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- A hungry mosquito spots and follows a man on his way home. The mosquito slips into the room where the man is sleeping, and gets ready for a meal. His first attempts startle the man and wake him up, but the mosquito is very persistent.
- A bird has been sitting on some eggs in the stump of a tree for six months, without result. It decides to strike, and flies away. A bear comes along and eats some of the eggs, but one escapes him and rolls away. Then the six-months-old egg has a series of adventures, which take it all over the place. A snake eats it, but decides to return it again to the light of day, and does so. Then it rolls into a cheese factory and beats the cheeses at their own game, The cheese maker sniffs the delightful aroma, and says that if he can locate it he will make the strongest cheese known to civilization. He does so and puts the precious object in the safe. Rats sniff it from afar and are trying to nibble their way into the safe when the whole thing explodes.
- The city is being terrorized by a mysterious female Raffles. At last, in desperation, the chief of police sends for his friend, the famous sleuth, Detective Duck. While these two are sitting in conference, Raffles, in her search for loot, enters the home of Mrs. Gotta Millun. Raffles' eyes sparkle as she takes in with delight the rich Oriental knick-knacks and furnishings. Mrs. Millun is a connoisseur. Raffles hides under a table when Mrs. Millun comes in. Mrs. Millun has just received a gift from her brother in far-off India. It is a jewel case containing eight beautiful and rare pearls as large as hen eggs. In a note accompanying them her brother explains that the jewels were part of the loot of the Britishers when they raided Oski Wow Wow, and that they were taken from a famous Indian Princess who had sworn eternal vengeance on all who thereafter possessed them. This fact did not worry Mrs. Millun. Raffles secures a glimpse of the pearls. She manages to read the note accompanying them. Such magnificent pearls must not be allowed to go unstolen. A great scheme enters her mind. Raffles later appears before Mrs. Millun. She has disguised herself and is impersonating the Indian princess mentioned in the note. She tells Mrs. Millun that she has come for the pearls, which are rightfully her own. Mrs. Millun ejects the intruder. Then a note appears on Mrs. Millun's front door. It is from this supposed East Indian Princess. Its contents fill the good woman with dread apprehension. She phones the chief of police, who sends the famous Detective Duck, who, upon learning Mrs. Millun's story, hides the pearls in a tooth cavity, replacing them in the jewel case with hen eggs. That night, Raffles, still impersonating the East Indian Princess, appears again. She spots the famous detective and drugs his wine with a sleeping powder. He discovers her, however, and after a terrific tussle, manages to lock her in the vault. Feeling mighty good at his exploit he drinks his wine, after which he phones for the chief of police to come and see his prize. Then the sleeping powder takes effect. He is in the middle of a horrible nightmare wherein the supposed Indian Princess is treating him to an awful dose of scares when the chief arrives and awakens him after strenuous effort. Then the two dumbfounded men discover the vault wide open. The bird has flown. In the empty jewel case is a note containing these words: "Da safe opens from de inside, yer loon. Say, cutey. where did you hide those pearls? Never mind. I'll get 'em yet. Thanks for de breakfast food. Da Mysterious Female Raffles."
- Peking, like Paris, abounds in out-of-door restaurants, which make unusually attractive the first part of Dr. Dorsey's "Wonders of the Orient." There is introduced, too, genuine Pekinese pugs and primitive building methods, showing street vocations, with primitive Chinese labor. Women burden bearers are introduced, as is the method of drilling a well, practically all of Peking's water supply coming from surface wells. The pottery and willow shops, with their workers, are intimately introduced, while there is to be seen a public well, an enjoyable game of dominoes and, in the distance, a Christian Mission church.
- "Boo-hoo, they won't let me join the army," Henry repined. "It'll be the farmers' life for me," he decided. But the life of the farmer did not altogether agree with a hero who was disappointed when he did not get real eats or a real drink of cider, as he had been told was served on a farm. He chased a cow some fifty miles or so, forgot what he didn't ever know about milking, met a widow and a child, but. when it came to "raising" things, the only thing that he did raise was, what Sherman called war.
- Wilfred Melton, a poor man who has come to the mountains in search of health, one day stumbles upon a rich quartz ledge bearing gold, but on account of his poverty is unable to get the machinery necessary to develop his find. Near Melton lives an old hermit who apparently is in prosperous circumstances. One day he is counting his hoarded gold when Melton knocks at the door. The hermit hides his wealth under the tablecloth and admits Melton. Melton makes an impassioned appeal for some provisions and tells him that his wife and baby are on the verge of starvation. The old hermit thinks he is after his gun and tries to shoot Melton. In the struggle the gun is discharged and the old hermit killed. The tablecloth is pulled off in the struggle, baring the gold. Time passes and Melton has made good with the money and is now in prosperous circumstances, but is still haunted. He writes his wife a note telling her of his mental torture, and that she will know the truth soon. He sets out for the sheriff's office to tell of the killing and give himself up. While he is nervously walking up and down in the sheriff's office he sees a reward sign, offering $1,000 for the capture of Nick, the Hermit, and from the picture recognizes the face of the dead hermit. He rushes from the office and hurries home to get the letter before his wife reads it. His wife has just returned from an outing and is just about to get the letter when he rushes in and manages to secure the letter without her knowledge. Some time later the president of the bank the hermit had robbed is very much mystified to receive a package of $10,000, the amount stolen from the bank.
- Two children follow an old veteran, and ask him how he won his medal. He tells them that back in '61, when he was a young private on sentry duty, the enemy attacked them in an aeroplane. He managed to overcome them, and then discovered a huge bologna sausage, which was the enemy's entire food supply. He reported his find to headquarters, saying that he was sending the food supply by wireless. It duly arrived at the tent of Gen. Delivery, from Private House. He was presented with the medal for this achievement. The boys say that he deserves ten, and give him one with "Liar" on it. He is disgusted, and tells them they don't know a real liar when they see one.
- Carrol Morten, a young society man, disappointed in love, becomes a woman-hater. To get away from women he visits the ranch of an old friend, "Pop" Lamed. Enter "Pop's" pretty niece also for an unexpected visit. Morten snubs the girl, who has fallen in love with him. While out riding Morten is captured by some bad Indians and in the struggle to save his life Morten kills one of the Indians. The band carry Morten off to torture him by fire. The girl sees the Indians capture Morten and after a thrilling ride pursued by an Indian, the girl reaches the ranch house and tells of Morten's plight. The brave girl leads eight white men to where Morten, bound to a tree, is about to be burned to death. The white men arrive just in time and with a few well-directed shots, drive off the Indians and rescue Morten. In the last scene the woman hater realizes that all girls are not alike, and he breaks his vow.
- Hal Garrett, a young mine superintendent, receives an invitation to the wedding of his elder brother, Hugh Garrett, who is to marry Agnes Norton, whom the brothers have known since childhood. The receipt of the invitation throws Hal into a fit of rage, and he surprises his assistant by announcing that he will leave for the east at once. The younger brother had left home suddenly, after a heated interview with Hugh, and he returns in the same manner, his homecoming being unannounced. At night Hal gains access to the old homestead, by means of a porch window, and surprises his brother in his dressing room, about to retire. Hugh is startled by the unexpected appearance of Hal, who berates his brother. Drawing a huge revolver, Hal hands it to Hugh, admonishing him to "Be a man and blow out your brains." Hugh reluctantly accepts the gun, glances at it a moment and quickly fires at Hal. The shot is heard by the old family valet, who hurries to investigate. He enters Hugh's room, to find his master and a stranger locked in each other's arms and struggling for the possession of the revolver, clasped in Hugh's hand. Before the old valet can interfere the gun is discharged and Hugh falls lifeless to the floor. Horror-stricken, the valet recognizes Hal, his favorite of the two boys. Alarmed and fearful for his young master's safety, he bids Hal to fly, placing the gun near Hugh's body, to suggest suicide. Hal reluctantly obeys. The household is alarmed, and the doctor and police are soon upon the scene. The valet's story is accepted, until the doctor points out that Hugh was shot in the back, an unusual proceeding for a suicide. To protect Hal, the valet confesses that he shot Hugh in retaliation for a blow. Next morning Hal learns of the old servant's loyalty, and surrenders. The aged mother of the two boys is overcome at the death of her eldest son and pleads with her friends to send for her boy Hal. Agnes prevents the mother from learning that Hal has confessed to the killing of his brother. The father of Agnes gets Hal to tell his story, which is as follows: During their childhood days, Agnes, Hugh and Hal were playmates. Hal is devoted to Agnes, but she favors Hugh, who is selfish. Years later Agnes promises to marry Hugh. Hal shields his brother's dissipations to Agnes. He later learns that his brother has an incurable disease and is advised by his physician never to marry. Because of his unsuccessful proposal to Agnes, Hal has decided to leave home and locate in the west. Before he goes he interviews Hugh on the disease and informs him that he will kill him before he allows him to marry Agnes. So the brothers part in anger, and do not meet again until the fateful night when Hal returns for the purpose of preventing the wedding. Agnes's father is shocked and surprised, and appreciates Hal's loyal devotion and sincere love for his daughter. While Hal has been telling his story, the Coroner, assisted by the Garretts' family physician, has held on autopsy on Hugh's body. They find that the pistol shot inflicted merely a superficial wound. Hugh's death actually resulted from heart disease. These facts are at once communicated to the Chief of Police, who announces the startling but welcome news just as Hal is about to be returned to his cell. Whether the great joy shown by Agnes is caused by the fact that she can now answer the pleadings of the bereaved mother to bring home her youngest son or for other reasons, is left for the audience to decide.
- Prudence, a pretty girl, who has become the wife of John Marlow, wealthy club man, finds her husband to be fast becoming subject to the blandishments of other women. She knows of no set rules for holding him secure. She overhears him tell another woman, "My wife is impossible; she is too old fashioned." Forthwith she sets out to disprove his belief. She learns to tango and also to array herself according to Dame Fashion's latest dictates. Fortified by the latest acquired finesse and converted from a simply dressed little Quakeress to a ravishing beauty via the modiste's and hairdresser's art, she invades a ball room where the neglectful husband is paying court to the other woman. The effects and results are instantaneous: Prudence wins back her husband, who begs her to remain the little Quakeress, promising in return his steadfast love.
- Montgomery Stagg, an adventurous and penniless young man, is in love with Margery Stone. He is preparing to call upon her one evening when her mother makes her break the engagement with him for the evening in favor of one Gibson, who makes a brilliant appearance in contrast with Stagg. Stagg, angered at his sweetheart, decides to go in the direction the wind is blowing. He turns the first corner and finds a girl huddled on the steps, weeping. This he thinks will prove an adventure, so he greets the girl and later he learns how she, a village belle, made the acquaintance of a traveling salesman, their subsequent meetings finally terminating in her agreeing to draw all her funds out of the bank and meet him in the city, where they would be married. Arriving in the city, he got possession of her funds and left her alone in the hotel, and they, finding she was penniless, threw her out. She is just on the verge of committing suicide, when he comforts her and tells her he will take her to the hotel. Stagg is embarrassed when he finds he has no money, and as a last resort takes the girl to his rooms, making her comfortable, while he spends the night in the park. Margery calls him up and finds a strange woman in his room. Next morning Stagg returns to his room in an angry mood. The girl meets him and comforts him, offering him a cup of coffee, which he refuses. Margery bursts in, sees them at the table and haughtily breaks her engagement with him, throwing Stagg's ring at him and leaving in a huff. Stagg is in a quandary. He accuses the girl of being the cause of his troubles and she breaks down and shows him a picture of the man who has wronged her. Stagg determines to win Margery back, and going to her house, finds her engaged with Gibson, just having agreed to his proposal of marriage. He recognizes Gibson as the man who has wronged the girl in his room, and getting the girl, denounces him for what he is, forcing him to return the money.
- Did you ever sit in a street car and see the man opposite you yawn? Then what did you do? You yawned too, didn't you? Not that you wanted to yawn, but nevertheless you did, just because the other fellow did. Now, when the man opposite you saw your oral cavern expand he yawned too. And before you knew it somebody else down the aisle saw one of you yawn, and yawned too. He immediately became the temptation for somebody else, who yawned, with the same effect on whoever saw him. That's contagion, see?
- Bright Eyes, an Indian Maid, marries a white trapper. He leaves her alone with an infant. Not knowing what to do, she returns to her tribe, leaving her babe on the bank of the river. She is received back in the tribe and when the squaws are sent for water the babe is found. She, keeping the secret, asks to be allowed to raise the babe, which is granted. After twenty years, Stalwart Brave, the papoose, contests for the chieftainship in the lariat duel on horseback. He defeats the champion and becomes the White Chief. He falls in love with the old chief's daughter, but is denied her. The brave he defeated, for revenge on the old chief, lashes him. Panther leaves her in a rage, vowing revenge, is rescued by the White Chief and wins the girl.
- Dora and Dave are sweethearts. Dora is loved by Tom, who proposes marriage to Dora only to be met by a refusal. He sees a love scene between Dora and Dave and is embittered against his old friend. A messenger gives Captain Hawkins a sum of money to pay off his crew and he places it in a pocket of his coat. He goes to pay the men and finds he has not the coat, and sends Dave to his house to get it. He has previously forbidden Dora to receive the attention of Dave and he singles him out of the party in order to humiliate him in the eyes of his other fishermen. Dave goes to the house, secures the coat, and on the way to the dock he shifts the coat about, and the bag containing the money falls out of the pocket. It is found by a simple-minded Gabe, a fool of the village, who hurries away. Dave gives the coat to the captain, who searches in the pockets for the wallet. He cannot find it and he accuses Dave of having stolen the money. Dave protests his innocence. Tom, who is standing near, suggests he submit to the search. Dave refuses to be searched, but knowing the violent temper of the captain, and that appearances are against him, he submits. The captain and Tom search him but do not find the money. They decide that he has hidden it and let him go and follow him to find the hiding place. The captain, on his way, is met by Dora, who sees that his actions are strange and she connects Dave with his angry mood. She meets two sailors after leaving the captain and is told that Dave has left the village in his dory and has been accused of stealing her father's money. Almost crazed with grief and anxiety she runs down to the beach just after the boat of Dave has been capsized and she finds the waves buffeting it into the shore. The captain, in the meantime, going to relieve the anxiety of the men discovers the simple Gabe playing with the wallet. Rushing to him he takes it from him in a rage and realizes that he has accused an innocent man of theft. In the distance sees Dora helping Dave along the rocks, and roughly hauling Gabe with him, he goes to Dave and humbly asks forgiveness, showing the recovered wallet. Big-hearted Dave is only too anxious to forgive, and seeing his chance, loses no time in asking for the hand of Dora. With the captain's consent comes a happy homecoming and ending to the unfortunate interim, and Dave and his sweetheart can now look the whole world in the face.
- There is an old saying which tells us that we cannot know people fully well until we have lived under the same roof with them. If the wife in this story had known it, she might never have entertained the friend who came to visit her, for it is this same friend, the chum of her girlhood days, who opens the first chapter of an intrigue which wrecks the happy home. But there is a Providence which presides over such matters and which in this case, sends a representative to earth, so to speak. This envoy is a little daughter of the couple through whom fate pulls her strings in such a way that before the picture is finished, her little arms are drawing her separated parents together into loving embrace.
- Ann Purdy longs for the wild life of youth, but her father Amos is a strict disciplinarian and keeps a tight rein on her. One evening she wants to go to a local dance but her father forbids it. She waits until he is asleep, then sneaks off to the dance. On the way home, she loses her purse, and it is found by a policeman who returns it to her father. In a fit of anger, Amos casts the girl out of his house. Five years pass and Ann is now a widow with a small child. When she loses her job at a factory, she takes her child to an orphan asylum. There she meets her father's old friend, Dr. Green. He talks to Amos and arranges for a reconciliation, whereupon the girl and her child are taken back into her father's home. Moving Picture World.
- The Rev. Edwin August and Frank Ward are intimate friends from boyhood. Finally, falling in love with Jane Armstrong, they both propose at the same time and she accepts Edwin. Despite his disappointment, Frank remains Edwin's friend, is a frequent caller at Edwin's home, a friend of his wife, and later of his little daughter. Edwin is planning a great surprise for his wife, a new home in the country. His supervision of the building necessitates many absences from home, and as he does not account for these satisfactorily, Jane becomes uneasy and later suspicious. Frank comforts her for a time until finally he, too, becomes suspicious. Meantime, Edwin has become the intended victim of a band of thieves and they trail him from his country place back to his home and plan to rob the house. The night of the burglary is the night that Jane decides she cannot stand Edwin's absence any longer. She breaks down and asks Frank for his advice. He suggests a plan to waken Edwin's love, which both believe he still holds for her, but which has simply become dormant. They write a letter and place it in Edwin's hands with the instructions that it remains unopened until he is instructed. Edwin is puzzled, but accedes to their request. He places the letter in his strong box and continues with his work. Later that evening Edwin finds that he needs Jane's signature to some papers. He rises and is about to enter the adjoining room when he sees Jane in Frank's arms. Thunderstruck, his first thought is revenge. He hurries to his desk and searches fruitlessly for a revolver and then rushes up the stairs to his room. The thieves, watching on the outside, take this opportunity to enter. As they start their work at his desk he returns. The watcher conceals himself behind the curtain while his female accomplice enters the adjoining room. Imagining Iva has been captured, the accomplice fires blindly through the portieres, killing her. Edwin hears the shot and comes upon Dick as he is about to commit suicide. Dick frantic through realizing that he has accidentally shot his pal. It is then that Jane and the friend come on and make explanations. Jane begs him to open the envelope in the box. He does so, and realizes the awful mistake he barely escaped making. The letter explains that the love making between Jane and Frank was but a subterfuge. It was intended that he should see it and they thought that through that means his love would be awakened. The picture ends with a view of Edwin, Jane and Frank overlooking the new country home.
- Major Harding, of the United States Army, is commissioned to deliver important dispatches to a Cuban general. Mendez, a Spanish spy, plans to get the papers and engages the services of Mme. Cambroue, a noted adventuress. Major Harding's wife, prior to his departure, tenders a dinner to a number of her friends, among whom are Mendez, Madame and her friend, Miss Deane. During the reception Madame arranges to have Miss Deane fall in a pretended faint and during the excitement Madame goes to Harding's library, opens the dispatch box and takes the papers. In doing so, however, she allows her handkerchief to drop among the other papers in the box. A peculiar perfume from it scents the remaining papers and box. Later the Major discovers his loss, calls his wife, who immediately recognizes the odor she had noticed on Madame's handkerchief. The Major visits Madame's house, bribes the servant and secretes himself behind the screen. The spy enters and Madame is about to hand over the papers, when the Major makes himself know.
- Lon is engaged to Jane, a social butterfly whose financial desires are impossible for him to fulfill.
- Harry and Jack surprise their sweethearts with an unexpected visit. Entering unobserved, they find Helen and Carry looking at their photographs and decide to try the Halloween test of seeing the face in a basin of water. The boys follow to help along the test and get soused in the water. A prominent dry goods firm send the girls a pantaloon gown for their inspection. The boys bribe the man and Jack dons the costume and poses as a model. A series of screaming happenings take place until the girls happen to discover the disguise of the boy and eventually they are forgiven.
- Jones' wife brings her Aunt Hannah to visit them. Auntie makes Jones' life miserable by interfering with his smoke and his occasional drink and finally caps the climax by breaking up a card party to which he has invited a few friends. Jones goes on a tear and comes home loaded and is surprised by Auntie. In a funny scrap that follows Auntie is knocked out. Jones thinks she is dead and proceeds to dispose of her by putting her into an empty barrel and in his efforts to dispose of the barrel with the body he has the most funny adventures. Finally some toughs put Jones into the barrel and roll it over a precipice. Bang! Smash! Jones thinks he is dead but he wakes up in his own home and discovers that it has all been a dream.
- The story opens with Edmund Dantes landing from his ship. Then follow his greeting of his father, his love scene with Mercedes in which Fernand's jealous hatred is aroused, the conspiracy of Danglars and Fernand and the betrothal in the arbor at which Dantes is torn from his sweetheart's side by the soldiers who arrest him. We see Dantes in prison breaking through the wall, his meeting with the Abbe Faria, then the death of the Abbe who gives to Dantes the secret of the treasure buried on the Isle of Monte Cristo. Dantes escapes in the bag which contains the Abbe's dead body, his discovering the treasure at Monte Cristo in a grotto. In a magnificent ballroom scene Dantes meets Fernand and Mercedes, now his wife, who recognizes her first lover. The duel with Albert who is saved by his mother, Mercedes, the arrest of Fernand through Monte Cristo's effort and Fernand's death in prison. Danglars as the Abbe of Busoni, after making Danglars bankrupt, tortures him by starvation until he gives up a million for food and goes out a broken man.
- Jenkins, a henpecked husband, visits a moving picture theater and in a film witnesses the successful termination of a plan by means of which another henpecked husband reduces his wife to submission. Jenkins goes home and proceeds to put the same plan into operation with his wife, but unfortunately Mrs. Jenkins falls to submit to the treatment like the wife in the picture did, and after a strenuous séance, poor Jenkins finds himself once more reduced to a pulp.
- This is another comedy, in which trick photography plays a large part. It is a travesty on the temperance question, siding with the dry element. On the refusal of the Governor to sign a bill in favor of the liquor interest, the political boss tries to force the executive to his will. The Governor, after a series of thrilling experiences, thwarts the efforts of the politicians. The latter calls on Lady Baffles, who impersonates the Governor's wife and secures the executive's signature to the bill. Detective Duck, however, captures the politicians in a clever manner and beats Lady Baffles at her own game.
- A half-breed Indian and his squaw hold up the sheriff and his wife and steal their horses. A band of cowboys, returning from a roundup, recognize the horses and force the Indian and his squaw to return with them to town. On the way they overtake the sheriff and his wife, who are walking town-ward, to give the alarm. The sheriff, in gratitude to the half-breed for not shooting his wife during the holdup, claims that he lost the horses in a card game. This alibi frees the half-breed, who, ashamed of what he has done, returns the horses to the rightful owner and swears that he will henceforth lead an honest life. He tears a playing card in half, giving the sheriff one part and keeping the other section himself. Some time later the sheriff, through drink, loses his position, and the half-breed, who has become a model citizen, is elected in his stead. The sheriff is called to find a cattle rustler. He catches the suspect, and in searching his prisoner, he finds half of a playing card. He matches the piece with the one he has, recognizes in the prisoner his one-time benefactor, and realizing that "one good turn deserves another," sets him free.
- Ima Knutt falls in love with a fat woman, and does everything he can think of to make her thin. But the more she exercises the fatter she grows. At last he finds some wonderful patent medicine and induces her to try it. She becomes so thin, that when he calls her up on the telephone she comes right through the machine and into his room over the wire. That is too much for Ima, who is converted to bachelor joys.
- Imperial Peking is the mysterious city, photographed by Doctor Dorscy, first showing a panoramic view, and later details, such as the main gate, the National Museum, formerly the Imperial Palace, with some of the Chinese curios ; the Summer Palace, with the famous Porcelain Pagoda, erected for a Mongolian prince.
- The temperamental moving picture director is at his wit's end. He must have a scenario dealing with the war situation. While in a frenzy he is interrupted by Hippocrates MacGuinness, who blithely hands him a few bushels of scenarios with such sensational themes as "Gathering the Myrtle with Mary" and "La Petite Avoirdupois," or "Truck. Horse Soubrette." The director's first impulse is to hurl the palpitating Hippocrates from the highest battlements, but he restrains his ardor and pleasantly jostles him down the staircase. Acting upon this helpful though gentle hint, the pleasant-mannered poet tries to write a war story; He goes into a sweet slumber. His pensive brain becomes delirious and he sees forts fall, castles crumble, Zeppelins more plentiful than pigeons, while the blowing up of a man-of-war and the crumbling of trains into smoke are subjects scarce worth the recording. He thinks of a man of dire destiny who invents a portable machine that thinks no more of the enemy's fleet than a matinee girl would of one pound of chocolates. The sky is aflame with burning aeroplanes. Midnight becomes as bright as day as the air monsters explode and fall to the ground a mass of molten steel, while the oceans bubble like cauldrons and the sky shines like a burnished mirror. Then he awakens as the studio scenery falls on him. He is too excited by the nightmare to heed this, and feverishly writes the story.
- There are moments in the lives of all of us when we must make great sacrifices. Sometimes of name, sometimes of material value. Yet among all of us is the woman who struggles the most against the circumstances that force her to label herself. In this story, however, the exceptional woman stands out in bold relief with a background of intrigue and infidelity; the very people in comparison with whom her nobility shines overwhelmingly brilliant are given the opportunity of pointing her out as the guilty one. Does she resent it and turn upon the villainess even while she denounces her? Does she tell the misled husband the true state of affairs about that little midnight supper in the artist's studio? She might if it were a matter of only her own self, but the thought of an instant takes her to a little room where two big blue eyes are closed in the peaceful slumber of childhood. Then it is that the real spirit of sacrifice comes upon her and she accepts without remonstration the denunciation of the real sinner. And thus does she pass out of their lives, their savior, yet a woman of no importance.
- Marius goes into the lion's pit, taking his life into his hands to save the girl who has been brutally left to die by Marius' rival. When Marius arrives the populace arises as one man to honor him, but above all others Dacia, his pagan mistress, pays him greatest homage. However, the happiness of Marius and Dacia is short-lived. They quarrel and Dacia leans to Cassius, who is envious of Marius and his friend in name only. Marius soon tires of the quiet life in Rome and longs for the battlefield. While thus chafing under the restraint, he gets sight of Lygia, a Christian, while he is walking in the forest. Captivated by her beauty, he carries her off to his palace with wild passion. Dacia, the discarded favorite, finds Cassius a willing tool and conspires with him to spoil the beauty of the Christian. Lygia is abducted by Cassius and Dacia and thrown into the private lion pit. Marius is informed of the abduction by his henchmen and rushes in search of her. He arrives at the pit to see the lion snarling and ready to spring upon the girl. He thrusts his men aside and bounds into the pit. The lion springs upon him, but he forces it back with his sword. He lifts the girl to his friends above and then makes good his own escape. Later, Marius realizes that he has failed to make the girl love him. The scales fall from his eyes and he sets her free. He embraces Christianity, and his proud spirit finds rest.
- Those noble girls who go down to the settlement houses in the slums to spread light and give aid to the needy can tell strange stories. Lucile is one of them, and she holds to her work bravely. Each day she must tolerate insults from the street corner gang as she goes to and from the settlement building. But one day, one of the gang calls an emphatic halt on the proceedings; he becomes her friend, she his. He becomes, too, the link between her and her good work. The big opportunity comes when she saves them all from a term in jail, and her reward is not only a dozen or so recruits to her class, but also a choice collection of guns, brass knuckles and blackjacks, the use of which the owners swear off for good and all time.
- Moved by anger and a keen sense of having been wronged, a cowpuncher sets out to kill his enemy. In his anger he justifies his act. As a result of a coincidence, he kills his own brother. He becomes a fratricide, a thing to loathe, and he realizes what it is to kill. On a cattle ranch in the far west, two brothers, Pete and Ned Cullen, work for Thomas Bender, the ranch owner. Ned is the ranch foreman. He is faithful to his trust. Pete was born an enemy to the world. All his passionate longings and feverish objections to the work turns inward and lay waste his rebel soul. Pete has trouble with Bender and is discharged. He drinks and nurses the venomous sentiments until he decides to kill Thomas Bender. The ranch owner rides a white horse. While riding home from town. Bender's horse goes lame and the owner exchanges mounts with Ned. As the dusk gathers, the two brothers draw near to each other on a lonely stretch of road . Pete, believing that the rider of the white horse is Bender, shoots. He runs up to the mortally injured man to find that he has killed Ned, his younger brother, the one man he had to live for in the world. Ned made no resistance when the cowboys rode up and took him; he just stumbles along toward the end which awaits such men.
- Captain Silas Tugg, of the schooner Helen, is a hater of women and all their doings. He has forbidden his mate, Tom Burns, to marry. Tom tells his sweetheart of his captain's crustiness. Tugg won't listen to a word of their marriage, nor allow sweethearting on the vessel. The second mate, Jim Fing, a married man with three young children, is not afraid of Captain Tugg. He brings his wife and family aboard on Sunday. Mrs. King, in her matronly way, promptly places the children in the most sacred place in the cabin, gives her baby the most sacred thing of all, the Sextant, to play with, and proceeds to clean up the cabin. Captain Tugg comes in roaring wildly, tries to get rid of Mrs. Fing, but is himself captured by the baby. Finally he calls the cook, and astonishes him by ordering to prepare all sorts of sweetmeats for the children. The cook is horrified at the change in his master, and attempts, with dire results, to take the baby away from the captain. "Mind the pots; babies are not in your line," says the captain. His mate, Burns, sees this and calls his sweetheart. "What a pity the skipper hasn't a child of his own," says the mate. Influenced by this, Captain Tugg secretly goes to a foundling establishment, and, after ramming his way through, left with a fourteen-months' old baby. Knowing nothing of babies, the captain gives the new caller his own room, and orders the cook to do his level best to provide dainties. The baby absolutely refuses to do anything but squall. A council of war on the part of Captain Tugg and the cook results in nothing but the cook finally losing his temper. Captain Tugg then consults his second officer, the married man, who promptly provides first aid for a hungry baby, in the shape of a warm bottle, which is performed in the admiring presence of the captain, the mate, the cook and three sailors through the skylight above. The baby, once asleep. Captain Tugg goes into the cabin, still marked from the visit of Mrs. Fing and her babies, picks up the Sextant, the most cherished emblem, and gives to baby in token of complete surrender. He then proceeds to an employment office and engages a middle-aged woman as nurse. The nurse promptly takes possession of the ship. At this point, Edith Wild, the mate's sweetheart, makes it a point to come to the captain and put it up to him that she will not allow Burns, the mate, to sail on a ship so strangely inhabited. This maneuvering worked, and the captain finally consults the cook, whose idea is: "Get rid of babies and the woman; old times are best." The nurse overhears this and protests for her protege, and the only way that the captain sees out of it is to marry the nurse, which he promptly does. The cook, to get revenge, then takes the part of the mate and his sweetheart, and when the minister comes aboard to marry the captain and the nurse, with the baby in the nurse's arms. Wild and Edith also step in as bold as brass.
- Two spirited teen girls place a bet on who will become the first to kiss their handsome teacher.
- The manager sent his company to the park to make some exterior scenes, and they did not notice that the children had tied their wagon on behind the auto. The manager was rather jealous of the attentions of his leading man to his wife, who played the feminine leads. The company rehearsed the scene of an elopement, watched intently by the children. As the boss was not present, the director and his staff decided to take time off for a "little game." The leading man urged the leading lady to come and rest with him under a neighboring tree. The children got hold of the camera and decided to make a picture on their own account. They acted a burlesque of the scene they had just seen, and then fate inspired them to experiment with the panorama handle. The next day the company was invited into the projection room to see yesterday's results. The kids managed to sneak in, too. Then was revealed how the actors wasted their time, and the pressing attentions of the leading man to the Manager's wife gave that gentleman a painful shock. Everybody was tired, but the children were rewarded with slices of pie by their loving mother for having kept their clothes so clean!
- Nan Walsh, keeper of a restaurant in a small mining town, is engaged to marry Bob Davis, a young prospector. True to her expectations, Bob makes good and uncovers a vein of rich pay ore. He hastens to tell Nan. She accompanies him back to the scene of his operations. Arriving there they find that the claim has been jumped in their absence and the Law, in person of a constable, is protecting the rights of the claim jumper. Despondent over this incident, Bob hits upon a plan to at least reap part of the fruit of his labors. Not wishing to hurt anyone in the operation, he extracts the bullets from the cartridges in his revolver and sallies forth to hold up the wagon upon which the claim-jumper is sending a load of ore for shipment to the railroad. Unfortunately for Bob, Jim Haswell, sheriff of the county, is riding in the vicinity. Drawing his revolver he tries to take the would-be robber, but fails. He then gathers a posse and sets out to capture Bob. Bob seeks refuge in Nan's restaurant. When all ruses fail to convince the sheriff that Bob is not there, she recalls to him an affair in which she was instrumental in saving his life. Confronted with this page from the past, the sheriff rides away with his posse. Thus, Nan saves her lover from capture and together they watch the former pursuers fade away into the distance.
- Pygmalion, who has carved out the beautiful figure of Galatea. He gets several offers for its purchase, but is so in love with the work that he refuses to part with it. One day as he sits in his saddle he hears a voice calling him by name. He knows that there is nobody in the room, and is bewildered. Finally he draws aside the portieres that hide the figure of Galatea and is stupefied to find her alive. He leads her down from the pedestal and discloses to her that she is now in the world, answering her inquiries. He finds the incarnation as beautiful as his marble work, but as he falls in love with her, there enters an element of jealousy on the part of those who do not understand the situation. This causes Galatea to grieve, and ere Pygmalion can come out of his trance she stepped back on the pedestal and the transformation takes place, by which the beautiful Galatea is again turned to the stone from which the sculptor's mallet had shaped her.
- Every exercise which has raised hundreds of men from weaklings to strong, sturdy specimens of manhood will be revealed before the lens. The great feature of this system of exercise is that it requires no apparatus to follow it, and it is free and within the reach of every person who cares to take advantage of the opportunity presented them to regain vitality and to glow with health. The body is a machine much more delicate than the works of your watch, which you take care of because you know that if the works get out of order that your watch will not run. This fascinating and instructive picture will show you how you can take care of your body and keep it in the same running condition that you keep your watch in. As a film feature this has never been surpassed, and it is the first time that the screen has been used to show health building exercises before the public. Every movement is slowly and carefully shown so that any person in the audience will be able to go home and perform the same exercise without a mistake. Bernarr McFadden, who will be featured in this series of calisthenic pictures, shows in the picture how he built up his magnificent physique and promises that if you follow his instructions that you can acquire the same type of development.
- A young mother, whose husband is a drunkard, gives birth to a baby which is suddenly taken ill. The angel of death appears to carry away the spirit of the child. The mother frantically fights, pleads and prays to the picture of Christ showing the scene depicting "Little children come unto Me." The angel of death, realizing the sorrow of the young mother, depicts the life of the child as it goes through manhood and the temptations in his path. After viewing the various scenes, showing the downfall of the child, the mother willingly and gladly tells the spirit to take her child to the Kingdom of God, as the soul is now pure. The father staggers in as the last scene of the life of the child is shown, and realizing the wreck he has made of his life, resolves to turn over a new leaf and we see the angel departing with the spirit of the child, and the father's resolute face turns toward a new and better life.
- Willie Winks is a friend of our old acquaintance, Sammie Johnsin. He has had an unfortunate experience with a goat, and he goes to get his dog to chase the animal. The goat, however, chases the dog instead. Willie finds pressing business elsewhere, and warns his friend Sammie to look out for trouble. They are not quick enough in getting away, however, and the picture ends in an orgy of bumps.
- This installment begins with interesting views of the newest methods employed in the Patent Office. The scene then changes to the entry of the immigrants into the Land of Freedom, and the foreigners who are to become citizens of the new world are shown going through the formalities of entrance into the country. Fascinating views of the Philippines show Uncle Sam caring for his little brown brother, teaching the children to read and write, instructing the older boys in trades, vaccinating the adults against the ravages of small-pox. "Turkey trotting in the Arctic" shows the native children of far Alaska in a quaint dance, and then the scene passes to the Indians, Uncle Sam's wards, who are shown in strange dances, hunting buffalo and roasting meat in the open. The interior views of the Indian Girls' School at Riverside show what progress has been made over this ancient manner of preparing food.
- Guido Morea and his sister, Nydia, forced to leave Italy, seek refuge in California. While the two are crossing one of the streets Nydia is killed by an auto driven by Willie Vail. The party are taken to the police station, but Vail, because of his wealthy connections, is liberated. Unable to find work in the city, Guido goes to the vineyards and gets a job with Adam Strohm. In his spare time Guido works to perfect his invention which throws a light so powerful that it will melt a bar of iron. One day Strohm and his daughter, Mary, come upon him at work and he explains the invention to them. Guido has taken quite a fancy to the girl and loves her for her many kindnesses, but holds his love in check, thinking she is not for him. Mary, too, has taken quite an interest in him. Willie Vail, who is a friend of the Strohms and suitor for the hand of Mary, pays them a visit. He is recognized by Guido and the latter's face hardens when Willie barely misses running Mary down. Vail takes Mary riding in the car and Guido sees him barely miss running into some children along the road. Mary quarrels with Willie over this and makes him take her home. When they arrive Guido, overcome with rage at the man's recklessness, overpowers him and takes him to his shack, determined to fix his hands so he will never run another child down. Just as he places Vail in front of his invention and starts to turn on the light Mary rushes in and saves the unlucky Vail. Guido tells of the death of his sister and how he thinks Vail should be cured of his recklessness. Mary's protests result in Vail getting free and Guido, thinking all is lost, prepares to depart. Mary then tells him he is so different from others and smilingly he tells her that back in Italy once he was rich. Because he hated war and would not turn his invention over to the government he was banished and brought his little sister to America, thinking to find happiness. When he tells of her death he breaks down and Mary, overcome by love, tells him she is not banishing him. Guido takes her into his arms, and in the distance Vail is seen carefully driving, his lesson learned.
- Carl Faber is a German violinist who neglects his beautiful wife and child for his music. The wife elopes with an army officer, Lieutenant Von Glahn, taking with her the six-year-old daughter Louise. Years pass; the old musician goes to America, where the wife dies. Dead broke, he goes out on the streets to earn a living with his violin. One day while playing on the street, he faints from hunger. His long-lost daughter Louise, now a beautiful young woman, picks him up, takes him to his home and arranges to take music lessons from him. Faber calls and is confronted by Von Glahn, the man who took his wife and child away. He makes the villain confess that the girl is not his daughter. Father and daughter are united and Von Glahn gets his deserved end.
- John Dobbs, an aged farmer, comes to the village with his family, and while there makes the sale of a cow for a good sum. The farm wagon drives away filled with pleased country folk, who have been to the hamlet to do some shopping. The payment of the money is witnessed by two tramps, who follow Farmer Dobbs home. He is set upon and robbed and the tramps make their escape, running in view of little Margaret, a granddaughter of the old farmer. Another child discovers the plight of the robbed man, who is bound, and neighbors set him free. There is a search for the highwaymen and the irate farmers are aided by Margaret in a most ingenious manner to capture the tramps by reason of their leaving tell-tale evidence. The story is interpreted in a most charming manner. Baby Earley plays the role of the child detective in a most astute way, and is rewarded for her vigilance.