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- In Part Two of Louis Feuillade's 5 1/2-hour epic follows Fantômas, the criminal lord of Paris, master of disguise, the creeping assassin in black, as he is pursued by the equally resourceful Inspector Juve.
- Dr. Warren, a reserved man of a seemingly stern, cold nature, which is roused only in behalf of his loved profession, is an army surgeon, stationed in India. In the pursuit of his duties, he leaves his beautiful, pleasure-loving wife, Alice, to her own devices. Captain Richard Alston, a handsome young officer, tries to make up for the husband's neglect by paying the pretty wife decided attention. Dr. Warren's suspicions are aroused, but at this juncture he is called away by an attack of plague at the river camp, some distance away, where a serum that he has discovered is demanded to stem the death rate. Dr. Warren works heroically among the wretched huts of the natives, nursing the sick and burning down the hovels to prevent the spread of the infection. In her loneliness, Alice sends for Captain Alston. On the road he encounters a child stricken with the plague. Alston puts the little one on the saddle before him and gallops away toward the hospital. When later he arrives at the Warren villa he reels with an awful sickness; the deadly infection has overtaken him. Alice, horrified and distressed, suddenly discovers a note to her husband, advising him of the plague at the river camp. This is her first knowledge of the reason for his absence, and suddenly she realizes that it is her husband she fears for most, and loves most, after all. At this moment the Indian servant announces the approach of Dr. Warren, returning after successfully accomplishing his surgical labors. Alice drags Alston into an adjoining room and goes to meet her husband. The doctor wonders at her nervous, frightened manner, when there is a sudden crash in the next room. The doctor rushes in, his terrified wife following, and finds Captain Alston prostrate on the floor. Alice springs between the angry husband and the helpless officer. Dr. Warren pushes her aside, and going into his laboratory, selects a revolver from the wall. As he turns to go, Alice confronts him and forcefully reminds him of his duty as a soldier and a surgeon. Torn by conflicting emotions but moved by his sense of professional duty to suffering humanity, the doctor hesitates only a moment. Forgetting all other impulses, he treats and cures the stricken captain. After Alston recovers, he goes to the doctor and promises to do whatever may be asked of him as atonement. The doctor asks him to promise to leave the country forever. Then, turning to his wife, he tells her to choose whether she will go with the captain or remain with him. Alice, now awakened to the full nobility of her husband, asks him to let her remain. The doctor, too, realizes his neglect of Alice, and husband and wife are at last united on the basis of a greater understanding and a truer and more abiding bond.
- A man must marry by noon or lose his inheritance. It's 11:50 a.m. and he can't find his fiancée.
- A married couple decide to "live separately together."
- A young boy hears wondrous tales of London, where the streets are paced with gold. He leaves his country home to see his fortune in London.
- The first story begins with a young and pretty girl named Isabelle sitting upon a hill. It is then that she is attacked by Pedro. And following the common thematic trajectory of the time, Isabelle is then rescued by the kind and brave medical student who spends his time as a minister for the poor, Alonzo. Pedro is insistent on revenge and applies to the local monastery where Alonzo works in order to frame him. He hopes to frame him for the mysterious and sudden disappearance of the church's jewels. The frame ends immediately after Pedro plants the jewels in Alonzo's home and the monks are quick to punish Alonzo and Isabelle.
- A young woman's sweetheart fights for the Union, while her brother fights for the Confederates, in the pivotal 1863 battle of the U.S. Civil War.
- Bout de Zan is a very precocious young man! When the circus comes to town, he does what any kid might do in this situation--he steals the circus' elephant!!! Later, he sits on the curb with the elephant and begs coins off people--with a sign saying 'blind since birth'...
- Jack and Jim, according to the story, are in love with the same girl, and each is endeavoring to use all the arts of persuasion to win her over. Jack is stout and jolly and Jim is thin and prides himself upon being an amateur hypnotist. At a house party Jim displays his cleverness to good advantage and succeeds in keeping the guests amused. This angers Jack, who stoutly maintains that the hypnotic spell is simply a fake and that he defies anyone to place him under the influence. Jim accepts the challenge and proceeds to do the Svengali act with his rival. There is immediate action. The portly Jack is made to believe that he is a gallant soldier, and after being supplied with a military cap and toy musket marches throughout the house in quest of the imaginary enemy. He encounters all sorts of obstacles and manages to overcome them through the medium of demolishing almost everything in sight, although human life is spared. The warfare of the "general" might have gone on for an indefinite period had not Jim been notified of the dilemma. At that precise moment the amateur hypnotist was courting the girl in the story, and at her behest he consents to awaken Jack from his hypnotic spell. The finale is amusing, and, of course. Jack accepts the inevitable when he is told of the depredations he has committed while under the spell of hypnotism.
- A detective is trying to break down the crime gang - The Red Club.
- The whole history of the Ottoman Turks is a romance. The Thirteenth Century had half run its course when a Seljuk Sultan was one day bar beset near Angora by a Mongol host. Ertoghrul, a member of the Oghuz family of Turks, was journeying from the banks of the Euphrates, when he unexpectedly came upon the battlefield of Angora. Loving a scrimmage and seeing that the weaker side was getting the worst of it, he led his four hundred riders into the fray and won the day. Thus was the foundation of "Turkey in Europe" laid. Little did the impulsive Turk think that by his chivalrous act he had taken the first step towards founding an empire which in the later centuries, has been, and still is, in an intense political problem. In two generations the little body of shepherds had possessed themselves of the whole of the northwest corner of Asia Minor. Before Orkhan, the new Sultan, lay a valuable prize. The wealthy provinces of the Byzantine Empire were falling to pieces. Constantinople was the goal of his ambition, and the value of the firm and equitable government of the Turk was known to the Greeks who contrasted it with the persistent and perfidious intrigues of the Byzantine Emperor. Good and impartial government under the conditions obtaining, was out of the question. Civil war had reduced the Empire, and the advent of the Turk would have been welcomed. Slowly but persistently the Turks pushed further into Europe, and by the middle of the Fifteenth Century were masters of all the country round Constantinople save the city itself. All attempts to win it had failed, and this film, "The Fall of Constantinople," beautifully hand-colored, shows how Mohammed II succeeded in wresting the city from Constantine XIII, the last Christian Emperor of Constantinople.
- A lion escaped from a cinema house. The news came to Tim, and as there was a fine rug in an adjoining room made from the skin of a lion, he determined to make the most of a fine opportunity. He placed the skin over his shoulders and frightened the household into hysterics. Then he induced the cook to take his place in the skin. Meanwhile Tim's father had assured his wife and her friends that the lion they saw was not the escaped beast, but quite a different animal. Armed with various articles of furniture the ladies followed the host, who made a diligent search for the boy. They ran the animal to earth in the kitchen, and his father thought the boy deserved a thump with a sweeping brush. But it was the cook who received the blow, and she was not altogether pleased that she was caught "acting the lion" for the amusement of Tiny Tim, who came out of hiding when he saw that the game was up.
- Batty Bill plans to make his honeymoon the one big event of his life, and it is. He hires a most unique postilion-led carriage with which to begin the journey, but his wife is oh, so heavy, and pretty (?) coin a word. Perhaps the horses are frightened, but certainly there is a good reason for the carriage not holding together. And so with every conveyance they select, chaise, cart and motor, all fall, and it is not to be wondered that the bride's dress-basket is the last resort of the harassed couple. It at least brings ultimate happiness, and in a way least imaginable.
- It was Leonce's misfortune to have to submit to the rules and regulations of a guardian. This old gentleman decreed that Leonce was never again to borrow money, never set his foot inside a café, and to replace his motor by a less expensive equipage. The most galling rule of the lot, however, was that he should cease his attentions to Poupette, who would never be allowed to marry him. In a most ingenious and amusing manner Leonce succeeded in circumventing his guardian's rules, and eventually the latter capitulated and Leonce won all along the line.
- Bill leaves his charming wife and goes for a stroll on the promenade. He meets a friend who invites him to go for a ride in his car and also introduces him to a charming lady. Bill's missus becomes very jealous and disguises herself as a man. When Bill is confronted later in the day by an enraged gentleman he discreetly takes to his heels, thinking that he has encountered a raving lunatic. The adventures of Bill and the missus are highly amusing.
- Brendan O'Malley is a Robin Hood like bandit, who repeatedly escapes from jail, survives attempts to kill him, and eventually manages to sail to safety on a ship with the lady of his heart who helped him in his latest escape.
- Edna, daughter of Leonce, was puzzled because her doll had no heart. The ticking of her father's watch gave her an idea. She ripped the doll open and sewed the watch inside. When Leonce missed his watch he suspected a boy, who had called selling ornaments, of stealing it. The boy was searched and allowed to go. Later Edna's doll fell into the river and was being carried away when the boy came along and dived in and brought the doll to the bank. When Edna reached home, she was greatly distressed because the doll's heart had ceased to beat. "I am crying because my doll's heart is drowned," she said. Leonce then guessed what had happened, and found his watch, rather the worse for the immersion. The boy was soon discovered and Edna prettily rewarded him for rescuing her doll.
- The amusing adventures of Merry Bill over the telephone. He is endeavoring to make an appointment with his lady love over the phone. All of the phones are engaged and Bill has a lively time searching for one which is not engaged.
- This is an interesting little travel film, giving views of the crowded cattle market, and the shipping of horses and sheep. The quality throughout is very fine, the photography being exceptionally good.
- This film transports the spectator to one of the date palm districts of upper Egypt, the Oasis of Belad-el-Djerid. We are shown the date-palm growing amid luxurious tropical surroundings. The method of gathering the fruit by natives situated in relays all down the trunk of the tree, is quite instructive. The top man hacks off a bunch of dates and hands it down to the next man, who swiftly passes it on to a third man. And so it travels rapidly earthward, until reaching the ground, it is handed to a "runner," who conveys it to the packing department. The dates are packed on the spot and shipped away in cars from the Oasis.
- It all happens because Winky has a good appetite. He is simply ordinary, everyday hungry, and the fisherman when approached refuses to hand out. So Winky, in his own original little way, takes matters in his own hands, out-maneuvers a watchdog, and in the end gets a square meal, even if the fisherman does have to go hungry.
- Getting tired of Parisian life, Oscar becomes a hermit. He is discovered accidentally in his cave by some motoring friends, who are now able to account for his absence from familiar haunts. In spite of Oscar's protests the chauffeur was dispatched to the nearest inn for a good square meal and plenty of champagne. At this alfresco meal they all ate and drank well. Oscar was careful not to overdo it and the lady who sat next to him took the wine sparingly. The result was that while the others slept soundly, Oscar and his companion commandeered the car and returned to Paris, leaving the others with the donkey.
- Very few people are aware of the great attention lavished on the fleet greyhound. These dogs are very delicate when young, and in the case of a thoroughbred, which is regarded as a prospective champion, every care is given to its diet and grooming. Roomy kennels and spacious quarters are the outstanding features of their surroundings, while in the matter of food nothing but the best is given, every hound feeding from his own plate. Exercising is an important matter, and several fine young animals are seen going for their morning run. Some of the older dogs are shown enjoying a thorough rub down after a brisk gallop, and this very interesting film ends with a coursing match between two veterans.
- An heiress is saved from the predations of a gang of gentleman crooks by a female detective and her father.
- Bertie suddenly becomes rich, but the funny thing about it is that he is not rich enough to pay his railway fare to the place where he is to become rich. The difficulty is overcome by a friend, who packs him into a nice big bundle and sends him off as freight by rail. The bundle proves too big to be taken out of the door and so it is promptly thrown out of the window. Alas, poor Bertie. In the train Bert has a look around and discovers a luncheon basket full of good things. Alas, poor Bertie; he is obliged to get back to his hiding-place before he can make a good meal. The customs officer promptly pierces the bundle with a nice pointed sticker when it does arrive. Alas, poor Bertie; he simply gives a yelp, and rushes through the town in his parcel until he reaches the lawyer's office, where he becomes a man of means.
- Deacon Winkle reads of frequent hold-ups in his neighborhood, arms himself and goes out to a deacon's meeting. A stranger on the street asks directions of him. As he leaves, Winkle finds that his watch and fob are missing. He orders the stranger to bait, holds him up, and, as be supposes, gets back his watch and fob. He vaingloriously recounts his adventure to his brother deacons and his wife at home. She produces his own watch and fob, which he left at home. Consternation. Winkle reads that the town is aroused over this fresh outrage, and proceeds to try to return the watch to his victim, a Mr. Shivers. After the deacon tries the registered mail, a messenger boy, and the plan of concealing the watch in a loaf of bread, he gives up in despair. Shiver is now thoroughly frightened, believing that someone is trying to kill him with an infernal machine. Winkle decides to force his way into Shiver's house. He does so and is about to leave the watch, when he collides with and smashes a piece of statuary. He hurriedly and hopelessly leaves. The following night he disguises as a night watchman, and goes to the Shiver's home. Shivers, his wife and his friends are sitting up, variously armed, waiting for a highwayman, a bomb or a burglar. The supposed watchman is welcomed, and when they are all asleep in their chairs, he rigs an ingenious arrangement of pans in the kitchen so that they will fall when filled with running water. When the racket arouses the sleepers, Winkle volunteers to investigate alone. He does so, and creates a terrible combat with a chair that through the closed door appeals to their imagination. As they finally rush in, he points to the shattered window, and holds forth Shiver's watch and fob; his man has escaped but he has captured the lost booty. Tableau and gratitude of all.
- Gaydogg, though an incorrigible flirt, adores his wife. She, nor anyone else would have suspected it, however. On an afternoon at the river side, as she gazes over the tranquil waters, she sees in a rowboat her husband, with a blossoming blonde. They are doing more kissing than rowing. Mad with jealousy, the wife leaves the house. She leaves a note for her husband, accusing him of his deception and saying that he will never again see her. Although she doesn't know where she is going, she is on her way. Her husband learns that his wife has flown. The note explains the reason. He follows. Her automobile breaks down on a road by the seaside and she is forced to take refuge for the night in a fisherman's cottage. Here her husband comes. He tries vainly to conciliate her. A storm comes on and Gaydogg and his wife are invited to spend the night there. To this they agree, but insist upon having a separation between their sleeping quarters. A screen is utilized for this purpose. Gaydogg stretches himself out in a Morris chair. His wife, becoming lonely in the night, realizes that husbands are handy things to have around the house. She comes out and forgives him.
- Alicia, the daughter of a poor man, is very ill and needs to be sent away for expensive treatment. The father appeals to his wealthy employer for aid. The rich man, seeing a picture of the girl, becomes infatuated with her and agrees to save her life if the father will give his word of honor that she will marry him when she recovers. The promise is given and when Alicia returns cured, she learns of the pledge. She marries the man without love, but he wants her heart and assures her that he win demand nothing of her until she comes to him of her own free will. He sets about to win her love, but fails even by giving her fine gifts and making her the queen of society. To get honors to lay at her feet, he accepts the nomination for mayor, but he refuses to promise the bosses his support after the election if they help him before, so he is defeated. The wife knows the stand her husband took and begins to honor him. During the campaign, the political bosses incite the employees of his factory to strike and while the strike is on, the men get desperate and blow up the factory. Counting himself a failure, he determines to go away and tells his wife in time she can get a divorce. But Alicia has come to love him and he finds that it is not riches and power that win a woman's heart.
- Mrs. Buxton calls at her husband's business office to get money for a shopping trip. He gives her all there is in his purse. Later in the day he has calls from various bill collectors, and finds himself practically a prisoner, as the collectors are all waiting for him outside. A tramp comes along and he effects a change of clothes with the tramp, retaining only his watch, and thus disguised, escapes the collectors. He goes to the bank to cash a check, but the cashier does not recognize him, and refuses payment. He tries to get lunch at a restaurant, but is turned out. He goes home, but the maid shuts the door in his face and the footman puts the hose on him. He buys a Wienerwurst from a street peddler and eats it on a park bench. He looks at his watch, but is noticed by a tramp, who tries to pick his pocket of it. They fight and both are arrested. He sends for a friend, who pays his fine. He goes home and enters his wife's room by the window. She rings for the footman. Mr. Buxton throws the footman out and reveals himself to his wife, who throws her arms around his neck.
- Leonce found that life with Poupette was becoming impossible, and decided to get a divorce. He writes to his Cousin Mary, telling her all his troubles and asking her advice. The situation was rather perplexing to Mary, because Poupette, who held a similar grievance, had also written to her for some advice on the subject. Cousin Mary wisely concluded that there was nothing whatever to make a fuss about. Each loved the other to distraction, and the divorce idea was a temporary lapse from sanity. Mary's idea was to lock them in the house together, and with such an astute person managing affairs, that was not difficult of accomplishment. Therefore, a little time later the young couple found themselves in the house with no chance of escape. First Poupette cried and Leonce frowned. Then they both laughed and Cousin Mary's work was at an end. No longer did they dream of divorce; the older woman who had witnessed such troubles before, had found a way out.
- Irma Chafolay lays a trap for Oscar, the susceptible. She writes to him saying she will only marry the man who knows how to improve the gifts with which nature has endowed her. Oscar obtains a part for Irma in the new play produced by Cantaloube, the great tragedian. It cost him 100 pounds for premium, but he thought if it would open Irma's heart, the conquest was a cheap one. He afterwards paid a further 100 pounds and various other sums, but money was no object if he gained Irma. Upon that point he soon began to have his doubts. He surprises Irma and Cantaloube lovemaking. He rushes in, but is calmly informed that the embracing was not love-making but the rehearsal of a scene. He believed it. Three months later Oscar received an invitation to their wedding.
- John and Phil Burton are brothers. John is a young minister and Phil a young heartbreaker. Phil plays with the affections of all the girls in their town, and one in particular, Mary, who loves him. John is angry with his brother for his soulless conduct, and on leaving for another city, where he has been nominated, he makes his brother promise to marry Mary. This Phil promises after some remonstrance. When John has departed, however, Phil forgets his promises and instead of marrying Mary, goes through a mock ceremony with her, helped innocently by a college chum. Five years later we see John in his new home. Mary comes along the village road with her child, weary and sad, seeking John. She has been deserted by Phil. John receives her and promises that his brother shall right the wrong done to her and sets detectives to find Phil. In the meantime, the village gossips are busy and decide that the conduct of John in receiving a young woman and child in his parsonage is shameful and that such immorality should not be allowed. They therefore request John to vacate the parsonage. John finally succeeds in finding Phil and in a very dramatic scene forces a return of Phil's manhood and succeeds in this way in arranging a marriage between Phil and Mary, John himself marries them in his little church, and as the gossips arrive to insist on his immediate departure, they are greeted at the door of the church by John, who introduces them to his brother, his wife and child.
- International Congress of Women: Minister of Foreign Affairs holds reception for delegates on occasion of Paris meeting. Building a Railroad in Hawaii: New railroad lines on Pacific islands scene of rapid construction work. French Naval Maneuvers: Warships meet in annual practice on the Mediterranean. Millionaires Build Road: Two hundred and fifty Redlands, Cal., businessmen reconstruct Mill Creek Highway. Russian Church Head Honored: Patriarch George IV, is the subject of sacred ceremony at Moscow. "Let 'Er Buck:" Frontier Day is celebrated with big round-up at Stockton, Cal, The German Boat Race: Motor craft in exciting contest at Plauer Lake, Germany. Moving a Bridge: Fifty-ton structure is lifted at Vancouver, Wash., in order to permit building's removal. King George Has a Birthday: A London fete in honor of the British monarch. Gettysburg, Fifty Tears After: Grand Army of the Blue and Gray meet for last great reunion on America's bloodiest battlefield.
- When the story opens, Constantinople is slumbering in the peace of an Eastern twilight. Daily the Balkans are drifting nearer, but with the strange fatalism of the East, that sublime indifference to fate which brought the Ottoman Turks to Europe in 1358, the Turks allowed the future to take care of itself. Bulgaria declared war on October 16, 1912, and even then Constantinople scarcely realized what it portended. The white ships of the Bosphorous gave place to ships of war and transports. Every man was for his native land. Along the borders of the Allied States the troops were massing and Turkey was bestirring herself. The infidel, without doubt, would be driven back to his lair. On all sides men, young and old, were being called to the colors. At Tchorlou, Nissim bids good-bye to his sweetheart. Boris, inspired by the hope of conquest and redressing the wrongs of hundreds of years, kisses Marfa farewell and goes gaily away with his companions. Scene follows scene as the men of each nation move slowly forward to the edge of battle. Artillerymen push and drag their guns into position. Infantry rush positions, while the cavalry keep a watchful eye on the movements of the enemy. With that dash which enabled them to win victory after victory, ten days after the opening of our story the Bulgarians entered Tchorlou. Their arrival causes the flight of Meriem and her mother. A determined attack is being made on the Turkish positions, and we are enabled to watch the deploying of the troops and the havoc caused by the bursting shells. Missions are given Boris and Nissim. The Bulgarians have learned that a train load of ammunition is on the way to the front, and Boris is entrusted with the task of blowing up the convoy. The Turkish general is uneasy concerning the movements of the Eastern army of the enemy threatening Tehataldja, and Nissim's instructions are to locate the position and determine if the advanced works can be undermined. The path of the two spies are shortly to cross. Nissim witnessing the attack on Tchorlou, is enabled to form an idea of the strength of the enemy, and having successfully accomplished his mission, begins his return to headquarters. The task assigned Boris is much more hazardous. Locating the little station at which the ammunition is being loaded, he escapes detection by the merest chance, and eventually succeeds in boarding the convoy. While the train is pushing its way towards the army, Boris clambers along the roofs and sets fire to the leading vans. A lurid gleam lights up the sky as one after the other the vans are destroyed by the exploding ammunition. Boris escapes by jumping clear as the first coach fires. Returning to camp he is surprised by Nissim, and a long and exciting chase on horseback ensues. Each is wounded and when Boris sees ahead of him the shelter of a house his strength has almost fled. As fate would have it, this is the very house in which Meriem took refuge when she fled from Tchorlou. In the delirium of his dying moments Boris imagines he sees Marfa. To him Meriem, the sweetheart of Nissim, has become the Bulgarian girl, and taking pity on the dying man, she consents to kiss him and let him retain the illusion that she is Marfa. Just as Boris dies, Nissim, seriously wounded, staggers into the room. He refuses to accept his sweetheart's explanation of the kiss. Mad with jealousy he leaves the house and surrenders to the Bulgarians, who shoot him as a spy, as a battalion of his comrades, conquered and captured, pass along the dusty road.
- Alphonse Wienerschnitzel is a post office clerk. He falls in love with a young woman who calls to collect her mail. He loves her so much that he neglects his duties. He writes a love poem to the young woman which he slips into her post office box. It turns out to be a real slip, as the letters belonged to her husband who conducted a mail-order business. The husband who is a large man reads Schnitzie's poem and straightway goes around to Schnitzie's office and musses him up. Therefore, Schnitzie takes refuge in the pneumatic mall tube.
- Colonel Vernon meets an old sweetheart whom he had not seen for twenty years, Madame Rosa Alba. Memories of old are revived and they are married. While they are on their honeymoon the Colonel's mother dies, having cursed in silence she who held her son away from her deathbed. When they returned the old lady had been buried and Rosa felt she was in some measure to blame for the blow that had fallen on Colonel Vernon. Sgt. Michael, of the Colonel's regiment, wishes to marry Mignon, a singer at a café. The Colonel forbids the marriage, and the lovers are terribly upset. Mignon interviews the Colonel, but cannot change his decision. Madame Vernon comes into the room as the interview concludes. Mignon appeals to her, but she can do nothing. Following the death of her husband's mother and the undeserved censure showered upon her, the interview has a serious effect upon Rosa, who leaves her husband and shortly afterward dies in Venice.
- Bob, the chiropodist, falls in love with the daughter of one of his clients and his affection is reciprocated. Mrs. Grabitall happens to read in the paper that Bob is to come into a large fortune. As Bob is ignorant of the fact, Mr. and Mrs. Grabitall get Bob to sign a paper promising to give them half of what he will inherit if they will give him their daughter's hand. As Bob knows his relatives much better than they are known to Mr. Grabitall and his good wife, he signs the paper and considers that he has made a good bargain. This proves to be correct, as is disclosed in the film, to the consternation of Mr. and Mrs. Grabitall, who find that half of his fortune amounts to about a hundred dollars.
- A charming little scenic film, in which the many beauty spots of this picturesque and delightful country are portrayed in a series of finely photographed scenes. The quality throughout is extremely good.
- Mr. Parson is a wealthy banker and his wife is one of the most fashionable women in her set. Mr. Donald is a solicitor and had been an ardent admirer of Mrs. Parson before her marriage. The latter attends a reception, while her husband hurries to attend a meeting of the board of directors of the bank in which he is interested. At the reception she meets Donald and in a spirit of frivolity, invites him to her home, explaining to her hostess that she is suffering from a headache. In the meantime, Jennie, the maid in the employ of the Parson's, has taken advantage of the absence of her employers to invite the butcher's assistant to the house. The two are feasting and the butcher's clerk is smoking expensive perfectos when Mrs. Parson rings for admittance. The young man is hidden under a couch and Jennie hurriedly removes the remnants of the repast from the table. Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Parson, she receives the promised visit from Donald and the two are chatting amiably when Mr. Parson proceeds to let himself into the house. The fact is that after the meeting of the bank directors, the staid financiers visit a music hall and then engage in a friendly game of cards at the club. Parson becomes weary of the entertainment at the club and decides to hurry to his home. Before he enters, his wife secrets Donald under the same couch under which the butcher's clerk is hidden. The solicitor and the former meet for the first time under these awkward circumstances and all goes well until Mr. Parson discovers two empty glasses on the mantel. The maid arrives in time and explains that the mistress and herself bad taken a little "nightcap." Then the banker finds a stub of a cigar which the butcher's helper had been smoking and once again his suspicions are aroused. Sounds of breathing from beneath the couch cause him to investigate and the serving maid's sweetheart is pulled from cover by the ear. Again Jennie comes to the rescue and removes an embarrassing situation by admitting that she had been entertaining her sweetheart during the absence of the family. Donald escapes unseen and on the day following he receives a visit from the butcher's apprentice. They laugh heartily over the strange predicament in which they found themselves on the previous night and all ends merrily.
- Aesop's Fable of the frog who tried to swell himself to the dimensions of a bull is about the only parallel which comes to mind when viewing the efforts of Max, sole trombonist at the Grand Theater. Max has seen tidings of a strange bequest: $25,000 is awaiting the musician who can play "The Maiden's Prayer" for twenty-four hours without stopping, and Max resolves to win that bequest. Kiki, his sweetheart, urges him on to win the prize as otherwise her obdurate guardian will not entertain him as a suitor for Kiki's hand. "Win or burst," and he goes to it with a will and vim. What twenty-four hours of continuous tromboning can produce can he much better seen than described in language. Max, with protruding eyes and distended cheeks makes a funny sight indeed; more than once he is literally at the last gasp, but love supports him until twenty-three hours and fifty-nine minutes have elapsed, at which point the neighbors rush in with murderous intentions. The lawyer waked from the stupor which the soloist's unending blast has brought about, and when it is known that Max, now limply hanging about his fiancée's neck, has won the coveted $25,000, the applause is just deafening.
- Mr. Proudfoot is suddenly convinced of the fact that there are many, many women in the world working very hard for a living, and he decides that henceforth he will never let a woman work. He goes out and assists every female he meets, but returns later in a different frame of mind having made up his mind that the answer to the question is Yes.
- Mr. King treats his wife and baby very poorly, but Mrs. King makes the best of things until the handsome Mr. Johnson arrives and falls in love with her. She then finds that she cannot resist the temptation of all the fine things he offers her and she goes away with him. This act makes Mr. King realize what he has done and he reforms. He cannot, however, overcome his hard feelings toward his wife. As his child grows older, she constantly asks for her mother and the father always tells her that she is in Heaven. One day a neighbor dies and little Emily puts a note in the dead person's hand, asking God to please send her mother back. On her way home she is run over by an automobile and is taken to the hospital. It so happens that her mother was in the automobile that ran over Emily and in this way a reconciliation is brought about between the mother and father. But little Emily insists that God answered her note and sent her mother back home.
- Mollie has an umbrella to which she is greatly attached. Several other people become attached to this umbrella during the course of her morning's walk, but in a manner entirely different. The wicked March winds waft the umbrella skyward and Mollie follows her umbrella as best she can. On the housetops she encounters many obstacles which finally cause her to take the wrong turn and wander down the mouth of a chimney. Emerging from this wrong turn, she is as black as black can be. Subsequent adventures cause her to change color, but long before this you will be obliged to stop the film and give your audience a rest or they will die of laughter.