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- "Various equipages pass, including a tally-ho and six white horses. A peculiar, open-end trolley car comes along; bicycle riders and pedestrians."
- This picture was secured from a launch furnished by Mr. Eager, President of the California Construction Co., who are fulfilling this $5,000,000 contract. Here is seen the largest derrick in the world at work, showing the huge arms straining and swaying. The spray effects are very fine, as the huge rocks strike the water, sending beautiful masses of foam hundreds of feet in the air and drenching the men at work on the cars. The derrick is at work on a long pier which extends out in the sea for a distance of about two miles, and for this reason we are obliged to secure our pictures from a launch.
- In this picture we show the largest pigeon farm in the world, consisting of hundreds of pigeon houses of all sizes. One of the attendants at the farm throws out feed to the pigeons. Immediately the air is filled with hundreds of thousands of flying birds. This is a most remarkable subject and bound to please the most exciting audiences. Sold complete or in separate lengths.
- A fine view of one of the grandest and most beautifully and fully equipped trains in the world. This picture was taken near Los Angeles, Cal., and shows the foliage of that section of the country. The train is full vestibuled, electrically lighted, and is running at the high rate of 65 miles an hour. We call your attention to how steadily the cars ride, causing no jumps or flickers in the picture.
- A trolley car is robbed and the bandits are pursued.
- A complete performance of THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO filmed as a stage play with curtains between the five acts: Act I. "The Sailor's Return," Act II. "Twenty Years Later," Act III. "Dantes Starts on His Mission of Vengeance," Act IV. "Dantes as the Count of Monte Cristo," Act V. "Dantes Accuses His Enemies," and "finis" at the end. This is the oldest known film of THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. Also, it depicts the oldest known film of the San Diego coast.
- Jack Thornton, an American traveler, while touring Europe meets the daughter of an old French nobleman and falls in love with her. He is persistent in his suit for her hand, but outside of a seemingly cordial friendship the lady apparently does not return his affections. There is a reason for this. Osman Bey, a Turkish nobleman, desires the hand of this charming girl. He has expressed his love for her to her father, who is an ambitious, worldly man and who aspires to obtain that social recognition which is so dear to the average man of wealth. Mons. Dupont is well aware that he is selling his daughter, and so cleverly does he arrange matters by pretending that he is facing financial ruin, that he persuades Flora into giving her consent to the marriage in order to save his credit. Several months later, whilst sightseeing in Constantinople, Jack by accident meets Flora, who is driving in a closed vehicle. He is startled at the change in her appearance and indignant over the revelation of her misery and ill-treatment. Almost a prisoner in the house of Osman Bey, she is denied friends and relatives. Her one great desire now is to get away from her tyrannical and brutal husband. Jack determines to aid her, and tells her that he will gain admittance to the grounds of the palace after sundown, where he may talk with her and if possible formulate a plan whereby she may gain her freedom. True to his word Jack is on hand at the appointed time, but is unable to pass the guards at the gate. Nothing daunted, this daring American determines to scale the massive walls, which he does after a great deal of difficulty. Making his way through the beautiful gardens, he manages to see through a lighted window Flora's face and form, Gently tapping on the pane of glass her attention is attracted, but a female spy, ordered by Osman Bey to keep an eye on his wife, observes the signal from the window and immediately acquaints her master with the knowledge of his wife's indiscretion. Burning with rage, the infuriated husband summons his slaves and orders them to take the American prisoner. Jack has just greeted Flora, when he is startled by a sharp word of command, and turning suddenly he is seized by the stalwart slaves of the palace and dragged away. Flora appeals to her enraged husband for Jack's release, taking all the blame on herself, but to no avail. The prisoner is carried to an underground dungeon, where he is left to ponder over the perplexing situation in which he now finds himself. Maddened by grief, the poor girl determines in her desperation to go to the Sultan and beg his clemency. Escaping from her chamber window she makes her way to the Sultan's palace, and gaining admittance is granted an audience by his majesty. Struck by her beauty and fired by the crafty thought that he might gain this helpless woman for his harem, he promises her the pardon, but instead of letting her take it he dispatches one of his officers with the papers, at the same time commanding the bewildered Flora to remain at his palace. How Jack is led out to execution and how the pardon arrives just in time to save his life, much to the chagrin of Osman Bey, is all vividly shown. Jack has learned of Flora's detention in the Sultan's palace, and so embittered is he at this outrage that he joins the cause of the revolutionists. The last scenes of the picture show the attack on the Sultan's palace, and the meeting of Osman Bey and Jack in a hand to hand conflict in which the Turk is bested, which is followed by the rescue of Flora and the capture of the despised Sultan.
- Buck Minor was the most detested man in Wolf Hollow, partly because he was quarrelsome and treacherous, partly because he abused and neglected his little wife, Molly, whom all the camp adored, and for whose sake it tolerated Buck. A bright baby girl was Molly's only comfort and gave her courage to endure the hardships which otherwise must have crushed her. The opening scene of the story shows a street in Wolf Hollow. Buck is on one of his usual rampages, and running into an athletic cowpuncher who is in town to spend his money, he makes an insulting remark and is soundly drubbed by the younger Hercules of the plains. Buck is proud of his fistic ability, and his defeat by a stranger before the denizens of the camp is more than he can stand, so he determines to pull up stakes and migrate to other parts. Stumbling along home to his cabin, he bursts into the one little room where his patient wife is rocking the little child to sleep, and with an angry growl informs her that he is going to "pull his freight" out of Wolf Hollow forever, and that she must accompany him, but leave the baby behind. Molly clasps the child wildly to her breast and begs piteously to be allowed to take her little one, but Buck is obdurate and gains his point by threatening to kill the infant unless she consents to leave it. Scrawling a note which he intends to leave, offering the child to anyone who may find it, he makes preparations for his immediate departure. Clinging wildly to her little one, the distracted mother is soon dragged from the house and told to mount one of the horses waiting without. Thus we see them riding away toward the setting sun, an inhuman father rejoicing in the prospects of shaking the dust of the hater camp from off his boots, a broken-hearted mother choking with sobs, thinking only of the helpless baby alone and deserted in the little cabin on the hill. Slippery Ann, a half-witted girl of the camp, meets Buck and his wife while on her return from a journey into the foothills, and is entrusted with the note Buck has written regarding the child. Hurrying on to Wolf Hollow. Ann turns the note over to Judge Honk, the father of the camp and dispenser of law and justice. The Judge is greatly exercised over the heartlessness of Buck, and calling the inhabitants of the camp about him, soon organizes a rescue party to repair to the deserted cabin of the Minors' and ascertains what truth there was in the strange letter. No time is lost in reaching the shack on the hill, and there, sure enough, lying on the bed is the infant. Taking it up rather gingerly in his arms, as though he were afraid of breaking it. Judge Honk heads the procession out the door and down the hill to the camp where a mass meeting is at once held to discuss ways and means of taking care of the kid. Cherokee Jim, the bartender of the "thirst emporium," suggests that they raffle off the youngster and whoever draws the winning card shall be the kid's adopted daddy. The raffle is quickly pulled off, and Ben Brooks, a good-natured, big-hearted cowpuncher, draws the lucky number. Ben almost reneges when he realizes what he has on his hands, but the cheers of good wishes of the rest of the bunch brace him up and they all retire to the "thirst parlor" to have one on the new daddy. After that "Ben's Kid" (as the baby is christened) becomes the one absorbing topic of conversation. Around the camp that night in the bunk house, a half-dozen sleepy punchers are trying to get some rest, while Ben in his bare feet is prancing around the room, jolting the baby up and down, while the youngster, terrified at its new surroundings, is making the welkin ring with its screams. "Fatty Carter," the heaviest weight on the range, does an Indian war dance, but to no avail. At last they all agree that the kid is sick, and a puncher is at once dispatched on the fastest bronco on the ranch to bring Judge Honk to the scene of battle at once (every one, of course, having absolute faith in the ability and knowledge of the Judge in all matters) to bring them out of the difficulty. The Judge soon arrives loaded down with mustard, and old-fashioned remedies of all kinds, and at once starts in to bring order out of chaos. Now, to return to Buck and his heartbroken wife. All afternoon they have traveled until near nightfall. The horses are unsaddled, the pack removed from the lead animal, and preparations are made to camp till morning. Now Molly has been turning over in her mind a plan, although a desperate one, it seems, the only loophole out of her present misery. Waiting until Buck has fallen into a sound slumber, she cautiously steals away from the camp fire and makes for a clump of trees in which are fettered the horses. Releasing her pony, she springs on his back and dashes away in the black night over the homeward trail. Aroused by the sound of her horses' hoofs. Buck awakes, and with a terrible oath upon realizing that Molly has outwitted him, goes crashing through the brush to his horse, and quickly saddling him, gallops away in pursuit of the fleeing woman, determined to overtake and kill her rather than let her escape from him for good. But he does not reckon on the swiftness of Molly's mount, and though he plies both whip and spur, his jaded horse is unable to gain a foot on the game little sorrel. On over rocks, through the stream, now down the slope of the mountain and across the gulch speeds the desperate woman, every nerve pounding on her brain, and every muscle strained to its utmost tension, her lips moving in silent prayer that she might outstrip the dread pursuer and regain the child fur whom her mother's heart cries out in bitter anguish. At last, brave girl, the goal is reached. Her way leads past the ranch on which Ben Brooks and the U.X. outfit are quartered, and seeing a light in the bunk house, the terrified woman heads her horse toward the beacon ray of hope. She barely reaches the door when the infuriated husband dashes up, bursting into the room. Molly startles the boys and the Judge into action. Buck, losing his head beyond control, follows her. "Save me," shrieks the terrified Molly. In an instant Buck finds himself in the grasp of a dozen willing hands. With a strength born of frenzy, he dashes them aside and draws his gun to shoot the cowering girl, when his aim is spoiled by quick action on Ben's part, and the Judge gets the bullet in his arm. Howling with pain, he yells to the punchers to hang the "varmint." But Buck is too quick for them, and knocking down a couple of the buys, he rushes his way out the door, and throwing himself into the saddle, plunges away into the night. No time is lost in going after him. Twenty swift riders are in the saddle before ten minutes have elapsed and they are off after the hated Buck, whose horse, already worn out from the other chase, is soon overtaken. A lariat hurls through the air and settles down about his neck, thus ending all hopes of escape for the fugitive. A letter written a year later to the Judge tells us what they did to Buck, while Molly, the pretty widow, is persuaded to let Ben retain his title to the kid by allowing Judge Honk to tie the knot, and Mr. and Mrs. Brooks start out on life's journey together, taking with them the good will and well wishes of the entire camp. -- The Moving Picture World, June 26, 1909
- Two young men, one the son of a rich ship owner, the other a poor country lad with no prospects but his ability to make his way in the world, love a pretty winsome lass. The rivalry on the part of the latter is friendly, although he is well aware that his position in life does not give him the opportunity of surrounding the girl with the good things of life. The young ship owner's rivalry is of the opposite nature, filled with venom, and he considers it an effrontery that a poor country lad should dare attempt to rival him in the affections of the lady of his choice. The girl is finally put to the test, and in a dramatic scene declares her love for the hero. The unsuccessful ship owner, much angered by his defeat, swears vengeance. Finding the girl alone, the ship owner again attempts to force himself into her favor, but is repulsed. Her infuriated admirer grasps the girl, forcing a kiss upon her lips just as her accepted lover appears upon the scene. The boy, in his anger, knocks the man down, and after a struggle, forces him to apologize. The humiliation hurts him more than the blow, and in his bitterness and anger the ship owner secures the services of some of his seamen attached to a sailing vessel about to leave port and track our young hero as he is leaving a rendezvous with his sweetheart. They attack the youth in a lonely spot, and after a severe struggle, render him insensible and take him aboard the vessel. The lad is forced by the captain to sign articles as an apprentice, then beaten and abused, is made to swab the decks. Biding his time, he strikes the officer in charge, knocking him down. Then plunges overboard and after swimming until he is thoroughly exhausted, reaches the rocks of the shore. (The scenery at this particular point where our hero climbs the rocks with the surf and wild waves dashing about him cannot he excelled.) After eluding the pursuing crew our hero starts back to his lady love's cottage. In the meantime the ship owner has taken into his service a renegade Mexican, and with his aid, after knocking down her old colored servant, kidnaps the now unprotected girl, taking her to an abandoned mission, where he forces an old priest residing there to promise to marry them, regardless of the girl's consent. The youth at last reaches the mainland after a perilous climb over almost inaccessible rocks, and learns from his sweetheart's servitor the story of the outrage. Scarcely able to walk, owing to his former exertions, he secures a horse from a friendly traveler and goes in hot pursuit, reaching the rendezvous just as the final words are about to be spoken. Realizing his helplessness, in his already weakened condition, he grasps a revolver from the Mexican's holster and puts both the ship owner and his accomplice to flight. With his sweetheart in his arms he persuades the priest to repeat the ceremony, and the final words that his unexpected appearance prevented are then spoken that make them man and wife.
- Tom Martin had for some time been out of employment, and, although he had repeatedly applied for his old position as telegraph operator, the fact that he had taken part in a recent labor strike was held as a bar against his re-employment by the company. Now, Tom was a willing worker and only too anxious to do anything to earn a living for himself and his young wife. But the fates seemed against him, and, outside of a few odd jobs he was unsuccessful. To add to his burden and worry, his wife fell ill and was obliged to take to her bed. The few dollars he bad been able to save rapidly disappeared, and, as she was too ill to be left alone, Tom found it almost impossible to absent himself long enough to seek for work. The opening scene of the picture shows a plain but neat bedroom in a cheap lodging house. Tom is sitting by the bedside of his sick wife, waiting anxiously for the arrival of the doctor, who had promised to come and minister to his loved one's needs. A knock is heard at the door, but on opening it, instead of seeing the doctor, the sour face of his landlady greets his eye. Brushing past him into the room, she demands in a loud voice to know whether or not he was in a position to make her an immediate payment on his rent. Telling her that he had not a cent at present, he turns to pacify her with the promise to raise some money as soon as his wife is well enough to be left alone. That does not satisfy the irresistible landlady, and she gives him twenty-four hours to vacate the premises, and the same time placing a "To Rent" sign in the bedroom window while she is venting her anger in loud terms. The doctor arrives, and, taking in the situation at a glance, tells Tom to get rid of her, as her presence was trying to the invalid's nerves. She is finally ejected from the room, and the doctor, after examining the sick wife, writers out a prescription and tells Tom to have it filled immediately. Fearing to confess his inability to pay for the medicine the poor fellow rushes out, determined to find sonic way in which he might make the necessary raise. Meeting a neighbor (Miss Maggie Clancy) on his way out, he asks her to remain with his wife until he can return. The goodhearted girl promises not to leave her alone, and so Tom starts out on his mission. We next see him at a drug store, where he accosts the druggist in the hopes of obtaining credit for a few days. But that gentleman is hardened by many similar requests, and so turns a deaf ear to the anxious husband. From one to another the poor fellow goes, and always the same answer, "nothing doing." At last, worn out and discouraged, we see him enter the city park, where with a heart-broken sob he flings himself down on a garden bench and gives way to his grief. Coming through the park with rapid strides, whistling the last popular air, is Tim Bradley, a race tout. Tim also has been unfortunate lately in picking winners at the track, consequently is, as he expresses it, "on the blink" himself. Now, Tim had known Tom in his prosperous days, and the operator had staked him to many a meal when he was in sore need. The tout never forgot a favor, and seeing his old friend in seeming distress, asks what the trouble is, and Tom is not long in informing him. Diving into his pockets, he finds them empty. But Tim is nothing if not optimistic, and telling Tom to come with him, starts out determined to raise the money. He is not long in forming a plan, which his fertile brain rapidly conceives. He will work a stunt that is risky, but apt to succeed, and, being a chance his gaming instincts make it relishable. Hastening down an alley the two soon come to a back yard. A large washing is hanging out. Over the fence goes Tim, procures one of the clothes lines, and, returning, began to fashion a hangmans noose on one end of it. Then back to the park, where a suitable tree is found, a bench is procured and placed beneath an overhanging limb. With instructions for Tom to make a round-about detour of the park, and at a certain signal attract attention to him, the tout proceeds to arrange for a fake attempt at suicide. The plan works beautifully. People walking along enjoying the flowers and sunshine are suddenly startled by a cry of, "Look, there is a man hanging himself!" In an instant a great commotion arises. Men rush wildly toward the tree where the tout is preparing to spring into space with the end of a rope about his neck. Tom is in the lead and arrives just in time to catch Tim in his arms as he leaves the bench. The rope is cut and the struggling tout finally subdued. "Why did you do this?" blurts out an excitable old gentleman who has just rushed up out of breath. Then Tim, with tears in his eyes and a broken voice, relates a tale of woe about a sick wife and starving children that melts the hearts of the bystanders and causes a sudden diving for handkerchiefs and pocketbooks. Tom is dumbfounded at the acting of the clever tout and can hardly keep a straight face as he sees its effect on the crowd. "There, my poor man, take that," says the blubbering old gentleman as he drops a dollar into his hat and passes it around for further contributions. Many of the bystanders follow the old gentleman's example with the result that a goodly sum is turned over to Tim. and he is sent away stammering out his thanks to the kind hearts that have helped him so generously. Yon are a brick, Tim," cries the grateful Tom as the tout hands him a handful of money when they are nut of sight of the still excited crowd. That's all right, old fellow, you have helped me many a time when I needed it. Take it home, give it to the little woman, then come with me to the track and we will see if we can't pick up some more." The medicine is quickly procured, and, kissing his fond wife good-bye for a few hours, leaves her in charge of the good hearted-neighbor and accompanies Tim out to the race track. After paying their admission the two boys have very little left as most of the money was turned over to the sick wife. But the tout was resourceful, as most men who live by their wits are, and not easily discouraged. So he sets out to see what he can learn about the horses and peddle his information to whoever he could. He was not long in spotting John McGee, the owner of a string of thoroughbreds and a clever plunger. Unknown to him, Tim follows him about the stables till finally be sees him stop, and pulling a telegraph blank from his pocket, begins to write a message. It doesn't suit him, so tearing it up he walks away. Tim watches him out of sight, then procures the torn pieces of the dispatch and, putting them together reads it. "Lady Fay, a 50-to-l shot, looks good to me," signed Jack. That was enough for Tim. Now, then, to raise some money. A farmer standing nearby looking at some of the racing stock attracts the tout's attention, and straightway for Ruben makes the irrepressible Tim. At first the farmer is suspicious of being done, but so convincing is Tim's argument, and so tempting is the chance to make a winning, that the bucolic gentleman loosens up for a twenty, and away goes the tout for the betting ring, where the bill is placed on "Lady Fay" with odds of 50 to 1. At last the eventful race is run, and the little mare gallops home a winner by a length. "Jumping beeswax!" shouts the excited farmer as Tim thrusts $500.00 into his hands (being one-half of the amount the clever tout drew from the chagrined bookmaker). "Never knew there was so much money in the world." Dividing his share with Tom, the two boys hasten back to the sick wife to bear her the cheering news of their good fortune. The landlady receives her rent. Maggie Clancy decides she needs a husband and picks Tim as the favorite, and the characters of our drama are left rejoicing over their unexpected turn of luck, which all goes to show that much good may he found "In the Heart of a Race Tout." - The Moving Picture World, July 24, 1909
- Miss Van Astorbilt is a widow lady with a retinue of servants. he has long promised one of her cousins, a large youth who lives on a farm near Lonesomhurst, L.I., to have him visit her in her New York home. The long expected day arrives. We see Reuben receive a telegram: "Dear Cousin, call down at 3, and we will make it pleasant for you." But Miss Van Astorbilt is called away. The servants are instructed to act for her. This does not suit the servants, as they are preparing for the yearly Housemaids' Masquerade; they resent Reuben's intrusion, but decide to obey Madame and make it pleasant for him. And they do.
- A story, unique as to pictures, founded on fact and produced with absolute fidelity to nature. A news item in the English edition of the Cairo news (Africa), dated ten years ago, begins this startling series of picture events: British Ship Zanzibar Founders Off East Coast. Frightful fate would await castaways, as the country is uninhabited for hundreds of miles. Then we are shown a raft in mid-ocean bearing the only two survivors of the lost Zanzibar, Capt. Jack Ownes and his daughter Essie. A few hours later we get a glimpse of the African shore line, showing the captain and his daughter both lying senseless where the remorseless waves have tossed them. Five Years Later we see a rude cabin built of grass, mud and brush. The labor of its making has kept the brave captain and his daughter from madness, the utter hopelessness of their being rescued from this desolate region has finally become a settled conviction with them both, so they live as best they can, fighting as primeval man had to fight for food and shelter; the sea has washed ashore from the Zanzibar many things which have helped them in their present situation, the skins of animals protect them from the heavy dews of night, and the captain has learned through necessity to keep their larder stocked with his bow and arrows. An evil day comes; the father is stricken with fever, and in spite of his daughter's loving care, he succumbs, leaving Essie alone. For weeks afterward the girl barely exists, but at last the desire for life returns and hope, the feeling an all-wise Providence gives to humanity as a safeguard against our ills, regains possession of her mind and she fights on alone. One day in the woods she hears a wail, it sounds like the cry of an infant in distress. Upon investigation she discovers two baby leopards in the hollow of a tree; the girl hungers for companionship, so she determines to take the kittens to her home and as she reaches the door the mother leopard bounds into view. The girl, nothing daunted, clings to the babies. A strange scene follows; the fearless girl and the mother leopard become friends, she is alone no longer. One Year Later. Two animal buyers are starting for the interior. We follow the interesting movements of these men. We see them pitch camp in the jungles, trap leopards and other wild animals. Gates Finds Essie. A dense jungle; a white man with three native gun bearers is following a leopard track; suddenly he sees a magnificent specimen lying contentedly in his path, he raises his rifle, a human voice utters a cry, and a beautiful girl, clad in leopard skins, falls with arms outstretched across the body. Essie sees a human face and hears her mother tongue for the first time since her father's death. A few weeks later Jordan starts back with the first consignment of animals, leaving Gates to follow with the rescued girl. Essie has not only made friends with the leopard family, but being gifted by nature with a strange power over animals, she has taught them to obey her. We witness her giving Gates a demonstration of this power. The girl is alone in the world, and upon her return to civilization must have a means of livelihood. Gates is a showman and knows that an act such as Essie will be able to give with her pets will prove a revelation to the jaded theatergoers of America and Europe, so he proposes the scheme to Essie. She has grown very fond of her rescuer and is willing to be guided by his advice. Gates puts his men to building crates, and we see the party start back for civilization. At Cairo, Loading the animals on board a steamer bound for Paris. Then four weeks later we witness Essie's first public appearance. Gates has had scenery arranged to represent the girl's rude African abode, and the transplanted leopards, thinking themselves back in Africa with their Queen, obey her slightest wish, to the delight of a vast audience and as Gates takes the girl in his arms after her triumph, we see that the future bids fair to be as bright to Essie as the past has been unkind; the desolate days spent in darkest Africa are forgotten.
- It was the anniversary of his wife's birth, and she, womanlike, did not fail to impress the fact upon her husband's mind as he departed at his usually early hour for his customary day's work. A bit excited over the prospect of presenting his better half with a gift befitting the occasion, he loses his balance as he steps out of the front door and rolls pell-mell down a flight of six steps to the street. Picking himself up, he boards a street car, and arriving at his office he goes through his daily routine of business. At the close of office hours he repairs to John Post & Co.'s crockery establishment, and after much cogitation and repeated questioning, purchases a rather handsome jardinière. Delighted with his choice and anticipating the caress he will receive in return, he again takes a car, this time for home. As he seats himself be is accosted by an old friend. After a reminiscent talk Jones arrives at his destination and alights, forgetting his jardinière. The car speeds on. Poor Jones, recovering his wits and realizing that he dare not return home without some token, betakes himself to the same store and purchases another jardinière. Again en route to his car, while passing a grocery store Jones is hailed by another old acquaintance. In the good fellowship of this accidental meeting, Jones absentmindedly places his wife's present on the rear end of the grocery wagon nearby. Thereupon the driver departs with his wagon and is out of sight before Jones realizes what has occurred. He gives chase, but to no avail. He glances nervously at his watch. Exasperated and overheated, he rushes back to the store, and to the amazement of the proprietor purchases his third jardinière. This time he is determined to get safely home; no friend shall balk his way. His car is in sight, when his attention is attracted by a heated altercation between a lady and a taxicab driver, she claiming that she is being overcharged. Now Jones was ever of a chivalrous tendency, and, upon being requested to decide the dispute, proceeds to do so, after first placing his precious parcel on the sidewalk near the cab. A few words, and with a satisfied feeling of having accomplished an heroic deed, Jones reaches for his jardinière, but to his consternation finds that the chauffeur has mistaken it for the property of the occupant of the taxicab, and jardinière and taxicab were "over the hills and far away." Half-crazed with his repeated misfortunes, he rushes back to the same store. The clerk is dumbfounded at the reappearance of this monomaniac on jardinières, but sells him another. Poor Jones, his very soul distorted by his anticipated reception of a late arrival home on this eventful day, dashes madly for his car, when he is startled by a woman who clutches him, not fondly, but too strongly, and screams into his ears "For God's sake, help me; my husband is killing my mother!" Much against his will, unfortunate Mr. Jones is urged into an apartment house. Inside the house he finds himself battling for life, while he is chased madly around the room by a fiend incarnate, who wields an ax with a dexterity so accurate that Jones decidedly disapproves of accuracy. The woman and her mother flee from the house while he, poor man, makes a hurried departure, smashing his jardinière and screaming anathemas on all birthdays. Bruised, tattered and heartsick, be again slowly wends his way to the now so familiar store. "Another of the same kind, please." he meekly requests, he at last gets on a car safely. The car is crowded. A workman enters carrying a package, places it next to that of Jones' jardinière, and he takes a seat beside our friend. At last Jones reaches his destination, and. grabbing the wrong parcel, alights. He enters his dining-room, much relieved, and. inscribing a loving message to his wife, he places it beside what he believes to be his well-earned jardinière. Calling Mrs. Jones, he points with pride to his gift. She embraces him fondly, after reading his words of affection, truly meant but unfortunately so inappropriate. For as she discloses the article so carefully wrapped, lo and behold! it is a workingman's teapot, black with soot. Poor Mrs. Jones, expectant all day, resents what she considers a practical joke, and belabors her husband with words well-nigh unspeakable, and leaves the room, vowing that henceforth he is no husband of hers and that she will return to her mother, never again to be called wife by such as Jones. He, amazed and crestfallen, and disgruntled with the world and himself, swears that birthdays should never exist.
- An historical dramatization of a Spanish woman during the reign of Spanish and Mexican owned California in the early 19th century.
- Ramona is a little orphan of the great Spanish household of Moreno. Alessandro, the Indian, arrives at the Camulos ranch with his sheep-shearers, showing his first meeting with Ramona. There is at once a feeling of interest noticeable between them which ripens into love. This Senora Moreno, her foster mother, endeavors to crush, with poor success, until she forces a separation by exiling Alessandro from the ranch. He goes back to his native village to find the white men devastating the place and scattering his people. The Senora, meanwhile, has told Ramona that she herself has Indian blood, which induces her to renounce her present world and go to Alessandro. They are married and he finds still a little shelter left from the wreckage. Here they live until the whites again appear and drive them off, claiming the land. From place to place they journey, only to be driven further until finally death comes to Alessandro just as aid comes in the person of Felipe, the Senora's son, who takes Ramona back to Camulos.
- In this story set at a seaside fishing village and inspired by a Charles Kingsley poem, a young couple's happy life is turned about by an accident. The husband, although saved from drowning, loses his memory. A child is on the way, and soon a daughter is born to his wife. We watch the passage of time, as his daughter matures and his wife ages. The daughter becomes a lovely young woman, herself ready for marriage. One day on the beach, the familiarity of the sea and the surroundings triggers a return of her father's memory, and we are reminded that although people age and change, the sea and the ways of the fisherfolk remain eternal.
- John Dobbs, a young man in good circumstances, goes a-courting, and returning from the home of his lady fair, his auto runs down Zeke, the vacuum-pated roustabout of the town. Although Zeke was not hurt, he was the recipient of a severe jolt which gave him a temporary case of nerves, which scared John into a fit of earnest solicitude. Imagining the tattered condition of Zeke's clothing was due to the accident, he not only soothes his imaginary hurts with a balm of silver dollars, but takes him to the store and buys him a suit of "hand-me-downs." Zeke is quite unaccustomed to such a bestowal of munificence, and his gratitude is accordingly excessive. So much so that he then and there swears eternal friendship: that he will never desert him; that he will stick to John through thick and thin. John cries. "Holy smoke! What am I up against?" and jumping into his auto dashes off under the impression that he has left the poor simple-minded Zeke on the sidewalk. But not so, for when he alights at his home, Zeke is there beside him, having hooked on behind the machine as it darted off. Well, John's troubles have only begun. He can't move but what Zeke is at his side, his face wreathed in a smile that is childlike and bland, exclaiming, "I can't be happy away from you." Thinking he has eluded his zealous friend, John visits his sweetheart, and during an interesting moment of their tete-a-tete, Zeke's head appears between, earnestly pleading his friend's cause. This sends the girl away in a huff and John receives a letter later that it is all off between them, as she did not know when she became engaged that she would have to tolerate his idiotic friend. This throws John into such a rage that he feels like murdering faithful Zeke. He does, however, club him, but Zeke receives the blows with angelic smiles. It is no use. Flight seems the only course, and John beats it. He has covered miles and sinks down from sheer exhaustion. There he sits, panting, but happy in the thought of at last evading his tormentor, only to glance up and see Zeke's beatific countenance gazing fondly down at him, "Well, I suppose I must make the best of it." So he takes Zeke by the hand and resolves to accept his well-meant devotion. Henceforth the two are inseparable. Zeke, however, has his good qualities and is always solicitous of John's welfare. Later, Zeke has an opportunity of showing his true value. The house in which John's former sweetheart resides is afire, and the girl is in great danger of perishing in the flames, when Zeke passes. The whole town is in a panic, and the first thought was the fire company, whose aid is instantly summoned. While the firemen are dashing furiously to the scene, Zeke is playing the brave hero, for seizing a ladder close by he ascends to the window of the girl's room and carries her down to safety. John has heard of the conflagration and thinking only of the girl's evident peril, rushes up to find her safely in the arms of faithful Zeke. Things are squared and the value of Zeke's devotion recognized and appreciated.
- A widowed father devotes his life to his daughter, who swears to stay with him forever. Then a handsome young man shows up and sweeps her off her feet.
- A young man and a young woman, each unlucky in love, determine never to marry. But Cupid has other ideas.
- In the Kingdom of Never-Never Land there live a great Lord and Lady, each presiding over their own domain. This great Lord goes for a stroll through his estate and coming to the border of his own land he is struck by the entrancing beauty of the contiguous estate, so like his own, that the inclination to intrude is irresistible. His peregrination is halted by the appearance of the great Lady, who is indeed as fair as the flowers that clothe her land. He introduces himself and invites her to stroll with him in his gardens. She is in like manner entranced by the beauty of his possessions. How alike in beauty are they; a veritable fairyland. If they were only one, for it seems they should be. This thought is mutual, and the Lord proposes a way, a marriage, and so a betrothal of convenience ensues. They know nothing of love and so are content in the anticipation of being Lord and Lady of all Never-Never Land. Little do they dream of the subtle workings of fate, which is, of course, the natural egotism of humankind, but, nevertheless, the lines are being drawn, for as we have viewed the paradisaical side of life, we now go to the homely side, by visiting the sad house in Never-Never Land. Here we find sorrow, toiling and want, and yet we find as in the other a betrothal of convenience between the poor little lace-maker and the humble gardener. They reason that their lot may be more bountiful by joining their meager fortunes. The gardener secures a position in the gardens of the Lady and the lace-maker goes out to find purchasers of her handiwork. The Lord meets the pretty lace-maker and is attracted by her beauty, for he learns for the first time what love is. The Lady meets the gardener and is struck by his rugged, manly beauty and herculean strength, so different from the Lord, her neighbor. She also realizes the power of love, for her inclination to be near the gardener is irresistible. Despite the apparent misalliance in such a step, the Lady confesses she can only be happy with the humble gardener. This intelligence the Lord receives with ill-concealed delight, as it leaves him free to marry the pretty lace-maker.
- A lone miner and his daughter make the journey to California by prairie schooner.
- A biographic comedy of the famous oil fields of California.
- The worldwide interest centered in the recent Los Angeles aviation meet should assure the popularity of our film, depicting the most important features of the weeks' events. This meet was important in the fact that a number of the most prominent of the world's aviators took part, and that a number of former records for speed attained, altitude reached and distance covered, were broken. The spectacular and sensational performances of M. Paulham, the Frenchman, have been sufficiently described in the daily press and any further description would be superfluous. Paulham ascended, in one flight, 5,000.04 feet, a feat which previously had been thought impossible for the heavier-than-air machine. He also broke the distance record when he flew 43 miles in 1 hour and 22 seconds. Our film shows close-up views of Paulham, Curtiss, Knabenshue, Beachey, Hamilton and other of the aviators in their machines and in flight. The machines are shown in starting, in speeding and in landing. Trying for the quick start record is another feature of our film. The speed record was retained by Glenn Curtiss, driving a Farman biplane, when he won over Paulham in the 1.61 miles race in 2:13 3-5. The dirigibles of Knabenshue and Beachey are shown in starting, racing and landing. Lieutenant Beck is shown riding with Paulham, when the former ascended with the aviator to test the practicability of bomb throwing from an aeroplane in war times,
- Clarence McKnight and Felix De Grosse are rivals for the heart of pretty little Letitia Mooney, but it is evident that Clarence is the favored one. However, Letty becomes jealous of her cousin, who seems to have a feeling down in her heart for Clarence, and engages his attention whenever she gets the chance. Letty determines to pay him for this fancied wrong by going boating with Felix. As an oarsman Felix is a bit weak, and colliding with another boat, tumbles over, carrying the oars with him. This leaves Letty in the oarless boat at the mercy of the tide. Clarence, who has followed, appears in another boat and rescues the fair one from her perilous position by taking her aboard his own boat, rowing her down the stream, while they settle their little misunderstanding. This effected, they come back to find Felix still diving after the lost Letty, who, he imagines, is at the bottom of the lake, feeling sure she went overboard when he did. So you see the reward received by Felix for being an accomplice in Letty's pique was a serious ducking and almost a flogging, for his terror has caused others to jump overboard to the rescue of the missing girl.
- A wagon train heading west across the great desert runs out of water, and is attacked by Indians. One man -- their last hope -- is sent out to find water.
- A blind princess is informed that her sight can be restored by the first kiss of unselfish love she receives. She remains blind until a humble poet steals a kiss.
- The story begins in St. Louis where, as a young man, "Forty" failed in business and found that poverty had no attractions for his wife, who separated from him. In the quarrel that ensued, Dennison accidentally cut his little son's forehead and fled, not knowing how serious the injury was. He determined to hide his shame in the mining camps and the year drifted on leaving him a bit of flotsam on the shores of that vast human stream that surged through the mighty canyons of the Sierras. Lonely and sad, he had taken to his bosom a little waif of the diggings who had come from Heaven knows where, and she had nestled her little red head against his shoulder and brought him peace. Back in St. Louis a search had been instituted for a young lady who had sprung into interest through having become an heiress most unexpectedly. She had been stolen by gypsies, it was surmised, and taken west, and Col. James, the lawyer, sent his clerk, young Arthur Dennison who had taken his mother's name of Stanley to look for her. Tom Bradshaw, a fellow clerk, overhearing the Colonel's instructions to Arthur, changed the description given him, and getting to the ground first, married a girl he was sure was the heiress, only to find that poor little "Carrots," freckled and ragged, but good and true, was the missing child, that old "49" was Arthur's father, and had struck it rich at last in the claim he had worked for twenty years, and that his action brought happiness to everyone but himself.
- A white man befriends a half-breed, who subsequently saves his life.
- Probably no record of industrial achievement in the history of any country can compare with the remarkable advancement which our great Southland has made during the past few years. In practically every line of endeavor this wonderland, the Southwest, has equaled or even surpassed the glowing predictions of its most enthusiastic admirers. It has accomplished feats of engineering agriculture, business building and artistic betterment that would have been deemed impossible a few years past. In this interesting educational picture we review some of the features of this remarkable growth. We are shown among other subjects "The Prune Industry," of which the average layman knows so little: "The Famous Roosevelt Dam," in the course of construction and after its completion: "Luther Burbank." the wizard of flower and plant life: "The Watsonville Apple Fair," with its remarkable fruit displays: "The Largest Locomotive in the World," "The Santa Rosa Flower Festival," and "The Los Angeles Vaquero Club" in one of their thrilling exhibitions of horsemanship.
- An intimate look at the Bohemian life of a Los Angeles artist.
- A man tells his grandchildren about prehistoric man. Weakhands is unable to court a woman because of his physical weakness. Humiliated by Bruteforce, he bumps into Lillywhite, who has also been cowering since her mother died. But when they venture out in search of breakfast, Bruteforce separates the couple and sends Weakhands scrambling into a cave. There, he hits upon the design for a club: A rock on the end of a stick. With this equalizer, he soon vanquishes Bruteforce and wins Lillywhite back again.
- Mabel and her sweetheart go to the beach and play a trick on the boyfriend's father.
- One day, in the spring of 1812, Black Partridge, a friendly Pottawatomie chief, appeared before Captain N. Heald, the commander of the garrison at Fort Dearborn, which occupied the site of the city of Chicago previously to 1812, Singing Bird, a squaw, accompanied her father. Black Partridge handed back the famous "Peace Medal" to Commander Heald, telling him that the Indians were on the warpath and beyond control. Rawlins a dissolute Englishman, insulted Singing Bird, and was confined in the guard house, from which he escapade. He joined the Indians and incited them to attack and destroy the garrison and settlers. Captain Heald received a message, brought by a friendly Indian, from General Hull, telling him that Mackinaw had fallen and instructing him to evacuate the garrison and distribute the United States lands amongst the Indians. Rawlins plotted with the Indians to offer safe conduct to the whites at Fort Wayne. Heald deemed it policy to accept the offer, and the garrison and a handful of settlers evacuated and marched out. The attitude of the Indians was unmistakable and the band played the "Dead March in Saul." The attack was made, and with few exceptions the brave band was murdered. Captain Heald was overpowered and Mrs. Heald, standing bravely by her husband's side, was seized by Crouching Cat and was about to be captured when Singing Bird killed the Indian with a tomahawk, Rawlins endeavored to take her off, but Singing Bird pulled Mrs. Heald, badly wounded, upon her horse, and escaped with her. Rawlins had Heald tied to a tree, having saved him in order to torture him. Singing Bird drugged the guard's water, and freed Heald and helped him to escape. The brave Indian girl was badly wounded and died in Mrs. Heald's arms as a detachment of soldiers from Fort Wayne rode up to complete the rescue. The Indians burned the fort and celebrated their victory.
- When Indians attack a white settlement, a brave kidnaps a white baby to give to his wife as a replacement for their dead baby. The white mother goes to the Indian camp to look for her child and is captured by the Indians who plan to torture her. The settlers attack the Indian camp, destroying it completely and killing the braves, while the Indian wife returns the baby to the white woman and allows her to escape. The Indian wife mourns her baby at its grave, unaware of the destruction of the Indian camp.
- A very popular sport with the boys of Los Angeles, California. The pushmobiles are a boy vehicle, occupied by a happy youngster and pushed along by another. In this film they present a pretty picture, being gaily festooned and decorated with flowers, ribbons and other ornaments that make them very attractive.
- The Sioux Indians are seen in their village, and the marriage custom is shown as Black Eagle weds Silver Moon. The Cheyennes invade the Sioux hunting ground and a Cheyenne attacks and slays a bear with a knife to prove his bravery. The party is attacked by the Sioux and war is declared. The Sioux ambush the Cheyennes and a desperate hand-to-hand struggle takes place, in which Black Eagle is killed, Silver Moon is broken with grief, and while seeking the body of her husband is captured by Cheyenne women and made a slave to the chief. The Sioux send Little Wolf to look for her, and he manages to crawl into her tepee during the night. Fascinated with her beauty the Cheyenne chief has become infatuated with his slave and, burning with hatred for the death of her husband, the Indian woman conceives a plan of revenge. She sends word to the Sioux by Little Wolf that she will lead the Cheyenne chief away and urges them to attack the leaderless tribe. The Sioux array themselves for the battle, and with coquettish wiles the pretty Indian woman lures the Cheyenne chief far from the camp. Like a bolt from a clear sky the Sioux hurl themselves upon the Cheyenne village. Without the guidance of their chief the Cheyennes fall easy victims to the Sioux, and but few escape. In a few moments the Cheyenne village is a mass of flames. As the smoke rises to the sky the Cheyenne chief, startled, endeavors to run back, but he is held by Silver Moon, and in a sensational and dramatic scene she pushes him over the cliff.
- The emigrants are seen fighting the hordes of redskins. The hero rides to the settlement for help and engages in a thrilling duel with pursuing Indians. The settlers swoop down on the unprotected Indian village and burn it up. The savages seeing the flames, hurry back and fall into an ambush. They are attacked from the rear by the emigrants and from the front by the settlers. In a wild scene of carnage the surprised Indians are mowed down by the hail of bullets, horses and riders falling in tangled masses.
- The story opens with an Indian village, the home of Big Bear, the son of the Sioux chief. The government agent, impressed with the brightness of the lad, persuades his father to permit him to be sent to a military school. The cadets, perfectly disciplined, are shown in their trim uniforms, drilling on the parade grounds and the young savage is introduced into their midst. Ten years serve to convert the slender boy into a stalwart man, who graduates with the rank of lieutenant, and is assigned to Fort Reno. He arrives in a stagecoach and reports for duty to Col. Garvin. The officers and their families are at dinner when the colonel introduces the new officer. Lieutenant Big Bear is made to keenly feel barrier of race, as his pleasant acknowledgment of the introduction is met with coolness. Soft-hearted Ethel, the colonel's daughter, noting the man's mental anguish, impulsively comes forward and gives the lieutenant her hand, with a gracious word of welcome. The old Indian chief is advised of his son's coming, and attired in all the glory of paint and feathers, so dear to the Indian heart, visits Big Bear. An affecting scene takes place as the father and son meet again, and the old chief fondly caresses the gold trappings of his son's uniform, and proudly admires the shining brass buttons. The actions of the chief are the source of much amusement to the other officers and the women of the post, who watch the pair from a window and mimic the actions of the chief. Indignant at their narrowness, Ethel runs out and asks Big Bear for an introduction to his father. Capt. Haines has been an ardent wooer of Ethel, and he resents the friendly interest she has taken in the Indian. He is infuriated when he sees Big Bear in pleasant conversation with the girl while the lieutenant is waiting to speak to the colonel at his quarters. Haines waits for Big Bear and warns him from speaking to Ethel. The Indian resents the insult, the men engage in a terrific struggle. Haines is being badly thrashed by the powerful Indian when he draws the revolver from Big Bear's holster and attempts to shoot him. The weapon is knocked from his hand, but the shot attracts other officers who pull the contestants apart. Haines dramatically accuses Big Bear of having attempted to kill him, and points to the Indian's revolver with one cartridge exploded. Big Bear is court-martialed and found guilty of assaulting a brother officer, and is ordered publicly disgraced and dismissed from the service. The ceremony is most impressive, as the shoulder straps and side arms of the lieutenant are torn from him, in the presence of the whole regiment. Big Bear packs his belongings into his trunk, including his saber and uniform, and departs. With tears in her eyes and quivering lips, Ethel alone bids the lieutenant good-bye, and as he clasps the hand of the girl and sees the sympathy and friendship in her face, his whole heart goes out to her. With the taciturnity of his race, however, he does not betray his feelings, and with a hand clasp he bids her adieu forever. Big Bear is given a warm welcome by the tribe, and his father and mother. His civilian's attire is noted, and when the Indians hear the story of his disgrace they are filled with rage. The government has been negotiating with the Indians for their lands, and, a few days later, at a meeting with the colonel at the fort, the old chief denounces the pale-faces and their methods, and threatens trouble. After his departure, the colonel, knowing that a terrible Indian war is inevitable, sends a courier to Ft. Custer, apprising the commander of the situation, and telling him that the women of Ft. Reno would be sent to Ft. Custer via stage coach, under escort, for safety. The courier is shot from his horse by the Indians, who find the letter but are unable to read it. Big Bear has been persuaded by his father to don the war paint, and to join in the fight against the whites, when the letter is brought into camp. He interprets the message and the old chief immediately determines to massacre the escort and capture the women. Instantly Big Bear realizes the terrible danger Ethel is placed in, and, alone in his tent, he racks his brain for a scheme to save her. A vision of her soft eyes looking tenderly at him as she bade him good-bye comes to him, and he resolves to sacrifice his life, if need be, to save her from harm. At the fort the women are placed in the coach, and, accompanied by a picked detail, start on the journey to Ft. Custer, a larger and safer structure. As the Indians leave the camp to ambush the soldiers, Big Bear, by a ruse, stays behind, and rushing into his tent, tears the Indian feathers from his head and dons his lieutenant's uniform. Buckling his saber about him, he examines his heavy army pistols, and, leaping on a horse, starts out on his hopeless mission. As the stage coach reaches a valley, the surrounding bushes and trees become suddenly alive with Indians, and a volley marks a trail of death among the soldiers. Lashing their horses, the troopers endeavor to escape, and a running fight ensues. Behind a hill the last stand is made, and huddled together the little band fight for their lives. Galloping along, Big Bear comes upon the body of the company bugler, and picking up his instrument, makes his way to the crest of the hill. From this advantageous position, hidden by the bushes, he deliberately picks off the redskins as they approach close to the stagecoach, Coolly and calmly he makes every bullet tell. Amid the terrible excitement and thunder of riflery, the crack of his guns is not noticed. With the clothes practically shot from his back and hanging in shreds, a trooper suddenly darts through the line of Indians, down the hillside, and plunging into the river at terrific speed the horse turns a somersault. The wounded rider clings to the saddle and the noble animal gallops to the fort. A word, and the bugle call rings out and the brigade is mounted and hastening to the scene of battle. Meantime the little band is in a desperate predicament. Big Bear has seen the escape of the soldier, and knowing that every second is golden, he puts the bugle to his lips and the musical blasts of "The Charge" cause consternation among the Indians, who think the soldiers are at hand and hurriedly retreat. They soon discover their mistake, however, and return to the attack with redoubled fury. The few minutes' respite, however, have saved the doomed people. Creeping up from the foot of the hill an Indian works his way to the back of Big Bear. Taking deliberate aim he sends a bullet crashing into his body. Mortally wounded, the lieutenant leaps upon the Indian, but is soon dispatched. As the troops arrive and charge into the ranks of the Indians a thrilling scene is enacted, but the redskins are broken up and scattered, and ignominiously run for their lives, pursued by the relentless soldiers. The last scene shows the still form of the lieutenant in the twilight, the man who was despised by the white people with whom he had cast his lot, and who met his death at the hands of his own race, "unwept, unhonored and unsung," his heroism unknown even to the girl for whom he gave his life. They met. A far something in the soul of the girl responded to an indefinite something in his. And the greatest blessing and the greatest bane of earth melded with and became her being, a heedless, headless love. Then he tired of the jesting imitation, of the eternal squalor and the dreary denial, and longed for the convenient comforts and luxuries of his other life. He told them he was going to work elsewhere, and the girl's heart filled with an instinctive but indistinct fear and foreboding, interpreted by a great, glistening tear. Type was never so cold and bold and cruel as that which told her, a few weeks later, of his marriage to millions. A great sob arose from the desert of her soul to mock the lying promises of man, and her heart bowed to a sorrow as solemn as midnight, as profound as death.
- Los Angeles, Cal. is counted one of the most beautiful and progressive cities in the United States. It is fortunate in its situation, being near the Pacific and under the shadow of picturesque mountain ranges. This picture gives a very good idea of the architectural and commercial features of the city, and in panoramic form, shows the beautiful residential environment. It also includes views on an ostrich farm, together with pictures of alligators on a farm devoted to the propagation of amphibians.
- The Apache Chiefs and Sub-Chiefs, Naitche, Ketena, Tahchilsa and others, come to the reservation barracks and demand liquor. They are very angry at the refusal given, and Lieutenant Davis, in charge, is apprehensive of trouble. The Apaches return to camp and make the squaws brew tizwin, their native liquor. A scout sees the effects of the brew and notes the braves in full war paint dancing. The scout reports to Lieut. Davis, who sends Second Lieut. Clark, with a troop of cavalry, to stop the warlike preparations. The troopers go to the Indian camp and the chief is informed that his tribe will be punished if he is not careful. The Indians show their resentment plainly and Chief Mangus's squaw would shoot Clark but for the interference of Mangus. After their departure, the squaw fires the braves on to action, and they start out to exterminate the Pale Face upstarts. They fire a pioneer cabin, kill the man and take the woman off. Clark reports to Davis, who leads a troop to the Indian camp and confiscates the tepees and takes the squaws prisoners. Mangus's squaw, Huera, being amongst the number. The Indians swear a terrible oath of vengeance. From their mountain retreat they descend cautiously to the reservation barracks and Chief Mangus climbs the brush stockade and rescues his squaw, Huera. An Indian climbs a telegraph pole and cuts the wires to destroy communication. Davis deems it advisable to call for reinforcements. He finds the wires are cut. He determines upon an immediate attack and rides after the redskins. The Indians see them and plan an ambush. They see the troopers enter a pass, which leads to a sandy plain. The Indians race across the mountain path, enter the plain and bury themselves in the sand. The Cavalry comes along and falls into the trap. The Indians rise from the sand on every side and annihilate them, and all that is left the next day are the naked bodies of the dead troopers.
- Lucy, the daughter of Major Brown, takes a ride beyond the stockade. She allows her horse to wander away and it is followed and caught by a young Indian warrior, Swift Deer, who sees her safely back to the fort. He worships the lovely "Pale Face." The trader, Alden, covets Blue Bird, Red Bear's squaw, and attempting to make love to her is attacked by the warrior, whom he kills. The Indians swear death to all pale faces and take the warpath. Swift Deer decides to warn the fort, but seeing Lucy in the arms of Corporal Taylor his anger is aroused and he joins his tribe. The Indians seize their opportunity when a large company start from the garrison on scouting duty. The fort is surprised and hard pressed. Swift Deer digs a trench under the stockade and crawls through, intent upon killing Lucy and Taylor. Lucy sees him and runs to him as a friend. Her ingenuity disarms Swift Deer and he resolves to save her. He leads her through the trench and together they ride away and meet the Major and his company. On the way the Indian sways and falls, and Lucy sees that he has been badly wounded when crawling through the trench. She proceeds alone and meets the cavalry, which dash up to the fort and rescue the decimated garrison. Swift Deer dies happy to have done the Pale Face lady a service.
- The Los Angeles Fire Department was long recognized as one of the most successful, modern, and best organized departments in this country. In this remarkable picture we are shown scenes in the daily life of a fireman. We see him at his work and his play. We follow him through his remarkable training in which he is called upon to perform dangerous and thrilling feats, such as climbing lofty ladders, jumping into life nets, descending into the fiery interior of burning buildings, carrying hose up perpendicular walls, using the dangerous scaling ladders, etc. Scenes in and around the world famous Byrne Building fire complete this interesting and thrilling subject.
- Marengo Avenue in Pasadena, is first on the canvas. Its over-arching pepper trees make a sight not equaled elsewhere in America. Westmoreland Place, Pasadena, is followed by a view of the famous Busch gardens, property of the wealthy St. Louis brewer. Then follows delightful glimpses of the ascent of Mt. Lowe. This journey takes in the longest curving trestle in the United States, the "Gate Above the Clouds," and finally we reach the top of Mt. Lowe, 6,100 feet above the level of the sea and 2,000 feet higher than Lick Observatory. The world-famous Cawston ostrich farm is next where we see the visitors feeding Mr. and Mrs. Taft, largest ostriches in the world, with oranges. Also, the California alligator farm, with its 1,000 alligators of varying years and sizes. We see Okeechobee, 500 years old and over 16 feet in length. Then we are taken to the famous California oil well where we note with amazement that oil is being pumped even in the front yards of residences. Historic San Gabriel Mission is next. We observe that magnificent home of Paul de Longpre, America's most famous flower painter. Then for the Los Angeles pigeon farm, where 500,000 white pigeons make a fairy snow storm as we stroll through the yard.
- Joe Carlisle sells his trading vessel and visits his friends, the Marks family. He finds that Ed Marks, the eldest boy, is sick and when the doctor recommends that he go west, Joe persuades the family to join him. They agree and Joe together with Mrs. Marks, Ed and his sister Jess, and the two children Dick and Gertie, start in a covered camp wagon. On the way they are attacked by Indians, but beat them off. The children admire the tattoo mark on Joe's arm and persuade him to tattoo their arms in the same way. They build a log cabin and settle down to western life keeping on good terms with the surrounding Indians, until one day Joe surprises Moon Face stealing a hatchet and orders him off the place. Moon Face treasures a grudge and one day swoops down upon the children while they are at play and carries off little Gertie. Dick runs home with the news and the Indian is pursued, but without success. The family mourn the loss of Gertie. Ten years pass by and Dick grows into a handsome youth. He goes out hunting with his chum Cy. They happen on an Indian camp and are both smitten with the charms of the Chief's daughter Star Eyes. Their visits are repeated and Dick notes with regret that Cy possesses the first place in the girl's affections. Cy asks the Chief for the hand of Star Eyes and is ordered away. Star Eyes runs away and joins Cy. The escape is discovered and several Indians follow them and, in a running fight Cy is wounded in the arm. Star Eyes, from their stand point of vantage, keeps the Indians at bay until a posse of cowboys, led by Dick and Joe appears and the Indians are routed. Star Eyes is wounded in the arm, and when Joe splits her sleeve he discovers the tattoo mark and Star Eves is no more, But Gertrude takes her place and the family rejoice.
- Gray Dove, a squaw, has been a patient and faithful attendant to her Chief. He becomes infatuated with a young squaw, Briar Rose, who desires his whole attention. She persuades the Chief to get rid of Gray Dove. He gives her corn and water and despite her dumb entreaties he casts her out and she wanders out to the big desert with her little son, Red Deer. Hunger and thirst overtakes them and the woman, after giving the boy the last drop of water, folds him in her arms and lies down to await the advent of the Happy Hunting Grounds. A wagon train happens along and Big Bill and his wife find the child alive, the squaw having gone to await the coming of her son. They pick up the boy and bury the mother. Ten years pass and Red Deer grows to be a fine type of the educated Indian. He loves the woods and wilds, and one day, whilst setting traps for beavers, he meets the pretty little Indian maiden, Golden Willow. "Like turns to Like" and it is a case of love at first sight. Outside the fort, guards are watching the horses grazing, when a band of horse thieves ride up, kill the guards and escape with the horses. They sell them to the Indians. The garrison is aroused, ride out, see the horses in the Indian camp, attack it and take a number of the Indians prisoners. Little Golden Willow escapes and meets Red Deer. She tells him the circumstances and together they ride to the fort. The Colonel listens and is convinced. He apologizes to the Chief and releases the Indian prisoners. Red Deer joins the tribe and asks for and is given Golden Willow for his squaw, and Red Deer is made Chief for his services in saving the Red Men. The spirit of Gray Dove rises above the Happy Hunting Grounds and blesses her son and his mate.
- The pioneers are moving west. The guide Dickson, and Jim are both in love with Lucy. Jim has the call. Dickson cannot accept his defeat gracefully, and when Jim finds him forcing his attention upon Lucy, there is a struggle, in which Dickson is worsted. Dickson temporarily abandons the wagon train, which runs out of water on the desert. Great suffering results. Dickson rides up with water and offers to supply the wagon train if Lucy is given him in marriage. Lucy, seeing the suffering around her, offers to go with him, but Jim and others interfere and he rides away. Jim starts out to find water and is found on the point of death by some trappers, who revive him. They ride in haste to the wagons and find a few survivors. Lucy being one of them. The refugees are taken to the settlement. Later the Indians visit the settlement for trading purposes, Dickson accompanying them. He sees and recognizes Jim and Lucy, but they do not see him. Dickson awaits his chance, selects a moment when Lucy is out alone, seizes her and rides off with her. He takes her to his squaw. Red Flower's tepee. Jim and the trappers give chase when her absence is discovered, but have to abandon their search. Red Flower resents the intrusion of the "white squaw," but relents when Lucy soothes her and attends to the bruises inflicted by Dickson. She crawls through the back of the tepee with Lucy, leads her to the edge of the cliff and going down first, the two women cautiously descend to the bottom of the cliff. Dickson and the Indians set out to track them, but Red Flower's cunning is more than equal to theirs, and after hiding during the day, Red Flower steals up to the camp at nightfall and takes two horses. The women ride away. Dickson and the Indians hear the sound of galloping and follow. The girls reach the border of the settlement just in time, and Jim and the trappers ride out and rescue them. Dickson and the braves are pursued, and Dickson is killed. Jim and Lucy are reunited.
- The story is a repetition of history, of the Indians and whites living in peace until one of the whites commits an overt act, which arouses the redmen. In this case Johnson, the trapper, finds Peach Blossom out in the fields gathering herbs and kidnaps her. The girl sees the Indians, out on a hunt, calls to them, the trapper throws her to the ground, and then escapes. Eagle Eye, in revenge, goes to Johnson's cabin and takes his boy, who is carried to the Indian camp and turned over to Mona. She becomes a little mother to the child, refusing to permit others to touch him. Mrs. Johnson, discovering the loss of the boy, rides to the fort and informs the commander. He orders out a troop. When the Indians hear of the approach of the soldiers they break camp and take up a position in what seems a very poor tactical position in a hollow, where the soldiers can not only shoot down into them, but roll rocks among them. The Indians are captured and lodged in the stockade. Big Rock and Dark Feather scale the fence. Big Rock steals up behind the sentry, throws him to the ground and with Mona gets away. The soldiers pursue. The chief, exhausted, is overtaken and shot. The Indian woman draws a knife and plunges it into her own breast.
- Gervais Delemere and Sydney Archdale, Sr. are lifelong friends. Archdale's son, Sydney, and Constance Delemere are affianced. One day as the friends are playing chess, an Indian runner brings a message bearing the information that King George III has directed that a tax of three pence per pound be put upon tea. The message virtually presages a call to arms. The men argue violently, Archdale asserting the tax an outrage and Delemere advancing strong Royalist principles. The men part enemies and the young people are forbidden to see each other. Hostilities start and Archdale shows his partisanship by drilling recruits. Delemere watches his daughter Constance carefully, he introduces her to Captain Devereaux and intimates to her that it will please him if she will show him attention. Delemere and Constance are out riding, when they hear a child crying. They investigate and find a six-year-old boy apparently deserted. Constance insists upon taking the child home with her. He is the son of Captain Devereaux, who has deserted little Phillip after he has struck down his Indian wife, Osano, leaving her apparently dead. Osano recovers and vows vengeance after her kind. Constance is unaware of the child's identity. Delemere accompanies Capt. Devereaux east in answer to the call for men to serve the King. Devereaux presents Constance with a charm from his chain as a remembrance. Constance accepts it to please her father. Constance cannot face the loneliness, and accompanied by her servants she starts for Boston, accompanied by the boy, to join her father. Arriving at a blockhouse, Constance requests accommodations for the night. It is acceded to. The blockhouse is attacked and after a bitter fight the survivors are taken prisoners by the Indians. One man escapes and, arriving at Boston, he seeks out Delemere, who receives a message from General Gage to the Mohawk chief, Main Rouge, asking him to deliver up his daughter. Delemere is on his way to Connecticut, when he is arrested for a spy by American soldiers and put into jail. In the meantime Constance is taken to the tepee of Chief Main Rouge, where she is found by Osano, the deserted wife of Devereaux. Osano recognizes the charm, and is about to kill Constance, but fearing detection and death, she conducts the white girl to the woods and leaves her to her fate. Constance wanders about and is found in an exhausted condition by a Quaker family and is taken by them to Boston. The Archdales, father and son, are very active in the interests of the cause. Archdale, Junior, leads the Boston tea party, overpowers the English crew and throws the tea chests overboard. He is also in command at the battle of Bunker Hill, from which he retreats fighting hard. Constance visits her father in prison and secures an interview with General Washington. She obtains an order for Delemere's release. The Declaration of Independence is signed. Delemere, Constance and the boy Phillip settle down happily in a cottage and the lad is devoted to his protectress. One afternoon Constance and the boy are seen by Osano, who attacks Constance with a knife. Phillip tries to defend her and thwarts her long enough to allow of her rescue by Sydney Archdale and his father. The squaw falls and the knife enters her side. They carry the woman to Delemere's cottage, where they find Devereaux, who has just returned from England. Osano recognizes Devereaux and denounces him as the husband who deserted her. In a fit of rage Devereaux draws his sword and lunges at Sydney, to whom Constance has run. Archdale. Sr. kills Devereaux. Osano sees the tribal mark on Phillip's arm and tells Constance he is her son. The boy runs to his protectress. The old men are reconciled and the way is open for the marriage of Constance and Sydney.