAUL ARMSTRONG

Produced under direction of D. W- GRIFFITH
^A Big Strong Stirring Picture More DetaUs Later

" rFROM THE BIBLE STORY

(4 REELS)

£6

Featuring JAMES CRUZE and

MARGUERITE SNOW

^A Beautiful Picture of the Well-known Story

r STILL ANOTHER

The Gentleman Burglar

(3 REELS)

Good K©yatoee

Featuring MABEL NORMAND and
FORD STERLING

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February 4
NEW

ENGLAND

IDYL

(2 Reels)
February 11

ROMANCE OF

THE SEA
(2 Reels)

February 18
YELLOW

FLAME
(2 Reels)

February 25
REPAID
(2 Reels)

March 4
MARIO
(2 Reels)

March 11

A BARRIER

ROYAL
(2 Reels)

Keystoi© Comedies

February 2 MAKING A LIVING
February 5 LITTLE BILLY'S STRATEGY
February 7 KID AUTO RACES AT VENICE-
OLIVES AND THEIR OIL
February 9 MABEL'S STRANGE PREDICAMENT
February 12 A ROBUST ROMEO

February 5 O MIMI SAN
February 12 THE MYSTERY LADY
February 19 THE PLAY'S THE THING

(2 Reels)
(2 Reels)
(2 Reels)

February 6

SECRET LODE
(1 Reel)

February 10

COLONEL'S
ADOPTED

DAUGHTER
(1 Reel)

February 13
ARROW

MAKER'S
DAUGHTER
(2 Reels)

February 20

THE RAIDERS
(2 Reels)

MUTUAL PROGRAM EXCLUSIVELY

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Film Adaptation of Literary Masterpieces

In one of Mt. H. G. Welils's novels publislied in the nineties
a man awakening from a century's trance is entertained by a mini-
ature theatre in which the action is reproduced by pictures, with the
voices of the actors released at the same time. The suggestion
seemed weird and remote then, ten years before the vogue of the
picture shows, and another five before the experimentation with
the gramaphone in connection with them. Yet now, little more
than a decade later than his Jules Vernefied novel, Mr. Wells has
entered into a contract with a company for the rights to reproduce
his works on the cinematograph. By the announcement in a British
journal, it applies to ajl Mr. Wells's literary work of the past
and to any matter he may write in the future, and "it is also hoped
that Mr. Wells will construct stories specially for cinematograph
production."

The earlier books of Mir. Wells, with their glorification of ma-
chinery, their huge aerial and industrial backgrounds, will, of course,
readily lend themselves to the film method of narration. In the
novel mentioned above there is a wild fight under pursuit across
the steel girders . of a city roofed with glazing, and a battle in areo-
pLanes out of whidh the films ought to make a thriller. Whether
the latter works will take so kindly to the flickering screen is not
so certain, but a recent performance of Thomas Hardy's "Tess of
the D'Urbervilles" gave an astonishingly graphic and faithful ac-
count of what was in the book. There was, to be sure, one wide
discrepancy which could not be bridged — ^the reader had formed
one set oif mental pictures surrounding the persons of the story
(one often quite as vivid and detailed as the film), and the film
presented an entirely different set, more pretentious, but not more
satisfactory. Yet although it gave you nothing of the realisrh of

his literary style, tho'Ugh you missed the close-fibred thought which
proved the novelist's passionate case against the "dcmble code"
page by page, this film of Mr. Hardy's masterpiece did contrive to
convey the essentials of the tale, its causations, its episodes, their
consequences and their significations to a magical degree. It was
Hardy's "Tess," even if not all of it.

But one condition must be observed. The novel which takes
kindly to the film is the novel in which the ideas and interplay of
character ' are expressed in outward actions. This difference can
be described within the works oif a single author; much if not
most of "Adam Bede" would survive the transfer to the film;
"Middlemarch'' would be almost impossible so to transfer. One is
external drama, the other mental. Or, to take an extreme example:
Mr. Henry James's 'Roderick Hudson" wo'uld easily reproduce on
the film, which is more than can be said of anything of his later
than "The Ambassadors." — Boston Transcripf.'

The First Lady— My husband wired me from Paris on my birth-
day asking whether he should buy me a Rembrandt or a Titian.
Now which would you have?

The Second — Well, as far as that goes, any of those French cars
are pretty good. — Ex.

Something She Doesn't Have to Do.

"I'll bet that young girl's parents keep three hired girls and a
cook."

"Wlhat makes you think so?"

"She says she just loves housework and could live in the
kitchen." — Reading (Pa.) Eagle. ■ '

'A New England Idyl"

Rose's brother brings his wife home.

Broncho

34

Thanliouser

Mignon Anderson in "Why Reginald Reformed"

Moving Picture Shows.

"The moving pictures shown in Canadian Cities, with a few ex-
ceptions, are of American manufacture and depict scenes in the
United States; Across the screen march our soldiers, and over them
waves the Stars and Stripes. It is that flag that flutters over many
buildings and waves over many a battlefield. When, almost with-
out exception, the hero dies .for his flag it is the Red, White and
Blue. And it is the men of Uncle Sam who arrive at the frontier
post in time to save the hero and the heroine."

The events and scenes thus depicted are accorded varying re-
ceptions in different localities. "In Eastern Canada I have seen
such films received in silence or with audible expressions of disfavor.
Not always is the disapproval a sign of ill-feeling. Once in Win-
nipeg when scene after scene from San Francisco to New York
appeared, a man next to me turned to his companion : 'Why don't
they give us pictures of what is going on in England?' Now, that
man was simply homesick. He had watched picture after picture
and there was nothing of the happenings at home. In this respect,
the ifeeling that moves an Englishman is the same that would move a
Swede lumber jack up in Michigan. Both simply want home
scenes."

Again he writes : "Up in the Canadian Northwest, where there
are so many Americans that the natives are rather ihard to find, the
United States scenes are very popular, and sometimes their ap-
pearance evokes a storm of applause. The men from the States
are moved by the same feeling as are those from Great Britain. It
is good to see the scenes from home. The average audience, not
counting those present from the States, views the scenes from this
side of the border with mixed feelings. Judged by the moving-
picture films, there is a decidedly friendly feeling throughout
Canada, a feeling that appears to be weakest in Eastern Canada and
gaining in strength in Saskatchewan and Alberta."

All this is only natural. From the British and Canadian stand-
point it is unfortunate that the public entertainments which are
accessible to the vast majority are like our plays, mostly from the

neighboring Republic. As powerful educators and moulders of
public sentiment the cheap theatres rank next to the churches and
schools, if not before them. There is, therefore, cause for satis-
faction in the growing introduction of British and Canadian
picture films. There is only (friendliness to the United States in
Canada, but Canadians are under no' obligation to develop American
flag sentiment on this side of the border. — Toronto News.

A woman who visited the British museum recently inquired of
an attendant: "Have you no skull of Cromwell? I have been
looking all around for a skull of Oliver Cromwell".

"No, madam," replied the attendant. "We've never had one."

"How very odd !" she exclaimed. "They have a fine one in the
museum at Oxford." — Journal and Messenger.

A little boy 7 years of age was valiantly consuming one of the
large modern five-cent sticks of peppermint candy some time before
breakfast, and a neighbor who was gathering flowers in the early
morning said :

"Well, Charles, is that you? I thought you were sick with an
acute bilious attack and had to have the doctor."

"Yes'm," said the boy. "I was, but that was yesterday."- — The
Delineator.

No Change

The young men of the town had brought the vacant lot opposite
Miss Martha Billingsby's "fashionable school for young ladies,"
purposing to build a clubhouse thereon.

"I am sorry for you," said one of Miss Martha's friends; "I
fear having those young men opposite you instead of that empty
lot will seriously injure your school."

"Oh, never fear," answered Miss Martha promptly; "I can
assure you that it will still be an empty lot." — Neale's Monthly.

Thanhouser

James Cruze in "Why Reginald Reformed"

Efsel Life

35

Reliance

Robert Burns and Miriam Cooper in "For His Master"

"Movies" Strong Realty Aid

Fabulous fortunes have been amassed from small beginnings.
Starting on a ten-cent basis, one of the largest life-insurance com-
panies and a five and ten-cent-store enterprise have yielded millions
of dollars, and are still flourishing and growing larger every year.

A new source, or rather a comparatively new method of gather-
ing money in small lots from the public, is the motion-picture
theatre, or "movies,' as they are more ' popularly known. Every
quarter of dense, permanent, or transient population has them.
These enterprises, unlike the former, which are one-man institu-
tions, afford a broad field, one which any individual can enter with
small capital, and for that reason has developed so rapidly, and
though still in its infancy, is probably a greater revenue producer
than the former.

Illustrating this fact concretely, one has but to mention that on
December 15 of this year there were in full operation 901 such
places within Greater New York, and applications are presented
every day for new theatres to the license bureau, which issues certi-
ficates for "movies" after they have been duly authorized by the
proper authorities.

The existing places, should every one of the city's residents
attend, and most of them, do attend, have an average of about 6,000
inhabitants to draw patronage from. Incidentally they indicate
what the new branch of the industry for pleasing the public has
done for real estate.

At the present time Brooklyn leads all boroughs in "movie"
shows. There are 289 theatres which occupy buildings, and 103
established on vacant lots. The latter are termed outdoor shows.
The next largest number are found in Manhattan, which has 187
indoors and 41 outdoors ; Bronx has 94 indoors and 57 out ;
Queens 63 in and 49 out, and Richmond 16 in and 2 out. — Ne7itj
York Post.

Surely Lucky.

"What are you smiling about?" asked Noah.

"I was just thinking," replied Japhet, "how lucky it was we could
go ahead and build this ark without waiting ifor an appropriation
from Congress." — Ibid.

Right Man

"But, my dear madame, there's no use consulting me about your
husband. I'm a horse doctor."

"That's why I came to you. He's a chronic kicker." — Life.

Flood Devastation Pictured on Film

Portraying the Mississippi flood devjastation, its magnitude,
and the means of controlling the streams and preventing
floods, one of the most remarkable moving picture films ever
exhibited in Memphis was shown to a private audience yesterday.

The film is 500 feet long and was made by S. W. Spangler of
Helena, Ark. It shows the 1913 flood at its worst near Helena,
the Beulah crevasse, and the manner in which it was closed, despite
a high stage of water.

This film will be exhibited before members of the House and
Senate in Washington next week. John A. Fox, secretary-manager
of the Mississippi River Leevee Association, will use it as an argu-
ment in favor of the Ransdell-Humphreys' bill, the $60,000,000 flood
measure now before Congress.

This picture will be especially valuable to the levee cause, as it
shows conditions difficult to describe.

One picture shows 400 feet of earth gradually slipping into
the Mississippi opposite Helena. Another shows the water beating
the levees as it rushed through the crevasse at Beulah, Miss. ;
another shows a force of men at work near Helena sinking mat-
tresses to prevent further caving.

Mr. Fox will have a film made showing actual levee construction
work to illustrate to the Congressmen from the North, East and
West the effectiveness of levees as a flood preventive. — St. Louis
Republic.

One Summer Satisfaction.

Crawford — Did your wife have a good time in the country?

Crabshaw — No; the only thing that reconciled her was the
thought that she stayed away two weeks longer than the woman
next door. — E.r.

Princess

Muriel Ostriche and Boyd Miarshall in "Where Paths Diverged"

36

Reliance

Lieutenant Colonel Perkins and his staff at Camp Cotton,
being photographed by H. M. Dean

r

"The Lost Treasure"

Saved

It was midnight. Lord Algy, attired in full evening dress, was
swimming in the basin of a public fountain in one of London's
squares. To judge from the stroke he was using, Lord Algy was
slightly intoxicated. lAn English "bobby," hearing the splashing,
ran up to the fountain and flashed his pocket lamp upon the swim-
mer, whereupon Lord Algy exclaimed with fervent gratitude:
"Thank God! The lights of Dover!" — Everybody's.

Unsettled

"I want some sort of present for a young lady."
"Yes, sir — fiancee or sister?"

"Er — why — she hasn't said which she will be yet." — Exchange.

The trial of a notorious old moonshiner was over and he had
been found guilty. The judge lectured him severely on his long
criminal record and then sentenced him to thirty-six years' imprison-
ment, saying that the court had no feeling of anger toward him,
but only of pity.

. The prisoner listened stolidly and said as he left the court room :
"Well, I suah am glad he wasn't mad at me." — Exchange.

Oh, Lizzie!

"While I was abroad I witnessed a duel in France."
"Anybody hurt?"

"Yes ; one of the principals had a rib broken embracing the other
after the combat was over."

Early Beginning.

"Yes, sir," said the proud young ifather, "that baby of ours is
going to be a successful politician. He'll be a great vote-g;tter
before he's of age."

"Why, he can't talk yet !"

"No, but he has started right in trying to kick and shake hands
at the same time." — Ex.

The Main Thing.

When the man who had been hit by the automobile at last opened
his eyes a sigh of relief went up from the crowd.

"It"s a wonder you weren't killed !" said one of the bystanders.
"You're luckier than most of the fellows who get hit."

"I certainly am," replied the victim, rubbing his bruises. "I got
his number just before he struck me." — Ex.

A Young Hopeful

"Papa," asked James, "wouldn't you be glad if I saved a dollar
for you ?"

"Certainly, my son," said papa, so delighted at this evidence of
budding business ability that he handed the youth a dime.

"Well, I saved it, all right," said James, disappearing. "You
said if I brought a good report from my teacher you would give
me a dollar; but I didn't." — Washington Herald.

Upon returning from the city Farmer Green said to his friend :
"Say, Aaron, I had a ride in my cousin's automobile while I
was up to the city."

"Ye did? How'd seem?" asked Aaron.

"Wa-al," replied Farmer Green, "it seemed a good deal like
fallin' into a mighty deep well, only ye dropt straight ahead instead
of down-ards."

—Ibid.

Kay-Bee

"The Secret Lode"

1 (0

37

Gen. Villa's Idea Extensible

An English luimorist, inspired by the news that the makers of
"movie" films have bargained with the monej'-hungry Villa to ad-
just the battle of Ojinaga to photographia exigencies, has been able
to see vast possibilities of the same kind in other directions.

Many interesting things that men would like to do have hitherto
regretfuilily been left imdone from considerations of expense. Now
they can be financed easily enough, for all that the woiiH-be bene-
ficiary of a dubious enterprise need do is to call in the moving pic-
turn man, arrange with him a division of profits, and go ahead,
sure oif pocketing a snug and consolatory sum of money, even in
case of failure to attain the object directly in view.

The Britisher suggests that taxpayers can be relieved of some of
their burden by turning the camera on their legislators in action.
The notion is attractive, but one fears that the lawmakers would
not enter properly into the spirit of the thing. Probably just what
their constituents most wanted to see would then, as now, be con-
cealed from them. Probably, too, the most interesting of the states-
men would refuse to behave either amusingly or shockingly before
the photographers unless assured of payment, or even prepayment,
for their exertions. And difficult questions of immunity, also, would
arise, both for the legislators and the lobbyists.

War is another matter. Conducted as a "movie" subject, men
would fight with new determination, if not with new courage, for
of course every soldier would want to be pictured as victor, not
as vanquished. As all couldn't do that, anti-militarism might gain
new strength from refusals to flight at all.

American

George Field, Ed Coxen and Winifred Greenwood in the eviction
scene in "The Money Lender"

Winifred Greenwood and Arthur Millet in "The Lost 1 r(

Broncho

Miss Steck as "Ella Wynne'' in "A New England Idyl"

Exclusive

"Where do the Hottentots Hve, Mary?" a public-school teacher
asked one of her pupils. "I don't know, 'm," said Mary, primly.
"Ma won't let me visit any of the people in this neighborhood."

— Youth's Companion.

Her Recommendation.

Mrs. Bordon-Lodge — Are you a good cook?

The Applicant — No'm. Pm such a bad cook your boarders wori't

eat half as much as they generally do.

-Boston Morning Globe.

Not Like His Grandfather.

"Doctor — Pm getting tired of this everlasting dunning. You
ought to have more respect for me than that. My grandfather
was one oif the earliest settlers.

"Well, I wish you had inherited that quality."

— Waterhury Republican.

"The Secret Lode"

Kay-Bee

"Your husband is willing to allow you the custody oif the auto-
mobile, the poodle, and the rubber plant, while he takes the chil-
dren and the graphophone."

"Stop the divorce," sobbed the wife. "I'll never get another
husband like that."- — Louisville Courier- Journal.

38

Reel Life

Beauty

Harry Pollard and Margaret Fischer in "Sally's Elopement"

Thaiihouscr

Madeline and Marion Fairbanks in "Twins and a Step-mother"

Film Libraries for Colleges

That the field of educational motion pictures is graduajlly widen-
ing and is being taken up by colleges is evidenced by an editorial
which appears in the last issue of tlie Yale Alumni Weekly, a paper
publis'hed by the graduate members of that university.

"The practical advantages of moving picture films for certain
kinds of educational use has not received the attention in this
country, in spite of Mr. Edison's plea, that it has in Germany. The
use of the cinematograph film as an educational agent is rapidly
gaining ground in that country. Last October a Library of Films
was opened in Berlin (Filmarchiv fur Lehrund Unterrichteszecke) .
This Berlin depository already possesses a very large collection
of valuable films, dealing especially with scientific and allied sub-
jects, w'hich is probably not equaled elsewhere. In connection with
the library, an Intelligence Bureau has been opened, where advice
can be obtained on all matters connected with the cinematograph
and its uses. American universities seem to have neglected this
field. Perhaps the low esteem in which the motion pictures are
held has been partly responsible, although the dread of 'populariz-
ing' education by methods wihioh miglit incur the charge of 'sen-
sational' is also a factor. But when it is remembered that the mov-
ing picture camera may be used in connection with the microscope
— that it has an unlimited field in geography, the recording of social
life, and in natural history — it seems difficuh to account for the
fact that our universities have practically ignored it. The value
is not so much to be sought in the classroom, for there are, of
course, objections to its use there, but the founding o'f this new
type of library would possess an interest for future generations
which can scarcely be estimated. Yale has been a pioneer in many

things. Why not in this ? Funds would be required — the German
society is planning to spend $7,500 a year on buying films — ^but Yale
could begin in a more modest way. The plan seems at least to
merit consideration."

By No Means.

Mr. Noitall — I have some good ideas I wish your journal would
absorb.

Editor — Do you think we're running a blotting paper?

— Boston Morning Globe.

"My gracious, boy," said the uncle, "you do certainly eat an
awful lot for a little boy."

'"Well, slij," replied the boy, "maybe I'm not so little as I
look from the outside."- — Everybody's.

He had just returned from Paris and said to his old aunt in the
country :

"Here, aunt, is a silver franc piece I brought you from Paris as
a souvenir."

"Thanks, Herman," said the old lady. "I wish you'd thought to
have brought me home one of those Latin quarters I read so much
about." — Exchange.

As 1914 Sees Daniel.

Sunday School Teacher — Why was Daniel forced to enter the
lion's den?

Bright Pupil — Why, he'd 'a' spoilt a whole film if he didn't!

— Judge.

Majestic

Francelia Billington and Andrew Robson in "The Portrait of Anita '

Reliance

Anna Laughlin as the janitor's daughter in "The Janitor"

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"Divorce" (2) FEB. 6

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THOMAS A. EDISON, Inc.

282 Lakeside Avenue

ORANGE, N. J.

Reel Life

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MONDAY — American, Keystone,
Reliance.

TUESDAY— Kay Bee, Majestic,
Thanhouser. Selected Release.

WEDNESDAY— Beauty, Broncho,
Mutual Weekly, Reliance.

THURSDAY— American, Domino,
Komic, Keystone. Selected Release.

FRIDAY— Kay-Bee, Princess,
Thanhouser.

SATURDAY — American, K e y -
stone. Majestic, Reliance.

SUNDAY— Apollo, Majestic, Than-
houser.

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18 — Personal Maenetism
20— F«te'» Round Up

23— The Shriner'* Daughter (2)

25 — No release

27— The Rose of San Juan
29 — ^In the Firelifht

1 — No release

3 — The Miser's Policy

5— The Power of Light (20

8 — No release

10 — The Love of Thomas Gray
12 — Destinies Fulfilled (3)
15 — No release
17— Unto the Weak

19— The Return of Helen Redmond (2)
22 — No release.

24 — At the Potter's Wheel

26 — A Blowout at Santa Banana (2)
29 — No release.

31 — Calamity Anne In Society

2 — The Hermit (2)

5 — True Western Hearts
7 — No release

9 — The Lost Treasure (3)
12 — No Release

14 — The Money Lender

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21— Fred's I. O. U.
28 — The Fresh Freshman
4— The Tale of a Shirt
11— A Swell Dish

Whose Baby Are You?

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18 — An Accidental Baby
25 — It's a Bear!

1 — The Great Pasadena Rose Tourna-
ment

& — One-Round O'Brien in the Ring
again

15 — The Black Hand Conspiracy

21 — Fooling Uncle
28 — Bess, the Outcast.

11— The Wife

17— The Open Door (2)
24 — Her Father'* Story (2)
31— The Woman (2)

7— A Military Judas (3)

14 — The Cure

2 1 — Conscience

28 — Romance of Sunshine Alley
4 — A New England Idyl (2)

11 — Romance of the Sea (2)

18— The Curse (2)
25— Eileen of Erin (2)
1 — True Irish Hearts
&— The Harp of Tara (2)
15— The Primitive Call (3)
22 — The Informer (2)
29— Heart of Woman (3)
5— O Mimi San (2)
12 — The Mystery Lady (2)

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Kay-Bee

9 — Her Legacy

12 — Soul of the South (2)
19— The Pitfall (2)
23 — No release

26— The Harvest of Sin
2 — Prince

9 — The Narcotic Spectre
16— Circle of Fate (3)
23 — Kentucky Romance

27 — Her Brother's Sake
30 — Divorce (2)

6 — ^The Secret Lode
10 — The Colonel's Adopted Daughter

13 — The Arrow-maker's Daughter

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Keystone

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8— A Ride For a Bride

11— The Horse Thief
IS— The Gusher

18 — Fatty's Flirtation

Protecting San Francisco From Fire
— (Split reel)

20 — His Sister's Kids
22 — A Bad Game

25 — Some Nerve

29— He Would A Hunting Go
i — A Misplaced Foot

A Glimpse of Los Angeles

(Split reel)
5 — Mabel's Stormy Love Affair

8— The Under Sheriff

12 — A Flirt's Mistake

15 — How Motion Pictures Are Made
17 — In the Clutches of the Gang
19 — Too Many Brides
22 — Won in a Closet
24 — Rebecca's Wedding Day

26 — Double Crossed

29 — Little Billie's Triumph
31 — Mabel's Bare Escape

2 — Making a Living

5 — Little Billie's Strategy^

7 — Kid Autoraces at Venice
— Olives and Their Oil

(Split reel)

9 — Mabel's Strange Predicament
12 — A Robust Romeo

Komic

8 — Chasing Gloom

The Servant Question (Split reel)
15 — Walt's Photograph
The Vapor Bath

(Split reel)

22 — What the Burglar Got

The Wild Man From Borneo

I" Split reel)
29 — The Physical Culture Bug

The Scheme that Failed
5 — My Wife's Away — The Sleepy Head
(Split reel)

12 — That Spring Lock

The Plumber and Percy (Split reel)

29 — An Accidental Que

30 — ^Hendrick's Divorce

2— The Padre's Sacrifice

6 — The Helpine Hand

7 — Rick's Redemption

9 — Romance and Duty (2)

13 — No release

14 — The Rival Pitchers

16— The God of To-morrow

20 — Man's Awakening

21 — The Prisoner of the Mountains
33 — Mrs. Brown's Burglar

27 — The Pride of the Force

28 — Helen's Strategem

30 — The Baby

3 — Educating His Daughters

4 — Mollie and the Oil King
6 — The Ten of Spades

10 — The Sorority Initiation

11— A Ticket to Red Gulch
13 — Jake's Hoodoo

17— The Lackey

18— What the Crystal Told
20 — The Ring

24 — The Power of Mind

25— The Thief and the Eoo'< (2)
27 — No release.

31 — A Riot in Rubeville

1 — The Vengeance of Najerra

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3 — The Portrait of Anita (2)

7 — No release

8 — A Turn of the Cards

10 — Just a Song at Twilight

14 — Fate's Decree

15 — ^The Orange Bandit

Mutual Weekly

22— No. 43

29— No, 44

5— No, 45

12— No. 46
19— No. 47
26 — No. 48

3— No, 49

17— No. 51

Princess

19 — The Law of Humanity

26 — Cupid's Lieutenant

a — A Rural Free Delivery Romance

9 — A Circumstantial Nurse

16— When the Cat Came Back

23 — The Vacant Chair

30 — The Purse and the Girl

6 — Where Paths Diverge

13 — The Tangled Cat

Reliance

6 — For Another's Crime (3)

8— Two Girls of the Hills

10— Four $100 Bills

13 — A Man's a Man

16 — The Mighty Atom

17— The Pseudo Prodigal

22— The Flyleaf of Fate

24 — The AlternatiTe

27 — Giavonni's Gratitude (2)

29 — Daybreak

31 — His Awful Vengeance
Seeing Stars and Stripes

(Split reel)
3 — Some Rogue* and a Girl
5 — The Loafer

7 — The Sacrifice

10 — The Psychological Moment
12^ — Slim Hogan's Getaway

14 — The Two Slaves

17 — The Faith of Her Fathers

19— Our Mutual Girl (No. 1)

31— The Man

24 — The Hidden Clue

26— Our Mutual Girl (No. 2)

28 — Tricked by a Photograph
31— Too Proud to Beg

2— Our Mutual Girl (No. 3)

4 — The Janitor

7 — For His Master (2)

9— Our Mutual Girl (No. 4)

11 — Pat Fannagan's Family

14— The Idler

TlianliOMser

9 — ^A Beauty Parlor Graduate

12 — Uncle's Namesakes

14 — Lawyer, Dog and Baby
16 — Peggy's Invitation

19 — Jack and the Beanstalk
"1116 Bushleaguer's Dream (2)

21 — No release

23 — An Orphan's Romance (2)

26— His Father's Wife
28— The Head Waiter

30 — An Amateur Animal Trainer

2— Their Golden Wedding

4 — Mrs, Pinkhurst's Proxy
6 — The Runaway Princess (3)
9 — No release
11 — Two Little Dromios

13 — Adrift in a Great City
16 — Coals of Fire

18 — Turkey Trot Town

20 — Her Love Letters

23 — An Elusive Diamond
25 — The Elevator Man

27 — The Woman Pays
30 — No release

1 — Why Reginald Reformed

3 — Twins and a Stepmother

6 — The Success of Selfishness

8 — Percy's First Holiday
10— The Dancer (2)

13 — No Release

15 — The Skating Master

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Reel Life

Nicholas Power Sails

Mr. Nicholas Power, President of the Nicholas
Power Co., and inventor of the Cameragraph No.
6A leaves New York on Feb. 2nd, for an extended
trip sailing on the S. S. "Rotterdam." He will
visit Greece, Turkey, Jerusalem, Egypt, Italy,
France and several other countries. This is the
first vacation Mr. Power has taken for several
years and we trust the well earned rest will prove
beneficial. We wish Mr. Power Bon Voyage
and a safe return.

How One Studio Grew

When the Majestic Company arrived at Los
Angeles, the studio stage was only 22 by 35
feet. Constant additions have resulted in a stage
of 110 by 55 feet, while an enormous new stage
is now in process of construction, so that the
Majestic now has one of the largest plants in
Southern California.

J. C. Epping and Lucius J. Henderson "went up
in the air" the other day. This was an actual
fact, a'nd not the preliminary to calling down
any hapless actors. They were out at Griffith
Park watching Glen Martin as he performed
various thrilling stunts in his aeroplane. Martin,
who knows Epping and Henderson quite well,
asked them if they would like to get in his plane.
They eagerly assented and were whirled 1700
feet up in the air, alighting safely after a very
enjoyable trip.

Director Albert Hale has a deep respect for the
appetite of Philip Lonergan, Majestic Scenario
Editor. Lonergan, who enjoys the reputation of
being a very light eater, accompanied Hale on a
trip into the mountains near Sunland. They
dined at a hotel which served a most excellent
chicken dinner, but while Hale was talking, Lon-
ergan was eating, and the result was that the
director made his meal mostly of vegetables. Hale
came back to town with a lean and hungry look
and promptly dived into a restaurant.

Gregory is Fleming's Aide

Carl L. Gregory, one of the two moving picture
directors who actually operate ther own cameras,
has had a new distinction conferred on him.
Since C. J. Hite decided that four reel features
were in some public demand and created his "Big
Productions" department to turn 'em out, he has
been on the look-out for competent directors to
associate with Carroll Fleming on that kind of
stuff. Gregory has been making so good with his
Princess photoplays, which he produced from their
inception, that Mr. Hite transferred him last week
to the open directorship on the "Big Productions."
Before joining the Princess brand at its very birth,
Gregory had been with the Thanhouser Company
from their beginning. Carroll Fleming, chief di-
rector of the "Big Productions," staged the spec-
tacles at the New York Hippodrome for many
years and for that reason was selected by President
Hite for his post.

Boyd Marshall Denies

The other week the Princess Company, of New
Rochelle sent a story to the press on the speech
by Boyd Marshall, their leading man, in favor of
the Sunday closing of picture shows, before the
Woman's Club of New Rochelle. It seems that
the press department of the Princess Company
was in error about the speech ascribed to Mr.
Marshall. That player writing to this journal,
states: "It would likely have been a novelty
for a man who gets his living from the movies,
to address a public body in behalf of an ordinance
that would forbid their exhibition at any time,
but I wouldn't be novel that way! I merely ad-
vocated an editing of Sunday programs that would
result in exhibitions that were more or less
educational in nature. If the ministers are
against the showing of red-blooded dramas on
thit day, we can give them light drama of an

George Field

American

THE WILL OF A WOMAN
By Chester Firkins

When anj' woman will she will,

And when she won't she won't ;
She'd almost rather pay a bill

Than heed a "do" or "don't."
Such strength or character is great,

All kids it should be taught to ;
When lovely woman will she will.

And when she won't she ought to.

When any woman won't she won't,

And when she will she will ;

Decision is her middle name;

She's firm as any hill.
If men would only take from her

Their precepts — but they wouldn't ;
For when sweet woman won't she won't,

And when she will she shouldn't.

educational character or straight educational pic-
tures, for certainly there are enough films of that
kind to go around."

Mutual Film Co.,

San Francisco, Calif.
My dear Roesman : — Congratulations! The pro-
gram started off yesterday with great eclat! There
was more laughter at those two comedies than
I've heard in the house for the past six months.
The bill was excellent and I've been greatly com-
plimented on the change.

As I have feared, the big storm Saturday night
flooded the town and interrupted railway com-
munication. Had I not got my show Saturday
afternoon, I would have been forced to fall back
on the reserve show for my matinee yesterday.

With many thanks to yourself and Mr. Strong
for your promptness, I am

Sincerely yours,

Jas. G. Piatsky,

Mgr. Opera House.

"Shriner's Daughter" Lauded by Shriners

Reports from Los Angeles and other Coast
towns say that "The Shriner's Daughter," a two-
reel "Flying A" subject, is being shown to
crowded houses, made up largely of Masonic
organizations. The film is deserving of all the
popularity it is receiving, as aside from its par-
ticular interest to Masonic orders, it has a strong
dramatic story, exceptionally well rendered by the
"Flying A" cast under Thos. Ricketts.

Father and Son

Richard L. Johnston, a Stanford student, made
a visit to Santa Barbara. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lorimer Johnston of the "Flying A'
staff. The younger Johnston grew ecstatic over
the beautiful grounds and the environment of
the American studios. His only regrets were
because of the short duration of his visit.

"Cricket on the Hearth"

A two-reel subject possessed of that quiet, force-
ful acting that makes it stand out as a master-
piece. No expense has been spared in supplying
local color. "The subtitles are of the old English
type and lend a pleasing touch. The memory of
Dickens is highly honored by this production
Release Feb. 16th, 1914.

"The 'Pote Lariat' of the Flying A"

A one-reel Western comedy permeated with the
fullness of nature, rolling hills, cattle, horses
and the clear blue sky uncontaminated by the
smoke and pollution of city life,

Sydney Ayres plays the lead in an easy
natural way and is ably supported by Vivian Rich
and Jack Richardson. Release Feb. 21st 1914.

The Latest Recruit

Harry Pollard joins the chorus of lamenting
producers at Santa Barbara dolefully chanting
"Rain, Rain, go away." Will some publication

please insert a squib about "familiar airs"
"popular melodies."

Circular Distributed by the Martz
Theatre Indianapolis

We take advantage of this opportunity to call
your attention to some changes in our picture
show department. As you know, on what are
called "dark nights," when we have no road
shows, we are always open to pictures. Hereto
fore we have been using licensed service, but for
the last few months it has been so inferior that
we at last decided to change and have taken on the
Mutual Program.

We are certainly congratulating ourselves over
the change as the new service is far superior
in every respect. The film stories are better, the
players more apt, the photography far surpasses
all others, in fact in every detail required to make
the best photoplay possible the Mutual service
excels, and when it comes to comedy offerings
no other service in the world comes near to its
equal.

We are presenting three reels each evening,
sometimes multiple reel releases, and also a comedy
bill almost every night. At the Martz you get the
very latest releases, no thirty, forty-five and sixty
day stuff, but new goods in fine condition. We
are not making an exaggerated claim for this
service when we say it is the best, and are
voicing the opinion of every patron of our theatre,

Our new curtain has arrived and will be installedi
on January fourteenth. We will then present
you the best picture that it is possible to show.
It is what is known as the Japanese Silk Curtain,
superior even to the famous mirror screen. We
produce a picture 15 by 18 feet in size, makingj
it more realistic, and far more comfortable to
the eye.

Lester Behmeyer, playing the piano, organ, harpi

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and violin, and Paul Curry with the drums, bells,
chimes, xylophone and sound effects, cueing the
pictures give them a realism that causes you to
almost forget that you are only seeng pictures.

As soon as conditions will permit we will again
give a nightly act of vaudeville. To change acts
each night as has been our custom, we must
provide a second house nearby for the act to
work as they can only be secured when given
two or more days work. However, by paying a
higher price, we have arranged for vaudeville on
Saturdays until we resume nightly use of acts
and are assured of a good team each week and
night.

If you want the best pictures to be had, pro-
jected as nearly perfect as it is possible to show
them, and life size, musically cued and augmented
by sound effects, vaudeville at least every Sat-
urday, good (not canned) music all the time, a
theatre properly ventilated, comfortable seats, and
with a capacity that will insure you a seat at
almost all times, all for five cents, WE HAVE IT.
Sincerely
Martz Theatre Company
By Cleon Wade Mount, Secy.

Indianoplis.

Mutual Film from Colonel Roosevelt's
South American Trip

With its usual foresight and enterprise the
Mutual Film Corporation was the only picture
concern to send its camera men with Colonel
Roosevelt on his South American trip. The re-
sult in three intensely interesting reels, is about
to be released to the public.

In the Mutual's party on the journey, besides
Carl Von Hoffman, the daring war-correspondent-
camera man, were two special envoys, John J.
McGovern, a Wall street broker, and J. Howard
Mason, who had been associated with Marconi
in wireless telegraphy.

They succeeded in securing the most interest-
ing scenes on the steamer on the way down and in
South America also. Aside from the great in-
terest in the Colonel's personality, the film will
prove especially attractive from an educational
standpoint, showing as it does the intimate side
of Brazil, whch has never before been shown on
the screen, the lepers' colony at Trinidad and
many beautiful South American nature pictures.

In the Colonel's exploration party are to be seen
Anthony Fiala, the Artie explorer, Dr. George K.
Cherry, the Rev. Father Albert Zahn, who has
travelled 500,000 miles in the interest of science,
Frank Harper, the Colonel's secretary. Dr. Leo
Miller of the Rockefeller Institute, besides Mrs.
Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt and Miss Margaret
Roosevelt, a niece of the Colonel's, who died on
her return from the journey.

"The Sacrifice"

Another "Beauty" soon to be released. This
subject is enacted with an earnestness and sin-
cerity that lends a realism devoid of affectation
and unnatural presentation. A page from life's
history of many a home will give food for thought
to some who perhaps are today suffering untold
agony from cauges similar to those portrayed in
this subject.

Margarita Fischer plays the lead and Harry
Pollard, who is the producer, supports her very
ably.

Popular Cabaret

In the three-reel production "The Call of the
Traumerei," by the American Film Mfg. Co., Lor-
imer Johnston is producing as closely as possible
the Portola-Lonore of San Francisco, famous to
all tourists. One hundred people will be on the
stage and a large orchestra will participate in
the program while the pictures are beng made.

All details are being worked out with exacting
care. Jacques Jaccard is assisting Director John-
ston.

Boyd Marshall Princess

New American Scenario Editor

F. E. Walz has been engaged as scenario editor
at the "Flying A" studios, Santa Barbara, Cali-
fornia. Mr. Walz wrote "The Dream Child," a
two-part production, produced by Thos. Ricketts
and scheduled for early release, which indicates
ability of some calibre and is a fair gauge of
what might be expected when working under the
able direction of the American producers.

Rellanse

The Idler

Feb. 14, 1914

Sheldon Lewis is a young society man and an
idler. He is in love with Miriam Morris, but
she is a good deal of a girl, and refuses to
marry a "mollycoddle," Shortly after, he meets
with an accident which deprives him of his reason.
Wandering away from home, he is lost in the
poor section of the city, where he first falls in
with honest workmen, but later, becomes the
tool of a burglar named Morgan. Morgan de-
cides on a certain house which he is convinced
will prove a good "lay." It is the house of
Miriam's father, though Sheldon doesn't recog-
nize it. The night of the attempted burglary,
Miriam forestalls the thieves, and she knows
Sheldon immediately, though he does not remember
her. Something in the sweetness and defenceless-
ness of the woman, however, rouses Sheldon's real
self — turning on Morgan, he fiercely refuses to
rob the house. A fight ensues, in which Morgan
prevails. He escai)es, leaving Sheldon uncon-
cious from a blow. Morgan is captured, and in
revengd, he tries to impliicate Sheldon. But
Miriam denies his guilt, telling the police that
Sheldon is her friend who has risked his life
to protect her. The young man is taken to the
hospital, and an operation restores his reason.
As he has proved himself a man, Miriam now
consents to marry him.

Pat Fannagan's Family

Feb. 11, 191
Pat Fannagan, a department store delivery man,
has saved enough money to go back to Ireland.
On his last day of work, he delivers a package
of toys by mistake to a miserable house in the
slums — the home of Mary, Dan and Nellie,
whose mother has died, leaving them to the
mercies of a drunken stepfather. Pat finds out
his mistake — but a glimpse of the children, radi-
antly happy over the toys, is too much for his
generous heart. He pays for the toys out of his
own savings, and the waifs keep them. The
next day he has his steamship ticket in his pocket
when he meets the stepfather trying to sell little
Nellie's doll for a drink. Pat recognizes the doll,
buys it back and takes it home to Nellie. That
night, when he is on the point of taking the boat,
the picture of the three children, left to the
greed and cruelty of the drunkard, haunts him.
An idea seizes him. He finds the good-for-nothing
loafing about the wharves, hands him his steam-
ship ticket and part of his savngs, and persuades
him to leave the country forever. Then Pat goes
back to the children. He adopts them all, gets
another job at sixty-five dollars a month, and
starts in again to toil for his little family.

OUR MUTUAL GIRL

Feb. 9, 1914

Margaret Norma Phillips

The country boy and his detectives are still on
the trail of the smuggled diamond necklace. The
next morning it comes to light in a very sensa-
tional way. Margaret and her Aunt are starting
for the races at Piping Rock, when the jewels,
which have been hidden in Margaret's muff by
the Count, fall to the pavement. The ladies get
into their limousine and drive away. A detective
across the street, who is watching the house, sees
the necklace drop — and as soon as the automobile
is off, he hurries over and picks it up. That even-
ing, he calls on Margaret — and she, frightened by
his presence and accusations, phones District At-
torney Whitman, who assures her of his co-
operation. This number shows a panorama view
of Columbus Circle and the entrance to Central
Park, where about 11,000 automobiles cross during
the rush hour of each day. It shows also the
exciting scenes at the races at Piping Rock, with
scores of the notables in New York's Four Hun-
dred. The interior of Bonwit Teller & Co.'s fa-
mous shop is also a feature.

Percy's First Holiday

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Feb. 8, 1914

CAST

Percy, a theatrical star from Australia

W. S. Percy

Jane Fana Bourke

May, a movie actress Muriel Ostriche

Jumbo Babe Wallace

Van Charles Van Hout

Mike Boyd Marshall

Jake Ed Ford

Gray Arthur Bower

Frances Grace Eline

Percy was the idol of the theatre-going public
in Australia. On his first holiday he came to
America. To him New York was a city to wonder
at. The traffic all went the wrong way, he said —
and it seemed mighty strange to be freezing to
death in December, for that month is midsum-
mer in Australia. His adventures in outland-
ish U. S. A. made a thrilling story for him to
take back with him to the other side of the world.

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ANY Motion Picture Exhibitors
equip their theatres with the best
screens, chairs and illumination,
appropriate music and handsomely
decorated lobbies, and do not give sufficient
attention to the most important factor of
their exhibition, i. e. Perfect Projection.

Knowing that you, as an exhibitor, desire to
attain the best results on the screen as far as
the picture is concerned, we, having gained
the confidence of the trade through the satis-
faction obtained by the use of POWER'S
CAMERAGRAPH No. 6A, recommend
that you inform yourself regarding the merits
of this incomparable Projector; illustrations
and complete description of which is given
in our Catalogue Al.

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One of the chief features in motion-photography — which
is a never ending source of interest and pleasure to those
who see the pictures — is the infinite variety of seemingly l^t
impossible things or actions which may be portrayed on
the screen. Illusion is that phenomena by which condi- ^IB
tions or actions which human experience has demonstrated
as impossible are made to appear real and true to life.
And so thoroughly does kinetic photography lend itself to these
p-henomena, that the spectator is left in doubt as to whether the
impossible has been actually accomplished — or not.

Take, for example, the handling of the snakes in a recent Tlmn-
houser play — Why Reginald reformed. Mr. Cruze — in the picture
— starts to pour out a drink from a decanter on the bureau in his
bed-room. A moment before, there were a couple of collars around
the base of the decanter on the bureau. But, as he stretches cut
his hand to remove the stopper, the collars become a living, coiled
and writhing snake, with head outstretched to strike him. After-
ward, he comes into the same room and throws his cane on the
floor. For a second, you see the cane lying there. Then — one
end of it begins to squirm. A second more — and there is a snake
on the carpet — squirming toward him. Rushing down-stairs to the
parlor door, he apparently sees a man, woman and two children
playing with living snakes — and in a revulsion of feeling from
the horror of the thing, fires a revolver at the group. With a smile,
the man reaches up to his ear— takes .from it the bullet— holds it
up between his fingers — and tosses it back toward Mr. Cruze. You
actually hear it drop heavily on the floor — if the projecting-ma-
chine operator is on to his job.

In one of the foreign films recently imported, there is a scene
in which a detective is tied down to a railway track just as an
express-train is seen approaching in the distance. He manages
to wriggle out of most of the ropes within a moment or two —
all except the one which ties his elbows. By that time, the loco-
motive is within a hundred feet of him^ — racing at sixty miles an
hour, though the engineer has shut of¥ steam, applied his brakes and
is doing his best to stop it. But, as everyone knows, a train run-
ning at sixty miles an 'hour cannot be entirely stopped inside of
three thousand feet without jumping the track or tearing the brakes
into scrap. Nor was there ever a human arm and fingers which
could grasp and maintain a hold upon a train going at that speed.
Yet the man on the track — before your eyes — with his arms still
partly houni— does catch the fender in front of the locomotive
and draw himself partly up on it. Actually, his legs and body
would be pounded to a pulp as they scraped along the ties — but he
is scarcely bruised. The engineer and stoker run out along the
foot-board — haul him up to a more secure position and free his
arms. There is not a flaw in the whole proceeding, from the spec-
tator's point of view. You actually see the thing done. Yet com-
mon-sense tells you it is wildly impossible.

Perhaps the most supernatural effect recently obtained by means

of the moving and superimposed film, is that in which the
^•f. knitted worsted gloves of a dead thief are purchased as
TJt^ curios at an auction by a wealthy collector — and become

endowed not only with life and motive power, but par-

take of their former owner's characteristics. The pur-
^^^S chaser fetches them home — places them in a caibinet in

his living-room — and sits down to read his evening paper.
The gloves come out of the cabinet — finger their way down to the
floor — cross the carpet — climb up the man's chair — fish out a small
knife — slit the pocket of his coat — ^fish out his wallet — and carry
it back to the cabinet. Seeing the finish of this amazing perform-
ance, he locks the gloves in a strong-box, on the table. Then we
see the interior of the box — with the gloves feeling their way along
every crack and corner to get out. There is no opening but the key-
hole. In a second, the worsted of one glove begins to unravel — it
runs out through the key-hole and coils up in a loose pile, outside.
The other .follows suit — Then — even as you watch it — the worsted
weaves itself into a finger — two fingers — three — four — thumb — ^palm
— ^back — wrist. And when the two are whole, again the fingers inter-
lock— stretch — twist — and writhe about to regain their former supple-
ness. The gloves have other adventures too numerous to mention—
and in all their performances there is no suggestion or trace of
any agency but their own living motive power. The efifect, while
intensely amusing, is positively uncanny.

In another play, there is a scene in the Colosseum at Rome —
undoubtedly photographed in the place itself — ^with a large group
of terrified Christians in white garments at one end. In the fore-
ground, there is a massive trap-door from which a heavy chain
leads upward. You see the chain tauten and vibrate — the trap-
door is raised. A furry snout and shaggy mane appear. One after
another, sixteen lions creep out, and, with bellies close to the sand,
crawl toward the terrified Christians. The screen is dark for a
second. Then you see the lions worrying heads, legs and arms
among a mass of blood-stained white garments — on sand dotted
with pools of blood.

Of course, those lions don't kill and eat those Christians. Com-
mon-sense assures you of that. Yet, if you are to believe the evi-
dence of your senses, that is just what they actually do before your
eyes — and the m,emory of it makes you creep .for years afterward
It is utterly impossible that the gloves of that thief do a thousandth
part of what you see them do. To express a belief in such a thing
would land the average person in a bug-house. But if "seeing is
believing"— where does it leave you? In Mr. Cruze's case— as well
as the Keystone comedy. When Dreams Come True — real snakes
are certainly used in producing the films — some of them diamond-
back "rattlers," too But they don't do the stunts you see them
do — not at exactly the same time that Mr. Cruze or Mr. Stirling
are in such close proximity to them.

Even though repeated witnessing of these apparent miracles gets
us more or less accustomed to them, the variety and possibilities
are almost unlimited — and it will be a long time before they cease
to entertain us.

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Ciicl<?)<: Oil ^\m Mmr^

With Illustrations by Ellison B. Hoover

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CAST

There is a tendency Caleb Piummer Sydney Ayres middle-aged but

in recent literary Old Tackieton. Jack Richardson loved man's

, . , John Peerybmgle Harry Von Meter ,

taste to pronounce Edward (Caleb's son) Harris L. Forbes SUpper. The SOUnd

Dickens tediously Dot's Father Chas. Morrison of cart - wheels is

verbose — to accuse S?^^)^ " j ^"''"^ Frankenburg heard— coming up the

him of obvious "pad- . Z (john peery.

ding" — and to gen- Bertha, the blind girl Caroline Cooke bingle is a "carrier"

erally consider his Tilly Slowboy Louise Lester — an independent ex-

Wrork as more or less Fielding Charlotte Burton Dressman in hiiQi'npcc

worK ab more or lesg ^^^^ Fielding Edith Borella pressman, m DUsmess

overestimated With Mrs. Dot Anna English for himself, as we

some of his novels, Vinnie Violet Neitz would Say.) He

^he^e^m^ ^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^' ^^ ' ^^^^^^^

liness of a creative -ocve * \ ^ ^ ^ passenger — "car-
heart _w h i c h could Sydney Ayres as "Caleb Piummer" "age paid"— who is
lirst picture for us so asleep in the cart, and
utterly selfish a nature as that of Tackieton and then prove it de- fetches him in. He proves to be a kindly old, white-haired man —
cently human at the core, impresses itself indelibly upon the reader's quite deaf — who finally arranges to lodge with them for the night,
memory. As for the Cricket, himself — the expression which gives Then the door opens, and in comes Caleb Piummer, who makes me-
title to the story has become a synonym in the English language for chanical toys for the House of Gruff & Tackieton — the toy mer-
that indefinable, atmospheric something which we try otherwise to chants — and lives with his blind daughter in a little tumble-down
cover by the word home. Not the dwelling-place of twenty thousand shanty attached to the big warehouse. Gruff, having been long
or a hundred thousand a year — because people with such incomes since bought out, Takleton runs the business alone. He comes in
very rarely have any home at all, in this country. The very circum- presently — announcing his marriage in three days to pretty young
stances and conditions among which they live render a Iiome impos- May Fielding — less than half his age — and asking the Peerybingles
sible, in the full sense of the word. But the wage-earner of fifteen to appear at a little party he is giving as an example of happy mar-
dollars a week — or the household which meets all its expenses on ried life between a middle-aged man and a young wife. Tackieton
less than ten thousand a year and then has something over— or any is cynical, sneering, heartless. The Peerybingles are more troubled
of the other households in between — takes home to himself or over his marriage to May than they care to admit,
itself Dickens' picture of something which stands pre-eminent in The wedding-day happens, also, tq be the Peerybingle anniversary
life as they know it. — which' they have formed the habit of spending, partly, with Caleb

It seems rather a literary sacrilege to brief the story in a few Piummer and Bertha, his blind daughter— who makes dolls to help

paragraphs — for no person can do justice to it in such a manner. out the family income. Before they come in, however, we get the

But even the threadbare skeleton may induce those who have not picture of Caleb which has made him famous in the world of fic-

happened upon it to read the story itself— which is sufficient ex- tion. With the sole idea of sparing Bertha pain and suffering from

cuse for the attempt. the stern, hard realities under which they manage to scrape along, he

The story opens with a duet of thorough contentment between has created for her an imaginary world in which he is a younger

the Cricket and the bubbling, purring, steaming Kettle on the fire and active man, with a light, elastic step— (oh, what it must have

—occasionally becoming a trio when the little Reaper begins mow- cost him to assume that springy tread when he came into the little

ing imaginary grass on the ledge of the Cuckoo Clock just before hut so dog-tired he could scarcely drag himself along!)— in which
the Cuckoo peeks out of his little door. Then Dot — otherwise, Mrs.

John Peerybingle — comes in and begins the preparations for her (Continued on page 10)

Reel Life

7

Dressed in the costume of a
backwoodsman, beaded moccasins,
leather hunting jacket, and all, tall,
good-looking Roy McNeal sat on
the ifront steps of the Sen- Yen
Film studio building. It was be-
tween poses — and the leading man
of the "Alice of Old Vincennes"
cast had come out of the long, low
building ostensibly to smoke a
cigarette and get a breath of warm
Spring air, but in reality to watch
for the postman with the studio's
morning mail. Through the series
of opened glass ventilators and
skylights on the side of the build-
ing he could hear the hurried rap,
rap, rap of a score of hammers as
the carpenters and scene shifters
put "log cabin scene No. 3" to-
gether, while from the office win-
dow to his right rushed the babble
of many voices. The directors and
the scenario editor were having
it out about a film scheduled to be
staged the following week. That
is, so far as the leading man
could make out from the conver-
sation.

Six months before, such sounds
had been a bore to him. Then he
had hated the long, low terracotta
studio building And everything
about it. The smell of fresh paint
emanating from the property room
and carpenter shop was nauseat-
ing, the whirr of busy picture ma-
chines, positively made his head
ache, and his one desire was to get
out of the business for good.

But things had changed since then. Now he gloried in his work.
The varied noises of the studio were soothing, and as for the paint
smell in the property room — that was sweeter than the essence of
roses. For it meant that a new photo-play was being prepared in
which he could display his exceptional talent to a larger audience
than any one Thespian had ever been honored by. It pleased him
immensely now to realize that motion picture theatres from coast
to coast featured the Sen- Yen films each week simply because he
played lead in them. Indeed he was rather vain of his success in
the past half year.

And this success was all due to an inspiration ; an inspiration
received, not from bis wife, but from another woman, Betty Coles.
To be honest, Roy was somewhat worried over the fact that another
woman was responsible for it all. It did not seem fair to Molly,
whom he loved as much, yes, more than he ever did. Yet he could
not deny that the delightful little letters Betty wrote had inspired
him more than anything else in his whole life. They had, in six
short months, given him the vim and energy to climb from a
mediocre position in the Sen-Yen cast to that of leading man.
They had made him realize that his talent was greater than that
of the average stock company actor with whom he played when he
first met Molly. In fact these letters from Betty had made him
work so hard that in a remarkably short period he had become

Harry Von Meter and Vivian Rich as "John Peerybingle" and "Dot"

"the best pantomime actor in the
world," according to the review
notices in the daily papers.

It had all come about in thi'S
way. One gray morning late in
the preceding Fall, Roy found in
his morning's mail a simple little
letter of appreciation from Betty,
postmarked Chicago. She had seen
a film called "The Adventurer," in
which he had been cast for a
particularly clever, though minor,
part, and had liked his way of
playing so much that she simply
could not resist the temptation of
writing him how much she had en-
joyed the play. Roy had been re-
ceiving letters from both men and
women ever since he had been
playing parts (all actors do), but
he had never read any of them
over more than once. There was,
however, something about this
note from Betty Coles which
pleased him a great deal. Indeed
he re-read it more than once and
even went so far as to write a
brief acknowledgment. It never
occurred to him then that he was
doing anything wrong, or at least
not until he was on his way home
that evening. Then he suddenly
regretted his hasty determination
to answer the epistle. He was not
quite certain how Molly would
take the whole affair, and decided
that it would be more discreet to
keep entirely quiet about it.

But three days later came an-
other letter from Chicago. The
girl was "delighted to receive a letter from a real actor." She also
asked him to send her the release dates of other films in which he
would appear. That was the beginning of a long list of interesting
communications between the two. She told him in which photo-
plays he appeared to best advantage. She asked him why he was
not "cast for leading parts," and when he told her that he was not
the leading man of the company, she wrote that he must "buckle
to, and work to become leading man." In another letter she told
him she wanted "so much to see Roy McNeal featured all over the
country," and that she "would never rest contented until Sen-Yen
Films were known because of Roy McNeal and not Roy McNeal
known through Sen- Yen photo-plays."

The letters were refreshing and inspiring. Roy McNeal looked
forward to each one impatiently, for this Chicago girl was becom-
ing a great factor in his life. But through it all he never forgot
Molly, dear little Molly. He knew it was wrong, and more than
once he became thoroughly angry with himself because of his de-
ceitfulness. Always he had compunction after mailing a letter to
Betty and several times he was on the point of cutting of? the corre-
spondence entirely with a terse little note. But he never summoned
will power enough to do it. He felt very sorry to know that Molly
had such a blackguard for a husband, and he was kind to her;

8

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so kind that now and then he thought she suspected his duplicity.
But nevertheless he still went on looking for the letters.

The rap, rap, rap of the carpenters' hammers had abated and the
quarrel between the directors and the scenario editor had ended,
when the man in leather doublet and leggins discerned the blue-
clad figure of the postman far down the crooked Bronx thorough-
fare. Roy McNeal paced nervously up and down the narrow stone
porch, wondering whether the minion of Uncle Sam would reach
the studio before the big gong sounded for the staging of the
next scene.

Something must have gone wrong with the scenery, for the
postman arrived with a huge bundle of letters before the gong
clanged. Hastily, Roy ran through the varied assortment of envel-
opes, snatching one from the very centre as he turned the bundle
over to the telephone operator and rushed into the studio. The
third log cabin scene took a full hour to photograph properly and
all during the session the leading man was eagerly anticipating
a few minutes respite when he would have a chance to open the
little blue envelope tucked into his shirt front.

The respite came at half-past twelve, when the scene was fin-
ished. The cast, in full costume, scattered about the studio or out
on the steps, while two colored waiters served club sandwiches,
coffee, and the rest of a light lunch. McNeal merely seized a
sandwich from the tray and hurried to his private dressing room.
Here, by the light of the electric lamp on his make-up table, he read
the latest Betty letter.

And as he read his face took on a worried expression. Once
he paused to draw a deep breath as if he were fighting back an
impulse to do something not exactly right. Finally, after he had

read the missive twice, he jumped from the chair and started pacing
nervously back and forth across the narrow room.

"No, it wouldn't be right," he soliloquized. "I can't meet her.
What the dickens does she want to come to New York for? I've
gone far enough now, but — "

He paused and picked up the letter again. It was evident that
whatever appeal it contained was hard for him to resist. Again he
paced the floor.

"Hanged if I wouldn't like to see her," he told himself. "I cer-
tainly have grown fond of the girl. How could there be any harm
in meeting her — say, in front of Delmonico's? We could have a
delightful little lunch together. Then that would end it."

"But would it end there?" he queried. (Roy had a level head,
in spite of his susceptibility to flattery.) "Would it end with just a
lunch? Wouldn't he long for her company after he had once met
her? And would that be fair to Molly, dear little Molly?"

Thoughts of his wife's grief when she discovered his adventure
made him halt abruptly. He felt his cheeks flush when he thought
how ashamed he would feel to face her again. Twice he sat down
at the little table, determined to end the matter with a short note,
but each time the letter from Chicago tempted him again and he
let his eyes wander across each pleasing phrase. Then, just as the
big gong called him back to the studio, he suddenly seized his pen
and dashed off the briefest of all his letters to Betty Coles. It
read :

Dear Betty:

I sincerely regret that the affair has gone as far as this.
Please forgive me when I tell you that I can not meet
you in New York. Nor do I feel that it is fair that I
continue writing to you.

Sincerely yours,

Roy McNeal.

"The Arrow Maker's Daughter"

"Preparing for the Hunt"

Kay-Bee

"The Arrow Maker's Daughter"

"Inddans Are Sighted"

Kay-Bee

What troubled the leading man of the Sen-Yen Film Company,
no one about the studio could understand. For three days he had
been affected by a strange malady characterized by the directors as
the "mopes." No one had been able to approach him on any sub-
ject. He was cross and irritable with every one about the place,
but in spite of it all, his work before the cameras was as good, if
not better, than usual.

At home he was the same way, although he managed to con-
trol his irritalbility when Molly McNeal was about. Yet for all his
efforts to conceal his unhappiness, Molly knew that something was
amiss.

"What is the matter?" she demanded one evening after the coffee
was served and the maid dismissed. "Are you unhappy over some-
thing I have done?"

"Unhappy?" he exclaimed with a forced smile. "Why bless
you—"

"Oh," she interjected teasingly, "is it some other woman?"

"What! Good Lord, Molly, don't talk nonsense. I — "

The Sen- Yen Film Company's leading man suddenly became
speechless. His face burned with shame and he wished himself
anywhere but there at the dinner table with his wife, for he knew
that she realized she had accidentally 'bared his secret. His wife,
however, though manifestly surprised, went on calmly :

"Why, Roy, if you really do love some one else, please tell me..
I am pretty brave and strong, you know. I can stand it." (The
sarcasm made him writhe.)

"Molly! Please!" He cried, appealingly. Then buried his face
in his hands.

But while he sat thus Molly tiptoed behind his chair.

"Roy," she whispered softly, "is it Betty? If it is, come take
her in your arms."

"What! You!" he gasped, jumping up.

"Yes, I wrote those letters, dear, and a school chum in Chicago
mailed them for me. And, Roy," she went on proudly, "I am so
glad you could resist Betty. .1 knew you could. But I did make a
leading man of you, didn't I?" She nestled snugly into the two big
arms that folded tenderly about her.

And as for Roy McNeal, all he could say was :

"I'm mighty glad you are Betty."

Visitor— No, I won't come in. If I could see Mr. Jones for two
minutes ?

Servant — What name shall Oi say, sorr?
Visitor — Prof. Tandersplinkintootleheimer.
Servant — Och, sure, ye'd better step in and bring it wid ye,
sorr. — Punch.

Crusty Patron — By George ! But I'm glad to see you back !
Was the strike settled?

Waiter — What strike, sir?

Crusty Patron — Oh, come now ! Where were you since you took
my order? — Puck.

A Bounteous Supply.

"Did you enjoy the holidays?"

"In some respects. They constitute the only season oif the year
when I am sure of being able to find a calendar as soon as I need
one." — Exchange.

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Reel Life

Harry Von Meter and Vivian Rich as "John Peerybingle" and "Dot" in "The Cricket on the Hearth" American

The Cricket on the Hearth

(Continued From Page 6).

the walls of their three-room home were covered with beautiful
pictures and hangings — the loose fold of rough sacking he drew
about his shoulders to protect them from the cold became a hand-
some blue coat with brass buttons — and their vindictive, sarcastic
task-master, Tackleton, a great warm-hearted man who concealed
much softness and human kindness under so gruff an exterior be-
cause he couldn't stand either praise or thanks. (Locke undoubtedly
had Caleb Plummer and his dream-world in mind when he wrote
Stella Maris — and other writers have complimented Dickens by
using it even less excusably.)

The Peerybingles finally arrive — bringing with them their share
of the dinner — Tilly Slowhoy and the Baby — and the aged stranger
who had lodged with them for three days. Then come May Fielding
and her mother — a relic with pretensions to former gentility — ana
presently Tackleton, himself. John Peerybingle is obliged to cover
the last half of his carrier's route during the afternoon, but returns
for early supper. And after the meal the sardonic Tackelton leads
him out to his office in the warehouse, from an inner window of
which he shows him Dot and the aged Stranger, who — with his
white wig removed — is now a handsome, dark-haired young fellow.
The two are in a deserted alleyway of the warehouse, embracing
each other. When John takes Dot home, he walks by the horse
instead of riding in the cart — a broken-hearted man — almost.

He sits alone by the fire all night — thinking of Dot and all she
has been to him. Once, he takes down his gun and starts for the
stranger's room — but comes back. And then — the Cricket begins to
chirp — chirp how impossible it is that Dot should be really bad-
insist that John suspend judgment until he knows more of the
facts.

In the morning, comes Tackleton, with mock sympathy for John

— on the way to his own wedding. John tells him he cannot blame
Dot, who is so much younger and less responsible — that she shall go
back to her mother without a word of reproach from him. And Dot
overhears him, from the doorway. Tackleton drives away in his
chaise. John re-enters the house — heavy-hearted— and then things
begin to happen. Dot brings in the stranger, without his
white wig — a tall, sunburned, handsome young fellow. She asks
John if he doesn't remember Caleb Plummer' s much-loved boy, who
went to sea and was supposed to have died in South America — the
boy who was to have married May Fielding? John recognizes him
in a moment. Then May comes in — with Edward's wedding-ring
upon her finger. With Dofs assistance, they have contrived to be
married before Tackleton arrived at the church. Then in come Caleb
and Bertha — to find the long-lost son and brother — and afterward,
Tackelton, who accepts the situation when he finds himself outwitted,
and goes out.

Presently, a messenger comes in from the warehouse with Tack-
elton's great wedding-cake — which he presents to the bride, having
no further use for it. Later, another messenger arrives with a large
bundle of toys from Tackelton for the Baby. Later still — after
Dofs mother and father arrived — ^came Tackelton himself — sorry
to have misjudged any one of them — sorry to have gotten a wrong
slant on the world — and asking, penitently, if he may join their little
party. And the party winds up with a rollicking, indiscriminate
dance, in which the couples are finely and uproariously mixed. And
when the last guest has departed — when the lights are out, and the
cottage stilled for the night — we get the picture of John dozing over
his pipe in the chimney-seat — ^with Dot on her favorite stool at
his feet, leaning against him — and the Kettle bubbling softly in its
nightly duet with the happy, chirping little Cricket on the Hearth.
It's a picture of home and marital happiness that stands by it-
self in the world of fiction — and will stand so for centuries yet
unborn.

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11

In a sense, it seems at first glance rank temerity to attempt the
reproduction of such a story upon the motion-picture screen — be-
cause there is so much of beautiful sentiment which cannot be
expressed in action — pantomimic action — alone. But the American
players seem almost to have accomplished the impossible. The
story is there on the film in its entirety. Of course, those who have
never read it are bound to lose something — but even to
them, it is entirely coherent and explanatory. Vivian Rich
makes a pretty and convincing Dot — while Harry von Meter is
equally good as Peerybingle. Sydney Ayres is cast — and well
cast — as Caleb Plummer. The part requires even more finished act-
ing in pantomime than it does on the legitimate stage where the
lines are spoken. Louise Lester as Tilly Slowboy is inimitably
good. Dickens wrote: "she was of a spare and straight shape,
this young lady, insomuch that her garments appeared to be in con-
stant danger of sliding off those sharp pegs, her shoulders, on which
they were loosely hung"-~and Miss Lester is built upon far more
presentable lines than the clothes-horse idea the Master evidently
had in mind. But in every other particular she carries off the part
with convincing realism. Jack Richardson is a most perfect
Tackleton. We have mentioned the leads, but it is only fair to
say that every part is most excellently played by the remaining
members of the cast.

The production of this play in America — England — all over the
world — will create a strong desire to read — or re-read — the story
itself. And even if it accomplishes no other object, it will have
proved itself worth while. C. H. N.

She was well over eighty years of age, and for the first time
in her life she had been taken to the "movies." As she came out a
friend met her in the vestibule.

"Hope you enjoyed yourself, Mrs. Smith," she exclaimed.
"Yes," replied the old dame, "I did. But I'm gettin' that deaf
nowadays I couldn't hear a word they sz\A."— Exchange.

A Reversible Moving Picture Film

Charles E. Dresler and Isaac W. Ullman of New York City
have secured patent No. 1,073,411 for a moving picture film which
has one series of pictures running lengthwise of it and another
series of pictures also running lengthwise of the film, but in the
reverse direction, with the pictures of the two series upside down
relatively to each other. — Scientific American.

A Sybarite

"What gives you the idea that Bliggins is a man of such extra-
ordinary affluence and luxury?"

"He always orders his eggs poached; never scrambled." — Wash-
ington Star.

My Lady's Footgear

Rhinestone buckles, gilt in leads
Silk tops fine and striking;

Just the thing for muddy roads,
Very fine for hiking.

Custom House Amenities

"The government has given back all the captured battle flags.
Nice thing, eh?"

"Yes; and I understand there's a movement on foot to return
those seized aigrettes."

No Fun in That

"Then you object to being bald?"
"It has some hardships."
"For instance?"

"Every girl who can be persuaded to kiss you at all, wants to
kiss you on top of your head."

"The Cricket on the Hearth"

American

12

Red Life

The Movies and the Army

A long time ago when generals wished to recruit great armies
they talked a little of patriotism, more of glory and a great deal
more of loot. Soldiers fought very bravely when there was a chance
of filling their pockets with captured money and gems after the
battle was over. When Napoleon started on his first Italian cam-
paign he told his troops about the rich cities that were awaiting
a despoiler. His promises were fulfilled and thereaifter, according
to his own boast, France yielded him an "income of a hundred
thousand m.en a year." For while there was a chance of glory in
following Napoleon there was also a chance of getting riches and
loot.

But nowadays, in spite of the things that happened in Pekin
when the allied armies took that city only a few years ago, the
soldier is not told that he will be permitted to loot a captured city.
The soldier of to-day in the armies of the great powers enlists for
his pay, which is meager, and possibly for his patriotism. And the
powers have been finding it a difficult matter to keep the ranks
filled. Until very recently the United States recruiting officers
found it almost impossible to get enough new soldiers to fill the
places of those who deserted or whose enlistments expired. That
was partly owing, however, to the strict examinations applicants for
enlistment had to undergo.

Last month there were 2,000 more applications for enlistment
than in any month before in time of peace. It may be asked
whether tihe use of moving pictures to advertise the army and navy
was not largely responsible for that sudden increase. Films have
been employed recently by the British army to picture army life,
its brighter side, of course, and it is said to be expected that the
recruiting will be more rapid on that account. In this country it
is coming to be more widely recognized that the army is not ade-
quate to the nations' needs, when by army is meant also the national

guard. Secretary Garrison has pointed out the need of a reserve
corps.

So, whatever tends to increase the army recruiting is of general
interest. The brilliantly colored lithographs seen in front of re-
cruiting offices and elsewhere were not so attractive as moving pic-
tures are likely to be. The young man's patriotism can not be ex-
pected to send him into the army or navy. The pay is not sufficient-
ly large to tempt him. The implied promise that he will be en-
abled to "see the world" is not rigorously kept with respect to
the army recruit. There can be no promise that in event of war
he will have a chance to get rich by looting. And so it isn't sur-
prising that healthy, arrtbitious young men have been hard to get
for the army. If moving pictures of army scenes will help to fill
the ranks, without deceiving the young fellows who see them, they
should be continually employed. The army must be kept up to
its present strength, at any rate. — Savannah News.

Boys Will Be Boys

From the Popular Magazine.

Senator Cullom, of Illinois, gets a good laugh out of the story
he tells about an old lady who, although she is a resident of his
State, has a son in Montana.

One day the Senator met the old lady and, knowing that the
son was the apple of her eye, not to say her very heart bones, he
inquired as to how the boy was doing. He was surprised to see
that the woman disolved into a storm of tears.

"Why, what's the matter?" asked Mr. Cullom.

"He's just writ me," said the old lady, "that he's done been sent
to the Legislature. I don't know for what or for how long, but I
prays God they'll be easy on him." — Washington Herald.

Thanhouser

Thanhouser Kidlet and Marguerite Snow in "The Dancer"

E©d Life

13

William Garwood and BiUie West in "Fate's Decree"

Majestic

Simplex at Cincinnati Convention

Mr. J. E. Robin, sales manager of the Precision Machine
Co., has just returned from the Cincinnati convention where
he passed a very busy week. Mr. Robin had charge of the
Simplex exhibit, assisted by Mr. Geo. S. Bothwell. Mr. Robin
states that the business done in Simplex projectors was a
record breaker and says that it speaks much for the popularity
of this machine in the State of Ohio.

Mr. Bothwell is now traveling through the middle west as
a special representative for this company.

Emphatically.

An acquaintance called on some women in an Alabama town
who had at that time been much wearied by an apparently endless
succession of callers.

The door was opened by Augustus Butts, the faithful butler.

"Are the women in?" asked the caller.

"No, ma'am; they'se all out."

"I am so sorry that I missed them," continued the visitor, hand-
ing him her cards. "I particularly wished to see Mrs. Jones."

"Yes, ma'am, thank yo,' ma'am," 'responded Augustus. "They'se
all out ma'am, and Mrs. Jones is particularly out, ma'am."

— Reading Eagle.

In Bostonese

Little Chicagoan (visiting in Boston) — Ar, fudge! You're bug-
house !

Little Boston (deeply shocked) — ^Oh, such terrible and deplor-
able vulgarity! You should say, "beetle-garage." — Judge.

One Exception

A chaperon is about the only one who gets much credit for
neglecting her business. — Atchison Globe.

Madames Genee in Australia — Famous danseuse is royally
received in the Antipodes.

A Festival in Turkestan — One day each year is given over
to children's amusement at Merv.

First Michigan Skiing — Upper peninsula country enjoying
unusual sporting conditions.

The Last Landing — Vessel wrecked in unusual position on
Welsh Coast.

Carl Browne Buried — Famous Coxey Army Lieutenant
passes away in Washington.

Refugees Reach Presidio — Thousands of Mexicans cared for
by U. S. Government.

Irrigation in Egypt — Primitive methods of watering land
still used in Pharaoh's country.

"The Santa Claus Girl"— Miss Olive May Wilson of Phila-
delphia seeks free postage for Christmas gifts for nation's poor.

Ice-Boating — Shrewsbury River, N. J. Scene of exciting
sport. -

Madrid Firemen's Review — Spanish smoke-eaters give a
demonstration of their ability in ladder scaling.

Industries of Prince Edward Island — Foxes worth $7,000
a pair, are raised in captivity.

The Storm in Los Angeles— Tremendous downpour causes
great damage in Western city.

Making the Columbia Navigable — U. S. Government cleaning
upper channel with tons of dynamite.

14

Real Life

The N©w Plays

Amerkan

The 'Pote Lariat' of the 'Flying A'
Feb. 21, 1914
CAST

Buck Higgins Sydney Ayers

May West Vivian Rich

May's father Harry Von Meter

May's mother Louise Lester

Walter Crandall, an artist.. Tack Richardson
Hank Reilly, ranche foreman,

Charles Morrison

Poet Laureate of England. .Jacques Taccard
May West is the new owner of Coyote
ranche, left to her by her uncle; and the
cowboys — famous as the roughest bunch of
cow punchers in the state — are greatly im-
pressed with her beauty and gentle man-
ners, agreeing that it isn't so bad as 'hey'd
imagined to have a woman over them.
The poet who comes from the East with
May and her parents, is a great curiosity
to the boys — and one of their number.
Buck Higgins, impressed by the fabulous
sums which, it is reported, the poet re-
ceives for his verse, decides to be a "pote
lariat" himself. He starts in brilliantly
with a poem to "the big red stere" — and
amazes everybody with the crude pictu-
resqueness of his first attempt. Buck is a
pretty hard ticket, but May influences
him to give up drinking — and he becomes
devoted to her every wish. On her
birthday he indites to her verses, a set of
which the cowboys present to May with a
bunch of flowers. She is so delighted that she
gives them a half holiday, and they all ride to
town, except Buck who is delayed by a broken
saddle girth. May's friend, the poet, drops a
cigaYette and starts a prairie blaze. At the time
the fire breaks out, he and May are some distance
from the house sketching. The cattle take fright
and stampede. Terror stricken, the poet tries to
escape, taking no thought for May. He is thrown
from May's horse and both horses run away.
Buck sees the excitement and comes rushing with
his own pony, to the rescue. May and the poet
soon reach safety. But in his valiant attempts to
break the cattle stampede single handed, Buck is
trampled and fatally wounded.

The Wife

Feb. 11, 1914
CAST

The Wife Margaret Fischer

The Husband Harry Pollard

Former Suitor Joseph Harris

Maid Adelaide Bronti

Harry Gordon falls ill from overwork and
business worries — and his doctor tells his young
wife, Marie, that her husband must be sent away
to another climate, or die. Marie appeals in vain
to her own family for financial aid — and in her
desperation, accepts a loan from a former suitor,
Joseph Harvey, telling her husband that she has
borrowed the money from her mother. She has
agreed to pay back the loan in a year, but she
is no business woman, and the obligation rests
lightly upon her, until Harvey begins to urge
himself upon her in an insulting fashion, intimat-
ing that he would prefer that she pay him in other
coin than money. Gordon returns in first class
health, and is soon at work again and prosperous.
The note Marie has given Harvey is now overdue —
and he is threatening her secretly — she wheedles
out of her husband all the money she can toward
meeting the emergency. Still it is not enough.
But, summoning up her courage, she takes it to
Harvey's apartment. She finds him in a hilarious
■ state, from drinking and gambling with several
pals, and he is so insulting that she is terrified.
Then he threatens to phone her husband and
tell him who is with him in his apartment, if she
will not kiss him. Anger gives Marie strength.

as crew but in the latitude of the island
they are seeking, Rood's boatswain dis-
covers the conspiracy aboard. He warns
the Captain and Ethel — now his wife —
who escaped in a small boat to the island
of the hidden treasure. Due discovers
their escape, and follows. His men fall
into the clutches of the Indians all being
killed except himself. The Captain returns
meanwhile and Due, heading back alone,
is shot down by the loyal cook of the
ship. Rood and the treasure are received
aboard with great rejoicing.

Grace Eline

She flings the money in his face, telling him to do
his worst — and flees the place. She has scarcely
reached home when a messenger brings a note for
her. When she sees Harvey's handwriting, she
is nearly in hysterics. Her husband laughingly
takes the note from her and reads it. It proves
to be an apology from Harvey, saying that her
secret shall be safe with him, and that her hus-
band need never know that she was in his apart-
ments. Suspecting the worst, Gordon is thrown
into a terrible rage, giving Marie no chance at
all to explain. At last, crushed and grief stricken,
she leaves the house. Gordon takes a revolver and
goes to Harvey's apartments. There he learns the
truth, and is convinced of his wife's innocence —
Harvey showing him a note he has received from
Marie begging for more time in which to repay
the money she has borrowed for her husband's
sake. Seeking Marie on the cliff, Gordon finds
her just in time to prevent a tragedj' — and pleads
for her forgiveness.

Domino

The Mystery Lady

Feb. 12, 1914
Early in the 16th century, in Jamestown,
lived the aristocratic family of Durkin.
Ann and Ruth Durkin were very homely
girls — and when Mary Page, a refugee from
the Indians, and a girl of unusual beauty,
is adopted into the family, she is made the
drudge of the two older daughters. Living
in the colony is a "Lady of Mystery."
She falls ill of a fever, and no one will
consent to nurse her — until Mary hears of
her plight and goes to her. The two
become very fond of one another. A
masquerade is given in honor of the new
Governor. Mary, in her role as Cinder-
ella, helps her foster sisters dress — and
escapes to the Lady of Mystery, to con-
fess her longings for a beautiful gown
Thanhouser j^^j. ^^^^^ desire to go to the

ball. The Lady proves a fairy godmother.
She bids Mary look in the large chest in the room.
There she discovers a wonderful gown and jewels,
in which she arrays herself, puts on a masque,
and joins the gay throngs in the Governor's
mansion. The Governor himself is enchanted
with the beautiful stranger, who escapes before
the unmasking at midnight, leaving only a frag-
ment of her fan as a clue. The Governor re-
ceives orders from England to arrest the Lady
of Mystery who proves to be a political refugee
of noble birth. In the Lady's cottage, he finds
Mary at the dying Countess' bedside — and knows
her for the girl he has been vainly seeking ever
since the night of the Ball.

Broncho

A Romance of the Sea

By Thomas H. Ince and William H. Clifford
Feb. 11, 1914
CAST

Capt. Rood Mr. Adair

Ethel Byrd Miss Radcliffe

Roderick Burton Mr. Edwards

Master Bell Mr. Belasco

Landlord Mr. Standing

Pirate Captain Mr. Kortman

Boatswain Mr. Hamilton

Master Bell, an old salt, hears that Roderick
Due, the former mate of a pirate craft, has
escaped, and is looking for him. Bell is in pos-
session of a chart locating a wonderful treasure
chest — and before he can get away with the chart,
Due and a band of sailors attack him. The old
man is saved by Captain Rood and his sweetheart,
Ethel — and on his deathbed he reveals to Rood
the secret of the hidden treasure, giving him the
chart. Rood mans a ship to seek the treasure.
Due manages to get himself and his band hired

Kay-'Bee

The Colonel's Adopted Daughter

Feb. 10, 1914
CAST

Col. Hastings Mr. Edwards

Papoose Miss Little

Lieut. White Mr. Withey

Mrs. Hastings Mrs. Morrison

Black Cloud Goodbog

Colonel Hastings and his troops defeat Black
Cloud and his warriors in an attack upon a
Western settlement. Black Cloud escapes — the
Indian village is wiped out — and its only survivor,
an Indian baby, is carred home by the Colonel.
Mrs. Hastings has recently lost her baby. She
adopts the little papoose, and later sends her to
an Eastern school. On her return from the East,
the Indian girl feels instinctively that the officers
and their wives, at the army Post, consider her
beneath them. She realizes that she is an alien,
and as the weeks pass, she becomes profoundly
melancholy. Word comes that Black Cloud has
escaped from the Reservation with a band of
warriors. The Colonel captures him and brings
him to the Post where he is imprisoned in the
Guard House. The Indian girl overhears the
Colonel and his wife deciding to keep her parent-
age a secret. Disguising herself as a soldier, she
goes to her father's rescue. But just as they are
making their escape, a guard discovers them and
gives the signal to the Colonel who rushes out,
gun cocked. He fires — and his adopted daughter
falls, wounded. Black Cloud flees — and the girl,
who has sacrificed her life for his freedom, dies
in the Colonel's arms.

Reel Life

15

The Arrow Maker's Daughter

By Richard V. Spencer and Thomas H. Ince
Feb. 13, 1914
CAST

Grey Feather Miss Lederer

Fortune Teller Eagle Shirt

White Arrow Swallow

Arrow Maker Lone Bear

Grey Feather, the daughter of the blind
Arrow Maker, is ,in love with White Ar-
row, the son of the Sioux war chief. "The
Grey Woman of Many Sorrows," the
Indian fortune teller, warns Grey Feather
of approaching danger to her lover, and
she tries to dissuade the young warrior
from the hunt. He goes, nevertheless, and
is seriously wo jnded. Little Elk, his
companion, appeals to a passing wagon
train for help. The white men, wishing to
keep on the friendly side of the Indians,'
give the wounded brave shelter, until the
Sioux can come to his rescue. Meanwhile, a
band of Crow hostiles approaches — and the
Sioux arrive just in time to join in de-
fense of the wagon train. A fierce battle
ensues, in which the Crows are practically
all killed. The pioneers are deeply grate-
ful to the Sioux, and White Arrow is taken
safely back to his own people.

i

Fate's Decree

By Philip Lonergan
Feb. 14, 1914
CAST

Eleanor Billie West

John Graves, her husband William Garwood

Jim Dunn, an old suitor J. MacDonald

Dad Dick Cummings

Pedro Fred Hamer

Jim Dunn could never forgive John Graves
for winning the woman he had set his own
heart on — and at length he determi-ned to get
his revenge. Coming in upon Eleanor alone in
the house one day, he overpowers her, drags hei-
to the room above the kitchen, and binds and
gags her. Then he puts poison in the water
pitcher on the kitchen table. Familiar with
Grave's habits, he knows that when he comes
home from work, the first thing he will do is to
drink from the pitcher. Through a hole in the
floor, Eleanor sees her husband enter and approach
the pitcher. Gagged and helpless, she is in agony.
Then, just as he is lifting the glass, full of the
poisoned water, a man hurls himself into the
room, knife raised. Graves drops the glass to
wrestle for his life. Eleanor sees him knock the
fellow senseless, and then she hears him com-
ing upstairs. He finds her, and frees her, learning
the whole story. Doubtless Jim Dunn sent the
blackguard to finish up his evil job. Half an
hour later, Graves and his wife are tracking
Dunn. They catch sight of him clambering up
the mountain side, and Graves lifts his rifle — but
Eleanor in horror, detains his aim. The next
moment, the rocks begin to slide down the side
of the ravine — Dunn loses his footing. They see
him struggle wildly, catching hold of roots and
bushes as he falls — then he lies in a crumpled
heap at the bottom of the ravine. When they
came up to him, he was dead. Thus Fate some-
times settles human revenge in its own way.

A Turn of the Cards

By Phillip Lonergan
Feb. 8, 1914
CAST

Jack Richards William Garwood

Dorothea, his young wife . . . . Jessalyn Van Trump
David, their son, aged 5 years.. Edna Mae Wilson

Mae Marsh

Billy Taylor William Nigh

Mr. Gray, a banker Howard Davies

Dr. Jones Lee Hill

Dr. Stevens D. Gilfeather

Nurse Florence Vincent

John Richards, the paying teller, was a hard
worker — and not to be tempted by man or
the devil. His assistant in the bank, Billy Tay-
lor, was a bachelor who lived far beyond his
means. Unknown to anybody, he had embezzled
the bank funds, and was plotting to implicate
Richards. His opportunity came when the head
teller's little boy fell ill. An expensive operation
was the only hope — and the bank president re-
fused to give Richards the advance money he
asked. Soi, when the tempter whispered in his
ear in the person of Taylor, the distraught father
yielded. Both tellers were discovered in their
guilt, and officers were sent to arrest them. At
the time, Richards was sitting in his room, await-
ing the outcome of the operation in the adjoining
chamber. His wife who was with the child, was
mercilessly spared the knowledge of his plight.
Brought before Gray, the president, the evidence
was conclusive — and there was nothing to do but
own to the embezzlement. Their employer was an
erratic man, somewhat superstitious, and flinging a
pack of cards on the table, he said, "The winner
keeps his job — the loser goes to jail? The two
men drew — Richards lost — and was turning away
in the custody of an officer, when Gray suddenly
darted his hand up Taylor's sleeve — and brought
down several cards. Scornfully, he commanded
the officer to release Richards and take Taylor in
his place. Just then the telephone bell rang and
Richards heard the joyful news that his boy was
safe.

Just a Song at Twilight

Feb. 10, 1914

CAST

Granddad Dick Cummings

Helen, 18 years old Elsie Greeson

Tom, 10 years old Parker Oliver

Lucy, 11 years old Edna Mae Wilson

Mrs. Brown Metta White

Roger Ernest Joy

Granddad and his three grandchildren had

always lived together in peace and content-
ment, on their little farm in the mountains.
Then, the summer that Helen was eighteen,
Mrs. Brown came to the Flume, and fell in
love with Helen's youth and attractiveness.
Reluctantly granddad consented to let her
go back with the fine lady to her city
home. * Swept off her feet by the glitter
and distraction of society life, Helen be-
came foolishly ashamed of the old ties.
Her letters were fewer and fewer — at
length they ceased altogether — and grand-
dad grew very sad and old, so that little
Tom and Lucy were at a loss to comfort
him. Then, one day, they decided that
the only thing to do was to find Helen
and bring her home. They took their sav-
ings out of the little tin bank and started.
A teamster gave them a lift and put them
aboard the train, and before granddad
missed thems they were rushing on their
way to the great city. A week later, two
forlorn waifs were singing in the street
under the windows of a fine mansion. The
girl, sitting alone in the twilight within,
recognized the old songs she had taught
her little brother and sister at home, A
sudden homesickness surged over her, and
she sent her maid to bring the wayfarers
in. A moment after Helen found herself
face to face with little Tom and Lucy.
Just then a young man came bounding
up the steps of the house and into the
drawing room — and Helen ran into his
arms, laughing and crying. She tried to tell tte
children that Roger was her husband, and to
explain to him that these little wanderers were her
own brother and sister whom she had so long
forgotten and neglected. Roger welcomed the
children warmly — and the next day they all
went back to the cottage in the mountains. So,
at last, granddad and his family were happily re-
united.

Prliic©ss

A Tangled Cat

Feb. 13, 1914
CAST

Martha Fana Bourke

Rose, her niece Muriel Ostriche

Jim, his hired man Ed Ford

Arabella, his wife Miss Hastings

Ben, his nephew from the city.... Boyd Marshall
Perry, Silas' son J. F. Schubert

Martha, a country spinster, lives with her
very pretty niece. Rose Marie. Their neighbor,
Silas Miller, has a family reunion, and, in order
to accommodate all the guests, he asks Martha
and Rose to take in his hired man, Jim, over
night. They consent — but when they have gone
to their room, Martha confesses to her niece that
she is afraid of the hired man and intends to
|Sit up. Rose laughs at her — but scarcely is she
in bed before they begin to hear strange sounds
on the other side of the partition. They soon
conclude that Jim is rummaging the wardrobe,
meaning to steal their belongings. Then from the
kitchen below come still stranger sounds, stealthy
and terrifying. The noises and the women's fears
increase. At last they can stand it no longer,
and they flee the house. The fugitives arrive
at the reunion with the blood curdling tale of
Jim's treachery. Silas, seeing his hired man run-
ning back down the road the women have recently
taken, shoots at him. Meanwhile, Ben, the city
nephew, has lost his heart to Rose Marie. He
insists on escorting the ladies home. On their
return they bravely break into the kitchen — to
find the cat, plastered over with sticky fly paper,
cavorting around the room in wild eff'orts to
free herself. Everybody laughs heartily — but Ben
solemnly declares that Rose Marie needs a pro-
tector, and that if she will have him, he will
assume the responsibility of her safety for the
rest of his days.

"The Idler"

'The Hospital Scene"

Geisha Theatre Opened

The Geisha, located on Bridge street, just east of Main street,
opened Monday night at 7.30 o'clock for its initial performance,
with every seat taken. The theatre will present a continuous per-
formance each day from 12 o'clock noon until 10.30 in the evening.
There will he a change of program twice each week. The theatre
is owned by the Geisha amusement company, which is composed
of Springfield men, and the building is of Japanese design through-
out. It is believed to be the first of its kind in this country.

The theatre itself was conceived for those who like good moving-
picture plays of a high character, and accordingly several Spring-
field business men formed the Geisha company and asked George
P. Alderman, the architect, to design something of Japanese char-
acter. He went to Smith college and studied Japanese architecture,
and the result was the present building, which he designed in col-
laboration with Hans Guterman, the decorator. The scheme is
supposed to be correct in every detail. The Japanese in their
lighting effects have nothing adaptable to our lighting sys-
tem, but the Tuohey company developed designs to secure
as nearly as possible the Japanese style, and the complete
result has been the construction of a theatre as unique as any in
the country.

To bring it to the high standard set for it upholstered leather
seats of the highest character have been installed and the building
has been equipped with a vacuum cleaning system to keep it im-
maculate. The ventilation is also of latest construction and operates
perfectly. Two machines of the latest type are operated and the
pictures produced are very clear in outline.

The outside design is purely Japanese, resembling in its archi-
tecture a Japanese temple, and the lighting effects in connection
with the design are very elaborately carried out. The foyer repre-
sents the interior of such a temple, and there are two shinto lamps,
one red and the other white, on either side, these being exact re-
productions. Just within the auditorium there is a stairway to the

balcony and the floor slopes down to the stage. The appointments
are as nearly perfect as present-day theatre designing knows. The
stage forms a regular Japanese temple with its curved roof, quaint
lines and coloring. The finish of the ceiling is in old blue and the
side walls are a burnt orange, frescoed in a Japanese design. Ris-
ing from the floor some 10 feet there is a green panel with a gold
border running around the entire theatre. The Japanese lighting
effects center around an umbrella cluster in the center. The balcony
seats 120 and the main floor 400. — Springfield Republican.

His Table Manners

"The charity worker,' says one of them, "is always learning. We
can learn much from the destitute. Thus, apropos of the affecta-
tion of some of our table etiquette, I once heard a ragged little
chap at a school treat say, as he held a chicken leg in one fist and
a hot potato in the other:

" 'The trouble about table manners is that they was invented
by people who was never very hungry.' "

Talked Through His Nose

A Scotchman visiting in America stood gazing at a fine statue of
George Washington, when an American approached.

"That was a great and good man, Sandy," said the American ;
"a lie never passed his lips."

"Weel," said the Scot, "I praysume he talked through his nase
like the rest of ye." — Exchange.

Puzzled Her

"I understood the text, all right," remarked Aunt Ann Peebles
after the sermon was over, "but the preacher's explanation of it
puzzled me a good deal." — Chicago Tribune.

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Amarlllo, Tex Mutual Film C. of Texas S04 E. 4th St.

Atlanta, Ga Mutual FUm Corporation 61 Walton St.

Baltimore, Md Mutual Film Exchange 28 W. Lexington St.

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Buffalo, N. Y Mutual Film Corporation 272 Washington St.

Butte, Mont Pacific Mutual Film Corp'n. Illinois BIdg.

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Chicago, III M. F. C. of Illinois 5 S. Wabash Ave.

H. & H. FUm Service Co... 117 N. Dearborn St.

Cincinnati, Ohio The Mutual Film Company.. 17 Opera Place

Cleveland, Ohio The Mutual Film Company.. 106 Prospect Ave., S. E.

Columbus, Ohio The Mutual Film Company.. 422 N. High St.

Dallas, Texas Mutual Film C. of Texas. . .1807 Main St.

Denver, Colo Colorado M. F. C 21 Iron Bldg.

Des Moines, Iowa Mutual FOm Corporation Cohen Bldg.

Detroit, Mich Mutual Film Corporation 97 Woodward Ave. *

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Snniay, February 22nd

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Your chance for the "first showing" in your town of Victor Hugo's "RUY BLAS,"
by New Majestic, makers of Florence Roberts' "Sapho," unless you book immediately.

"A TURN OF THE CARDS." Human interest study. Out Sunday, Feb. 8th.
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Howard Davies, Lee Hill, Dave Gilfeather, Florence Vincent, Fred Hamer, W. A.
Lowery, and J. W. Cornwall. "JUST A SONG AT TWILIGHT." After the
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RELEASED MONDAY FEBRUARY 9th

DUIl mUTAL GIRL

CHAPTER

W

Margaret discovers the stolen necklace in her muff — Detectives visit the count and run down new clues,
while Margaret and her wealthy aunt buy magnificent gowns, meet leading New York millionaires at Piping Rock
Races, visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Miss Billy Burke, the famous actress, and enlist the aid of
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Strong Heart Interest
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11 ;mjia;^;nii s

RELEASED WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11

A beautiful child story by A. H. Giebler
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Russell E. Smith's unique drama of a
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RELEASE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11th, 1914

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Life of Christ

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PRODUCED IN A PERFECT STUDIO AT NEW ROCHELLE,
N. Y., THE HOME OF PERFECT PICTURES

Release of FRIDAY, February 13th, 1914

One of Those Pretty Human Interest Stories that Have
Made PRINCESS Famous

WITH

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(The Little Princess)

B©YI> MAHSHALL

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Any APOLLO is a Real Comedy."

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Reel Life

" ^ i In the

'Ov' )U Land of

(4 REELS)

» , ^" rFROM THE BIBLE STORY

^*^;^)y p'^ ^ A Thanhoeser Production

Featuring JAMES CRUZE and

MARGUERITE SNOW

s^A Beautiful Picture of the Well-known Story

(3 REELS)

66 ^'■piS
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99

(5 REELS)

/with Col. Roosevelt

A 3% M'tit'tinl ?©ttiire

Featuring MAE MARSH and ROBERT HARRON

Produced under the direction of D. W. GRIFFITH
and is based on the question of an equal moral
standard

rho Wratli of

(4 REELS)

Tfee Escn:!)i

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/'Featuring Miss AOKI and full Japanese Company
J Produced by the

under the direction of THOMAS H. INGE
This picture shows the destruction done by the
Volcano Sakuri-Iami

rSTORY BY PAUL ARMSTRONG
^ An "R & M" Production

Produced under direction of D. W. GRIFFITH
A Big Strong Stirring Picture More Details Later

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Res! Life

35

Explains How to Ship Explosives

The proper method o>f handling, packing and shipping of ex-
,'plosives, together with the federal and Canadian commerce com-
'mission rulings pertaining to the shipping of explosives were illus-
trated by means of motion pictures and supplemented with a lecture
by H. F. Estes, interstate commerce commission inspector, Friday
night, at the Chamber of Commerce rooms.

Explosives of every kind from, volatile acids to intangible gases
were explained to the large audience of shippers, expressmen and
railroad employes. Oklahoma City's growing importance as t'h€
oil and gas center of the state was the occasion of the presence of
many dealers in oil, gas and kindred industries.

Every substance, both tangible and intangible, that contains a
"kick" was illustrated, both upon the motion picture canvas and by
bringing small portions in contact with heat from lighted matches.

In 1909 the railroads importuned congress to enact a measure
that would provide uniform rules for the packing and shipping of
explosives, which was done and the Canadian government co-
operated by adopting the same code. Enforcement of the rules
for shipping are in a large measure placed within the jurisdiction
of the bureau of explosives of the United States and Canada.

A color scheme has been worked into labels, by the bureau, and
explosives are classed according to their danger and each class
given an exclusive color tag which must be attached at the time of
shipment.

Inspector Estes' lecture revealed the ifact that many articles com-
monly believed to be harmless contain elements and compounds that
are highly explosive. Lemon extract, such as is to be found in al-
most every household was shown by a practical illustration to have
a low flash point. Estes ignited by heat small portions of rubber
cement, clothes cleaning compounds, leather dressings and paint
for the purpose of showing their dangerous nature.

Since the creation of the bureau in 1909 the death list of ex-

Harry PolUrcJ and Marguerite Fischer in "The Wife'

Princess

Fan Bourke and Muriel Ostriche in "The Tangled Cat"

press and freight employes has decreased. No deaths, traceable
to the handling of explosives occurred among the employes during
the year 1913.

On the canvass were thrown pictures of wrecked depots and
freight cars, the result of explosives being carelessly handled, prior
to the inauguration of the system of having each dangerous pack-
age designated with bright colored caution tags.

The federal law imposes upon shippers a possible fine of $2,000
together with eighteen months' imprisonment for failing to desig-
nate as "dangerous" explosives given to common carriers for ship-
ment.

Horrible Hazing

"Have you heard what Mabel's fraternity did to her?"
"They have terrible initiations, I understand."
"That's what. They ordered her to help her mother with the
dishes for a month." — Kansas City Journal.

Cost of Production

"Farm products cost more than they used to."

"Yes," replied Mr. Corntossel. "When a farmer is supposed to
know the botanical name of what he's raisin' an' the zoological
name of the insect that eats it an' the chemical name of what will
kill it, somebody's got to pay." — Washington Star.

Nothing Serious

• "Was I full when you saw me last night?"
"I wouldn't like to say that."
"Come on. What was I doing?"

"Well, y,0H were challe}igin| ^ lamppost for a race."— i^ojwas
City Jfyurml.

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Rml Life

"The Colonel's Adopted Daughter" Kay-Bee

The Risque Film Must Go

Julius Singer, a dealer in films, who was arrested last week on
a charge of putting out an improper picture, got small sympathy
from other motion picture men yesterday.

Mr. Singer made a speech to seventy-five members of the Mis-
souri branch of the Motion Picture Exhibitor's League at the Sex-
ton Hotel.

"I put in a line of church pictures," said Mr. Singer, "and they
remained on the s'helf. Nobody wanted them. The people demand
sensations and I have got to live. We have to submit to every
Heck in the country who thinks he knows how to censor a picture.
The first thing you know we will have a state law and then you
men will 'have to sit around and wait for the state to pass on your
films. We must get together."

F. L. Welch, proprietor of the Empire Theatre, was on his feet
the moment Mr. Singer sat down.

"When Mr. Singer says church pictures won't go, he is wrong.
The people, are demanding good pictures. It used to be that they
wanted a Western picture every night, but that day is past. My
patrons are not demanding sensational pictures."

J. H. Gilday of the Broadmoor Theatre agreed with Mr. Welch.

"I defy any man to put sensational films in my show. Look at
that!" and the speaker pointed to a poster describing a film called
"Shadows of Sin." "It is just such pictures as that which make
more exacting censorship laws,'' he continued. "The sensation must
go."

"I was one of the first men to try and uplift the business," said
Mr. Singer in defense, "but I lost money at it. I have to live and
I must give the people what they demand."

Good News First

"It's great tidings I have for you, Delia. Tlie new boss have
raised all the men's wages."
"Glory be, Michael."

"Not so fast, Delia — the new boss have fired all the men." —
Pittsburg Press.

Wants "Movies" in Public Schools of the State

South Carolina will take an advance step in educational matters,
if the bill suggested by E. E. Verner, the Senator from Oconee,
passes the House and Senate. Mr. Verner's bill provides for moving
pictures in the schools of this state. The bill is as follows :

Section 1. That the several boards of trustees of the several
school districts in any county in this state are hereby authorized
and empowered to purchase and fit out from any funds now on hand
or hereafter collected for the support and maintenance of the pub-
lic school oif any school district in this state and operate a picture
show in connection with any or all of the schools within their sev-
eral districts, for the education, entertainment and benefit of the
pupils and patrons of the schools ; provided, that one-half of the
cost thereof shall first be raised by private subscription or otherwise.

Sec. 2. That all acts or parts of acts in conflict with the pro-
visions of this act are hereby repealed. — Rock Hill Herald.

Placed

(From Judge).

Teacher — Now, James, do you understand the meaning of the
word "extinct?"
James — Yes'm.

Teacher — Then name one bird that is now extinct.
James — Chipper.

Teacher — Chipper? What kind of bird is that?
James — My pet pigeon. The cat caught him this morning. —
Reading Telegram.

As it Impressed Him

Harold noticed a protuberance on grandma's chin and was deeply
concerned.

"What is that?" he demanded.
. "A mole."

"Poor grandma !" exclaimed the urchin. "She's getting old and
moldy."

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"The Arrowmaker's Daughter" (2) FEB. 13

"The Mystery Lady" (2) FEB. 12

"Romance of the Sea" (2) FEB. 11

"The Dancer" (2) FEB. 10

"The Lost Treasure" (3) FEB. 9

"Divorce" (2) FEB. 6

"O Mimi San" (2) FEB. 5

"A New England Idyl" (2) FEB. 4

"The Woman Pays" (3) FEB. 4

"The Portrait of Anita" (2) FEB. 3

"The Hermit" (2) FEB. 2

"A Blowout at Santa Banana" (2) JAN. 26

"The Thief and the Book" (2) JAN. 25

"The Informer" (2) , JAN. 22

"Conscience" (2) JAN. 21

"The Return of Helen Redmond" (2) JAN. 19

"In the Clutches of the Gang" (2) JAN. 17

"The Faith of Her Fathers" (2) JAN. 17

"Circle of Fate" (2) JAN. 16

"The Primitive Call" (3) JAN. 15

"Destinies Fulfilled" (3) JAN. 12

"The Runaway Princess" (3) JAN. 9

"The Narcotic Spectre" (2) JAN. 9

"The Harp of Tara" (2) JAN. 8

"A Military Judas" (3) JAN. 7

"The Power of Light" (2)..^ JAN. 5

"True Irish Hearts" (3) ; JAN. 1

"The Woman" (2) DEC. 31

"In the Firelight" (2) DEC. 29

"Giovanni's Gratitude" (2) ."...DEC. 27

"Eileen of Erin" (2) DEC. 25

"Her Father':; Story" (2) DEC. 24

"An Orphan's Romance" (2) DEC. 23

"The Shriner's Daughter" (2) DEC. 22

"Jack and the Beanstalk" (2) DEC. 19

"The Pitfall" (2) DEC. 19

"The Curse" (2) DEC. 18

"The Open Door" (2) DEC. 17

"Where The Road Forks" DEC. 15

"Soul of the South" (2) DEC. 12

"Devotion" (2) DEC. 11

"Romance and Duty" (2) DEC 9

"For Another's Crime" (2) DEC. 6

"The Filly" (2) DEC. 4

"The Buried Past" (2).. DEC. 3

"American Born" (2) ..DEC. 1

"The Belle of Yorktown" (3).... NOV. 27

"The Blight of Wealth" (2) NOV. 25

"Witch of Salem" (2) NOV. 20

"The War Correspondent" (2) NOV. 19

"L'Article 47" (2) NOV. 18

"The Trail of the Lost Chord" (2) NOV. 17

"For Love of a Man" (2) NOV. 15

"The Ghost" (2) NOV. 13

"The Imposter" (2) NOV. 12

"The Judgment" (2) NOV. 6

"The Veteran" (2) NOV 5

"The Junior Partner" (2) NOV. 4

"Widow Maloney's Faith" (2) OCT. 30

"From Out of the Storm" (2) OCT. 29

"The Oath of O Tsuru San" (2) OCT. 28

"In the Days of Trajan" (2) OCT. 27

"Hearts" (2) OCT. 25

"The Heart of Kathleen" OCT. 23

"Making of a Perfect Projector"

BULLETIN NO. 8

Threading — With the exception of the machine itself, nothing could illustrate more graphically the ease
with which the film can be threaded in the mechanism, than the following four illlustrations:

Simiiliclty of thread-
ing was borne in mind
when this machine
was designed and it
has been one of the
primary reasons for
the success of its sale
to modern theatres.
Consistent with this
idea a glance at the
illustrations clearly
demonstrates that
there is nothing to
hinder the operator in
making a quick
change from one reel
to another. It has of-
ten been said by e.x-
pert operators that
they can take a film
out of Simplex pro-
jector and re-thread
with another in
quicl-ter time than they
can on any other ma-
chme. You will ob-
serve that the film can
be removed from the
magazine without re-
splicing, as the valves
are slotted.

Figure No. 1 illus-
trates the method
CI putting the film
through the magazine
\alve and on to the
top feed sprocket be-
fore forming the loop.

Figure No. 2 illus-
trates the threading
of the film through
the film trap bv form-
ing the upper loop
with the first finger
of the left hand and
gripping tlie film be-
low the intermittent
sprocket with the
thumb and second fin-
ger of the right hand,
and closing the film
trap trip lever. No.
645, with the incle.\
finger.

Figure No. 3 illus-
trates the method of
forming the lower
loop, threading the
film on to the lower
feed sprocket and
closing the lower feed
sprocket roll arm by a
downward pressure
with the thumb of the
right hand.

The film is then in-
serted through the fire
valve by means of the
slot in the base of the
mechanism and is
tlien fastened on to
the lower reel so as to
re-wind to the right.

Figure No. 4 sliows
the machine complete-
ly threaded from the
top reel to the feed
sprocket, through the
film trap and on to
the lower feed sproc-
ket and the takeup
reel.

It is almost needless
to make any further
remarks in reference
to the simplicity of
threading and the sav-
ing of time.

FIGURE No. 1

FIGURE No. 3

FIGURE No 2

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MONDAY — American, Keystone,
Reliance.

TUESDAY— Kay Bee, Majestic,
Thanhouser. Selected Release.

WEDNESDAY— Beauty, Broncho,
Mutual Weekly, Reliance.

THURSDAY— American, Domino,
Komic, Keystone. Selected Release.

FRIDAY — Kay Bee, Princess,
Thanhouser.

SATURDAY— American, Key-
stone, Majestic, Reliance.

SUNDAY— Apollo, .Majestic, Than-
houser.

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-No release

-The Rose of San Juan

-In the Firelight

-No release

-The Miser's Policy

-The Power of Light (2)

-No release

-The Love of Thomas Gray
-Destinies Fulfilled (3)
-No release
-Unto the Weak

-The Return of Helen Redmond (2)
-No release

-At the Potter's Wheel

-A Blowout at Santa Banana (2)

-No release

-Calamity Anne In Society
-The Hermit (2)
-True Western Hearts
-No release

-The Lost Treasure (3)

-No release

-The Money Lender

-The Cricket On the Hearth (2)

-No release

-The "Pote Lariat" of the "Flying A"

28 — The Fresh Freshman
1 — The Tale of a Shirt
11— A Swell Dish

Whose Baby Are You?

18 — An Accidental Baby
25 — It's a Bear!
1 — The Great Pasadena
ment

8 — One-Round O'Brien
Again

IS — The Black Hand Conspiracy
22 — Up In the Air Over Sadie

(Split Reel)

Rose Tourna-
in the Ring

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21 — Fooling Uncle
28 — Bess, the Outcast
11— The Wife
18 — The Sacrifice

24— Her Father's Story (2)
31— The Woman (2)

7 — A Military Judas (3)
14 — The Cure
21 — Conscience

28 — Romance of Sunshine Alley
4 — A New England Idyl (2)
11 — Romance of the Sea (2)
18 — Yellow Flame (2)

DoraMo

Dec. 25— Eileen of Erin (2)
Jan. 1 — True Irish Hearts
Jan. 8— The Harp of Tara (2)
Jan. 15— The Primitive Call (3)
Jan. 22 — The Informer (2)
Jan. 29 — Heart of Woman (3)
Feb. 5-0 Mimi San (2)
Feb. 12— The Mystery Lady (2)
Feb. 19 — The Play's the Thing (2)

1.9— The Pitfall (2)
23 — No release

26 — The Harvest of Sin
2 — Prince

9 — The Narcotic Spectre (2)

16 — Circle of Fate (2)
23 — Kentucky Romance

27 — Her Brother's Sake
30 — Divorce (2)

6 — The Secret Lode
10 — The Colonel's Adopted Daughter
13 — The Arrowmaker's Daughter

17 — No release
20— The Raiders (2)

X8

'Kouilo

8 — Chasing Gloom

The Servant Question (Split
IS — Walt's Photograph

The Vapor Bath (Split
22 — What the Burglar Got

The Wild Man From Borneo
(Split

29 — The Physical Culture Bug
The Scheme That Failed
5 — My Wife's Away — The Sleepy

12 — That Spring Lock

The Plumber and Percy

19 — A Birthday _ Present
Getting a Suit Pressed

(Split
(Split
(Split

Reel)
Reel)

Reel)

Head
Reel)

Reel)

Reel)

Dec. 6 — The Helping Hand

Dec. 7 — Rick's Redemption

Dec. 9 — Romance and Duty (2)

Dec. 13 — No release

Dec. 14— The Rival Pitchers

Dec. 16 — The God of To-morrow

Dec. 20 — Man's Awakening

Dec. 21 — The Prisoner of the Mountains

Dec. 23 — Mrs. Brown's Burglar

Dec. 27 — The Pride of the Force

Dec. 28 — Helen's Strategem

Dec. 30— The Baby

Jan. 3 — Educating His Daughters

Jan. 4 — Mollie and the Oil King

Jan. 6 — The Ten of Spades

Jan. 10 — The Sorority Initiation

Jan. 11 — A Ticket to Red Gulch

Jan. 13 — Jake's Hoodoo

Jan. 17 — The Lackey

Jan. 18— What the Crystal Told

Jan. 20— The Ring

Jan. 24 — The Power of Mind

Jan. 2S— The Thief and the Book (2)

Jan. 27 — No release

Jan. 31 — A Riot in Rubeville

Feb. 1 — The \^engeance of Najerra

Feb. 3— The Portrait of Anita <2)

Feb. 7 — No release

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Oct. 29-
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Dec. 24-

-A Turn of the Cards

-Just a Song at Twilight

-Fate's Decree

-The Orange Bandit

-The Clerk

-The Higher Law

-The Reform Candidate (3)

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-No.
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Dec. 31 — No. 53

Jan. 7 — No. S4

Jan. 14 — No. 55

Jan. 21 — No. 56

Tan. 28 — No. 57

Feb. 4 — No. 58

Feb. 11 — No. S9

Feb. 18— No. 60'

15 — The Gusher

18 — Fatty's Flirtation

Protecting San Francisco From Fire
(Split Reel)

20— His Sister's Kids
22— A Bad Game

25 — Some Nerve

29 — He Would A Hunting Go

1 — A Misplaced Foot

A Glimpse of Los Angeles

(Split Reel)
5 — Mabel's Stormy Love Affair

8— The Under Sheriff
12 — A Flirt's . Mistake

15 — How Motion Pictures Are Made
17 — In the Clutches of the Gang

19 — Too !Many Brides
22 — Won In a Closet

24 — Rebecca's Wedding Day

26 — Double Crossed

29 — Little Billie's Triumph
31 — ^Mabel's Bare Escape

2 — Making a Living

5 — Little Billie's Strategy
7 — Kid Autoraces at Venice

Olive and Their Oil (Split Reel)

9 — Mabel's Strange Predicament
12 — A Robust Romeo

16 — Baffles, Gentleman Burglar (2)
19 — A Thief Catcher

21 — Love and Gasoline

Dec. 26 — Cupid's Lieutenant

Jan. 2 — A Rural Free Delivery Romance

Jan. 9 — A Circumstantial Nurse

Jan. 16 — When the Cat Came Back

Jan. 23 — The Vacant Chair

Jan. 30 — The Purse and the Girl

Feb. 6 — Where Paths Diverge

Feb. 13 — The Tangled Cat

Feb. 20— All's Well That Ends Well

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13 — A ilan's a Man

16 — The flighty Atom

17 — The Pseudo Prodigal

22 — The Flyleaf of Fate
24 — The Alternative

27 — Giavonni's Gratitude (2)

29 — Daybreak

31 — His Awful Vengeance
Seeing Stars and Stripes

(Split Reel)

3 — Some Rogues and a Girl

5 — The Loafer

7 — The Sacrifice

10 — The Psychological Moment

12 — Slim Hogan's Getaway j

14 — The Two Slaves

17— The Faith of Her Fathers

19— Our Mutual Girl (No. 1)
21— The Man

24 — The Hidden Clue

26— Our Mutual Girl (No. 2)

28— Tricked Bv a Photograph
31— Too Proud to Beg

2— Our Mutual Girl (No. 3)

4 — The Janitor

7— For His Master (2)

9— Our Mutual Girl (No. 4)

11 — Pat Fannagan's Family

14— The Idler

16— Our Mutual Girl (No. S)

18 — A Working Girl's Romance
21 — An Interrupted Seance

19 — Jack and the Beanstalk

The Bushleaguer's Dream (2)

21 — No release

23 — An Orphan's Romance (2)

26 — His Father's Wife
28— The Head Waiter

30 — An Amateur Animal Trainer

2 — Their Golden Wedding
4 — Mrs. Pinkhurst's Proxy

6 — The Runaway Princess (3)
9 — No release

11 — Two Little Dromios

13 — .\drift in a Great City

16 — Coals of Fire

18 — Turkey Trot Town

20 — Her Love Letters

23 — An Elusive Diamond

25 — The Elevator Man

27 — The Woman Pays
30 — No release

1 — Why Reginald Reformed

3 — Twins and a Stepmother.

6 — The Success of Selfishness

8 — Percv's First Holiday
10 — The Dancer (2)

13 — No release

15— The Skating Master

17 — A Leak in the Foreign Office (2)

20 — No release

22 — A Can of Baked Beans

To Riley Chamberlin

The moon has oft been old and new

Since gay we ganged to see
The favorites that fetched us to

The Old Academic;
But still the spell, the "hoops of steel,"

He cast around us then
As fresh and firm to-night we feel

For Riley Chamberlin.

When clearly looms upon the screen

The brand of New Rochelle,
Expectant as we forward lean,

Our loyal bosoms swell;
Fond memories that faithful cling

Are moving us again
As friendly lips are whispering:

" 'Tis Riley Chamberlin."

No stilted strides and gestures mar

His eloquence. In fact,
So natural his movements are.

He seemeth not to act.
And thus I voice the faith of some

Discriminating men:
"The Jefferson of Picturedom

Is Riley Chamberlin."

PATRICK J. NOLAN.

Milwaukee, 1914.

Now a Studio Has a Green Room

In their efforts to completely outstrip the thea-
tre as the workship for the best players, the
picture studios have scored again. Thanhouser
did it, with one of the best appointed "green
rooms" that actorfolk ever lounged in. President
Hite, whose interest in his players is well known,
figured that the high grade actors flocking from
the legitimate stage to the studio stage of late
deserved as fine accommodations for their com-
fort as the best legitimate houses ever provided.
So the pretty green room under the new Than-
houser stage resulted. It is painted a real Emer-
ald green and there are "comfy" chairs, books,
magazines and palms — ^all proving that you can't
keep these mere picture studios downl

Majestic Has Many Dramatic Themes

The Majestic has lately turned its attention to
dramatic themes, and a number of stirring plays
have been the result. "The Reform Candidate,"
a strong three reel play, is one of the most pre-
tentious offerings staged at the California studio.
In this the popular Francelia Billington appears
in the odd role of a messenger boy, and a hand-
some boy she naturally makes! Thanks to the
disguise, she wins the day for the "Reform Can-
didate!" Lamar Johnstone, Clara Byers, Eugene
Pallette, and Ernest Joy have the principal roles,
and the drama, which deals with political condi-
tions, it is confidently believed will score heavily.
"The Clerk" deals with a problem in our social
life, the slave of the office, who has no labor union
to champion his cause, and who faces a lifetime
of drudgery. William Nigh plays the part of the
clerkj, afraid of his employer and fearful that he
will lose his position. Jessalyn Van Trump is the
girl who comes into his life and changes it, so
that when the employer marries the girl and
blights her life, the clerk sacrifices his own future
to punish the man who was faithless t ^ the woman
he loved.

Cooley Becomes Assistant to Pollard

Frank Cooley, popular in stock, particularly on
the Coast, has been engaged as assistant to Harry
Pollard in the production of "Beauty" subjects.

"The Carbon Copy"

In this American subject it is attempted to show
where loyalty to the employer induces an employee
to exert herself to the utmost. Her zeal is appre-
ciated but she falls a victim to the charms of her
prey, experiences a remorse so strong that she
marries the man she set out to betray.

Thanhotis

Thomas H. Weisman
Playing in "Diplomatic Free Lance" Series

Hutchinson and Freuler Go To Pacific
Coast

Samuel S. Hutchinson, president of the Ameri-
can Film Mfg. Co., and Mrs. Hutchinson, ac-
companied by J. R. Freuler, vice-president of the
Mutual and secretary and treasurer of the Ameri-
can Film Mfg. Co., and Mrs. Freuler, left for
California on Saturday, Jan. 31st.

The Motion Picture Is Esperanto

Statement of C. J. Hite. Thanhouser Head, in
Address Before New York Theatre Club —
First Film Manufacturer to Face Public
Bodv in Behalf of Pictures.
TJirough a talk to the New York Theatre Club
at the Hotel Astor, New York City, January 27th,
C. J. Hite, President of Thanhouser, goes down
in film history as the first manufacturer to ad-
dress a public body in defense of the motion pic-
ture. Mr. Hite has felt much resentment at re-
cent attacks on the pictures and it was this feeling
that induced him to try out as a public defender
of the screen play before an organization widely
known for its interest in the regular stage.
President Hite made the point that the motion
picture was the real Esperanto, since it spoke a
language all could understand. He said:

"That the moving pictures are a factor of edu-
cation is so evident that it hardly requires dis-
cussion. They are the ideal objective method of
teaching, the simplest and easiest way of convey-
ing knowledge to the observer, irrespective of his
educational attainments, regardless of age, race
or stage of civilization. Inasmuch as a story
told in moving pictures can be understood by all
races without interpretation, they might be con-
sidered a universal language; in fact they are
Esperanto.

"They are in keeping with the age of rapid
transit by facilitating the conveying of informa-
tion. Can you not step into your neighboring
theatre and there be amused with s;enes which
divert the tired brain from its every day strain
and tension; see an interesting theme in fiction;
read a beautiful poem, take a trip across the
continent, abroad through darkest Africa; through
the Holy Lands, through the frigid regions arnd
torrid countries; up in the clouds over the cities;
down in submarine depths, and be surrounded by
fish and animal life and wonderful coral forma-
tion; with perhaps a sermon propounded all in the
space of an hour, besides actually seeing what

would physically be impossible to see in a life-
time in any other way?

"Did you ever stop to think while you were
watching the moving scenes on the screen in your
endeavor to understand them before they pass
beyond your vision that the attempt greatly de-
velops the faculty of perception, thus making the
watching of motion pictures more than a pastime,
— a brain developer, since the ladies form a
majority of the audience.

"It is a proven commercial possibility that we
can illustrate and convey an argument for the good
of humanity and forcibly present it in pictures,
which can be exhibited daily to a half rnillion
people, and in a manner that carries conviction.
It accounts for the dominance of them.

"About a year ago the United States Steel
Corporation came to us and requested us to pre-
pare a story in moving picture form, with the
idea of circulating the same through our theatres,
which would show the human side of this great
company. They wanted to convey to the public
in general that they had a heart; that they were
interested in the education, health and safety of
their employees. It resulted in the following
story. A brother in America writes to Bela in
Poland that he has a job for him. He arrives
. at Ellis Island, tagged to Garey, Ind., the home
of the steel trust, there met the brother, who
''' shows him this wonderful plant and had him
lined up for a job where he starts in on the com-
monest kind of jobs, is promoted from one posi-
tion to another until it brings him in contact with
all the dangerous mechanical devices in places
where his life is jeopardized, but at each turn in
this road of progress through the plant where his
life is endangered a safety signal is displayed,
calling his attention to the danger of injury. He
attends night school and we complete the story
of our hero with respect to the U. S. Steel Cor-
poration by marrying him happily to his little
American night school teacher, with a scene in
their cottage at the table with their family.

"At the present time the Department of Labor
is working on a series of motion pictures which
are to be an argument intended to educate and
impress both capital and labor with the folly of
strikes. This is only one of the great problems
of vital interest to humanity in which motion
pictures may be made a great factor in bringing
contentment and happiness to all races. _ Educa-
tional institutions, after having realized its great
values, are rapidly adopting the objective kinetic
method of training.

"Thus the method will be universally adopted,
sciences can be more easily propounded and since
it is a universal language, arguments between
factions, people and nations can be discussed and
decided on the screen; thus tending to avert and
possibly averting wars, thus improving and spread-
ing civilization in a manner which will raise the
standard of all races.

Kathie Fischer — Beauty

Some children are born with the dramatic tem-
perament, they act with their toys while babies,
as a rule the talent ds inherited. Such a one is
little Kathie Fischer, a really remarkable and
wholly natural little actress and a niece of Mar-
garita Fischer. Kathie has always loved her aunt
and has spent much of her short years watching
her. She has acted a great deal under the di-
rection of Harry Pollard and her list of successes
is surprisingly large for such a little tot.

In "The Sacrifice," Kathie impersonates a little
boy who is taken away from his mother to be
educated by wealthy relatives. Kathie was so
worked up in the scene that she clung to Mar-
garita Fischer and suddenly burst into real tears.
Her naturally sympathetic aunt followed suit and
in a few moments not a single member of the
company had dry eyes. When a child can so
work upon the feelings of those around her there
can be little doubt regarding her future.

The play itself is beautiful, and this one scene
lifts it to a high level — the naturalness of it all
shows on the screen.

Reel life

3

"The Professor's Awakening"

If one loves to see the rolling waves at the
seashore and the breakers on the cliffs all beauti-
fully blended together in a dramatic production,
no better opportunity can be afforded than the
Beauty subject "The Professor's Awakening." It
is a gripping little love story and will be sure to
please. It will be released Wednesday, Feb. 25th.

Keystone Film Co. Press Notes

Mack Sennett, Vice President and Managing
Director of the Keystone Co., is just completing
a picture in which he sends a high speed auto-
mobile through a brick building. For this ef-
fect a complete brick structure was erected in the
studio with mortar, stones and all. In addition,
the stage carpenters spent three days building a
wooden bridge from the street to the studio level.
This was done to give the auto momentum for its
plunge through the wall. For sensationalism and
big action, this picture promises to rival Key-
stone's famous automobile release, "The Fatal
Taxicab."

Keystone recently sent one of its seven com-
panies to the top of Mt. San Antonio to get
snow backgrounds for the picture "A Robust
Romeo." This peak, known to Californians as
"Old Baldy," rises over 10,000 feet and is a land
mark of southern California. The company went
nearly to the top and worked in over four feet
of snow — with one of the players running about
in the ice in bare feet and pajamas, this latter
feat being called for in an unfeeling scenario.
Great difficulty was experienced in reaching the
top because of impassable trails and the heavy
going. Matters were further complicated by lack
of communication, the company being completely
cut off from the rest of the world and having no
word from the home studio for over three days.

Henry Lehrman, a Keystone director, tipped a
$1,500 automobile over a cliff in his last picture,
"Making a Living." A nearly new Studebaker
was used for this effect and when recovered at
the bottom resembled a pile of kindling wood.
This expensive episode cost the Keystone Co. a
good-sized sum but a thrill was to be gotten out
of the story and Keystone took this method of
getting it.

Kay-B®8

The Raiders

By Richard V. Spencer and Thomas H. Ince
Feb. 20, 1914

Mary Evans is the daughter of a moonshiner
in the mountains of Kentucky — ^and two young
mountaineers, Jack Keane and Bill Gale, are
both in love with her. Keane is a fearless, hand-
some fellow, and Mary marries him — incurring
the vengeful enmity of Gale. When he sees
his opportunity to betray the still into the hands
of revenue officers, he acts as spy and guides
the officers to the remote place in the mountains
where the moonshiners are guarding their camp.
A mountain boy, named Cyril, who is out shoot-
ing rabbits, happens to get within earshot of the
"revenues," learning their plans and that Bill
Gale is the traitor. He starts for Mary Keane's
cottage — and though wounded by shot from the
officers' guns, manages to drag himself thither
and give the warning. Evans and his men go to
the rescue, and a fierce battle ensues, in which
Keane receives his death wound, and Gale is also
shot. Gale, however, has the strength to get to
Mary's cottage, where she is anxiously awaitng
her husband's return. When she sees the traitor,
she has at first no mercy on him. But when
the revenue officers are actually at the door, she
impulsively bids the man run for his life. In
the attempt to escape, he is mistaken for a fugi-

Majestic

Willi am Garwood

tive moonshiner, and shot and killed by one of
the "revenues," Mary goes alone in search of
Keane. At the bottom of the ravine, behind the
still, she finds his body lying lifeless among the
rocks.

A Working Girl's Romance

Feb. 18, 1914
CAST

Marion Van Brown, a spoiled heiress,

Hattie Forsythe

Jack Montague, her fiance Charles Lambert

John Van Brown, her father .. Robert Peyton Gibbs

Mrs. Van Brown, her mother Mrs. Balfour

Count De Beaumont, a fortune hunter,

James MacRae

Nell Goodwin, a glove maker. ... Consuelo Bailey

Bob Templeton, her sweetheart Jack Hickock

Nell Goodwin is a glove maker in a large silk
glove factory. She is only nineteen, but the
burdens of life are already heavy on her young
shoulders — for she is engaged to Bob Templeton
but neither sees any hope of marrying, because of
the mortgage on the Goodwin cottage, and the
feebleness of the old folk. Nell is discouraged —
then, one day, she writes a note, tolding it up
very small and slipping it into the finger of a
glove she has just finished, hoping that someone
who buys the glove may answer her appeal. A
few weeks lateu, Marion Van Brown finds the
note. She is a spoiled heiress who has just quar-
relled with her fiance because he has had a stroke
of bad luck in the Street. The little glove mak-
er's pathetic appeal pricks her conscience — and
the next day she takes the train to the up-state
address on the note. Arriving at the factory, she
sends in her card to the manager who summons
Nell. Then follows a day full of revelations for
Marion. Nell takes her to her home where she
sees happiness and contentment even in poverty,
and meets Nell's sweetheart. Before leaving, Mar-
ion slips an envelope into Nell's mother's hand,
to be delivered to her daughter the next day.
Then she telegraphs her fiance: — "Forgive me. I
love you better poor. Meet me at the six-ten
train from Buffalo. Marion." The next morning,
on opening the letter from her fairy godmother,
the little glove maker finds a check for $500, "for
a trifling wedding gift."

Our Mutual Girl

Feb. 16, 1914
FIFTH REEL

Margaret Norma Phillips

Her aunt Maym Kelso

The incident of the widest interest, probably,
in the fifth chapter of the Mutual Girl series,
is her meeting with Mr. Andrew Carnegie. As
Margaret and her Aunt are passing down Fifth
Avenue in their car, they see Mr. Carnegie in
his gardens. A mutual friend who is driving
with them, stops the automobile and introduces
the ladies to the world's greatest iron master.
They drive on to H. Jaeckel & Sons' fur house,
where they make an elaborate selection of costly
furs. One .the way home, Margaret sees John
Storm, the country boy — and before her Aunt
realizes what is happening, she has stopped the
car and rushed into his arms, much to the
amusement of the public. Scandalized, the Aunt
hurries Margaret home and scolds her. That af-
ternoon, riding with her riding master in the
Park, the incident of that noon still rankles —
and when the riding master's stirrup loosens and
he is obliged to dismount to fix it, she takes the
opportunity to run away. Lost in the woods of
Central Park, Margaret is rescued by Storm, who
takes her home. Near the house, they are over-
taken by the Aunt and the Count, who dismiss
Storm with scant ceremony and hurry Margaret
indoors. She is sent to her room without any
supper, for her waywardness^ — and thorough^
rebellious, she packs her clothes and prepares to
run away.

Tiaiili0iis©r

The Skating Master

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
Feb. 15, 1914

CAST

Helen, the village belle "Miss Beautiful"

Roger, her devoted ia<Jmirer Jim Dunn

Harold, the skating master Bill Noel

Green, manager of the skating course. Sidney Bracy

Tom Leland Benhara

Jane, a villager Fan Bourke

Harold Moore was distinctly overbearing. Ever
since he had won the free-for-all race on the ice
he had assumed that because he could skate better
than anybody else in the village, he was a fellow?
to be looked up to by young and old— and es-
pecially by the girls. He did cut a rather good
figure on the ice — and he succeeded in establishing
a reputation for himself as a skating master, and
in winning away from Roger Woodward the affec-
tions of Miss Helen Knight, the village beauty.
There was a lively little boy in town who didn't
like the turn affairs had taken. Everybody knew
Tom, and that he was always up to mischief. He
went to Roger Woodward and told him to challenge
his rival to a race on the ice, giving Woodward
his solemn promise that, far from coming out the
victor, Moore should make himself ridiculous. And
it all happend exactly as Tom had predicted. In
the middle of the pond, the skating master flopped
over in most unsportsmanlike fashion, while Roger
calmly sped past to the goal. From that moment,
Helen dropped Harold Moore, and Roger was
again the favored one. Tom was too gleeful at
the outcome to keep his secret. He confided to
Roger that there were two reasons why the skat-
ing master had come to such an ignominious end..
One was that he was wicked — and wicked peojile
are always punished. "And what was the other
reason?" asked Roger. "W-e-1-1 — I sneaked into
his house and dulled his skates."

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N\yv7 Yovk, ^ohi'nm'y 14, 1914

CLARENCE HERBERT NEW, Editor MARION SAVAGE, Asst. Editor

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Two weeks ago, a well-known theatrical manager told
one of the newspaper men that, during the past year, he '
had been quietly buying up the rights to every good l^t
play he could get hold" of — and had upwards of eighty in ft^l
his possession at that moment. His object, as he presently
explained, was to avoid being caught short-handed on iE^^
available material for motion-picture plays when the sup-
ply began to show signs of becoming exhausted.

This isn't quite so much of a joke as it may seem to those
who haven't gone into the matter a bit. As we have explained be-
fore in these columns, where there are less than fifty new plays
produced during an average season on the legitimate stage — (out-
side of opera and vaudeville) — there are over a Ivundred each week
shown in the Movie theatres of this country alone. As there is
no closed season for the Movies, this means a minimum of 5,200
new plays a year — actually, it probably runs well over 6,000.

As the people capable of writing successful plays for the film
and screen are comparatively few, these 6,000 new plays are gath-
ered from many and varied sources. The old dramatists whose
works are no longer covered by copyright have been searched from
cover to cover for dramas and comedies which will bear reproduc-
tion on the screen. Famous poems and ballads have had motion-
plays written around them. Even the newspaper cartoonists have
ifurnished ideas which have been converted into rough-house com-
edies. Old plays have been taken wherever found — modern suc-
cessful plays have been purchased at pretty stiff prices — in order
to partly meet a demand which cannot be filled by new and orig-
inal scenarios alone because the men and women who are capable
of writing good film-plays cannot produce more than a certain
amount of acceptable copy and ideas in any one year.

It should be remembered that, where the actor on the legitimate
stage has a space usually fifty feet wide and twenty deep in which
to portray his part, the Movie actor must not step outside of a
pathway only four feet wide near the camera and not over eight
feet wide at the back of the scene. All his action must occur in
that restricted pathway following the line of vision or projec-
tion from the camera lens. All his effort must be concentrated
upon getting his part across in that limited space. Even his ges-
tures may not go beyond the focal line, or else he appears an arm-
less man on the screen.

In writing such plays, the author must keep always before him
such considerations as "season of the year" — "architectural and
landscape possibilities in the immediate vicinity of the studio"—
the variety of good, bad or indifferent "props" his particular manu-
facturing company may have on hand in its studio — the person-
ality of the leading actors and actresses in that particular com-
pany— in short, a hundred points which do not hamper the regu-
lar playwright who hopes to produce on the legitimate stage.

Just how much "free-lance" writing there is for the film we do

not know — but from such instances as have come under our
observation, it is rather doubtful if a film-play which has
JjT been rejected by one producing compaaiy, will be more suc-
[ jidir cessful with another. We venture to say that not one of
Mtf the well-known studios will reject any scenarios which
seem to have the requisite acting possibilities. They
can't afford to reject them. It is becoming increas-
ingly difficult to get sufficient good material to meet the overwhel-
ming increase in public demand. There never was a better op-
portunity than exists to-day for disposing of really actable scenar-
ios for motion-plays. But, to offset that, there never was a time
in the history of the film industry when the usual rotten stuff sub-
mitted by amateurs every day was more exasperating to the aver-
age Director. The demand is for better motion-picture plays —
not, for worse — and it is extremely difficult to obtain better ones.
You can perfect a camera — or projecting machine — or a new dis-
covery in bunch-lights — every week. You may assemble thousands
of dollars worth of artistic "props," costumes and scenery — secure
actors who are really artists in their profession. But the one thing
you can't perfect by main force or legislation is the human mind.
It works best when most deliberate. The growth of an epoch-mak-
ing dramatic idea is often as slow as the growth of a plant from
its seed underground. It follows a period of incubation^ — and the
perfect result is spoiled when hurried.

In both magazine and dramatic writing, there are men and
women who pride themselves upon a 'speed record in their average
production. But their work lacks the lasting quality. Even in a
short-lived film-play, it lacks the punch — it doesn't get across.

But, fortunately for the manufacturers, the average Movie audi-
ence is not disposed to be too critical. It wants reality — it wants
real human life in all its various phases — above all, it wants action.
Most of the amateurs get more or less action into their scenarios —
but improbable action isn't convincing. And this may be the chief
reason why the supply of good scenarios is never quite up to the
demand. Unless the amateur knows something of the technique
in motion-picture production — has carefully watched a number of
entire plays being photographed — he had best stay out of the game
altogether. But when he can produce the goods, the Directors want
him, and want him badlj'.

It is said that the more far-sighted of the producing companies
— when they find a playwright who has shown evidence of doing
acceptable work — make it worth his while to stick around and keep
submitting his copy even if they don't use a third of it, just as a
matter of insurance against running dry on new plays for their
regular weekly output. And this may throw some light upon the
fact that certain Directors and Company Presidents are a bit wor-
ried just now over the outlook — while others are not. The far-
sighted ones are storing up scenario material against a famine and
are already months ahead of their output.

6

Red Life

"Ttoa:iih©:(i3Bi''' :P:f9?ii)rtts a Mew S©rl©s ©f Plays
Filmatized by Lloyd F. Lonergan from the widely-read Blue Book stories

By Clar©Mc© nGrj)^3rl Hew

CAST OF PART I.

■ "A Leak la the Wov^:^(\ Offioe''

Lord Trevor, the Diplomatic Free Lance James Cruze

Abdool, Trevor's Afghan companion Justus D. Barnes

Sir Edward Wray, the Foreign Secretary Dave Thompson

Colonel PfafT, Secret Agent for Germany Arthur Bower

Nan Tremaine, Lord Trevor's ward Florence La Badie

Mrs. Benham, Colonel Pfaff's accomplice Ethyle Cooke

This series of magazine
stories originated, in the
BLUE BOOK, with a pre-
liminary nine, entitled An
Agent of the Government
and dealing with American
(diplomacy. They were
written during the later
part of the Roosevelt ad-
ministration when — for the
first time in United States
h i s t o r y — ^the diplomatic
service, under civil service
regulations, was endowed
with the dignity and power
which it has always had
among other nations.
President Roosevelt, per-
haps more than any form-
er Executive, realized the
vital importance of the
Service in State affairs —
and established a person-
nel which succeeded in
placing the foreign rela-
tions of this country on a
par with those of the other
great powers. The ma-
terial for illustrating in
story form some of the
really momentous coups
which were taking place
under the surface all
through the administration
was too valuable to neglect
— and an attempt was
made in that first series
to show the inner work-
ings of the diplomatic se-
cret seinvice, not in the
ridiculously improbable
way some writers have
tried, but according to the
actual methods m every-
day use. The author was
equipped with some per-
sonal acquaintance with
the class of men he des-
cribed— both at home and
abroad — also with officers
of the Army and Navy,
and many United States
Consuls in various ports.
Whether his descriptions
were entirely true to life,

it is not his privilege to say — but the series of stories won sufficient
recognition among the reading public to create a demand for an in-
definite continuation of them.

About that time, however, the Roosevelt administration was suc-
ceeded by the Taft — and American diplomacy received a set-back
from which it has not as yet recovered. What may have happened
under the surface, only ex-President Taft and his Secretary of
State probably know. But American prestige in diplomatic circles

Dave Thompson as Sir Edward Wray, Justus D. Barnes as Abdool,
James Cruze as Lord Trevor in "A Leak in the Foreign Office"

abroad declined to such an
extent that it was impossi-
ble to find material enough
for the sort of stories
which had been running.
So— The Agent of the
Government went abroad
for an indefinite vacation.

While traveling in India,
he found an exceedingly
likable English baronet,
down with enteric, in a
deserted dak-bungalow a
hundred miles back of
Madras — and took care nf
him f or a week, at the end
of which, the Englishman
died. During that week,
the American's faithful Af-
ghan friend and compan-
ion, had spoken several
times of the marvelous re-
semblance between him
and the dying Englishman
— and the baronet had
gone pretty thoroughly
over his own history for
their benefit. He was the
last of his family — a
Deputy Commissioner in
Madras. When the Amer-
ican went down to Madras,
afterward, he was recog-
nized and spoken to many
times as Sir George Trevor
— which set him thinking.
He was a man of inde-
pendent wealth — and re-
turning eventually to Lon-
don, he dropped in at the
offices of the solicitors
who had dealt with the
Trevors for generations —
and was recognized by
them as Sir George
Trevor. The family es-
tates had been gambled
away in the time of
George IV — but the Amer-
ican purchased them back.
When he went down to
Trevor Hall, in Devon, the
neighbors all recognized
him as Sir George — and
merely out of curiosity to
see how far the impersonation could be carried, he passively let it
stand.

Presently, it occurred to him that the double identity could be
used in a diplomatic way. He called upon Sir Edward Wray at the
Foreign Office — convinced that gentleman that he had cabled him
vital information upon a former occasion — and suggested a coup
at the Kiel Naval Review, which he carried off so successfully that
his assistance was afterward gladly welcomed by Sir Edward.
(Continued on page, 9)

Re®! Life

7

By !■

Carrol Parks had not yet
attained greatness. Therefore,
instead of having a studio that
faced Washington Square, he
paid rent (when he could) for
one that looked out upon the
back of a studio that did face
the square. His studio was a
hall room in a Sixth Avenue
boarding house. Moreover, it
possessed the peculiar quali-
ties of being bed room, living
room, and often dining room
as well; very desirable quar- ti-
ters for one with the proper
point of view.

Parks was an artist, with
the soul of an artist. Also
Parks dressed like an artist —
flowing black necktie, black
suit (shining at knee and
elbow) and black felt hat.
And Nature had been gener-
ous with the young man, too,
for he possessed the thin ane-
mic countenance and clean-
cut features that marked him
as an idealist.

Twenty-six years before,
Carrol Parks and his brother
Paul had come into the world
on an equal footing. They
were twins — but outside of
the fact that each possessed
the same number of digits and
an equal complement of feat-
ures, neither resembled the
other at all. Paul was fat,
healthy and prosperous from
the beginning, while Carrol

was under weight and sickly. Paul enjoyed the freedom that
only healthy infants know, while Carrol was cared for and
pampered and confined to his nursery for nine out of every twelve
hours.

Paul grew faster than Carrol. Paul's digestion was able to
take care of anything — from green beans to cold roast pork,
while Carrol still ate barley gruel and milk toast for his even-
ing meal. Paul attained the knickerbocker period while Carrol
was still in kilts; also he donned long trousers and stayed in the
street until ten o'clock when Carrol was being put to bed at
half-past eight.

At the age of fifteen Paul was permitted to leave school and
take a position in the office of the local shoe factory — while
Carrol, in spite of the fact that he detested school as violently
as Paul, was made to enter the village academy. At nineteen
Paul was given a bright yellow leather valise and a line of
Spring samples, along with instructions to go out and sell
goods at a salary of $1,200. The same year Carrol flunked out
at high school and was refused a diploma.

Yet, with all this, Carrol never became envious. At the
age of twelve he discovered that he could draw — and from then
on, all his energies were bent toward perfecting that talent.
Only now and then did he raise his head from his drawing

Flo La Badie as
"A Leak in the

board long enough to watch
Paul. At such times he won-
dered, in an impersonal sort
of way, whether business or
art held more compensation.
Usually he went back to hia
drawing, still wondering. Art
satisfied him, for the time at
least.

So it happened that when
the State examiners handed
back his final examination pa-
pers in a blue envelope, Carrol
decided to go to New York
and study art. Incidentally he
hoped to make a living. Once
there he forgot about Paul
and his parents and every one
else in his home town, for he
was too busy trying to earn
room rent and tuition for his
art school work to think of
any one but the editors of the
various metropolitan maga-
zines. Life was one ma.l
scramble from office to office,
and more than once he had to
borrow carfare from his land-
lady.

But, on the whole, things
were rather pleasant for him.
He made acquaintances among
the members of the art colony,
and now and then managed to
find a check in his morning's
mail of sufficient calibre to
pay his overdue room rent and
still have enough left for a
spread for himself and a few
friends at Pierre's, a truly
Bohemian restaurant over on Seventh Avenue. Then, too,
the art editors gradually became more tolerant, and even let
him in occasionally to talk matters over.

Up at the Art Student's League he seemed to be making
real progress, and now and then his name was mentioned in
connection with some one of the school's exhibitions. Four nights
out of every seven he was to be ifound in the life class working
with as much enthusiasm as the rest, and gradually, as a result
of this constant effort, he acquired a really bold and expressive
style.

Then one evening, when he least expected it, he suddenly
found himself regretting that he had ever seen a piece of
illustration board or permitted a single stick of Russian char-
coal to besmudge his fingers. Indeed, instead of being pleased
with his art, he cursed himself for not having long ago fol-
lowed his brother's footsteps in business. Lucky Paul! There
he was, successfully selling shoes, no doubt; salary well up
toward the five thousand mark, perhaps more. Able to live
in comfort and support a family. As he looked back a bit,
Carrol was certain that Paul had always been lucky, while he
— well his star was waning already; in fact he rather felt it
had never struggled very far above the horizon anyway. »

And a woman, of course, was responsible for this renuncia-

Thanhouser

"Nan Tremaine"
Foreign Office"

8

Reel Life

tion. She came into the life class as a model one evening to
start a week's pose — and almost the moment the young artist
Saw her he loved her. To him she was the woman. That
evening he worked with the enthusiasm of one inspired, and
on his drawing board before him grew the most wonderful
drawing he had ever conceived. When he reached his studio-
bedroom, he sat up thinking of her until he heard the rattle of milk
bottles in the areaway. She was the one woman he had beein
waiting for. The only one he could ever marry.

Marry! The thought made him sit up and blink. Could
he, an artist who lived on the hit-or-miss plan, ever expect to
marry! Now if he were only in business with a weekly income
that was dependable, it would be different. If he were Paul !
Lucky Paul ! Why hadn't he gone into the shoe business ?
Why hadn't he tried to sell Spring styles at $1,200 for a
starter? Why had he so persistently stuck to his paint box?

The next evening he was the first one to enter the class
room, and while the model posed he made dozens of sketches,
each portraying her as the wonderful Cieature she seemed in
his eye. Instead of four, he was present six nights that week,
and the number of sketches and completed drawings he made
exhausted his stock of illustration board. Twice he found an
opportunity to exchange a few words with her, and each time
she spoke, little thrills raced up and down his s'pine. Then, on
Saturday evening, she slipped on a silk kimona and started
through the class room, during one of the rest periods, look-
ing at the work of the various students. She paused a long
time to admire Carrol's sketches — and as she stood beside his
chair, the young student was seized with a sudden inspiration.

"Can't you come out for a bite to eat after the session?"
he queried.

Surprised at the invitation, she looked at him searchingly
before she spoke. Then she said:

"Why — why, I'm hardly dressed for anything like that, you
know."

"Pshaw, don't mind that!" he urged, "I know a nice quiet
little place. Really Bohemian. We'll go down and see old
Pierre Le Roux. Ever been to his place? No? It's bully.
Come along, won't you?"

She debated a moment, then answered with a smile:

"Yes, I'll go."

Carrol Parks was in the seventh heaven. He could hardly
wait for the end of the session. He held a taxicab in front of
the League building for fifteen minutes while she finished
dressing, totally ignoring the fact that he would have to hold
up his landlady another week in order to pay for the night's
escapade.

All the way down town the girl was strangely silent. He
was silent, too, but his eyes were busy studying her delicately
moulded features and pretty form.

The silence prevailed in the restaurant also. Only now and
then did they exchange a few words. Yet for all that, the
young artist was supremely happy. Indeed his happiness
seemed intoxicating, for suddenly he put down his cup and said
almost defiantly, as if he were settling, for good and all, some-
thing that had been troubling him.

"By George, I'll marry you any way!"

"Eh! What?" exclaimed the startled' young lady. "Marry
me! W^hy, I'm already married!"

"You are! Oh, don't tell me that!" What little color he
had left his face.

She started to speak again, but he interrupted.

"Then why are you posing? Have you got a brute for a
husband who won't support you?"

"No, indeed. He's all right — only I have to help him out a
little. He's selling soap and can't make much of a living.

Thanhouser

Ethyle Cooke as "Mrs. Benham," Arthur Bower as "Col. Pfafif" in "A Leak in the Foreign Office"

Ernest Joy and Delia Martell in "The Clerk"

Majestic

When we were first married he was a shoe salesman and doing
fine. But somehow he's lost his grip and — well, he's down to
selling soap from house to house now."

The artist blinked incredulously.

"What is your husband's name?" he queried.

"Paul Parks."

"So-o-o-o!" said the amazed young artist.

"Tla® Aivmtams ©f aPlploiaatk Free-Lane©"

(Continued from page 6)

His identity was never once suspected by the foreign diplomats.
He scored coup after coup to the advantage of England until the
Crown rewarded him with a peerage. This he was about to re-
fuse, when he found, to his great amazement, that his American
family was actually a branch of the Devonshire Trevors and that
he was their only surviving heir. Sometime previous to his ac-
cepting the peerage, Captain Tremaine — the most brilliant officer of
the Indian Secret Service, and a chum of the former Deputy Com-
missioner, Sir George Trevor — had been assassinated in Kabul by
Russian secret agents. And when his will was probated, the pseude
Sir George, in England, found himself named as guardian of the
Captain's only daughter. Nan Tremaine. Under the circumstances,
he was about to decline the charge when Nan arrived at Trevor
Hall. They took an instant liking to each other. The girl became
so great a favorite with Abdool and the entire household that she
ruled over them like a youthful queen. And, from close associa-
tion with her father in the Indian Secret Service she proved an in-
valuable assistant to the Diplomatic Free Lance in all his adventures.

From this wealth of material, and the seething brew of intrigue
which constantly exists among the European Powers, the author
had no difficulty in continuing the series of stories indefinitely. They
are still running in the BLUE BOOK, which also contains, from

time to (time, other series by him written under a nom de plume.
The fact that the Free Lance stories have appeared continuously,
every month, for the past five years, or more, is sufficient indication
of the interest the reading public has taken in them. And most
of the series are sufficiently full of action to be very effectively
dramatized on the films. The first of the motion-plays to be written
around them by Mr. Lonergan brings all but one of the leading
characters on the screen, and explains itself to the audience even
without the titles which are introduced, here and there. It is prob-
able that several people among each audience will have read the
stories in magazine form — ^and will recognize both incidents and
characters at first glance.

Deep-Seated Objection

"Our boy has such a refined sense of humor !"
"Yes, I've noticed he evinces the greatest dislike to anything re-
sembling the slapstick." — Judge.

Not Sure

"What do you understand by 'edible fungi'?"

"It has something to do with mushrooms and toadstools," re-
plied Farmer Corntossel. "But whether it's what you swaller or
what happens to you afterward I wouldn't like to say without
writin' to the department." — Washington Star.

A Wee Bit Of¥

Conductor of Village Band- — "What's wrong, Duncan?"

Duncan (cellist) — "The drum's been playin' ma music and I've
been playin' his."

Conductor — "I thocht there was something no quite richt." —
Punch.

10

Rml Life

Insect Movies

One of the mo&t interesting of the great number of immensely
interesting things at the American Museum of Natural History
in New York City 'has been the exhibition by Mr. R. L.
Ditmiars of the Bronx Zoological Garden, of moving-picture films
showing the growth and development of insect and animal life.
Here are some of the curious things that came on the screen as
described in the New York "Times" :

A salamander was coiled around her eggs, and down reached
a hand, finger lengths of about four feet or more on the screen,
and pulled the salamander away. Then the eggs, which one got
the impression were about the size of watermelons, were shifted in
'the pictures suddenly to the palm of the hand. Placed back under
water, the eggs were so transparent that one could see the bodies
even before the youngsters came out. Hind legs appeared, followed
by fore legs, and this screen ended with the perfect salamander,
child's size, standing upon what seemed in the enlarged picture to
be Pike's Peak, but which probably was a pebble.

There were pictures of moles (the size on the screen of grizzlies)
walking across the ground and beginning to bore into the sod.
Tihey disappeared, whereupon big human fingers reached down from
the upper edge of the screen, pulled the mole out gently, and then
made precise cross-sections so that everybody might see just what
kind of subway tube moles build.

Baby blacksnakes came out of their eggs on the screen. A
lovely old matron rattlesnake of. the diamond-back variety mothered
her young on a large scale. A kingsnake made a dart at a live
rat, killed said rat, and swallowed it. A king cobra walked right
up to you, spreading its hood as it came.

There was a long film that had to do with insects — ^crickets
pictured tihe size oif a man's arm, and much more active; locusts
that came over what you first thought to be a particularly big
lump of the Rockies, but which turned out to be a mere leaf, and
katydids diat "sang" in motion.

There were spiders finally, and other insects who reared armored
heads so large that they mig:ht be Crusaders in close-fitting armor.
The spiders wove their "nurseries," stood guard beside them for
weeks "without food," as Mr. Ditmars explained, spun their webs,
and carried their young on their backs about 300 to a back, until
the tiny things left mother and scrambled across the screen nervous-
ly to begin life on their own hook.

The Winter Voyager.

Captain Inch of the ill-fated Volturno was talking to a New
York reporter about certain criticisms.

"These criticisms were very censorious," he said, "but they were
still more ignorant. They had just about the value of the young
woman's stricture on her winter voyage.

"The young woman, on her arrival in Liverpool, wrote back
home to Conshohocken :

"'We had cold, nasty foggy weather the whole way across.
The reason is that the captain neglected to take out clearing papers,
which, I understand, is customary.' " — Omaha Bee.

Another Cigarette Victim

"I understand that your boy Josiah injured his health smokin'
cigarets."

"Yep, he was keerless about lightin' one of 'em when he had on a
celluloid collar." — Pittsburg Dispatch.

Wants to Capitalize His Prospects

(From Judge).

Mr. Rocks — So you want to marry my daughter. Well, young
man, what are your prospects?

Young man — Excellent — if you don't spoil them. .

lied Life

11

To Teach Operating Of Moving Pictures

Robert L. Moore, secretary of the educational department of
the Y. M. C. A., has just completed arrangements for the open-
ing of a course in instructing young men to become operators of
motion picture machines, at the Y. M. C. A. building, the night
of Jan. 22.

The instructions will be given Tuesday and Thursday nights,
from 7.30 to 9.30 o'clock, for 15 weeks, or 30 sessions.

Leroy L. Holden, an electrical engineer and graduate of the
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, will have charge of the course.
He is a licensed operator of motion pictures, being at present
employed at the Y. M. C. A., when motion pictures are shown,
and also operates the machine at Grace Church.

The use of motion pictures for entertainment, educational and
commercial purposes, has increased to a phenomenal extent.

The demand for operators has grown accordingly, and the
occupation has taken its place among the mechanical and elec-
trical trades.

The state maintains strict regulation of all performances
where moving pictures are shown, and requires that every oper-
ator be licensed.

The salaries paid for good motion picture operators are from
$15 to $35 a week.

A candidate for a motion picture machine operator's license
must pass an examination that will be at the statehouse, Bos-
ton. He must be thoroughly skilled in the working of the
mechanical and electrical apparatus or devices used in opera-
tion of a cinematograph or similar apparatus. No license will
be granted to any person under 21 years old.

The object of this course is to furnish a practical working
knowledge of the exhibition end of motion pictures, and the
electrical or scientific principles involved in the design and
operation of the cinematograph.

The nature of the course is such that there is no reason,
according to the belief of Mr. Holden, why the average person
should not be able to obtain a license and sufficient information
to handle an exhibition.

Mr. Holden says the field was never better for operators who
know how to produce the best results on the screen. He adds
that anyone who is willing to plug in order to thoroughly un-
derstand the details of the business is bound to succeed. He
says there is a great demand for reliable men to-day who know
how to operate motion picture machines.

The course is to be thorough and complete, and the instruc-
tion of each individual will be recorded on lesson sheets that
are to be provided each pupil.

The course will include definition of electrical terms, appli-
cation of Ohm's law, calculation of electrical circuits, elemen-
tary wiring, wiring systems and calculation of wire sizes.

Mechancial parts to be taught are quality and kind of light,
the optical system, moving picture mechanism, quality of pro-
jection, films — how made, life, repairing and proper treatment.

The operative points to be taught are auxiliary electrical
apparatus, information required for installing a cinematograph
or assuming control of a place already equipped, important un-
derwriters' rules, state rules and regulations and operating ex-
igencies and precautions.

The plant used for instruction and practice is complete in
every detail.

The machine used is a Power's cameragraph number 6, in-
cluding stereopticon attachment, and is the same make used by
the state inspector for examination of applicants for license.

Mr. Moore says he will be pleased to give any further in-
formation on the course, providing any person will call at the
Y. M. C.^ A. building or telephone Park 1648.

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Harry Pollard anad Margarita Fischer in "The Sacrifice"

Beauty

12

Red Llf@

Theatre Fires and Panic

The recent case of the two West Philadelphia moving picture
theatres that were threatened with fire in the midst of an evening
performance is a splendid demonstration of the value of stringent
fire regulations. It is an example, too, of how cool-headed discre-
tion on the part of the management can serve to avoid a panic.
Twenty-two hundred people were seated in the two theatres. The
fire broke out in the rear of a building between the two theatres
and very close to each. The danger was further intensified by the
promimity of a structure containing explosive chemicals. When
the alarm was first given, the crackling of flames and the noise of
falling timbers were plainly audible to the people in the theatres.
Yet, when the emergency exits were thrown open, the people filed
quietly out, the men stepping chivalrously aside to permit women
and children to exit first.

There was no panic. No one was hurt. How much this was
due to the Fire Department's nightly warning on the picture screens
to "pick out your exit now," how anuch to the law compelling a
sufficient number of emergency exits to be maintained, and how
much to the coolness of those in charge of the theatres can only
be conjectured. It is probable that each of these causes contributed
its share toward making an incident end happily that might other-
wise have resulted in frightful injury and loss of life.

It has been the history of theatre fires that panic caused far
more casualty than flames. Given a sufficient number of exits and
a level head to take command, a burning theatre is a far less dang-
erous place than a burning dwelling house. Every man and woman
who attends a theatre will do well to keep this in mind.

— Philadelpliia Press.

Concave Screen For Motion Pictures

Eliminating false perspective and making every portion of the
picture equally distant from the projecting light, a Chicago inventor
has patented and placed on the market a concave screen for which
much is claimed. The screen is a segment of a sphere, the lens of
the projecting apparatus being at the focal point of the screen,
and as a result all the rays of light strike the surface at the same
angle, and are reflected to the spectators without distortion. An-
other virtue claimed ifor the conqave screen is that it improves the
acoustic properties of the hall, or theatre, in which it is used. As
sound waves are projected and reflected in the same manner, the
concave screen reflects the music of the orchestra and songs to all
parts of the theatre, avoiding a very common fault.

A Matter Of Revision

Luncher — "Look here, waiter, I'm very sorry, but I've only just
sufficient money with me to pay the bill, a;nd nothing left for a tip
for you."

Waiter (confidently) — "Would you mind just letting me 'ave
another look at the bill, sir?" — London Sketch.

He Was Busy

Teacher — "Tommy Slimson, have you any good excuse for being
late?"

Tommy (beaming) — "Yes, ma'am."

Teacher — "What is it?"

Tommy — "Waffles."- — Harpe^-'s Bazar.

"The Play's the Thing"

Domino

Reel Life

13

Harrv PoHard and Margarita Fischer in "The Professor's Awakening"

Beauty

Moving Pictures In Babylon

We found the picture man trying to put the members of one of
the excavating gangs through their paces. Fresh from the soaring
pillars and ornate portals of Palmyra and Balbec, he had found in
the crumbling sun-dried brick foundations of Babylon few of
the outstanding features so imperative to the moving picture that
is to figure in popular exhibitions, a deficiency he was endeavoring
to remedy by introducing "human interest." Now, one of the la-
borers was supposed to be detected in the act of tucking away in
his loin-cloth a jewel which he had uneartehd among the ruins,
and, after a struggle, was led off by two hovering zaptiehs to con-
dign punishment ; now, two of the workmen became embroiled in
a quarrel and put up a very good imitation rough-and-tumble fight
at the foot of the statue of the man-eating lion ; and now, crown-
ing touch of all, the dignified and sedate Dr. Koldeway was made
to execute a passeul of triumph in front of the clicking machine,
in celebration of the supposed discovery of a priceless tablet.

Trouble

She — I thought your father looked very handsome with his white
hairs.

He — Yes, dear old dad. I gave him those. — Trenton Times.

$10, Please

"Mazie's new doctor says she is suffering from a mild form of
cutaneous affection."

"And the other doctor declared she had nothing the matter with
her but a little skin trouble." — Baltimore American.

Lawyer — "The cross-examination did not seem to worry you.
Have you had any previous experience?"

Client — "Six children." — Kansas City Star.

.?/('(<;< in I Weekly No, 59

A Millionaire for a Day — "Butch McDevitt of Wilkes Barre,
Pa., spends $3,000.00 in Washington, D. C, in 24 hours.

A Railroad Auto — Hawaiian Railroad uses a Cadillac for
track inspection.

A Run on the Bank — A New York Savings Institution meets
all demands of excited depositors.

A Race Meet in Africa — An exciting obstacle contest at
Megheria in the south of Algeria.

Music Hath Charms — Snake tamers of Calcutta find the flute
ample protection.

Ice-Eeling — Fishermen on the Shrewsbury in New Jersey
spear bags full of squirmers.

A Grand Review in Munich — Army parades on the anni-
versary of the King's birthday.

The Happy Japs — Flowery kingdom provides amusement for
its kiddies.

Storms Sweep California — Santa Barbara visited by destruc-
tive downpour.

A Theatre Fire in Russia — Great wooden structure destroyed
by flames at Krasnoiarsk.

Winter in Germany — Skiing a popular sport at Krummhubel.

"Go-To-Church Sunday" — Brooklyn, New York, successfully
institutes a new religious campaign.

Late Arrivals at Sydney Zoo — Amundsen's dogs and other
new inmates on exhibition in Australian City.

A Midnight Blaze — Great lumber yard destroyed in Port-
land, Ore.

Suffragette Campaign Waxes Warm — Dr. Mary Walker and
colleagues call on President in Washington.

The Pin-Weight Champion Celebrates — "Billy" Flynn,
premier baby athlete, gives a birthday party in Los Angeles.

14

The Dream Child

Feb. 23, 1914
CAST

Jack Williams Ed Coxen

John Reynolds William Bertram

Vivian Reynolds, his daughter,

Winifred Greenwood

George HaMane George Field

Katherine Rollins .Josephine Ditt

John Reynolds Haldane. .Albert Cavens

Harry Colby Reaves Eason

Matron, Orphans' Home.... Ida Lewis

Trained Nurse Edith Borella

John Reynolds and Hiram Williams,
business partners for years, wish, above
all things, to see their children, Vivian
Reynolds and Jack Williams, married.
But while Jack is abroad four years,
studying art, Vivian, a young, impres-
sionable girl, meets George Haldane, a
man about town, and falls in love.
They are secretly married — and on dis-
covering this, Reynolds disowns Vivian.
When her child is three months old,
George deserts her to go West with a
former sweetheart. Vivian's father re-
fuses to help her, and she gets along
as best she can, taking in sewing, and
supporting herself and her little boy.
Jack, meanwhile, has gone back to
Europe, and is absorbed in his art.
One day, when old John Reynolds, em-
bittered against the world, is reclining
in a luxurious Indian chair on the
lawn of his fine home, a child, in
tattered clothes, wanders up the path —
and something in the bright, innocent
look of the little face grips Reynolds'
heart. As the youngster is going back
across the grass, a transfiguration seems
to take place before the old man's eyes. The child
appears in a seamless garment of red, his forehead
bound with thorns, dragging on his tender shoulders
a massive cross. John Reynolds is obedient to the
vision. He seeks his daughter and her child —
to find that the tattered little boy, the Christ
Child of his dream, and his own grandchild, are
one and the same.

The Carbon Copy

Feb. 28, 1914
CAST

Grey, of Grey & Son William Bertram

His Son George Field

Allen, a contractor Ed Coxen

Agnes, Grey's stenographer. Winifred Greenwood

Allen's sister Marion Murray

Allen's mother Ida Lewis

Allen's stenographer Edith Borella

Grey's second stenographer Violet Neitz

John Allen has lost his faith in women. So,
when attractive Agnes Vaughn takes a position as
stenographer in his office, he is at first indifferent
to her charms. Later, in spite of himself, he falls
in love with her. She is already in love with
Allen — and determines to break her word to Grey,
her former employer, a business rival of Allen's,
who has sent her to Allen's office as his spy.
Her new employer happens to see her with Grey
on one occasion — and his old distrust of women
returns. He tells her no woman is worthy of a
man's confidence — and she feels constrained to
keep her promise to Grey. Her mission is to
procure a carbon copy of a bid on a contract
on which Grey desires to outbid his rival, but
in her hurry and nervousness she puts the carbon
in backwards in the typewriter. When she finds
that she has made no copy, she feels that fate
has decided the dilemma for her. She confesses
her deception to Allen, at the same time owning
to him that she loves him, and he appreciates the
motive which has caused her to break her word

on the appearance of Edith, that she
stands in the way of her husband's
future. Broken with grief over the
loss of her child, and actuated by a
fanatical motive of self-sacrifice — she
puts out to sea that evening in a small
iDoat, and drowns herself. Thus Henry
Newton is freed — to return to his own
people, with only little Pietro to le-
mind him of Maria.

Lillian Gish

to his rival — also, he is convinced that he must
love her, forgiving as he does, her first duplicity.
The play closes with a strong love scene.

The Professor's Awakening

Feb. 25, 1914
CAST

The Professor Harry Pollard

A'.^iu.l Nell Margarita Fischer

Captain Hardy, her father. Fred Gamble

Jake, Nell's lover Joseph Harris

Mary Blake, the Professor's sister,

Josephine Ditt
Professor Blake is utterly absorbed
in writing a great scientific work, living
the morbid life of a recluse. His mar-
ried sister nags him constantly about his
being a bachelor — until, exasperated be-
yond endurance, he leaves her home and
retires to a lonely fisherman's cottage,
to go on with his investigations and his
writing undisturbed. Subsconsciously,
he becomes interested in the fisherman's
beautiful daughter — but it is not until
she has risked her life in a catastrophe
to save his precious MSS., that he is
jarred out of his selfcentered absorp-
tion. Disfigured, perhaps for life, by
her heroic daring for his sake, the
Professor is roused to the nobility of
Nell's nature. He forgets his work in
the new revelation of life which she
brings him. At first she cannot be-
Rehance lieve in the sincerity of his love — sur-
viving her disfigurement — but at last, convinced,
she joyfully consents to marry him.

The Sacrifice

Feb. 18, 1914
CAST

Henry Newton Harry Pollard

Edith Willis, his sweetheart Violet Neitz

His Foster Mother Adelaide Bronti

His Foster Father Fred Gamble

His Foster Brother Scott Beal

Maria Margarita Fischer

Pietro Newton, their child Kathie Fischer

Henry Newton is an adopted son. His foster
brother forges a check — and rather than have Mrs.
Newton broken hearted over the crime of her
only son, Henry takes the guilt upon himself.
His foster father turns him out of the house —
and Edith Willis, the girl to whom he is engaged,
compels him to release her. An outcast, he
wanders down the coast, and loses his identity in
a settlement of fisher folk. There a romance de-
velopes between him and a beautiful Italian girl,
a fisherman's daughter — ending in marriage. He
and Maria live happily together, and a little son,
Pietro, is born to them. Six years later, a lawyer
finds Newton, after much searching — and informs
him that his foster brother is dead. On his death
bed Jack Newton has confessed his guilt, exon-
erating Henry — and Mr. and Mrs. Newton have
sent for their foster son, whom they have made
their sole heir. Mrs. Newton and Edith come to
the cottage — and Henry shows them his wife and
child, insisting that it is impossible for him to
return to the old life. The grandmother begs to
take the boy back with her and educate him, and
Henry consents. Then, the meaning of it all
comes over the Italian girl-wife, who realizes,

B

Yellow Flame

By William H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince
Feb. 1, 1914
CAST

James Condon Mr. French

Yellow Flame Swallow

Little Fawn Miss Lyons

Bill Forbes Mr. Morrison

Jack Hull Mr. Smithy

Yellow Flame, many years in prison for betray-
ing the cause of the white men to the Indians,
is ill of an incurable disease, and begs to be al-
lowed to return to his childhood home to die. He
is released — and taking the trail to the desert,
sinks down beside an Indian grave, where the
story of his youth absorbs him like a dream. He
sees himself again a young brave, lithe and strong,
the favored lover of Little Fawn. Then that day,
buffalo hunting, when his rival for the Indian
girl's hand, Black Feather, left him struggling
in the water, and reported to Little Fawn that
he was drowned. Jim Condon, the sheriff, res-
cues him, takes him to his cabin and cares for
him. The white man comes to trust the Indian),
and in an emergency, when the Sioux are on
the warpath, and have cut the telegraph wires,
he gives Yellow Flame a note to the commander
of a nearby fort, soliciting help. On the way
to the fort, Yellow Flame is attacked by Black
Feather, who gets possession of the note, but is
afterwards mortally wounded, dragging himself
to a cave to die. Yellow Flame recovers con-
sciousness and goes back to Condon, who de-
nounces him for a traitor. As the Indian is
coming out of his dream, he hears the call of the
Happy Huntiiig Ground, and dies. Only a few
hours later, jack Hull, a hunter, following a
huge snake to the same cave where Black Feather
found refuge, discovers the skeleton and Condon's

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note. He hurries with it back to the
settlement, and Condon starts out to
find Yellow Flame. When he reaches
the solitary grave in the desert, how-
ever, it is too late.

The Play's the Thing

By William H. Clifford and
Thomas H. Ince
Feb. 19, 1914
CAST

Clifton Boyle Walter Edwards

Nell Leona Hutton

Harold Welles David Hartford

Manager Robin Adair

Old Lady Mrs. Hunt

Porter ..' Shorty Hamilton

Doctor Chet Whitney

Clifton Boyle, leading man of a dis-
banded theatrical company, returns home
to find his sister Nell dying. She tells
him that she married in secret an actor,
Harold Welles, who deserted her when
her baby died. Boyle swears to avenge ■*'
Nell. Not long after, Boyle is leading
man in "The Count of Monte Cristo". —
and the man playing Danglars to his
Edmund Dantes, is a Harold Welles.
Boyle asks Welles if he knew his sister,
and the actor denies ever having heard
of her. Then he goes to his room and
destroys a picture and letter which are
the only evidence of his marriage. The
torn bits, fluttering from his hand, out
of the window, fall near where Boyle is
sitting. Boyle is now certain of his
man. In the duel scene he kills Welles
— and the coroner's jury, convinced that
the slaying is accidental, exonerate the broth
Nell.

er of

Majestk

The Clerk

By Philip Lonergan
Feb. 17|, 1914
CAST

William Hendricks, head of banking company,

Ernest Joy

John Grey, his clerk William Nigh

Beatrice, his stenographer. .. .Jessalyn Van Trump

Landlady Carrie Ward

Janet, an actress Delia Martell

John Grey was the confidential clerk of William
Hendricks, a rich banker. Hendricks had accu-
mulated his wealth by questionable methods —
and though Grey was aware ot tms and strongly
disapproved, he lacked the courage to seek an-
other position. Into the clerk's life came his
first romance, in the person of a very pretty
stenographer, who was not averse to his atten-
tions and whom he dreamed of marrying some
day. But Hendricks was not slow to see Bea-
trice Hall's attractions, and was presently paying
her ardent courtship— w ith the result that in
less than three months she became his wife. The
clerk tried to console himself with the idea that
her future would be far more secure with the
wealthy banker than it could ever have been
with him. As the years passed, the business of
the firm declined and the banker, to escape ruin,
defrauded his creditors. Grey acting as his ic-
complice. Hendricks grew reckless — he neglected
his wife — and when Beatrice died, alone and
broken hearted, while Hendricks diverted himself
with midnight suppers with actresses, and drank
with his boon companions, the spirit in the clerk
awoke. Although it meant his own imprisonment,
Grey revealed the evidence which sent to a long
term of penal servitude the man who had abused
the woman he had loved. As for himself, Grey
did not care whether he lived or died after the
day Beatrice died.

Marion and Madeline Fairbanks

The Thanhouser Twins

The Higher Law

By John Burky and Russell E. Smith
Feb. 21, 1914
CAST

Jack Byrnes, a detective William Nigh

Jim Herman, a counterfeiter D. Gilf ether

Bertha, his daughter Jessalyn Van Trump

Secret Service Chief joe Swickard

Jack Byrnes, a secret service man, is on his
vacation in the Virginia mountains. There he
meets Bertha Herman, with her father, a fa-
mous counterfeiter, in hiding from the New York
police. Byrnes falls in love with Bertha and
asks her to marry him. But she refuses, though
she will not give her reasons, and goes away.
Secretly, she loves Byrnes — but she will not dis-
grace "the honest mountaineer" that she believes
him to be. As the daughter of Herman, she is
convinced that she is not good enough for him.
Tile secret service calls the young detective back
to New York to search out Herman. His efforts
are fruitless — at last he puts a notice in the
papers of Herman's death. The counterfeiter
falls for the bait, reappears in the city, and is
captured by Byrnes. Byrnes and Bertha meet
again — and the identity of each is revealed to the
other. Herman manages to make his escape, leav-
ing the country forever — and Byrnes and Bertha
are married. .

The Orange Bandit

By Philip Lonergan
Feb. 15, 1914
CAST

Mary Denham Billie West

Jack Ainsley, the orange bandit. .. .Harry Fischer
Ezra Denham, a wealthy old rancher, prides
himself on his fine oranges — though his beautiful
daughter, Mary, is still more precious to him.
Two young men, motoring through the country,
rob the orchard. Denham goes after them with a

gun, and one flees to safety, while the
other barely escapes, with Mary Den-
ham's help. The latter she laughingly
nicknames "the orange bandit." A few
weeks later, visiting friends, Mary meets
the orange bandit again — and they fall in
love. Father, however, is obdurate.
Fearing an elopement, he starts out 'o
see his sister, Mary's maiden aunt, whom
he knows can be counted upon to guard
her romantic niece very closely. But, on
the way, his plans are upset by a reck-
less "joy rider" who, in his panic to es-
cape the law, exchanges license numbers
with Denham. The indignant old man
is arrested and clapped into jail — ^and
Mary is left to her own devices. By the
time the guilty speeder has been caught,
and Denham freed, Mary is the wife of
the orange bandit.

The Interrupted Seance

Feb. 21, 1914 '
CAST

The actor Tod Browning

His pal Jimmy Young

The landlord Max Davidson

Two actors are thrown out of a job,
and they spend their last dollar for a
reading at a seance by a famous clair-
voyant who lives up the street from their
boarding house. The clairvoyant gets
their dollar so easily that they decide to
make some easy money too. So they put
up a sign under the clairvoyant's sign,
directing patrons to their own room a
few doors below, and the crowds begin
to flow in at the boarding house. The
landlord hears the noise of the spirits
rapping — and in the midst of it all, a patch
of plaster drops on his head, powdering him
beyond recognition. He rushes upstairs and breaks
in upon the "seance" — discovering under the table
the actor's pal who has jarred down the ceiling in
the clairvoying. The real clairvoyant soon gets )n
to the hoax and appears upon the scene. The im-
posters are unmasked, driven out of the house, and
the rabble chases them out of town.

Princess

All's Well That Ends Well

Feb. 20, 1914
CAST

Mr. Adams, a well-to-do farmer. .Morgan Jones

Mrs. Benson, a young widow .Miss Webb

Muriel, her daughter, 17 years old. Muriel Ostriche

Dr. Boyd, ambitious but poor Boyd Marshall

Japanese Maid, assistant in tea room.. Miss Pike
Christine, an unemotional Swedish maid. Miss Keyes

Mr. Martin, a wealthy brewer Mr. Redding

Mrs. Benson and her daughter support them-
selves by keeping a Japanese tea room. Mrs.
Benson is astonishingly young and pretty to be the
mother of a seventeen year old daughter, and she
feels her responsibility for Muriel so seriously that
she cannot think at all of her own opportunities.
Her one idea is to shield Muriel from hardships
and marry her to a prosperous man who will take
good care of her and make her happy. Young
Dr. Boyd is ambitious but poor and whenever be
tries to have any little tete-a-tete with Muriel,
her mother always manages to attract the young
man's attention to herself, while she encourages
Muriel to smile upon Mr. Adams, an elderly
gentleman with a country estate, who fairly radiates
prosperity. But, in the end, after much annoy-
ance and boredom for the young people, and a
good deal of unconscious comedy on the part ' f
Mrs. Benson, fate brings Boyd and Muriel to-
gether— while Mr. Adams utterly astounds the
young widow by proposing to her, insisting that it
is not her daughter at all whom he has always
wished to marry, but herself.

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Reel Life

"Baffles, the Gentleman Burglar"

Keystone

Movie Men Protest Censorship Rules

Resolutions protesting against oppressive methods of censor-
ship, unfair ventilation inspection and too stringent fire regula-
tions were passed unnanimously yesterday at the annual meeting
of the Amusement Protective League of Illinois, an organization
composed of represenatives of the moving picture interests of
Chicago and vicinity.

The meeting, which was held at Hotel Sherman, was attended
by more than three hundred film manufacturers, distributors, the-
ater owners, operators and exhibitors, representing 700 theatres.
It was decided that no candidate for alderman should receive the
support of theatre owners by exhibiting their advertisements unless
their candidacy is indorsed by the organization.

In this regard the resolution reads :

"And further be it resolved, that every exhibition hall in the
city of Chicago be urged to refuse to accept advertising from any
candidate for the office of alderman in the city of Chicago, in any
of the wards in the city of Chicago, unless such candidate be in-
dorsed by the Amusement Protective League ; and

"Further, be it resolved, .That the candidacy of only those per-
sons running for the office of alderman in the city of Chicago be
supported who favor a sane censorship law, a reasonable ventila-
tion and fire requirement, honestly and intelligently administered."

The following officers of the organization were elected for 1914:

Joseph Hopp, president.

Ludwig Schindler, vice president.

George Gilmore, treasurer.

Henry J. Toner, general counsel.

Ora E. Chapin, secretary.

On complaint made by Leon L. Lewis, secretary of the Anti-
Defamation Society, an organization formed for the purpose of

preventing the caricature of the Jewish people, a moving picture
play entitled "A Stage Door Flirtation" was ordered condemned by
Second Deputy Superintendent of Police Funkhouser yesterday,
ifollowing an exhibition of the film in the city hall. Jewish char-
acters are burlesqued in the plav. „, . , ^

— Chicago Inter-Ocean.

His Sword

A professor of Illinois University, who is very popular among
the students, was entertaining a group of them at his residence
one night. Taking down a magnificent sword that hung over the
fireplace, he brandished it about, exclaiming :

"Never will I forget the day I drew this blade for the first time."

"Where did you draw it, sir?" an awestruck freshman asked.

"At a raffle," said the professor.

— St. Louis Post-Despatch.

Heard At The Grocery Store

Mrs. Youngwife — I want five pounds of sugar, please.
Dealer — Yes, Ma'am, shall I send it for you? The auto will
go up at 10 o'clock.

'No, I'll take it with me if it isn't too heavy."
"I'll make it as light as possible for you, ma'am."

The Uses Of Simplex

The Simplex projector finds favor in many fields. Through the
California Film Exchange, Phoenix Ariz., there have been installed
two Simplex machines in the Arizona State Prison, Florence, and
the State of Arizona Asylum, Phoenix, Rriz.

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Boiton, Mass M. F. C. of Mass 1106 Boylaton St.

Buffalo, N. Y Mutual Film Corporation 272 Washington St.

Butte, Mont Pacific Mutual Film Corp'n. IlUnois Bldg.

Calgary, Alberta M. F. C. of Canada, Ltd. ..Leeson & Lineham Blocli

Charlotte, N. C Mutual Film Corporation Com. Nat. Bank Bldg.

Chicago, III M. F. C. of Illinois 5 S. Wabash Ave.

H. & H. Film Serrlce Co... 117 N. Dearborn St.

Cincinnati, Ohio The Mutual Film Company.. 17 Opera Place

Cleveland, Ohio The Mutual Film Company.. 106 Prospect Ave.. S. E.

Columbui, Ohio The Mutual Film Company.. 422 N. High St.

Dallas, Texas Mutual Film C. of Texas... 1807 Main St.

Denver, Colo Colorado M. F. C 21 Iron Bldg.

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Detroit, Mich Mutual Film Corporation 97 Woodward Ave.

El Paso. Texas M. F. C. of Texas 524 Trust Bldg.

Evansville, Ind M. F. C. of Indiana Keene Bldg.

Grand Rapids, Mich Mutual Film Corporation 7-8 HawUns Bldg.

Harrlsburg, Pa M. F. C. of Pa 9 N. 4th St.

Indianapolis, Ind M. F. C. of Ind Willoughby Bldg.

Kansas City, Mo M. F. C. of Mo Empress Theatre Bldg.

Los Angeles, Gal Pacific Mutual Film Corp'n. 738 South Olive St.

Memphis, Tenn Mutual Film Corporation.... Kallaher Bldg., 5th Foor

Milwaukee, Wis Western Film Ex. of MU'fcee 301 Enterprise Bldg.

Minneapolis, Minn Mutual Film Corporation 440-445 Temple Court

Montreal, P. Q M. F. C. of Canada, Ltd 154 St. Catharine St.

New Orleans, La Mutual Film Corporation 340 Carondelet St.

New York City Mutual Film Corporation 71 West 23rd St.

Western Film Exchange 145 West 45th St.

Oklahoma City, Okia M. F. C. of Okla 25 Hudson St.

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Philadelphia, Pa Mutual FUm Exchange 902 FUbert St., 4th Floor

Continemtal Feature FUm Ex. 902 FUbert St., 3rd Floor

Portland, Ore Pacific Mutual FUm Corp'n. 72 Broadway St.

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Salt Lake City, Utah M. F. C. of Utah 15 Mclntyre Bldg.

San Francisco, Gal Pacific Mutual FUm Corp'n. 162-164 Turk St.

St. John. N. B M. F. C. of Canada. Ltd Waterloo St.

St. Louis, Mo M. F. C. of Mo 9th & Pine Sts.

Seattle, Wash Pacific Mutual FUm Corp'n. 1929 Second Ave.

Sioux Falls, 8. D Mutual FUm Corporation T. M. C. A. Bldg.

Spokane, Wash Pacific Mutual FUm Corp'n. 468 First Ave.

Springfield, Mass Mutual Film Ex. of Mass... 179 Dwlght Ave.

Syracuse, N. Y Western Film Ex 10 Welting Bldg.

Tampa, Fla Mutual Film Corporation 405 Curry Bldg.

Toronto. Ont M. F. C. of Canada, Ltd 15 WUton Ave.

Vancouver, B. C M. F. C. of Canada. Ltd.... 329 Carrall St.

Washington, D. G Mutual FUm Corporation 428 Ninth St., N. W.

Watervllle, Me M. F. C. of Mass Edith Bldg.

Wheeling, W. Va Mutual Film Corporation Rooms 4 & 5. Eegister Bldg.

Wllkesbarre. Pa Western F. Corp'n of Pa 61 S. Pennsylvania Ave.

Winnipeg. Manitoba M. F. C. of Canada. Ltd McDermott Ave.

Other Exchanges Using the Mutual Program.

Pittsburg, Pa Pittsburg Photoplay Co 412 Ferry St.

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Reel Life may h® ©fetamei m qMaiatkfes
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R&M The Great Leap

THANHOUSER Joseph in the Land of Egypt

R&M The Gangsters of New York

MUTUAL SPEC. .Seeing South America with Roosevelt

MUTUAL SPECIAL Mexican War Pictures

R&M The Single Standard

AMERICAN The Dream Child

(2 Reel Drama)

KEYSTONE Twixt Love and Fire

RELIANCE .......Our Mutual Girl (No. 6)

Tnssday, Fel^mary 2Mh

KAY BEE No Release

MAJESTIC No Release

SELECTED RELEASE.

THANHOUSER...: The Golden Cross

(2 Reel Drama)

Wedjiesday, Webriim'y 25^

BEAUTY The Professor's Awakening

(Drama)

BRONCHO Repaid

(2 Reel Drama)

MUTUAL WEEKLY No. 61

RELIANCE The Musician's Wife

(Drama)

Ttersiay, Felbraary 2Sth

AMERICAN No Release

DOMINO The Courtship of O San

(2 Reel Drama)

KOMIC Not Yet Announced

(Split Reel)

SELECTED RELEASE

KEYSTONE.... Little Billie's City Cousin

KAY BEE North of 53°

(2 Reel Drama)

PRINCESS The Hold-Up

(Drama)

THANHOUSER Their Best Friend

(Drama)

Saturday, Fe!)roary, SStl

AMERICAN The Carbon Copy

(Drama)

KEYSTONE Between Showers

MAJESTIC The Rival Barbers

(Comedy)

RELIANCE The Green Eyed Devil

(2 Reel Drama)

S'lii^lny, March 1st

MAJESTIC No Release

THANHOUSER The Scientist's Doll

APOLLO Village School Days

NEW MAJESTIC SAPHO

With FLORENCE ROBERTS In Six Reels

THANHOUSER MOTHS

With MAUDE FEALY In Four Reels

THANHOUSER ROBIN HOOD

With GERDA HOLMES In Four Reels

THANHOUSER.... A LEGEND OF PROVENCE

With MAUDE FEALY In Four Reels

KAY-BEE THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

In Five Reels

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THANHOUSER FROU-FROU

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MAJESTIC RUY BLAS

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State, and on the morning following his performance,
while on the way to his train, he passed an antique shop
and saw in the show window a cameo with the head of
the great Corsican upon it. He went in to dicker for it.

The deal was about closed when the shopkeeper, a
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WILLIAM GARWOOD!
WILLIAM GARWOOD!
WILLIAM GARWOOD!

"RUY BLAS"
in "RUY BLAS"
"RUY BLAS"

William Garwood is to moving picture audiences what Florence Roberts, of "Sapho"
fame, is to stage audiences. They love him in every picture house in the land! Years
of screen appearances have endeared him to picturegoers in every metropolis, town, ham-
let. He is shown at his best as the valet who deceives a Queen of Spain. See the nearest
Continental or Mutual Feature office for a booking. 3 Reels.

Our Regular Release List Is Unusually Strong
This Week — Featuring the Famous Majestic Favorites !

"THE ORANGE BANDIT." Comedy. Out Sunday, Feb. 15th. With Dick Cum-
mings, Billie West, Harry Fisher, Jack Mac Donald, Eddie Stafford, Charley Grey, Edward
Moncrief, Harry Elmstead and Delia Martell. "THE CLERK." Love Story. Out Tues-
day, Feb. 17th. With William Nigh, Jessaiyn Van Trump, Ernest Joy, Delia Martell,
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9» TFROM THE BIBLE STORY

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Features

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Feb. 27 NORTH OF 53°

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Keystone
Comedies

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FDES, GENTLE-
MAN BURGLAR
(2 Reels)

Feb. 19 A THIEF
CATCHER

Feb. 21 LOVE
AND GASOLINE

Feb. 23 TWIXT
LOVE AND
FIRE

Feb. 26 LITTLE
BILLY'S CITY
COUSIN

Feb. IS YELLOW
FLAME

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Mar. 4

Mar. 11
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—that's as long as they "house" the best legitimate
shows — and held it over for the full week! The tak-
ings were simply enormous ! The best people in town
turned out, as they do for the regular high-grade legitimate
shows. The Syracuse Post-Standard said : "The film deserves,
as compared with the trash which many moving picture enter-
tainments offer, the support of those who wish to encourage
efiforts to make this form of entertainment something more than
mere sensationalism." Better see the nearest Continental or Mutual
feature office for the attractive arrangement that gives you

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for EXCLUSIVE first-run use for a FULL YEAR in your locality. Absolute protection is yours under
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Sunday, Feb. 15— "THE SKATING MASTER," portrayed by Billy Noel, who swam in icy
water last winter in "Her Nephews from Labrador," and who falls in
love with "Miss Beautiful," the mystery of the movies. It's a delightful
comedy love story. It would have been more delightful for Billy hadn't
it been for Little Leland Benham! Why? Oh, see the picture.

Tuesday, Feb. 17— "A LEAK IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE," Two Reeels, giving an ad-
venture of THE DIPLOMATIC FREE LANCE, after the famous series
of the same name in the Blue Book, running for nearly a half-dozen
years and accounted one of the most popular magazine features ever
printed. Ten million persons are estimated to have read them. Think
of reaching this high-class clientele with your picture theatre ! The next
Adventure will appear shortly with

JAMES CRUZE and FLO LABADIE

THROUGH THE ENTIRE SERIES
Friday, Feb. 20 — NO RELEASE because of extra-reel release of preceding Tuesday.

Head European Offices:
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THANHOUSER FILM CORPORATION lOO Charin. cross Road.

London, W. C, England.

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y.

R©(f)l Life

33

Flicker Is Taken From The 'Movies'

Motion pictuTe circles were- interested yesterday in the an-
nouncement that a new machine will eliminate the flicker from pic-
tures projected upon tfie normal screen, give added stereoscopic
value to the picture and abolish the fire hazard. It was asserted
by the sponsors that the new machine is not as tiresome to the eyes
as other types and has a value for scientific and educational pur-
poses, which has not been attained heretofore.

A private demonstration was given and all of these statements
were borne out by the performance. One of the spectators, who
is connected with a large motion picture concern, said the demon-
stration was the best he ever had seen.

The motion picture machine in general use to-day shows its
pictures at the rate of from sixteen to thirty-two a second. Between
each picture there is an interval of darkness, so small that is is
hardly noticeable. The effect upon the eyes is apparent, however,
when it is considered that these periods of darkness and light, in
a film running twenty minutes, attack the eye 20,000 to 40,000
times.

This has been the great difficulty with the moving picture ma-
chine. It has led to the enactment of laws in some States requir-
ing an interval of ten minutes between pictures, so the eyes of the
audience may rest. Schools have declared that many pupils have
had their vision affected by the terrific eye strain due to the flicker
of light and shade.

In the new machine, the flicker is eliminated by mechanical and
optical principles of construction that are different from any in
use. These are mainly the adaptation-, of a series of revolving
and rotating mirrors, which receive the' image from the film and
project it through the lens to the screen.

There is absolutely no interruption of the light and the pictures
appear without any jerky motion or jumping of the scene from one
side of the screen to the other. The movement of the film is con-
tinuous and steady and smooth-moving.

Other types of machines, which operate on the same general
principle, have an intermittent movement. This means that every
picture stops absolutely still for a fraction of a second. These
stops are not perceptible to the average eye. The jerky movement
is the source of continuous damage to the film and necessitates
the employment oi thousands of persons in the repair shops.

The greatest advantage which the inventor has, besides the elim-
ination of the flicker, is the elimination of the danger of fire. .'In
the old machines the light is focussed through powerful reducing
lenses directly upon the celluloid film, through a metal aperture
plate. The light, even before it reaches the aperture plate, is so, hot
that a person cannot hold the hand in it. At the focusing point
it is burning. The result is that if the films were moved slowly
past this aperture plate they would catch fire as if from a sunglass,
hence no picture may be brought to a standstill for use in educa-
tional work.

In the new machine, the aperture plate is between the light
and the focussing point, which is in the revolving mirrors. The
film is six inches from the focal point, hence is out of danger of
being set afire. The light passes through the film, thence conveys
the image to the mirrors which project the rays through a lefis
and to the screen. The aperture plate of the new machine never
gets hot.

The speed of the pictures is eight a second. The exhibitbrs
displayed a film showing Dr. Alexis Carrel, of the Rockefeller
Institute, performing an operation. At times the film revolved, at
a speed oif one, two and three pictures a second. Then it was
stopped.

The advantages of this are many. Pictures taken at the rate of
sixteen a second may be exhibited .at the one-fourth speed. Thus
a delicate operation may be performed by moving picture so slowly
that medical students will get far more knowledge from, it than
from watching the surgeon at work.

In stereoscopic value the machine made good the promises of

William Nigh, Joe Swickard and Detectives in "The Higher Law"

Majestic

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Reel Life

Norma Phillips, "Our Mutual Girl"

its inventor. A woodland scene seemed to stand out almost as
clearly as if the spectator were looking into the woods. A team
of horses, driven by a boy, moved with exact normal speed and
seemed to be living objects rather than something pictured.

— -New York Herald.

Financing The Moving Picture Wall Street's
Latest Move

The "movie" has come to Wall Street — or Wall Street has
gone to the "movie"; whichever is preferred. Either is correct,
for, since the success of the Mutual Film flotation, brokers have
been looking around for other opportunities in the motion
picture field. Rumors of a $25,000,000 combine have been cur-
rent of late, but ignorance of such a project is professed by
those who ought to know if any amalgamation were under way.

The Mutual Film Corporation was organized under Virginia
laws in April, 1912, with $1,700,000 common and $800,000 7%
cumulative preferred stock authorized. Of the former, about
$1,550,000 is outstanding, and of the latter, $650,000. The pre-
ferred, selling at about 75, has paid its 7% since organization and
six months after incorporation the common, which was bonus
stock, began dividends of 1% monthly. This is still being paid
in the form of regular and extra. The common divi-

dend for the next three months has just been declared in ad-
vance. The junior shares are quoted at 80, notwithstanding
the 12% annual dividend.

The Mutual was financed by Livingston & Co., members of
the New York Stock Exchange, and as far as the records show,
this is the first Wall Street firm to put money in the "movies."
The stock issues were rapidly absorbed by brokerage houses
throughout the country, and at one time subscriptions were at
a premium. The Mutual's gross at first was running at only
about $300,000 a year, but is now at a rate in the neighborhood

of $7,000,000 annually. The present dividends on both stocks
require only $242,000 a year. Tlie president of the Mutual Co.
is H. E. Aitken, who was one of the pioneers in the industry.
Crawford Livingston, of Livingston & Co., served temporarily
as president when the corporation was launched, but could not
continue owing to the pressure of other interests. He remains
in the directorate, however. Arthur Terry, for some years
treasurer of the Guaranty Trust Co., is comptroller of the
Mutual, and Felix Kahn, brother of Otto H. Kahn, is one of
the principal stockholders.

The Mutual is one of the three big distributors of reels in
this country and abroad. It is not a producer, but handles the
output of twelve studios, including that of the Reliance and
Thanhouser.

The Reliance Co. has $200,000 7% cumulative preferred and
$800,000 common. It was intended to make a public offering
of the preferred with a bonus of common, but all of the issue
was disposed of at private sale by Livingston & Co. J. P.
Dunning, formerly vice-president of the Corn Exchange Bank,
is treasurer of the Reliance Co.

The New York Motion Picture Co., also underwritten by
Livingston & Co., has $1,000,000 of stock of one class, and pays
dividends of 2% monthly, or 24% a year. The shares sell at 100.

The moving picture industry is essentially a cash business
and one which is growing daily. Whether the profits will be-
come so stupendous that, like the oil shares, "movie" stocks will
become the medium of a new speculation is a matter for the
future to disclose.

Fashion Note

Snapp — "Well, all the fools are not dead yet."
Mrs. Snapp — "I'm glad of it. I never did look well in black." —
Boston Transcript

Reliance

Rodney Hicock and Consuelo Bailey in "A Working Girl's Romance"

Reel Life

55

A Batch Of Smiles

A prudent man advised his drunken servant to put by his money
for a rainy day. In a few weeks the master inquired how much
of his wages he had saved.

"Faith, none at aU," said he; "it rained yesterday and it ill
went."

A colonel wanted a man servant, so he inserted an achertise-
nient in the local weekly and received a great many applications,
Init none of them suited his requirements. But at last an Irishman
was shown into his presence.

"What I want," said the colonel, "is a useful man — one who can
cook, drive a motor, look after a pair of horses, clean boots and
windows, feed the poultry, milk the cow, and do a little painting and
paperhanging."

"Ercuse me, sir," cried Murpihy, "what kind of soil have ye
here?"

"Soil!" snapped the colonel, "what's that got to do with it?"
"Well," replied Murphy, "I thought that if the soil was clay I
might make bricks in me spare time."

"How is it, colonel," asked the hopeful young bunko stecrer, ad-
dressing the hoary-headed master of the craft, "that you have al-
ways been so successful in picking out juicy suckers and never have
to waste your time on unprofitable subjects?"

"I simply wait till I hear a man say that he is a pretty good
judge of human nature," replied the veteran, "and then I know he
is just what I am looking for." — Punch.

"What's all the row over on the next block ?" a reporter asked a
policeman.

"Aw, only a wooden weddin'."
"A wooden wedding?"

"Sure. A couple of Poles is gettin' married. — Nezv York Globe.

Hint To Debtors

"Flas Owens ever paid back that $10 you loaned him a year ago?"
"Oh, yes; he borrowed $25 more from me last week and only
took $15." — Boston Transcript.

Thanlwuser

Leland Benham as "Tom" in "The Skating Master"

Addling The News

"I am glad to hear," said the Man Who Does Not Have Time to
Read the Papers, "that this income tax will apply to interblocking
directors.

"I wonder when they're gong to start running trains in this new
Catskill aqueduct now that it's finished.

"I don't believe Wilson will ever succeed in having this James
Lind elected emperor of Mexico even if he does speak Latin.

"I knew the telephone company would have to cut rates when the
parcel-post company got to competing with it.

"It seems to me that this paying of $5 a day to automobile in-
ventors as a millennium wage is going to lead to anarchy or even to
i'ociology. But that ain't any worse than paying $12,000 a year tj
the City Chambermaid, as they do right here in New York.

"Were you to the auto show at the Garden? Who won the
races ?"

"It wasn't at the Garden," said the Man with the Newspaper
"and they didn't have any races."

"Didn't, eh?" snorted the Man Who Doesn't. "Police stopt 'em,
I suppose. More of this impuritanism." — New York Press.

Gladys — Jack is horrid. When we were out tonight, a little bug
flew right into my mouth, and I asked him of what that was a sign.
Clytis — What did he say it meant?
Gladys — That I should keep my mouth sihut. — Judge.

Norma Phillips, "Our Mutual Girl"

Reliance

Calling The Kettle Black

"I despise a hypocrite."
"So do I."

"Now take Jackson for example; he's the biggest hypocrite on
earth."

"But you appear to be his best friend."

"Oh, yes ; I try to appear friendly toward him. It pays better in
the end."— i5c5<0M Transcript.

From "Reel" to "Real" Life

Majestic

Billie West and Harry Fischer in "The Orange Bandit"

Delano Farm Pictures Increase Land Sales

Daylight moving pictures showing Delano Farms, an immense
citrus fruit, alfalfa and farming district in the rich Delano-Jasmine-
Richgrove section of the San Joaquin valley are being used daily
by the country lands department of the Janss Investment company.

These pictures first were shown only in the evening by appoint-
ment but the skilled operator of the Janss service has solved
a way of showing the films in brightest daylight or when all of the
electroliers are glowing.

Three reels are used and the spectators see everything as they
would by personally visiting the property, the films beginning at
the time a train arrives at Delano. The photographs were made
from an automobile and the land is so marked by signs that by
comparing the pictures with a map, trace can be made of the route.

So satisfactory has this method proved that within the week
three sales, of 20 acres each, were made to buyers who have not
been to the property. Others became enthusiastic, but verified the
scenes on a trip of inspection and then purchased.

— Los Angeles Express.

A Pulpit Tip

The stout man in the fourth row was attentively following the
pastor's sermon.

"Let us, then," said the exhorter, "break the bonds oi custom
and throw off the shackles of self, and acknowledge our debt to
life's fundamental lessons. Let us deduct from the year's balance
sheet those obligations which we are morally bound to assume."

At this point the stout man suddenly chuckled and slapped his
leg with considerable force. After the sermon he was overtaken
by the pastor.

"You seemed greatly pleased with one section of the sermon,"
he said.

"Yes,"' replied the stout man. "What you said reminded me of
a ripping new scheme for beating the income tax."

— St. Louis Post-Despatch.

"You've seen them in 'reel' life, now see them in 'real' life,"
is the unique style of publicity carried on by the Motion Picture
Exhibitors' League for their first annual entertainment and ball, to
take place on Tuesday evening, February 17, in Symphony Hall.
The committee comprises a large number of the best known mov-
ing picture actors, including Mary Fuller, Lillian Walker, Pearl
Wlhite, Norma Phillips, Marion Leonard, Crane Wilbur, King
Baggot, John Bunny, Sidney Alcott, Arthur Johnston and Gene
Gauthier. It is planned to have the grand march led by Governor
Walsh and Miss Fuller. The committee, which is headed by Presi-
dent Ernest H. Horstmann, has completed an attractive program
for the concert in the early part of the evening, in which a score
or more of professional artists will appear. This occasion is open
to the public, • vi'ho may procure tickets from the members of the
league. Refreshments will be served at midnight and dancing will
continue until 3 in the morning.

Pa's View

"Have you told your father that I asked you to marry me?"
asked the young man.

"Yes," replied the positive young woman.
"And ihow was he affected?"

"He smiled and exclaimed, 'Brave boy !' " — Washington Star.

The Brute

He — "I called to see your father this afternoon."
She (fluttering visibly) — "Oh, did you?"

He — "Yes ; he has been owing our firm a little bill for some
time." — Boston Transcript.

Majestic

Billie West and Harry Fischer in "The Orange Bandit"

American

Winifred Greenwood and Ed Coxen in "The Carbon Copy"

Reel Life

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The Menace To Moving Pictures

This newspaper in a Sunday issue contained an article on the
educational value of moving pictures. That they have such a value
is beyond any question. They are a new and valuable medium of
teaching geography, natural science and current events. Largely
in response to that value Americans of every class give their ap-
proval to moving picture exhibitions, open the doors of their
churches to them, and flock by the millions to view them.

The moving picture industry is not now threatened by any lack
of public support. It is not threatened by any present tendency
toward immoral films. But it is threatened, and the menace comes
wholly from within the industry, by the disposition to "fake."

Most of us would rather believe than doubt. We are all chil-
dren in our love of illusion. But the moving picture man has been
pouring cold water over our trust in him.

Even children rebel against being shown both sides of a door,
at the same time, with wild lions storming one side .and a lone
woman defending the other. Even a love of illusion is shocked on
being shown, in large size, the hand of the forger signing a check,
in the room where he works "all alone." Even the unthinking be-
gin to wonder :

If these fiction reels are "faked" as badly as this, what about
the serious reels? — Minneapolis Tribune.

"We must try to keep business out of politics," said the patriotic
citizen. "Yes," replied Mr. Dustin Stax, "and I'm going to help
you. I'm not going to have any more candidates afraid to speak
to me on the street." — Hartford Times.

Kay-Bee

"The Raiders"

VVilliani Bertram, Ed Coxen, Albert Cavensand Winifred Greenwood
in "The Dream Child"

Kay-Bee

"The Raiders"

Gentle But Cruel

For a long time James and Maude had courted. Eventually the
engagement was announced, and to the loving pair the future looked
as beautiful as if it had received a new coat of paint.

But, alas! One evening there was a misunderstanding, and then
came the bitter quarrel. With flashing eyes the proud beauty
yanked off the hundred-dollar solitaire.

"Take your ring!" she dramatically cried. "I have decided that
I can never be yonr wife! I shall expect you to return everything
you have in your possession that belongs to me!"

"All I have is a lock of your hair and a photograph," sadly re-
plied James. "You will hardly care for the photo, but the lock of
liair you will no doubt wish to preserve as a souvenir."

"As a souvenir of what, pray?" imperiously demanded the angry
Maude.

"Of the time when you were a brunette," was the gentle rejoinder
of James. — Philadelphia Telegraph.

Pointed Question

"So your wife nags you?" said the judge.
"Yes," replied the blear-eyed one. "It's something fierce."
"Does she nag you because you drink, or do you drink bcause
she nags you?"

At this point technicalities began to enter the controversy.

■ — Chicago Record Herald.

Wives, Be Careful

Mrs. Clarke came running hurriedly into her husband's office one
morning.

"Oh, Dick," she cried, as ghe gasped for breath. "I dropt my
diamond ring off my finger, and I can't find it anywhere."

"It's all right, Bess," replied Mr. Clarke. "I came across it in
my trousers pocket." — New York Times.

Gladys (playing the piano) — "Dear me, T am always wishing to
break into song."

Muriel — "You wouldn't have to break in, dear, if you could
find the key."— Judge.

Discrimination

"Does your husband play cards for money?"
"I don't think so," replied young Mrs. Torkin.s. "But those
who play with him do," — Washington Star,

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Reel Life

Thanhouscr

"Miss Beautiful," Leland Beniham, Bill Noel in "The Skating Master"

"Yellow Flame" Broncko

Future Use Of "Movies" Discussed By Foraker

"The moving pictures are as effective educators at the present
time as the men and women who teach in the schools and colleges.

"Every man zvho zvatches the progress af the zvorld can not help
but think that in the near future the moving picture zvill extend
its scope to every profession and business.

"Even now the film is carrying the message of civilisation to
parts of the zvorld which have never been reached through the
spoken word."

These are some of the statements made Wednesday by former
Senator J. B. Foraker in a speech to the members of the Ohio
Exhibitors' League of America, in convention at the,Sinton hotel. He
lauded the work which is being done for the betterment of the
pictures, and expressed himself in sympathy with the efforts of the
exhibitors to secure legislation for the protection of the public and
of themselves. Senator Foraker was introduced by President M.
A. Neff, who referred to him as "The man who may be the next
United States Senator from Ohio."

"I accept the nomination," the former senator smilingly said,
as he rose to speak.

During the session President Neff received word from Colum-
bus that Governor Cox and Attorney General Timothy Hogan would
use every effort to be in Cincinnati Wednesday night to attend

the banquet of the moving picture exhibitors. Governor Cox ex-
tended his greetings to those in attendance.

The convention went into executive session and took up a dis-
cussion of the censorship problem, the matter of increasing prices
for feature filmis, limiting the time of the shows, and other ques-
tions.

In the afternoon the visitors were escorted to Fountain Square,
where they boarded cars for the Zoo. The entertainment Wed-
nesday afternoon was' arranged under the auspices of the Chamber
of Commerce. At the Zoo an impromptu programme was arranged
and moving pictures were taken of the crowds and of the animals.
Superintendent Sol Stephan consented to lend the delegates two
of his particular pets, the female elephant "Lil," and the new baby
jaguar, which arrived only a few days ago.

• — Cincinnati Times-Star.

Movies To Teach Women How To Vote

Moving pictures will be used in the campaign for educating pros-
pective women voters for the Spring elections, according to an-
nouncements to-day by several Woman's Citizenship Committees.
The films will demonstrate how to register and how to vote, and
will make a plea for all women to register for the election.

— Nezv York Times.

Willing Messenger

Mrs. Subbubs (to tramp) — "Out of work, are you? Then you're
just in time. I've a cord of wood to be cut up and I was just going
to send for a man to do it."

Tramp — "That sn, mum? Where does he live? I'll go and get
him." — Boston Transcript.

Reliance

Norma Phillips, "Our Mutual Girl," and Maym Kelso as the "Aunt"

Majestii

Jessalyn Van Trump and William Nigh in "The Clerk"

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"Making of a Perfect Projector"

BULLETIN NO. 8— GEARS

. C84

An important factor in the successful operation of a motion picture machine, and one which has been
the subject of much criticism in recent years, is the gears.

In designing the Simplex projector we have constructed a machine with the least possible number of
gears, and have placed them in a center line position. The gears and pinions on our machine, as illustrated

on plates A, B, C and D are generated from cast
iron, tool steel, and phosphor bronze blanks
which, after turning, are carefully ground and
tested for accuracy with micrometers up to a
S,000ths part of an inch. We use the well known
Schuehardt & Schutte gear generators for cut-
ting all of the spiral gears, and the Bilgram ma-
chine for generating the bevel gears. These ma-
chines are recognized im the mechanical engin-
eering world as the best of their kind.

All the gears on the Simplex projector (with
the exception of the lower feed sprocket No. 38
and the internal on the main driving gear) are
spiral cut to diminish the noise and obviate the
back lash; and, after being assembled on the pro-
^ ^ ,™»oa<rf*™=.. jector, they are ground into a perfect mesh with

I ply^fl l^fflB^-'*^'^ glass, stone and oil. The pitch and the number

of teeth selected, permit an even transmission of
power with the least possible friction and, like-
wise, insure longer wearing qualities.

Main driving gear Nos. 6 and 60014, illustrated
on plate A, are a fair sample of our workmanship.
Both the internal and the external gears are cut
from one solid blank of cast iron, with which
Vanadium is mixed. There is no possibility of
the internal gear becoming loose.

600!^, Plate A, carries a sprocket on the out-
side face for driving the 2,000-ft. chain take up,
instead of carrying a pulley as used on the regu-
lar belt drive.

Intermediate driving gear No. 604, illustrated
on Plates A and B consists of a large gear No. 19,
inside bevel gear No. 19j^, steel pinion No. 21
and a hardened shaft No. 20, all of which are set
into a special fixture on an arbor press and lapped
together, thus forming practically one solid gear.

Motor drive pinion No. 750, Plate B, meshes
into main driving gear No. 6, and, as you will
note, it is geared down to a ratio of 5 to 1. On
account of the low gearing a minimum amount
of power is required to drive the mechanism.
The pulley carries two grooves for belt connec-
tion with an idler pulley on the pedestal.

Spiral gears D117 and 120, illustrated on Plate A
C, are shutter shaft gear bracket and the shutter bracket driving gears, the smaller
one 117 driving gear also synchronizes the shutter with the framing gear. Com-
plete shutter gear bracket No. 634 comprises gears 117 and 120, driving bevel gear
and shaft No. 636 and shutter shaft No. 133^.

Gear No. 117 is actuated on the shutter gear bracket by a slide, which is supported by a stud.
Bevel gears 25 and 31, Plate B, drive the upper feed sprocket shaft. Bevel gears 2314 and 24
are attached to the vertical shaft No. 23, and their duty is to transmit power from intermediate gear
604 to vertical shaft and shutter driving gears.

Lower feed sprocket gear No. 38 meshes :nto main driving gear No. 6.

The automatic fire shutter, as used on the Simplex
projector, is actuated by a centrifugal governor, illus-
trated by Nos. 84, 87 and 88, Plate B. This type of
governor is entirely free from friction, and places no
tension upon the operation of the machine. In fact, it
tends to balance the upper part of the machine. The
governor is supported to shaft No. 23 by top link
holder No. 88 and two steel links which are securely
fastened to the governor weights by link screws. No.
84, governor lift, which trips the lever of the auto-
matic fire shutter when the machine is operating is se-
, . ^ , , cured to the governor by two links.

Note the simplicity of this type of centrifugal governor and the absence of springs, rollers, etc. It is not a new discovery on
our part, having been extensively used for a number of years by manufacturers cf many types of engines, which attest to its

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reliability. We are the first to adopt :t for use on a projection machine.

Every operator and exhibitor should know how the gears on bis projector are made and what material is
struction and the dutv of each gear.

Convince yourself before investing your money in a new machine that it is simple, practical and reliable.

used in their con-

ARE YOU USING A
SIMPLEX PROJECTOR

PERFECT PROJECTION LIES
IN THE MAKING OF THE PROJECTOR.

PRECISION MACHINE COMPANY

Can You Doubt the Superiority of

These testimonials are from exacting critics whose integrity

is without question

IT OFFERS PERFECT CONSTJRUCTION AND RELIABILITY
UNDER EXACTING CONDITIONS

January 26, 1914.

Precision Machine Co.,

New York City.
Gentlemen : —

Recent use of projection machines, and in which matter we are at all times most particular and
exacting, prompts our writing you in compliment and endorsement of the Simplex projector.

The Simplex qualities of reli. Mlity, long life and accur-if- Tirojection are held in our highest esteem
and we feel that the good which the Simplex h do. e for our industry should not pass without our
compliment. ,

Yours very truly
ALL STAR FEATURE CORPORATION,
(Signed) Harry R. Raver, F.

President.

Precision Machine Co., January 27, 1914.

New York City.
Gentlemen: —

I am glad to advise you that the new 17" magazine motor drive Simplex machine which you in-
stalled in our laboratory is in perfect working order. I feel that I should compliment you on the
construction of your machines, as the one which we have been running in our studio for over a year
has really given us no trouble at all.

It is gratifying to know that we can project all of our negatives on a Simplex machine without
having to worry about ruining 'same.

I would be pleased to recommend your machine to any person who might ask me my opinion of
same.

Yours very truly,
FAMOUS PLAYERS FILM CO.
(Signed) Albert A. Kaufman,

Studio Manager.

IT GIVES MACHINE SERVICE
UNDER EXACTING CONDITIONS

January 26, 1914.

Precision Machine Co.,

New York City.
Gentlemen: —

I have used Simplex machines for some years and find them a most important adjunct in selling
films.

I find that the Simplex will show a clear, steady picture and will stand up under the hardest grind.
We have used the Simplex for many months without the slightest repairs being necessary.

Yours very truly
AMMEX MOTION PICTURE MFG. CO.

(Signed) H. J. Streyckmans,

Sales Manager.

IT ACCOMPLISHES PERFECT PROJECTION AND DURABILITY
UNDER EXACTING CONDITIONS

The most exacting conditions exist in the film studios. Simplex meets them all.

OVER 90% OF THE FILM STUDIOS USE IT. WHY HESITATE?

Illustrated Catalogue C Gives Full Details
Made and Guaranteed by

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MONDAY— American,
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Keystone,

Kay -Bee

TUESDAY— Kay Bee, Majestic,
Thanhouser. Selected Release.

WEDNESDAY— Beauty, Broncho,
Mutual Weekly, Reliance.

THURSDAY— American, Domino,
Komic, Keystone. Selected Release.

FRIDAY — Kay Bee,
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Princess,

SATURDAY — American, K e y -
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SUNDAY— Apollo, Majestic, Than-
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American

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3 — The Miser's Policy

5— The Power of Light (2)

8 — No release

10 — The Love of Thomas Gray
12— Destinies Fulfilled (3)

15 — No release

17 — Unto the Weak

19 — The Return of Helen Redmond (2)

22 — No release

24 — At the Potter's Wheel

26 — A Blowout at Santa Banana (2)

29 — No release

31 — Calamity Anne In Society

2— The Hermit (2)

5 — True Western Hearts
7 — No release

9— The Lost Treasure (3)
12 — No release

14 — The Money Lender

16— The Cricket On the Hearth (2)
19 — No release

21 — The "Pote Lariat" of the "Flying A'

23 — The Dream Child (2)
26 — No release

28 — The Carbon Copy

Apollo

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4— The Tale of a Shirt

11— A Swell Dish

Whose Baby Are You?

(Split Reel)

18 — An Accidental Baby
25— It's a Bear!
1 — The Great Pasadena Rose Tourna-
ment

-One-Round O'Brien in the Ring
Again

Feb. 15 — The Black Hand Conspiracy
Feb. 22 — Up In the Air Over Sadie
Mar. 1 — Village School Days

Beauty

Jan. 21 — Fooling Uncle

Jart 28 — Bess, the Outcast

Feb. 11— The Wife

Feb. 18 — The Sacrifice

Feb. 25' — The Professor's Awakening

Broncho

Dec. 31— The Woman (2)

Jan. 7 — A Military Judas (3)

Jan. 14 — The Cure

Jan. 21 — Conscience

Jan. 28 — Romance of Sunshine Alley

Feb. 4 — A New England Idyl (2)

Feb. 11 — Romance of the Sea (2)

Feb. 18 — Yellow Flame (2)

Feb. 25— Repaid (2)

Domino

Jan. 1 — True Irish Hearts
Jan. 8— The Harp of Tara (2)

Jan. 15 — The Primdtdve Call (3)

Jan. 22 — The Informer (2)

Jan. 29— Heart of Woman (3)
Feb. 5— O Mimi San (2)

Feb. 12— The Mystery Lady (2)

Feb. 19— The Play's the Thing (2)

Feb. 26 — The Courtship of O San

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26— The Harvest of Sin
2 — Prince

9 — The Narcotic Spectre (2)

16— Circle of Fate (2)

23 — Kentucky Romance

27— Her Brother's Sake
30 — Divorce (2)

6 — The Secret Lode
10 — The Colonel's Adopted Daughter
13 — The Arrowrmaker's Daughter

17 — No release
20— The Raiders (2)

24 — No release

27— North of 53° (2)

Keystone

20— His Sister's Kids
22— A Bad Game

25 — Some Nerve

29— He Would A Hunting Go

1 — A Misplaced Foot

A Glimpse of Los Angeles

(Split Reel)
5 — Mabel's Stormy Love Affair

8— The Under Sheriff
12— A Flirt's Mistake

15 — How Motion Pictures Are Made
17 — In the Clutches of the Gang
19— Too Many Brides

22 — Won In a Closet

24 — Rebecca's Wedding Day

26 — Double Crossed

29 — Little Billie's Triumph
31 — Mabel's Bare Escape

2 — Making a Living

5 — Little Billie's Strategy
7 — Kid Autoraces at Venice

Olive and Their Oil (Split Reel)

9 — Mabel's Strange Predicament
12 — A Robust Romeo

16— Baffles, Gentleman Burglar (2)
19— A Thief Catcher

21 — Love and Gasoline

23 — Twixt Love and Fire

26 — Little Billie's City Cousin
28 — Between Showers

Komic

Jan. 8 — Chasing Gloom

The Servant Question (Split
Jan. 15 — Walt's Photograph

The Vapor Bath (Split
Jan. 22 — What the Burglar Got

The Wild Man From Borneo
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Jan. 29 — The Physical Culture Bug

The Scheme That Failed
Feb. 5 — My Wife's Away — The Sleepy

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Feb. 12— That Spring Lock

The Plumber and Percy (Split
Feb. 19 — A Birthday Present

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14— The Rival Pitchers

16 — The God of To-morrow

20 — Man's Awakening

21 — The Prisoner of the Mountains

23 — Mrs. Brown's Burglar

27 — The Pride of the Force

28 — Helen's Strategem

30— The Baby

3 — Educating His Daughters

4 — Mollie and the Oil King

6 — The Ten of Spades

10 — The Sorority Initiation

11— A Ticket to Red Gulch

13 — Jake's Hoodoo

17 — The Lackey

18— What the Crystal Told
20— The Ring

24 — The Power of Mind

25— The Thief and the Book (2)
27 — No release

31 — A Riot in Rubeville

1 — The Vengeance of Najerra
3— The Portrait of Anita (2)

7 — No release

8 — A Turn of the Cards
10 — Just a Song at Twilight

14 — Fate's Decree

Feb. 15 — The Orange Bandit

Feb. 17— The Clerk

Feb. 21 — The Higher Law

Feb. 22— The Reform Candidate (3)

Feb. 24 — No release

Feb. 28— The Rival Barbers

Mar. 1 — No release

Mutual Weekly

Nov. 5— No. 45
Nov. 12 — No. 46
Nov. 19— No. 47
Nov. 26 — No. 48
Dec. 3— No. 49
Dec. 17— No. 51
Dec. 24— No. 52
Dec. 31— No. 53

Jan. 7— No. 54
Jan. 14 — No. 55
Jan. 21— No. 56
Jan. 28— No. 57
Feb. 4 — No. 58
Feb. 11— No. 59
Feb. 18— No. 60
Feb. 25— No. 61

Princess

Jan. 2 — A Rural Free Delivery Romance

Jan. 9 — A Circumstantial Nurse

Jan. 16 — When the Cat Came Back

Jan. 23 — The Vacant Chair

Jan. 30 — The Purse and the Girl

Feb. 6 — Where Paths Diverge

Feb. 13— The Tangled Cat

Feb. 20— All's Well That Ends Well

Feb. 27— The Hold-Up

Reliance

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22— The Flyleaf of Fate
24 — The Alternative

27 — Giavonni's Gratitude (2)
29 — Daybreak

31 — His Awful Vengeance
Seeing Stars and Stripes

(Split Reel)

3 — Some Rogues and a Girl
5 — The Loafer

7 — The Sacrifice

10 — The Psychological Moment
12 — Slim Hogan's Getaway

14 — The Two Slaves

17 — The Faith of Her Fathers
19— Our Mutual Girl (No. 1)
21— The Man

24 — The Hidden Que
26^0ur Mutual Girl (No. 2)

28 — Tricked By a Photograph
31 — Too Proud to Beg

2— Our Mutual Girl (No. 3)

4 — The Janitor

7— For His Master (2)

9— Our Mutual Girl (No. 4)

11 — Pat Fannagan's Family
14— The Idler

16— Our Mutual Girl (No. 5)

18 — A Working Girl's Romance
21 — An Interrupted Seance

23 — Our Mutual Girl (No. 6)

25— The Musician's Wife
28— The Green-Eyed Devil (2)

Thanhouser

Dec. 23 — An Orphan's Romance (2)

Dec. 26 — His Father's Wife

Dec. 28— The Head Waiter

Dec. 30 — An Amateur Animal Trainer

Jan. 2 — Their Golden Wedding

Jan. 4 — Mrs. Pinkhurst's Proxy

Jan. 6 — The Runaway Princess (3)

Jan. 9 — No release

Jan. 11 — Two Little Dromios

Jan. 13 — Adrift in a Great City

Jan. 16 — Coals of Fire

Jan. 18 — Turkey Trot Town

Jan. 20 — Her Love Letters

Jan. 23 — An Elusive Diamond

Jan. 25 — The Elevator Man

Jan. 27— The Woman Pays

Jan. 30 — No release

Feb. 1 — Why Reginald Reformed

Feb. 3 — Twins and a Stepmother

Feb. 6 — The Success of Selfishness

Feb. 8 — Percy's First Holiday

Feb. 10— The Dancer (2)

Feb. 13 — No release

Feb. 15 — The Skating Master

Feb. 17 — A Leak in the Foreign Office (2)

Feb. 20 — No release

Feb. 22— A Can of Baked Beans

Feb. 24— The Golden Cross (2)

Feb. 27 — Their Best Friend

Mar. 1 — The Scientist's Doll.

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FEBRUARY 21, 1914

MORE THAN
25,000 THIS WEEK

BEAUTIFUL SCENE IN KAY-BEE'S "NORTH OF 53 "

'Poleon Leaves on His Winter Trapping Expedition

This young French Canadian, accompanied by his friend, Francois, is saying farewell to his sister, Celestine, and
her admirer, James Lewis, a mounted policeman in the Dominion service, who afterward betrays and deserts her.
The parish priest in the background evidently anticipates trouble. The scenery throughout the film is exquisite.

Four

REEL LIFE

jROGRESSIVE prison authorities every-
where are exercising an influence for good
in brightening the dull lives of the inmates
of penal institutions with occasional moving-
picture entertainments. Subjects are chosen
with an idea toward stimulating the am-
bition of the prisoners toward leading bet-
ter lives and achieving legitimate success.
An interesting instance of this is cited on another
page of Reel Life, teUing of a young fellow, whose
chastening by the hard hand of the law after his
first offence, one of ignorance, inspired him to work hard
for an education while in durance so that he might, on his
release, become a benefit instead of a detriment to society.
His maiden efforts as a scenario writer were mailed to
"Our Mutual Girl," who forwarded them for considera-
tion.

As a means of presenting in a convincing way the work
it is doing toward the general uplift of the American negro,
the Massachusetts Hampton Association has had manufac-
tured a film of the moving picture play, showing the progress
of a negro boy from the little cabin, which is his home,
to and through the Hampton Institute, whence he returns
to the South to labor for the elevation of his race. It is
presented under notable patronage, some of the foremost
society women of Boston appearing on the list of
patronesses.

Believing in the principle that visual instruction is more
effective than oral, the Illinois State Food Commission has
organized a moving picture campaign of education for the
purpose of purging the state of the food evils so far as
possible. Perils of the fly-pest, and of the improper method
of handling milk and other food products will be graphi-
cally portrayed on the film and sociological and economic
clubs and societies in the various communities will be in-
vited to co-operate in the presentation of the pictures. The
service will be virtually free.

And now the State Highway Commissioner of Ohio has
awakened to the powerful appeal of the moving picture and
has decided to utilize it in his boosting of good roads. His
campaign is to arouse among the greatest number of voters
the most enthusiasm he can for improved roads throughout
the state, and he feels that through the "movies" he can
reach more men and women than through any other medi-
um and in a way which will impinge upon their memories
the reforms he desires to accomplish. All Ohio moving-
picture theatres will be supplied with the film.

Solons of sedate Holyoke, Mass., are debating the de-
tailed regulation of Sunday amusements, both outdoor and
indoor, and the ministerial organization is taking an active
part in an advisory capacity. So are the newspapers and,
almost to a man, the rather more than ordinarily conserva-
tive editors, who condemn Sunday vaudeville and Sunday
baseball, favor the Sunday moving pictures, giving as their
reason that the screen shows have done more toward tem-
perance in Holyoke than any other activity in the city.

Evidence that mothers realize the influence the moving
picture exerts on the lives of their children was found in
the meeting of the Parent-Teachers' Association of Kansas

City, who voted at a recent meeting to appeal to the Board
of Education to supply special "movie" programs to the
school children.

On the mention of the subject, almost all of the mothers
at the meeting tried to speak on it at the same time. They
seemed to be of one mind in favoring this form of enter-
tainment, which they said was most popular with the chil-
dren and the educational film was strongly advocated, both
in scientific and travel reels and in the reproduction of liter-
ary classics and historical events.

Kansas City also is seriously considering doing away with
the free band concerts in the public parks and employing
the money which has been spent in this way for free mov-
ing-picture shows for the benefit of those who have not the
price of admission to the photoplay theatres. These pic-
tures will be educational and will be interspersed with slides
making announcement in several languages by the health
and police departments.

Thirty new millionaires have been added to the financial
roster of America in the last few years through the moving-
picture industry, which is now the fourth in point of aggre-
gate earnings in the United States, and several of the wealth-
iest men in Wall street have added materially to their for-
tunes in this way.

And this is only national in a comparative sense, for
while the moving picture, like most other good things, came
to us from Europe, it also, like most other good things, soon
^became chiefly an American product and the United States
is now making three fourths of the films used in the entire
world.

Twenty-five thousand miles of films will thisi year be ex-
ported from the United States, or one hundred and thirty
million feet, each foot capable of being used many times,
will be sent abroad, representing our surplus manufacture.

Last year the aggregate of the film industry's business
was more than three hundred million dollars and over five
billion paid admissions were registered in the sixteen thou-
sand moving picture theatres, of which there is at least one
in almost every tiny hamlet and from five to twenty in
every progressive small town.

There are many reasons for the popularity of the picture
show. One is its great possibilities for variety, another its
equally vast opportunities for realism and apparently magi-
cal achievement, but the chief reason for its rapid rise and
the downfall of all that is best in the so-called "legitimate"
stage is the fact that it is feasible to present it at a safe and
sane price within the reach of everyone but the pauper.

"It's prices are democratic," as Prof. Richard E. Burton
of the farthest north university of Minnesota, said recently
in a lecture on the drama in St. Louis, "and," he resumed,
"it has surpassed the stage drama in many ways, but par-
ticularly in its cleanness and wholesomeness."

Ad!y Paris correspondent informed me on St. Valentine's
day, that for the first time films are being used as an im-
port factor in the campaigns for the general French elec-
tions. More than forty candidates have ordered moving
pictures specially manufactured to be shown between the
speeches of the Gallic spellbinders.

Even the President of France has been used through the

REEL LIFE

Five

^ THE LISTENER CHATTERS m

employment of a remarkable double for M. Poincare, who
is doing a lively business posing as the chief executive of
the French Republic in the act of shaking hands and smil-
ing his approval upon certain enterprising candidates.

Federal utilization of the "movies" in this country has
the precedent of the Department of Agriculture, which has
decided that they will prove a valuable asset for the work
of instruction in poultry husbandry.

M'any moving picture lectures on poultry work already
have been delivered and have been well received. The
moving picture indelibly stamps its lesson on the audience.
The lecturers explain the lesson, while the pictures tell
the story.

The audience is personally conducted through the various
stages of poultry work and gets a lasting and helpful im-
pression. It is ages ahead of the old time lecture droned
out to an audience that was half asleep and largely inat-
tentive. There is no going to sleep at our Uncle Sam's
poultry moving picture shows — everybody is wide awake
and eager for more.

The last season has been a busy one in film making. Uncle
Sam now has films that already cover a wide field in practical
poultry instruction work. The moving pictures begin with
the cleaning and disinfection of 'the poultry house.

The audience sees it done and is told all about it. Then
come gathering and sorting eggs, all phases of handHng of
eggs during incubation and the care of chicks, both by
natural and artificial means, to the minutest detail. The
growth of the embryo chick is shown from the first day up
to and including the twenty-first day. The pictures are
good and have received favorable comment.

Besides the value of these pictures of the development
of the chick in teaching embryology, there is a great object
lesson for farmers and others showing just what takes
place in eggs when they are held in warm weather.

Those who are ignorant enough to condemn the motion
picture and to sneer at the "movie" fan as a "low-brow"
should read the result of a straw vote, by the post card
route, just completed by an esteemed contemporary in the
motographic press.

Out of fifteen thousand cards sent to patrons of moving
pictures, 5,381 answer that they prefer multiple, and 5,062
single reels. Five thousand and seven hundred say there
are not enough educational features, as against 4,787 who
say there are.

Six thousand prefer comedies to drama, and 3,669 are
in favor of the thrillers. The classics are favored by 3,906
and only 364 object to them.

My London correspondent tells me that the top-hole
comic films in Britain today are without any doubt,
Keystones, handled in London by the Western Import
Company, Ltd. There is a Keystone in almost every
"first run" program in London every week and most
weeks it is the best enjoyed item on the bill. The Brit-
isher wants to laugh with vigor when he goes to the
theatre. Some very fine productions of the problem
order leave him cold and he is apt to yawn at the three

reels of sentimentality in which some European manu-
facturers specialize. But a good rousing comedy, or
more strictly speaking, a . "Comic" — is exactly to his
taste. "Refined comedy" he likes, farce with a knocka-
bout element he absolutely revels in. He has a keen
eye for the grotesque, loves to see types he knows car-
icatured and is not above finding amusement in a good
fall or a collision. Hence the popularity of Keystones,
which contain all these elements and the Britisher can
appreciate the latter even when roaring at the former.

The Western Import Company, Ltd., of London, are
in addition to their activities in the British market,
pursuing a vigorous policy on the continent of Europe
on behalf of the various Mutual brands they represent.
An ofiice was recently opened in Berlin and one has now
been added at 83 bis Rue Lafayette, Paris, under the
charge of Mr. T. Haik.

It is the declared policy of the Western Import Com-
pany to open offices of their own in all territories whose
importance justifies the step, in preference to selling
the films through an agent. They are agents for Key-
stone, Kay-Bee, Broncho, Domino, and Komic films
and with these will be sold on the continent the brands
handled in London by the Associated New Majestic
Company — Majestic, Reliance and Apollo.

The new product of the Majestic and Reliance com-
panies controlled in England by the New Majestic Com-
pany, of Gerrard Street is rapidly improving its stand-
ing with the buyers of that country.

The advance in these two brands is already declared
by experts to be remarkable, even before the Griffith
releases have been placed before the buyers and such
films as "Hearts and Hoofs" and "Through the Sluice
Gates" will find ready acceptance at the hands of Brit-
ish audiences.

The increased rent of the films themselves and the go-
ahead policy of the New Majestic Company are the
factors which are making Majestic and Reliance in-
creasingly popular in British territory and there is a
keen curiosity to see the first releases supervised by D.
W. Griffith.

A. H. T. Banzhaf, attorney for D. W. Griffith, replying
to a question, recently said: "So great has been the suc-
cess of D. W. Griffith, the master director of moving pic-
tures, in his production of extraordinary feature films for
the Mutual Film Corporation, with which he is now asso-
ciated, that the competitors of this organization, in an effort
to create trouble among the great company he has assem-
bled, have circulated reports that this mutually advan-
tageous connection had been or was about to be severed.

"Such is not the case. Mr. Griffith has never been more
agreeably situated or in better position to realize his great
and original ideas and the Mutual is delighted with his
initial achievements. Both parties desire to have it known
that the present intention as to the connection is for per-
manency."

The Listener.

Six

REEL LIFE

INTIMATE FACTS ABOUT PHOTOPIhAY PEOPLE

5'. 5". Hutchinson
American

Carl L. Gregory
Thanhouser

Harry Benham
Thanhouser

D. W. Griffith
Reliance

Fred Mace
Apollo

PRESIDENT S. S. HUTCHINSON, of the American
Film Company, recently took occasion to refute tbe
timie-worn fiinig at the actor and his marital difificulties.
Most of the photoplayers appearing in "Flying A" and
"Beauty" pictures were at one time in their careers on the so-
called "legitimate stage" and resent the implication that
members of their profession are averse to the domestic life.

"I have often discussed with President C. J. Hite, of the
Thanhouser and Majestic Companies, the number of mar-
riages between the players in the Santa Barbara colony,"
said President Hutchinson. "Most of the 'Flying A and
'Beauty' players are married and have their own farms not
far from the studios. They are seldom seen in the white
light restaurants and spend their spare time visitintg among
themselves or doing the actual work of husbandry in their
giardens and fields. There have been no divorces among
our players, indeed, the Santa Barbara colony in so far
as domestic felicity is concerned is a Californian Arcadia."

Carl L. Gregory of the Thanhouser Company is one of
the very few motion-picture camera-men, who can both di-
rect the action of a scene while it is being filmed and attend
to the actual turning of the motion picture camera crank
at the same time.

Mr. Gregory was formerly associated in the production
of the Princess films and has had long experience both as
a photographer and as a stage manager, or, as the stage
manager is known in the motion picture world, as a "di-
rector." Mr. Gregory specializes in the production of the
Thanhouser multiple reel features.

Harry Benham has appeared in the Mutual Movies for
more than three years. His stage experience before he
entered the motion-picture field with the Thanbouser Com-
pany was obtained with dramatic and musical comedy com-
panies. He appeared in "Madamie Sherry," "Woodland,"
"The Sultan of Sulu," and played the roles of Henry Sar-
torys in "Frou Frou" and Carrezzi in "Moths."

Since he joined the Thanhouser Company, Mr. Benham
has played three hundred parts and has appeared an in-
numerable number of times on the screen in ten thousand
motion pictures throughout the world.

Mr. Benham is six feet in height, weighs 175 pounds, and
is a trained athlete. He numbers among his accomplish-
ments, virtually all the outdoor sports, of which a motion-
picture actor is supposed to have a working knowledge.

For the benefit of those fair devotees of the screen, who
have made inquiries, it migiht be mentioned here that Mr.
Benham has eyes and hair of a decided brown. His com-
plexion is fair.

In point of naturalness and the absence of all theatrical
cant from his art, Courtenay Foote, of the Mutual Movies,
is perhaps the most effective artist recruited from' the le-
gitimate stage. In this respect his work has especially ap-
pealed to the noted Mutual director, Mr. D. W. Griffith,
who insists that pose and affectation have no place in a mo-
tion picture. Mr. Foote's character-drawings have their
great appeal because of his avoidance of mannerisms and
among photoplayers themselves, the most critical audience
of all, Mr. Foote is spoken of with that respect which is
the greatest compliment that can be paid to an artist.

His first picture under the Mutual banner will be
"Whosoever Diggeth a Pit," and Mr. Foote, ably assisted
in the direction by Walter Stanhope, has just completed
this one-reeler. There is a scene in which Foote, in the
character of an artist, sinks in a quicksand and the latter
had to be built to order to contain the star of the pro-
ceedings. It was so wet that Mr. Foote could not keep
his feet under when sinking and they persisted in rising
above the ground, try as he would to keep them down.
He was forced to have a rod built at the bottom of the
pit and hooked his toes under it and thus kept his feet
where they belonged.

Patrons of the Mutual Movies invariably break into roars
of laughter when the genial face and figure of Fred Mace,
of the Apollo Company is flashed upon the screen. None
of them, perhaps, could explain just why their risibilities
are excited at a mere glimpse of this popular comedian,
but the fact remains.

Fred is accustomed to the roars of laughter, however.
His every waking hour is a succession of laughs. Even
when he feels gloomy, his long face, instead of creating
sympathy for him, merely provokes chuckles and giggles.

Mr. Mace is a graduate of the legitimate stage and as a
comedian has appeared in hundreds of Mutual films before
Hindoo, Chinese, European and South American audiences,
in fact, wherever laughter is a national trait, the appear-
ance of genial Fred upon the screen is the signal for good-
natured mirth.

The Historian.

REEL LIFE

Seven

SCENES FROM THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS ON THE SCREEN

James Ayres, Katherine Webb and Muriel Ostriche "The Hold-Up" — Princess Harry Pollard and Margarita Fischer "Italian Love" — Beauty

Louise Lester, Sydney Ayres and Vivian Rich "A Child of the Desert" — American
Tsuru Aoki in "The Courtship of O San" — Domino

Eight

REEL LIFE

HEARD IN

STUDIO AND
EXCHANGE

IRECTOR THOMAS H. INCE of the
Kay-Bee brand of Mutual Movies is justly-
proud of the unsolicited compliment paid
him by Capt. Frederick I. Macy, U. S. A.,
the exchange officer at Fort Stevens, Oregon.
Mr. Ince has won fame as the greatest di-
rector in motion pictures in the staging of
great spectacles, particularly those of a: mili-
tary nature, and especially for that most
pretentious of all war photoplays, "The
Battle of Gettysburg."

Following is an excerpt from a letter from Capt. Macy
to William T. Binford, branch manager for the Mutual at
Portland, Oregon :

"Our men are surprisingly critical and appreciative.
Though they live peculiarly masculine lives, yet none are
more insistent upon real merit in pictuces, or more impa-
tient with the coarse or mediocre. As a rule 'soldier plays'
only excite disgust among the men, as they are so unmili-
tary in every way that the only amusement the men find is
in criticism.

1 "But I saw your 'Narcotic Spectre' Saturday. It was the
only correct military film I ever saw. It was perfect in
every detail of uniform, guard duty and atmosphere. The
orders and letters might have come from our own head-
quarters, in correctness. It had the spirit of trained, disci-
plined men, who had been actually drilled, and as for the
Colonel's 'striker,' if he had never been a soldier himself,
I still want to shake hands with him. He had it perfectly.

Devotion to his officer, respect, a close mouth,
though his thoughts were well shown and a
degree of personal familiarity that never
overstepped a certain bound, as only the
trained soldier knows it. I congratu-
late you."

Muriel Ostriche, of the Princess
will follow her leading
man, Boyd Marshall, as a
speaker before the Wo-
man's Club of New Ro-
chelle in the public discus-
sion of Sunday opening of
picture shows that is tak-
ing up most of the club's
time. Marshall, in his talk
of some weeks ago, advised
the women to work for
Sunday picture programs
that were carefully edited
in advance and of an edu-
cational nature.

"The youngest leading
woman in pictures," Miss
Ostriche, is seventeen, and
will take issue with Mr.
Marshall. It is her idea
that an all-educational
show bores, that it would keep people out of the picture
theatres, and in that way have the same effect as the Sab-
bath closing law which the exhibitors are fighting. In the

Irene Hunt, "The Musician's Wife"
Reliance

talk, which is scheduled for Sunday, she will counsel the
women to work for bright programs.

Miss Ostriche does not advocate the showing of sensa-
tional photoplays on the Sabbath, nor the total elimination
of educational pictures, but she does think that the show-
ing of comedies and farces, which people would enjoy, con-
stitutes no disrespect to the Sabbath. The closing measure
comes up to the New Rochelle
common council for final de-
cision within ten days.

After five hours of delibera-
tion a New York jury has de-
cided that "Hagar Revelly"
was a book that could be free-
ly circulated through the mails
and thus set at naught the loud
hue and cry that had arisen
against it during a long and
interesting trial.

Few present-day writers
have received the extravagant
praise that has been lavished
upon its author, Daniel Carson
Goodman, during the last few
days. The prediction of John
Macy, literary critic of the
Boston Herald, that "In a
hundred years from to-day
they will erect a monument
to Goodman on Boston Com-
mon," is one of the many
flattering tributes that he has
received, and the different
literary lights of the country seem to be vieing with each
other to do him honor.

Along with Locke, Conrad and London, his last work has
been counted seventh by the Boston Transcript in the list
of America's fifteen greatest novels, and it is an event of
note in motion picture history that Dr. Goodman has been
induced by the ^Mutual Film Corporation to write photo-
dramas.

Dorothy Jordan and Kenneth Clarendon
"A Can of Baked Beans" Thanhotiser

The Continental Feature Film Co. — devoted to the book-
ing, distribution and promotion of motion picture features,
produced by the several well-known companies of the
Mutual Film Corporation — is spreading its activities to the
metropolitan district of New York. The Continental Com-
pany will have the exclusive booking of Weber's Theatre
upon the conclusion there of "Smashing the Vice Trust."

The Continental will also enter upon a similar arrange-
ment with the new company which has recently taken
possession of the old Metropolitan skating rink on Broad-
way at Fifty-second Street. The rink is at present being re-
modelled into a motion picture theatre, and a magnificent
pipe organ is being installed.

Both theatre and rink will be conducted and advertised
as any legitimate theatre, offering dramatic attractions.

The opening attraction at the rink, which will be ready
in four or five weeks, will be a feature called "Dope," now
being produced by the Thanhouser Company. The cast
will include Herman Lieb (the author of the play), Laura
Nelson Hall, Ernest Truax, Christine Blessing, William
H. Tooker and Gaston Mervale. The first booking of the
Continental at Weber's will be "The Gangsters," which
will be followed by "The Battle of the Sexes," a photo-
play by Daniel Carson Goodman, author of "Hagar
Revelly."

The Gleaner.

REEL LIFE

Nine

SCENES FROM THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS ON^THE SCREEN

Vivian Rich "The Crucible" — American Winnifred Greemvood, Ed. Coxen, Wm. Bertram and Ida Lewis

"The Pursuer Pursued" — American
Jacques Jaccard and Sydney Ayrcs Chas. B. Faye and Rhea Mitchell
"A Child of the Desert"— American "Retyaic^''— Broncho

Ten

REEL LIFE

STORIES OF
THE NEW PHOTOPLA YS

Irene Hunt

{"The Musician's Wife," Reliance)

Thomas Mills

HE Mutual Film Corporation soon will release
a program remarkable for the diversity of the
themes treated. Several comedies, one of them
a sketch containing faithful delineations of
Little Italy characters, afford the relief in a
carefully chosen program. A special company
of Japanese players, engaged particularly for the purpose,
have completed a tragedy of modern Japan in which the
customs and traditions of the Japanese stage are given ex-
position for the first time in motion pictures. A pretty
love s-tory of the Mexican border in which, for once, the
Mexican is not made out to be the renegade, a romance of
the plains which will appeal especially to children and those
who have not forgotten that they, too, were young once
upon a time. Several American comedies and dramas and
a motographic adaptation of the famous Napoleonic opera,
"The Golden Cross," round out the week's program of re-
leases.

Three Thrilling American Dramas.
THE PURSUER PURSUED.

March 5, 1914
CAST

Claude H<yivard ' ....Ed Coxen

Mr. Stanley, a wealthy ranch owner William Bertram

Mrs. Stanley Miss Lewis

Florence, his daughter Winifred Greenwood

Pedro, a Mexican George Field

Claude Howard, a young Easterner, starts life on a large
western ranch. Florence Stanley, daughter of the ranch
owner, is not averse to his attentions, but Mr. Stanley dis-
covers the budding love affair and discharges Howard.

Claude returns to bid Florence good-bye, but is obliged
to hide in her house, when her father unexpectedly enters.
While in his hiding place, Claude sees Pedro, a Mexican
hanger-on at the ranch, make off with a large sum of money
which Stanley had asked his daughter to watch. Claude
gives chase. Pedro, in his flight, meets Mr. Stanley and
tells him that Claude has turned horse thief. Stanley, with
his cowboys, overtake Claude and Pedro. Both men are
taken back to the Stanley ranch house, where explanations
are made and Claude gains his prospective father-in-law's
permission to win the affections of his daughter — if he can.

A CHILD OF THE DESERT

March 7, 1914
CAST

Tom Manning, a young Western cattle man Sydney Ayres

Blossom Clark, aged three Helen Armstrong

Blossom Clark, aged eighteen Vivian Rich

Larsen, a prairie fighter Jack Richardson

Mrs. Manning, Tom's mother Jacques Jaccard

Riding down into the valley, Tom Manning, a young
cattleman, finds amidst the wreckage of a prairie schooner
caravan, a little baby girl, whose parents have been mas-
sacred by Indians. Manning cares for the child. ..Next

morning, however, the little girl wanders off while pick-
ing wild flowers. Manning is unable to find her. The
driver of a passing freighter picks up the child. In a
gambling game some years later. Manning wins the child
when her brutal caretaker puts her up as a stake. Manning
takes the little prairie flower home to his mother.

THE CRUCIBLE

March 2, 1914
CAST

Daniel Ryan, a young Irish immigrant Sydney Ayres

Maurice Carter, the mayor Harry Von Meter

Richard Hoyne Jack Richardson

Mary Carter, the mayor's daughter Vivian Rich

Mary Carter, daughter of the mayor, and her suitor,
Richard Hoyne, driving past a gang of street laborers in an
automobile, take a picture of Daniel Ryan, a young Irish
immigrant, who is wielding a pick.

Ryan, the immigrant, later enters politics in a humble
way and is elected alderman. He and Mary meet and be-
come engaged. Hoyne, while glancing over Mary's photo-
graph album, finds the snap-shot they had taken some years
before of the ditch digger. He recognizes Ryan and tells
INIary's father, who demands that his daughter give up
Ryan. Ryan discovers that Hoyne has attempted to bribe
a number of aldermen in order to defeat a bill which Mary's
father, the mayor, wishes to have passed. Ryan exposes
the plan, the bill is passed, and Mayor Carter willingly
consents to his daughter's marriage. Ryan is elected mayor
to succeed his father-in-law.

A Little Comedy by the "Beauty" Players.
ITALIAN LOVE

March 4, 1914 '
CAST

Maria Donetti, the girl Margarita Fischer

Lugi Gerrardi, an organ grinder Harry Pollard

Angelo Govanni, a statuette vender Joseph Harris

Tony Spezotti, Angelo's cousin Julius Frankenberg

Lugi, an organ grinder, and Angelo, a statuette vender,
are rivals for the affections of Maria, the proprietress of a
prosperous fruit shop. Maria shows her preference for
the organ grinder and Angelo revenges himself by stealing
his rival's monkey and organ. He gives them to Tony, his
cousin, lately arrived from Italy. Tony plays the organ in
front of Maria's shop. Lugi recognizes the familiar strains
of his own organ and causes Tony's arrest. Tony, in turn,
puts the blame upon his cousin, the statuette vender.
Angelo is haled into court. Lugi, at sight of his rival, flies
into a rage and attempts to stab Angelo. Both are clapped
into jail. Tony is released and becomes the object of
Maria's sympathy. When Lugi and Angelo are discharged
some time later they find Tony ensconced beneath a splendid
marriage license as proprietor of Maria's fruit shop. Lugi
and Angelo fall into each other's arms in their common be-
reavement.

REEL LIFE

Thirteen

STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLA YS

Jan hesitates to "tell his wife that he is going blind. She
misinterprets his distant attitude toward her and, believing
she is a burden upon him, leaves a note to that effect. Jan
mistakenly believes that Jo has deserted him because his
sight has failed. Madge engages an eye specialist to treat
Jan, and finally, shamed by her better nature, brings about
a reconciliation between her music master and his wife.

Two Thanhouser Plays — Black Hand Comedy and a
Pretty Love Story.

THEIR BEST FRIEND

By C. E. and H. B. Maltby
Feb. 27, 1914
CAST

May, an heiress Miss Snow

Jack, a young broker in love with May Mr. Foster

Gray, May's Guardian Joe Sparks

Here is a pretty love story in which the machinations of
an unfaithful guardian are undone through the unconscious
aid given by a dog.

Sparks, who upon the death of his brother had been ap-
pointed guardian of his niece, May, has dis
sipated her estate to such an extent that he
fears an investigation of his accounts.

His niece is engaged to Jack Carey,
a young man of irreproachable
character. Sparks pretends to
encourage the match, al-
though, at heart, he feels
that upon his niece's mar-
riage his duplicity will be
discovered. Accordingly,
the young man is given a
glass of wine which, in a
few minutes, causes him to
exhibit all the symptoms of
an intoxicated man.

May enters the room at this
juncture and discovers her sweet-
heart in what she terms a disgustinj
condition.

The engagement is broken. It i
when she overhears a conversation between
her uncle and his butler that May discovers
the plot.

May learns that Jack is in Chicago but is
unable t5 find him until on a lucky day she
sees Jack's dog trotting along toward home. May is finally
led to Jack's home where a touching reconciliation follows.

Jack Morton
Bill Morton

A CAN OF BAKED BEANS

By T. O. Eltonhead
Feb. 22, 1914
CAST

I The Turner Twins

Frank Morton Roy Houck

Mrs. Morton '. Carey Hastings

Mr. Morton Justus D. Barnes

Alice Morton, sister of the boys Dorothy Jordan

Arthur Dexter, Alice's sweetheart Kenneth Clarendon

The Morton twins. Jack and Bill, and their larger brother,
Frank, leave home on a boy scout expedition with three cans

of baked beans of the aoid or explosive variety. The yotmg-
sters decided to warm the beans up (by putting the unopened
cans into the fire. Nearby, hidden by the shrubbery, sit
three Italians.

Bang! The beans exploded. In great excitement the
Italians make off along the beach.

Seated in a canoe a few yards off shore are Alice Morton
and sweetheart Arthur. They see the three Italians race
madly along the shore.

Meanwhile, the boys put a note reading:
"Unless you leave $50 under keel at 12 o'clock tonight we
will blow up your boat," in the cabin of a splendid yacht
under construction in the Yacht Club's boat yard nearby.
The note is found by workmen and the police are notified.

Alice and Arthur, returning home, recognize three
Italians walking up the street. Alice, upon her return, over-
hears her brothers discussing their prank. Meanwhile, Ar-
thur causes the arrest of. the innocent Italians. They are
thrown into jail. Alice tells Arthur what she has overheard.
The Italians are released. The final scene shows Arthur
delivering a -fatherly spanking to his prospective brothers-
in-law, with the aggrieved Italians looking on approvingly.

A Thanhouser Pastoral of the
Days of the First Napoleon.

THE GOLDEN CROSS

Adapted from the Famous Opera
by Lloyd F. Lonergan
Feb. 24, 1914
CAST

Christine Maude Fealy

Nicholas Charles Horan

Theresa .... Mignon Anderson
Count L'Ancre. Harry Benham
Bombardon. .. .John Lehnberg

Melun, a miller, and his
sister, Christine, live alone in
a little French village. The
wars of the First Napoleon have
denuded the country of its able-
bodied, young men, and at last, just as
he is about to marry Theresa, his sister's
dearest friend, Melun is also named in the
The Turner Twins {Thanhouser) conscription.

~"A Can of Baked Bean " Christme strips a gold cross from her

""■^ breast and offers it as a pledge of her
promise to marry any one who will serve as
her brother's substitute in the army of Napoleon. A young
French nobleman, visiting the village in disguise, is smitten
with Christine's beauty and accepts her offer.

While lying wounded on the battle field a Sergeant steals
the golden cross from the young noble's breast and returns
to the village to press his claim upon Christine. Christine,
although suspicious of the Sergeant, is about to comply
with the terms of her bargain when the young Count, who
had escaped from the prison where he had been confined
during his convalescence, confronts the Sergeant with his
dishonor. The Count and the miller's beautiful sister, need-
less to say, take the first opportunity to consult the village
abbe regarding a wedding ceremony.

In the cast are some of the leading film favorites of Amer-
ica, including Maude Fealey, Mignon Anderson, Harry eBn-
ham, Charles Horan and John Lehnberg, all of whom are
most popular with Thanhouser audiences.

Fourteen

REEL LIFE

"OUR MUTUAL GIRL" RUNS AWAY FROM HOME

SYNOPSIS OP PRECEDING REELS

The story of Margaret, "Our Mutual Girl," is a human
interest story. You see her first in a humble home of a
typical small American village,
and an invitation from her rich
and fashionable New York Aunt,
to visit the latter in the Me-
tropolis, marks the beginning of
her entrance in the big outside
world.

From the moment of her ar-
rival, famous places and noted
people in which everybody is
interested, become a part of her
^^^^^HB^^V^H' ^^^^^^^K own life. You see her arrive

^f^^^^^^^^H at the Pennsylvania Station, the

^^^Hyl^^H ^^^^^^^^^K world's greatest terminal, and

^^^I^^^H ^^^^^^^^H enter the

^^^^^^H ^^^^^^HHI She rides up Fifth Avenue,

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She visits the studios of great
artists, attends receptions given
to playwrights and authors. She
meets Andrew Carnegie, the iron
master and philanthropist; she
visits mammoth ships, the Im-
perator, Lusitania and Mauretania. She appears in the gay carnival atmosphere
of Coney Island; she visits the Stock Exchange, Trinity Church, the Custom
House and great buildings, and is even a guest at the palatial homes of the
Vanderbilts, Morgans, Goulds, and others.

A scheming French nobleman, who in reality is the leader of a band of
smugglers, crosses her path and is eliminated with difiSculty.. The romantic
toucb to the story is Margaret's love for her country boy sweetheart, who has
followed her to the city in the hope of winning her.

Antonio Moreno and Norma Phillips

REBELLION is the sum and substance of the sixth
chapter in the career of Margaret, "Our Mutual
Girl." Her proclivity for breaking conventions and
shocking the staid and autocratic dignity of Mrs. James
Knickerbocker, her aunt, furnishes many thrills to a sympa-
thetic audience, who at once recognizes the independence of
a young and typically American girl.

The fact that her lot is cast amid soft luxury; that her
slightest wish, when within the bounds of propriety, is
quickly gratified, is all forgotten in an instant, and be-
comes, indeed, a bore when she is crossed in her attempts
to continue the acquaintance of John Storm. He has fol-
lowed her to the great Metropolis of New York with the
two-fold desire of winning the little playmate of former
days, and of becoming an important personage himself in
the affairs of life.

Margaret's aunt, however, has definitely and positively
put her foot down o>n the continuing of this friendship, and
has sought persistently to impress on the mind of her
niece that such a match can end only in disaster to all con-
cerned. Tears and rebellious scenes have followed; as a
result, the two met secretly on several occasions, and fate,
in the role of Cupid, has three times thrown the boy and
girl in each other's way.

Margaret's aunt, an austere woman of middle age, hold-
ing an enviable position in New York Society, has cher-
ished the idea of her niece sharing in her social triumphs.

Count D'Orley has been encouraged to pay ardent court
to Margaret since her arrival, muioh' to the gratification of
the aunt, but greatly to the distress of the girl.

"I cannot and will not stand this any longer," she 'moans
to herself, as she resurrects the old handbag which accom-
panied her from the country.

"I will go to John, and auntie will never see me again."
She hastily scribbles a note to her aunt, bidding her fare-
well, and with a last look in the glass and a tearful fare-
well to her pretty room, succeeds in slipping out of the

house. A passing taxicab is pressed into service with orders
to take her to the Cunard Line Dock, where John Storm is
employed. To provide herself with money never enters
her head until her destination is reached and she is unable
to pay the cabman.

Deaf to the frantic appeals of the girl, the taxi driver
is in the act of dragging her to the police station when
John, attracted by the noise in the street, sees the diffi-
culty from his office window and rushes to her aid. A
street fight between the cabman and John follows, in which
the cabman is worsted, and Margaret is ushered into
Storm's office. There she explains that she has run away
from her aunt. But John, realizing her folly, talks gently
to her, and convincing her that her aunt aims only to make
her happy and that both their interests will be better
served by quietly returning home again. They swear undy-
ing love, and quieted by John's tactful pursuasions, and
his promises to help her, she consents to return. She begs
John, however, to take her sightseeing for the rest of the
day, and together they leave the office.

Meanwhile, at the aunt's home, great excitement pre-
vails over the discovery of Margaret's absence. Alarmed
by her 'farewell note, Mrs. Knickerbocker solicits the aid
of Count D'Orley. The nobleman, jealous of John Storm,
immediately suggests that it is Storm who has instigated
the flight. Together they hurry to Storm's office, when they
are told that the couple has just left.

John and Margaret, meanwhile, are having the happiest
of days. Together they visit the world's greatest sky-
scraper, the Woolworth Building, which rises 800 feet
above the level of the ground, containing fifty-eight stories.
They are whizzed to the top in an express elevator and
there are permitted to stand on an observation platform
and view the great city lying at their feet. He explains to
her that there are 3,000 offices in the huge structure, where
ten thousand people congregate daily to work — a city in
itself.

Next they visit lower Broadway and John shows Mar-
garet the Standard Oil Building, where the world's most
powerful corporation is housed. Other sky-scrapers and
points of interest are taken en route, and as dusk approaches
the two turn in the direction of Margaret's home.

They find the household prostrated with grief, but this is
dispelled with an affectionate and touching scene when
Margaret's aunt folds the girl to her breast, and is pro-
fuse in her thanks to John for his gallantry and sound
sense. He is invited to call later.

While Mrs. Knickerbocker is absorbed in gala prepara-
tions for a banquet in Margaret's honor, the society re-
porter of the New York Times calls and interviews Mar-
garet, who graphically describes the fight with the cab
driver. The reporter departs and Margaret tells her aunt
of the interview.

The aunt, shocked and apprehensive over the promised
notoriety, severely scolds the girl for this act and Margaret
dashes from the room in tears. That evening she creeps
out of the house and visits the office of the New York
Times, where she implores the Night City Editor to with-
draw the story from the press. After much urging and
coaxing, he consents to do so — and Margaret snatches the
proof sheet, containing the story, from the Editor's hands-
and races out of the office.

Upon reaching home she pacifies her aunt by assuring her
the story has been killed, and that night retires in a happy
frame of mind, conscious that she has won over her am-
bitious aunt to the cause of John Storm, and sure that that
day has been the happiest so far in her career.

REEL LIFE

Seventeen

Mutual Exchanges

Serving the Mutual Program

Amarlllo, Tex Mutual FUm C. of Texas SOi E. 4th St.

Atlanta, Ga. Mutual Film Corporation.... 61 Walton St.

Baltimore, Md Mutual Film Exchange 28 W. Lexington St.

Boston, Matt M. F. C. of Maaa 1106 Boylaton St.

Buffalo, N. Y Mutual Film Corporation 272 Washington St.

Butte, Mont Pacific Mutual Film Corp'n. Tlllnola BIdg.

Calgary, Alberta Jil. F. C. of Canada, Ltd...Lee8on Sc Llneham Block

Charlotte, N. C Mutual Film Corporation Com. Nat Bank Bldg.

Chicago, III M. F. C. of Tlllnola 5 S. Wabash Are.

H. & H. Film Serrice Co... 117 N. Dearborn St.

Cinolnnati, Ohio The Mutual Film Company.. 17 Opera Place

Cleveland, Ohio Tbe Mutual Film Company.. 106 Prospect Are., S. B.

Columbui, Ohio The Mutual Film Company.. 422 N. High St.

Dallas, Texas Mutual Film C. of Texas... 1807 Main St

Denver, Colo Colwado M. F. C 21 Iron Bldg.

Des Moines, Iowa Mutual FUm Corporation Coheo Bldg.

Detroit, Mich Mutual Film Corporation.... 97 Woodward Are.

El Paso, Texas M F. C. of Texas 524 Trust Bldg.

Evansvllle, Ind M. F. C ot Indiana Eeeoe Bldg.

Grand Rapids, Mich. . .. Jlutual Film Corporation. ... 7-8 HawUn* Bldg.

Harrlsburg, Pa M. F. C. ef Pa > N. 4th St

Indianapolis, Ind M. F. C. of Ind Wlllougbby Bldg.

Kansas City, Mo M. F. C. of Mo Empress Theatre Bldg.

Los Angeles, Cal Pacific Mutual Film Corp'n. 738 South Olive St

Memphis, Tenn Mutual Film Corporation KaUaher Bldg., 5tb Foor

Milwaukee, Wis '.Western Film Ex. of MU'kee 301 Enterprise Bldg.

Minneapolis, Minn Mutual Film Corpinatlon. .. . 448-441 Temple Court

Montreal, P. Q M. F. C. of Canada, Ltd 1S4 St Catharine St

New Orleans, La Mutual Film Corporation.... 340 Carondelet St

New Yerk City Mutual FUm Corporation.... 71 Weat 23rd St

Western FUm Exchange 145 West 45th St

Oklahoma City, Okia M. F. C. of Okla 25 Hudson St

Omaha, Neb M. F. C. of Neb 1413-1415 Harney St

Philadelphia, Pa Mutual Film Exchange 902 FUbert St, 4th Floor

Continental Feature Film Ex. 902 Filbert St, 3rd Floor

Portland, Ore Pacific Mutual Film Corp'n. 72 Broadway St

Reglna, Sask., Can M. F. C. of Canada, Ltd.... 312 Weetman Chamber*

Salt Lake City, Utah M. F. C. of Utah 15 Mclntyre Bldg.

San Francisco, Cal Pacific Mutual Film Corp'n. 162-164 Turk St

St. John, N. B M. F. C. of Canada. Ltd.... Waterloo St

St. Louis, Ma M. F. C. of Uo 9th ft Pine Sts.

Seattle, Wa*h „ Pacific Mutual Film Corp'n. 1929 Second Ave.

Sioux Falls, S. D Mutual Film Corporatlm T. M. C. A. Bldf.

Spokane, Wash Pacific Mutual FUm Corp'n. 408 First Are.

Springfield, Mas* Mutual Film Ex. of Maaa. .. 179 Dwight Ave.

Syraeuse, N. Y.,....».. Western FUm Ex 10 Welting Bldg.

Tampa. Pla Mutual Film Corporation 406 Curry Bldg.

Toronte. Ont M. F. C. of Canada, Ltd.... 15 WUton Ave.

Vancouver, B. C... M. F. 0. of Canada, Ltd.... 329 CarraU St

Washington, D. C Mutual Film CorporaUon 428 Ninth St, N. W.

Watenrllle, Me M. F. C. of Mass Edith Bldg.

Wheeling, W. V« Mutual Film Corporation Booms 4 & 6. Beglster Bldg.

Wllkesbarre, Pa Western T. Corp'n of Pa 61 S. Pennsylvania Ave.

Winnipeg, Manitoba M. F. C. of Canada, Ltd.... McDermott Ave.

Other Exchanges Using the Mutual Program.

Pittsburg, Pa Pittsburg Photoplay Co. 411 Fetir St

Special Productions

NEW MAJESTIC Sapho

With PLiORENCE ROBERTS In Six Reels
THANHOUSER Moths

With MAUr>E FEALiY In Four Reels
THANHOUSER Robin Hood

With GERDA HOLMES In Four Reels
THANHOUSER. •. A Legend of Provence

With MAUDE FEALY In Four Reels

KAY-BEE The Battle of Gettysburg

In Five Reels

KEYSTONE Zu Zu, The Bandleader

In Two Reels

THANHOUSER Frou-Frou

With MAUDE FiEALT In Four Reels

MAJESTIC Ruy Bias

R&M The Great Leap

THANHOUSER Joseph in the Land of Egypt

R & M The Gangsters of New York

MUTUAL SPEC... Seeing South America with Roosevelt

MUTUAL SPECIAL Mexican War Pictures

R&M The Battle of the Sexes

Mutual Program

(Week of March 2nd to March 8th, Inc.)

Monday, March 2nd

AMERICAN The Crucible

(Drama)

KEYSTONE A Film Johnnie

RELIANCE Our Mutual Girl (No. 7)

Tuesday, March 3rd

KAY-BEE No Release

MAJESTIC The Glory of Whiney Durkel

(Drama)
SELECTED RELEASE.

THANHOUSER The Desert Tribesman

(2 Reel Drama)

Wednesday, March 4th

BEAUTY Italian Love

BRONCHO Mario

(2 Reel Drama;

MUTUAL WEEKLY No. 62

RELIANCE A Lesson in Bridge

(Drama)

Thursday, March 5th

AMERICAN The Pursuer Pursued

(Drama)

DOMINO Wearing of the Green

(2 Reel Drama)

KOMIC The Imposter

SELECTED RELEASE.

KEYSTONE Not Yet Announced

Friday, March 6th
KAY-BEE .The Path of Genius

(2 Reel Drama)

PRINCESS Her Way

THANHOUSER ,_. No Release

Saturday, March 7th

AMERICAN A Child of the Desert

(Drama)

KEYSTONE Not Yet Announced

MAJESTIC The Rector's Story

(Drama)

RELIANCE When Fate Frowns

(Drama)

Sunday, March 8th

MAJESTIC The Stronger Hand

(2 Reel Drama)

THANHOUSER GuUty or Not Guilty

(Comedy)

APOLLO Rafferty's Raffle

MUTUAL WEEKLY No. 60

A $2,500,000 BRIDGE

Beautiful concrete structure now connects Los Angeles
with Pasadena, Calif.

THE METROPOLIS IS STORM BOUND

New York gets its first touch of real winter.

SUFFRAGETTE BUTCHERS
iMeat shop opens in New York using female help exclu-
sively.

YACHTING IN AUSTRALIA

Season closes with grand display in Sydney.

OFF FOR SOUTH AMERICA
Party of Chicago business boosters '>;ave New York for
Buenos Ayres.

WAR IS WHAT SHERMAN SAID
Latest views from Mexican battlefield.

FAMOUS ENGLISH HORSE DIES
"Prince Conan" expires at Haydock Park, after steeple-
chase fall.

"QUEEN LOUISE)" GJROUNDS ON JERSEY SHORE

Tank steamer runs ashore as a result of lost reckoning.

GREAT BRIDGE GOES DOWN
Big structure on the Baltic coast gives away in storm.

MOTOR-BOATING IN SYDNEY HARBOR
Australian port is the scene of exciting contests.

FIRE SWEEPS LU3IBER YARD
Morgan Lumber Company loses big property at Charles-
ton, W. Va.

A $50,000 FIRE

San Francisco cleans out opium quarter and burns drugs
and pipes.

Eighteen

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New Majestic Turns Out Its Best
Political Drama In "The Reform
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to Get It!

This feature, the regular release of Sunday,

Feb. 22, will appeal to everyone simply because the reform
element in every community is the largest element nowadays and they

will all be interested in the story of a reform candidate, who fights the corruptionists
hard. But they almost drive him to the wall, as political rings have in other cases, only to meet downfall in

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Candidate" is popular. There's a great love story interwoven, and the Candidate is saved in the finals because his
wife could wear a messenger boy's suit. With Lamar Johnstone and Francelia Billington in the "leads." No
release on the following release day, Tuesday^ Feb. 24, because of extra-reel subject of preceding release day.
"The Rival Barbers," a very, very funny Majestic, in which William Nigh, Sid De Grey and Carrie Clark Ward
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A POWERFUL DRAMA IN TWO PARTS. STAGED BY JAMES
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Featuring MARGARITA FISCHER

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"ITALIAN LOVE"

Superb Dramatization and exquisitely beautiful
photographic quality mark this new brand of film
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not fail to book this.

Beautiful Four Color One Sheet Lithos.
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"The Pursuer Pursued"

A thrilling Western drama,
presented with a refreshing snap
and vigor. Ed Coxen and Wini-
fred Greenwood playing leads.

One and Three Sheet Lithos.

Release Thursday, March 5, 1914.

"THE CRUCIBLE"

Visualizing the social and po-
litical rise of an Irish emigrant.
An unusual as well as interesting
production. Featuring Sydney
Ayres and Vivian Rich.

One and Three Sheet Lithos.

Release Monday, March 2, 1914-.

"A Child of the Desert"

Vivian Rich in the titular role
presents a convincing character
in an absorbing tale of the plains.
One and Three Sheet Lithos.

Release Saturday, March 7, 1914.

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Title

Released

The Reform Candidate'
The Raiders" (2)

The Cricket On the Hearth"
The Arrowmaker's Daughter"
The Mystery Lady" (2)

The Woman Pays" (3).

The Thief and the Book" (2) . . .

The Informer" (2)

Conscience" (2)

The Return of Helen Redmond"
In the Clutches of the Gang" (2
The Faith of Her Fathers" (2) .

Destinies Fulfilled" (3)

The Runaway Princess" (3).

The Power of Light" (2).
True Irish Hearts" (3)

'Her Father's Story" (2)

An Orphan's Romance" (2)

Soul of the South" (2) .

For Another's Crime" (2).

American Bom" (2) .

The Trail of the Lost Chord"

For Love of a Man" (2)

The Ghost" (2)

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PRINCESS FILMS

PRODUCED IN A PERFECT STUDIO AT NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y.,
THE HOME OF PERFECT PICTURES

Release of FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27th, 1914

"THE HOLD-UP"

One of Those Pretty Human Interest Stories that Have Made
PRINCESS Famous

WITH

MURIEL OSTRICHE

(The Youngest of Leading Women)

BOYD MARSHALL

(The Handsomest of Leading Men)

CATHERINE WEBB

AND A

STRONG SUPPORTING CAST INCLUDING

Muriel Ostriche in "The Hold-up" — Princess

JAMES AYRES and JOE SPARKS

PRINCESS FILMS

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. JC^

AVORITES
WITH

OLLOWINGS

Fred Mace in "Village School Days" — Apollo

"VILLAGE SCHOOL DAYS"

— Regular Golden Rule Days!

See the APOLLO for Sunday, March 1st

with the World Famous APOLLO FRED
assisted by Marguerite Loveridge

Learn why
"Every APOLLO is a Comedy Reel-
Any APOLLO is a Real Comedy."

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THE FOUR LEAF CLOVER

Kay-Bee Features

Feb. 20 THE RAIDERS

(2 Reels)

Feb. 27 NORTH OF 53°

(2 Reels)

Mar. 6 THE PATH OP
GENIUS (2 Reels)

Broncho Headliners

Feb. 25 REPAID (2 Reels)
Mar. 4 MARIO (2 Reels)
Mar. 11 THE' BARRIER

ROYAL, (2 Reels)
Mar. 18 THE ADVENTURES

OF SHORTY

(2 Reels)

Domino Winners

Feb. 26 THE COURTSHIP OF
O SAN (2 Reels)

Mar. 5 THE WEARING OF
THE GREEN

(2 Reels)

Mar. 12 THE SILENT MES-
SENGER (2 Reels)

Keystone Comedies

Feb. 23
Feb

TWIXT LOVE AND FIRE

BILLY'S CITY

26 LITTLE
COUSIN

Feb. 28 BETWEEN SHOWERS

Mutual Program Exclusively

New York Motion Picture Corporation LoS"At?'if?l''New''^u

Thirty-two

REEL LIFE

One good film de-
serves another and so
"Joseph in the Land of
Egypt" is followed by "CAR- ^
DINAL RICHELIEU'S
WARD." James Cruze follows
himself in a title role, and Flo La
Badie is his leading woman. She plays
Julie de Mortemar. Morris Foster is the
Chevalier De Mauprat. Nolan Gane is Fran-
cois. Justus D. Barnes is Huguet. Arthur
Bower is Joseph. Lila Chester is Marion De
Lorme. It is one of the best casts that has ever ap-
peared in a motion picture. AND YOU NEVER SAW
SO DRAMATIC A VERSION OF THIS FAMOUS
THEME ! The film was the first "Thanhouser 'Big' Produc-
tion" produced in its entirety in the great new Thanhouser Studio.
For 'Some of the immense "sets" we use the entire vast new stage —
half a city block long! "Cardinal Richelieu's Ward" is a monument
to the producing possibilities of the NEW STUDIO. When you see it
you will have realized that we have only just begun to make BIG pro
ductions. For you "Cardinal Richelieu's Ward" will not only be a money-
maker, it will be a guide and a promise — a guide to our new facilities and a
promise of things to come ! Better see that nearest Continental or Mutual feature
office for the attractive arrangement that gives you

A

"Thanhouser 'Big' Productions

for EXCLUSIVE first-run use for a full year in your locality. _ Abso-
lute protection is yours under this system. No more advertising a
feature heavily to learn the fellow down the street is going to get
it, too. All in four reels and all BIG in story, cast and settings.

For March "CARDINAL RICHELIEU'S WARD" James Cruze and Flo La Badie

The Thanhouser Three-a-Week

SUNDAY, FEB. 22ND— "A CAN OF BAKED BEANS," introducing the Turner Twins, assisted by

Dorothy Jordan. As the first moving picture in which the Turner boys
have ever appeared, this reel will be in wide demand, as the vaudeville and
musical comedy efforts of the "littlest twins" have won them a national fol-
lowing than which no stage kids have a greater.

TUESDAY, FEB. 24TH— "THE GOLDEN CROSS," TWO REELS, a Maude Fealy feature that we

put into the regular service to make you want her four-reel "Big Produc-
tions." This has struck us as a bully way to popularize the latter stufif, and
it gets you a feature for which a state-rights office would charge nice money.
Miss Fealy's support is Harry Benham, Mignon Anderson and Charles Horan.

FRIDAY, FEB. 27TH— "THEIR BEST FRIEND" gives the favorite Marguerite Snow in a ^one-
reel subject and in her first picture since "Joseph in the Land of Egypt." _ It
afifords convincing proof that Miss Snow, on her return to the films, is domg
better work than ever before in her picture career. Maurice Foster makes
his Thanhouser bow, and Justus D. Barnes does good work in this reel.

Thanhouser Film Corporation

New Rochelle, N. Y.

Head European Offices: 1 00 Charing Cross Road

Thanhouser Films, Ltd. London, W. C, England

REEL LIFE

Thirty-three

MISS MURIEL OSTRICHE

( Princess)

HE youngest leading lady on the motion-
picture screen is Muriel Ostriche, for whom
Thanhouser created the Princess films. She
is just seventeen years old — and she doesn't
care who knows it. At fifteen, she was with
the Eclair Stock Company, and, even then,
played leads occasionally. Now, scarcely two years later,
she plays nothing but leads. Also, she is the only lead-
ing lady in the Princess productions. Eew stars in filmdom
have risen so c|uickly, or attained such brilliancy and distinc-
tion in so short a time.

From her early experience in the Eclair Company — 'wdiere,
from her first appearance, her acting gave exceptional pronv
ise — Miss Ostriche went to the Reliance, where she played
opposite Irving Cummings. In Forrest Halsey's famous
loan-shark drama, "The Bawlerout," Miss Ostriche was cast
for "Edith Downs," the ingenue lead; and the youthful
actress held her own with such 'practiced photoplayers as
E. P. Sullivan, Sue Balfour, George Siegmann and Ralph
Lewis. ■

Her engagement with the Thanhouser was in the nature
of a transfer from one IMutual company to another, as the
Thanhouser at that time appeared to ofifer greater oppor-
tunities for an actress of her peculiar talents. C. J. Hite,
President of the Thanhouser company, created in the Fall
of 1913 the brand of pictures in which Aliss Ostriche was
to score new triumphs for herself and for the New Rochelle
studios.

The girlish beauty of the youthful star, her petiteness, the
exceeding daintiness of her performance, inspired the title
of Princess fopv^er own playlets. Her productions are the
purest of romances. She carries a wide varietv of emotional
and lightsome serio-comedy parts, in which she is irresist-
ible. Her pathos is delicate, never overdrawn. In the love
scenes she is all charm and simplicity. Her personality is
always fresh and appealing, and essentially spontaneous.

Miss Ostriche is one of the few leading w^^omen in pictures
who comes to the screen without stage experience. Before
she became a photoplayer, she was never behind the scenes
in her life. Yet, she brought to her work, natural dramatic
technicjue. She is a born actress. Her simplicity and nat-
uralness are the expression of a vivid, romantic tempera-
ment, combined with an artist's sense of what is effective and
pleasing, and an intense eagerness to share her feelings
with her audience.

As she has a delightful singing voice with possibilities,
-\Iiss Ostriche is beseiged by managers of musical comedy
who continue to hope that she will some day forsake motion
pictures for the legitimate stage. But, although, she is am-
bitious, the little leading lady of the Princess is not dazzled
by promises of a brilliant career in musica! comedy. She
sees a future on the screen even more alluring than before
the footlights.

To star in a new play every week— to create fifty-two

different roles, appearing in each, two hundred and fifty
times, in a twelve month — ^that is to say, to make thirteen
thousand appearances on the screen in a single year — is a
record Miss Ostriche far from scorns. She is devoted to
motion pictures as the great popular theatre, with the broad-
est emotional appeal of any art in the world to-day. To hold
a high rank among photoplayers, and a still higher place in
the love and enthusiasm of the seven or eight million per-
sons who fill the motion-pictlire theatres daily, is the height
of this youthful star's ambition.

It is
remarkable
how children
invariably adopt
Miss Ostriche, both on the
screen and off, for, as a rule,
the little ones pick for their
favorite, either a child player
or an older woman. AVhere-
ever the Princess film is
billed with Miss Ostriche's
name on the paper, the the-
atre is sure to be thronged
with little ones, who w^orship
at her shrine. At the Than-
houser studios, in New Ro-
chelle, there are many
children employed
in the various
compan i e s) ^'^
and they all ^ —
cluster around the door of Miss Ostriche's dressing-r< Hjm
to receive her cheery greeting, for she loves the youngsters
as much as they love her. She is little more than a child
herself and it is no unusual occurrence for her to stop a
few minulie^ after her work to play with her youthful ad-
mirers,

The Biographer,

Thirty-four

REEL LIFE

SCENARIOS AND SCENARIO WRITERS

An Interview zvith Frank E. Woods, Scenario Editor for Reliance Mutual Movies.

O department of the motion picture industry
is more interesting to the "fan" than the
scenario department, and no authority is held
in higher regard than Frank E. Woods, editor
of the Reliance scenarios for Mutual Movies.
Asked to talk on scenarios and scenario writ-
ers, Mr. Woods said:

"Something has been said in the papers about the Mutual
acquiring from the publishers motion picture rights in a
large number of copyrighted stories published in maga-
zines, and that some of the authors who had sold all rights
to their stories to publish-
ers felt that they were not
being justly treated. It
should be understood that
there are but a limited num-
ber of copyrighted stories
suitable for motion picture
production, and, that once
this supply is exhausted by
production in pictures, the
producing companies will
be obliged to depend upon
new stories obtained
through publishers or from
the authors direct.

"The limited number of
available plots and the
large number of picture
productions should make it
apparent that the existing
plots will be used up event-
ually. It follows that the
demand for new plots must
increase their value and
add to the income of fiction
writers.

"We feel that by going
into the production of stor-
ies by writers "of reputa-
tion we are establishing
their standing in the mo-
tion picture field and they,

in a very short time, will feel the benefit of the demand
which we are creating. Picture stories by recognized writ-
ers surely are of more value than stories by unknown
writers.

"It seems reasonable to suppose that in the future the fic-
tion writer will have in mind the picture possibilities in
arranging his plots, and the influence of motion picture con-
struction will become a powerful factor in literature. The
number of well-known writers who are turning their atten-
tion to picture requirements is already very extensive. We
have received interested inquiries from many of the best-
known writers in this country and in Europe and, have estab-
lished relations with many of them, among whom are Rich-
ard Harding Davis, George Ade, George Pattullo, Paul
Armstrong, Thomas Dixon, Homer Croy, Margaret De-
land, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Earl Derr Biggers, Daniel
Carson Goodman, Arnold Bennett, Carolyn Wells, Paul
West, Roy McCardell, Robert H. Davis, Thomas Nelson
Page, Wallace Irwin, John Luther Long, Gertrude Ather-
ton, Emerson Hough, Mary Wilkins Freeman, Roy Norton,
Edward W. Townsend. Cleveland Moffett, Cyrus Towns-
end Brady, George W. Cable and E. W. Homung.

"The Pursuer Pursued" — American

"In soliciting material from fiction writers it has been
found more satisfactory to 'buy from them merely the mo-
tion picture rig'hts to their stories than to have them pre-
pare working scenarios or, more properly speaking, picture
plays. The writer trained in writing fiction or even in writ-
ing stage drama does not readily acquire the motion pic-
ture technic. One must learn to think in a motion picture
way before he can properly prepare a working "script" for
the motion picture director. The writer for the stage is
confined to a limited number of locations. He must locate
his situations in a few scenes. The novel writer can roam

over the entire earth in
•narrating his story, and
much of this liberty of
space and time applies to
the picture story.

"The evolution of the
motion picture story has
been interesting. Original-
ly, plots submitted to the
producers were called sug-
gestions. The price was
five dollars. That was
prior to 1908. Then the
price went up to ten dollars,
fifteen dollars, and even
twenty-five, and the sugges-
tions took the form of well
developed compositions,
which were followed with
more or less faithfulness by
the producing directors.

"It was D. W. Griffith,
working for the Biograph
Company in 1908, who first
gave the motion picture
story its upward trend. He
was the first man who fav-
ored more money for the
author and the foremost
man of his time in giving
the picture play a definite
form and standard. Those
who wrote picture plays in the early days, and. I was one
of them, will not fail to remember the almost prophetic
vision with which he foresaw and anticipated virtually every
important development of the infant art.

"Motion picture plots and plays now bring their authors
fairly remunerative pay, ranging from twenty-five dollars
to hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars, depending on
the magnitude of the subjects and the prominence of the
authors.

"There are as many styles of motion picture story compo-
sitions. Many writers go into the most minute detail in
setting down the action or 'business' of the consecutive
scenes. Sopie producing companies prefer scenarios writ-
ten in this way, provided proper regard is shown for the
possibilities of the camera and of motion picture require-
ments. Few writers are qualified to meet these conditions,
and it is sheer waste of time for the average writer.

"In considering submitted manuscripts, all editors con-
fine themselves to the synopsis of the stories which should
invariably accompany each 'script.' The synopsis should
be short and to the point — a brief outline of the plot."

The Buzser

REEL LIFE

Thirty-five

SCENES AND PLAYERS FROM THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS

Maurice Foster "Their Best Friend" — Thanhouser Tsuru Aoki . Carey Lee

"Courtship of O San" — Domino "The Musician s vVife' — Reliance

John Lehnberg and Harry Benham {Left), Mignon Anderson, Charles Horan and Maude Fealy (Right), "The Golden Cross" — Thanhouser

GENERAL VILLA'S OWN MUTUA

36

Mrs. Francisco Villa Camp at Fort Bliss {U. S. A.) Near the Mexican Border The «i„.

Refugees from Mexico Crossing the Desert— Gen. Villa's Home Gen. Villa Examining a Game-Cock — RoBti,

MOVIES OF THE MEXICAN WAR

I

ndted States Cavalry Escorting Refugees from Presidio to Marfa

I, Third Man from Ri^ht of Picture A Constitutionalist Prison

General Villa in His New Uniform
— Mexican Refugee Crossing the Desert

37

Thirty-eight

REEL LIFE

WITH COL. ROOSEVELT IN SOUTH AMERICA

'flag-

MOTION-PICTURES of Col. Roosevelt's South
American trip, views of the Harbor at Rio de
Janeiro, the beautiful avenues of the South
American capital, the Neptune ceremonies and
initiation of those who crossed the Equator with
the Colonel for the first time and scenes taken in
the leper colony in Trinidad soon will be exhib-
ited for the first time in motion-picture theatres
using the Mutual Film Corporation's service.

In addition to the scenes aboard ship in which
Col. Roosevelt and the distinguished party which
accompanied him play the principal parts, the films also
contain views of the two young American women who were
booked in New York to appear in a cabaret show in Rio
de' Janiero which, upon investigation, proved to be little
better than an adjunct to a brothel.

• Through the intercession of the Roosevelt party the young
women were returned to New York on the next steamer.
They are shown in the Mutual films in the Neptune celebra-
tion aboard the Van Dyck, form-
er President Roosevelt's
ship."

The pictures show the Colonel
refereeing the boxing bouts
aboard ship, the shuffleboard
contests, the deck tennis tour-
neys, chess and checker games
and the artificial horseback rid-
ing on improvised leather-cov-
ered "horses" run by a mechan-
ical attachment. The pillow con-
test, to which various members
of the Roosevelt party and other
first cabin passengers aboard the
Van Dyck took part on the
southern cruise is also shown in
the film with the Colonel in the
background laughing heartily
as the contestants whack each
other with the heavily padded
pillows into the water-tank
placed conveniently below the
spar on which the boxers are
perched during the fight.

The Colonel's demonstrative
\ welcome at Bahia and the riot
\ of more than one hundred cam-
\ era men, who fought their way
^ through the vociferous crowds
^[^--.^1^ in order to obtain "still" photo-

^^Bv graphs of Mr. Roosevelt, are

caught on the Mutual's film, the
only motion-pictures taken of
the Colonel on his South Amer-
ican trip.

The Mutual Film Corporation made its arrangements to
take the pictures of Colonel Roosevelt's trip to the South
American continent through Frank Harper, Colonel Roose-
velt's secretary, who has recently returned to this country.
Mr. Harper himself is a kodak enthusiast and readily agreed
to intercede with the Colonel so that his trip might be
preserved on tiie film.

'Twixt Love
Keystone

Accordingly, Carl von Hoffman, formerly a war corres-
pondent, a lieutenant in the Hungarian army's observation
staff in the Russo-Japanese war, an aviator and an expert
motion-picture machine operator, was introduced to Colonel
Roosevelt and the ex-President, in his characteristic, brusque
fashion, told him to —

"Go ahead; if you can get any motion pictures of me
your camera must have mighty quick action."

Accompanying Mr. von Hoffman and attending to the
financial and other arrangements necessary to make the tak-
ing of the pictures a success were John J. McGovern, a
Wall Street broker and F. Howard Mason, a Marconi wire-
less operator, who used the wireless apparatus of the Van
Dyck to report his daily progress to the home offices of the
Mutual in New York.

Mr. Roosevelt and his party crossed the Equator four
days after leaving Barbadoes and through his intercession
with Capt. Cadogan the "Feast of Neptune," a ceremony in
which all crossing the Equator for the firsit time must take
part, was staged in the day time so that both
"still" and motion-pictures of the event
might be taken.

Col. Roosevelt excused himself from
the obligations attending the ceremony
by insisting that he already had
crossed the Equator and therefore
should be privileged to look on
while others participated. Al-
though it was suspected by many
that the Colonel was dodging
the issue, he successfully es-
tablished an alibi by naming
the time and place, to wit,
on his African tour, near
Naobi, in 1910. It was not
until the Neptune ceremon-
ies were concluded that an
old sea salt, an authority
on such momentous mari-
time problems, pointed out that inas-
much as Col. Roosevelt had crossed
the Equator on land he was still
ehgible for the ducking and other
features which Old Father Neptune
insists shall be retained in every in-
itiation given under his direction.
Accordingly the tip has been passed
along the line to the captains of all
north-bound ships who, by any
chance, may have Roosevelt for a
passenger on his return voyage.

Included in the Roosevelt party
were Anthony Fiala, the Arctic ex-
plorer, Dr. George K. Cherry, Dr.
Leo Miller, of the Rockefeller Insti-
tute, Frank Harper, Col Roosevelt's secretary, his niece.
Miss Margaret Roosevelt, and Mrs. Roosevelt.

Mrs. Roosevelt, quiet and unobtrusive, is in decided con-
trast to her vehement husband. She gained the genuine
affection of all on board ship by her simple courtesies. The
motion-pictures taken by the Mutual man show her distrib-
uting the prizes awarded to the successful contestants in

and Fire"
Keystone

REEL LIFE

Thirty-nine

the games. The Colonel proved an efficient combination of
judge, umpire and field referee. When her niece fell ill
of typhoid aboard ship, Mrs. Roosevelt secluded herself to
attend the stricken girl. When the party reached Brazil,
Mrs. Roosevelt suggested that her husband continue the
journey while she returned to New York with her niece.
Col. Roosevelt was shocked to learn by cable that Miss
Roosevelt had died on her arrival in New York.

Father Zahn has accompanied the Colonel on many of his
expeditions. In point of distance covered he rivals the
Colonel himself. In all, Father Zahn estimates that he has
travelled more than 500,000 miles. He tried to induce the
ex-President to go to South America at the time that Mr.
Roosevelt was completing plans for his big-game hunt in
Africa. He described the attractions of travel, exploration
and big-game hunting in the South American continent in
such attractive terms that the Colonel was almost tempted
to change his plans.

The Colonel laughingly commented on the various re-
ligions professed by those who were in
his immediate entourage. Father Zahn
is a priest of the Church of Rome; Mr.
Fiala is a staunch Methodist; Dr.
Cherry, a Christian Scientist ; Secretary
Harper, a Church of England man ; Dr.
Miller, a Presbyterian, and Mr. Roose-
veh himself, a member of the Dutch
Reformed Church. Charles H. Brad-
ley, of Dubuque, Iowa, a prominent Re-
publican who took passage on the Van
Dyck with Col. Roosevelt's party, stood
by while the religious census was being
taken.

"And what creed is yours, Mr. Brad-
ley?" asked Mr. Roosevelt.

"Well, before I took this trip I was
a rock-ribbed Republican," replied Mr.
Bradley, "but from now on I'm a Pro-
gressive. You've won me over."

When Colonel Roosevelt refereed the
final boxing bouts, in which Mr. Fiala
and Mr. von Hoffman were the con-
testants, he worked as hard separating
them in the clinches and on the break as
either of the boxers. He frequently
consulted the wrist watch which Mr.
von Hoffman wore, in order to keep the
"rounds" down to a three-minute limit.
The bout, he said, reminded him of his
old days when as Police Commissioner
of New York he saw many a fight in
the boxing clubs. The Colonel stopped
what promised to be a rattling good
boxing match, however, when Mr. von
Hoffman caught Mr. Fiala on the chin
and the Arctic explorer slipped and fell to the deck. In so
far as the pillow boxing over the tank of water was con-
cerned, however, Mr. Roosevelt insisted that the contests be
continued to the death.

When the suppliants before the throne of Neptune were
thrice ducked, Colonel Roosevelt's roars of laughter could
be heard even by the stokers in the hold below. The duck-
ings before the throne, the coming of Father Neptune over
the side of the ship astride a dolphin and carrying his
trident, land the parade of the boys dressed in naval cos-
tume all are shown on the same film. The "shaving" of
pretty girls and other peculiar ceremonies upon which the
sea-god insists also were caught by the motion-picture
camera.

Fay Tincher and
The Battle of the Se.

Part of the ceremonies had to be repeated owing to an
amusing mistake made by Mr. von Hoffman, who took
four hundred feet of pictures before discovering that he
had no lens in his camera. This mistake, of course, ruined
all the film which had been exposed. Pictures of the diving
boys at Barbadoes to whom Col. Roosevelt and his party
threw twenty dollars in small coins, are also included in
this really remarkable reel.

Nor did the Mutual man neglect to take motion-pictures
of the dancing aboard ship. The popularity of the tango,
the maxixe, the furlana and other South American dances
increased as the ship neared the continent of their origin.
Capt. Cadogan, a Scotchman of rigid principles, at first re-
fused absolutely to permit the dancing of the tango until
the Colonel's exposition of its innocuousness had been
given to him. Then he capitulated.

"Tango? Yes," he said, "Turkey-trot or Texas Tommy?
No !"

And the dance went on.

Kermit Roosevelt, who is employed
with a bridge construction company in
Brazil, met the ship at Bahia. The ex-
President's son greeted his father and
mother on ship board and was followed
up the ship's ladder by a score of enter-
prising Brazilian newspaper men and
photographers. Owing principally to
the fact that there were so many of
them, none of the photographers were
able to obtain photographs of Mr.
Roosevelt. Those photographs which
were developed showed only the backs
of the camera men immediately in front
of the unfortunate photographer.

Once the Colonel had reached the land
the photographers and populace literal-
ly mobbed him. With bands playing
and colors flying, the former President
and his party rolled out to the palace
erected some years ago to receive the
late King of Portugal, father of the
exiled Manuel. Mr. Roosevelt and his
party lived at the palace for seven days,
during .which they were shown every
courtesy which the South Americans
could suggest. Feted, wined and dined
by day and by night, President Roose-
velt at length called a halt, metaphori-
cally boarded himself up in his place
and — went to sleep.

As might be expected of the most
photographed man in the worlds Mr.
Roosevelt is peculiarly indifferent to
camera men. He absolutely refuses to
take a Napoleonic pose and must be
caught, as it were, on the wing. ,

Although their visit was made a pleasant one, the Roose-
velt party looked forward with interest to the second leg of
their voyage.

"See Bahia first and then visit Rio ; you'll like it all the
better," said one young woman, who voiced the sentiments
of the other members of the Roosevelt party. Before
reaching the South American capital, however, the Roose-
velt party went through a storm, which, while it kept sev-
eral of the members in bed for the greater part of the time,
gave the Mutual man, on the other hand,, an opportunity
to get some remarkable motion-pictures of a tropical storm
at sea. The Voyager,

(To be continued)

Donald Crisp
xes" — Griffith Film

Forty

REEL LIFE

How the Mutual Weekly Gets the News of the World

HE general public little realizes the scope of the Mutual Weekly. It does not know that the thousand feet
oif filtn flashed on the screen each week of the most stirring events of the world's news were obtained only
by a process of elimination in which thousands of feet of film are destroyed so that the Mutual patrons may
be supplied only with views which are cream of those taken by the great army of motion-picture photogra-
phers scattered at stragetic points over the globe.

The public little realizes when it sees a strip of film depicting fighting between the Constitutionalist
and Federal forces in Mexico what difficulties were overcome before the pictures were obtained. It does
not know that the photographers who filmed the battling forces were themselves under fire and in danger of the death
penalty in the event of their capture.

To-day, in the far ofif Philippines, on the steppes of Russia, the pampas of South America, wbere Col. Roosevelt
is hunting big game, in the Alaskan wilds and the desert wastes of Africa, Mutual operators are at work gathering the
films which soon will be flashed on the screens of a thousand motion-picture theatres throughout the world.

The Mutual Weekly has a free lance photographer who
wanders about the globe at will, picking up interesting
scenes wherever he can ; it has a corps of trained camera
men in Mexico with the forces of both armies, it has expert
photographers in nearly every section of the country who
rush by the fastest expresses to the scene of every big news
story and with the aid of its allied contemporaries, the
"Gaumont Graphic" of London and the "Gaumont Actu-
alities" of Paris,
every large city in
Europe and Asia
is "covered."

The Mutual
W eekly photoplay
of topical events is
the newspaper of
the future. Each
week more camera
men are sent out to
distant points
where they are
stationed to await
the "breakin'^" of
news. The time is
not far away when
the daily release of
the Mutual service
of current events
will be as eagerly
awaited as the ar-
rival of the daily
newspaper.

The Mutual Weekly maintains its own private telegraph- some operators.

Mignon Anderson
"The Golden Cross"- — Thanhouser

'The Goldi

Maude Fcaly

II Cross'' — Thanhouser

wire system, connecting it with one of the principal news
agencies and the Western Tdegraph Company ; it has the
co-operation of the Marconi Wireless Teleigraph Company,
through which it contains the news of disasters at sea ; it
maintains a corps of expert telegraph-operators and also
receives a condensed newspaper service throughout the
tJwenty-four hours o:f the day.

The MutuaJl operators experience little difficulty in ob-
taining views of events of international interest, such as
spectacles staged by American and foreign States, but in
the filming of fires and other catastrophes in which the ele-
haent of time enters, the oamera-men work under difficulties
easily understood. They must reach the scene of action
within a few hours, at most, and in some instances in a few
minutes ; all the views must be taken while it is yet daylight,
and in the filming itself, the operator, time and time again,
must risk his life to obtain pictures with the "punch."

The taste of the public also mrast be taken into considera-
tion in the filming of what might be considered "news" by

For instance, races, aeroplanes and funer-
als are taboo. The public has had a surfeit of such scenes.

The Mutual prefers to put its men on the firing line in
the Balkans, in Mexico, to send them among the bushmen
of Australia, the cannibal head-hunters of the Philippines,
and to photograph the red-hot sides of volcanoes in the
islands of the Pacific. In conjunction with this general
news service of events, which are of interest the world
over, the Mutual is establishing a local service for every
State in the Union.

Seventy-eight expert photographers are stationed in the
principal cities of the United States and Canada, while in
the Antipodes, three operators, daily, film the features of
Australian life which will a,ppeal most to their American
cousins. These camera-men are not only expert "studio
operators," trained to get the most beautiful settings pos-
sible for their films, but, in addition, are trained newspaper
photographer^ with the newspaper photographer's "nose

for news."

The Wanderer,

Making of a Perfect Projector"

Semi-Automatic

MOTOR DRIVE

BULLETIN NO. 10

DIRECT CURRENT -50-110" 220V.
SPEED CONTROL

Over 40% of the motion picture machines sold
to-day are equipped with motor drive ; and, con-
trar\- to opinions of some, this is an indicator of
progressiveness.

The general construction and design of the
mechanism makes it especially fitted for use with
motor drive on account of its fireproof features.

At the tirst glance, inspectors and fire chiefs
instantly recognize that '"safety first" is one of the
advantageous points of the Simplex projector.

Operating a projection machine by properly de-
signed motor drive equipment prolongs the life of
the mechanism and allows the operator two free
hands to work with in case of emergency.

The motor drive equipments and speed control-
lers furnished with the Simplex projector, are
not excelled by any. On account of the low gear-
ing and direct drive, the elimination of all frictional discs, s'prnigs, etc., viljration and noise are obviated.

Pedestals of Simplex projectors are designed for the easy attachment of the cast iron motor shelf No. 430,
which fits ,iuto a milled slot on the left hand side, and is securely held b\- two bolts.

The motors are attached to the pedestal by the wing screws, as illustrated on Plates P & P P.

Pully No. 751 is an idler pulley which fits over the stud on the center of the pedestal and is driven by the
motor belt, which is connected to the large pulley.

Motor drive pinion stud No. 428 is of steel, Yi" in diameter, pack hardened and ground. It is securely
held to the lower casting of the mechanism by set screws.

;\Iotor drive pinion No. 750 meshes into the main driving gear of the mechanism and operates on stud No.

428.

The speed controller consists of a specially constructed Cutler Hammer resistance box, which is connected
to the motor with approved green field steel tubing.

The contacts of the speed regulator and motor are amply protected by a cast iron cover No. 437, on which
is mounted a four pole snap switch, which cuts of¥ the line current. Both the direct and alternating current motors
are connected to the idler pullev on the pedestal No. 751, which transmits the power to the motor drive pinion No.
750 by belt 431 y,.

Due to the low gearing of the motor drive pinion to the mechanism, a minimum amount of power is required
to drive the projector the proper speed.

The control of the speed is regulated by the resistance box. which gives eleven graduations, which together
with the two separate size pulleys, Nos. 750 and 751, permits a range of speed from 10 to 14 pictures per second.

The alternating current motors furnished with the Simplex motor drive equipment are of a specialh' de-
signed type, controlled by a speed regulator such as used on the direct current, or of a repulsion type, the speed
of which is controlled by shifting the brushes on the commutator.

The motors used in connection with the Simplex are of unusual efficiency and the horse power rating is much
in excess of the actual power required to operate the machine.

They are guaranteed by their respective makers and are amply protected and encased, rendering them noise-
less in operation and protecting them from dust, etc.

The usual Simplex guarantee stands behind every motor drive equipment.

Simplex is appro\'ed for use with motor by the Underwriters laboratories, and almost every municipality.
It was the first machine approved for use with motor drive by the State of Massachusetts.

For the Cities of Chicago, Washington and the
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Four

REEL LIFE

I T is an established fact that the film is becom-
ing more popular and useful in America every
year. Our capitalists and theatrical stars have
not been slow to realize the natural advantages
of the all-seeing eye of the camera as a medium
for amusement, for extended range of person-
ality and for imparting knowledge of public interest. Our
picture theatres have multiplied and enlarged throughout
the country to keep step with the film's rapid mechanical imi-
provement and growth in popularity.

No description, however skilfully worded or artistically
inspired, can compare in realism with the glimpse afforded
by the photo in action ; no written novel or historical narra-
tion can be made to appeal so strongly to the senses enacted
by the stars of the silent drama, while the theatrical actor
is confined to the narrow limits of the stage and to its
artificial scenery. "All the world's a stage and men but
players on it," to the man with the camera.

Newspapers everywhere are awakening to the importance
of moving-picture news as a matter of interest to their
rfeaders. Even the smallest boys are running columns of
movie chat and now the leading journals of the principal
cities are falling into line. Chicago has succumbed in the
News and the Tribune and, last but not least, the New
York Herald has started a regular motion-jpicture depart-
ment just like the dramatic and will review the chief fea-
tures as though they were Broadway shows. The general
manager of the Rocky Mountain News of Denver says :
"I have come to the conclusion that when 200,000 admis^
sions are paid into moving-picture theatres in Denver every
week, the movies are news just the same as sports, baseball,
prizefighting, golf, etc., etc., and we will now have an up-
to-the-minute movie page."

Figures are always interesting and those printed on this
page last week stirred up so much comment that a few
more will not be out of place. There are eighteen thousand
moving-picture theatres in the United States, with an aver-
age daily attendance of seven million, .two hundred thou-
sand. Between fifteen and twenty million people patronize
the movies each day all over the world. New York boasts
of nine hundred and fourteen picture theatres, with a daily
attendance of about three hundred and sixty-five thousand.
Chicago has six hundred and twenty-five.

It is reported that in a Jersey town, a church had to close
its doors because of the competition of a motion-picture
theatre in the same block. Many inferences may be drawn
from Dhis fact, and none of them unfavorable to the moving
picture.

The eloquence of the screen may have proved more con-
vincing and more entertaining than the eloquence of the pul-
pit. It may have been a case of survival of the fittest, or it
may have been nothing more than a reflection and an effect
of local sentiment. At all events, the fact must increase our
respect for an institution whidh is a successful rival both
of the theatre and of the church.

Quite significant in connection with this triumph of the
motion picture is the attitude of a body of clergymen toward
a great religious pictU're. As reported in th;e newspapers

these reverend gentlemen looked at the picture and assumed
a position of doubt and disapproval.

If the pastor of the closed church belonjged to this class
of clergymen the closing of his church because of the rivalry
of a miotion picture theatre becomes perfectly clear. He is
standing perfectly still, while the world all around him is
moving forward. He is waiting for the world to come back
to hdm. He is living in the age of the canal-boat, and is
annoyed by the fast express thundering by and interfer-
ing with his somnolent meditations.

A safe way to get at a man's sympathy with human
progress is to test him on his attitude toward the motion
picture.

Temperance crusaders are also cognizant of the power
of the picture and in a campaign now being planned for
next fall in four Pacific states, the movies will show the
evil effects of the use of alcohol.

One of the latest innovationsi in the navy is the installa-
tion of projecting machines and screens for the amusement
of the sailors. It is provin,g a great success.

Another of the good uses for moving picture fikns is for
recording historic events. Not long ago the King of Rou-
mania ordered the production of a film of no less than 3,000
yards' length, this being a reproduction of the Roumanian-
Russo-Turkish war, which determined the independence
of that country. The film will be kept in the archives of
the realm. In order to carry this out the army lent 8,000
men in uniform with arms and baggage, led by the officers.
Another case is that of the Italian government, which is
collecting all the films taken during the war in Tripoli. In
England the same thing is done for the films of the king's
coronation events.

Whatever one may think of suffrage, he must admit that
its promoters are wide-awake and up-to-date. Now comes
Miss Mary Carson, executive secretary of the Boston Po-
litical Equality Union, declaring that children should be
reared in the atmosphere of suffrage and suggests photo-
plays showing the advantages of votes for women.

Says my London correspiondent in his latest letter : —

"One of the difficulties of the British film salesman is
to get his goods directly before the notice of the exhibitors.
Film 'viewers,' representing the renting houses and a pro-
portion of the 'first run' exhibitors regularly visit the manu-
facturers' show-rooms, but the great bulk of exhibitors de-
pend for their fikns upon the judgment of this handful of
critics. An'd, unfortunately, many of the latter are not, to
put it mildly, qualified to decide beyond dispute on the
merits O'f film subjects.

"Instances are not unknown of extra good films which
have been denied the success they deserved by the inter-
position of 'viewers' with prejudices which are by no
means shared by the bulk of exhibitors. All this has led
manufacturers to increasingly direct their efforts to make
sure that exhibitors themselves shall see the advance

REEL LIFE

Seven

SCENES FROM THE NEW PHOTOPLA YS ON THE SCREEN

Anna Little in "Mario"- — Broncho

"For the Wearinsi of the Green"—
Domino

Jack Richardson, Sydney Ayres
and Harry Von Meter
"A Story of Little Italy" — American

Margarita Fischer and Harry Pollard
"Closed at Ten" — Beauty
Vivian Rich and Sydney Ayres
"A Story of Little Italy"— American

Eight

REEL LIFE

HEARD IN STUDIO AND EXCHANGE

ANIEL CARSON GOODMAN, author of
"Hagar Revelly," is writing motion-picture
plays for the Mutual Film Corporation.
Joihn Macy, literary critic of the Boston Her-
ald, speaking of "Hagar Revelly" recently,
said :

"In a hundred years from to-day they will
erect a monument to Goodman on Boston
Common. 'Hagar Revelly' is a masterpiece."'
It will be remembered that a New York
j'ury recently deliberated for five hours before it consented
to .permit the circulation of "Hagar Revelly" through the
mails. The decision of the broad-minded jury was a severe
jolt to Comstockery.

Dr. Goodman is now at
work conducting exhaustive
experiments and taking hun-
dreds of motion-picture pho-
tographs of plant and or-
ganic cell life which, when
put linto film form, will be
shown as the introduction
to a multiple reel motion-
picture drama.

His experiments are be-
ing carried on in a specially
constructed laboratory in
the Union Square studio
building of the Mutual Film
Corporation where Dr.
Goodman also writes many
of his photoplays.

The Mutual Film Corpora-
tion considers itself excep-
tionally fortunate in secur-
ing Dr. Goodman's services.
It was greatly pleased to
learn that the critic of an-
other Boston paper of inter-
national reputation, "The
Transcript, ' places ' Mr.

Goodman's work seventh in the list of America's fifteen
greatest novels.

D. W. Griffith, chief director of the Reliance Company,
has achieved something for which other directors have
striven in vain for several years-. He has succeeded in pho-
tographing and projecting his many beautiful sets and ef-
fects with a perfection hitherto attained only in "still" pho-
tography.

Moreover, he has accomplished the projection on the
screen of pictures in stereoscopic relief. The face of each
photoplayer stands out on tihe screen with all the delicate fin-
ish of a cameo while perfect studio lightinig enables the
spectator to peer into the remotest recesses of the picture's
background.

Mr. ' Griffith and his personal camera-man, Mr. Bitzer,
early realized that effects which they considered perfect in
the studio failed to reproduce in all their beauty on the
screen. Imperfections in the camera itself as well as in the
developing of the picture bothered Mr. Griffith and his
capable assistant.

Long after the photoplayers had left the Reliance studio
Mr. Griffith and Mr. Bitzer worked on. Night after m<2j\it
they worked late in the laboratory. Defects in perforating

the film and in printing the positive from the negative
proved the most obstinate of the difficulties with which Mr.
Griffith contended, but both were determined that their best
effects should not be spoiled because of the imperfections
of motion-picture photography, and at last, after many
weary months of night work, the co-workers were rewarded
by startlingly vivid photography free from flicker and de-
fect.

The Elsmere, an exclusive boarding school for girls, at
New Rochelle, was destroyed by fire on February 18. Wil-
liam Noel, of the Thanhouser studio, was one of the first
arrivals upon the scene. Mr. Noel, accompanied by a cam-
era-man, was on his way to Long Island Sound where he

planned to take part in a
scene wihich required him to
break throug'h the ice and
rescue a "drowning" young
woman.

Mr. Noel dashed into the
burning school and assisted
many of the young women
from the building. As a
member of the volunteer fire
department of New Ro-
chelle, Mr. Noel then called
up Director Carrol Fleming
of the Thanhouser studios
and asked him to give the
alarm. Mr. Fleming notified
the other members of the
volunteer fire department,
but by the time the members
of the department arrived
the school was in ruins.

The motion-picture ma-
chine operator who accom-
panied Mr. Noel, obtained
some splendid photographs
of the burning of the build-
iriig and also filmed the actor
as he carried the hysterical young women from the school.
Needless to say, the films of the fire will play to crowded
houses in New Rodhelle where the burning of the Than-
houser plant is yet fresh in the memories of all.

Imar, the Servitor"

The transformed studio formerly occupied by an English
motion-picture company, at 4500 Sunset Boulevard, Los
Angeles, has been rebuilt for the Mutual so that the original
structure is hardly recognizable. Dressing-rooms and prop-
erty-rooms have been enlarged, new stages have been con-
structed and the scenario department is now housed in new
quarters in the rear of the bungalow containing the offices
of Mr. Epping, the business manager of the plant, and D. W.
Griffith, chief director.

Bess Meredytb, who is being filmied in the part of the
young mother in "The Duohess of Padua" under Arthur
Maude's direction, has played a number of ingenue parts
and such varied roles as a fisher-girl, an Italian peasant
maid and a slavey. She also has appeared on the screen as
an adventuress and in the roles of society girls innumer-
able. (^Continued overleaf)

/

REEL LIFE Nine

SCENES FROM THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS ON THE SCREEN

A. Baldwin Sloane Mignon Anderson "For the Wearing of the Green" — Domino

teaching "Our Mutual Girl" "A Scientist's Doll" — Thanhouser

to dance the Tango— Reliance Francelia BilUngton and Lee Hill "The Rector's Stor:/'— Majestic

George Siegmann, Paul Scardon and Jeanne Eagle "A Lesson in Bridge" — Reliance

Ten

REEL LIFE

HEARD IN

STUDIO

AND
EXCHANGE

"Imar, the Servitor"

ARGARITA FISCHER, playing in Beauty
films, despite her efforts to keep secret the
fact that she is a year older than she was
twelve months ago, recently was given a
"surprise" birthday party. She received a
number of bouquets and telegrams of con-
gratulation from her manv friends, both

in Los Angeles and in other parts of the country.

"Our Mutual Girl's" sweet face carries its appeal even
behind the grim walls of a distant prison. While pretty
Norma Phillips has been enacting the title role of this New
York fashion film in fifty-two reels, and meeting the lead-
ers of society and art and finance in the gay life of -the
metropolis, her adventures are being shown on the lighted
screen to all sorts and conditions of men, women and
children.

That the work of the uplift societies is not misplaced in
installing moving pictures in the prisons throughout the
country is evidenced by the following letter received by
Miss Phillips from a prisoner at Deer Lodge, Montana:

"It IS no doubt that this letter will come as a very great
surprise to you, because it is hardly to be supposed that
it is a common occurrence for a lady in your capacity of
life to receive such letters. Several years ago I came to
this prison in demand of the law's decree that I expiate an
ill-considered act, by several long years in prison.

"When I arrived here I had little or no education along
practical lines, but I made up my mind that, since I am
just a young man, I must study hard for a knowledge that
will put me on better footing when I again become a free
man. The study I have pursued is civil engineering, and I
have studied hard, giving my mind over to it altogether,
for I hope to succeed some day.

"I had no means of procuring the necessary text books
other than from the sale of my fancy work and at that I
•did fairly well. Then, a few months ago, I started to
write a motion-picture play, which I have just finished,
hoping it might be the means of my being able to buy a set
of the American Correspondence School's text books.

"I have entitled the pla}^ 'The Vise of Virtue,' and am
sending you a copy of same. If you can dispose of this
play for me I shall make you a present of a very beautiful
sofa pillow top made in the same kind of work as the pin
cushion which I am sending you under separate cover as a
present, with many very best wishes for your future.

"If you can not sell the photoplay I should be very glad
to have it returned ; but keep the pin-cushion, for I give it
freely. We have moving pictures here at this institution,
and am pleased to say that your face is seen quite often
upon our screen.

"I believe, Miss Phillips, that ignorance causes us to
commit most of our mistakes. It was the cause of mine,
but if there is a God, He shall bear me witness that my fu-

ture shall be a better one, because I have worked hard to
qualify myself not to make such mistakes again, and if you
can help me just a little I shall be very grateful to you, in-
deed."

The writer encloses two elaborate working scenarios or
photoplays, entitled "The Vise of Virtue" and "The Crim-
son Dye." Miss Phillips has forwarded them to Chief
Director D. W. Griffith, of the Reliance and Griffith brands
of Mutual Movies, at Los Angeles.

Bert M. Moran, manager of the "World In Motion," the
largest and most popular playhouse in Vermont, writes us
an unsolicited letter on the stationery of his Burlington mo-
tion-picture theatre :

"I have used the General, the Universal and the Mutual
programs," says Mr. Moran, "and the plainest words I can
express myself in, regarding the Mutual program, are that
there is as much difference between the Mutual and the
other two programs as there is between thC' electric light
of to-day and the old candle-stick." . „

Lorimer Johnston and the "Flying A" Company are mak-
a visit to Santa Maria, where several multiple-reel releases
are being filmed. Two and three reel releases, it is reported,
are exceptionally popular in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis
and St. Paul and throughout the North\*est. ./The "Flying
A" Company will endeavor to satisfy the demand for such
releases while at Santa Maria.

Homer Croy, whose comedy "The Yegg and the Eggs"
will be released soon from the Reliance studios, is now in
Los Angeles. He will leave for the Orient on a motion-^pic-
ture tour, returning to New York in time to report the
world's series baseball games for the United Press Associa-
tion. Mr. Croy's humorous sketches are farniliar to readers
of Judge, Leslie's and Collier's Weekly.

James Kirkwood has just finished "The ]\%)untain Rat,"
a three reel photoplay by Mary Rider Mechtold, whose
stories appear frequently in "The Cavalier." Mr. Kirk-
wood has in preparation "The Mysterious Shot," an adap-
tation by Russell -E. Smith of "The Higher Law." a Short
story by George PatuUo, which recently appeared in "The
Popular Magazine."

Walter Stanlhope, secretary and assistant to Mr. Griffith,
has just finished staging "Whosoever Diggeth a Pit" and
is now at work on "The Song of the Shore," by M. T.
Jacobs. Mr. Stanhope is working in co-operation with
Courtenay Foote and the combination so far has obtained
excellent results.

The Eavesdropper.

REEL LIFE Eleven

Intimate Facts About Photoplay People

AE MARSH, Lillian Gish and Blanche Sweet
form perhaps the most beautiful trio of young
women engaged in motion-picture work. The
three young women are all under twenty years
of age and at one time or another played child

parts on the legitimate stage. They were selected by Di-
rector D. W. Griffith, first for their beauty and, second,
because of their youth.

Director Griffith has always insisted that the actresses
playing the ileading roles under his directorship shall be
young. Mr. Griffith contends that in "close-up" work
"frown wrinkles" and "crows' feet" invariably stand out
with startling distinctness and really spoil the beauty of
many a young woman who, when not under the merciless
arc lamps, is considered by her friends to be a beauty.
Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish and Blanche Sweet have faces in
which not even the most discerning of dermatologists could
detect a blemish. Their comiplexions are flawless.

Mae Marsh, although a perfect little actress, once ex-
perienced difficulty in registering sudden fright. She was
able to bring her features gradually from- repose to terror,
but this was not what Director Griffith wanted.

"Sudden terror — on the instant." he demanded. Miss
Marsh said she would do her best.

"Well, we'll help you," said Director Griffith.

Accordingly, when the scene was being taken. Director
Griffith placed a stage-hand immediately behind the "set"
bdfore which Miss Marsh was posing. When it came time
for Miss Marsh to register her terror at the appearance of
a deadly copper-head snake the stage-hand put the barrel
of a shot gun parallel with Miss Marsh's head— and pulled
the trigger.

Miss Marsh registered an expression of terror which no
teacher of Delsarte could ever hope to impart. Moreover,
she said a few things clearly indicative of her feelings,
among them an appeal to "mother," another to "papa" and
a third to a young man whose name she refused to divulge.
Even the fangless copper-head snake, which had been
"chased" into the picture at an opportune moment, seemed
to take fright at Miss Marsh's expression of terror, for it
scuttled off into a rat-hole and never since has been found.

Francelia Billington, who is now playing leading roles
with the Majestic Motion Picture Company of the Mutual
Film Corporation, Qibtained her first experience with a New
York motion picture company which has a small studio on
the Pacific Coast. Directors of the Thanhouser western
studio who saw her talents being wasted on minor parts in
the productions of this company, secured her services for
leading roles in several feature films which were then in
process of production.

In order to accustom her to her new surroundings, the
young actress was given a small part in "Cymbeline." Her
work instantlly attracted attention when the trade-paper re-
viewers saw the film run off in New York. The directors
of the Majestic Company at Los Angeles read the favorable
notices and summoned Miss Billington to the Majestic stu-
dio, to which company she was eventually transferred by
request of Manager C. J. Hite.

Recently Francelia Billington was called upon to take a
part in "The Reform Candidate," a three-reel Majestic
film. In the filming of the picture Miss Billington was re-
quired to crawl out upon a narrow ledge on the tenth floor
of an office building. Her perilous position attracted the
attention of a huge throng in the streets of Los Angeles,
where the pictures were taken. Traffic patrolmen and
mounted police were unable to make the crowd move on
until Miss Billington was lifted inside the building again.

Marguerite Snow, who created the part of "She" in the
Thanhouser production of H. Rider Haggard's famous novel,
has returned to the Thanhouser Motion Picture Company
after an absence of six months. Her enforced rest after
three years' hard work seems to have given her a fresh grip
on her art, and her work in the multiple-reel feature, "Joseph
in the Land of Egypt," in which she is now being filmed,
is said by those conversant with the high standard which
she maintained in former productions, to be the best in her
career as a motion picture actress. Miss Snow's numberless
friends in motion pictures playhouses all over the world
have not forgotten her splendid portrayal of "Jess" in an-
other of Rider Haggard's novels, and the promised release
of "Joseph in the Land of Egypt" was awaited with more
than ordinary interest. The Historian.

Francelia Billington
Majestic

Mae Marsh Blanche Sweet

The Youthful Mutual Trio

Lillian Gish

Marguerite Snpw
Thanhouser

Twelve

REEL LIFE

STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS

N addition to the feature films, "The Great
Leap," which will have its initial performance
at Weber's Theatre, and the seventh reel of
"Our Mutual Girl's" adventures, the Mutual
Film Corporation plans to' release shortly
a program calculated to have both a gen-
eral and specific appeal for exhibitors and the general
public. Three comedies, one of which has a serious un-
dercurrent, will furnish the lighter element, while a
Sicilian tragedy, a drama of Fenian days in Ireland, two
tales of the desert, American and Arabian, are designed
to keep the spectator, figuratively speaking, on the edge
of his seat.

A story of artist life, a film which will appeal to those
living in factory and mill districts, and the story of the
regenera.tion of an outcast also feature among the coming
releases in a well-balanced assortment of plays.

A STORY OF LITTLE ITALY
An American Drama of the Slums and Foothills.

March 14, 1914

CAST
Tony, a young Italian

Sydney Ayres
John, his pal, the young leader.

Jack Richardson
Barclay, a moonshiner,

Harry Von Meter

Mara Vivian Rich

Benson, a revenue officer,

Jacques Jaccard

A typical product of the
slums, Tony, a young Italian, is
released from a correctional in-
stitution and determines to lead
a better life. His old compan-
ions in crime, however, induce
him to try just one more
"trick" before he leaves them.
The gang is surprised and
John, the leader of the band, is
captured by the police. Tony

escapes to the hills. John believes that Tony has be-
trayed them to the police and vows vengeance.

In the hills Tony meets Mara, the daughter of a
moonshiner. He stops at an inn where the accommoda-
tions are limited and is obliged to occupy a room with a
revenue officer who has been detailed to watch the moon-
shiners. The sheriff of the town is about to arrest Tony
when he remembers that the revenue officer with whom
he had shared a room the night before had left behind
his badge of office and succeeds in convincing the sheriflF
that he is a revenue officer. The sheriff is satisfied but
the moonshiners believe Tony's story and when he flees
with Mara the gang starts in pursuit. Barclay and his
band, however, are captured by the revenue officers.

Some time later Barclay and Tony's old pal, John, are
released from prison at about the same time. Both have
imagined old scores to settle with Tony, who has now
settled down with Mara and is very happy.

John, Barclay and Tony meet by chance but Barclay
becomes jealous of the Italian gunman and insists that
he be permitted to settle his differences with Tony first.
When Barclay discovers that Tony is not a revenue of-
ficer and" that he and Mara now have a child he not only
forgives the elopers, but effects a reconciliation between
Tony and his old pal, John.

Sydney Ayres and Vivian Rich
'The Call of the Traumerei" — American

CLOSED AT TEN
A Tale of Co-Ed Days, by the Beauty Players.

March 11, 1914
CAST

Jack Bandle Harry Pollard

Marjorie Holmes Margarita Fischer

Mr. Evans Fred Gamble

Professor Dow Perry Banks

Jack Bandle felt so sure that Marjorie Holmes
would accept him when he proposed to her that
he secured a marriage license in advance. Now
Marjorie did like Jack, but when at the Junior
Prom of the co-educational college which they at-
tended together she accepted his proposal, only
to learn that he had presumed to the extent of
getting the license, she returned him his en-
gagement ring and left the dance.

Mr. Evans, Jack's rival, did not overlook
the opportunity to further his own cause with
Marjorie. He gallantly accompanied her
home to the dormitory only to find the doors
locked. Although both were unfamiliar v.'^ith
the building a ladder was secured and Mar-
jorie entered the building Romeo fashion.

What was her consternation to find that not
only had she entered the boys' dormitory but
Jack's room as well! Before she could escape
downcast Jack threw open the door and while
she tried to explain her mistake the steps of
the professor making his nightly rounds of all
the dormitory rooms could be heard down the
hall. By a clever ruse, however, Marjorie
is enabled to escape without her identity being
discovered. Jack determines to obtain his re-
ward and Marjorie finds herself unable to re-
fuse him when he presses his suit a second
time.

REEL LIFE

Thirteen

STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS

The Broncho Players in a Sicilian Tragedy.
MARIO

March 4, 1914

CAST

Mario Miss Williams

Richard Mr. Withey

Mario's Father Mr. Osbourne

Mario's Mother Mrs. Clair

Richard Kane, an American artist, although engaged
to a beautiful young American girl, is struck by the
beauty of an Italian peasant girl, whom he succeeds in
persuading to pose for him. The peasant girl falls in
love with the artist. Her parents watch her closely,
suspecting a love affair, and one day her father surprises
her embracing Kane.

Her father forbids her to come home again and Mario
goes to live with the artist. They are very happy to-
gether until Richard receives a telegram in English which
Mario cannot read. Hurriedly explaining that he will
soon return, Kane leaves his Italian sweetheart, leaving
with her a sum of money and his pictures.

Mario, in order to pay her rent, is obliged to sell the
young artist's pictures. She offers the last one to the
landlord in payment for her rent, but he refuses to ac-
cept it as a full payment. A dispute and struggle follows
and the building is set on fire by an overturned lamp.

Mario, with no home to turn to, has the address given
in the telegram deciphered and arrives at a chateau some
hundreds of miles away just as the artist and his Ameri-
can fiancee are about to be married. As the bridal party
comes down the stairs of the main hall in the chateau,
Mario plunges a stiletto in her faithless sweetheart's
breast.

A Drama of the Fenian Rebellion,
under the Domino Brand.

FOR THE WEARING OF THE GREEN

By Thomas H. Ince and Richard Spencer
March 5, 1914
CAST

Dennis Grady Robyn Adair

Norah Dwyer Clara Williams

Michael Finn Charles E. Ray

Paddy Dwyer Charles E. Ray

Col. Stephens Louis Morrison

Terry McGrath Mullins

Paddy Dwyer's daughter, Norah, is being courted by
Dennis Grady, Dwyer's helper in his blacksmith shop.
Michael Finn, another young Irishman, is also in love
with the blacksmith's pretty daughter.

Dwyer, Grady and Finn and a number of other Irish
patriots in the little South of Ireland village are in con-
spiracy against the Crown. Finn takes a little too much
drink one evening and calls upon Norah while still under
its influence. Although she resents his attentions, Finn
succeeds in seizing her in embrace just as Dennis Grady
enters the cottage.

Grady soundly thrashes Finn and the latter, in revenge,
determines to betray his rival for Norah's affections to
the English. He tells the story of the conspiracy against
the Crown to the English officers on board ship in the
harbor and after being given more to drink by the of-
ficers he is put to bed aboard ship while the English
soldiers disembark to take Dwyer and Grady into cus-
tody. Finn repents of his betrayal of his friends, jumps
overboard and swims to shore.

Howard Dames and Eugene Palette
"The Stronger Hand" — Majestic

He reaches the Dwyer cottage just before the English
soldiery arrive. The Dwyer home is barricaded and a
fierce encounter ensues. When things look worst for
the party of Irish patriots Finn offers to leave the cot-
tage to attract the fire of the soldiers outside while
Dwyer and Grady escape by a rear door. The plan suc-
ceeds and Finn dies surrounded by his friends, without
his perfidy being discovered.

A Semi-Biographical Film By the Kay-Bee Players.

THE PATH OF GENIUS

By Thomas H. Ince and William H. Clif¥ord
March 6, 1914
CAST

John Ruskin Charles Ray

Mildred Anna Little

Squire James Gordon Mullins

An unknown artist, John Ruskin, wanders into an Eng-
lish village and stops at the tavern. He is tired, weary
and without much money. He promises to paint the
tavern keeper a sign in return for something to eat. The
sign does not impress the tavern keeper very much and
when Ruskin, who has fallen in love with his daughter,
Mildred, attempts to press his suit, the tavern keeper
bids him begone.

Years later Ruskin has become famous. His paintings
are hung in the National Gallery and connoisseurs bid
against each other for them. The coming of the rail-
roads and the abandonment of the post roads have taken
away all the tavern keeper's business. The old man dies

Fourteen " REEL LIFE

STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS

and his daughter, Mildred, closes up the tavern and takes
the sign board to an art dealer who recognizes the sig-
nature of Ruskin upon it. The art dealer obtains the
young woman's address and then shows the famous ar-
tist his signboard painting. Ruskin, who has not for-
gotten his early love, obtains the young woman's ad-
dress, buys the painting from the art dealer and then calls
upon Mildred. Although surprised that one so famous
as Ruskin should want to marry her, Mildred shyly puts i
her hand into that of her early sweetheart, the now fam- '
ous artist, and soon after they are wed.

The Komic Players Depict a Wastrel's Regeneration.

THE IMPOSTOR

March 5, 1914
CAST

Bob Marks Paul Scardon

The Orphan Runa Hodges

Doctor West Edward Cecil

The Heiress Mabel Wright

The Rector George De Carlton

Marks has found that by pretending blindness he can
make a living easier than he could by honest work. He
takes up a "stand" in front of a fashionable church. The
rector discovers that he is a fraud and orders him away.

Upon returning to his home Marks finds that his
neighbor, Mrs. Haze, is ill. She has a small daughter,
Runa. Marks, seeing that the woman's condition is ser-
ious and that death may follow shortly, runs for the rec-
tor and a doctor.

When the rector's servant refuses to admit him Marks
sends in a note. At almost the same time the clergyman
receives another note from a rich parishioner containing
the information that if he, the rector, will call at once
he will receive a large contribution. The rector de-
cides to visit the rich parishioner first.

By the time Marks returns the woman is dead. Marks
tells the doctor that he has decided to reform and will
take care of Runa, the orphan. As the doctor looks into
Marks' eyes to see if he tells the truth he discovers that
Marks' long simulation of blindness has resulted in the
impairment of his sight.

While the doctor is treating Marks the clergyman and
police enter. The latter, seeing the doctor treating Marks
for his failing sight, come to the conclusion that the
clergyman is mistaken and refuse to arrest Marks as an
impostor. The discomfited clergyman then leaves Marks
and his little charge alone with the doctor and the body
of the child's dead mother.

A Thanhouser Scenic Drama of the Orient.

THE DESERT TRIBESMAN

March 3, 1914
CAST

The Caliph ] -r ^

The Caliph's Son ^ J^'^es Cruze

Ben Ibrahim David H. Thompson

The Usurer Mr. A. Ellory

The 'Caliph's Wife Cary Hastings

Ben Ibrahim, an Arab chief, when captured by a cer-
tain Caliph, defied all the efforts of the latter to break
his spirit. Finally the Caliph determined to execute
him.

On the day set for the Arab chief's execution, how-
ever, a son and heir was born to the Caliph and in honor
of the occasion Ben Ibrahim was set free. The Arab
chief, who had shown an unconquerable spirit while his
life was in danger, expressed his gratitude to the Caliph
by taking an oath that if ever danger threatened the
Caliph or his descendants he would come to his or their aid.

Not long afterward the Caliph himself died and a
usurper, who refused to recognize the infant successor
to the throne, set himself up as Caliph and threatened
the child's life: The infant's mother sent the boy to Ben
Ibrahim, reminding the Arab chief of his promise. Ben
Ibrahim educated and trained the child in the use of arms
until he was a young man, when he revealed to him his
high birth.

The young Caliph determined to retake the throne
which rightfully belonged to him and gathered about
him some of his father's old followers. He succeeded
in establishing an insecure foothold and when things
looked worst called upon Ben Ibrahim to help him. The
Arab chief came to his foster son's relief with an army
which turned the tide of battle in the young Caliph's
favor.

The young Caliph wished to appoint his Arab foster
father to an important office, but the latter refused.

A Black Art Comedy by the Thanhouser Players.

THE SCIENTIST'S DOLL

By Lloyd F. Lonergan
March 1, 1914
CAST

Gray, a miser who is also a scientst,

Riley Chamberlin

Jack, his manly young nephew Harry Benham

May, a stenographer, in love with Jack,

Mignon Anderson

When Jack's mother died she left him in care of
his uncle, a miserly scientist. The old man hid the fact
that his nephew was entitled to a sum of money from
him and discouraged his attentions to May, a pretty sten-
ographer, with whom he was in love.

Meanwhile the scientist worked on a mechanical doll
which he had fully clothed and hoped to bring to such a
state of perfection that it would talk, move and eat.

The nephew and his sweetheart were invited to attend
a masquerade. Jack costumed himself as Mephistopheles
but May made the woman's usual plaint that she had
"nothing to wear." Jack suggested that she put on the
mechanical doll's clothing.

Jack dressed, as the devil, and May, bearing a striking
likeness to the doll, were about to leave the scientist's
laboratory when the old man himself entered. Near-
sightedly approaching May he tried to get the young
woman to obey his commands, believing her to be the
mechanical doll.

When he was about to give up the attempt Jack, as
Mephistopheles, suddenly leaped before his uncle and
told him that he, the devil, would command the doll to
walk and make the old man famous. Frightened by the
appearance of the Evil One, the old man tremblingly con-
fessed that he had robbed his nephew and agreed in
writing to make restitution. With the money thus ob-
tained. Jack and his sweetheart were soon afterward
married.

A Majestic Release of Unusual Merit.

THE RECTOR'S STORY

By Bettie T. Fitzgerald
March 7, 1914
CAST

The Rector, Allan Dale....._ Lee Hill

John Nelson Joe Swickard

Rex Legrange Lamar Johnstone

Adele Clara Byers

Angela Francelia Billington

Rex Legrange invites his old classmate, the rector, to
visit him. While at his friend's house he meets the

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Fifteen

STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS

Carewe twins, Adele, fickle but beautiful, and Angela, A Serio-Comedy of Night Life and the Right Life,

a plain little thing, but with a charming disposition. By the Princess Players.

Dale, the rector, falls in love with Angela but learns WAY
that both she and her sister are in love with Legrange.

Legrange soon announces his engagement to Adele. CAST

Shortly before his marriage, Legrange is disfigured. By John William Kellette

and loses his sight in an explosion. Adele deserts him Mr. Ford, a retired millionaire .\ .. George T. Welch

soon afterward and when Dale arrives to perform the Jim, his spendthrift son Boyd Marshall

ceremony he finds that faithful little Angela has taken Mr. Gale, May's father Morgan Jones

her sister's place without Legrange's knowledge in order May, a masqueradmg heiress Muriel Ostriche

that the man whom she loves may be spared the knowl- Jim Ford rather preferred Broadway to a life of domes-
edge of Adele's faithlessness. Dale performs the cere- ticity. All the efforts of his parents to marry him off
mony but it is only a few months later v^hen he receives had failed. Mr. Ford, his millionaire father, did not favor
word that Legrange has succumbed to his injuries. the young man's course and plotted with his old friend,
The rector renews his offer of marriage to Angela and Gale, living in a small town near the city, to marry Jim
this time she does not re- to Gale's daughter, May.
fuse. . The elder Ford suggests

THE STRONGER ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ initiated as

Mrs.Wiltcm^ct^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ prise,' mstead' o£ fi^^

Wilton factory, of which ^^^tjj^tjjjjj^^^m covers the girl of his

dent, is in a precarious ■lillilllllllHI^^^^r -^-^'^ The old folks have little

financial condition, Wil- ~ difficulty thereafter in ar-

ton receives a "tip" from "Closed at Ten"— Beauty ranging the match.

a crooked broker in the

secret employ of Robert Thorpe, a rival manufacturer, The Reliance Presents a Tale of Trumps and Trickery

and speculates with money taken from the company's LESSON IN BRIDGE

treasury. His speculation ends disastrously. Wilton is March 4 1914

sent to prison together with Ben Martin, a discharged CAST

employe, who takes advantage of the confusion in the Mrs. Willis Jeanne Eagle

affairs of the bankrupt company to rob the company's S^*^^*^!?^^' ;v George De Carlton

safe and to secrete its contents Traveling Man ...Harry Spingler

sate ana to secrete Its contents. ^ ^ Mr. Willis. .Paul Scardon

The Wilton family, disgraced and ruined by Wilton's The Guilty Clerk ' George Sigmann

imprisonment, are forced to send Marjorie to work in the Willis, a clerk in a Wall Street brokerage office, is sus-

Thorpe factory. Young Thorpe presses his unwelcome pected of purveying information to the detriment of the

attentions upon the young woman and when she repulses firm which employs him. A bribe is offered to him and

him, secures her discharge. Willis, wishing to snare the givers, accepts it. He tells

While in prison Martin perfects an invention and when two friends, one of them a clerk in his office and the

he and his employer are released they start up the old other a traveling man, of his intentions,

factory again, install the new machinery and with the The bills given to him are marked. Willis takes them

money which Martin had stolen from the company's safe home and hides them, but his wife, a bridge fiend, finds

they are able to resume business. In a short time Martin the money and gambles it away. Willis is arrested when

and Wilton repay the money which they have misap- his wife is found passing the marked money,

propriated and begin a campaign against the Thorpe com- The unexpected return of the traveling man, who was

pany which finally results in disaster for that concern, only slightly injured in the wreck, forces a confession

Martin falls in love with and is accepted by Marjorie. from the guilty clerk and Willis is exonerated.

Sixteen

REEL LIFE

Our Mutual Girl Learns How to Tango

Norma Phillips and
A. Baldwin Sloane

The limousine swung gently on
its delicately balanced springs as
Aunt Margaret and "Our Mutual
Girl" entered it for their morning
drive through the park. Auntie
thought it a little too cold for a ride
on horseback, so the chauffeur had
come around from the stables with
the closed car. Flowers placed
overnight in a cone-shaped vase and
bracket within the car had per-
fumed its interior when "Our Mu-
tual Girl" entered.

"Take us up the West Drive,
through the Maine Memorial en-
trance," ordered Margaret, and
Auntie nodded her assent to the
suggestion.

When the long-bodied limousine
reached the first snow-covered rus-
tic bridge, Auntie and Margaret
alighted. All about them the
branches of the trees sagged under
'their burden of snow. A slight
rain had coated the delicate traceries of white outlining the
twigs and branches with a sheath of ice and in the breeze
the branches of the trees crackled as if in complaint against
the icy grip of winter.

In the distance "Our Mutual Girl" saw the skaters swing-
ing along on the Park's lakes, while nearer at hand children
from Fifth Avenue homes coasted down the little rolling
vales. Some of the lassies had besmeared their expensive
white furs and muffs but the fact seemed to bother them
little.

Margaret finally discovered that Auntie was shivering with
the cold and both hurried back a short distance to where the
chemically-heated car stood. They whirled out of the Park
and down busy Broadway to Times Square. In the shadow
of the great newspaper which had suppressed the story of
Margaret's dispute with the cab driver several prominent
suffragists were speaking for "the cause."

Margaret's Aunt knew many of them and those who were
not speaking clustered around the limousine. Auntie and
Margaret stepped from the car. Margaret was introduced
in turn to Mrs. Harriot Stanton Blatch, Mrs. James Cooley,
Mrs. Inez Milholland-Boissevain and Mrs. Snyder. The
suffrage leaders explained the general principles for which
they were fighting and Margaret soon became so interested
that she insisted that she be taken to the headquarters of the
Women's Political Union. Although Auntie had hesitated
to introduce her niece to the suffragists for fear that Mar-
garet's ambitions might be diverted from a social career, she
willingly consented to contribute to "the cause" when Mar-
garet suggested that the money would be well expended.

Well satisfied with the way the morning had been spent,
Auntie determined that her little country niece should have
the benefit of the best dancing teachers in New York, so that
when she appeared at the Junior Cotillion at Sherry's, she
would be prepared to dance the tango and other steps now
so much in vogue.

Accordingly when they returned home Auntie got in
touch by telephone with Grace Field and A. Baldwin Sloane,
two of the most graceful dancers appearing in any New
York theatre. The dancers upon their arrival were ushered

into the great ball-room on the top floor lof the Knickerbocker
mansion. The trip was made in a private elevator and in
preparation for the dance, liveried servants cleared the floor
. of great tiger rugs, trophies of Mr. Knickerbocker's hunting
expeditions in India.

Miss Field and her graceful partner glided over the highly
polished floor and finished their steps directly in front of
Margaret and her aunt, who looked on at their evolutions
with eyes sparkling with admiration.

"Won't you try a few steps with me?" inquired Mr.
Sloane of Margaret, while Miss Field engaged Auntie in
conversation. Margaret was about to decline when her aunt
answered in firm tones :

"Margaret will be delighted to dance with you, Mr.
Sloane."

Margaret pouted and said that she didn't know one step
from another and that she felt she could never put the proper
spirit into the quick reverses. Mr. Sloane, however, gave her
a short demonstration of the easiest of the steps and then
walked her slowly through them. Margaret, more quickly
than she had anticipated, grasped the essentials of the dance
and though she made some laughable mistakes at first, her
progress in the main really was excellent.

After the dancers had left late that afternoon, Margaret
and her aunt went down to dinner. Before the walnuts and
wine had been served, Margaret excused herself to her aunt
and went up to the dark ball-roorn. Switching on the elec-
tric lights, she made her way across the room to where stood
a suit of armor.

Margaret grasped the relic of a by-gone age of chivalry
firmly about the waist and started with it across the floor.
It was too heavy for her, however, so she decided to take a
dressmaker's form that stood in a closet off the nursery and
with this lighter frame Margaret tried to perfect herself in
the mazes of the tango and the maxixe.

When she tired of whirling the dressmaker's form about,
Margaret seized a chair and carried it through the dance.
The unaccustomed whirling about finally made her dizzy.
She finished her dance with the chair in the immediate
neighborhood of the suit of armor which teetered perilously
in the center of the floor. Her exertions finally made her so
giddy that Margaret groped about for support. Her feet be-
came entangled in her skirts and finally she plunged against
the suit of armor. As it fell to the floor she seized it as a
last forlorn hope. The ungallant armor, however, refused
to support her and in a last vertiginous reel Margaret and
the heavy metallic frame went crashing to the floor.

The clatter of the metal suit of mail falling upon the ball-
room floor brought the servants and Auntie running up
stairs. They found Margaret lying prone with the iron
jawed visor of the suit of mail yawning as if in terror near-
by. Auntie and Margaret's maid helped her downstairsi and
tucked her into the great mahogany antique bed which was
built originally for Auntie Knickerbocker's great-great, oh,
a great many great-great, ancestors.

That night Margaret dreamed that the Woolworth build-
ing was dancing about in miniature in the ball-room and that
the great structure sought her for a partner; she thought
that the East River bridges, upended for the occasion, were
casting their cable tentacles about her to force her into danc-
ing with them while great steamships whirled about on their
stern propellors smoking horribly and screeching with their
sirens for another tango.

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WEDNESDAY— Beauty, Broncho,
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12— Destinies Fulfilled (3)

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2— The Crucible
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7 — A Child of the Desert

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Feb. 18— The Sacrifice

Feb. 25^ — The Professor's Awake int

Mar. 4 — Italian Love

Broncho

Jan. 7 — A Military Judas (3)

Jan. 14— The Cure

Jan. 21 — Conscience

Tan. 28 — Romance of Sunshine Alley

Feb. 4— A New England Idyl (2)

Feb. 11 — Romance of the Sea (2)

Feb. 18— Yellow Flame (2)

Feb. 25— Repaid (2)

Mar. 4 — Mario (2)

Domino

Jan. 8— The Harp of Tara (2)
Jan. 15— The PrimiHve Call (3)
Jan. 22— The Informer (2)
Jan. 29 — Heart of Woman (3)
Feb. S— O Mimi San (2)
Feb. 12— The Mystery Lady (2)
Feb. 19— The Play's the Thing (2)
Feb. 26 — The Courtship of O San
Mar. 5 — Wearing of the Green (2)

Jan. 2 — Prince

Jan. 9 — The Narcotic Spectre (2)

Jan. 16— Circle of Fate (2)

Jan. 23 — Kentucky Romance

Jan. 27 — Her Brother's Sake

Jan. 30— Divorce (2)

Feb. 6— The Secret Lode

Feb. 10 — The Colonel's Adopted Daughter

Feb. 13 — The Arrowmaker's Daughter

Feb. 17 — No release

Feb. 20— The Raiders (2)

Feb. 24 — No release

Feb. 27— North of 53* (2)

Mar. 6— The Path of Genius (2)

Keystone

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25 — Some Nerve

29— He Would A Hunting Go

1 — A Misplaced Foot

A Glimpse of Los Angeles

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5 — Mabel's Stormy Love Affair

8— The Under Sheriff
12 — A Flirt's Mistake

15 — How Motion Pictures Are Made
17 — In the Clutches of the Gang

19 — Too Many Brides

22— Won In a Closet

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31 — Mabel's Bare Escape

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5— Little Billie's Strategy
7 — Kid Autoraces at Venice

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9 — Mabel's Strange Predicament
12 — A Robust Romeo

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23 — Twixt Love and Fire

26 — Little Billie's City Cousin
28 — Between Showers
2 — A Film Johnnie

Komic

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-It's a Bear!

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Up In the Air Over Sadie
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Jan. 16 — When the Cat Came Back

Jan. 23— The Vacant Chair

Jan. 30— The Purse and the Girl

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Seeing Stars and Stripes

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5 — The Loafer

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JUST A YEAR AND A HALF AGO

The New York Motion Picture Corporation's
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TO-DAY

We are releasing through the Mutual Film Corporation

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KAY-BEE KEYSTONE
BRONCHO DOMINO

Making a total of nine reels a week
a growth of very close to 500 per cent

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effort to date. The stars of "Star of Bethlehem"
were especially reunited for this "Big- Production"
so that YOU COULD CROWD YOUR HOUSE.
There is no use to print tons of description of "CAR-
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Sunday, Mar. 1st— "THE SCIENTIST'S DOLL," features
Mignon Anderson as the Doll — and a little doll she is, in
opinion of countless admirers ! Imagine Harry Benham as
a devil ! Well, he's one for a while in this comedy, which
Riley Chamberlin helps put in the hit column
Tuesday, Mar. 3rd— "THE DESERT TRIBESMAN,"
TWO REELS, gives James Cruze as the Tribesman arid
as his own father, in the Caliph— a protean performance!
David ^ Thompson, as the Samaritan, schemes against the
Caliph's life and almost loses his own. It's a mighty
thrilling story. Carey L. Hastings and Little Leland Ben-
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WITH COL. ROOSEVELT IN SOUTH AMERICA

(Film Being Shown by Mutual Film Corporation)
^^g^A^0^^f^'0l*^t^t^>t^'>^>t^^S>f^^f*0^^i,^W>^0^ PART II.

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T was while the ship was between Bahia and Rio
that the members of the Rooseveh party made the
acquaintance of two young American actresses,
Gladys Waddell, seventeen years old, and Mabel
Tone, nineteen years old. The girls explained
that they were engaged by a New York vaude-
ville agent, who said that a Signor Pasquali, of
Rio, wished two young women to sing in a
cabaret in that city. A Brazilian aboard ship
called Mr.
Roosevelt aside
and told him that the cab-
aret in which the young
women were to sing was
not a place in which he,
the Brazilian, could af-
ford to be seen. Mr.
Roosevelt asked him to
explain. The Brazilian did
so in such plain terms that
Mr. Roosevelt asked his
wife to speak to the young
women.

It then developed that the
New York vaudeville agent
who had engaged the girls
at sixty-five dollars a week,
had not submitted them to
the test of trying their
voices. This fact con-
firmed the ex-President in
his suspicions and the mat-
ter was broached to the
male passengers on board.

Mr. Bradley headed a
subscription for the young
women with a sum sufficient
to pay their passage back to
New York. Accordingly,
when the Van Dyck reached
Rio cabins were booked for
them on the Vestris, the
first ship leaving the port
for the States. The Col-
onel gave the young

women letters of introduction to Ambassador Morgan
of Brazil, while his wife pressed letters upon them com-
mending them to Mrs. Douglas Robinson of New
York.

On the night of his arrival in Rio Mr. Roosevelt attended
a performance given by a Russian opera company. While
he was in his box with Ambassador Morgan and Vice-
Consul Leigh, he was erroneously informed that the girls
had been taken into court by Pasqualii, who wielded political
influence in the Brazilian capital similar to that enjoyed by
ward bosses in certain unregenerate American cities.

Mr. Roosevelt showed his anger in such a decided man-
ner that the audience immediately grasped the situation,
having been apprised by the Rio evening papers of the
Roosevelt party's interest in the young women. The Colonel
retired from his box to discuss the matter with Ambassador
Morgan and Consul Leigh, but at the end of the next act
was told that he had been misinformed and that the girls
were safe aboard the Vestris.

Sighting a Machine Gun with General Villa's Army — Mutual

The last picture which the Roosevelt party had of them
was as they stood, in tears, waving their handkerchiefs in
farewell as the Vestris steamed out of the beautiful harbor
of Rio.

Incidentally, it might be mentioned that Miss Tone mar-
ried the fourth officer of the Vestris upon the arrival of that
ship in New York after a quick-fire courtship on board ship,
while her companion. Miss Waddell, is now being rehearsed
in motion-pictures by Mr. McGovern, for which work, it is

said, she shows much apti-
tude. Miss Waddell had a
part in the original produc-
tion of "Rebecca of Srmny-
brook Farm," and her the-
atrical experience has stood
her in good stead. Mutual
l^atrons may soon have the
opportunity of seeing her
in photodrama. Pasquali
blustered for a time that
he would make an "inter-
national matter" of the inci-
dent, but the Colonel, with
his well-known aversion to
being "bluffed," said that
such a course was the one
which he wished the Bra-
zilian would follow. And
the Brazilian subsided.

Invaluable views of Rio
Harbor and its three hun-
dred and sixty-five islands
covered with beautiful flow-
ers and wonderful vegeta- ,
tion were obtained by the
Mutual camera man, who
also succeeded in filming
the famous Avenue of
Palms and the Avenida Rio
Branco, which is said to be
the most beautiful street in
the world.

This avenue, which is a
mile and a half in length,
cost eighteen million dol-
lars to build. It is one hundred and ten feet wide and is
said to be the most brilliantly lighted street on earth.

Mr. von Hoffman also obtained views of the leper
colony at Trinidad.

Before bidding the Roosevelt party good-bye Mr. Mc-
Govern engaged the Colonel in conversation.

"Why did you go to- the Spanish-American war, Mr.
Roosevelt?" he asked the ex-President.

"Business men have no time to go to war. I had at
the time — so I went. I thought it my duty to go under
the circumstances. I went to Africa for a similar rea-
son."

"Your speech in the House of Commons on the Egyp-
tian situation caused quite a furore, Mr. Roosevelt."

"I made that speech," said the ex-President, "only at
the urgent request of Englishmen in pu'*S/,life both at
home and in Egypt who hesitated to voice 'Vueir opinions
for fear of criticism."

The Voyager.

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]

WHEN FA TE FR 0 WNED

A A

TALE OF
THE WEST

Characters Reliance Players
Dick Steele R. A. Walsh

RELIANCE
FEATURE

ICK STEELE looked out over the desert to
where the mountains began in the distance.
Nearby in huge ugly piles stood the mine
dumps. On the nearest and hugest of them
Steele spelled out the letters of a sign.
"Eureka Mining Company. Shaft No. 3," it read. Steele
sighed, for only that morning he had been told that he would
no longer be needed as an assayer at the laboratories of the
mining company.

He was about to enter the rude
shack where on a cheap mattress
his wife lay suffering from the
dread disease whicl/ when he had
first noticed its ravages had caused
him to take his young bride irito
the mountains of the West.

A shuffling noise as if someone
were dragging himself along the
ground attracted his attention. He
hurried around the corner of the
shack and saw a figure upon the
sand. Steele lifted the man to his
feet and replaced the black som-
brero which had fallen to the
ground.

The stranger smiled his thanks.
"Won't you come in?" inquired
Steele.

The stranger leaned heavily on
the young mining man and shuffled
into the shack. Steele looked over
to where his wife lay.

She coughed weakly as the
stranger sat down and buried his head in his hands.

"I'm all in," exclaimed the stranger in the vernacular of
the West.

Steele smiled grimly.

"Well, in that respect you aren't much better ofif than this
little family," he sadly smiled- "What's your complaint —
stranger ?"

The visitor raised his head.

"Call me 'Buck'," he said. "That's what they called me
when I was in the pen — oh, yes, you'll find it out sooner or
later: I've done my bit in stir and I've come out with a
grouch on the world. Slipped and fell coming up the
gulch and sprained my ankle and I'm just in that frame of
mind that I've begun to wish I was back where I could
get three squares and medical attention. Say," the stranger
inquired with an amiable grin, "you don't know of amy sub-
treasuries around here that you and I could carry of? to-
gether; do you?"

Steele smiled at the suggestion. For a moment he sat in
silence. Then he looked at his wife, who lay hardly con-
scious of the 'p'^esence of the visitor. He put his hand into
a hip pocket and pulled out a worn wallet.

"Here's what I've got left," he said, displaying several
dirty bills of a low denomination.

Buck limped to his feet and put a heavy hand on Steele's
shoulder.

"I see the wife's- sick," he said. "Now, if you're broke
and would like to make a little ready money, I know where
we can put our hands on it."

Steele looked up inquiringly. Out of work and with a
consumptive wife, he did not care particularly where the
next dollar came from, nor how.

"Shoot!" he said briefly.

B

Raoul Walsh anad Miriam Cooper
"When Fate Froimed" — Reliance

UCK and Steele looked about
furtively. Their tired horses
sank upon their haunches in the
desert sand.

"What's that?" Steele pointed off
toward the horizon with a tremb-
ling finger. Buck looked at him
pityingly.

"Brace up, old man," he said.
"It's your nerves. By the time
you've cleaned out as many express
offices and jerk town ibanks as I
have you'll lose your fear of the
bulls."

With Steele acting as lookout,
Buck had successfully ripped open
a safe in the express company
office at Eureka the night before.
The sum they obtained was not
much. In fact — Buck looked at
Steele's drooping figure.. The man
had no nerve, he thought to him-
self, why should he share in the meagre spoils? There was
the woman. What of that? She would be dead soon any-
way, and the sooner the better for them all. Still she was
pretty. She might prove the plaything of an idle hour.

Buck crept up on Steele as he lay prone, his head pil-
lowed on a saddle. The hot sun beat upon the sands in
shimmering waves of heat. In the distance a buzzard circled
about the carcass of some dead thing. The ex-convict's
hand did not hesitate. He brought the 'butt of his pistol down
upon Steele's head with all his might. The ponies, startled
by Steele's low cry, moved uneasily and then sank back
again into the sand.

Buck found Steele's wife as they had left her. With her
fare iturned toward a cheap lithograph on the wall she did
not look around when Buck entered.
"Is that you, Dick?" she inquired feebly.
Buck did not answer. He took ofif his heavy sombrero
and put it on a chair.

Mrs. Steele turned slowly and looked inquirinigly at the
stranger.

"Your husband is in the desert," he said. "He has sent
me back to bring you to him."

"But I am hardly equal to the walk," feebly protested
Mrs. Steele.

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"Don't worry about that, lady, I'll carry you," said Buck,
advancing toward her.

Something in the ex-convict's manner, something in the
leer with which he spoke, aroused Mrs. Steele from her
lethargy.

"I think — I think I would rather stay here," she said.

For answer. Buck lifted her from the mattress and half
carried, half dragged her to the door.

"I guess you better come along," he said. "I don't like
no rows with women, but when I say you better come along,
why, you better, that's all."

With all her feeble strength, Mrs. Steele clutched at
the door frame. Buck rapped her fingers smartly with
the butt of his revolver and growled something under his
breath. She relaxed in his arms. \

Once out in the desert Buck looked around. Far off to
tine East be saw several mounted men riding aimlessly
about. They seemed to be looking
for something, for somebody. ,

Buck dragged Mrs. Steele to the
shelter of a hillock of slag near
the mouth of a mine entrance and
waited until they had passed on be-
fore he resumed his trail into the
desert.

Mrs. Steele, revived by the fierce
rays of the sun, also saw the dis-
tant horsemen and broke from
Buck's grasp. She had reached the
edge of the mo'und of slag when
Buck overtook her and choked her
to her knees.

"Don't try that, young woman,"
he said, "or I'll have to finish you
right here. I can't afford to risk
my neck for any fancy work of
yours. . Now you lay still till them
cowboys is gone."

Five minutes later, when, by
cautious observations. Buck had re-
assured himself that the horsemen
ha'dl disappeared, they resumed
their journey into the desert.
Buoyed up by the hope that she
would soon rejoin her husband, Mrs.
Steele walked almost unassisted.

Buck brutally told her that Dick
had been shot the night before
when the exipress company's safe
was robbed and that he had
dragged himself into the desert Where he was now calling
for her. Quickening her pace so that she might reach her
husband before he succumbed to his wounds, Mrs. Steele
hurried on, now in advance and again, w'hen she was obliged
to stop and struggle with her cough, lagging behind the ex-
convict.

Mile after mile they put behind them, plodding on
through the shifting sands. Once Mary fell and lay, half
suffocated, with her face in the sands. Buck lifted her to
her feet and attempted to kiss her.

"Oh, you brute!" she cried, breaking from his grasp.

Buck smiled, pressed alfter her and again seized her.

Condemned Federal Prisoner's Wife
at His Cell Window
Villa's Mexican War Movies — Mutual

STEELE groped with his fingers in the hot sand. A dull,
throbbing pain coursed through his temples. He strove
hard to collect his" senses, but the effort was too great. Be-
sides, it hurt so to think. Finally he struggled to his feet.
He was alone. A girth strap lay in the sand. The horses
were gone.

Buck ! Steele cursed the ex-convict. He searched him-
self for his share of the spoils. The money was gone.
Penniless, without food or water, with not even his som-
brero to shelter him from the scorching s<un, Steele pain-
fully took up the faint trail back to his mountain shack.

Night had fallen and the stars were out when he rapped
on the door. There was no answer and Steele flung wide
the door. Mary was gone. Steele went to the water bucket
and drank in deep gulps from the familiar tin dipper. Then
with a snarl of rage he tossed the dipper from him.

Out again into the night. With the moon lighting his
way Steele followed the trail made by two pairs of feet
across the sands. So they had gone away together. Well,
they would die together !

It was noon of the next day when Steele found them. He
stood OH' the crest of a little rise in the desert waste. Far
off on the horizon two tiny specks plodded through the sand.

Steele drew a blue barrelled .44
from its holster and staggered on
He came upon them as they sat
together on a newly turned up
grave with a rude cross of timbers
above it. While he watched, hesi-
tating to pull the trigger, he saw
the ex-convict draw the woman to-
ward him. She did not resist, but
Steele did not realize that she could
not. He uttered an oath.

Buck slipped down upon t he
other side of the grave, pulling his
gun as he shielded himself behind
the mound.

The woman sprang from his side
with a glad little cry. With a
weak, pitiful smile she ran with
outstretched arms toward her hus-
band. Yes, it was Dick. He had
come for her, she was sure of it.
She knew he would come. A fit
of coug'hinig seized her and then
everything was black.

Dick, with the revolver still in
his hand, threw his arm up across
his eyes. So this was the end of it
all. An outlaw once, a murderer
now.

Buck looked on at the scene with
a cynical smile.

"Come on, you coward," he
sneered, "I'll give you a dhance for
your life. Pull your gun."

Steele tried to rouse himself. He rose from the sand
where a thin red trickle from his wife's breast was coursing
through his fingers. He did not flinch when Buck's bullet
crunched through the bone of his arm and left it hanging
limp at his side.

Nor did he seem to be aware of his surroundings as a
posse of dusty riders headed by the sheriff* came riding over
the sands to where he crouched with his wife's head pil-
lowed in his arms.

Buck rose from behind the grave mound.
"Well, gents," he said with an elaborate courtesy to the
sheriff and the grim trio of deputies behind him, "I guess
you got me dead to rights this time. I've just been finishing
up this yere gent and his wife. I guess the lady's dead
but her partner's only got a kink in his arm."

Sheriff Malone looked hard at the members of the little
group, and then led Buck away.

The Tale-teller.

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REEL LIFE

MISS FLORENCE LA BADIE

(Thanhouser)

HE was "Mary" in "The Star of Bethle-
hem." This is the first thing the Than-
houser people will tell you if you ask
them about Florence La Badie. They
consider that the young French Can-
,adian girl made her reputation as a lead-
ing woman on the screen in the great
Thanhouser Christian Morality Play.
Thousands oif people who saw her, a trifle over a year ago,
in her first big attempt, will aliways think of Florence La
Badie as "Mary." lAnd that the character suited her per-
sonality she herself bears witness — ^for though she has
created many widely difl'ering roles since, she still cherishes
above them all her first appearance as "Mary."

About three and a half years ago, a young girl in a big
Panama hat, with long-lashed blue eyes, expressive dark
eyebrows and an. abundance of fluffy, light brown hair,
came into the office of the old Thanhouser studio on War-
ren Street, New Rochelle, and asked Dave Thompson, who
was then manager of the studio, for work in the pictures.
Anyone connected with the moving picture business knows
that a manager has from fifteen to twenty such applicants
a day. Mr. Thompson took her name and address in the
usual way, and because it seemed to him that she had possi-
bilities, he assured her that as soon as there was an opening
he would give her a chance.

That same evening Mr. Thanhouser, who preceded Mr.
Hite at the head of this great company, attended a moving-
picture performance in New Rochelle, where he was im-
mensely attracted by the work of a young girl in a Bio-
graph picture. Though having a minor part, she played it
with extraordinary vivacity. The president recognized the
girl he had seen in Mr. Thompson's ofiice that afternoon.
The next day he asked the manager to send for her.

That was how Florence La Badie came to the Thanhouser
studios.

When one tries to pay tribute to Miss La Badie's es-
sential womanliness, her sympathetic imagination, the ra-
diance and charm of her personality, it is difficult to en-
large upon any one distinguishing trait of the actress. For
Miss La Badie is a young woman of many parts.

She has a fortunate inheritance — .being born of cultured
French parents in Montreal, where she was educated in
the Convent of Notre Dame. She speaks both French
and German fluently, and expresses herself charmingly in
English, her adopted tongue. She is widely read, and was
familiar with "The Adventures of a Diplomatic Free Lance"
in "The Blue Book" long before the Thanhouser Company
though of filmatizing the series.

When she was cast for "Nan," the unconventional ward
of Lord Trevor, she brought to the part great enthusiasm
and appreciation from her knowledge of the stories, and
the author, who is in constant consultation with the pro-
ducer at the New Rochelle studios, says that he doubts
whether he could have found any one else so near the type
of his heroine, or one who would enter into the spirit of
the part as Miss La Badie does.

Besides these two greatly contrasting roles, Miss La
Badie played the lead in an adaptation of "Cymbeline,"
and is at present engaged upon a big historic production,
"Cardinal Richelieu's Ward," in which she stars as "Julie
de Montemar," with James Cruze opposite.

An adapta!ble actress of many talents, she is an equally

versatile and talented young woman in private life. She
is very athletic, her favorite sport being swimming, though
she also loves horseback and boating. Her pet fad is
sketching her friends, and she has real ability for catching
the likeness. She also writes poetry. This, however, she
is immensely shy about. She will show her verses to no
one, except one or two close friends, for they are her most

Florence La Badie

intimate expression. Though one would little guess it, un-
der all her gaiety and lively interest in many activities. Miss
La Badie is a philosopher. She ponders the inconsistencies
of life, and out of her meditations come the poems which
she hides from the Philistine.

Perhaps her most fundamental trait is her intense curios-
ity. She wants to know life and to understand it — to. meet
all kinds of people — and to study their lives and ideas.
This faculty of curiosity will not let her rest content with
her own mental outlook, or her triumphs in the pictures.
It is constantly urging her on, to educate herself further,
and develop her versatile nature.

Such a hunger to know all about the world she lives in —
especially about all different types of people — supplies her
with ever fresh material out of human ndture to enrich her
character acting. It promises well for her future as a star
who can be counted upon to create famous roles for Than-
houser. The Biographer.

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SCENES FROM THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS ON THE SCREEN

"Closed at Ten" — Beauty Raoul Walsh and Miriam Cooper, "When Fate Frowned" — Reliance

"The Path of Genius"-Kay-Bee Eugene Palette, Billie West and Ernest Joy "The Path of Genius" -Kay-Bee

^ The Stronger Hand — Majestic

Dave Thompson and Leland Benham "The Desert Tribesman" — Thanhouser

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REEL LIFE

The Mutual Weekly Refuses to Give Bribes

HE daily newspapers have not neglected the
opportunity to detail in their columns the vari-
ous forms and disguises that graft, municipal
and private, may assume. The public, however,
is probably not aware that the motion-picture
companies, and particularly those with a weekly
"news" service of topical events, have been
made the prey of franchise grabbers and others
who fasten upon them and make a living by the
sale of the privilege to take pictures.
In New York and other large cities there are shrewd
legal sharks who watch the newspapers for articles in which
certain references may be misconstrued into "evidence"
upon which a libel suit can
be based. These same shy-
sters have now cunningly
begun to prey upon the
motion-picture companies.

Under the law of New
York State, for instance,
any man who finds that he
has been photographed in a
motion picture without his
consent, may recover dam-
ages, under certain con-
ditions, from the prodoicer.
Complainants in a number
of cases have won their
suits through the conni-
vance of lawyers who take
liberal fees if they win
their cases. Indeed, on one
occasion, when the motion
picture was taken at the re-
quest of the subject, a firm
of attorneys collected dam-
ages because the consent
was not in writing.

The petty graft, how-
ever, is the most annoying. A small naval demonstration
was held recently in Chicago. An energetic franchise-
grabber secured the privilege of selling the right to take
pictures to one of the weekly producers, and through a
political pull made it impossible for other motion-picture
companies also to obtain views of the event. As the ves-
sels taking part in the pageant belonged to the Government,
the abuse was a particularly glaring one, and steps have
been taken to call the matter to the attention of Govern-
ment officials.

When Woodrow Wilson was notified that he had been
chosen nominee of the Democratic party at Baltimore, the
privilege of taking views of the occasion were sold in the
same flagrant manner, without Mr. Wilson's consent, it is
needless to say.

A Democratic politician also tried to sell the privilege of
taking pictures of the Baltimore convention in session, but
without success, as far as the Mutual Weekly was con-
cerned. So far as is known, only one concern refused to
meet the terms of this politician. That concern was the
Mutual Weekly which, despite the politician's opposition,
managed to obtain the most advantageous position in the
convention hall for its camera operator.

At the Wilson inauguration a telephone offer was made

Soldiers' Wives in Artillery Cuartel — Mutual

to the Mutual Weekly to place its operator and his camera
within ten feet of the President, for a consideration of
$2,500. The Mutual rejected the offer and another "weekly,"
which presumably accepted the terms of the anonymous
franchise-grabber, obtained some splendid pictures of the
backs of the officials immediately surrounding the incoming
President. The crowd was so dense that the views obtained
by the "weekly," which had its camera within ten feet of
the President, were virtually valueless.

Recently the Government barred inflammable motion-
picture film from the mails, thus placing a heavy handicap
on the motion-picture weeklies. It bas been customary for
motion-picture operators to ship their negatives in tins by

first-class mail. It is now
necessary to transmit the
negatives by express, a
much slower and less re-
liable procedure. "Still"
photographic film, how-
ever, may be sent through
the mail in any quantity,
although it is of identically
the same material as mo-
tion-picture film.

All, efforts to induce the
postal authorities to re-
scind their decision, dis-
criminating against mo-
tion-picture film, have
failed. Newspapers con-
tinually receive large pack-
ages of inflammable photo-
graphic film without any
protest from the Post
Otfice Department, and the
ruling against the motion-
picture industry is a seri-
ous and unjust hardship.
In Russia and along the
German-Russian frontier. Mutual Weekly representatives
also have experienced much difficulty in passing their films.
Scenes in which the Czar appears undergo the strictest
scrutiny and petty officials do not hesitate to demand gratu-
ities for passing films in which Russian officials have been
photographed.

Films showing army manoeuvres, fortifications and artil-
lery are almost impossible to obtain in Russia and it is only
by the use of a pocket full of roubles that operators have
managed to secure the views of Russian military life which
are hissed so fervently on New York's East Side.

Government officials in Italy and sometimes in France are
not above accepting liberal douceurs for granting the privi-
lege of taking pictures of public ceremonies, fetes and re-
ligious processions. If their hints are ignored the petty
grafters usually find a way to make things unpleasant for
the camera-man and sometimes where their influence is
strong enough, manage to bar the photographers altog"ether.

In Turkey, however, petty graft is almost universall If
backsheesh is not forthcoming the photographer is arrested
for obstructing the streets. Rather than remain in durance
vile — and durance usually is very vile in Turkey — the un-
fortunate photographer generally finds it advisable to
telegraph to his nearest base of supplies for bail.

The Protestor.

REEL LIFE

Supplement

CARL VON HOFFMAN

Mutual's Daring Camera Man

'HE presentation to Mutual motion picture
theatre patrons of actual scenes taken by Mu-
tual camera men on the very firing line of
Mexican battlefields has brought to light one
of the most interesting personalities that has
ever appeared outside of the covers of fiction.
Known to the inner circle of the motion pic-
ture art as a "camera man" and respected as an expert of
moving picture photography who has shown exceptional
daring in obtaining rare subjects for screen exploitation,
Carl Von Hoffman is a . man who, if he had lived in a
previous age, would have been classed with the romantic
figures of history.

A review of his short but surprisingly eventful career
reads like a chapter from one of
Scott's novels, with the hero taking
full advantage of the marvelous in-
ventions that make the life of the
twentieth century adventurer so much
more active than that of his pre-
decessors.

As a lieutenant in the Imperial
Horse Guard, Carl Von Hoffman
first saw active service, fighting for
Russia in the Russo-Japanese war.
His experiences during the rapidly
moving events of that struggle for
Russia put him in the class oif a
grizzkd veteran while he was still a
mere stripling.

At the dawn of peace he found
himself the proud possessor of the
Cross of the Legion of Honor of
St. George, third class, with which
he had been decorated in appreciation
of his service.

We next find him leading the ex-
citing life of a New York newspaper
man. Busy days spent in the pho-
tographic department lof the New

York Globe, in which he was given ample opportunity to
saitisfy his Love of excitement and adventure, were followed
by achievements in the service of the New York World,
which gave him the nickname of "the nerviest newspaper
photographer in America."

Life in a well-regulated American city soon lost its at-
tractions for one who owned the restless spirit of Von
Hoffman, and he found interest for a time in making a trip
afound the world in an automobile. The completion of his
globe-circling feat made the automobile too familiar an
object to longer hold his attention and he turned with a
glad heart to the aeroplane as a promising plaything for a
man of bis temperament.

He succeeded in making a satisfactory arrangement with
a flying machine company whereby he was to exploit a
Biplane, and eight months of activity followed that would
delight the most restless spirit. But the inevitable hap-
pened, and after an accident that broke his shoulder he
was satisfied to turn his back upon further flying for the
time being.

Photography again commanded Von Hoffman's attention,
but this time moving picture photography offered the
change that his restless nature demanded. No calling in the
world allows a man to show the nerve and take the chances

Carl von Hoffman

that the position of camera man offers him, and Von Hoff-
man was quick to see the wonderful possibilities open to a
man of his ability and daring through the medium of the
motion picture camera.

_ Being possessed of a thorough knowledge of the tech-
nique of photography it was not long before Von Hoffman
had mastered the more complicated art of taking moving
pictures. But the scope of ordinary work in a motion pic-
ture studio was far too limited for a man of his tastes. He
looked for broader fields of conquest and soon succeeded
in making moving pictures of interesting events in almost
every corner of tlie inhabited globe.

In line with his usual desire to accomplish the extraor-
dinary he soon changed his base of operations from the
earth to the air and many valuable
films taken from an aeroplane were
the result.

By special permission of President
Woodrow Wilson and the Secretary
of the Navy, he was allowed to make
a film of the manoeuvers of the navy
which attracted world-wide attention.
One of his pictures was presented
to President Wilson, who made pub-
lic comment on the young camera
man's worthy achievements.

Among other noteworthy experien-
ces. Von Hoffman can tell an intense-
ly interesting story of a trip which
included the visiting and photo-
graphing of every fort in the United
States. A journey to Cuba followed
the completion of his round of the
forts, where several months were
spent with the L'nited States fleet in
Winter quarters and many valuable
pictures obtained.

Life with Uncle Sam's sailor boys
was not exciting enough, however,
to satisfy the adventurer, for while
in Cuba he made a flight over Guantanamo Bay, during
which more moving pictures were obtained and his name
was again featured by the press of the civilized world.

In company with a small party of motion picture experts
connected with the Mutual Film Corporation, he embarked
with Colonel Roosevelt for South America, and before the
steamer was well under way was in possession of hundreds
of feet of valuable film showing the famous ex-President
in his characteristically active life aboard ship.

The motion pictures of Colonel Roosevelt in South
America have already been prepared for presentation by
the Mutual Film Corporation and will soon be enjoyed by
theatre patrons throughout the United States and Europe.

Carl Von Hoffman had scarcely set foot again upon
North American soil before he saw a new opportunity for
adventure in the novel arrangement made by President H.
E. Aitken df the Mutual Film Corporation with General
Villa, whereby Mutual Camera men were to accompany
Villa's army and secure scenes of strife on the firing line.

And foremost in the thick of the fight, where the bullets
rain thickest, is seen that twentieth century soldier of for-
tune, Carl Von Hoffman, with his weapons discarded, and
his steady hands guiding a moving picture camera instead
of a rifle.

Supplement

REEL LIFE

Film Cleaner

Mortimer Amusement Co.

Freeport, Me.

Tickets

Argus Ticket Co. 408 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111.

Steel Opera Chairs

steel Furniture Co.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Aprons

The \V. H. Dean Co.

45 E. ITlh St.

Gasoline Engines

Cushnian Jlotor Works

Lincoln, Xeb.

Theatre Pipe Organs

T. D. Hume & Co. 60S So. Dearborn St., Chicaso, III.

Moving Picture Machines

Amusement Supply Co. 1601 No. 5th Ave., Chicago, 111.

Speed Controller

\V. S. Freddy 669 Haight St., San Francisco, Cal.

Reflectors

NationaJ X Bay Ref. Co., 235 W. Jackspn Bid., Cliicago

Fire Proof Film

Fire Proof Film Co.

Rochester, Y.

He Won a Safety Medal

Nicholas Power

Attention has been called to the
genius of the inventor of the Power
Motion Picture Projecting Machine re-
cently by the presaitation of a gold
medal to Mr. Nicholas Power by the
American Museum of Safety.

The perfecting of the projection of
moving pictures upon the screen has
kept pace with the other wonderful de-
velopments of the art and Nidholas
Power deserves special mention for the
conspicuous part he has played in this
important end of the picture industry.

Mr. Nicholas Power was the first man
to develop an automatic take-up device
for the lower reel, and the first to en-
close the film reels in fireproof maga-
zines and provide firestop valves where
the film leaves and enters a magazine.
No one before 'him ever marketed a ma-
chine with an automatic fire shutter, or
designed a film-gate cooling-plate and a
firestop film trap.

He is said to be the first to use film
shields above and below the aperture,
and also is the inventor of the auto-
matic loop-setter, which resets the loop
in the film below the aperture.

H. B. Coles, general manager of the
Precision Machine Co., made a flying
trip to Boston to attend the Massa-
chusetts Ex^hibitors' League ball on
Wednesday, Feb. 18. Mr. Coles is so
'busy trying to catch up with orders for
Simplex Machines that he has only time
to say the ball was a big success.

James F. Fairman, advertising man-
ager of the Motion Picture News, and
previously of the Exhibitors' Times, will
sever his connections with that publica-
tion, his resignation taking effect March
1. Mr. Fairman will continue his activi-
ties in the motion picture advertising
field.

Supplies

N. & T. Supply Co.

Asbestos Materials

C. W. Trainer Co. 514 Atlantic St., Boston, Mass.

Artificial Flowers

Gustavo Schroeder 1324 Prospect Ave., Cleveland, O.

Cameras

Motion Picture Camera Co. 3 W. 14th St., New York

Disinfectants

Ozone Pure Aircture Co. 336 So. Clark St., Chicago, 111.

Fire Extinguishers

David Kaluiwcilers Sons 260 Front St.. New York

Clock Slides

1560 Broadway, New York

Calcium Li^ht

Dearborn Novelty Co. 21D5 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111.

Brass Lobby Frames

Theater Specialty ilfg. Co. 357 W. 42d St., New Y'ork

Oil

One Drop Oil Co. 15 So. Leavitt St., Chicago. 111.

Tin.

"Making of a Perfect Projector

MECHANISM

We are pleased to announce that this series of bulletins
which have been running under the above caption, has met
with the approval of many thousands of operators and
exhibitors.

On this page, illustrated by plates A, AA, and AAA, is
shown the Simplex mechanism, parts of which have been
described in previous bulletins.

Plate A shows the film covers and top rollers removed
from the right side. Simplicity of arrangement is apparent
at a glance.

Plate AA illustrates mechanism completely en-
closed. The gear side is protected by covers and
a large door, which eliminate possibility of con-
tact with anything, protect from dust and render
operation noiseless.

Plates A and AAA show the right side entirely
enclosed, rendering it entirely fire-proof, and
keeping the film free from dust. Should the
take-up refuse to work, the film cannot escape
from the enclosure or come in contact with the
light. In the door on this side is set a large
glass which permits the operator to closely watch
the operation of the film.

It is not necessary to elaborate on the construc-
tion of the mechanism, as the various parts have
been fully explained in previous bulletins.

The chief claims for superiorit}' of the Simplex
consist in: Originality of design, extreme ac-
curacy, durabilit}' of construction, absolute fire-
proofness, simplicity of operation, brilliancy and
steadiness of projection, and noiseless in opera-
tion.

We believe a careful perusal of these bulletins
by the prospective customer will convince him
of SIMPLEX superiority, and that its title of
PEERLESS PROJECTOR is amply justified.

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REPUTATION

(Good Name or Character; Honor; Credit.) — Webster's Dictionary

Of these qualities is Simplex reputation made. Its
GOOD NAME was established about three years ago. Its present
CHARACTER was made possible seventeen years ago by the same
brain which dominates its construction today.

precision of construction and accomplished results are an
HONOR to the motion picture profession who give it
CREDIT as the

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lEEL LIFE

One

When You Run That "Big Feature"

You can make a host of new friends for your theatre just by the way you handle the crowds.
Pass them in by the Quick Change Way.

The pubhc will always demand a good show, but they also are critically watchful of the manner in which
the picture exhibitor provides for their comfort and convenience.

Your first opportunity to culltivate the good will of your patrons is at the ticket-window. At this point of
greeting there must be no mistakes, no fumbling, no delays or petty annoyances while a grumbling line stands in
wait — or breaks up to go elsewhere.

When people come out for an evening's pleasure, they object to being wedged in the center of a slow-
moving line, and if your ticket-window is
~1 - ^^^K^M-'~WKKtKt^K^~ equipped with a

Quick- Change

Board

the news will spread that at your place there is
no delay.

Each patron slides a coin over a smooth glass
surface.

The ticket-seller slides the returning coins
into one of the three Quick Change cups.

And with one movement of the hand to re-
move the change — with no danger of dropping
it — the patron passes swiftly on to see the
show.

A Money-Maker

The Quick Change Board is a real money-maker and
pays for itself a hundred times over.

It prevents mistakes in change-making that con-
fusion always causes.

It calls a halt on losses due to impatient persons
leaving the line for other places.

Entering promptly, folks leave sooner, and thus
more frequent "changes of crowd" result in larger
receipts.

Attractive— Sanitary — La sting

The Quick Change Board looks well with the best
equipment. It requires no painting, yet it always has
a pleasing and attractive surface.

It is the only really clean and sanitary counter
board to use, for nothing sticks to it that a wet cloth
will not remove.

Quick Change Boards are made of dense, tough
glass — like that used for lens mirrors — and are in use
long after wooden counters have become worn,
cracked and chipped.

Praised by Roosevelt

But their one great friend-making quality is what in-
spired ex-President Roosevelt to say of the Quick
Change Boards wheu he observed their use by a large
transportation company in New York :

"They have caught the eye and made a delightful
contrast to the stolid indifference which many trans-
portation companies show to their patrons."

The Quick Change Board costs only $5.00 and it
starts to make friends — to earn money the day it is
installed. So get in touch with your Exchange now
— while you are thinking of it — or mail us the
coupon below.

CHANGE RECEPTACLE CO.
109 Liberty Street, New York City

To Exchanges and Dealers :

This ingenious device is now standard equipment for
moving-picture theatres.

Are you ready to supply the demand?
Write us for terms.

Change Receptacle Co.,

109 Liberty St., New Vork.

You may ship Quick Chang-e Boards.

Plea.se send full information regarding the Quick
Change Board and tell me where it can now be seen
in use.

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PROFITS

All exhibitors aspire to reach the
goal of success, but often overlook
the greatest asset of a Photo-Play
theatre. " /

A profitable business must be built
up on stability, and Mption Picture
profits can only be assured through
the use of the best films and PER-
FECT PROJECTION.

POWER'S CAMERAGRAPH
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Published by the
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THE MOVING-PICTURE MAGAZINE

EDITED By PHILIP MINDIL

Business and Advertising
Manager
WM. H. PECKHAM

Vol. Ill, No. 25

Five Cents— $2.50 a Year

MARCH 7, 1914

MORE THAN
25,000 THIS WEEK

Sprightly Scene from "The Coming of the Padres'*

American Photoplayers Picturize Santa Barbaras Religious Founding

In the striking picture above are seen Harry von Meter, Sydney Ayres, Vivian Rich, Jack Rich-
ardson and Louise Lester. The American studio is at Santa Barbara, Cal., and the photodrama shows
the advent of the earnest priests to that picturesque place and the difficulties with which they labored.

Four

REEL LIFE

O

NE reformer who is using the movies as
object lessons, received an abrupt surprise
in the Qittle Jersey town of South River.
He was Dr. Millard Knowlton, director of
tuberculosis work for the State Board of
Health, and was lecturing and illustrating
his points on the lighted screen. Show-
ing a room in which there were two beds
and several cots, he spoke of the crowded
and unhealthy condition of the room. A
purple-faced woman popped up from a

seat in a front row and shaking her fist

1^

mm Mm doctor, screamed:

\ "You take that picture of my home off

your dirty screen, or I'll bust your ma-
chine and you, too !"

"Larry, turn the crank," said the discreet lecturer, but
the irate "horrible examplle" was not to be so easily
quelled.

"I'm just as clean as you, and you took that picture with-
out my permission. I'm the mother of eleven children and
you've only a canary to take care of. If you had to buy
meat and potatoes instead of birdseed, you might know
why, when it's cold, I put my children close together to
keep warm."

My Paris correspondent writes me as follows :

"And where does the smartly dressed little Parisienne
go to see the latest fashions nowadays ? In times gone by it
was the Bois de Boullogne on Sunday afternoons, the races
at Longchamps and in the studios of the great fashion crea-
tors. But all this has been changed. Now, when she wishes
to learn the latest little twist in fashion, she betakes herself
to a picture palace and sees it in the moving pictures.

"Not only do the motion-picture companies require their
actresses to be garbed in the latest mode, but many of
them are producing special films devoted to nothing but
fashions. Sandwiched in between the smiles and tears of
the picture plays she now sees the latest gowns almost as
soon as they are turned out from the workshops of the
designers."

This is now the case in America, too, for wherever
Mutual Movies make time fly, the very latest, smartest
frocks and hats and furbelows are shown by "Our Mutual
Girl" in the great film serial which has made a nation-
wide hit, especially with the fair sex.

So once again we must confess that one of the greatest
educators of the day is the motion picture, which keeps us
in touch not only with the historical happenings of the
world, but details the fickle changes of fashion as well.

Mrs. Fiske is one of the few great stars of the stage
who is progressive enough to admit the vast scenic possi-
bilities of the movies.

"Those who hold that the moving picture is a menace
to the llegitimate theatre — and legitimate is used in its ordi-
nary, not its real acceptation, for the motion-picture theatre
is as llegitimate as is that devoted to the most classic produc-
tion— must do so on the grounds either of art or of value
to the public as an institution."

Thus says Mrs. Fiske who, perhaps, represents in
greater measure than does any other stage figure of her
day, the intellectual and genuinely artistic forces of the
theatre.

Propagandists of the "legitimate" drama are working
secretly to instill in the public mind the idea that the
"picture craze," as they call it, is on the wane. Moving
pictures are not a craze nor a fad, but a llegitimate de-
velopment in the progress of the amusement business. As
the art improves— and it is improving rapidly — the interest
increases. The proof of this is the swift and steady multi-
plication of films made, of the number of manufacturers,
of the theatres devoted to the movies and of the attend-
ance.

Last week the movies won a signal victory when a series
of inter-high school debates was held in Pittsburgh. The
question was, "Resolved, that motion pictures do more
harm than good," and the negative won before audiences-
of thousands.

The suggestion of President William H. Stevenson, of
the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, that educational
movies be tried out in the puiblic schools was received by
the Board of Public Education and a test made in one of
the buildings. It proved overwhelmingly successful and
the board will make plans to include movies in the educa
tional system in the future. An objection raised was that
movies do all the thinking for the pupils and school work
gets too easy. However, it is planned to show chiefly his-
torical fiilms and current events.

Educational leaders have long recognized the great pos
sibilities for the teaching of certain dry-as-dust studies
which motion pictures offer. W. W. Earnest, superinten
dent of tlie Champaign, 111., public schools, recently recom
mended the use of both motion-picture projection machines
and victrolas in the school-room.

"I am convinced that many fine motion pictures could
be purchased that would be of great value in our educa-
tional work," said Mr. Earnest. "A circuit of schooils such
as has been suggested could, I believe, accomplish a lot
with the films. Schools in the future should be provided
with auditoriums where the films could be 'ex;hibited."

State Senator Hugh S. Magill, of Illinois, has promised
to co-operate with the faculties of Illinois, Chicago and
Northwestern universities and the school boards in the
various cities in Illinois to secure the passage of an act
providing for a motion-picture circuit.

The Minnesota Training School for Boys at St. Cloud,.
Minn., hereafter will include a permanent course of instruc-
tion by means of motion pictures in the institution. The
innovation has the approval of J. T. Fulton, acting superin-
tendent of the school, as well as of the State Board of
Education.

The Columbia Schood' of Journalism is using motion
picture views of the Balkan war to enable future news-
papermen to describe military operations. Director Talcott
Williams intends to extend the course so that reporters-in
the-making may be able to write their "stories" of current
news events without leaving the classroom.

The illiteracy of the Southern mountaineers, in the re-
mote regions of Tennessee and the Carolinas, is commonly
known and accepted. But it is not a little shocking for
New Yorkers to learn that a people, "sunk in squalor and
mental deficiency," are to be found at their very doors.
That New York's accommodating neighbor across the Hud-
son— the state of the Oranges and the Montclairs — where
her workers hie themselves for sound sleep at night, and
her millionaires enjoy their suburban palaces and country

REEL LIFE

Five

places — that little New Jersey, of all places, should actu-
ally hafbor thousands of illiterates and criminals in its large
tracts of undeveloped woodland, is disagreeably startling.
They are known as the "Pineys," these forlorn men and
women who live in the great pine belt stretching over
Ocean, Atlantic and Burlington counties.

Governor Fielder, Vv^ho recently made a tour of investi-
gation, described the conditions as "terrible." He urged
compulsory education of the children, scattered miles apart
on the farms, and the founding of social centers for young
and old. Governor Fielder believes strongly that if there
is to be salvation for the Pineys, it will come through the
moving pictures. Moving pictures can educate and civi-
lize an uncouth, impressionable people more quickly and
effectively than any schools or missionary efforts. It is
not prisons and penitentiaries that the Pineys need — ^but a
new worfl'd of hope and inspiration opened to them through
moving pictures.

Now that vibration on shipboard has been eliminated by
triumphs of modern ship building, the big liners are to be
equipped with moving pictures. Time was, when a stroll
on the promenade deck made of everything visible a virtual
moving picture. The sea, glimpses of shore, and the crafts
one met, were thrown into motion for our swimming gaze
by the pitching and rolling of the ship. Now the Imperator
glides across the Atlantic as steadily and smoothly as a
pleasure boat on Lake George on a summer day.

The moonlight, shimmering in endless change on the
waters, has lost its fascination for the sophisticated globe-
trotter. He doesn't even liven up to the strains of the
tango. Seagoers have appealed to the movies to save them
from the ennui of the ocean voyage. And if the great
transports would supply the requisite thrill and stimulus
to jaded travellers, they cannot do better than annex the
movies as a regular feature of marine entertainment.

H. H. Van Loan, formerly London correspondent for
the Nezv York American, whose side-spflitting "hick" stories
have appeared at intervals for some time past in the Neiv
York W orld, is cooperating with George Henry Smith in a
snappy daily column of motion-picture news in the Nezv
York Globe. Mr. Van Loan has had a varied experience
as press representative of amusement interests. C. H.
Pangburn has taken charge of the New York Tribune's
motion-picture department. As assistant editor of the
motion-picture supplement of the Morning J' ele graph, Mr.
Pangburn's work is familiar both to th^ public and to the
trade. The New York Herald has selec^ted Alfred Head
to assist John Logan, dramatic editor of the paper, in the
new motion-picture department which has been started in
the Sunday and daily dramatic columns of the Herald.
D. K. Hdllander has opened a lively column of motion-
picture gossip in the Chicago Daily Nezvs.

To get an idea of the way motion pictures have grown in
a few years, standing to-day the biggest little giant of in-
dustry, one has only to take an average case in a typical
American city — not New York or Chicago, but a smaller
center. In St. Paul, Minnesota, the movies are celebrating
their eighth birthday. In February, 1906, its first theatre
opened, under the direction of Joseph Mahoney, who up
to that time had been chief clerk in one of the Great
Northern railroad offices. His first program was two mov-
ing pictures and an illustrated song. For a year he changed
his pictures only once a week.

To-day St. Paul has twenty-eight thriving theatres, with
new programs daily, and several more in process of build-
ing. They draw 150,000 people weekly. Every day their
patronage is at least 15,000, and when the weather is par-
ticularly fine, they often show to 25,000. In the early days
(for in the film business eight years ago is ancient history),
a two-reel play was billed all over the city as a mammoth
attraction. To-day the big bill is not infrequently eight
reels.

"The movies are doing wonders," says the Chicago
Record-Herald. "They will soon become an adjunct of
every school, museum and cultured agency. They will
democratize science. They will make "dry" studies attrac-
tive. They will steadily elevate the standards of popular
entertainment, annexing the spheres of romance, adven-
ture and beauty. Knowledge and invention shall make
us freer, and freedom from too monotonous, grinding toil
will make us more truly human, more truly social and
civilized."

Mutual Film Corporation camera-men have forwarded
to New York from Mexico several hundred feet of film
showing Maximo Castillo, the Mexican bandit, who caused
the death of eighteen Americans by derailing and wrecking
a train in a tunnel in which he had set fire to wooden box-
cars. Other film which is now being developed in the Reli-
ance studios shows Castillo under guard at Fort Bliss and
his followers confined in a wire pen with American soldiers
on guard.

Pictures have been developed of the Cumbre iunnel in
which the tragedv occurred. These also will be included
in the finished reel. Amos Keysor, an American soldier of
fortune, who was captured with Castillo, Felipe Andrade,
xA-polonio Castillo, Alanuel Cesada, Juan Camacho and
Ferdico Alonso, Castillo's aides, also were "caught" by
Charles Rosher, the Mutual camera-man.

Although producers of "legitimate" drama often make
the assertion that moving pictures have emptied their bal-
conies and galleries, the actors who formerly worked
twenty or thirty weeks a year for these managers and then
spent the rest of their time in seeking new erjgagements
complain not at all.

Hundreds of former actors and actresses on the "legiti-
mate" stage now find steady employment for fifty-two
weeks in the year, at salaries far exceeding those paid by
Broadway producers. Many have their own homes and
3'ear-round apartments, if the studio in which they are em-
ployed is in the city, while many who are engaged by the
Western and Coast motion-picture studios have purchased
farms and ranches, stocked them well and play the country
gentleman in addition to their studio work.

Twenty-five million moving-picture playgoers a day is
what the statisticians say of the attendance for the entire
world and all of these will be more closely cemented, so
far as their amusement interests are concerned, by the
coming exposition (June 8 to 15) in Grand Central Palace,
New York, under the auspices of the International Motion
Picture Exhibitors and the Independent Exhibitors of
America.

This is the second annual event. All details of the
manufacture and staging of the photoplay will be shown
and the "inside" of this department of "show" business,
always so dear to the layman, will be revealed.

The Listener

Six

REEL LIFE

THE GANGSTERS OF NEW YORK

A

CONTINENTAL
FEATURE FILM

CAST

Porkey Dugan H. B. Walthall

Biff Dugan (his elder brother) Jack Dillon

Jimmie Dugan (his kid brother) Master O. Child

Jessie Dugan (his sister) Miss A. Horine

Hennessy (the district leader) F. Herzog

Cora Drew Consuelo Bailey

Billy Drew (her brother) R. Riley

Henry Davis (the reformer) C. Lambart

Spike Golden (a rival gangster) Ralph Lewis

Mrs. Murphy (a neighbor) Miss B. Craig

Spot the Spy Jack Pickford

NOW.
ON BROADWAY
NEW YORK

LIFE in the crowded East Side of the MetropoHs and
f the great need for reHef of the overcongestion is
faithfully depicted in this photodrama, which is
being shown as a theatrical attraction at Weber's Thea-
tre, Broadway and Thirty-first St.,
New York City. A secondary truth
which this motion picture tells in a
forcible way is that capital punish-
ment, far from destroying the in-
centive to crime, really serves to in-
flame the criminally inclined.

In a crowded tenement in the
lower East Side lives the Dugan
family. The older brother, Biff,
is the leader of the Dugan gang,
of which the younger brother,
Porkey, is a member. The sister
Jess, a by-product of sweatshop
slavery, although emaciated in
body, has sufficient strength of char-
acter to disapprove of her brothers'
means of earning a living.

Fresh from the country, Billy
Drew and Cora Drew come to the
city. They have letters of introduc-
tion to Henry Davis, a practical re-
former, who conducts a home.
While they are talking to Davis the
members of the Dugan gang decide
to amuse themselves by rough-
housing the mission. They enter on
mischief bent. The police, scenting
trouble, rush to aid Davis, who dis-
misses them without entering a
complaint against the roisterers.

The Drews settle down across the hall from the Du-
gans. Cora meets Porkey and is attracted to him, but
refuses to have anything to do with him because she
realizes he is a gangster.

The Dugan gang has for its rival the Golden gang,
headed by Spike Golden. Spike annoys Cora, who is
rescued by Porkey.

Both the Dugan gang and the Golden gang are plan-
ning to hold balls. Selling tickets for the so-called balls
by intimidation is a scheme frequently used by gang-
sters to raise money. Both the gangs try to sell tickets
to the same storekeeper. The Golden gang, which comes
first, sells several tickets. AH this time the malign influ-
ence of the gangsters is working on the country boy
who finally joins the gang after he has been taken home
intoxicated. His sister, Cora, is ill, and is tended by
Jess Dugan.

When the second gang comes to sell their tickets to
the merchant, the police rush in and all are arrested, in-

Henry

"The Gangsters of

eluding the country youth, who gets thirty days. The
Spike Golden gang holds its dance, a typical East Side
affair. Poorly dressed .couples jostle each other in a little
smoke-filled room in the throes of what takes the place
of the turkey trot and tango on the
East Side. Biff and his gang hear
of the dance, and decide to get re-
venge by breaking it up.

Arming themselves with revolv-
ers, they descend upon the dance.
A gang fight follows. The gunmen
hiding behind buildings and tele-
phone poles shoot at each other.
Golden's gang is defeated. Golden
swears revenge. When the gangs
meet again the fight continues, and
Golden is killed. Biff happens
along, and is arrested by the police.
A revolver purposely placed to
"frame him up" by members of the
Golden gang acts as testimony, and
Biff is sent to the electric chair.
Porkey, when released after a short
term, swears revenge for his broth-
er's life. He finds that while he was
in jail, his sister, Jess, has died from
the sweatshop conditions, under
which she worked, and that Cora
Drew, disgusted with city condi-
tions, has returned to the country.

Porkey returns to his gang, and
they round up one of the rival gang-
sters, whom they believe is respon-
sible for the perjured testimony
against Biff. The other gangsters
hold the suspected man in a little room and send for
Porkey to cofne and kill him. The suspense is very
tense, as Porkey is summoned. The messenger delivers
to him a big knife to use as a weapon. Porkey starts
after the perjurer, but the influence of Cora and the re-
former affects him. When he comes face to face with
the enemy, he dismisses the other gangsters, saying that
the two will fight it out face to face in a locked room.
There he purposely permits the other to escape after the
gang has left the pair alone for what they supposed
would be a fight to the death.

A year afterward Porkey is a changed man. He and
Cora are living in the country, driving the cows home
at the close of day. The gangster has forever deserted
his old companions and environment for a wholesome life.

In many ways, "The Gangsters of New York" is an
unusual photodrama. Its theme and setting make it
worthy of attention, and it shows, unusually vividly, the
evils of over-population.

Walthall

New York" — Reliance

REEL LIFE

Seven

SCENES FROM THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS ON THE SCREEN

A. Ellery, Maude Fealy and Dave Thompson in "Kathleen, The Irish Rose"- — Thanhouser
Rhea Mitchell and George Osborne in "Barrier Royal" — Broncho.
Two Views of Charles Ray in "Desert Gold"— Kay-Bee.

Eight

REEL LIFE

HEARD IN STUDIO AND EXCHANGE

'HE Continental Feature Film Corporation —
which has recently complleted plans for the book-
ing of Weber's Theatre and also for the Metro-
politan Rink, which is now being remodelled
into a theatre — announces that all programs
shown here in New York City and in leading
playhouses through the country, will be exactly reproduced
in London at a first-class theatre in which motion pictures
have never yet been shown.

Roy Aitken, a brother of Harry E. Aitken, president
of the Mutual Film Corporation, is the managing director
and moving spirit of the Western Import Company, through
which the Continental is making the arrangements for its
London presentation of features. Mr. Aitken, who has
spent most of his time abroad for the last four years, but
who has been in America for the fast few months familiariz-
ing himself with conditions here, is to return to England
in aibout two weeks, in order to carry out the plans which
have now been definitely completed. Mr. Aitken's agents
in London have already obtained options on two houses,
and.it merely remains for him to make the final decisions.

Tn addition to obtaining a. London theatre, in which the
Continental Feature Film Corporation programs of Mutual
subjects can be shown simultaneously with the exhibition
of the same programs in New York, the Western Import
Company is to open the first exclusive picture exchange in
England or Europe. That is to say, Mr. Aitken wiW attempt
to introduce the American system of booking and renting
special, independently of any regular service.

Besides getting a theatre in London for the exhibition of
the feature films made by the various manufacturing com-
panies of the Mutual, released through the Continental in

Virginia Clark in "His First Love" — Majestic

this country, the Western Import Company will endeavor
also to arrange regular touring routes for feature films in
first-class theatres, preciseJy along the lines now being fol-
lowed in the United States and Canada.

ment of the American studios at Santa
Barbara, President S. S. Hutchinson,
who feels that the "Flying A" has by
no means made the most of its facilities
in the past, is planning an entirely new
output of four and five-reel features, far
more elaborate in setting and plot than
anything the American has attempted
thus far. This means that new players
will be added to the already large and
interesting personnell of the famous
company, and dramas of the highest
quality only will be produced. Mr.
Hutchinson is at present engrossed in
extensive preparations for the new
program, dividing his time between
Santa Barbara, San Francisco and Los
Ansfeles.

Harry Pollard, the popular lead in
Beauty films, is to have his burdens, as
both star and manag'er, considerably
lightened. Frank Cooley, the well-
known actor and manager, has joined
him. Mr. Codley will assist in staging
the productions, and virill also play some character parts.

A Young Constitu-
tionalist. Gen. Villa
Mutual Movies.

In view of the tremendous capacity and splendid equip-

New York's street cleaning commissioner is not the only
man who lost sleep over last week's Mizzard in Manhattan.
Edgar Lewis, one of the stage directors of the Reliance
Motion Picture Corporation, was working on the produc-
tion of a new play, "The Coming of a Real Prince," and
had already made several scenes in and near New York,
when the snow fell, transforming the town into an Arctic
wilderness. Even if facilities had not been tied up, winter
scenes were out of the question. The "real Prince" didn't
come with snow five feet deep — and Mr. Lewis had only
two or three days in which to finish the production.

One course only was possible — to pile the entire company
aboard the first train for the South and ride till they
struck the first town below the snow line. No wild-cat
theatrical troupe ever made a madder trip. Without a
notion how far the expedition would carry them, Mr. Lewis
and the Reliance Players watched the white landscape race
by, mile on mile, anxiousHy straining for a glimpse of the
first stretch of bare country.

Not till they entered North Carolina did their hopes
begin to rise. The hills and fields showed brown once more,
covered with withered shrubbery and stubble, and at Rocky
Mount, the first town entirely free from signs of the ex-
tensive snowfall, the company eagerly decamped. They
arrived at half-past two in the afternoon, and in less than
thirty minutes the whole population was out watching the
camera men and the players, making scenes at record
speed.

By midnight the company was on the train again, rush-
ing back to New York. They even took several more scenes
in the Pullman coach, and, on reaching the city, pressed
into service the first available surroundings — photographing
two scenes at the Pennsylvania depot. At the studio, eleven
more were turned off in the next few hours, and the picture
compflieted on schedule time, before the players, ex-
hausted but triumphant, could be dismissed for a well-
earned rest.

REEL LIFE

Nine

SCENES FROM THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS ON THE SCREEN

"Red, the Mediator"— Reliance Ed. Coxenin" A Modern Free Lance"— American Irene Hunt "Red, The Mediator"— Reliance

Dave Thompson and Maude Fealy "Kath- Harry Pollard and Margarita Fisch'^r "The Ed. Coxen in "A Modern Free Lance"

leen, The Irish Rose"—Thanhouser. Girl Who Dared"— Beauty . American

Herschal Mayall "The Silent Messenger" Charles Ray and Frank Borzage' "Desert Charles Giblyn "The Silent Messenger"

Domino Gold"— Kay-Bee Domino

Ten

REEL LIFE

Heard in Studio and Exchange

daughter.

HE Mutual Boxing Club announces several
engagements for the immediate future, among
them a match between the infant son of Fred
Kelsey and Spottiswoode Aitken's daughter.
A four-round event, which undoubtedly will
draw a good "gate," is promised between
Director Cabanne's seven-weeks'-old daugh-
ter and Russell Smith's seven-months'-old

Smith arranged the latter event.

At the Photoplayers' Ball, which was recently held in the
Auditorium, Los Angeles, Earl Foxe and Jim Kirkwood,
two Mutual players, carried ofif the honors as tangoists.
Earl and Jim vied with each other for the privilege of danc-
ing with Mary Pickfornd.

Geo. Pattullo, the famous author of Western stories,
now in Dallas, Texas, recently had the pleasure of view-
ing, at Dallas, a Reliance picture adopted from his well-
known story, "For His Master." This" was the first of
the famous Pattullo stories released by the Reliance.
"The Higher Law" and "The Rebellion of Kitty Belle"
are now being filmed, and are dated for an early appear-

ance. . —

The baby parade along Hollywood boulevard on_ Sun-
day afternoons is well worth a reel. Most of the infant
prodigies are Mutual babies and the offspring of Mutual
"fans." ,

Will George Field of
the "Flying A" studios
please explain the
wherefore and the why
of the boa-constrictor
bath-robe which en-
cases him in several re-
»^ cent releases?

President C. J. Hite,
of the Thanhouser and
Majestic Companies, an-
nounces another mar-
riage in the ranks of the
Majestic Company. The
latest aspirant for do-
mestic honors is the
well-known actor, Fred-
erick Vroom.

In Missouri Frank
L. Newman, who ex-
hibits the Mutual pro-
gram exclusively, is
building a theatre
which is attracting
much press comment in
the West. The house
will stand on the site of one of Kansas City's oldest land-
marks, and, while it will have a seating capacity of only
six hundred, it will be one of the finest and most richly
appointed motion-picture theatres in the United States.
It will cost something over $75,000.

BoydMar shall and Muriel Ostriche
in "Billy's Ruse" — Princess

General Ortega
Gen. Villa's Mutual Movies.

The architect is H. Alexander

Drake of Kansas City, one of the

foremost men in his profession in

the Middle West. The building

will be absolutely fireproof. It

will be heated and ventilated by

the latest approved mechanical

heating and ventilating plant.

Architecturally, the general de-
sign, exterior and interior, is

modern French— the front being

of highly glazed old-ivory tint

terra cotta, and the color scheme

for the hangings and frescoes in-
side being old ivory and gold,
enriched with Pompeian red and peacock blue.

Mr. Newman has contracted for the most expensive,
best and latest apparatus for the perfect projection of
motion pictures. The screen, upon which the pictures
will be thrown, is to be of glass. It costs $1,200. An
orchestra, under the direction of Leo Forbstein, will play
from 9 a. m. until 11 p. m. daily, and in connection with
it, a great pipe organ, installed by Carl Hoffman, will be
used. There will be a nursery and special chairs for fat
men. Mr. Newman is determined that his patrons shall
have comfort, and the highest class of entertainment
available.

Through his connection with the Mutual Film Cor-
poration, Mr. Newman is enabled to have first choice of
reels put out by the Mutual and sent into the territory of
Kansas City. He says that the Mutual program is,
without exception, the best on the market to-day.

The Amarillo branch of the Mutual Film Corporation
in Texas, L. M. Cobbs, manager, is issuing an unique
and very attractive post card of "Our Mutual Girl." It
is composed of nine photographs of Norma Phillips,
published in Reel Life, delicateHy and clearly repro-
duced in miniature on a French grey, glazed card. A
tiny cut of the winged clock with the legend, "Mutual
Movies Make Time Fly," also lends to the pleasing
effect.

John R. Freuler, one of the Vice-Presidents of the
Mutual Film Corporation, and Secretary-Treasurer of
the American Film Manufacturing Company, has just
returned to Chicago from a month's trip to the coast.
He brings exhilarating reports of the work of the Mutual
Exchanges in the far West. In California, Oregon,
Washington, Utah, Colorado, the Mutual is extending
its program rapidly, and exhibitors praise the prompt
service they receive, as well as the superior quality of
the films. The exchanges are enthusiastic centres, al-
ways ready to render assistance to new enterprises, and
many a theatre owes its initial success, Mr. Freuler says,
to the co-operation of its local territorial office.

The employees of the American Film Manufacturing
Company, will hold the first of a series of dances at the
Colonial Ball Room, 20 West Randolph Street, Chicago,
111., on Tuesday evening, March 17.

The Eavesdropper.

REEL LIFE

Eleven

Intimate Facts About Photoplay People

HE creator of "Calamity Anne" — -Louise
Lester, of the "Flying A" — holds an unique
place among screen artists. Miss Lester is
both a dramatist and an actress of exceptional
originality. As the writer and impersonator
of the "Calamity Anne" series, and as character lead in
the American Company, she is known all over this coun-
try and abroad. "Calamity Anne" is a distinct contribu-
tion to American humor and character study. Miss
Lester's quaint old woman of the West deserves to be
mentioned in the same breath with many of Mark
Twain's personages.

Beautiful, versatile, daring, with strong personal mag-
netism, and a genius for comedy parts, Mabel Normand
of the Keystone is one of the most fascinating leading
women in pictures. As a member of the Vitagraph and
Biograph companies, she made a reputation before she
was engaged by the New York Motion Picture Cor-
poration. But it is during the last six months especially,
in the Keystone releases — the first great full-reel and
multiple-reel comedies — that she has won a distinction
which puts her in a class by herself, and identifies her
name with the finest brand of comedy being shown on
the screen. Her power is due, principally, to a remark-
able facility in facial expression. No matter how bizarre
the character she may be called upon to impersonate,
she is never at a loss for new ideas of make-up or new
stage business. She is always original, full of clever
inventions, and her fun-making is infectious.

Miss Normand is famously athletic. She is perfectly
at home on horseback — whether tearing over the plains
with a company of dare-devil cow-boys, or cantering in
the park, seated gracefully erect upon the modest side-
saddle. Should she care to compete for a vaudeville
championship, her swimming and high diving would be
a challenge to Annette Kellermann. Without doubt her
love of out-of-door life and constant vigorous exercise,
which keep the blood dancing and the vitality high, are
the secret of Miss Normand's overflowing spirits, her
striking beauty, and the magnetism which she radiates
from the screen.

parts — at least always in serious drama, with a strong
flavor of sentiment. But Miss Loveridge is actually one
of the famous Apollo team, playing opposite Fred Mace,
and she has the secret of the art of comedy down to a
fine point. To play the most ludicrous parts with deadly
seriousness is her peculiar gift- — and it is this faculty
which makes her one of the cleverest comediennes on
the screen.

Marguerite Loveridge has an almost wistful face in
repose. Its soft roundness, the dreamy eyes and softly
curving mouth would never in the world suggest her
vocation. One would imagine her in appealing ingenue

Anna Little, who was born in the shadow of Mt.
Shasta, in California, is the very adaptable leading lady
in Broncho and Kay-Bee productions. She is a striking
brunette, with a strong personality and wonderful fear-
lessness. She takes her art seriously. Motion Pictures,
Miss Little says, compel an actress to change her char-
acter every few days. She must be an adept at make-up,
and she must have a mobile disposition, besides an in-
exhaustible fund of human psychology. She may have to
act a slavey to-day, and a society leader to-morrow. Of
late, Miss Little has been starring in Indian roles which
are, perhaps, her most artistic work. Herself a native
of the far West, she knows the daughter of the Vanishing
Race — and her impersonation of the Indian girl is singu-
larly sympathetic and true.

If you are talented enough to be able to feel all the
time like a millionaire, and get as much happiness out
of it as though you really were one, and, incidentally,
earn your living that way — then you are pretty lucky,
according to Maym Kelso, the rich Aunt of "Our Mutual
Girl." Miss Kelso is known to thousands of persons,
who have seen her only on the screen, as an awe-inspiring
New York lady of great wealth. Her stateliness and ele-
gance are fixing the "Mrs. Knickerbocker" type in the
imagination of the entire country.

Miss Kelso is the actress who, at the New York Folies
Bergere, gave such a clever impersonation of Mrs. Jack-
son Gourand (Aimee Crocker), the multi-millionaire Cal-
ifornian, that she became famous almost over night. She
is simply made for the part of Margaret's Aunt. It
the easiest thing in the world to feel terribly rich. Miss
Kelso declares, if you make up your mind to do so — and
have the clothes to wear. But the clothes are perfectly
indispensable, and Miss Kelso insists upon wearing the
most expensive Paris gowns and hats that money can
buy.

The Historian.

Louise Lester Mabel Normand Marguerite Loveridge Anna Little Maym Kelso

American Keystone Apollo Kay-Bee and Broncho Reliance

Twelve

REEL LIFE

OMEDIES and farces will figure largely
in forthcoming Mutual releases. Homer
Croy's, "The Yegg and the Eggs," will
appeal to those who like their matutinal
hen-fruit but pause at paying the ex-
cessive prices demanded by the corner
grocer. Billy Noel's mid-winter com-
edy of out-door life which contains a
swim underneath the ice of Long Island Sound from one
fisherman's hole in the ice to that presided over by a
second devotee of Isaak Walton ; a Western rough and
tumble comedy and another in which Baby plays an
important part will also be included among the new
Mutual productions.
A tragedy of the

Great American Desert,

a pretty

romance interwoven into a story of moonshine and rev-
enue officers, a counterfeiting mystery which involves an
innocent man, an Irish romance with a charming de-
nouement and two Italian tragedies will supply the mo-
tographic fan with photoplays of the sterner order, while
the eighth reel of "Our Mutual Girl" and a romantic
comedy in which a messenger boy plays the role of
mediator between two estranged sweethearts, are sure
to furnish the lighter element in a program designed
especially to please the feminine patrons of Mutual pho-
todrama.

OUR MUTUAL GIRL
Margaret Plays the Lady Bountiful

In the eighth reel of "Our Mutual Girl" "Margaret"
(Norma Phillips) and Mrs. Knickerbocker, her aunt
(Maym Kelso) see Riverside Drive and the city in a snow
storm. Children bob-sledding, skiing and skating along
Riverside Drive are shown, while scenes showing the total
suspension of traffic also are induded in the film.

On their way home Margaret watches the pupils of
a great public school as they are dismissed. Among the
hundreds of school children are a score or more of crip-
pled and deformed children, who are taken to their
^T'mes in a carry-all.

Mrs. Knickerbocker agrees with her niece that it would
be a splendid idea to dress up a number of dolls for the
crippled girls, and a visit is paid to a Fifth Avenue toy
shop. Margaret takes the dolls home, and, assisted by
her aunt and a maid, dresses them up in beautiful gowns.
Among the dolls is a life-size mannekin which Margaret
adorns for her own amusement. That night she dreams
that she herself has been transformed into a doll and
that her aunt and maid are dressing her in lingerie and
pantalettes of the crinoline period.

A BARRIER ROYAL

A Latin Tragedy of Poignant Interest by the Broncho

Players

By William H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince
March 11, 1914
CAST

Princess Marie Rhea Mitchell

Pierre Tom Chatterton

Prmce D'Conti Chet Withey

Jacques W.alter Belasco

Rather than marry Prince d'Conti, the worst rake in
the Almanach de Gotha, the Princess Marie, through

the connivance of Pierre, brother of her maid-in-waiting,
escapes from the castle of her uncle, the Duke D'Artier.

She obtains employment in a Normandy vineyard,
where Jacques, the overseer, insults her. Pierre aids her
to escape from her employer. Pierre tells Jacques that
Marie has drowned herself. In proof he offers Marie's
apron and cap.

Jacques refuses to believe the story and has Pierre
thrown into prison upon the charge that he has drowned
the young woman. Rather than have Pierre executed,
Marie appears in court and discloses her identity.

Couriers of the Duke D'Artier, her uncle, are de-
spatched to bring her back for the wedding ceremony,
but, rather than be compelled to marry the profligate
Prince, Marie drowns herself in the lake of the castle
gardens, and her body is laid before the Prince D'Conti
on the day set for the wedding.

THE SILENT MESSENGER
A Domino Drama in Which Justice Is Meted Out In an
Unwonted Manner

By Thomas H. Ince and William H. Clifford
March 25, 1914
CAST

Maria Rossi - Anna Little

Pietro Giovanti Herchal Mayall

Dr. Luigi Bossini Charles Giblyn

Antonia Rossi Mr. Keller

Priest Mr. Osborne

Maria's father Mr. Montague

Pietro Giovanti, foreman of a stone quarry in an Ital-
ian village, is the town bully. He betrays little Maria
Rossi, and is taken to task by the village priest. Pietro
laughs at the priest and his doctrines.

Antonia Rossi, the girl's brother, and her father, in-
fiiriated by their daughter's shame, are about to take
summary venge^ance upon Pietro, when they are plunged
into sorrow by the news that their daughter has taken
her own life. The villagers take up the cause of the
wronged family, and, led by Antonia, little Marie's
brother, they storm Pietro's home.

Armed with sticks and stones, they pursue the bully
into the home of Dr. Luigi Bossini. Dr. Bossini leaves
his laboratory, to learn the cause of the mob's anger, and,
in his absence, Pietro enters. Weary with his long
flight, Pietro drinks what he supposes to be a glass of
water. The vessel, however, contains the germs of
spinal meningitis, and Pietro soon succumbs to the dread
disease.

DESERT GOLD

A Kay-Bee Photodrama of the Great American Desert

By Thomas H. Ince and Richard Spencer
March 13, 1914
CAST

John Carson , Frank Borzage

Jim Hardy Charles Ray

Mary Clara Williams

Jim Hardy and John Carson, two prospectors, both
love Mary, a pretty young miner's daughter. Carson
wins the young woman and marries her.

While proso^.cting in the desert. Hardy discovers the
skeleton of a prospector, and near by in an abandoned

REEL LIFE

Thirteen

STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS

adobe hut, a tin box containing some nuggets rich in
gold ore. He decides to keep his discovery a secret, al-
though he and Carson have agreed to share their finds.

To complete his betrayal of his brother prospector.
Hardy during the night steals the burro used by them
both, makes off with the greater part of their provisions,
and fills with sand the water-hole near which Carson is
sleeping.

Carson is found by a wagon train. Hardy develops
his claim, and is returning to the nearest settlement when
he is overtaken in a sand storm. He succumbs to thirst
and exposure. Before he dies he writes a note to Carson,
begging forgiveness and deeding his claim and all he has
found to Carson. Carson later finds Hardy's body and
the note.

THE YEGG AND THE EGGS

A High-Cost-of-Living Comedy by the Komic Players

By Homer Croy
March 12, 1914

Mr. Morrison inherits a hen which lays eggs. "Spike"
Murphy, recently released from State's prison, learns
that Morrison keeps the precious hen fruit in a sachet-
scented rosewood box in his safe.

"Spike" breaks into Morrison's house, blows open the
safe with a spoon of "soup," and makes off with the rose-
wood box and its' precious contents. A pawnbroker,
dazzled by the display of eggs, is only too willing to
give "Spike" his last dollar for some of them. "Spike"
buys himself a new suit at the tailor shop across the
street, from the pawn shop, and orders it sent to his
lodgings.

Morrison obtains "Spike's" address from the tailor,
and surprises him as he is gloating over a few of the
eggs, with which he refused to part. He determines to
arrest the ex-convict, but relents when "Spike" threatens
to cast the eggs upon the floor and break them. Morrison
finally consents to share one of the precious hen fruit
with "Spike," and a truce is declared. "Spike" announces
that he wants to lead a better life, and Morrison appoints
him to the post of Chief Guardian of the Hen Coop.

HIS FIRST LOVE
The Story of a Bachelor's Change of Heart, by the
Majestic Photoplayers

By Olga Printzlau-Clark
March 10. 1914
CAST

A young- clubman, Jackson E. G. Roach

Frank Dale Lamar Johnstone

Mrs. Dale, his wife Francelia Billington

Betty, their child Virginia Clark

Smythe, an old bachelor Dan Gilfeather

This is the story of a baby which will interest those
who have one or who some day may be the proud pos-
sessors of one. It will bring the tears to the eyes of
mothers, and perhaps one or two fathers will blink a bit
during its projection.

Smythe, the oldest bachelor in the club, had no use
for children. Babies were anathema to him. He is par-
ticularly disgusted over the fuss made by his younger
club fellows over a baby which is born to Jackson, one
of the members of the club. An argument arises, and
Smythe offers to wager $500 that there is "no such thing
as a pretty baby."

Accordingly an advertisement is inserted in the paper
to which the effect that $500 will be paid to the parents
of the baby which wins the approval of a certain judge,
itJoeing understood at the club that Smythe is to be the
jiJGge in question.

The baby show is held before a black plush curtain,
and after hundreds of squalling infants are exhibited in
all sorts of baby finery and geegaws, the child of Betty
Dale, wife of a poor laborer, is brought before the cur-
tain. The winsome smiles of the dimpled youngster win
over the crusty old bachelor, and the $500 prize is award-
ed to its mother. The money is used to pay off the last
overdue installment on the Dale cottage.

THE MOONSHINER'S DAUGHTER
A Majestic Motodrama of Romance and Moonshine in
the Blue Ridge Mountains

March 14, 1914
CAST

Gus Whitmire ..Richard Cummings

Grace Billie West

Bert Hammond , Walter Belasco

Tom Cole H. McCabe

Sydney Hendricks Fred Hamer

Minnie ....Elsie Greeson

Old Man Whitmire, a moonshiner living in the Blue
Ridge mountains, has a daughter, Grace, who is much
admired by Tom Cole, a regular patron of the Whitmire
secret still. Grace does not favor Tom's suit, however.

Cole has an encounter with Hendricks, a revenue offi-
cer, whom he shoots in the arm. Hendricks finds a bot-
tle of moonshine whiskey in Cole's sack of meal.

Grace visits her old friend, Minnie Hammond, whose
brother is in charge of the revenue service in the dis-
trict. Bert Hammond receives a note telling him that
his assistant, Hendricks, has been shot, and excuses him-
self to the girls by showing the note.

Grace at once suspects that Hendricks' shooting con-
cerns her father, and arrives home just as Hammond,
Hendricks and the revenue officers are demanding that
Whitmire destroy his still.

Cole, jealous of Hammond, wishes to fight things out,
but Grace induces her father to destroy his still, explain-
ing that Hammond has proposed to her, and that his suit
has met with her favor. Cole attempts to shoot Ham-
mond, but Grace destroys his aim.

KATHLEEN, THE IRISH ROSE
A Thanhouser Romance of Other Days in Old Erin

March 10, 1914
CAST

Kathleen Mavourneen Maude Fealy

Her mother Carey Hastings

Terence, Kathleen's sweetheart Dave Thompson

Squire, a wealthy land owner Augustin Ellery

Father Cassidy Joe Sparks

Ma.y, an heiress Violet Gray

Kathleen is distraught. She is betwixt and betwane.
For the life of her the pretty colleen doesn't know whether
to accept that bold Irish lad, Terence, or to fly to the
wealthy Squire who promises to give her jewels, a coach-
and-four and a town-house in Dublin.

Terence, the bold divil, will not brook "no" for an answer
and declares that with his trusty blackthorn he wild' crack
the Squire's sconce. Fearful that her rustic sweetheart
will do what he says, Kathleen has a troubled sleep.

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Fourteen

REEL LIFE

STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS

She dreams that she is made the victim of a mock mar-
riage and that Terence, convicted of murder, is sent to the
gallows. She sees herself disgraced and laughed at by the
Squire's servants and there flashes through her fevered
brain the picture of Terence swinging beneath the new
moon on the gallows near Dublin with the crows a-pickin'
all roundabout.

In tears she springs from her bed to find Terence's rosy
face at the lattice. And through the grilled window lips
meet lips and Terence makes terrific vows of eternal love
and constancy. The Squire? Well, like the mare with the
swollen fetllock at the Donnybrook horseshow, the Squire
"got the gate" when next he called.

GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY
A Thanhouser Photoplay Based Upon the Famous Poem
of the Same Title

March 8, 1914
CAST

May, the guilty child Mignon Anderson

Marian, her invahd sister Madeleine Fairbanks

Leland, her crippled brother 'Leland Benham

Hauck, another of May's brothers Roy Hauck

Helen, their sister. .Helen Barclay, The Thanhouser Kidlet

Casey, a policeman Mr. Bodine

The Judge Carl Horan

Arraigned in court for having stolen three loaves of
bread. May McGuire, a fifteen-year-old girl, pleads that
she is the support of three children, the youngest of
whom is but four years of age. Her father and mother
are dead, she sobs, and since their death she has been
the sole support of the children. She begs for clemency
and explains that she would not have stolen the bread if
it had not been for the fact that she but recently lost
her position, and with no money in her purse she was
forced either to steal or to see her tiny charges starve.
Sentence is deferred and a purse made up for the young
woman.

_ "RED," THE MEDIATOR

, An A. D. T. Romance by the Reliance Players

•: ! March 14, 1914

CAST

"Red" Master Dave MtCauley

Holworthy Thomas R. Mills

Miss Wetmore Irene Hunt

Holworthy and his sweetheart, Miss Wetmore, have
quarreled. Their exchange of messages is both acri-
monious and frequent. After having carried half a dozen
"rush" messages which fairly sizzled, "Red" Walsh, a
messenger boy, begins to take an active interest in the
affairs of the principals. Surreptitiously, he reads the
contents of the letters and telegrams. It is apparent
to him that a misunderstanding has separated the young
sweethearts and "Red" unanimously elects himself to the
post of mediator.

He tells Holworthy that Miss Wetmore has sent for
him to come to her at once in order that they may
straighten out their difficulties. Holworthy, however,
meets with a cold reception. On his way back to the
district telegraph office where he is employed, "Red" is
run down and fatally injured. Upon being restored tem-
porarily to consciousness in the hospital he asks that
his two friends, Miss Wetmore and Holworthy, come
to see him.

The estranged sweethearts arrive at the same time. A
touching reconciliation between the young couple is
enacted as "Red" sinks back upon his pillows into a
sweet satisfied sleep from which he does not again
awake.

CAUGHT IN THE WEB
A Reliance Drama Demonstrating the Futility of
Circumstantial Evidence

March 11, 1914
CAST

James Martin Paul Scardon

Daniel, his son Harry Spingler

Mrs. Martin Sue Balfour

Chief of Detectives George De Carlton

His assistant Thomas R. Mills

A counterfeiter Edward Cecil

The Coroner discovers that James Martin has been
poisoned after an analytical examibation has been made
of a cup of cofifee which he drank just before his death.
Daniel Martin, the dead man's son, is arrested, charged
with having guilty knowledge of his father's death.

His sweetheart notifies Central Office detectives and
they co-operate with her in an effort to find a motive for
the poisoning. Directly above the dining-room table at
which Mr. Martin sat on the morriing he drank the
poisoned coffee a black stain is discovered by the detec-
tives. Moisture dripping to the table from the spot
above is analyzed and found to be a deadly acid.

The detectives raid the rooms above the Martin apart-
ment and find that a container of engraver's acid has
been overturned on the floor. A further search of the
rooms discloses counterfeiter's casts and engraver's tools.
A watch is set upon the rooms and the counterfeiters
caught in the police net. Young Martin is released from
custody and marries the sweetheart who worked so hard
to save him.

THE GIRL WHO DARED
The Story of a Yovmg Woman's Fight Against Her
Sordid Environment, By the Beauty Players

March 18, 1914
CAST

Harry Marshall Court.. Harry Pollard

Maggie, The Girl Margarita Fischer

Frank, her brother Frank Cooley

Lill, her sister Gladys Kingsbury

The Father. Fred Gamble

Brought up on the East Side amid sordid slum sur-
roundings, Maggie might easily have fallen into the ways
adopted by so many other girls who are paid pitiful
salaries. Her sister and brother sneer at her pretensions
and her unnatural father by his example and loose morals
is unsympathetic when Maggie goes to night school
and tries to educate herself above her lot in life.

At the earliest opportunity Maggie leaves home and
secures a position, succeeding in supporting herself with-
out resorting to the shameful expedients adopted by her
fellow workers. Her brother learns where she works
and attempts to impose upon her.

When he approaches Maggie in her place of employ-
ment and threatens her, Court, Maggie's employer, comes
to her aid and gives her worthless brother a sound
trouncing. The chance meeting between Court and
Maggie results in a mutual attraction and not long after-

REEL LIFE

Fifteen

STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS

ward Maggie becomes "Margaret" and the wife of
Mr. Court.

A MODERN FREE-LANCE
A Romance of Newspaper and Theatrical Life by the
American Players

March 16, 1914
CAST

Robert Randall Ed Coxen

Desmond, Robert's Rival George Field

Mary Rollins Winifred Greenwood

Necia Josephine Ditt

Daniel Fromanson William Tedmarsh

Robert Randall, a reporter, is ambitious to find a pro-
ducer for the play he is writing. He spends so much
time at night writing the play that for several mornings
in succession he oversleeps and is late at the newspaper
office. Finally he is told that he is neglecting his work
and that his services will no longer be required.

The young reporter has been wooing Necia, a young
society woman. She rather favors Desmond, Robert's
rival. When she learns that Robert has lost his posi-
tion, she treats him with disdain. The young reporter,
however, finds consolation and sympathy in the company
of Mary Rollins, a pretty waitress in the restaurant
where he takes luncheon.

With the money obtained from the newspaper upon
his discharge, Randall locks himself in his room and
with brief snatches of sleep and a few minutes taken to
eat his meals, drives himself on to finish the play. At
last the manuscript is completed and the young man
starts to make the round of the theatrical producers.

When his supply of food is exhausted, Randall, weary
with his daily tramps through the theatrical district, sits
down on a park bench where he meets Mary, the pretty
little waitress. When she learns of his distress, Mary
smuggles food to him. Later Randall is knocked down
and badly injured in the street.

While Randall is in the hospital his play, which he has
left with a theatrical manager, is accepted and produced.
The young reporter only learns of the success of the play
when he leaves the hospital. Necia, learning of his
triumph, calls upon her former suitor and tries to re-
establish their friendship, but Randall shuns her and
marries the little waitress.

BILLY'S RUSE
A Princess Mid-Winter Comedy

By John W. Kellette
March 6, 1914
CAST

Boyd, Muriel's sweetheart Boyd Marshall

Muriel Muriel Ostriche

Billy, Fanny's husband William Noel

Fanny - Fanny Bourke

Mrs. Warren, a neighbor Katharine Webb

Billy is busy showing Muriel how to do the tango on
the ice, with Boyd, Muriel's sweetheart, who cannot
skate, helplessly looking on, when Fanny, Billy's wife,
discovers her husband with his arm rather tightly em-
bracing a strange young woman. Billy breaks away re-
luctantly from his fair escort and attempts to flee.

Fanny is determined to make an example of her hus-
band for other wives to gaze upon, and finally she pur-
sues Billy so closely that he is obliged to jump through

a fisherman's hole in the ice. He swims under the ice
to another fisherman's hole and from that coign of vant-
age watches with amusement his wife's despair at hav-
ing driven him into an early and unmarked grave. The
reconciliation between Fanny and her shivering husband
is a particularly affecting scene.

THE COMING OF THE PADRES
An Historical Pageant of Early California by the
American Players

March 21, 1914
CAST

Senor Felipe Neve, Governor of California. . Sydney Ayres

The Commandante Jack Richardson

Com. Ortega Harry Von Meter

Pedro de Cordoba Jacques Jaccard

Father Junipero Serra Perry Banks

Mercedes Vivian Rich

This semi-historical drama of early California days was
staged and filmed at the Santa Barbara mission not far
from the western studios of the American Film Mfg. Co.
Great attention was paid, in the filming of this story of
the days when California was a Spanish colony, to the
costumes and historical details of the mise-en-scene. It
was planned to make the play a historical document
which might be filed in both the California State archives
and among the records in the steel vaults of the Govern-
ment at Washington.

The film contains the pageant of the coming of the
padres or Spanish missionaries to the Western coast of
the American continent and interior views of the
"Hermita," the mission church in which the Rev. Juni-
pero Serra celebrated his first Mass in 1782. The bi-
centennial of the birth of Father Serra was recently held
at Santa Barbara. The religious rites introduced into the
film are subsidiary and incidental to the dramatic story
told by the American players.

THE ADVENTURES OF SHORTY

A Broncho Comedy of the "Wild and Wooly" Variety

Shorty attended the dance which "the boys" of Clay
Gulch gave to "the girls" of the town in a condition
bordering on intoxication. Beheving that in his inebri-
ated condition "Shorty" would not notice the deception,
one of the cowpunchers dresses up in woman's clothes
and accepts "Shorty's" invitation to the dance. "Shorty"
finds that he has been cruelly deceived, and decides to
"Shoot up" the place.

The boys corral "Shorty," however, before he does any
serious damage, and take him down to the freight-yard,
where they put him aboard a train bound for Goodness-
knows-where. "Shorty" is jolted into a sober condition,
and awakes in his side-door Pullman to find a gentlerrian
of the road pummeling a small boy.

"Shorty" interferes, and trouble follows fast. The
brakeman of the train hears the quarrel, and attempts to
stop the fight by drawing his revolver. The tramp takes
the gun away from the brakeman, and shoots the latter,
escaping in the confusion by jumping from the train.

"Shorty" is accused of the crime, but the sheriff who
arrests him happens to be the boy's father, and "Shorty"
is released and given a comfortable sum with which to
return home.

Sixteen

REEL LIFE

Our Mutual Girl Becomes a Philanthropist

entrance and a score of crippled and deformed children

were assisted into the vehicle before the shouting hordes of

RS. KNICKERBOCKER sat sipping her tea.
"Margaret," she said to her neice, who was

lightly running her fingers over the piano keys, schoool children were given their freedom

"you have grown pale since you came to New "Oh, L\untie, can't we do something for those poor

York. 'I am afraid that we do not get as much crippled girls and boys ?" Margaret exclaimed. Auntie

of life in the open as we should. smiled indulgently. The list of charities to which she con-

"See, the snow has stopped falling. I have asked James tributed was a long one, but she immediately fell in with

to bring the motor around so that we can have a spin up her niece's suggestion.

Riverside Drive and back before lunch." "Drive to Schwarz's toy shop at 303 Fifth avenue," she

Margaret knew that her
aunt was not to be crossed
in any of her desires, so she
obediently hurried to her
suite on the second floor of
her aunt's stately Fifth Av-
enue mansion and was helped
into her white ermine furs.

The car was waiting in the
porte-cochere with Mrs.
Knickerbocker inside when
she descended. They rolled
down Fifth Avenue to Fifty-
ninth street, up Broadway to
Seventy-second, strert and
then into The Drive.

Thousands of the city's
homeless were at work
among the Department of
Street Cleaning "white-
wings" busily shoveling snow
into short carts which fol-
lowed one another to dump-
ing grounds aJlong the river
front. Despite the energy
with which the snow shov-
ellers worked, however, the
three-foot fall of snow
seemed not to be diminished
to any appreciable extent.

On the terrace leading
down from the bridle-paths
and motor-roads in the Drive
thousands of children, some
on bob-sleds, others on
steerable sleds and a few on
tangle-foot skis, were coast-
ing down toward the river front, with no idea of danger.

In the Hudson below tugs, steamers and ferries struggled
to break their way through the congealing cakes of floating
ice. The booming of the huge cakes as they crashed
against the sides of the sturdy ferry boats could be heard
along the shore in the clear, frosty air.

The motor busses snorted and groaned as they panted
along through the drifts and the women and children atop
screamed in fear as huge vehicles coasted on their great
tires down the slippery places. Over on Broadway the
whirring of snow plows and the futile grinding of stalled
motors indicated a blockade in the traffic and Margaret
and Mrs. Knickerbocker fervently hoped that it would not
start in to snow again before their return, for fear that
they, too, might be snowbound.

After having gone as far north on the Drive as 157th
street, Mrs. Knickerbocker ordered James to return home.
On their way back Margaret saw the pupils of a public
school being dismissed. A large carryall waited at the

ordered. The chauffeur
obediently swung the ma-
chine around through 110th
street, skirted the northern
end of Central Park and
then took a straight course
down The Avenue.

Margaret had never seen
so many dolls before as were
displayed in the toy shop.
There were walking dolls,
dolls that said "ma-ma !"
and "pa-pa !", dolls that went
to sleep, dolls that never
closed their eyes ; there were
doills made of wax, dolls
made of fragile china, rub-
ber dolls, squeaking dolls,
whistling dolls, dolls with
sets of wigs of different
colors — one for every day in
the week, with entire "ward-
robes" to match — there was
even a great, life-sized doll
with beautiful golden hair,
which the proprietor of the
shop said had been taken
from the head of a Circas-
sian girll in the Orient.

Margaret bought dozens
of them, one of each kind,
and then asked the price of
the great life-sized doll.
The figure was not a small
one, but Mrs. Knickerbocker
smilingly humored her
niece's whim.

"It's probably the last doll you'll ever play with, Mar-
garet," she said. "We'll take it with us in the car."

The chauf¥eur smiled as he helped the toy shop attendant
put the doll into the motor. Friends of Mrs. Knickerbocker
bowed to her and her pretty niece as the car rolled home-
ward along the avenue.

"Gad ! Who's the third party in the Knickerbocker
motor?" inquired a tall, slender gentleman with a close-
cropped moustache, standing in a club window as Mar-
garet, Mrs. Knickerbocker and the doll rolled by. "She's
a beauty, whoever she is," replied his companion, staring
after the motor.

All that afternoon Mrs. Knickerbocker, Margaret and
her maid helped dress the dolls for the crippled children,
and when she fell asleep that night Margaret, tired out with
her day's work, dreamed that she herself had become the
big Circassian doll and that Aunt Knickerbocker and her
maid were adorning her with lingerie of the most delicate
texture and of the most ravishing designs.

Our Mutual Girl," a Child — Margaret and Her Dolls
Norma Phillips — Reliance.

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KEYSTONE His Favorite Pastime

RELIANCE Our Mutual Girl (No. 9)

Tuesday, March 17th

BEAUTY The Girl Who Dared

(Drama)

KAY-BEE : No release

MAJESTIC The Woman Without a Soul

(Drama)

THANHOUSER Cat's Paw

(2 Reel Drama)
SELECTED RELEASES

Wednesday, March 18th

AMERICAN The Coming of the Padres

(Drama)

BRONCHO Adventures of Shorty

KOMIC He Who Laughs Last— Snowball Pete

Thursday, March 19th

DOMINO The Bells of Austi

(2 Reel Drama)
SELECTED RELEASE

KEYSTONE A Rural Demon

MUTUAL WEEKLY No. 64

Friday, March 20th

KAY-BEE The Trap

(2 Reel Drama)
PRINCESS The Grand Passion

(Farce)

RELIANCE Messenger No. 845

(Drama)

THANHOUSER No release

Saturday, March 21st

KEYSTONE Not Yet Announced

MAJESTIC No release

RELIANCE The Coming of the Real Prince

(2 Reel Drama)

Sunday, March 22nd

APOLLO A Parcels Post Auto

MAJESTIC Atonement

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THANHOUSER The Cousin from England

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TUESDAY— Kay Bee, Majestic,
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WEDNESDAY— Beauty, Broncho,
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American

12— Destinies Fulfilled (3)

15 — No release
17— Unto the Weak

19— The Return of Helen Redmond (2)

22 — No release
24 — At the Potter's Wheel
26 — A Blowout at Santa Banana (2)
29 — No release

31 — Calamity Anne In Society
2— The Hermit (2)
5 — True Western Hearts
7 — No release
9— The Lost Treasure (3)

12 — No release
14 — The Money Lender

16— The Cricket On the Hearth (2)
19 — No release

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26 — No release
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2 — The Crucible
5 — The Pursuer Pursued
7— A Child of the Desert
9--The Call of the Traumerie (3)

13 — A Story of Little Italy-

Kay-Bee

Jan,
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Apollo

Jan. 11— A Swell Dish

Whose Baby Are You?

(Split Reel)

18 — An Accidental Baby
25 — It's a Bear!
1 — The Great Pasadena R«ie Tourna-
ment

8 — One-Round O'Briftn in the Ring

Again

15 — The Black Hand Conspiracy
22 — Up In the Air Over Sadie
1 — Village School Days
8— RaiTerty's Raffle
15— Dad's Terrible Match

Jan.
Jan.
Feb.

Feb.

Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.

Beauty

Feb. 11— The Wife

Feb. 18 — The Sacrifice

Feb. 25 — The Professor's Awakening

Mar. 4 — Italian Love

Mar. 11— Closed At Ten

Broncho

Jan. 14— The Cure

Jan. 21 — Conscience

Jan. 28 — Romance of Sunshine Alley

Feb. 4— A New England Idyl (2)

Feb. 11— Romance of the Sea (2)
Feb. 18-— Yellow Flame (2)
Feb. 25— Repaid (2)
Mar. 4 — Mario (2)

Mar. 11— The Barrier Royal (2)

Domino

Jan. 15— The Primitive Call (3)
Jan. 22— The Informer (2)
Jan. 29 — Heart of Woman (3)
Feb. S— O Mimi San (2)
Feb. 12— The Mystery Lady (2)
Feb. 19— The Play's the Thing (2)
Feb. 26— The Courtship of O San
Mar. 5 — Wearing of the Green (2)
Mar. 12— The Silent Messenger (2)

Jan. 9— The Narcotic Spectre (2)

Jan. 16 — Circle of Fate (2)

Jan. 23 — Kentucky Romance

Jan. 27— Her Brother's Sake

Jan. 30 — Divorce (2)

Feb. 6— The Secret Lode

Feb. 10 — The Colonel's Adopted Daughter

Feb. 13 — The Arrowmaker's Daughter

Feb. 17 — No release

Feb. 20— The Raiders (2)

Feb. 24 — No release

Feb. 27— North of 53* (2)

Mar. 6— The Path of Genius (2)

Mar. 12— Desert Gold (2)

Keystone

Dec.
Dec.
Jan.

Jan.
Jan.
Jam.
Jan.
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Jan.
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Feb.
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Mar.
Mar.
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25 — Some Nerve

29— He Would A Hunting Go

1 — A Misplaced Foot

A Glimpse of Los Angeles

(Split Reel)
5 — Mabel's Stormy Love Affair

8— The Under Sheriff
12 — A Flirt's Mistake

15 — How Motion Pictures Are Made
17 — In the Clutches of the Gang

19 — Too Many Brides

22— Won In a Closet

24 — Rebecca's Wedding Day

26 — Double Crossed

29 — Little Billie's Triumph
31 — Mabel's Bare Escape

2 — Making a Living

5 — Little BilKe's Strategy
7 — Kid Autoraces at Venice

Olive and Their Oil (Split Reel)

9 — Mabel's Strange Predicament
12 — A Robust Romeo

16 — Baffles, Gentleman Burglar (2)
19— A Thief Catcher

21 — Love and Gasoline

23 — Twixt Love and Fire

26 — Little Billie's City Cousin
28 — Between Showers

2 — A Film Johnnie

9 — Tango Tangles ,
12 — His Favorite Pastime
14 — A Rural Demon

Komic

Jan. IS — Walt's Photograph

The Vapor Bath (Split Reel)

Jan. 22 — What the Burglar Got

The Wild Man From Borneo

(Split Reel)
Jan. 29 — The Physical Culture Bug

The Scheme That Failed
Feb. S— My Wife's Away— The Sleepy Head

(SpUt Reel)

Feb. 12— That Spring Lock

The Plumber and Percy (Split Reel)
Feb. 19— A Birthday Present

(letting a Suit Pressed (Split Reel)
Mar. 5 — The Imposter
Mar. 12 — The Yegg and the Eggs
Mar. 14 — The Moonshiner's Daughter

Majestic

Dec
Dec.
Dec.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
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27— The Pride of the Force

28 — Helen's Strategem

30— The Baby

3 — Educating His Daughters

4 — Mollie and the Oil King

6 — The Ten of Spades

10 — The Sorority Initiation

11— A Ticket to Red Gulch

13 — Jake's Hoodoo

17 — The Lackey

18— What the Crystal Told

20— The Ring

24 — The Power of Mind

25— The Thief and the Book (2)
27 — No release

31 — A Riot in Rubeville

1 — The Vengeance of Najerra
3— The Portrait of Anita (2)

7 — No release

8 — A Turn of the Cards
10— Just a Song at Twiilight

14 — Fate's Decree

15 — The Orange Bandit
17— The Clerk

21— The Higher Law
10 — His First Love
15— His Little Pal

Feb. 22— The Reform Candidate (3)

Feb. 24 — No release

Feb. 28— The Rival Barbers

Mar. 1 — No release

Mar. 3— The Glory of Whitney Durkel

Mar. 7— The Rector's Story

Mar. 8— The Stronger Hand (2)

Mar. 10— His First Love

Mar. 15— His Little Pal

Mutual Weekly

Nov. 19— No. 47
Nov. 26 — No. 48
Dec 3 — No. 49
Dec 17— No. 51
Dec 24— No. 52
Dec. 31— No. 53
Jan. 21— No. 56

28— No. 57
4— No. 58
11— No. 59
18 — No. 60
-No. 61
-No. 62
Mar. 11— No. 63

Jan.
Feb
Feb.
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Feb. 25
Mar. 4

Princess

Jan.
Jan.
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Feb.
Fefc.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.

9 — A Circumstantial Nurse
16— When the Cat Came Back
23— The Vacant Chair
30— The Purse and the Girl

6 — Where Paths Diverge
13— The Tangled C:at
20— All's Well That End* Well
27— The Hold-Up

6— Her Way
13— Billy's Ruse

Reliance

Jan. 3 — Some Rogues and a Girl

Jan. 5— The Loafer

Jan. 7— The Sacrifice

Jan. 10 — The Psychological Moment

Jan. 12 — Slim Hogan's Cutaway

Jan. 14 — The Two Slaves

Jan. 17— The Faith of Her Fathers

Jan. 19— Our Mutual Girl (No. 1)

Jan. 21— The Man

Jan. 24— The Hidden Que

Jan. 26— Our Mutual Giri (No. 2)

Jan. 28 — Tricked By a Photograph

Jan. 31 — Too Proud to Beg

Feb. 2— Our Mutual Girl (No. 3)

Feb. 4 — The Janitor

Feb. 7— For His Master (2)

Feb. 9— Our Mutual Giri (No. 4)

Feb. 11 — Pat Fannagan's Family

Feb. 14— The Idler

Feb. 16— Our Mutual Girl (No. 5)

Feb. 18 — A Working Girl's Romance

Feb. 21 — An Interrupted Seance

Feb. 23— Our Mutual Girl (No. 6)

Feb. 25— The Musician's Wife

Feb. 28— The Green-Eyed Devil (2)

Mar. 2— Our Mutual Girl No. 7

Mar. 4 — A Lesson In Bridge

Mar. 6 — No Release

Mar. 7 — When Fate Frowns

Mar. 9 — Our Mutual Girl No. 9

Mar. 11— Caught In a Web

Mar. 14 — Red The Mediator

Thanhouser

Jan. 2— Their Golden Wedding

Jan. 4 — Mrs. Pinkhurst's Proxy

Jan. 6 — ^The Runaway Princess (3)

Jan. 9 — No release

Jan. 11 — Two Little Dromios

Jan. 13— Adrift in a Great City

Jan. 16 — Coals of Fire

Jan. 18— Turkey Trot Town

Jan. 20 — Her Love Letters

Jan. 23 — An Elusive Diamond

Jan. 25 — The Elevator Man

Jan. 27 — The Woman Pays

Jan. 30 — No release

Feb. 1 — Why Reginald Reformed

Feb. 3 — Twins and a Stepmother

Feb. 6 — The Success of Selfishness

Feb. 8 — Percy's First Holiday

Feb. 10 — The Dancer (2)

Feb. 13 — No release

Feb. 15 — The Skating Master

Feb. 17— A Leak in the Foreign Office (2)

Feb. 20 — No release

Feb. 22— A Can of Baked Beans

Feb. 24 — The Golden Cross (2)

Feb. 27 — Their Best Friend

Mar. 1 — The Scientist's Doll.

Mar. 3 — The Desert Tribesman (2)

Mar. 8 — Guiltv or Not Guilty

Mar. 10— Kathleen, The Irish Rose (2)

Mar. 11— The Barrier Royal (2)

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DOMINO

MAR.

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11

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"Kathleen, The Irish Rose" (2)...

.MAR.

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AMERICAN

"The Call of the Traumerie" (3)..

.MAR.

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MAJESTIC

MAR.

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KAY-BEE

"The Path of Genius" (2)

MAR.

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DOMINO

MAR.

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BRONCHO

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KAY-BEE

FEB.

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DOMINO

FEB.

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BRONCHO

FEB.

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THANHOUSER

FEB.

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AMERICAN

FEB.

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MAJESTIC

FEB.

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KAY-BEE

FEB.

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DOMINO

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FEB.

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KAY-BEE

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.FEB.

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DOMINO

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BRONCHO

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FEB.

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AMERICAN

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KAY-BEE

FEB.

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DOMINO

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BRONCHO

FEB.

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THANHOUSER

FEB.

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MAJESTIC

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FEB.

3

AMERICAN

"The Hermit" (2)

FEB.

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AMERICAN

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MAJESTIC

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JAN-

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DOMINO

JAN.

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BRONCHO

JAN.

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AMERICAN

"Return of Helen Redmond" (2).

JAN.

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KEYSTONE

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JAN.

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JAN

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DOMINO

DEC.

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DEC.

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THANHOUSER

DEC.

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AMERICAN

DEC.

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THANHOUSER

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DEC.

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KAY-BEE

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DEC.

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DEC.

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DEC.

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KAY-BEE

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DEC.

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DOMINO

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11

MAJESTIC

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DEC.

9

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DOMINO

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DEC.

4

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DEC.

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NOV.

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R. & M. Robert Harron and May Marsh in a T(

"Sapho"

6 REELS

"Robin Hood"

6 REELS A Beautiful Artistic Play. Than!

"Frou Frou"

4 REELS From the French. A Well-known Play featuring Maud Fealey. Thanl

Legend of Provence

With Maud Fealey. A Popular Mj

4 REELS

A Beautiful Thanl

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AN ARMY OF

HOUSE FILLERS

^eels of Keystone Rollicking Fun

"Moths"

4 REELS From the Famous Story

"RuyBlas"

3 REELS , Victor Hugo's 'Wonderful Story

A Most Interesting C
in the Colonel's Life

"Seeing South America ^ ^""^ " "'^^^"^

3 REELS with Colonel Roosevelt

"Imar the Servitor"

Coming. Watch For This

"Cardinal Richelieu's Ward"

Another Thanhouser Big Production

T7 ry^^^^^^ A Strong Story of the Underworld

1 lie H/SCape by Paul Armstrong

Coming. Big Feature

^^T^K^ 171^^^ A K^^-r^'' Adapted from E. Phillip Oppenheim's
A lie II lOOr /\.DO V e Famous Detective Story "The Tragedy

at Charlecot Mansion." — Coming Soon

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"Imar the Servitor"

In Three Reels

A Story of Love and Passion of the Arabian
Desert from the pen of Daniel Carson Goodman,
author of "Hagar Revelly."

A Story FULL of Strong Situations, and
Intense Human Interest.

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"Imar the Servitor'' Is Our

Next Special But We Decline

to Advertise Its Goodness until we know

EXACTLY HOW GOOD IT IS. The negative-

s e V

en thousand feet of it — ^has been turned in by our directors,

but we won't give you our frank opinion of it until we have seen it. In advance,
let us say, that we will cut out three thousand feet, retaining THE CREAM OF THE
ACTION in four thousand feet — four reels. That is the secret of New Majestic's
special production success — plenty of action and plenty of elimination. It's "death
to padding" here! William Garwood, the most popTilar man in pictures, plays Imar.
Next week, when we shall have seen and "cut" this Special, we will tell you how
good or bad it is. The "regulars" for the new week are "The Stronger
Hand," (2 reels), a story of a fight against a trust — it was a WARM
fight — on Sunday, March 8; "His First Love," a love story, of course-
but an UNUSUAL one — on Tuesday, March 10; and "The Moonshiner's
Daughter," a melodrama of the mountains that is bang! bang! bang!
in action and surprise.

"New Majestic

''There Are no Favorites Like
New Majestic Favorites

Business Offices: NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y.

AU-Year-Round Studios:
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NEW YORK IN THE GRIP OF
THE BLIZZARD

Interests "Our Mutual Girl"

In Chapter VIII., Released March 9th,

which is crowded with Hve, up-to-date. Metropolitan activities and is an unusu-
ally strong attraction. ^^I^^T^

I

V,

"Our Mutual Girl" dresses beautiful dolls for New York's crippled children
(Chapter VIII.).

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11th
^•CAUGHT IN THE WEB"

An intensely absorbing detective drama with a powerful plot developed amid
thrilling situations.

SATURDAY, MARCH 14th
"RED THE MEDIATOR"

A delightful combination comedy and love-drama. Clever, refined humor and -^^STi^^
tender heart interest. /^^^^M^

EVERY SATURDAY 1^ >-§^ ^

^ ^is^^ Great two-part dramas by noted authors staged by the world-famous Di

^ ''^^J i rector, D. W. Griffith.

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An historical drama depicting the found-
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and that is the reason why the four great brands of the

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KEYSTONE COMEDIES

WILL BE OF THE SAME QUALITY IN THE
FUTURE AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST

Watch for MACK SENNETT'S reappearance in pictures, it
will be ready for release about March 21.

"KEYSTONE MABEL," NORM AND and ROSCOE

ARBUCKLE (FATTY) are now working on two separate
comedies which will undoubtedly be two of the best we have turned
out in some time.

The "KID" COMEDIES with "LITTLE BILLY" JACOBS,
THELMA SLATER, CHARLOTTE FITZPATRICK

and GORDON GRIFFITH will be just a little better than they
have been before. Book that Two Reel "KID" COMEDY,
How Villains are Made, released March 14.

LAST, BUT NOT LEAST

CHAS. CHAPLIN our new comedian, who up-to-date has only
worked in four pictures, and yet we have received tons of mail
from both Exhibitors and Public congratulating us on our business
acumen.

KEYSTONE COMEDIES

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\» ^•XV ^ Bethlehem'

J(\ V With James

. Cruze as Richellieu

and Flo La Badie as Julie
De Mortemar — the Ward — you
see these sterling artists in their best
-effort to date. The stars of "Star of
were especially reunited for this
"Big Production" so that YOU COULD CROWD
YOL^R HOUSE. There is no use to print tons of
description of "CARDINAL RICHELIEU'S WARD,"
for the very fact that it IS a "Big Production" should guaran-
tee its worth. Remember, though, that it was first of the big 'uns
to be produced in its entirety in the great new Thanhouser Studio. Re-
member, for advertising purposes, the splendid cast: Cruze, La Badie, Mor-
ris Foster, Lila Chester, Justus Barnes, Arthur Bower and Nolan Gane. Remember to
see that nearest Continental or Mutual office for the attractive arrangement that gives you

"Thanhouser 'BIG' Productions"

for exclusive first-run use for a full year in your locality. Absolute protection is yours
under this system. No more advertising a feature heavily to learn the fellow down
the street is going to get it, too. All in four reels and all BIG in story, cast and
settings.

For March-"CARDINAL RICHELIEU'S WARD" with
James Cruze and Flo La Badie.

THANHOUSER THREE-A-WEEK

Sunday, March 8th— "GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY," is a Mignon Anderson dramatic feature—
you'll cry for her when she faces Judge Charles Horan ! For the first time in picture history one
of the Thanhouser Twins appears in a film without the other — which one
we leave you to puzzle out! Other of the marvelous Thanhouser juveniles
who take part in this picture are The Kidlet, Leland Benham and Roy
Hauck.

Tuesday, _ March 10th— "KATHLEEN, THE IRISH ROSE," TWO
REELS, is a Maude Fealy film that you're lucky to get in the regular
no-extra-charge service— put into that to boom her "Big Productions"
with you. David Thompson, her leading man, will make all the girls fall
in love with him as the witty Terence O'Moore, peasant and lover.
Arthur Ellery is Thompson's rival for the Rose's hand, and Carey L.
Hastings plays the fair one's mother. It's the
finest Irish romance the films have shown in
some time.

Friday, March 13th— NO RELEASE be-
cause of extra-reel subject of preceding re-
lease day.

Thanhouser Film Corporation
New Rochelle, N. Y.

Head European Offices:
Thanhouser Films, Ltd.

190 Charing- Cross Road,

London, W. C, England.

More " Adventures of a Diplomatic
Free Lance," Based on the Most Pop-
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SCENES FROM THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS ON THE SCREEN

Walter Belasco, Rhea Mitchell and Tom Chatterton in "A Barrier Royal"- — Broncho.
Caroline Cooke, Charlotte Burton, Edith ti • t ti u j Harry Von Meter, Jack Richardson and

Borello, Violet Neitz ^""^'f °f P"^""" Sydney Ayres.

Dan Gilfeather, "His First Love"— Majestic. American Mignon Anderson, Roy Hauck, Leland Ben-

Norma Phillips Margarita Fischer in ham and Helen Badgley in

"Our Mutual Girl" —Reliance "The Girl Who Dared"— Beauty "Guilty or Not Guilty"— Thanhouser

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REEL LIFE

Hard Task Mutual Camera Men in Mexico

AMERICANS have no idea of the condi-
tions, sanitary and civil, in Mexico," said
one of the party of Mutual camera-men
now in New York. "The natives are dirty
and diseased, the Federal military camps
are hotbeds of typhoid fever and small-pox
while in the so-called military hospitals
the greater part of the wounded die of
gangrene poisoning and neglect.

The lot of a camera-man is no easy one in Mexico. True,
he has to live on tortillas, frijoles, chili con carne and tough
goat meat, but if he is a good shot the blackbirds which
abound along the border make good eating. He must be
careful, however, not to mistake the buzzards which follow
the army for mountain eagles. Buzzards are decidedly not
a delicate dish.

"And speaking of buzzards I think I should like to see
one of them matched in a battle to the death with the
Mexican horse-fly. The latter bird of prey is a vicious
creature. Literally millions of them foillovv the army and
their sting is more dreaded than the first sharp impact
of a bullet.

"Sherman Martin, one of the Mutual camera-men now
with Villa's army was taking some pictures of the Con-
stitutionalists as they forded a river in the State of Chihua-
hua. 'He put his horse in midstream not knowing the bed
of the river was shifting quicksand.

He had reeled off several hundred feet of film when the
horse commenced to whinny with fear and Martin stopped
his camera. He found the horse sinking rapidly under him
and was obliged to swim to shore holding his camera above
his head. The horse, relieved of the weight of the camera
and his rider, was able to release himself from the treacher-
ous sands after a hard struggle.

"When Martin reached shore thousands of blue-bottle
flies swarmed upon him. Their stings, while not as pain-
ful as that of a like number of cobra de capellos, were
in the aggregate almost unbearable. The Mutual camera-
man threw himself face downward in the sand, burying
his face and hands for protection. Finally the flies rose in
a body with an angry buzz and made off after the rear
columns of the army. Martin found his horse rolling
over and over in the hot desert sands trying to rid itself
of the swarm which also had descended upon the dripping
beast.

The Army Receiving Their Pay at Necaxa.
Gen. Villa's Mutual Movies.

"The greatest danger to which the iMutual camera-men
were exposed, however, was that of capture by the Federal
troops. Capture meant almost certain execution. Anyone
connected with the Constitutionalist cause in any way can

Salto Chico Falls Near Necaxa
ticii. I 'ilia's Mutual Movies.

expect no mercy
from HJuerta's
officers.

"Virtually no
attempt is made
now to bury the
dead after skir-
mishes in the
open and the
wounded are
left to the mercy
of the buzzards.

If the vul-
tures do not suc-
ceed in hasten-
ing the death of
the wounded sol-
dier the hot sun
usually scorches
out what little
life is left.

"The soldiers
in the Federal
army s p e n d
their time play-
ing keno and
matching their
game little roosters. This last-named sport is second only
in popularity to pulque drinking. Another favorite pastime
of the Federal troops is 'taking a shot' at passersby

"The soldiers have great fun in scattering the plaster
from the walls of a 'dobe dwelling into the face of some
startled citizen. It is considered unfortunate, of course, if
the victim of the joke is accidentally wounded, but that does
not prevent the soldiery from resuming their practice when
next the pulque is flowing freely.

"Discipline is very lax in the army. Soldiers daily clean
their guns when the weapons are at full cock and charged.
Sherman Martin and I have seen them pick up shrapnel
shells from which only the noses have been broken off and
use them in playing a sort of bowling game. Some of the
soldiers have absolutely no regard either for their own or
the lives of others.

"I saw a group of soldiers playing a dangerous game
which consisted in tossing lighted cigarette butts at a broken
shell which still contained a strong charge. The laughter
and excitement attending the test of skill gained added ^est
by reason of the element of danger involved in the pos
sibility that the shell might explode.

"When Martin first crossed the border and was introduced
to General Villa, the rebel leader, presumably for want of
a tennis court, suggested that he try his luck at bottle shoot
ing. Martin is a good shot. He called Villa's attention to
the shortnecked bottle which was put up as a target and
promptly proceeded to shoot away both cork and bottle-neck.

"While in Juarez we had plenty of opportunity to watch
the cock fights, one of which General Villa attended in
person. Gen. Ortega and Ex-Governor Gonzalez Gorza
also were not above attending a championship main.

"I was struck by the number of boys and youths in the
Mexican army. Some of those impressed into service by
Huerta's officers could not have been more than twelve
years old."

The Voyager.

REEL LIFE

Supplement

MISS BLANCHE SWEET

(Reliance)

Mi

CARCELY a year ago, on the moving-picture
screen, a slender little blonde, very youthful,
with piquant features and a delicate, tempera-
mental face, was taking all Europe by storm.
She was appearing in Biograph films. Of
course she was an American girl —
but no one had any further clue to
her identity. The Biograph com-
pany made it their policy never to
feature their actresses. Being a
stock company, they refused, for
reasons of professional fairness, to
give any star of theirs persona
publicity. And though all Europe
was clamoring for the name of their
new favorite, her identity remained
a mystery.

At length, however, exhibitors all
over the Continent, and foreign ex-
changes taking up the popular cry,
the film management found it must
do something. Still unwilling, even
in this extraordinary case, to make
any exception to their established
rule of management, they were
driven to a ruse. They announced
that the mysterious American act-
ress was caUed "Daphne Dane."

The name "took." It suited the
personality of the youthful star —
and Europe was satisfied. "Daphne
Dane" she still is on the Continent —
much to the bewilderment of many
people who have seen her and fallen
in love with her on both sides of
the water. For, of course, her title
abroad was purely fictitious, in-
vented, as many a motion-picture
plot is invented, to appease the pub-
lic— and last fall in America
her real name came out. She
left the Biograph company,
to become leading lady for
the Reliance. The Reliance
published openly the acqui-
sition of a new star of
international reputation in
Blanche Sweet.

In making the change to the Re-
liance, Miss Sweet was simply ac-
companying the famous producer
under whose tutelage she had be-
come celebrated in two hemispheres.
For it was Director D. W. Griffith
who "made" Blanche Sweet what she is to-day.

When she was only sixteen years old, Mr. Griffith
recognized in her the possibilities of a great emotional
actress. He took a strong personal interest in her de-
velopment, trying her abilities in every conceivable va-
riety of role. He found that she played light ingenue
parts and sophisticated characters, requiring mature
skill, with equal cleverness. A master of the art of
pantomime, he schooled her, and helped her to infuse
more and more into all types of character work. Her

fertile imagination responded readily, and she was plastic
dramatic material. His hopes for her were not to be
disappointed.

With his wonderful command of stage technique, Mr.
Griffith himself staged most of the dramas in which Miss
Sweet starred. Though only nine-
teen to-day, in the three years that
she has been constantly his pupil,
she has played every conceivable
kind of part — winning the reputa-
tion of being one of the most versa-
tile emotional actresses on the
screen.

In the production of a certain pic-
ture which she has made famous.
Miss Sweet efifected a character
change little short of miraculous.
Through the earlier scenes she was
taking the comparatively simple
part of a young girl. Then it be-
came necessary for her to imper-
sonate, at a moment's notice, an
aged woman.

"No make-up, if you please, and
I don't need any wig!" She laugh-
ingly waved off these seemingly in-
dispensable articles, proffered by
the wardrobe keeper, and ran to her
dressing-room. In less than five
minutes she reappeared — forty years
adde^ to her age. She had merely
rearranged her hair and altered en-
tirely her facial expression — but the
transformation was complete. Pho-
toplayers who visit the Reliance
studio often ask to have this film
run off, in order that they may study
how Miss Sweet accomplished a feat
that, even on the legitimate stage,
has rarely been attempted.

Miss Sweet has signed a
contract to appear exclu-
, sively in Mutual pictures
which are to be produced at
the new Reliance studios in
Los Angeles.
An absolute requirement
with Director Griffith is natural-
ness. All dramatic device is tabooed
by him, and even the simplest tech-
nique must be so thoroughly as-
similated by the performer as never
to be apparent in the least degree.
Unaffected, free movements, entire
lack of self-consciousness, utter imaginative absorption
in the part, are essentials — according to this expert ad-
viser of the Reliance Players.

Perhaps no one at the studios is so much at home be-
fore the camera as Miss Sweet. She has the happy fac-
ulty, always, of becoming a part of her environment.
While her acting is finished, in the most artistic sense of
the word, her methods are never obvious. In fact, she
thinks and lives the character she is impersonating. Her
performance is a triumph of simplicity. The Biographer,

ill.

Supplement

REEL LIFE

THE CALL OF THE TRAUMEREI

CAST

Calvin Demorest, a young artist Sydney Ayres

Rizzio Le Vant, an old music master. .. .Harry Von Meter

Enid Sumner, a country girl Vivian Ricli

Vera de Lys, a Parisian actress Caroline Cooke

ALVIN put down his brush upon the easel
ledge and looked out over the vale of yel-
low waving grain. Lazy cotton clouds
slowly tumbled across the sky. Calvin
felt himself falling asleep. He seemed to
hear, as he dozed, the quavering strains of
a violin. At first he thought the music
existed in his imagination. Truth to tell, he was too
drowsy to
separate h i s
waking i m -
pressions
from his day
dreams, but
when the
strains of the
i n s trument
slowly grew
sweeter and
more audible.
Calvin raised
himself from
the meadow
grass and
looked through
the trees.

A young
woman in a
simple blue
dress walked
slowly toward
him, a violin
snuggled be-
neath her
cheek and her
eyes fixed on

the hills across the valley. Calvin listened with rapt
attention as she played the simple melodies of a by-gone
generation. Finally she broke into a rollicking negro
melody of the late '50s while Calvin sang the refrain :
"Oh, a buckwheat cake was in her mouf
And a tear was in her eye !"

Enid turned around with a startled, happy laugh.

"So, you know the song, do you?" she inquired, just
as if it were an every-day matter to have handsome
young artists from the city accompany her in the re-
frain of her songs.

Calvin smilingly bowed acknowledgment of his eru-
dition in matters musical.

"Won't you play some more for me?" he inquired,
while he perched upon a moss-covered boulder at her
feet.

Enid, with simple, unaffected enthusiasm, plunged
into the chorus of "My Grandfather's Clock."

"My father used to sing that song," she said. "When
I play it, I always think of him, Do you like it?"

Vivian Rich and Harry Von Meter in "

Calvin assured her that he thought it was the most
beautiful song he had ever heard.

"I know another old-time melody," he said. "Perhaps
you have heard it. It starts ofif like this — " and suit-
ing the action to the word he whistled the opening bars
of Schumann's "Traumerei."

Enid listened with parted lips as the sweet, afiFecting
strains of the music fell from Calvin's lips. When he

had finished,
she was close
beside him.
As the last
bars were
borne away
by the gentle
m i d - d a y
breeze she
turned about
and seized her
violin.

With the
perfect mim-
icry of the
natural musi-
cian she drew
her bow firm-
ly across the
strings of her
instrument and
Calvin was
astonished to
hear her re-
peat in ac-
centuated
swetness, note
for note, the

The Call of the Traumerei" — American.

entire selection which he had whistled for her,

Thereafter Calvin found it convenient to do his sketch-
ing at the crest of the little vale where he had first met
Enid. And during the long summer weeks that fol-
lowed, Enid, too, sat at the young artist's feet and
listened to tales of the great city, of the two great opera
houses, the oratorios and musicales, the gatherings of
the musicians, the concerts and the great symphony
orchestras.

There came a day, however, when the leaves were
golden and the frost lay like a thin veil of cobwebs over
the meadow grass that Calvin came to sketch for the
last time.

It was late afternoon when he folded up his camp stool
and portable easel and took Enid's hands to say good-
bye. Her warm palms sent a thrill through him and
Enid, too, trembled and looked abashed upon the ground.
Insensibly they drew nearer each other until it seemed
the most natural thing in the world to Enid to be there
with her head snug-gled against his breast and to have

ir.

REEL LIFE

Supplement

his arm encircling her. And as the sun in a golden riot
of color sank down behind the foothills, Enid looked
up into Calvin's face and Calvin looked down into Enid's
— and their engagement was sealed in a kiss.

ENID bit her lip and wiped away a tiny tear as she
crumpled the short note which Calvin had posted
on the night of his departure for Europe. He had
not even expressed a desire to see her again— and she
l;ad thought — •

But then what could she have expected? .To Calvin
perhaps it meant nothing more than a mid-summer's
flirtation.

Upon one thing, however, she was determined. She
would go to the city and develop her latent talent. She
found her father strangely compliant. He even gave her
the name and address of
the music master whom
Calvin had recommended.

And the following week
found her installed in a
kitchenette apartment in
the great barn-like studio
building up over the bal-
let school. There fol-
lowed interminable les-
sons in fingering, in the
correct handling of the
bow, in technique and
composition, ;with occa-
sional visits to the public
music chambers where
masters of the instrument
could be heard.

Mizzio found Enid an
apt pupil. Long after the
other music students had
left the studio, Enid
stayed on. Together she
and the master played
over old scores that had
long lain buried in the
aged violinist's dusty
trunks. And with the
passing months her prog-
ress became more notice-
able. At the end of the
first year Mizzio intro-
duced her to the public at
a concert. Wisely, the
master chose for her sim-
ple, appealing selections,
and at the conclusion of the recital a theatrical producer
approached Enid and offered her the part of a Hungarian
violinist in a Viennese operetta. Enid declined the ofifer
and continued with her studies.

The following September she learned that Calvin had
returned to New York. She though at first that she
would drop him a note. She abandoned the idea, how-
ever, when she saw him in company with a French
actress then playing at a theatre near Times Square.

Fearing an accidental meeting, Enid finally told Miz-
zio that she felt that she had made sufficient progress to
warrant her discontinuing her violin lessons. The music
master said nothing. Calvin already had told him the
story of the young violiniste to whom he had virtually
engaged himself before his hurried voyage to Europe;
Mizzio also had heard Enid's pitiful history. Perhaps
he had pieced the stories together.

Sydney Ayres in "The Call of the Traumerei" —American.

WHEN the Academy of Design gave its winter ex-
hibition, the master took Enid to the gallery to
view the exhibits. They wandered through several long
corridors lined with the year's work of a thousand artists,
until finally they came to the main salon. And then Enid
knew that she was still remembered.

In a niche at the end of the hall a life-size portrait
stood. The painting showed a girl in a blue gown with
flowing golden hair playing a violin. The art critics of
the newspapers and magazines were grouped around the
painting and many curious glances were cast at Enid
as she stood at a distance viewing the reproduction of a
scene which never would be erased from her memory.
So Calvin had not forgotten, she thought.

That night Calvin and the French actress entered the
little cabaret frequented by artists, authors and actors,

just off Fifth Avenue. As
the evening grew late and
Calvin felt himself suc-
cumbing to his infatuation
for the actress, he began
to wish that he had not
invited Mizzio to join him
in a supper celebrating
the triumph of his picture,
"The Call of the Trau-
merei."

When the flush of the
wine was still upon him,
Calvin's inamorata sug-
gested that they leave the
cabaret. Calvin rose and
was adjusting his com-
panion's wrap when he
heard the first sweet
strains of a familiar air.
The smoke-filled atmos-
phere of the cabaret
cleared and he seemed to
see himself again in a
meadow vale seated at the
feet of a brown-eyed
country girl with her rosy
cheeks pressed against a
violin.

The song was the Trau-
merei, and as Calvin lis-
tened the wrap he was
holding slipped from his
fingers and fell to the
floor. The actress picked
up her cloak impatiently
and turned sharply. Calvin, however, had left her.
Hurriedly he made his way through the crowded
tables and up to the small cabaret stage.
He turned to find Mizzio at his elbow.
"She played the 'Traumerei' exceedingly well; did
she not, my boy?" the master inquired.
Calvin ignored the question.
"Tell me where she is? Where shall I find her?"
"She has left the city."
Calvin bowed his head.

"Would you care very much to see her again, my
boy?"

For answer, Calvin tightened his grip upon the music
master's wrists and peered into the age-weary eyes.

"Then seek her where you met her — in the Vale of the
Traumerei."

And — but we must whisper it — it was there that Cal-^
vin found her! The Tale-teller

Supplement

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Westward Ho ! With D. W. Griffith

[EXT to being independently wealthy, I'd
rather be a motion-picture actor," was the
recent remark made by Henry Walthall, who
is perhaps the most widely known screen
favorite in the world. But that he was not
thinking of his art or the glory of his position
in the world of stardom, came to light in his next sentence
when he said : "I can't see where a millionaire has any-
thing on me. I'm about to start for the balmy zephyrs
of Southern California, where I'll be free from the annoy-
ance of a Winter in New York, and I'll be guided, and,
in fact, compelled to spend my time where the weather
is the most glorious and where the scenery is the most
beautiful."

With the falling of' the leaves and the coming of the
first smell of snow in the air, the motion-picture com-
panies wend their way westward or southward, and avoid
the cold and storms of Winter as carefully as do the
swallows.

Many of the stage directors and actors who have long
been identified with the theatrical business proper, pack
their trunks at about the same time of the year as they
used to start "on the road" in the old days, but have the
great satisfaction of knowing that, instead of a long, hard
winter of frequent jumps from city to city, they will be
carefully set down in the heart of some garden spot of
the country, chosen because of its natural advantages of
scenery and climate.

Florida and Southern California have been the two
most popular locations for winter studios to date, with
Los Angeles and its immediate vicinity so well thought
of that millions of dollars of motion-picture money are
represented there by enormous plants devoted to the
production of photodramas.

The studios and buildings of the New York Motion
Picture Company alone occupy the space of a small town,
and employ more than seven hundred people, including
cowboys, Indians and Japanese enough to form a small
village of each. The American Film Manufacturing Com-
pany is another large producing plant which has located
in Southern California, as has also the Majestic and Reli-
ance companies, each consisting of scores of well-known
actors and directors, and each occupying large studios of
importance.

While the main reason for the yearly movement of the
picture companies is the desire to avoid the snow and
cold of winter, as well as to take advantage of the supe-
rior photographic conditions offered by the climate, an-
other reason is the possibilities offered for beautiful
scenery and change of backgrounds for the picture
dramas. Thus the theatre patrons are treated to con-
tinued changes even in the very nature of the scenery,
in which the different photoplays are enacted.

It is not necessary to go East, West, South or North
for any particular stage setting, as desirable as such a
course might seem. A short trip from New York on a
Hudson River ferryboat will suffice to give the wide-
awake picture director any scenery that he desires and
he can be back on Broadway, photographing the Flatiron
Building within an hour, if his picture calls for city
settings.

VI.

But picture production has reached such a point of
perfection that nine times out of ten it is a safe wager that
a certain scene was taken at the exact spot in the exact
country demanded by the action of the story.

The air of confusion and excitement accompanying
the movement of a large motion-picture company is con-
spicuous by its absence, as compared with the departure
of a theatrical company to the next town. Of course,
there is no scenery to be loaded into special baggage cars,
as in the case of a theatrical organization, and the picture
people are as business-like in their actions -as if they were
intent upon playing outdoor scenes and the location just
happened to be a train.

At the departure of the great Reliance Company, which
left New York recently in three divisions with Holly-
wood, Los Angeles, as its destination, the many well-
known screen favorites strolled quietly into the depot,
seemingly unconscious that they were being stared at by
hundreds of people who were wondering why their faces
"seemed so familiar," and made their way quietly to their
private cars. Characteristic of the art, the company
members were immediately put to work upon the pic-
tures that had been carefully prepared for staging upon
the train and at the stations en route.

Frank E. Woods and Russell E. Smith, of the scenario
department, soon had an improvised office where photo-
dramas for early California production could be whipped
into shape during the days of travel. Directors could
be seen working upon 'scripts or rehearsing scenes and
camera men were busy choosing positions for their cam-
eras, where the light would be the most effective for car
scene "interiors."

The great Reliance Company must present or "release,"
as they say in the studios and exchanges, so many pic-
tures a week, and that fact, together with the enormous
loss of having people who draw very large salaries idle
for days at a time, makes the player-talk a very busy
people. Thus, by the time Hollywood was reached, hun-
dreds of feet of interesting scenes, all carefully thought
out and staged with the utmost care by . expert directors,
had been prepared for the developing tanks, and would
soon be ready to add to scenes alreay made in New York
and others soon to be made in their winter headquarters.

The Reliance plant in Hollywood is located upon the
site of the former Kinemacolor plant, and consists of
a factory for the handling of the film after it has left the
hands of the camera man and is ready for developing and
printing, as well as up-to-date studios, buildings for stage
properties, carpenter shops, dressing rooms, etc.

Director Griffith and his photographic expert, William
Bitzer have invented new methods of taking and develop-
ing moving pictures during several years of experimental
work, and the new factory is being constructed along the
line of their advanced ideas, with a view to obtaining the
clear cameo effect photography, which they have finally
succeeded in perfecting.

A large bungalow contains the executive offices of the
company, as well as the headquarters of the scenario de-
partment under the editorship of Frank E. Woods and
Russell E, Smith.

- The Voyager,

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Supplement

With D. W, Griffith's Reliance Company En Route to and in Los Angeles

1 — Donald Crisp and Owen Moore
4 — James Young — Just as funny
without the make-up

2 — The Party Stops at Albuquerque, New
Mexico.

5 — Win. Bitzer, Owen Moore and Donald
Crisp.

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Gish

6 — Mae Marsh en route

7 — Donald Crisp and James Kirk-
wood on the observation car
10 — Russell E. Smith — Author.

8 — Rehearsing a Morrisey Picture.
11 — W. Christy Cabanne and his Cowboy Out-
fit.

9 — Berringer, Foxe and Moore.
12 — Frank E. Woods
Scenario Editor Reliance,

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Temptation Scene in "The Bells

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Jose in the Meshes of Paquitas Net

This stirring drama by Richard Spencer and Thomas H. Ince is worthily produced by the Domino
Players of the New York ^lotion Picture Company under the direction of Walter Edwards. Tlie cast
includes John Keller. Walter Edwards and Clara Williams.

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"I MAR

THE SERVITOR"

NEW MAJhSllL
4 REELS

CAST

By DANIEL
CARSON GOODMAN

N the blood-heating atmosphere of the Arabian
desert, the passions of men grow stronger and
stronger. It seems as though the fierce rays
of the sun, reflected from the burning sands,
are mirrored in the fierce lusts of those on
whom they beat. The weird surroundings, the ugly
camels, the richly clad Arabians, the tents, the negro
slaves and the great vastnesses of sand, broken only by
occasional oases, combine to make the desert a fit setting
for a tale revolving around the strongest of actuating im-
pulses— love and hate.

In the Arabian desert
John Raines, an American
tourist, young, strong and
handsome, wandered
away from his party and
became lost. On the point
of starvation he was pick-
ed up by Imar, the slave
of an Arab trader. Imar,
a big, handsome fellow,
watched over Raines with
a solicitude almost par-
ental. As the young
American was slowly
gathering strength he felt
a strong liking for the
dark-skinned fellow to
whom he owed his life.
The two became firm
friends. Raines showed
Imar the picture in a
locket of the girl he loved
and taught him several
English words, the use of
which delighted the big
slave.

When he recovered, the young traveler left Imar and
returned to America. But his return resembled that of
Enoch Arden. He found that the beautiful girl, whose
memory he had cherished during the trying times under
the tropic sun, had given him up for dead, owing to his
long absence, and had married another, a horse trader,
rich and brutal, accustomed to treating women as he did
horses. It nearly broke Raines' heart to find that the
woman he loved had married another and it made him
still more unhappy to find that the young, delicate girl,
was already in a miserable condition. The romance had
been short and the horse trader had already begun to
handle her as roughly as he would a refractory animal.

But Raines choked back his feelings and hunted up the
couple. All this time the young wife did her best to
conceal from him her true plight. The former sweet-
heart, the husband and the wife became friends, and one
day when it was necessary for the trader to go to Arabia,
he decided to take his wife along and also secured from
Raines the address of Imar.

By the time the husband and wife reached Arabia, his
brutality has made her a hapless thing. The wife had all
a woman's timidity and the husband, knowing this, de-
cided to make her accompany him into the desert. She,

The Horse-trader
"Imar the Set

in fear refused, but he beat her into consent. She man-
aged just before leaving for the interior, to cable to
Raines this message:

"For God's sake come to Aden and help me."
' On entering the desert the husband and wife found
Imar who was with his master at a camp pitched on
the hot sands. The trader and the slave-own'er found
each other congenial in that they were both rough, mer-
ciless and powerful, so the trader and his wife were taken
in the slaver's party. The brutality of the husband soon

became apparent to the
slave owner who said
nothing as he had con-
ceived at the very begin-
ning, a passion for tlie
wife of this white man.

One night, when the in-
tense heat had driven all
nearly insane, the slave-
owner tried to emljrace
the young wife. The hus-
band, arriving on the
scene at tliis moment, did
not attack the slave-ow n-
er, l)Ut accuscfl liis wife >'i\
infidelity. The trader
took his wife l)ack to his
tent and there beat her.
Imar, hearing her cries,
stole to the flap of the
tent and there, for the
first time, recognized the
woman as the original of
the photograph Raines
had shown him long ago.

But Imar was only a
slave and had to bide his
time. At last his chance came. One night the slave-
owner and the husband, inflamed by drink, engaged in
a fight to the death. Imar stole to the tent of the beau-
tiful wife, ready to save her if it cost his life. By signs
and the word "John" the slave made the girl understand
that he wished to save her for the sake of her former
sweetheart. Just in time, Imar took the wife in his
arms, mounted one of the horses and tore away into the
desert.

Meanwhile Imar's master had killed the husband and,
full of passion, entered the wife's tent. When he realized
his slave's action he gathered his servants and gave
chase.

While the chase was on, Raines was journeying to his
old sweetheart's rescue with all possible speed. He
reached the edge of the desert just in time to save the
life of Imar as the pursuing party overtook him and the
woman. A melee took place in which Raines won out
and the slave-owner was killed.

Then Raines took the woman he loved back to* where
he thought her husband was. But they found the horse
trader dead, killed by the slave trader in the drunken
broil. So Raines and the girl fell into each other's arms
with Imar standing nearby — happy.

Loses His Temper
vitor" — Ma jestic

REEL LIFE

Seven

SCENES FROM THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS ON THE SCREEN

Vivian Rich Margarita Fischer and Harry Foilard ''Imar the Servitor"

"The Turning Point"— American "The Peacock Feather Fan"— Beauty Majestic

F. B. Hainer, Dick Cummings, Elsie Greeson, Victory Bateman George Weisenian

"His Little Pal"— Majestic "The Cat's Pais/'— Thanhouser

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REEL LIFE

STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS

HILE the Mutual Weekly cameramen were
ft^fliteiff busy filming the homecoming of the Giants,
mW ^'o''"''^ Phillips, "Our Mutual Girl,"

C?4^c!if prominently in the foreground with John J.

McGraw and the ballplayers, and at the
f'^'iW same time the Mutual operators in Mexico
f-^lf were sending in to New York the latest
^Ai stirring scenes in the troubled southern re-

public, the studios of the Mutual Film Cor-
poration in New York and in the West an-
nounced the completion of a score of motion-picture
dramas and comedies.

Included among the coming releases are an eugenic
comedy of side-splitting possibilities, a modern fairy tale,
a story of intrigue and double-dealing in the diplomatic
service, a drama of the modern business world, a romance
of the A. D. T. service, a military play of frontier life, a
(iiama of the California mission country, a film telling
of the regeneration of two sweethearts from opposite
walks of life, a story of Bohemian New York life, a
tragedy of the fraternal strife and a pretty love story of
the mining country.

A DECREE OF JUSTICE
The American Players in a Drama of Fraternal Strife
Marcl 25, 1914
CAST

Edward Mi ike!! ....Ed Coxen

William Maike'l, his dissohite brother Geo. Field

Airs. Markcll Tda Lewis

George Mason, a draughtsman Wilham Bertram

At the suggestion of his brother. Will Markell, a dis-
solute young rake leaves for the West. While Will is in
the West, Edward, his brother, who is of a mechanical
bent, applies for patents on his perfected invention of a
safety device for bank safes.

, At a time when Will, following his old life in his new
surroundings, has spent all his money, he receives a let-
ter from his mother telling him that his brother's safety
device promises to yield great financial returns.

Will decides to return home and feign blindnss so that
he can learn the details of the mechanism of the safety
device. Later, Will makes an attempt to rob the bank,
))ut while he is straining his eyes in the dark vault try-
ing to open the delicate mechanism of an inner compart-
ment his eyes, which have been weakened by the strain
of afi'ecting blindness, sud:lenly give way and he is
obliged to hurry from the bank. In his haste to get away
he accidentally touches the safety device and the police
are gi\ en the alarm. Will is trailed to his home. Ed pre-
vents his mother from knowing the truth and \Vill is
taken ;uvay.

THE TURNING POINT

A Two-Reel Story of the Regeneration of Two Souls by
the American Players

March 23, 1914
CA:,T

Dayton Reeves Sydney Ayres

Nan Clark Vivian Rich

Mrs. Reeves Louise Lester

Catherine Reeves Caroline Cook

Chick Fagan J.'i.k Richardson

Reared in the slntns, Nan. Clark falls tv\o tlie company
("'f ,! gang of crooks, of ^vl"licll Chick l'ri;.,;ni is the leader.

Chick induces Xan to assist him on an "iriside job."
\\'hile Chick acts as lookout. Nan goes inside the home
of Dayton Reeves, a wealthy Californian.

She is about to make ofif with some valuable family
plate when Dayton Reeves, badly the worse for drink,
returns home. Dayton, in a playful mood, takes Nan to
task and agrees to release her if she will promise never
to steal again. Xan, in turn, says she is willing to enter
into the compact if Dayton, too, will promise never to
take another drink. Dayton agrees.

Catherine Reeves, Dayton's sister, has fallen into debt
because of her plunges at bridge-whist. At an afternoon
bridge party Catherine abstracts a purse from the reti-
cule of one of her fellow players. A detective who is
called in at once recognizes Nan and intimates that no
further search is necessary.

X'an secretly begs Catherine to slip the purse to her.
^^'hen Nan is searched the tell-tale evidence is found
upon her. She is led away to jail. Stricken by remorse,
Catherine iclls her brother of her duplicity and after due
explanation X^an is released. The case is hushed up and
soon after Nan becomes Dayton's wife.

THE PEACOCK FEATHER FAN

A Beauty Film With a Plaintive Denouement

March 24, 1914
CAST

John Keith Harry Pollard

Billy Mayberry Julius Franker.burg

Polly Bainbridgc Ai irgarita Fischer

Martin Cijiirtland Joseph Harris

Widow Willing- Gi.ulys Kiiigibury

John Keith, a young musicia!i and Billy Mayberry, his
friend, occupy bachelor apartments in the same build-
ing. At the home of a mutual friend, John meets Polly
Bainbridge, one of Billy's life-'ong acquaintances. They
fall in love with each other and shortly afterward become
engaged.

At the same house party Billy meets the Widow Will-
ing, who acccepts Billy's advances after her coquetry has
been ignored by Martin Courtland, a wealthy man-of-the-
world of middle age.

Polly breaks an engagement with John, pleading a
headache. Returi:iiig to his rooms. Jnhn sees the silhou-
ettes of Billy and a woman on a pane of grouiid glass.
Curious to learn whom Pliliy is entertaining, John knocks
on his friend's door and is admitted. The woman takes
refuge behind a screen, but leases her fan on a table.

John recognizes the fan as o.is which Polly used on
the night when he proposed to her. Several of the
weathers are broken and the idontincation is a posi-
tive one.

Believing that Polly is untrue to him, John leaves for
a trip around the world after writing a note to lier break-
ing his engagement. Upon his return he learns that the
Widow M'illing ha*I borrowed Polly's fan and that it was
the gay ad\ enturess who hid behind the screen in Billy's
apartment the night that John entered.

Polly, however, has married Mirtin Courtland out ot
pique, and John sees her only once again, a fleeting
glimpse of her wistful face as siie peers out of a pass-
ing cab window with the polished man of the world sit-
tinp- beside her.

REEL LIFE

Nine

STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS

THE BELLS OF AUSTI

A Two-Reel Domino Drama of the California Mission

Country

By Richard Spencer and Thomas H. Ince

March 19, 1914
CAST

Jose John Keller

Pedro Walter Edwards

Mercedes Clara Williams

Don Luis Ray Laidlaw

Padre Cortez L. A. Emerson

Ensnared by Paquita, a beautiful dancing girl, and
Pedro, the proprietor of a gambling house, Jose, the son
of Don Luis, a wealthy plantation owner, has fallen into
financial difficulties.

Pedro, after exhausting every other means to force
Jose to pay his gambling debts, finally breaks into the
desk in which Don Luis keeps his money. He is dis-
covered by Jose and the young man, in order to save
his father from being robbed, gives Pedro his L O. U.
for the amount of his debt.

Don Luis finds Jose at his desk soon after Pedro
escapes and, mistaking his son for a burglar, mortally
wounds him. Pedro escapes with Paquita and becomes
the leader of a band of desert bandits.

Pedro learns that a caravan laden with rich furnish-
ings for the mission at Austi is crossing the desert and
attacks it, carrying off the valuable altar cloths and gold
chalices. Padre Cortez calls the villagers of Austi to-
gether and a party headed by Don Luis overtakes Pedro's
party. In the fight which follows, Pedro is fatally
wounded.

Dying, lie confesses to Don Luis his part in the events
which led up to the killing of Jose.

THE TRAP

A Stirring Kay-Bee Drama of Military Life on the
Frontier, in Two Reels

By Thomas H. Ince and R. V. Spencer

March 20, 1914
CAST

Mary O'Toole Ramona Radcliff

Sergeant O'Toole Harrington Reynolds

Corporal Stone Tom Chatterton

Sergeant Perry William Ehfre

One Feather Crazy Thunder

Sergeant Perry and Corporal Stone are both in love
with Mary O'Toole, daughter of Sergeant O'Toole. At
a dance in the home of one of the officers, Mary shows
her preference for Stone. Perry forces his attentions upon
her and assaults his superior officer when taken to task.
He is reduced to the ranks.

Smarting under his disgrace, the former sergeant then
plots with One Feather, a treacherous scout, to join with
the young braves of a neighboring Indian tribe in an
artack on the fort.

Perry cuts the telegraph wires connecting the station
near the fort with the outside world and then plans to
blow up the powder magazine while the Indians are
attacking the fort. Perry hides behind several barrels of
gunpowder when two soldiers enter the powder store-
house. He the!i lights a fuse and tries to get out of the
magazine. He finds, however, that the soldiers have
locked th(- outside door and before he can extinguish the
fuse the magazine is blown up and Perry is killed.

The Indians are routed and One Feather is shot.

Dying, he tells of Perry's plan to betray the post. The
action of the drama is supposed to have taken place in
the year 1875.

MESSENGER NO. 845

The Komic Players in an Exciting Story with "A Happy

Ending"

March 19, 1914
CAST

Messenger 845 Elsie Balfour

,Phil, her brother Eddie Genung

James Gregory Mr. Baiky

With Phil Nelson, a messenger boy, ill, and his sister
out of work because of hard times, things look black for
the Nelson family of which the two children are the sole
support.

Phil's sister, however, sees a way out of their diff.-
culties and, donning her brother's uniform, she goes to
work in his place. She is given several jewels to deliver
to an address which she recognizes as that of the pro-
prietor of the department store where she formerly was
employed.

On the way to her destination two men offer her a
dollar to deliver a message to a house nearby. Kager tu
earn an extra dollar the girl enters the address which the
men give her and is overpowered. The jewels are taken
from her.

^\■hen she reports her experience to the office w here
she is employed her se.x is discovered and she is de-
nounced as an imposter. A visit to the house where slie
was robbed, however, results in the capture of the hold-
up men.

Delighted at the recovery of the jewels the department
store proprietor reinstates "Messengr 845" in a position
of rsponsil>ility and trust far better than the one she
formerly occupied, and a skillful doctor soon restores
Phil to health. .

HIS LITTLE PAL
A Majestic Story of the Mining Country

By Philip Lonergan

March 15, 1914
CAST

Helen Kerns Elsie Kerns

Her Father Richard Cummings

Jack F. B. Hamer

Sheriff M. M. McGuire

Helen Kerns, the daughter of a miner, is loved by all
who know her. Her heart is filled with pity when she
sees a convict, hunted and hounded by the sheriff's posse,
take refuge on her father's mining claim. She hides him
in a cave. Helen daily brings him food without her
father's knowledge.

Her father meanwhile has "struck it rich" and the news
of his find filters down to the settlement. A band of
desperadoes break into the Kerns cabin.

Hearing the screams of Mrs. Kerns and Helen as the
robbers seize and threaten to injure them, the convict
runs from his hiding place and a fierce struggle ensues.
The sheriff's posse arrives and is about to take the con-
vice into custody with the rest of the desperadoes when
Helen explains the situation and the convict is given his
liberty in return for his faithful services. Helen's father
takes the convict in as a partner in his mining operations
and soon afterward the ex-convict and his "little pal"
are married. {Contmued fo page 14)

Ten

REEL LIFE

HEARD IN STUDIO AND EXCHANGE

USSELL E. SMITH has taken the m-
itiative in founding the Photoplay Au-
thors' League, organized in Los An-
geles on Friday evening, February 27.
i ne charter members are Hettie Gray
Baker, Wallace C. Clifton, James Day-
ton, Marc Edmund Jones, W. M.
Kitchey, Russell E. Smith, Lois Weber,
Richard Willis, W. E. Wing and Frank E. Woods-

The League proposes to do for photoplaywrights what
the y\uthors' League of America is doing for other branches
of the literary profession. An association of photoplay
dramatists will have the strength to protect its members,
aiid to promote legislation for the
beiie'.il of the profession. The legal
ri'coj^niiion and mutual protection are
5ieci'.-sar>' is proved by the recent Del
Kutii-jii!ivs suit, vvlifii till.' courts held
the disjiuicd scenario as valueless, and
Slinpantly dismissed the case.

The new organization will work for
the elevation and general dignity in the
public eyes, uf the art ol motion-iMC-
ture play construction. And photo-
playwrights from all over the country
meet lo '.■oicpaiH' experiences, and
to stimulate each other's ideas.

It is not intendeil thai the League
shall assist l!ie sale of scenarios, or in
any way make an arbitrary or ag-
gressive stand with nianiifactiirers.

Oiilv reco.L;!nzed photoplaywrights
are eligible to membership — that is,
persons having ten or more produced
"scripts to ilie'r credit. This is a na-
tional gani/.ation, anil non-residents
may become members by ap])lying to
the secretary, enclosing the dues, ten
dollars, payable in advance yearly.
The incorporation; meeting was an-
nounced for Friday, March 13, at

eight o'clock, at Room 314 Mason Opera House, Los An-
geles. In and about Los Angeles alone, there are at least
thirty established writers of motion picture drama. Los
Angeles is ihe producing centre of the motion picture in-
dustry in tins country, and it is most appropriate that the
Photoplay^ Authors' League should be organized and have
its headquarters in that city- Its temporary offices are at
604 San Fernando Building.

Charles Murray, the comedian, has left the Biograph
Company to join the Ktystone forces. For a long while he
has been nivpeaving in the leading .parts in nearly all the
Biograp] farces. He was on the legitimate stage for several
vf-ars ai^d distinguished himself as a member of the vaude-
ville team of Murray and Mack. Since entering the motion
picture field, his popularity has increased tremendously.

Charles Chatiin, the celebrated English pantomimist, well-
known in this country for his clever work m Fred Karuo s
"A Night In an English Music Hall," has appeared, up to
the present time, in four Keystone comedies. He has been
enthusiastically received by both the exhibitors and the pub-
lic, and bids fair to become the most popular comedian m
inoiion pictures to-day.

For the first time in a year and a half, Mabel Normand
finds herself again playing opposite her old Biograph side-
partner, Mack Sennett, managing director of the Keystone
comedies. The first picture in which they have recently
worked together is entitled, "We Should Worry," and is
one of those excruciatingly funny farces in which Key-
stone is without a rival.

Boyd Marshall — Princess

Since the recent arrival of Director D. W.
Griffith in Los Angeles, the Reliance studio at Holly-
wood is fast nearing completion. The old Kinema-
color studios are gone, and on their site stand
attractive new buildings, commodious and convenient.

There is a well-equipped factory,
where the film, as soon as it leaves
the camera man, is developed and
printed, and made completely ready
for handling and transportation- The
studios include storage for stage
properties, extensive carpenter and
work shops, comfortable dressing-
rooms, and magnificent stage aceoni-
niodations.

Director (iriffith and the iihoto-
grajjliic exjjert, William Bitzer, exiieri-
n.ienting together for several years,
have invented, ami in large niea-^ure
]ierfeeted. new methods of taking and
(lev'elopini; motion ]:)ictures. The
Reliance factory is being con>trncted
in accordance with their scientific
ideas, in order that the improved
methods may be practicable. (Irif-
lilli-llilzer |)liotog|-;i])li V is n(jted lor its
(|nalit\' of e;inieo clearness.

A large bnng;i!o\\ contains the ex-
eiuive offices of the comjjany, al-u the
headquarters of the scenario depart-
ment, Frank E. Woods, Editor, and
Russell E. Smith, his assistant.

The Continental Army is on the march. On Monday af-
ternoon, March 2nd, two big moving picture productions,
released by the Continental Feature Film Corporation, made
their initial appearance in New York at theatres housing
legitimate drama on Broadvs'ay.

At Weber's Theatre, "The Gangsters" opened. This is
a sensatiiMial but perfectly realistic him of the life and
deeds of New York gunmen- and the recint release of
Lieutenant Becker and the approach oi his second trial
make the subject especially timely.

Simultaneously with the premiere of "The Gangsters,"
"The Great Leap," opened rt the New York Theatre. Al-
ready famous as the thrilling drama of a Kentucky feud,
staged by W. Christy Cabanne under the supervision of
D. W. Griffith, it inaugurates the jMcture policy at the New
York Theatre.

Other Continental Feature Film produ. tions will be
shown for the firsV time in New York h.>ases in the near
future. Weber's Theatre will be fVvoted exclusively
to the exhibition of Continental features for the next ten
weeks.

REEL LIFE

Eleven

SCENES FROM THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS ON THE SCREEN

Margarita Fischer H. De Jonge and Madeline Fairbanks Elsie Greeson

"The Peacock Feather Fan" — Beauty "The Eugenic Boy" — Thanhouser "His Little Pal" — Majestic

"Messenger No. 84s" Reliance "The Adventures of Shorty" Broncho "The Coming of the Real Prince" Reliance

Harry Von Meter, Ed Coxen and Charlotte Burton, in "A Decree of Justice" — American

Twelve

REEL LIFE

HEARD IN STUDIO AND EXCHANGE

( )S'rON ha> recently given its tirst iiKjtion- "The Cricket on the Hearth," adapted in a twu-reel

o^'^lTit^' I'li-'tiii't; ball. It was held in Symphony Hall, drama by the American Company, is pro\ing popular
«^3S'i|i'^Ul and while iiundreds danced, a first-night's beyond all expectations. The public schools are com-
showing of feature films flashed across the mending it all over the country, and enterpri>ing e.xliil)

itors are arranging si)ecial mat-
inees tdr teachers and gram-
mar and high-schonl stu-

dcnl>. Il will -DdU be

ed :)\ ••■| he ( )ld ( iirj, ,Htv
.shwii."

huge screen sus-
])ende(l a 1) i > \" e the
>la,L;i'. T h e princi-
pal-- i !i llie ^i^n^,
niaii \ ' ii \', !p iin were
llie IIdit, w.ill/ed and oue-
>lepp(.'d, and \\ :!ti'lic'i tiieir i iwn
peril innance- nieaiiw I'de on ihe
screi,Ti ; wliile three tiiiiu^aml
gne-t- ni.'>t I'l tlRin ideulilied
w iili llie iwi ai' >n-p]e'aii uuhis-
ti\ ■, iir- ii!L;iii ait ."^.ew lMi;j,laMd,
w iUi a -catie'-!i;L; I'i \ ^Mlini;
New ii.id the >;ilis-

1'actiini .if seeing tludr i.ivniites
>iniuhaiiei 'U--l_\' ir, t!ie iilm -. ;iiul
in real iiie.

'! lie i^rand iMai id; i\
tile p!;i it.^)-acii ir-. in llie
\<ini.i.ge. Tlie b.'\e>
s^allerie- were crnwdei

<i . !:i \ ei I
H-t ad-
Ill d 1 1 1 e
by 11
i I n e l: ( 1 1

( I'cli ick. v\ hen llie !■
under w a \'.

'■[^ th:il Marguerile Snow!
W h\ , ! al\\a\"s thi'Ug'u ^lie was
twiJe a. t:d!!"

■"LiHi;. at \!i,L;niin ii-er-^i hi
— what ;i btile mile i il ■' gii'l !"

'!' I: e ] jrr\'ailiiig ini pi'e-'--ii >n
ieeiiied lei be niie ni grt'al
-n'iM)ri--i liiat !e;idiii'^ ladies
i.i piv'Una'- --Il liild \k' mi |>e-
lUe.

T!ie pi'i;ir!]de nn v. mg-pieimc

meer;.,., , f Xe ,\ r':'gi.;i!il ,ilid

.\ e A 1 ' ■rl. irni ikii;g i'i>..ih^
and . :, li i 1) i ; > 11 !idi.'i- i li>. gal-
leries, and hundred- ni snUN'L-
nir;-. wa ve jj , eii ,i v\ a\ i i^a.i m
lias decidee lij make ihe ball an
annua! i \ r.

T h e T'' )':',. m-er ? .in!>;> ny
was we'll ivi'-v-cnii'l 'ly hi-.)'"-
ence La P.adie, Mig.inii .\nd-er-
son, H avry ijep.haiii , \i ar;.' l^l ' it,;
Snow and Reiliy Ciiainliorlaia.

.M rs. S. S. ] lutchins. m, \s iie
I li 1 'reNidenl I 1 ulchiiiM .n > f die
American h'iim .Mannfaeuiring
Co., wild accompanied her hu->-
band recently on hi.-- li'ip in the
bacillc coa-l. (iiien, lined ilu
ladies of the .Xrlington 1 b..U'
at the new Mjv.vinn .Studios at
Santa J'.ariiara. It i-^ earlv
spring in Santa iiarbara- -and
the grounds, tinged with \i\id
green, dixersified w ith hudiliii
slirubber}', made a gori^eiiiis
setting for the -e\eral coin
])anics. scatteiCil abnul the --tu-
dios, at work. .Mr>. lin;,.-liiu
Sol, V Ljnests were inten-e'\ in
tei e-^ted in t!ie taking ■ •{ ni. i\-
n-j imaures.

7 hh), i!s!ii)ti'r' s D'jiiijhii r--Mujeihi:

\\ '\ W . .M e(/racken, ni.nia-
ger ol tile .\urora I lieatru
(. ' iinpany of I 'amona, writes
li'om Aneon, in the Can i! Zone,
that Mutual AIo\ ie- are "ihe
money getters" in that i-oun-
try, Mr. .McCriieken is sup|)hed
ihn audi Ihe \\w\ I 'i leiins
• •llici . and Ihe ii i-.Ji wa ' ; ..f lii
board-, adioini'i- tin- ''iirora
he.i 1 ri- i ci i\-(. led will i Ai nuial
' i Mispicni urs .-niiiaig
tui' reeeiii i-lleniiL:^ 'luUn-i'ii
tleae wa. "i !ir- L'nch ! leir,"
;i I'lelraree ib'aina, .\d along
t'le !ypiea!i\' S]i;inisli streets of
-Vneoii. tlie svinged ,dork an-
•iouiiee- the ]n-ogram whicii
"makes time fly." '

dh
I II

The American Film Mar.n-
facturing C irn])any an.ioun.ces important changes in its
schedule of releases. From now on. each week, on Mon-
t-lay, there will Ijc a two-roel "Flying A" drama; on Tues-
day, a one-reel Beauty; on Wednesday, a one-reel ■■l''!y-
ing A" production, and on every lourth Friday, also, a
iine-reel American.

Ann Lon.i--

Ax'i e-, Sue n''i lUti

>!d daughter of Mr

an.a

Mrs. Sydney A.yres, was recently presented witli a gold-
lined loving cup by the "Flying A" players. Both parents
are overjoyed because Ann Louise is so popular. They
are alteady enthusiastic t(.> have her make her debut in.
'■'Flying" A" prtjductions.

Margarita I'^ischer lias been flooded wdth letters of con-
graiulati-ons from ail over the United States since her
debut m Beauty films. Since she was fourteen yein'S old,
aj>jjearing in stock comi^anies on. the legitimate stage, she
has ah\ tys playe 1 leads. .\nd. e^ ott before that, as a chihl
a-v tress, slje had lier crithusia-.tic adn'iii-ers. Nearly every
day she receives letters from pcrso.-is who remember her
.md lo\ e her froin her earliest api'ear.", nee. and who feel
the greatest symp;i.thy and delight -n her progress
Margarita h.as a sitigukirl}' lovable per. tonality.

The Eiwcsdroppcr.

REEL LIFE

Thirteen

Intimate Facts About Photoplay People

Thomas il. IiilC
N.Y. Motion Picture Co.

IVUliain Bertram
American

Cyril Chadwick
Thanhouser

Donald Crisp
Reliance

William Garwood
M a jestic

Motion
leases.

HE moving-picture director is the big man of
the hour in filmdom. And one of the biggest
directors in the country is Thomas H. Ince,
vice-president of the Broncho and Domino
films, and managing director of the New York
Picture Corporation, including the Kay Bee re-
He has his own line, in which he stands un-
rivalled— for undoubtedly he has supplied the world with
more large spectacular and scenic motion-picture dramas
of the highest quality, than any other director.

Mr. Ince has a fund of information that is truly encyclo-
pedic. His knowledge of history, of costumes in all coun-
tries and all periods, and his grasp of the infinite details
of the many phases of life which he is called upon to pre-
sent in motion pictures, is actualy overwhelming. He is
not only a thorough master of the technicjue of the drama,
but an expert also in the more complicated art of motion-
picture stagecraft. The Domino films, his newest brand,
are tremendous proiluctions — including sea dramas, his-
toric features, Irish subjects, full of romance and color,
and Japanese themes, tingling with present-day interest
and staged with great artistic skill.

Company. Lloyd Lonergan is working on a series of
comedies especially for the new star.

An actor doesn't lose his individuality when he goes
into pictures. A wise producer invariably fits the play to
the player and develops his own particular line. The
Lonergan playlets, written for Mr. Chadwick, may result
in giving us a funnier Cyril Chadwick than the musical
stage ever knew.

Even Broadway favorites have to serve their appren-
ticeship before they can star in the movies. For four
months, Donald Crisp, now appearing in Reliance pic-
tures, was compelled to work as an extra man before he
won sufficient recognition to l)e placed on a regular salary
in the company. Meanwhile, he received many tempting
offers to return to the legitimate drama, but he swallowed
his pride and made good.

yMthough he has an excellent tenor voice — beginning
his stage career with the Floradora sextette, in the origi-
nal English version — he says that all his ambitions now
centre about the silent drama.

\Villiam Bertram, who plays character leads in the
American company, is one of the most popular men at
the "Flying A" studios. Mr. Bertram early chose a dramatic
career, but he found sleeping all day and working all night,
and being virtually exiled from his family, particularly dis-
tasteful.

A motion-picture career, on the contrary, in no way
interfered with the regularity of home life. Mr. Bertram
left the stock companies and joined the American forces.

Of this affiliation, he says:

"Beautiful Santa Barbara! Who could ask'for a more
delightful place to live! Mr. Ricketts, our director, is
exacting — but he is getting a lot more work out of me
than I ever knew I was good for." i\Ir. Bertram's specialty
is old men's roles. :

Another popular comedian of the stage has deserted
for moving pictures. Cyril Chadwick, the portrayer of
English comedy tyi)es — best known through his long
association with Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth, and for
his success in "The Eternal Waltz," as leading man with
Mabel Berra — has signed a contract with the Thanhouser

William Garwood — who plays the title role in the beau-
tiful Alajestic drama, "Imar the Servitor," recently an-
nounced— is by choice of occupation a farmer. He has a
six-room bungalow at Whittier, California, nine miles
from Los Angeles.

Three acres are given over to crops, raised entirely by
irrigation. At present there are new peas in the garden,
also lieets, cabbages and radishes. Raspberries and straw-
berries will soon be ripe. But Mr. Garwood's pet crop is
onions-

In the East, Mr. Garwood didn't know a turnip from a
carrot, they say. But shortly after he joined the Majestic
Company, he was cast for the leading part in "The Toy,"
a pathetic play, in which the young hero, a working man,
is sentenced to jail under false pretences. He works in
the jail garden and passes vegetables through the barred
fence to his starving family.

Mr. Garwood actually worked in the prison garden of
the Los Angeles work-house, during the production of
the picture — and this is how he learned the fascination of
onion raising. He says that his particular kind of onion
weighs seven and a half pounds apiece. But his friends
are waiting to be shown. The Historian.

Fourteen

REEL LIFE

STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS

THE GRAND PASSION

A Modern Drama Staged in a Business Office by the
Princess Players

March 20, 1914

CAST

Boyd, secretly in love with Muriel Morris Foster

Muriel Muriel Ostriche

Fanny, a woman of the streets Fannie Bourke

Joe, whom Muriel prefers Nolan Gane

The office force of the firm where Muriel has a re-
sponsible position present her with a lavalliere on her
birthday. Muriel is secretly loved by Boyd, an employee.
Boyd gives her a flower. When Muriel lightly starts in
to kiss the entire office force for their kindness, Boyd,
alone, refuses to be kissed.

The office force resent his attitude toward their em-
ployer and playfully bind him so that Muriel can kiss
hini to her heart's content. Muriel does not understand
that Boyd has refused her kiss because he felt that such a
caress should not be given lightly and when he is
securely pinioned, kisses him thrice with disdain. She
then slaps his face with the single flower he has given
her.

Crushed by her rebuf¥, Boyd takes to drink and is
hurt when he stumbles from a barroom into the stret.
When he recovers, his memory has left him. Muriel,
who has nursed him during his illness, is able to bring
him back to a consciousness of past events only by re-
enacting the birthday kissing scene.

WOLVES OF THE UNDERWORLD
A Broncho Story of East Side Life, in two reels.

By Thomas H. Ince and William H. Clififord
April 1, 1914
CAST

MaryMaloney { ^^^^^S

Officer Maloney Richard Stanton

Julius Adler Walter Belasco

Dan Kelly Fred Kortman

Julius Adler, a poor, East-Side Jew, is robbed of his
pack and profits by a gang of toughs led by Dan Kelly,
a gunman and gangster- Adler appeals to Patrolman
Maloney who arrests the offenders and succeeds in sending
Kelly up the river to Sing Sing for five years. Kelly
swears to be revenged on Maloney.

Adler, delighted at having justice meted out to his tor-
mentors, presents Mary Maloney, Officer Maloney's daugh-
ter, with a bracelet of unique design, on each link of which
the letters- making up the good-luck word, "Mizpah" are
engraved.

Years pass. Kelly is released from jail and becomes a
district leader and the proprietor of a gambling house.
He plans a "frame-up" on Maloney and engineers a raid
upon his own "plant."

When he is arrested for keeping a gambling house, Kelly
swears that he paid .Maloney for "protection." The ex-
convict's story is corroborated by lying witnesses and
Maloney is dismissed in disgrace from the force.

Several weeks later, Maloney, ill from worry, is told by
the agent of the flat-house in which he lives that he and
his family will be evicted if his rent is not paid. Mary
Maloney, his daughter, tells her father's story to the owner
of the house, who is Julius Adler, now a wealthy man.

Adler recognizes the bracelet he gave the young woman
years before, and comes to the rescue of his unfortunate
tenants. Maloney, through Adler's political influence, is
cleared of the charge against him and reinstated to the
force.

(1) HE WHO LAUGHS LAST (2) SNOWBALL
PETE

Two Komic Split-Reel Farce Comedies With a Laugh
in Every Foot of Film.

He Who Laughs Last
March 18, 1914
CAST

Tom Walter H. Stull

Jim Joe Schroeder

Reggue Jack Burns

Girls Miss Brown and Elsie Balfour

Landlord Mr. Peters

Policeman Mr. Harris

Burglar George Roehm

Landlady Miss Ducey

Landlord Peters has two pretty girls as guests in his
boarding house. Tom and Jim are rather smitten on the
young women, but Reggie is the favored one in their
eyes- When Reggie walks off with the young women Tom
and Jim vow to be avenged. They rig up a duriimy and
put it in Reggie's clothes closet. When Reggie opens the
door the dummy falls out upon him and he takes to his
heels. Tom and Jim then put the dummy in Reggie's bed
while the landlord and his frightened guests rouse the cop
at the corner.

The policeman, with revolver wavering in his hand, is
pushed up toward Reggie's bedroom. The dummy is taken
into custody and Reggie is in danger of being arrested,
when a real burglar, who has wandered into the house dur
ing the excitement, jumps from the closet door and bowls
every one over. Reggie captures the burglar and at once
becomes even a greater favorite both with the landlord
and the girls because of a $500 reward which has been
posted for the capture of the burglar.

Snowball Pete
By Burns Roehm and Walter H. Stull
CAST

Snow Ball Pete Robert Burns

The Old Grouch Walter H. Stull

The Young Sport Joe Schroeder

The Policeman Mr. Peters

The Lady Miss Ducey

Pete had spent the best years of his life — and some of
the worst — panhandling in every city of the Union. When
winter came and the park benches were covered with snow,
Pete picked out a rose bush and found himself wrapped
up in burlap by mistake one night by an enterprising florist.

In his burlap wraps Pete started out the next morning
making his customary round of possible "touches." One
woman, from whom he had successfully begged before, ad-
vises him to eat snow if he is hungry. Pete instantly
adopts the suggestion on the nearest street corner, with
great success.

Passersby tip him liberally. One old grouch, however
regrets having given Pete anything when he returns knd
finds Pete counting his morning's profits- He tells a patrol-
man and others who have been duped and Pete is given a
lively time before he is led off to jail.

REEL LIFE

Fifteen

STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS

THE COMING OF THE REAL PRINCE
A Modern Fairy Drama by the Reliance Players in
Two Parts.

By Henry Albert Phillips
March 21, 1914
CAST

Annie Olga Treskoff

St. John Thomas R. Mills

Bud Harry Spingler

Mrs. Jones Sue Balfour

Sequestered from the world by her devoted mother,
Annie is nurtured on fairy tales and fables. She lives in
a world of dreams and "Cinderella" is much more real to
her than her school playmates. For lack of an ideal Prince
Charming, Annie sets Bud, the grocer's boy, up in her
imagination as the Fairy Prince who will deliver her into
the world of beautiful things.

When St. John, an unprincipled but handsome young rake
from the city, makes Annie's acquaintance, however. Bud
is forgotten. St. John takes advantage of Annie's inno-
cence and induces her to run away with him to the city.

Bud and Mrs. Jones trail them and find iAnnie when she
is in danger. St. John is proved to be a coward when
Annie's clothes catch fire. Bud, however, puts out the blaze.
St John runs way with what he supposes to be Annie's
inheritance and Annie, the Dreamer, awakes at last to
the realization that Bud, after all, is her Prince Charming
in modern guise.

THE EUGENIC BOY
A Thanhouser Comedy Telling How the Gang Made a
Real Boy of Little Lord Fauntleroy.

By T. O. Ekonhead
March 15, 1914
CAST

Cyril Reginald Pointdexter Madeleine Fairbanks

Mrs. Pointdexter Lila Chester

Mr. Pointdexter Mr. H. De Jonge

Trained Nurse Miss Maude Pease

Governess Frances Keyes

Park Policeman William Noel

Police Lieutenant Charles Horan

Mike Googan "Mike"

Cyril is Mamma's pet. He takes a sterilized bath three
times a day and sleeps between sterilized sheets. He drinks
sterilized water, has his temperature taken every three hours
and in general leads a sterilized life.

Mr. Pointdexter would like to see his boy join in the
sports enjoyed by other youngsters, but mamma, who spends
a great deal of time reading books on eugenics and prophy-
lactery, is shocked almost into a faint at the idea.

While the governess and the park policeman are enjoying
themselves in the park Cyril steals away, meets "Mike,"
a very tough, red-headed youngster, and promptly resents
the latter's insults and jibes at his long curls by mashing
"Mike's" snub. nose.

Pleased to find that Cyril really has the makings of a
real boy in him, Mike stands sponsor for his adversary
and Cyril is informally introduced to "the gang," who are
playing baseball nearby. He knocks out a home run when
the bases are full and immediately is crowned a hero-

Meanwhile Cyril's absence is discovered, several Italians
are suspected of the kidnapping and the police are notified.
Hysterical with anxiety, mamma takes to her bed with a corps
of trained niirses around her. Mr. Pointdexter, the police
and the servants find Cyril just as he slides into the home
plate with the winning run. He is smeared with mud and
grime but, strange to say, the fact seems to please Mr.

Pointdexter. Overjoyed at her son's safe return, Mrs. Point-
dexter consents thereafter that her son shall live the normal
life of a small boy.

THE CAT'S PAW
A Thanhouser Two-Reel Story of a Diplomatic
Free Lance.

By Clarence Herbert New
March 17, 1914
CAST

Lord Trevor James Cruze ^

Nan, his ward Flo La Badde

•^bdul George Barnes

Pfaff Arthur Bauer

Marquis Yato L Tamamoto

General Von La jeez Joseph Baker

Fraulem Von Karenstauffen Nan Barnard

Lord Farlesdale George Weiseman

Captam Mandeville Cyril Chadwick

Lord Farlesdale meets the Marquis Lato of Japan on
board the flagship of the Japanese squadron, which is at
anchor in the bay ofif Clovelly, where Lord Farlesdale has
his country home. A secret treaty between the English
and Japanese Governments is turned over to Lord Farles-
dale, who puts it in a safe in his home over night for safe
keeping.

Pfafif and the Fraulein von Karenstauffen, a young noble-
woman employed in the secret service of a Continental
power, are determined to possess the treaty and the beauti-
ful young noblewoman almost succeeds in inducing Capt.
Mandeville, an English officer, to open the safe by telling
him that the vault contains some compromising letters writ-
ten by the Fraulein's indiscreet sister.

Lord Trevor and his ward. Nan, who are also guests
at a week-end party in the Farlesdale home, suspect Pfaff,
the Austrian general, and his companion, and manage to
frustrate their plans before Mandeville unwittingly betrays
his country.

"OUR MUTUAL GIRL"
Reel No. 9.

In the ninth reel of "Our Mutual Girl" Margaret and
her aunt visit in their motor the hospital for crippled chil-
dren in the Bronx, where they distribute dolls and flowers.

The auto party then is spirited away down to the East
Side, over on First Avenue among the sidewalk vendors
and push carts. Margaret and her aunt distribute dozens
of dolls to the thinly clad children.

Coming uptown again, Margaret and her aunt stop at
the Little Church Around the Corner.

A few minutes later they are caught in a traffic jam at
Forty-second street and Fifth Avenue. Their next stop is
at Hepner's wig shop, where Margaret, following the dic-
tates of fashion, purchases several colored wigs.

A stop is made on the way up Fifth Avenue before the
recently completed Church of St. Thomas, at Fifty-first
street and Fifth Avenue- After admiring the structure
for a few moments Margaret and her aunt enter an im-
pressive apartment house, where Margaret is introduced
to Dorothy Dix, the author and newspaper writer. Miss
Dix presents Margaret with an autographed copy of her
latest book, "Mirandy."

In the evening Margaret attends a performance of "High
Jinks" and much enjoys the antics of Stella Mayhew and
Tom Lewis. That night Margaret dreams that she has
replaced Elaine Hammerstein in the cast of "High Jinks"
and that she and Burrell Barbarctto dance the wriggle-
wraggle number with the chorus.

Sixteen

REEL LIFE

Our Mutual GirV Meets Dorothy Dix

^OOR, little crippled children. They sat
annind, forlorn, on the porch of a hospital
especially provided for them far uptown in
the Bronx, New York City. These were the
little ones whom Margaret, "Our Mutual
Girl," had in mind when she dressed the
many dolls the night before.

So, early in the morning, Margaret and her aunt mo-
tored to the hospital in an auto niled to the dvai\ w.^.h
dollies, flowers and pres-
ents. Arriving at the hos-
pital, she distributed these.
It was truly a good deed
well done. It >ecmed as
though the children, in re-
turn for their i)iiy>ica! han-
dicaps, had received a dou-
ble allowance nf gratitude.
Each little face f a i r 1 y
beameil with ai)prcciatii in
and the little twi-ted

forms watched .\1 arL;;;ret
where\cr she went nu her
messa.ue i if g( » id will.

■'] di iii't think' I w a- e\ er
so hapjiy." >ai(l .Mari^aret
to her aunt a> the ant"
finally sped away, "but I
still liax e m inie nii ire dwU-.
left. rd just li.\e to
di'wn to the I'.a-t Side,
where the real pn.ir ])eij])le
are and gi\ e them awav.""

So the auto s])irited the
party to the Lnwei- I'.a-^t
.Side, wa}' nvcv (in l-"ir-t
AN"enue, where every lan-
guage but hln^li-^li is <pii-
ken, and the ini-~h-cart re-
place s the deiiartnient
store. Although the bin
machine had hard wurk tn
thread its way among the
crowds in the streets, Mar-
garet leaped from the ton-
neau and distributed more

dolls. So touched was siie by the horrible poverty ap-
parent as the poor crowded around her, the majority
thinly clad despite the cold, that she became more prac-
tical and emptied her purse.

Really it was only a drop in the bucket. One little
girl, no matter how kind-hearted, could pot relieve the
sufi^erings of thousands at a stroke. But Margaret did
not know that and her soul was at peace with the world,
as she, her aunt and the footman, started for the more
fashionable part of the metropolis.

But first they stopped at the Little Church Around the
Corner, in Twenty-ninth Street, between Fifth and Madi-
son Avenues, one of the most famous church edifices in
the country because so many celebrities, especially per-
sons from the stage, have been married under its roof.
Continuing uptown, the party passe,d by the famous
Casino theatre, the theatre where the Shuberts present
their most pretentious musical comedies. "High Jinks,"
the current metropolitan success, was emblazoned out-

"Oi/r Mutual Girl'
Norma Phillips, May

side on a l)ig electric sign. Margaret's aunt prLimi>ed that
they would attend that theatre that very evening.

A traltic jam at Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street,
where meet the shuw window of America and one of
the most important crosstown arteries of traffic in New
York, delayed the progress of the party. ]\Iargaret never
knew before that so many ta.xi-cabs could attempt to
crowd a single street and could not but wonder at the
skill and nerve of the traffic policemen.

Colored wigs arc the

latest novelty to receive

--iiciety's sanction, --i i .my
I'Ue can ea'^ily ^ee tliat
Maigaret ami her .luni
wert' pi i'^iti \ ely ci iriipellci
t' I be u]) - 1. 1 - the - -ec. lUil.
This w;is the cau-c •>{ their
-Tup at the e-tal)lishnient
111 II i-] mer, .\nierica'- nv i~r
faninus w ii; - m.aker. ■ Mr
I lepner hini-^elf appeared
when he learned whi, his
\ i--ili irs were a nd aid e li
them in tlic;tr ^eleeii.ai-.
.\l ar'.;ar(.-i .mi! her ,i u n i
•elected se\ eral C ' ' I i i r i d
wig-- Im!" e\ eiiing w e.ir.

Lea\"ing I 1 1 pnei-'-, iliev
aL;ain ~t;ine<l iipl' i\\ ii. ' )ne
ni italile htiildinL; p a - - li
\\a-- the big rhureli i.i St,
T h 1 . ni a - . at t-'iftv-lir-t
."^treet and bii'ih Avenue.
'I he party -~ti 'piied and ad-
mired i!k- lieaiitil'iil eilifK-e
(■ne 1.1 the ^hnw builijin:;-,
' if -\'ew \'iii'lx, w liich I \ erv
.S 11 n d ;i y hmi-es ni a n y
]iriiminent lur-nn-. Then
the autii >tiipped in irnul
III" ;in imi)res>i\e apartment
hiiu>e. Margaret was c in-
ducted inside by her aunt,
all unwitting where she
was going. The two were
ushered into an exquisitely
furnished apartment and a woman with face, kind, yet
knowing and analytical, came forward to greet them.

"Margaret, I want you to know Dorothv Dix," said the
aunt. Margaret was much surprised. She knew well
who Miss Dix was through having read and admired her
many newspaper article.-; and her more important works
"Well, I am very glad to know 'Our Mutual Girl,' said
the famous authoress.

"And I to know YOU," heartily echoed Margaret,
pleasantly surprised to find this keen woman so ap-
proachable. So the two .chatted for several minutes and
Miss Dix presented Margaret with a copy of her latest
book, "Mirandy," fresh from the press.

That evening Margaret's aunt made good her promise
and took "Our Mutual Girl" to "High Jinks" at the
Casino. Margaret enjoyed fat, jolly Stella Mayhew and
Tom Lewis. She readily understood why it was the most
popular show in town.

(The Chape '-oh)

Meets Dorothv Div
m Kelso and Miss Dix

REEL LIFE

Seventeen

H. E. AITKEN

ARRY ELVIN AITKEN, President of
the Mutual Film Corporation, comes ot
vigorous English stock. Joseph Aitken,
a native of England, came to the United
States in 1840. He and his son Elvin
I '^HF^ were representative men of the Jack-
jcJ^^^I sonian epoch, active in the appropriation
and development of the uncultivated
lands of the West — and H. E. Aitken, next in succession,
inherits the same indomitable spirit, applied to the new
industrial conditions in Ainerica. A successful capitalist
in this day of big business operations and militant compe-
tition, the story of his victorious career reads like the
wars of Napoleon.

He was graduated from Carroll College in 1896, and
two years later interested himself in land-selling and
colonization in Wisconsin, his native state. His first
enterprise of special note was as one of the founders of
the Federal Life Insurance Company of Chicago, whose
agent he became in Wisconsin. It was in connection with
land-selling, in 1906, that he first saw the possibilities of
motion pictures as an educator and means of economic
expansion.

He succeeded in interesting the Chicago and North-
western Railway Company in a scheme for promoting the
sale of lands by introducing into theatres, in which motion
pictures were then being shown as a great novelty, slides
picturing the vast tracts of unclaimed farm and timber
country, and the attractions of Western life. Shortly after
— recognizing the tremendous opportunities suggested by
this initial experiment — his attention was absorbed by
the motion-picture industry.

The first move Mr. Aitken made was to open the West-
ern Film Exchange in Milwaukee, which is still pros-
pering. This was before monopolies in the motion-picture
business and the inauguration of trust methods. His ex-
change bought films outright from the manufacturers and
sold them to theatres in the district.

Success was instantaneous. Within two months Mr.
Aitken opened the Western Film Exchange in St. Louis
and another exchange in Joplin, Mo. The established film
centers tried to force him out of business, but he answered
by buying out his strongest opponent, the Crawford Film
Exchange, and another concern owned by George Kleine.
Thus he made himself chief film supply man in his
district.

Mr. Aitken had been in the field three years when the
General Film Company organized. Realizing that his
powerful competitor, advancing upon him out of the East,
would reduce all its rivals to mere appendages if not met
by an equal opposing force, Mr. Aitken set about form-
ing an offensive and defensive alliance with other ex-
change men, consolidating his legions to hold the tesri-
tory as far East as Pittsburg. But the most important
of his allies broke faith with him and sold out, at fabulous
prices, to the enemy. Aitken was- regarded as an insur-
gent, and the General Film Company cut ofif his film
supply at a time when he had three hundred theatres
dependent upon him.

To form a new alliance immediately was the only hope
of preservation. Mr. Aitken ventured to combine with
the association of independent manufacturers known as
the Motion Picture Distributing and Sales Company. He
knew, however, that this connection must needs be but a
temporary expedient — for there were persons prominent

Hairy E. Aiikcw
President, Mutual Film Corporation

in the Sales Company who were plainly antagonistic to
him and his associates. While compromising briefly with
the independents, no time must be lost meanwhile in mak-
ing his position more secure.

Mr. Aitken reached out to get control of other motion-
picture interests. He opened offices in London, New
York and Chicago. He put himself in command of the
entire field, and generalled every move.

He assisted in the formation of the American Film
Manufacturing Company, with offices in Chicago and
studios in Los Angeles. He bought control of the Carlton
Motion Picture Laboratories, making Reliance pictures.
He organized the Majestic Film Manufacturing Com-
pany, and opened a large exchange in New York.

This proved to be an extraordinary act of foresight —
the Sales Company, becoming palpably unfair to the
Aitken interests, which were then in a position to unite
in the formation of a large company with several other
friendly interests. The Sales Company refused to permit
the films of the Majestic Company, controlled by Mr.
Aitken, to be sold through its organization, on the same
basis as the other brands.

{Continued to bottom of page 18)

Eighteen

REEL LIFE

''Our Mutual GirV Greets the Giants

HEN John J. McGraw, and the members of
the White Sox and the Giants baseball teams
came down the gangplank from the Lusi-
tania, they were met by Our Mutual Girl.
She was introduced to the sturdy manager
of the Giants by a "Mutual" friend before the
recording lenses of eight cameras, among
them those of both the "Mutual Weekly"
man, the Reliance studio motion-picture ma-
chine and still kodak.

Mr. McGraw wore a broad smile and his wife a broad
check suit as they came down the gang-plank. John,
who is used to receptions of all kinds by this time, took
Our Mutual Girl by the hand, while she toyed with
his gold-fringed "welcome home" badge. He was much
pleased to see such a pretty maid and didn't miss the
chance to say a few pleasant words in return for all the
complimentary things which she hurled at his iron-gray
head.

And when John had finished teaching her what he
didn't know about the mazes of the tango he introduced
in turn the stars of two hemispheres, Mike Donlin and
Jimmie Britt, the pugilist, included. Jimmy, suave scion
of an illustrious family, removed his derby, lined with
London white silk by the way, and assumed a Battling
Nelson crouch for the motion-picture camera men.

Mike Donlin, he of the histrionic talents, strode to the
center of the stage — we should say pier — and struck an
attitude the while he declamed things which the motion-
picture camera could not quite catch. Our Mutual Girl
listened patiently and smiled her own winsome smile,
while the playful breezes from off the Hudson tossed her
golden curls about her pink cheeks.

Mike then stepped aside and brought up, one by one,
his fellow players. Used to the clicking of cameras on

countless diamonds the ball-players nerved themselves
to the more difficult task of saying pleasant personalities
and merely nothings about everything in general so that
the camera men might have no difficulty in using up fifty
feet of film on each of them.

Manager Callahan of the White Sox and Comiskey,
the owner of the Chicago organization, also greeted the
girl, which fact the cameras of eight motion-picture com-
panies dutifully made note of.

Then along came Larry Doyle, hand in hand with
"Home Run" Daly. Hardly had they exchanged a few
pleasant words with the girl when the insatiate camera-
men shouted for more victims and "Steve" Evans and
Jack J. Gleason, he who staged the Jefifries-Johnson fight,
were brought up for the slaughter.

The Mutual cameramen also filmed the scenes incident
to the homecoming, including the parade of limousines
containing the ball-players up Fourteenth Street with the
"Giants" and "White Sox" pennants flying.

In fact the only thing that the Mutual men didn't get
was the noise of tooting horns and ratch-rattles and the
shouts of the faithful fans who journeyed through the
slush and snow to see McGraw shake hands with Our
Mutual Girl, who came in for a salvo of applause wlien
she left the Cunard pier and stepped into her limousine
with Jack Noble, the Reliance director.

The wives of the ball-players who accompanied them
on the trip around the world seemed to take a fancy to
Our Mutual Girl and many admiring comments were
made upon her gown and wraps which, it was remarked,
were much in advance of anything being shown in the
ateliers of Paris modistes.

The reel showing Our Mutual Girl greeting Manager
McGraw and the ball-players will be released on March
23rd. {The Fan)

H. E. AITKEN

{Continued from page 17)

Mr. Aitken retaliated by suing the Sales Company in
both the Federal and the New York courts, causing its
dissolution. Having won the field, Mr. Aitken organized
the Film Supply Company^ to distribute the entire output
of the Eclair, the Gaumont and the Thanhouser com-
panies, and, at the same time, a body of capitalists, under
the supervision of Mr. Aitken, purchased the successful
Thanhouser Company.

This was the nucleus of the Mutual Film Corporation,
which has gathered strength and expanded rapidly with
Mr. Aitken at its head. With liim are associated some
of the most brilliant minds in Wall Street and some of
the most progressive bankers and business men of the
West.

The Mutual extended its operation into Canada, buymg
control of a large organization there, the Gaumont Com-
pany; then it invaded the West. In 1910 — Mr. Aitken
having already a footing in London— he established what
has become one of the largest fiim-selHng concerns in
Europe. With Roy E. Aitken, a younger l)rother, H. E.
Aitken founded the Western Import Company of Lon-
don, which already has offices in Paris, Vienna and Brus-
sels, as well as in four or five other English cities besides

London. The firm is preparing to equip studios also in
continental Europe for the production of their own
output.

In December, 1913, Mr. Aitken organized the Reliance
Motion Picture Company, taking over the Carlton Motion
Picture Laboratories in Yotikers and New York, and the
Kinemacolor studios in Los Angeles. The Reliance will
keep the Mutual supplied with special dramatic produc-
tions and big news features.

Mr. Aitken is president of the Majestic Motion Picture
Company, and its largest stockholder and controlling fac-
tor. He is also prominent in the New York Motion Pic-
ture Company, a million-dollar corporation, which is a
manufacturing and producing company.

The Mutual Film Corporation controls the distribution
of all films produced at the following studios: Than-
houser and Princess at New Rochelle ; American of
Chic?go; Reliance of Yonkers and New York; the New
York Motion Picture Company, including the Kay Bee
films; Komic and Royal of Yonkers; Keystone of Santa
Barbara, and the Majestic, Broncho, Apollo and Domino
of Los Angeles.

The Biographer.

Twenty

REEL LIF:

Mutual Releases

M O ND AY— American,
Reliance.

Keystone,

Kay-Bee

TUESDAY— Beauty, Thanhouser,
Majestic.

WEDNESDAY— American, Bron-
cho, Komic.

Keystone,
Bee, Princess,

THURSDAY— Domino,
Mutual Weekly.

FRIDAY— Kay
Selected Release.

SATURDAY— Keystone, Reliance,
Royal.

SUNDAY— Apollo, Majestic, Than-
houser.

American

Jan. 17— Unto the Weak

Jan. 26 — A Blowout at Santa Banana (2)

Jan. 29 — No release

Jan. 31 — Calamity Anne In Society

Feb. 2— The Hermit (2)

Feb. S — True Western Hearts

Feb. 7 — No release

Feb. 9— The Lost Treasure (3)

Feb. 12— No release

Feb. 14 — The Money Lender

Feb. 16— The Cricket On the Hearth (2)

Feb. 19 — No release

Feb. 21— The "Pole Lariat" of the "Flying A"

Feb. 23— The Dream Child (2)

Feb. 26 — No release

Feb. 28— The Carbon Copy

Mar. 2 — The Crucible

Mar. 5 — The Pursuer Pursued

Mar. 7— A Child of the Desert

Mar. 9— The Call of the Traumerie (3)

Mar. 13 — A Story of Little Italy

Mar. 16 — A Modern Free Lance (2)

Mar. 18 — The Coming of the Padres

Apollo

Jan. 11-

Tan. 18-
Tan. 25-
Feb. 1-

Feb. 8-

Feb. 15-
Feb. 22-
Mar. 1-

Mar. 8-
Mar. 1.S-
Mar. 22-

-A Swell Dish
Whose Baby Are You?

(Split Reel)

-An Accidental Baby
-It's a Bear I

-The Great Pasadena Rose Tourna-
ment

-One-Round O'Brien in the Ring

Again

-The Black Hand Conspiracy
-Up In the Air Over Sadie
-Village School Days
-Rafferty's Raffle
-Dad's Terrible Match
-A Parcel Post Auto

Beauty

Feb. 11— The Wife

Feb. 18— The Sacrifice

Feb. 25 — The Professor's Awakening

Mar. 4 — Italian Love

Mar. 11 — Closed At Ten

Mar. 16 — The Girl Who Dared

Broncho

Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.

Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.

Jan.
Feb.
Fefc.

Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.

14— The Cure
21 — Conscience

28 — Romance of Sunshine Alley
4— A New England Idyl (2)

11 — Romance of the Sei (2)
18 — Yellow Flame (2)
25— Repaid (2)

4— Mario (2)
11— The Barrier Royal (2)
18 — Adventures of Shorty

Domino

IS— The Primitive Call (3)
22— The Informer (2)
29— Heart of Wsmaa (3)

S — O Mirai San (2)
12— The Mystery Lady (2)
19— The PUy's the Thing (2)
26— The Courtship of O San

5 — Wearine of the Green (2)
12— The Silent Messen(?er (2)
19— The Bells of Austi (2)

Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.

Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.

Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
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Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.

9— The Narcotic Spectre (2)

16 — Circle of Fate (2)

23 — Kentucky Romance
27— Her Brother's Sake
30— Divorce (2)

6 — The Secret Lode
10 — The Colonel's Adopted Daughter
13 — The Arrowmaker's Daughter

17 — No release
20— The Raiders (2)

24 — No release

27— North of 53° (2)
6— The Path of Genius (2)
12— Desert Gold (2)
20— The Trap (2)

Keystone

S — Mabel's Stormy Love Affair

8— The Under Sheriff
12— A Flirt's Mistake

15 — How Motion Pictures Are Made
17 — In the Clutches of the Gang

19 — Too Many Brides

22— Won In a Closet

24 — Rebecca's Wedding Day
26 — Double Crossed
29— Little Billie's Triumph
31 — Mabel's Bare Escape

2 — Making a Living

5— Little Billie's Strategy

7 — Kid Autoraces at Venice

Olive and Their Oil (Split Reel)

9 — Mabel's Strange Predicament
12 — A Robust Romeo

16 — Baffles, Gentleman Burglar (2)
19— A Thief Catcher

21 — Love and Gasoline

23 — Twixt Love and Fire

26 — Little Billie's City Cousin
28 — Between Showers

2 — A Film Johnnie

9 — Tango Tangles
12 — His Favorite Pastime
14 — A Rural Demon
16— His Favorite Pastime

19 — A Rural Demon

20— The Race

Komic

Jan. 15 — Walt's Photograph

The Vapor Bath (Split Reel)

Jan. 22 — What the Burglar Got

The Wild Man From Borneo

(Split Reel)
Jan. 29 — The Physical Culture Bug

The Scheme That Failed
Feb. S — My Wife's Away — The Sleepy Head

(Split Reel)

Feb. 12— That Spring Lock

The Plumber and Percy (Split Reel)
Feb. 19— A Birthday Present

Getting a Suit Pressed (Split Reel)
Mar. 5 — The Imposter
Mar. 12 — The Yegg and the Eggs
Mar. 14 — The Moonshiner's Daughter
Mar. 18 — He Who Laughs Last

Snowball Pete

Majestic

Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Tan.

!an.
an.
Jan.
Jan,
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
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Mar.
Mar.
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Feb.

3 — Educating His Daughters

4 — Mollie and the Oil King

6 — The Ten of Spades

10 — The Sorority Initiation

11— A Ticket to Red Gulch

13 — Take's Hoodoo

17— The Lackey

18— What the Crystal Told

20 — The Ring

24 — The Power of Mind

25— The Thief and the Book (2)
27 — No release

31 — A Riot in Rubeville
1 — The Vengeance of Najerra
3— The Portrait of Anita (2)

7 — No release .

8 — A Turn of the Cards

10 — Just a Song at Twilight

14 — Fate's Decree

15— The Orange Bandit
17— The Clerk

21— The Higher Law
10 — His First Love
15- His Little Pal

22— The Reform Candidate (J)
24 — No release

Feb. 28— The Rival Barbers

Mar. 1 — No release

Mar. 3— The Glory of Whitney Durkel

Mar. 7— The, Rector's Story

Mar. 8— The Stronger Hand (2)

Mar. 10— His First Love

Mar. 15— His Little Pal

Mar. 17 — The Woman Without a Soul

Alar. JJ — Atonement (J)

Mutual Weekly

Nov. 26 — No. 48
Dec 3— No. 49
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9 — A Circumstantial Nurse
16— When the Cat Came Back
23— The Vacant Chair
30— The Purse and the Girl

6 — Where Paths Diverge
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20— All's Well That Ends Well
27— The Hold-Up

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20 — The Grand Passion

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17— The Faith of Her Fathers

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28 — Tricked By a Photograph
31 — Too Proud to Beg

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4 — The Janitor

7— For His Master (2)

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25 — The Musician's Wife

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4 — A Lesson In Bridge

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7 — When Fate Frowns
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11 — Caught In a Web

14— Red The Mediator
16— Our Mutual Girl (No. 9)

20 — Messenger No. 845

21 — The Coming of the Real Prince

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30 — No release

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RAM The Great Leap

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AMERICAN The Turning Point

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RELIANCE Our Mutual Girl (No. 10)

KEYSTONE Across the Hall

Tuesday, March, 24th

THANHOUSER The Miser's Reversion

MAJESTIC They Who Dig Pits

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BEAUTY The Peacock Feather Fan

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Wednesday, March 25th

BRONCHO ^ The Relic

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AMERICAN The Decree of Justice

KOMIC After Her Dough

Thursday, March 26th

DOMINO Not Yet Announced

KEYSTONE Cruel Cruel Love

MUTUAL WEEKLY No. 65

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KAY-BEE The Gringo

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PRINCESS Beautiful Snow

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MAJESTIC The Warning Cry

Saturday, March 28th

RELIANCE The Smugglers of SUgo

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KEYSTONE Not Yet Announced

ROYAL. . .A Mistaken Watch and The Bell-boy's Revenge

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Sunday, March 29th

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APOLLO The Battle of Chili and Bean

THANHOUSER Sorrow Fades

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"A Modern Free Lance (2) MAR. 16

"Cat's Paw (2) MAR. 17

"The Bells of Austi" (2) MAR. 19

"The Trap" (2) MAR. 20

"The Coming of the Real Prince (2). MAR. 21

"Atonement" (2) MAR. 22

"Desert Gold" (2) MAR- 13

"The Silent Messenger" (2) MAR. 12

"The Barrier Royal" (2) MAR. 11

"Kathleen, The Irish Rose" (2) MAR. 10

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"Wearing of the Green" (2) MAR. 5

"Mario" (2) MAR. 4

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"The Dream Child" (2) FEB. 23

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"A Leak in the Foreign Office" (2) . FEB. 17

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"OUR MUTUAL GIRL" DOROTHY DIX

In Chapter IX — Released March 16

Her aunt introduces "Our Mutual Girl" to the famous
authoress

A scene from "High Jinks," the
metropolitan musical comedy hit,
in which "Our Mutual Girl" plays
a leading part in her dream is a
feature of this reel. JNIembers of
the Broadway cast including
Elaine Hammerstein and Burrell
Barbaretto and the beauty choru''-
of sixty, appear in this big en-
semble.

"Messenger
No. 845"

Released Friday, March 20

A heart story of unusual appeal
in which a sister takes up the
work of a messenger boy, donning
male garb to replace her sick
bruthcr. She brings about the
downfall of a gang of jewel
thieves.

"The Coming of the Real Prince"

Two-part feature released Saturday, March 21. Annie dreams she is a modern
Cinderella. She awakes in time to see in her sweetheart the prince of her dreams and
thus disappoints the false prince. An unusual story produced with an exceptionally
competent and pleasing cast.

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TWO PARTS ^

.A PKj^siological Drama oF ihe Underworld

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vfRELBASE MON. MAR. 23, 1914

"A DECREE OF JUSTICE"

Depicting in a Thrilling Drama the
, Undoing of an Unprincipled Culprit

''''^ uthSSrShT Release. Wed, Mar. 25, 1914

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were filmed during the last week in the Reliance studios of
the Mutual Film Corporation, at 29 Union Square West.
Jack Noble, the Reliance director, suggested that the "High
Jinks" song number be used for film purposes and after
several rehearsals without and later with lights both the
"High Jinks" dance and the "wriggle-wraggle" snake
dance, with Norma Phillips, "Our Mutual Girl," in the
"procession" were posed for the camera.

The "legitimate" players had much difficulty keeping
within the lines and Mr. Grady of the Casino and diplomatic
Director Noble devoted much of their time impressing it
upon the players that the "mugging" process required that
they should keep within the focus of the lens. Mr. Barbar-
etto gave the good-sized audience of spectators no little
pleasure by singing the "High Jinks" number in the Casino
key- Representatives of many of the motion picture trade
papers were present.

The show and chorus girls much enjoyed their afternoon
as the guests of "Our Mutual Girl" and many discreet in-
quiries were made regarding the possibilities of motion-
picture work. The "High Jinks" episode will be introduced
into Reel 9 of "Our Mutual Girl" series, which is to be
released on Monday, March 16.

The filming of the "High Jinks" company before a mo-
tion-picture camera marked the first instance where a "legiti-
mate" company of players has been motographed. No
little difficulty was encountered in securing the consent of
the managers of the "High Jinks" company to permit the
players to devote their time to the enterprise. The prin-
cipals of the "High Jinks" company attended more out of
friendship for Miss Phillips than for any remuneration
which might have been attached to the difficult tasks alloted
to them.

Miss Phillips has many friends on the "legitimate" stage
and owing to the fact that the greater mumber of motion-
picture players enrolled under the Mutual guidon are on
the Pacific Coast, she has been compelled to seek profes-
sional companionship among her friends in the Broadway
playhouses. The appearance of the "High Jinks" players
in a reel of "Our Mutual Girl" was appreciated by Miss
Phillips as a delicate personal tribute to her popularity in
"the profession."

While watching the latest release of "Our Mutual Girl"
on the screen in Loew's Herald Square Theatre, John W.
Murray, manager of the New York offices of the Garraway
Company, and Marie Poesner, known to motion-picture
players as Marie Pavis, audibly vented their approval of
the film at one and the same time. That was on Tuesday;
on Wednesday, althoug'h they had met for the first time
only the day before, they were married by the Rev. George
C. Houghton, rector of the Little Church Around the
Corner.

Norma Phillips, who has taken part herself in many ro-
mances of the screen, has written a letter of congratulation
to the happy young couple. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Murray
will deny that their romance was inspired by "Our Mutual
Girl."

The idea that what the public values it will pay for, is
the belief that underlies Miss Anne Morgan's methods in
establishing hotels and self-supporting clubs for working
women and girls, Germany has founded its most recent en-

terprises for the public welfare upon this same principle.
In every large German city there are pubHc amusements
where the prices are so moderate that even the poor people
can see good things. Leipzig had. a municipal theatre twen-
ty-five years ago. And the governments of both Germany
and Austria to-day manage large opera houses, the seats
selling at prices within the reach of everylDody. Why
should not America help its people to the best enjoyment
of their leisure time?

It has been suggested that we have municipal moving
picture shows every night in the halls of our many large
school buildings. And why mot? The idea is not alto-
gether new, nor impractical — as the growth of the social
centre movement is proving. An attractive program, dram-
atic and educational, would draw thousands, and the price
of admission could be kept at the five-cent limit. Free
shows, furnished by the city, would not have the same ef-
fect. The American people resent paternalism. They have
no faith whatever in getting something for nothing.

If you are in a park in a German city on a summer after-
noon, and you stroll near where the band is playing, you
need only summon an attendant and he will bring you, for
a penny, a comfortable chair. You can put it anywhere
you like on th^ lawn. But you are not merely sitting in
a public chair in a public park. You have paid for it.
Though at a minimum cost, it is your own chair.

Working men and women — even the children — in Amer-
ica are independent in spirit, however little they have. If
they value a thing, they expect and prefer to pay for it.
Though the price may be nominal only, the price itself
makes a difference in their self-respect and their apprecia-
tion of the privilege. Why should not the state or the
community co-operate to help the public procure the best
amusements for its leisure time? The municipal moving
picture show is an experiment waiting, right at hand, to be
tried.

Professor Cranz, probably the world's leading expert in
kinematography, has recently submitted to the German
Physical Society a machine which is capable of taking
pictures at the rate of 100,000 a second. Nothing like this
has ever been approached before. The highest speed ma-
chines on the market permit pictures taken at the rate of
5,000 a second.

In one of H. G. Wells' Eutopian novels, published in the
nineties, a man sleeps for a hundred years — and on waking,
finds before him a miniature theatre, in which the action
is reproduced by pictures, with the voices of the actors
mysteriously released at the same time. The book was
published ten years before the vogue of the picture shows,
and another five prior to graphophone experimentation in
connection with them. Mr. Wells' theatre seemed actually
uncanny. Yet, to-day, little more than a decade later, the
EngHsh novelist has entered into a contract ^yith a motion
picture company for the rights to reproduce his stories.

Mr. Wells' earlier books, with their glorification of mod-
ern machinery, suggest striking film dramas. In the novel
above mentioned there is a battle in aeroplanes which
would make a thrilling motion picture.

The Listener,

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REEL LIFE

THE BELLS OE AUSTI

Domino
Two Part
Feature

CAST

Pedro Walter Edwards

By

Richard V. Spencer
and Thomas H. Ince

Don Luis Ray Laidlaw

Chaperon Gertrude Clair

Produced by Walter Edwards

ETWEEN pretty Mercedes, daughter of
the rich Don Rafael, and the gambling
hall run by Pedro, where might be found
the fascinating dancing girl, Paquita,
Jose, the handsome son of the wealthy
plantation owner, Don Luis, scarcely knew
which to choose.
Mercedes was the only
choice which any man in
his right senses could
make, to be sure. Jose
realized that when she was
around. But at other times
distracting thoughts of the
tables covered with the
green cloth, the songs and
the jollity and the bright
eyes and ever welcoming
smile of Paquita would
creep over Jose.

Jose was not a tardy
lover. Mercedes was his
goal in life. So he wooed
Mercedes ardently at every
opportunity, although most
frequently under the eyes
of the old duenna, who fell
asleep as often as possible,
all of which was in strict
accordance with the prece-
dents in dreamy, old Mexico, below the Rio Grande.

The afternoon sun beat down upon the corner of the
whitewashed patio where Jose found his loved one. The
old duenna nodded more and more slowly and then her head
drooped forward. While she slept, the sweethearts stole
around the corner

"Mercedes, I love you," softly breathed Jose.
But Mercedes only drooped her eyes under their long
lashes and fled, provocatively, maiden-like, not so quickly
but that Jose overtook her within a few steps. Just then
the old duenna awoke.

That night, Jose's thoughts and steps again turned to
the gambling hall. There preparations had been made in an-
ticipation of his coming. Pedro and Paquita planned to
ensnare the rich young man. So Jose found it easy to gain
Paquita's smile.

"Softly, my little one," she whispered to the evil-faced
Pedro, who was eager to get his prey to the card table.
"The senor will play cards, all right, and he will lose ; yes,
lose much."

Lose and lose much Jose did. When he arose from the
table Pedro held promissory notes for a considerable sum.
These notes Pedro later took to Don Luis, but he refused
to pay. To the father they were like a blow in the face.
They revealed his son as a gambler. His first thought was
how to curb his son's wayward ways.

The Death of Jose,
"The Bells of Austi,"
John Keller, Clara Williams, Ray Laidlaw, L. A. Emerson — Domino

"A bethrothal to Mercedes, daughter of the good Don
Rafael, that is the very thing," thought the father. So he
arranged a meeting between the parents and the young
folk. Thus confronted, Mercedes could not refuse the man
she loved and Jose was only to happy to see his suit forced
to a successful issue. While Mercedes blushed and Jose
looked supremely happy, the troth of the young couple was

plighted.

Happy was Don Luis
that night, happy in the
consciousness of two good
deeds well done. For he
had just settled the future
of his son, to the entire sat-
isfaction of two Spanish
families, and he had an-
other deed of which to be
proud. For that afternoon
the Padre Cortez had vis-
ited him and told him of
the new mission being built
at Austi.

For this good cause the
venerable priest sought
funds. The new mission
would contain a set of bells
finer and with a tone sweet-
er than any others in the
district- Even then it was
rising under the blows of
the carpenters and the trowels of the masons. The two old
men talked of the future of the mission. Don Luis prom-
ised to contribute his 'share.

When the bethrothal of Mercedes and Jose became known,
Pedro, the gambler, saw his chance to collect the notes.
With hatred written on every line of his face, he rode his
grey horse up to Jose's home.

"I want you to make good on these notes," he stormed,
or ere another sun has set, everybody in the village will
know that you are a gambler and in my debt, and then
what will your fine lady say?"

His sneer on the words "fine lady" made Jose's blood
boil. The young man clenched his fists, but forced them
open again.

"Meet me at ten o'clock this evening and I will pay you,"
he nervously promised.

"All right, but if you fail me, I will have vengeance,"
was the gambler's reply and, drawing a long Mexican knife
from its sheath he flourished it menacingly.

The hours passed slowly for Jose. With knitted^ brow
and trembling fingers he sat • revolving his plight in his
mind. He could see no way out until desperate means sug-
gested themselves to him ad his face cleared. Then the
lines in his face changed and it grew hard and set.

That evening Pedro visited the mansion, straggling moon-
beams played on his sinister features. Jose had not met

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him and Pedro felt a very real satisfaction as he slipi>ed
the blade of his long knife under the window frame and
raised it noiselessly. Inside all was peaceful. Don Luis
was about to retire and was closing his deck. . Pedro heard
the clink of gold as the Don secreted a bag in his desk.

With a yawn Don Luis left . the room. Silently as a
cat Pedro entered. But there was another force without
which he had reckoned — Jose. The son had foreseen Pe-
dro's visit and was ready. As the gambler was trying to
open the lock of the desk Jose slipped out from behind a
curtain and pressed the cold muzzle of a revolver against
Pedro's ribs.

"Now, amigo, the shoe is on the other foot," said Jose,
and he could not restrain the exultant ring in his voice.
"You have, I believe, certain notes in your pocket signed
by me for gambling debts. If you will have the exceeding
graciousness to keep your hands at your sides, I, Jose,
will relieve you of them. Really, it is quite kind of me.
If you continue to carry them they will only make your
pockets bulge out in a most ugly manner."

The veins on Pedro's forehead stood out like whipcords
with rage. The persuasive revolver forced him to drop his
knife. The cards were turning poorly, indeed. He was
forced to stand still while Jose abstracted the notes from
his pocket.

"Now on your way, my Httle pigeon," said Jose. And
the gambler was forced to grit his teeth and leave, un-
gracefully through the window.

Hardly had Pedro jumped on his horse when a shot rang
out inside the house. Don Luis, retiring, had heard the
noise below and had come down to investigate. In the
dim light he did not recognize his son and shot with aim
all too true. Jose fell to the floor and expired almost in-
stantly.

"Myi boy, my boy, speak to me," cried the panic-stricken
father as he realized he had shot his own son. "Perdition,
what is this? My desk opened and my son with notes for
gambling debts on his hands. He must have been robbing
me to pay that miserable scoundrel. Oh, that he should
have come to an end like this !"

The father's grief was complete. He had shot his own
son and had found damning evidence. No course was open
to Don Luis but to believe his son a thief. Circumstances
seemed to prove that Jose had planned to rob his own kin
to pay his gambling debts. A Castillian regards the honor
of his family as a sacred trust, and here it was irreparably
snatched away. The father aged in ten minutes. His grief
was inconsolable. *

The grief of Mercedes was quite as great. Her sweet-
heart was not only dead but dishonored. Round the man
she loved fate would not even permit her to conjure a halo.
Circumstances stamped him as a gambler and a thief. And
he was the man she loved.

Mercedes never appeared quite so beautiful as when, a
few days later, she took the veil. As she entered the con-
vent her spirituelle features were transformed. Slowly she
entered the convent and the door closed behind her on the
world outside. Her heart had been buffeted and broken by
■outside forces over which she had no control. The proud
Spanish girl was all too glad to absorb the restful, calm
atmosphere of the convent. The world with its broils, trou-
bles, plots and counter-plots seemed very distant. Her soul
was tranquil in the new-found haven.

It was a villainous looking bunch of outlaws that gathered
a few days later on the outskirts of the town. At their head
was Pedro, the former gambler, still making his living by
means outside the law. As his companion in crime, Paquita
helped rule the crew. It had become necessary for the
stormy petrels of crime to quit the town. Jose's death, they
feared would bring down a hornet's nest around their shoul-

ders. It was certain that the fiery Don Luis regarded them
as accessories to the death and disgrace of his son. Just what
he might do, they did not know, but his anger boded no good.
Further, it was Spring. The scent of the flowers was
abroad and the pure country air, vivifying. It was pleasant
to recline by the wayside while the smoke from the fires
curled lazily upward.

The outlaws were cooking dinner. The odor from meat,
slowly charring on the spits, was sweet in their nostrils
when one of their number approached.

"A caravan is on its way past here bearing rich furnish-
ings for the new mission," said he, as he dismounted, "even
now it may be seen on the horizon coming over the crest
of yonder hill."

"Eagerly the outlaws rushed to the task. Like wolves-
on sheep they descended upon the unarmed priests. No
mercy was shown. In the twinkling of an eye the scene was
changed from a pleasant pastoral view with the priests slowly
walking by the burros, with well-filled pack saddles, while
chants sounded in the air to a shambles, while cries for mercy
and oaths mingled. Within almost the twinkling of an eye
the robbers had looted the train and were off with the
spoils. The assault was a double pleasure for the outlaws.
Pillage seemed twice as enjoyable to them when they were
able to rob and murder defenseless priests. They went to
their task with an earnestness worthy of better things. But
one priest escaped. He made his way to the mission and
told the Padre of the fate of his companions.

In the far-off fields the peasants were working. At six
o'clock the priests tolled the bells as usual. Their figures,
silhouetted against the evening sky, made a beautiful p'V-
ture as with deliberate stroke the priests rang the chimes.
Equally beautiful was the sight in the fields as the peasants
stood with heads bared while the angelus sounded.

But on this night hardly had the silver tones died away
when the bells started a loud clangor, the alarm signal.
Rushing to the mission, the peasants were told of the ban-
dits' attack and, with Don Luis at their head, set out after
the outlaws.

This time the fighting was more fast and furious. The
crack of rifles echoed and echoed until the scene shifted to
hand-to-hand fighting. The strength of the avenger's was
as the strength of ten. Don Luis took a grim pleasure in
feeling that the onslaught avenged, in some measure, the
death of his son. He himself was in the forefront all the
time. No hint of mercy dropped from the lips of the stern
old warrior. His comrades, imbued with his spirit, fought
with corresponding valor. The bandits were captured and
Pedro, the leader, mortally wounded.

About to die, Pedro asked that Don Luis and Mercedes
be summoned to hear a confession.

The note from the outside world made Mercedes tremble
as it reached her in the calm recesses of the convent. But
she answered its call.

Propped up on a rough bed and with Mercedes and Don
Luis present, the bandit made his peace with the world.

"I came to the house of Jose to rob," he faltered.
"Jose took away from me the notes I fraudulently obtained.
Then he was shot by mistake. Poor Jose. He was entirely
innocent. He did no wrong. I am saying this that I may
die in peace, for I believe in a hereafter."

The words choked in his mouth. They grew more and
more inarticulate. Then they ceased and the spirit passed.

Thus was the name of Jose cleared. And to Mercedes,
safe in her convent again, the bells of Austi rang joyous as
she heard the strain wafted across the fields :
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee."

The Tale-Teller.

REEL LIFE

The Cutting of a Moving Picture

F all the things about moving pictures of
which the uninititiated know nothing, there
is one concerning which their ignorance
amounts to less than nothing. It is the
cutting of a picture. The idea prevails
among the patrons of pictures that the
camera takes just what they pay to see on
the screen; but no idea was ever further

from the truth.

The equipment with which the director begins to "shoot"
is almost as elaborate as the paraphernalia of a general
entering battle. Atid the engagement is not so very dif-
ferent from a tug-of-war.

There's the camera and the man who operates it. There's
the assistant with the slate on which the number of each
scene is registered. He's very much in the picture though
the public never sees him. Usually he is more or less a
handy man, ofificiating with the "props" when he isn't slate-
swinging. His facetious little ways, as he poses while the
camera-man "cranks" the number of the scenes on the slate
which he holds against his breast and beneath his humorous
face, all get their picture taken.

And, of course, they all appear to more or less advantage
on the screen when the picture has its first run in the dark-
ness- and seclusion of the projection room. It adds a pe-
culiarly racy flavor to a gold-and-satin drawing-room set
to see this useful member of the corps smiling a smirched
smile above his slate while his arms are guiltless of any-
thing but shirtsleeves ; and his trousers are noticeably minus
the small and subtle touches of the tailor.

He isn't always left in for the first run. Indeed, where
there are no disquieting doubts of the film, whether it is
satisfactory or not for use in the picture, he is cut out. But
there are gaping moments, filled with furniture only, be-
fore the leading lady trips in ; or the villian creeps cautiously
across the threshold.

Two to half-a-dozen 'takes' of the same scene may drag
confusingly before the eyes of the editor. The best of these
must be selected. One is bad because the villian ran cmt
the wrong door. Another is bad because the camera-man
ran out of film. And, in the dimness of the room, a bluish
tint colors the dusk as the director, miserably conscious
of what he had meant to do and didn't, makes- 'a goat' of the
careless camera-man and lassoes him with language be-
cause he hadn't sense enough to load his 'gun' before he
'shot' the scene.

It might interest the ignorant uninititiated to know that
the director has 'some job.' He doesn't take the picture as
it finally runs on the screen. No indeed ! He takes a group
of 'exteriors,' then a bunch of 'interiors,' then he works off
a few 'fade-ins' and 'dissolves.'

When all his negative has been carefully released in the
mysterious 'dark-room' from its place in the 'retorts,' it is
secreted, as carefully as a hen hides her nest, in tin cans-.
These carry it to the developing-room where the negative
is developed — still in this creepy darkness that makes the
business of motion pictures seem even more nearly criminal
than it sometimes is with its crooks and prisons — then the
prints are made, long rolls of inch-wide film crowded full
of little pictures, sixteen to the incih. Into the assembler's
hands, these rolls are committed to be put together as nearly
in sequence as possible. The numbers on the slate are the
guides.

The first run of the picture with its excess length of
from fifty to five hundred feet — depending on the director
and the economical ideas of the firm that hires him — is as
exciting as an amateur horse-race. And it seems about
as hard to get anywhere at first. A grave-stone shows
wanly through the midst of a fade-in. A solemn little
figure crouches beside the grave it ornaments. She rises
and walks away weeping and wringing her hand.

Bing! She comes dancing the simple steps of the Tango
back to the nice hand-made grave. That means that the
director has uttered the command to 'retake ;' and she is
going back to first position. Of course, a good camera-
man stops cranking; but all camera-men are not as busy
saving 'footage' on the film as their employers might wish.
Consequently a lot of funny things that never reach the
public are seen by the editors who get the picture into shape.

It might interest the public to know that the little monkey
which poised so tragically near the edge of the table in the
Doctor's study really did fall off with a sounding bump.
The editors 'cut-out' the bump — an operation which did
not require the services of a hospital corps and cost only
about 50 cents — the price of the film sacrificed. Questioned,
the editor might have acknowledged that the bump was
more exciting than the Doctor who took himself so seriously
in the picture. But it wasn't a part of the story; and it had
to be omitted.

It is indeed funny when a 'grand-dame' in magnificent
robes sails majestically down the marble stairs, then gets
the order to right-about-face. The way she 'shins' up the
stairs with a generous display of — well, what she's shinning
with — is worth seeing. Poor public ! What you do miss !

But there are compensations. It gets awfully monotonous
for the editor who sits and watches the retake of a scene
half-a-dozen times, all because the candle in the beer-bottle
wouldn't blow out in the manufactured gust of wind which
was keeping three men busy behind the scenes. It's ex-
asperating, too, to have the love-scenes come to a place
where the heroine opens her mouth to say — "I love you ;"
and the camera-man stops cranking with the gaping mouth
sadly and inefficiently impressing the eye of the beholder.

If Cupid had not established his power before the day
of motion pictures, it's a sure thing that he would be just
naturally excavated, curls and bow, plump cheeks and rog-
uish eye, from the dominion he controls. Almost any editor
of motion pictures could survive a diet of debilitated clams
with more poise and pleasure than he views the osculations
and sheep's-eye of the lovers.

As the picture draws to a close, he begins to say in his
mind if he doesn't articulate it. Lover's arms reach crav-
ingly — loveress looks down — he comes nigher — she looks
higher — ^lashed together with the same old lingering look
that ought to be extracted by the roots, they approach.
Then — they kiss.

But by that time the editor has taken the scene for
granted and is busy under the low light above his desk,
computing the number of inches that can be cut off the
embrace to save film and feelings. No wonder the Censors
have a rule — 'No prolonged embraces allowed!"

It's a bloomin' shame that it isn't shot directly into the
director so he will wake up from his antedeluvian ideas of
love-making. Don't directors ever make real love them-
selves that they try to pass off such a bad imitation on the
screen ? Who knows ?

The Picture Editorj

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SCENES FROM THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS ON THE SCREEN

H. De Jonge and Lila Chester
"The Eugenic Boy" — Thanhouser
"Messenger No. 84s" — Reliance

Betty Berthalon and Mary Boser
"A Woman Without a Soul" — Majestic

Harry Pollard and Margarita Fischer
"The Peacock Feather Fan" — Beauty
D'. Gilfeather, Wm. Garwood and Clara Byers
"A Woman Without a Soul" — Majestic

J'ivian Rich and Sydney Ayres
"The Turning Point" — American
George Weiseman and lames Cruse
"The Cafs Paw" — Thanhouser

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The Practical Side of Pictures

XHIBITORS have taken kindly to a device
known as the "Quick Change Board,"
which has been instahed at the change
windows of all the Hudson and Manhattan
Railroad stations in New York and at the
ticket windows of the Chicago Elevated
Railway stations.

The change board consists of a sheet of
lens mirror glass with a corrugated under-surface which is
virtually unbreakable. Three cup-like depressions on the
patron's end of the board enable him to remove his change
into the palm of his hand with one movement.

The inventors claim for the board that it greatly facili-
tates the handling of change and enables three patrons to
receive their tickets and money at the ticket seller's window
at the same time without confusion. Patrons of motion-
picture theatres where the device has been installed appre-
ciate the convenience of scooping up their change instead
of being compelled, as was formerly the case, to use their
finsrer nails on a flat surface.

Although much has been printed about the stereoscopic
motion pictures which are being exhibited at the Scala Thea-
tre in London, the full details regarding the manner in
which the illusion is created so far have not been made
public.

It is known that powerful arc hghts used in conjunction
with well-known optical laws contribute to the effect- 'A
synchronized phonographic attachment enables the spectator
almost to convince himself that he is attending a real flesh-
and-blood performance.

The light
effects are
such that the
figures appear
to move about
as if in real
life, the screen
upon which
they are pro-
jected being
entirely invis-
ible. The il-
1 u s i 0 n has
some of the
c h a r a c-
teristics of
the phanto-
scope and at
times the play-
ers have a
ghost-like ap-
pearance
which is par-
ticularly ef-
■ fective in cer-
tain sorts of
plays.

About the first type of motion-picture projection machine
was the so-called "spool-bank," which was used until about
1898. In this machine the film was threaded over a series
of spools contained in a box located back of the lamphouse.
It passed over the lamphouse to the head of the machine,
then through the head, down past the projection aperture

One of the Earlier Simplex Models

and back to the "spool-ibank." The length of the film was
about seventy-five feet and the ends were joined together,
forming an endless belt of film. In 1900 much longer films
began to be used, which necessitated a change of method in
handling them at the machine head. A film was wound on
a reel which was carried on a bracket clamped to the top
of the machine head. As it was run through the machine,
it was allowed to pile on the floor, and, after projection,
was wound back throuoh the machine head on the feed reel

First Nicholas Power Cameragraph

by a winding crank attachment. This method was contin-
ued until about 1904, when a take-up device was patented
and generally adopted.

Preparations for the Moving Picture Exposition to be
held at Grand Central Palace from June 8 to June 13 are
being hurried forward. Arrangements have been made with
E. Glantzberg, of the Typhoon Fan Company, by which he
has agreed to cool all the model theatre, studios and other
parts of the Exhibition Hall by means of the Typhoon fan-
The JohnS'-Manville Company have applied for space to
exhibit their asbestos booths. Mr. McLean of the Johns-
Manville Company spent some time with officers of the ex-
position this week discussing the extensive exhibit which
he plans to install.

Motion picture films are made of thin ribbons of trans-
parent pyroxylin plastic, a nitrocellulose of low nitration
made by the chemical action of nitric acid upon some form
of cellulose, chiefly cotton. In order to project a picture on
a screen at a distance of one hundred feet or more and mag-
nify it to one hundred and ninety-two times its own size it
is necessary to concentrate upon the small picture in the
film a powerful concentrated light. The period of rest of
each picture on the film over the light-ray aperture must be
as long as possible, and the time of travel of each picture as
quick'as possible. The period of rest is six times that of
the travel of the film in the latest projection machines.

The Operator.

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George Washington's

Continental Army was Victorious

SO IS

OUR CONTINENTAL ARMY

We Invaded BROADWAY, and Won

"The Great Leap"

Is now running at theLARGEST theatre show-
ing moving pictures, The New York Theatre.

Another Broadway House

Weber's Theatre, is showing NOTHING BUT
Continental Features.

If they WIN on BROADWAY they will win
anywhere.

Put the Continental Army on the Firing Line

They will win for you

YOU STAND BACK AND REAP THE PROFITS

the exceptional value of what we have to offer. oeiieve m

"The Battle of Gettysburg"
"Joseph in the Land of Egypt"
"The Great Leap"
"Sapho"
"Robin Hood"
"Frou Frou"
"Legend of Provence"
"ZuZu, the Band Leader"

See this Army Grow

Continental Feature Film Corporation

29 Union Square West, New York Or Any Mutual Exchange

"IVIoths"
"Ruy Bias"

"Seeing South America with Col. Roosevelt"

"I mar, the Servitor"

"Cardinal Richelieu's Ward"

"The Escape"

"The Floor Above"

"The Wrath of the Gods"

COMPETITOR PRAISES

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CHICAGO NEW YORK

December 15th., 1913.

Mr. B. F. Porter,
Ho. 1465 BroQdway^
Hew York City.

Bear Sir:

I hand you herewith oar order for one (1)
Simplex projecting maohine for immediate delivery.
I have made a close investigation of every machine in
the market and am convinced that the Simplex machine
is made on honor; end shows the result of a con-
scientious effort to make the test intermittent machine
possible .

We are going to show it alongside the
VanosGope optical projector, to demonstrate the con-
trast "between intermittent and non-intermittent pro-
jeotion, so that no one can say that we have not
selected a high grade, up-to-date machine as a com-
parison.

Very truly yours.

The honest conviction of this experienced man who has made a
deep studyrof motion picture projection, is of great value.

The prospective purchaser will do well to be guided in his
selection, by this authority concerning this

PEERLESS PROJECTOR

Made and Guaranteed by

PRECISION MACHINE COMPANY

'°w!fh f'Lu 0.51;'°^"' 317 East 34th St., New York'

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