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- Sherlock Holmes is in make-up a lifelike presentment of Conan Doyle's famous character. A Count, who feels that his end is near, makes a will in favor of his wife, and it is deposited in a safe. The noted criminal, "Dr." Morse, is masquerading as the Count's medical attendant, and determines to get possession of the will. He therefore takes a wax impression of the keyhole of the safe, sending the skeleton key to a woman accomplice who is nursing the Count. When the Count's death occurs, the nurse quickly secures the will and hands it to "Dr." Morse when he arrives in response to an urgent message. The loss of the will is soon discovered, and Sherlock Holmes is consulted. He observes an emissary of "Dr." Morse's outside his chambers, so gets a friend to go out dressed as himself (Holmes), thus throwing the watcher off the scent. The Countess meanwhile drives away in her carriage; she is pursued in a motor car by Morse and his confederates, captured after a valiant defense by her coachman, and taken to a lonely cottage. Here she is bound and placed in charge of a horrible little hunchback, whom Morse tells to kill her on the stroke of midnight unless other instructions are received. Then Morse goes to Sherlock Holmes' chambers, and makes a forcible entry. Holmes is there and holds him up. Morse laughs, and says if he is not back at the cottage in half an hour, the Countess will be killed. So Holmes lets him go, and accompanies him. A trap to kill him fails, and the Countess is saved from death. Morse escapes by throwing pepper in two police constables' eyes, but is captured eventually, through going out of bravado to Holmes' rooms.
- An elderly lady and her daughter purchase a beautiful dog, but the master of the house does not take kindly to the canine and resolves to get rid of it He hires a tramp to steal the dog and when the ladies are looking at the millinery in a shop window the man cuts the leash and makes off with the pet. On discovering the loss of the woman faint, and when they reach home hubby feigns great sorrow. The next day they advertise their loss in the newspapers, however, and one of those to read the notice is the man who had been paid to steal it. Seeing a chance to make some more money, he goes to the house and the joyful ladies cheerfully pay him the reward and reclaim their pet. The husband, entering the room, is dumbfounded when he sees the animal, but he dare not show his anger, so pretends to be overjoyed. At the same time he watches the man who had played him double, and when that individual departs he follows him and gives him a severe thrashing. Then, as if to satisfy with a vengeance, he lets an army of reward seekers into the room, and the women faint again at the sight of scores of yelping mongrels of all shapes and sizes.
- The plot of the story has to do with rivals for the hand of a beautiful Japanese girl, who shows her preference for one. There is a combat between the two, and the favored lover is victorious. The happy couple then continue on their little picnic in the woods, which had been interrupted by the rejected suitor. Leaving their lunch at a certain beautiful rock where they had been resting, the two happy lovers climb up a small hillside to secure some particularly beautiful flowers, which caught the little lady's fancy. The villain, who had been following, discovered the lunch, and taking up the cup from which he knew his rival would drink, he killed a poisonous spider and crushed it into the cup, pouring the poison then into the bottle of wine. The lovers return, and the favored suitor drinks from the poisoned bottle and is overcome. The villain comes in to gloat over his dying rival and another fight ensues, but the poisoned man has not strength to withstand his enemy. Seeing the death of her lover, the girl secures his dagger and stabs the murderer in the back, and then kills herself.
- A highly entertaining series of views, beautifully hand colored, depicting magical qualities of exceptional merit. The dice enlarge and open up as huge boxes, from the depths of which there appear the handsome figures of lady dancers clad in exquisite costumes. Will be certain to retain the rapt attention of the entire audience.
- We have produced in remarkably clear detail every stage in the development of a fly, following which we have shown the terrible unsanitary conditions prevailing in a large city. For example, scenes showing garbage by the ton either lying or being dumped into the streets; women nursing babies practically on top of garbage heaps; children wallowing in prevailing squalor, and so forth. In the same connection we have produced a series of interesting scenes showing our dangerous and horribly unsanitary neighbor, the push cart peddler, and with flies swarming about his products which rapidly decompose by the fierce heat of the sun.
- A ghost story in which the prospective son-in-law agrees to stay in the haunted house. The girl's father plays ghost, but the tables are turned on him in an amusing manner.
- In this screaming comic is shown the amount of mischief that can be accomplished by one small boy. A lady and gentlemen are packing their trunk; they leave the room for a moment and during their absence the mischief-maker enters with a hammer and nails and fastens the bottom of the trunk securely to the floor, then awaits developments in the hallway. The couple returns in a few moments and finishes packing the trunk, locks if and sends for the expressman. He arrives quickly, endeavors to lift the trunk, but fails, and calls for help, and the combined strength of he and his assistant fails to budge it from the floor. Father enters, laughs derisively at their efforts and takes hold himself. It resists his strength and he finally gives a terrific yank and the top of the trunk separates from the bottom, and all hands, are precipitated into a heap on the floor. The boy has watched all this from the hallway and is convulsed with laughter. He now goes into the parlor, fills the horn of the phonograph with flour, attaches a bellows to the other end and hides under the table. Visitors soon arrive and his parents exhibit the new instrument. A record is put on, the music starts, and while the visitors are crowding around the horn, the boy gets busy at the other end. All hands are covered with flour. While search is being made for him, the boy rushes into the hallway, secures a rope and ties the ends to the doorknobs of the opposite rooms, then pounds the door of each room. The occupants endeavor to open their doors and become angered when unable to do so, and, having worked up sufficient excitement, the joker cuts the rope in the middle and the people of both rooms fall all over one another. Father and mother are seated at a table in the evening: the wife finishes writing a letter, puts on her bonnet and goes but to mail it. The old gent thinks this a great chance to sneak a drink, so leaves the house quietly. The boy finds two half-length charcoal sketches, cuts them out at the outline and fastens them to a small stick. He then pulls down the shade and gives a very novel shadowgraph exhibition on the curtain. His mother returns home first, sees the shadows on the curtain, starts at the sight and rushes angrily into the room. She finds the boy busily engaged and laughs at his good joke. From the opposite direction father comes home, sees the same shadows, jumps over the fence in a rage, vaults the porch, prepared to do serious damage. He rushes in, ready to almost murder his wife, to discover the joke on himself, grabs the perpetrator in his arms and all join in a hearty laugh.
- An old maid lovingly feeding her pet dog is disturbed by the entrance of the postman, who hands her a registered letter. After having read the contents of the missive the old dame astonishes the letter-carrier, waiting for his tip, by throwing herself on his neck and telling him between showers of kisses, that her only relation having just died, she is left sole heir to his fortune, which is immense. The next scene shows us madam and her dog at the lawyer's office and quite gratified by the marked attention paid to her, as well as to her ordinarily much disliked dog, by all the male representatives of the room, including the boss. She receives her money and departs. The lawyer, however, a stout old gentleman, rushes out after her, and arrives in the old maid's den puffed out but full of courage, for after a few comic efforts to be graceful, he flops on his knees before lady and dog and discloses his burning passion for both. He is evidently a very ardent lover for in the next picture we see him coming out of the church arm in arm with the one he saw but a few days previously for the first time. But the charm his new home had for him does not seem to have lasted very long, for we see him in the next scene getting royally drunk with some friends at the café from which he returns at a late hour, furious at having been laughed at for marrying an old maid. He enters his home in a towering rage, frightens his better half and her dog out of the room, and after smashing all that comes within reach of his stick, departs with the money bag. The last scene shows us the eight days' heiress back in her old quarters, crying bitterly over the loss of her money but consoled at the thought that, after all, things might have been a great deal worse, if, instead of her husband, her pet dog had forsaken her.
- A mechanic has invented a marvelous machine, and he most eagerly shows the plans to his wife, while they enthusiastically plan their daughter's future. He finally interests an important manufacturer, who promises to have the plans patented jointly. The manufacturer realizes how great the plans are, and decides to have patent made out in his name only, realizing, however, that he must take the inventor in the business until a favorable opportunity comes to dismiss him. Later, the inventor demands his share of the profits and is coldly rebuked. The inventor threatens and the scoundrel ejects him from the place. Without work and no money, the inventor visits his fellow-workmen and explains the situation to them. They immediately rush to the manufacturer and demand justice. The villain is too frightened to comply at once, and the mechanics, misunderstanding his silence, proceed to use violence. The stupefied inventor finally realizes his mistake, and bravely defends the manufacturer. His noble act is so much appreciated that it awakens a feeling of remorse in his partner, and he humbly makes amends by reinstating the inventor, sharing equally the profits from the invention.
- A mother and child live alone except for a big St. Bernard dog. One day the little girl dies and both mother and the little girl's playfellow, Don, seem grief-stricken. Later, in order to pay the rent, Don is sold, but is not happy in his new home, and day by day carries flowers in his mouth to the grave of his former little mistress, where he is finally found by his former owner's mother and they are never parted again.
- Lieutenant Mordaunt and his little sweetheart, Yum Yum, has many pleasant hours in the land of the Rising Sun. So winning are the ways of the little Japanese maiden, that Jack Tar falls very, very deeply in love with her. When love enters all else is forgotten, and thus, when the time for the departure of the fleet arrives, the lieutenant awakens to find that it was all a dream, and that it is now time to be up and doing and leave his little sweetheart behind him. The fleet returns to port, and Mordaunt goes home to his people. Staying at the house are three of his cousins, who greet him boisterously, for being female cousins, they look forward to jolly times with the breezy sailor. Mordaunt's thoughts still turn to the land of the Rising Sun and to his little sweetheart far across the ocean. To their great disappointment, the cousins find a great change in their once cheerful playmate. In place of the breezy sailor man is a poor love-sick swain, who can do naught else but sigh the hours away. The girls find the source of the trouble in the shape of a half-finished letter to Japan, and they decide to have some fun. Arraying themselves in Japanese clothes, they annoy their cousin considerably by appearing before him in the garb he loves so well, only to disappear again into a thicket or behind a tree. Finally, the tormentors are surprised to see their big, manly cousin burst into tears. From that moment Mordaunt becomes more and more melancholy, and in fact, his parents begin to entertain grave fears as to his health. Meanwhile the little Japanese girl beyond the seas has not remained idle. With the energy and enterprise of her race, she has decided to follow her lover beyond the seas. After a long and weary voyage, the little Japanese maiden arrives in Europe. Having carefully rehearsed her part beforehand, the winsome Yum Yum finds little difficulty in finding her way to her lover, who is, by this time desperately ill. At first Mordaunt does not recognize Yum Yum, on account of her European dress, which becomes her so well, but when she again dons the kimono and flaunts again her dainty fan, the lieutenant recognizes her, and all their troubles are forgotten.
- Tweedledum stands to inherit a fortune, but only if he can prove he's settled down and married. He tries to pass off his friend's wife as his own.
- The scene opens in Japan, and in a number of wonderfully beautiful scenic settings the young love of Masao and the lovely Hisa are shown. Sweethearts from childhood, the two decide to marry, just before Masao goes away to study in America. Masao is very ambitious and makes a very great success at the University of California, taking many prizes for his athletic prowess, and becoming the favorite of both faculty and students. He is seen winning running and swimming races. The picture takes us back to his beloved Hisa, who is very lonely, and her grief is added to by the death of her father. As he is passing away he administers to her "Katano," or the oath of the sword, which means that in case she commits sin, she is bound by honor to commit hara-kiri, killing herself with the sacred family sword. She is left with her mother and brother. Then the film shows more triumphs of Masao at the University, and a letter from him telling of his love for Hisa. At a reception on the University field day he meets Captain Doane and his wife. Next we see Capt. Doane boarding his ship and going out through the Golden Gate. The ship is wrecked by a typhoon near the Japanese shore, and Doane, almost dead, is rescued from the water by Hisa and her brother. He is taken to Hisa's house, and when he is convalescent a love springs up between them, Hisa forgetting Masao completely. Misa's brother does not approve of the new love, but is powerless to prevent it, and we see Hisa married to Doane, who decides to forget his wife at home and take a new name. He establishes himself, and in another year is in control of the local fishing industry. Next we see Masao, after his four years' course, taking leave at college. He comes home, and not knowing Hisa is married, goes to her house. He finds her with a baby, and is astonished. Just then Doane comes in, and Masao recognizes and denounces him. Doane flees. Masao follows, and after a hard fight kills him. When Masao returns to Hisa's house he finds that she has kept the oath of the sword, and killed herself for the sin of her unfaithfulness.
- This is the story of the most remarkable case of mistaken identity and the most terrible miscarriage of justice ever written in the judicial annals of the world. Roussel, a wealthy merchant, has the misfortune to have in Gasnier, a bandit, a double; the resemblance between them being remarkable. On the 27th of May, 1795, Roussel visits his father's little inn on the road to Orleans. At 7 P.M. he returned to Paris. At 11 P.M. the same night Gasnier and three companions, Nicolet, Champion and Minot, rob the Orleans coach, carrying $375,000 for General Bonaparte's army. Later Roussel is shot by Gasnier, who thinks the would-be assassin is his son. Roussel, the merchant, is arrested, tried and convicted. His future son-in-law tries desperately to prove Roussel innocent, but is thwarted at every turn by Gasnier and Roussel is finally executed. At the moment of his execution Judge Lebas discovers the real criminal and realizes an innocent man has gone to his death.
- Music lovers will enjoy seeing this beautiful picture showing the great master "in his habit as he lived," and following his footsteps on the night when, moved by pity, he was inspired to compose, for a poor blind girl, his immortal "Moonlight Sonata." Wandering one evening, alone, through the streets, his attention was attracted by the notes of one of his own compositions, rendered in a masterly manner, and, upon inquiry, he found that the player was a poor blind girl. Entering the humble home, he found the beautiful musician, the devoted sister of a loving brother, he a mender of shoes, she a pianist, both well-bred, refined and of lofty ideals. Without revealing himself, Beethoven, learning from the fair musician's lips that she was an ardent admirer of his music, moved by the environment and charm of the evening, sat down at the piano and improvised. The beauty of the night, the moonlight, the breathless attention of his hearers, his sympathy, all combined to inspire a masterpiece which thousands have enjoyed since that fateful evening when an accidental turn brought to life the "Moonlight Sonata."
- Was Judas willing to betray the Master because he believed that Christ could and would deliver Himself from His captors? There are many students of the Bible who contend so and who say that Judas was not wholly bad at heart. The important point is that Jesus of Nazareth would not and did not save Himself from death by a violation of natural laws. For months Christ had been preaching to the multitudes, healing their afflictions and gaining converts to His cause. One after another, His disciples had been chosen until there were twelve, including the traitor, Judas Iscariot. Barabbas was arrested for the murder of Gabrias, who sneered at Judith whom Barabbaa loved. He was imprisoned by Pilate at the command of Caiaphas, who also loved Judith. Later Judith, to satisfy her lover Caiaphas, persuaded Judas to betray the Master. Pilate washed his hands of the affair and Christ was crucified. The people cried aloud for the release of Barabbas, and Pilate obeyed and set him free, Barabbas, having looked upon the face of the Master, was shaken with fear. With Judith, he went to the hill and beheld the sign of the Cross in the heavens. Judas, the traitor, hanged himself. When Judith viewed his body she became insane from grief and terror. Seeking out her lover, Caiaphas, she stabbed him and then turned the dagger upon herself.
- Paul and Jeanne are devoted lovers and meet on the balcony of their homes, which are side by side. The affair does not meet with the approval of Jeanne's papa, a retired colonel, who drags his daughter from the balcony. Balked of a personal meeting with his divinity, the young man tries to convey a note to her, and drops it, as he imagines, in her shoe. Unluckily the note falls into the colonel's boot by mistake, and the latter is amazed by the sudden affection of his daughter, who tries to persuade him not to go out. He insists, and accompanied by the girl, ventures into the street. The lover's efforts are now all directed towards getting hold of the boot with its incriminating contents. He bribes a water cart driver to pour a flood over the old man's foot. The latter refuses to take off his boot, and so, disguised as a bootblack, he attempts to get the boot off, only to have his face blackened. Success is secured with the aid of two friends, who, disguised as Apaches, seize the colonel and take the boot off by force. The young man rushing up in the guise of a rescuer receives the old man's hearty thanks and the hand of his daughter.
- Hogan's was the popular boarding-house. There was a reason, "skirts." So poor old Riley, of the rival house next door, was put back with the street gang by his relentless wife. Two fair, stranded vaudevillians were Riley's inspiration. Decked in their finest, they sat in front of the Riley boarding house. "One month in advance, boys," said Riley, and it was old Hogan next door who took to the shovel.
- Yvette, the popular favorite of the Italian Opera Company, is in the opening scene of this picture singing Gluck's "Orpheus" when she is suddenly seized with illness, which causes her to fall prostrate on the floor and the audience is completely grief stricken. Some of the more thoughtful ones, however, rushed to her assistance, among whom were the first violinist and the Marquis of Montreville, both of whom prove to be madly infatuated with the cantatrice. The Marquis, realizing the extent of the singer's illness, offers his country estate at the seaside and, inasmuch as her physicians prescribe absolute rest and change of atmosphere, Yvette gladly accepts. During her absence from the opera the first violinist found life quite intolerable. Desiring to see her, he pays a visit to the country estate of the Marquis, only to be refused admission at the door. As a retort to this insult the musician proposes a duel with the Marquis, who, believing it an opportunity to rid himself of the rivalry of the fellow for the hand of Yvette, gladly takes him up. The duel takes place in the courtyard of the estate and results in the death of the violinist. Shortly before his end, however, the latter picks up his violin and draws out the desolate, mournful strains of the opera "Orpheus." The sickly Yvette from her window recognizes the tune and, seating herself alongside of the casement, looks out only to recognize that her musician admirer has been mortally wounded. Yvette passes away in the arms of the Marquis, who has come to claim her as his bride.
- Kelly loved his sweetheart and the girl loved Kelly, but her father wouldn't consent to his daughter marrying a namby-pamby sort of gentleman. He was a veteran and his son-in-law must bear the scars of battle and have trophies galore. Kelly went to enlist, but the army didn't want him. Undaunted, he went to a collector of war junk and he bought enough equipment to outfit a whole battalion. He chartered a boat and placing his formidable armament aboard with the cannon well in front of his rowboat started out to win the laurels of the carnage of battle and come home triumphant. But even a brave soldier must eat, and so when Kelly started to cook he forgot all about the ammunition around him. Up went the ammunition and up went Kelly. But he was wearing the talisman of love and he landed right in the midst of a big battle. With a whirl that sent the enemy flying he grabbed a flag. Before the routed warriors knew what he was about he made a dash for the ocean, for Kelly was in a hurry to get back and claim the girl. With as large a collection of trophies as any militant warrior ever could conceive of, he presented himself at his prospective father-in-law's and claimed honor as a veteran and his girl. He won both.
- Whiffles, the popular comedian, in the role of an artist, fosters the theory that beauty lies in sharp angles rather than in delicate contours. His efforts to convince his prospective father-in-law that he has the right idea are highly amusing.
- A submarine coming into port is seen gliding smoothly on the water and the little rowboat which is to bring the captain of the vessel to his post is seen leaving for shore. We see the dashing young officer bidding his love adieu, and then seating himself in the frail craft is soon once more on duty at the wheel. Away they go, and reaching the wide sea the ship gives a lurch and disappears under the water. The submarine trip is progressing most successfully when all at once a terrible commotion takes place in the little steel craft. It is evident a terrible accident has occurred; the machines soon stop their throbbing and down goes the ship to the bottom of the sea. The poor sailors inside are seen gasping for breath, and the desperate efforts of the divers sent down to rescue the submerged men being of no avail, the sailors lay down to die in their steely prison. As the death agony creeps over the prostrate forms and as their souls are about to depart for a better world, each sees the ones nearest his heart at home. One of the sailors beholds his sweetheart thinking of him as she stands in front of her cottage door, the engineer sees his beloved wife and child reading one of his letters and, taking down his picture from the wall, they fondly kiss it; to the captain appears his bride arrayed in wedding clothes and looking at her dying lover with loving eyes. The last scene of this highly tragic film shows the grave erected to all the brave soldiers and sailors who perished in this terrible accident for their country's sake.
- Musty Suffer gets a job as caddy, but performs so poorly that he doesn't hold it long. So he decides to tee off on his own account. He finds that the clubs are too small and calls upon his famous lucky horseshoe for aid, wishing for larger clubs. A fairy tramp appears and grants his wish. Even then his game is not satisfactory, but he solves the difficulty by wishing for a larger ball, which he gets. He knocks the ball into the clubhouse, ruining the club members' dinner, and later on gets into difficulties with a waiter, who breaks one of the clubs across his fat body. Stomach pains naturally result, and when Musty sees an advertisement offering free treatment and free board to hook-worm victims, he applies for treatment and gets it. And it is some treatment. He is mauled, pounded, beaten, pummeled, kicked, thrown about, walked upon and otherwise maltreated until the "hook-worm" is forced to give up the ghost. Then, after trapping the hands of his "doctors" in the viselike fingerprint machine. Musty appropriates one of the chief doctors' cigars and makes his departure.
- In this interesting little drama we are brought in contact with a man who is one of the highly respected citizens of a little mountain village, while in reality he is living a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde existence. We see him leave his home and go on his way up into the mountain to hunt. When he reaches a remote part in the forest he takes a black cape and mask from under a rock and puts them on, thus concealing his identity. He goes along the road and meets one of hrs townsmen, whom he waylays and robs, leaving him nearly dead on the road. Rushing off he comes upon two women, and after relieving them of all their valuables he dashes away. His victims all make their way hack to the village and report their experience to their friends, and while they are discussing the affair the road agent coolly comes upon the scene and joins the indignation meeting. There is not the slightest suspicion thrown on him. The villagers form a posse and start out in pursuit of the culprit. He goes up into the mountain again and manages to elude them for a time; but eventually they come upon him, and he opens fire, injuring one of the pursuing crowd. Finally they lie in ambush, and as he is running along the road they fire at him, injuring him badly. He falls, mortally wounded, and when he is unmasked his conquerors are horrified when they recognize him. Defiantly he takes a dagger from his belt and ends his own miserable existence, rather than be taken prisoner by his friends.
- Three old bachelors, retired sailors, are keeping house. One is frying something in a frying pan; another is sewing buttons on his pantaloons; the remaining one is setting the table. All are dissatisfied and get into an argument over their respective duties. One suddenly has an idea. They put their heads together and send this "ad" to the paper: "Wanted: Pleasant young woman for housekeeper for three elderly gentlemen: Apply by letter only. Bachelor's Hall." The next morning they are anxiously awaiting the postman. He finally arrives, bringing a bundle of answers to their advertisement. Finally one is selected, in which the applicant gives her age, states that she is a good-looking brunette with amiable disposition and a first-class cook and laundress. The name signed is "Nellie White." An answer to this is sent, and in due time a response comes announcing Nellie's arrival on the 10:30 train. We see the three men sitting down, each one endeavoring to think of some plan whereby he can meet the brunette without exciting the suspicions of his companions. First, No. 1 sneaks into his room, brushes his hair, puts on a new necktie and fancy vest. Watching his opportunity, No. 2 goes to his room, dons his silk hat, and with his cane and buttonhole bouquet is quite the "giddy boy." No. 3 retires to his apartment, trims his beard, puts on a toupee and otherwise adorns himself and is ready to meet the newcomer. Each old bachelor thinks he has fooled the others and one by one they start for the station. The first one arrives, looks down the track, walks up and down, proud of his appearance. Suddenly No. 2 loom, up and both he and the first arrival are terribly confused, each endeavoring to look and appear innocent. No. 3 arrives finally, notices his companions and pretends to be out for a little stroll. The train finally pulls in and an enormous colored woman, the only passenger to alight, jumps off, carrying a valise marked in large letters "N.W." The old men ore rooted to the spot. The lone passenger waddles over to them, shows them the letter and introduces herself. They look at each other, join arms and dejectedly start for home, Nellie following. Reaching Bachelor's Hall, they enter. The men get into a sarcastic argument over their manner of dress and retire to their respective rooms. Nellie removes her bat, puts on an apron and starts to work, cleans and straightens things up and cooks a fine dinner. The bachelors return in a rather glum frame of mind. They sniff the dinner and their humor immediately changes. They sit down and eat heartily. The new cook has more than met their expectations. They all stand up and drink a toast to Nellie.
- Mr. and Mrs. Newlywed have an awful first quarrel, so the wife refuses to kiss her husband in the morning. Newlywed goes with his friend and two stunning girlies on a trip. An eagle-eyed Mrs. Newlywed spots him, spoiling his trip.
- Out of a job, Musty haunts the employment agency. The boss tells him that help is scarce these days, and that whatever anyone calls for, Musty will have to be it. In order to fit him for holding any job whatsoever, the boss turns him loose with a variety of costumes, and Musty proves his ability as a quick change artist. The boss receives a call from a fair client, who wants a maid, and Musty dons feminine regalia and answers the call. He gets the job. One of his first tasks is to go to the employment agency and get a butler for his new mistress. When he arrives at the agency the boss tells him he can be the butler, too. Musty changes to a butler's costume and goes back, but takes his maid's costume with him. Being both butler and maid in the same house, Musty has to move in lively fashion to keep on both jobs at once. Then, to make things worse, he is sent, in his capacity of butler, to hire a gardener. The employment agency boss gives Musty a third costume and another pair of false whiskers and sends him to hold down the third job in addition to the original two. Musty strides happily into the house when he suddenly catches sight of himself in the mirror. The result is almost fatal. One look at his own face bedecked in the false mustaches nearly finishes him, but he braces up and bravely sees the trouble through. In his capacity of maid, our hero is set to washing windows. The ladder on which he is standing falls through the window and Musty escapes a long fall only by hanging to the sill by his knees. His fair mistress rescues him and Musty sets to work to rescue the ladder. He drops a rope and calls upon an amiable entomologist for help. The entomologist leaves the butterfly he is chasing to come to Musty's aid. He ties the rope to the ladder and signals Musty to haul away. And Musty does, but the unfortunate bug expert gets his legs entangled in the ladder and is pulled upward, only to be lowered several times into a well-filled rain-barrel when Musty and his mistress, whom he has called upon for help, lose their grip upon the rope. Finally the victim is hauled into and through the house, and Musty attaches the rope to an automobile, which dashes off, dragging ladder, entomologist and, as a climax, Musty himself, who is caught in the mix-up as the picture fades.
- After leaving the town of Margate, we are taken upon a trip along the coast, visiting Ramsgate Harbor and its splendid beach crowded with pleasure seekers, and then re-embarking, past the famous,. Dover Cliffs which are still such a terror to mariners.
- You haven't seen the real west until you have visited Bingham, Utah, where the largest copper mine in the world is. Never been to the city of Bingham which has the proud distinction of being six miles long and sixty feet wide? Then just keep your eyes on the motion picture screen and see how they tear down the mountain and also tear it up, digging and blasting it and carrying it away in cars. Next to the Panama Canal this is the largest engineering operation in the world. Witness twenty-two railroad tracks, one above the other, view the aerial tram carrying hundreds of buckets of gold, silver and copper up over your heads. Blast after blast rock the mountain at high noon. Men hurry for shelter when the shrill whistles send forth their warning from mountain peak to rocky pit. Huge steam shovels grasp gold and copper besprinkled Mother Earth within their iron jaws and lift her roughly into little cars which rush and rock around the mountain sides and then lay their precious burden down at the smoke dimmed, roaring furnace month. Night and day this gigantic toil goes on.
- The flirty proprietor of the Outside Inn catches his bellboy laughing at him and throws him into the street, just in time to be caught by Musty, who is passing by. When Musty learns that the bellboy has been discharged and that there is consequently a vacancy in the hotel organization, he drops him to the sidewalk, enters the inn and applies for the position. Proving himself the lightning bell-boy of the world, he is accepted. Musty soon learns that the grand stairway of the hotel is a trick staircase and that by pulling a lever the stairs will straighten out, converting the stairway into a chute. After descending the incline on his own account, he tries it out on various patrons with satisfactory results. The elevator, operated by hand power, sticks when a corpulent guest acts as cargo and a horse is commandeered to raise the lift. All goes well until a passing farmer inadvertently cuts the rope with his scythe. Then follows a vivid illustration of the descent of man. Musty plays many tricks on the proprietor and the guests, and enjoys waiting on the whims of an actress who stops at the hotel. He explains how the room is lightened by drawing a flame on the gas-jet painted on the wall, and darkened by erasing it. When the actress complains that there is no chair in her room, Musty obligingly paints one on the wall. After numerous amusing episodes, the reel ends in a general scramble, in which, of course Musty gets the worst of it.
- After reading a newspaper article regarding old Tightwad's rise in the world, Bill and Jim hit upon a plan to get some of Tightwad's easy money by holding young Tightwad for ransom. They accordingly hire a rig, take the boy and conceal him in a cave. The boy, instead of weeping and wailing for home and mother, proclaims himself "Red Chief" and makes it uncomfortable for his captors. Old Tightwad receives the communication and makes them a counter-proposition as follows: "If you will bring Johnny home and pay me twenty-five dollars in cash, I'll take the boy off your hand. (Signed) Ebenezer Tightwad." Bill and Jim come to the conclusion that it is really the cheapest way to rid themselves of such a boy. When the boy finds that Bill and Jim are really going to leave him at home he sets up a howl like a calliope and kicks like a mule. It takes about all the strength old Tightwad can muster to hold the boy and keep him from following Bill and Jim.
- An excursion through Montana's new national park, situated a few miles west of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, shows natural scenery rivaling that of the famous Yellowstone Park in Wyoming. The park includes many mountains of volcanic origin and the rocks, formed of innumerable strata, are brilliantly colored. The park was opened by the Government less than two years ago and bids fair to become one of America's leading resorts.
- A raffle booth at a country fair is shown, at which live stock is being drawn for, in full operation. The good, folk gathered about hold numbers and as the wheel turns a clown distributes among the winners, chickens, rabbits and geese. One portly gentleman wins a pig and becomes so elated on receiving his prize that with some friends he goes to a café to drink. He indulges by far too freely and spills many bottles of liquor into the pig's anatomy, via its mouth, until the animal seems to be intoxicated too. Holding it in arms as he would a baby, the prize-winner goes to an employment bureau with it and engages a governess to take care of it The lady who accepts the position follows him around faithfully until he reaches his home, where as soon as he staggers in through the door, his wife takes hold of him, and after giving him his dues drives the pig from the house.
- Jimmy Barton's city editor handed him a newspaper clipping with the heading. "Indian Prince at Biltmore; Rajo Jaibel arrives from Calcutta." Jimmy was told to interview the man, but the Prince refused to see him. While he was talking to the clerk, another Indian arrived and was escorted to the Prince's room. A bellboy got Jimmy into the adjoining room, where he heard the Prince, his caller, and several other Indians discussing a plot to secure possession of a stolen idol and to "avenge Buddha." The only definite information Jimmy got was the address "220 Pelham Road," and the fact that something was to develop that night. Jimmy returns to his office, defeated. While he is pondering, Beatrice Fairfax enters. She has just received a letter from a girl who tells her that her fiancé has quarreled with her father, and asks if it would be right for her to elope. She signs the letter "Dorothy McRay. 220 Pelham Road." Jimmy and Beatrice note the address and start off to investigate. The scene shifts to the McRay home and shows the quarrel between Don Jordan and Dorothy's father, Christopher McRay. Jordan threatens the older man and is ejected from the house. Dorothy goes weeping to her room. McRay, alone, opens the door of a vault and brings forth the Stone God. He alone knows the combination of the vault. The inner door of the vault connects with an automatic revolver, so that if any other person, without the proper precaution, enters the vault, he will be greeted with a storm of bullets. McRay's memories take him back to his bridal trip. The scene shows him with Dorothy's mother in India. In a jungle temple, his bride sees an image of Buddha, and longs to possess it. McRay offers to buy the god from the priest, who ejects him from the temple. A fight follows. That night McRay returns to the temple, overpowers the priest and steals the stone god. The priest, Ali Rajo Jaibel, takes an oath that Buddha will be avenged. The scene again shows McRay in his library, haunted by his memories. With a sigh he returns the stolen god to the vault. He closes the door but does not lock it. As he emerges, Rajo Jaibel, who has gained access to the house, slips from behind a curtain and stabs him. He leans over the prostrate form and tells him he is the priest from whom the god was stolen. Ali opens the door of the vault. There is a fusillade of bullets and Ali drops dead inside the vault. With his last strength McRay staggers over and closes the door. Then he drops dead on a couch. While this tragedy is ending, Don gains entrance to the rear of the house to Dorothy, who agreed to elope with him. Hearing the shots in the library, he hurries there. The only thing that meets his gaze is McKay lying dead, and on the floor a knife. A maid hurries in, rushes screaming from the room and summons help. Don picks up the knife and is gazing at it in horror, when the police arrive. With them come Beatrice and Jimmy, who have just reached the house. Don is arrested for the murder, despite the protests of Jimmy and Beatrice. Jimmy learns of the rendezvous of the East Indians and hurries there with Beatrice, satisfied that through them the mystery can be solved. The plotters are assembled and are listening to a recital of the tragedy by one of Ali's aides who accompanied him to the McKay residence and has returned. As they stand at the door, a look-out traps them. They are hurried into the adjoining room. One of the Indians is left to guard them while the others decide how they are to be killed. Jimmy overpowers the guard, takes his turban and mantle, and passing their excited companions, unlocks the door. Then he and Beatrice make a dash for liberty. They escape after a fight. Jimmy and Beatrice again reach the McRay home just as Don is being taken away to jail. Jimmy halts the police with the announcement that the real murderer can be found in the vault. When the door is opened, Ali is lying on the floor dead. Don and Dorothy are reunited.
- When Petronilla finds her husband has been thrown in the great race, she refuses to give up and mounts the "favorite" herself, despite her rotund build, which allows her to tip the beam at well over two hundred pounds. It is a great race, with many obstacles, and there are dozens of screamingly funny situations. Petronilla sticks to the saddle, however, and finally she does come through a winner.
- A young Roman soldier and his sweetheart are embracing each other fondly and making their vows. The next scene shows the public square, where it is announced that war has been proclaimed. The old priest addresses the populace, telling them that he has chosen for them a great leader who is none other than this young man. Upon order of the priest, his mail, sword and helmet are brought him, and 'mid the cheers of the people he bids his love goodbye and goes off to the war. The next view shows the girl lounging in her room attended by her slave. Suddenly a messenger announces that a soldier seeks admittance with news for her. He is promptly shown in; he is a wounded man, and after placing the message in her hands, he drops dead at her feet. Upon reading it she learns that her sweetheart has been killed. The terrible truth is too much for her and she becomes morose and melancholy. Finally, in despair, she decides to take the veil and become a vestal in the church, whose duty it is to keep burning perpetually a sacred flame of incense in the tower of the church. She is admitted to the sacred duty, and is satisfied to so forget her lost lover. The next scene shows the unveiled girl being marched out by soldiers to a cave where she is to be executed by being thrown into the pit to die. The black hole is uncovered, and after the priest points out to her the extinguished light, she is quickly thrown into the pit, notwithstanding the pleas and efforts of her lover who has meanwhile arrived on the scene. At this moment a miracle occurs, for, of its own accord, the light suddenly flares up, no human hand having touched it. All gathered about it prostrate themselves before the divine manifestation and recognize it as a heavenly interference. The girl is taken out of the terrible pit and restored to the arms of her lover.
- Sculptor dreams of fantastic dream in which the genie of the lamp appears to him .
- An epoch making occurrence and one of the most important in all history is herein recounted with a faithfulness to detail which makes it tense, dramatic and entertaining. The perfect coloring gives the atmosphere of grandeur which is prevalent in the palaces of Kings. It is the story of King Henry VIII, of England, and his infatuation for Anne Boleyn, which resulted in the founding of a new religion.
- Willy's parents, janitors, leave the house in his care and he, of course, takes the job seriously. He starts by pushing aside a porter, who is carrying a trunk to an apartment above and a tenant who did not wipe his feet before entering the house. Annoyed by an organ grinder, Willy makes him get out in a hurry and becomes furious when he sees one of the tenants shaking a rug out of a window. Coming down the stairs, he notifies an old lady with a small dog. "No dogs in this house," says Willy. He spills some water over the old lady and lets the dog loose. It runs away, followed by its mistress. In spite of a notice that no orders will be given after ten o'clock in the morning, a few tradesmen, butcher, baker, grocer, etc., arrive and they are well received by Willy. As it is the day the rents are due, the landlord calls to collect them but Willy thinks it is not yet time and gets out a hose with which he wets everybody who has been watching him. Soon his mother returns and Willy receives proper punishment which his excess of zeal has won for him.
- A young motor cyclist buys an Ellehammer motor bike and drives wildly out of the shop. During his crazy driving, he knocks over several people who give chase through the streets.
- The circus comes to town, inspiring the local children to hold their own circus. Things get exciting when a real elephant invades their show.
- A gang of scheming burglars connive and scheme. One of the thieves comes across an announcement in one of the dailies to the effect that Mr. and Mrs. Starbuck have temporarily closed their home to spend a fortnight at Atlantic City. The burglars decide to rob the place. Three of the thieves go to the office of the chief of police. One is equipped with a moving picture camera and another with a tripod. They represent themselves as moving picture men, produce fake credentials and bluff the chief into giving them a license to operate and take all the pictures they desire. They select the Starbuck home. One burglar places the camera in front of the house, another climbs to the porch and then opens the window with the aid of a Jimmy. The place from top to bottom is ransacked and with their booty safely piled up the robbers depart in their automobiles under police escort. Of course, the police soon ascertain how they have been tricked. The burglars are soon caught and dealt with according to law.
- An interesting picture showing the manner in which Uncle Sam makes flags, chevrons, clothing, tents, etc., for the equipment of his army. Among the many interesting operations shown is a machine that cuts cloth for fifty uniforms at once. The punching out instead of cutting the cloth for chevrons for the non-commissioned officers of the army and the artistic and skillful embroidery work that beautify the insignia of office is seen in full activity, and also the picturesque atmosphere of a government factory, where thousands of industries and well paid women enjoy the advantages of ample space and every comfort that contributes to health and contentment. Official flags of the president, the ambassadors, governors and consuls are being made, to include the extra stars needed to recognize the new States of the Union.
- Here is seen an old miser preparing for bed, but before retiring he counts his money and hides it under his mattress. He is just dropping off to sleep when two thieves climb on the roof and come down through the skylight into the attic directly over his room. They proceed to bore a hole in his ceiling, but the noise awakens him, and jumping out of bed does not taken time to dress, but starts off on a bicycle for the police. He has a long way to go and during his absence the thieves succeed in getting into his room and stealing all his valuables. He gets back after some time with a policeman perched on the front of his bicycle, and as they enter the house the thieves jump out of the window, seize the bicycle and ride away. When the old man sees how he was fooled, he and the officer set out in pursuit of the thieves. They are fortunate in overtaking an auto on the road, into which they climb, and in a short time catch the fleeing burglars and arrest them.
- A young woman is seen in thin film laughing at a youth, who, having fallen desperately in love with her at first sight, is ardently pressing his suit. Hearing footsteps in the passage, the young woman explains to her suitor that her husband is returning, and, terrified at the news, the timid Romeo jumps out of the window. He rushes down the street, and, seeing a messenger sitting on his stand at the corner, bribes the man to lend him his outfit; this accomplished he takes the boy's place and keeps watch over the residence of his Juliet. The husband returning, informs his wife in high glee that he has been appointed salesman for one of the largest crockery stores in the town, and before long is on his way to his new office, much to the satisfaction of the enamored messenger keeping watch. Passing by his unknown rival, our husband suddenly remembers that he needs a sturdy youth to carry his samples, so stopping before our disguised friend, bids him follow. Arriving at the factory the samples are loaded on the disguised boy's back and they march off bound for business. On their way they meet with all sorts of misfortunes, thanks to the carrier who, through clumsiness or inexperience in the art of carrying parcels, falls many times and the samples naturally suffer from all these different shocks. Disgusted, the salesman at last decides to take a bus to ride home with what remains of the valuable collection of china, but the unfortunate messenger slips again and he and his load of merchandise are dragged by the retreating bus until his precious burden is now reduced to splinters. Terrified, our lover rushes away, leaving his boss on the car, and reaching his sweetheart's home is trying to climb through the window when the husband suddenly returning chases the youth away, much to the amusement of the young wife.
- Musty steals a ride on an automobile rumble and falls sleep as comfortably as if he were in a Pullman berth. All goes well until the machine runs over a rock and Musty is cast to earth. He rises and hurls away the offending rock, which strikes the bandaged foot of a gouty passerby. Musty then calmly resumes his nap in the middle of the road, undisturbed by the passing autos, which miss him by inches. Dippy Mary arrives upon the scene, and struck by Musty's unnatural beauty, falls in love with him. The result is that she gives him free reign in her employer's mansion during the latter's absence. A waiter arrives with a splendid lunch, which Musty would have enjoyed hugely had not an expressman dropped a trunk on one of the upper floors, causing the plaster to fall from the ceiling onto the repast. Musty tips the waiter with a large, juicy pie, which he hurls into the face of the menial. A downy bed in the room tempts Musty. He climbs in and falls asleep. His slumber is punctuated with beautiful dreams, during which he bathes in a bath-tub full of beer and makes the acquaintance of several charming damsels. The dreams are disturbed, however, by the serenades of a "little Dutch band" and Musty is forced to drop water, pieces of furniture and various other missiles to persuade the serenaders to depart. Resuming his slumber, he dreams of a beautiful maid who tempts him with a bumper of sparkling wine. While pursuing the illusion, he falls out of the second-story window and bounds into a passing ambulance, in which he is whisked away.
- A clubman who has imbibed too freely of champagne returns home and finds the house rocking to and fro. After much difficulty, he manages to get inside, finally reaching his bedroom where the same condition exists. Removing his hat and coat, and putting on his pajamas, he tumbles into bed and is soon lost to the world. As he tosses restlessly in bed, a vision appears above the couch showing the man and his companions at a table drinking wine. This vision dissolves, and through a puff of smoke, the devil appears carrying a pitchfork with which he prods the sleeping man. He starts in his slumber and is finally dragged out of bed, at which point Satan disappears in smoke. Through the clouds, the unfortunate man is dragged, his fear further increased by constant jabs with the fork. At the entrance of Hades, St. Peter sits beside the gate as the devil pulls the victim. His pedigree is looked up, and St. Peter points beyond in which direction the devil takes him. They are ferried across the river Styx to the "Devil's woods" where innumerable imps jump up and prod the captive. Passing along the River of Souls, they at last reach the fiery pit into which he is to be cast. A fierce struggle takes place, and during this the man escapes and retraces his steps with the multitude of imps in close pursuit. In the devil's woods he is overtaken, thrown upon a rock, and subjected to further torture. While still being stabbed by the imps, the scene fades away to the man's bedroom where his wife is shaking him to rouse him from a nightmare. He "comes to", kneels in bed, and takes a solemn vow never to drink again.
- This series of views includes a picture of all the famous ruins and temples, which have made some of the most interesting history that the world has yet known. It is particularly interesting to anyone who has read, or ever intends reading, the history of the Roman Empire or any of the famous Greek literary masterpieces.
- Little Moritz, bearing a letter of introduction to a gentleman with a charming daughter, makes his appearance at the house to ask him for the young lady's hand, but is cruelly turned down by the girl's father, owing to his insignificant size. In despair, Moritz casts about him for some means of increasing his stature, and finally spying a pair of stilts, proceeds to don them, and likewise appears of elongated dimension, and makes his reappearance at the house, where he amazes everybody with his surprising growth. His petition is granted, and everything is progressing beautifully, only poor Moritz falls over and can't get up; this, of course, leads to the discovery of his duplicity, but the father, appreciating a good joke, grants his permission now.
- The play takes place in New York City during the panic of 1907. Gideon Bloodgood, a prominent banker, is on the eve of absconding, owing to the affairs of his bank being in a precarious condition. At this juncture relief comes in the person of Captain Fairweather, who has sold out his interests in the Mercantile Marine Company, intending to retire from the active duties of his profession. Fairweather comes to Bloodgood's bank; it is after banking hours, but he prevails upon Bloodgood to accept his money, amounting to $100,000, as a special deposit. News come that the captain who was to have taken command of Fairweather' s ship has met with a severe accident and is unable to sail. His old employers prevail upon Fairweather to make this final trip. He is about to go on board when his attention is attracted by the newsboys shouting "Extra." He buys a paper and is horrified to discover that Bloodgood's bank is in a shaky condition. He rushes hack to the bank and demands his money. Bloodgood and his assistant, Badger, who are dividing the money received from the captain, are startled by the entrance of the captain. He demands his money. Bloodgood tells him it is after banking hours, and to come the next day. The intense excitement brings on a fit of apoplexy, and the captain falls dead in the banker's office. They carry the body out on the sidewalk, and circumstances point to the fact that the captain dropped dead in the streets. Bloodgood prevails upon Badger to go out west and the captain's money saved the bank. Several years elapse and Captain Fairweather's widow and children are in destitute circumstances. The boy, Paul, tries to make a living selling newspapers, and his sister. Lucy, selling flowers. Bloodgood discovers that they are living in one of his tenements and he gives orders to his superintendent to dispossess them. Bloodgood is rolling in luxury and the family whose money he has stolen are reduced practically to beggary. In the meantime, Badger meets with hard luck in the west and is broke. While the captain was lying dead in the office Badger managed to secure the receipt that Bloodgood gave him for the money. An idea comes to Badger to return to New York and sell the receipt to Bloodgood. Badger manages with great difficulty to make his way back to New York City, and arrives at Bloodgood's mansion. With the receipt as a weapon, he makes Bloodgood promise to pay him handsomely. At this moment, Paul Fairweather, the son, in answer to an advertisement by Bloodgood for a servant on his estate, appears on the scene. Both Bloodgood and Badger discover that he is the son of the man they have robbed, and Bloodgood orders him from the house. Badger goes to a poor tenement, and in the next room by a strange coincidence, lives the Fairweather family. Bloodgood follows Badger and discovers his abiding place, and being afraid that Badger will blackmail him owing to the possession of the receipt, determines to set fire to the house and thus destroy the evidence of his crime. Mrs. Fairweather becomes despondent over their unhappy situation and determines to end it all by asphyxiation. Her daughter discovers this and they determine to die together. The fire that Bloodgood started is now making rapid headway and Badger in his room is overcome by the fumes. An alarm of fire is turned in and the fire department starts for the scene. Paul sees the flames and dashes into the house, resolving to save his family. With the assistance of a fireman, the women are carried out to safety. Passing Badger's room, Paul discovers there is someone inside. Bursting in the door he rescues Badger, who has managed to secure the receipt. Out of gratitude Badger tells Paul the whole story, and forces Bloodgood to make restitution. Badger is about to call in the police and hand his old partner into custody, when Paul, seeing the banker's great devotion to his only child, and thinking of the disgrace it would bring upon the girl, refuses to prosecute. The story ends happily with the Fairweather family in possession of the fortune their father left them, and Badger becomes a useful member of society.