The Moving Picture World (November 1907)

THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD. 563 takes possession and presently dozes off. The little girl playfully runs away and ac- cidentally comes upon the scene of a "hold- up," whereupon, unobserved by the foot- pads, she ties her rope across the passage- way through which the robbers must of necessity flee. As anticipated, the robbers, in attempting to escape, trip over the rope and become entangled. In the fiieantime, our young heroine runs out on the public thoroughfare and gives the alarm, to which two officers respond, whom she leads to the spot, where they capture .the "hold-up" men. Our little girl runs farther on, and coming to the brink of the river, observes a blind man who is about to attempt to cross an open draw of a bridge. Through herculean efforts she manipulates the mech- anism of the bridge just in the nick of time, thereby saving the life of a poor blind man. The next scene shows three intoxicated men staggering down a street, oblivious to all danger. A train of cars is about to cross the street Our heroine, noticing the death- trap into which the intoxicated men are about to stagger, runs ahead and closes the gate, thereby impeding- their progress and consequently saving them, from injury and possible -death. The nurse, upon waking, discovers that her charge is gone, and scur- ries away in search of the little girl; not finding her,, she returns home and reports to the frantic parents that their child is lost. The little girl now rambles on aim- lessly, and discovering her plight, tells a passing police officer that she is lost, where- upon she is brought to the headquarters. where she gives her name and address, with which information they soon notify her parents by telephone and despath an officer home with her. Arriving home, she is received joyously, and the scene closes, showing the little girl comically scolding the maid for her carelessness, then followed by forgiveness and embraces. ONIONS MAKE PEOPLE WEEP. This comedy, by L. Gaumont & Co., opens with a dining-room scene and family cir- cle. The father, taking a shopping bag, bids his wife and children good-bye and goes off on a marketing tour. A street scene is next shown; a woman in front of her shop arranges the vegetables and other market goods, whereupon tears come to her eyes; taking her handkerchief, she tries to dry them, when our marketer is seen gaily strutting down the street and stops at the weeping woman's shop. After haggling a bit about prices! he purchases a rabbit and a bunch of onions and takes his departure. Walking a little with his purchases, he be- in ; ipsill! and confine ourselves exclusively to and We are not hampered by the endless amount of detail that is experienced by others who sell ma- chines, outfits, supplies, etc., operate vaudeville and five cent theatres and do a little of everything else connected with the line. That's only one reason why we can furnish such gins to weep, and is brought in close view, showing the comical grimaces of his feat- ures ; going on farther, he is almost blinded by his tears and sprawls on the ground. He rises with difficulty and starts out again, with the rabbit under one arm and the onions under the other, unconscious of the cause of his weeping. He goes on farther and meets a merry party sitting on a bench, joins the group in hopes of obtaining re- lief, and all commence to shed tears. Whereupon an old man, a young couple and an officer all in turn advance to make in- quiries as to the cause of their weeping. They all immediately succumb to the same trouble. After which, the now large weep- ing party adjourn to a drug store. As the pharmacist is examining the marketer's eyes he, also, is attacked and chases the entire party out of his establishment. Still weep- ing, the sympathizing strangers grope blindly down the street, and hailing a cab, all pile into it to accompany the poor man home. The cabby gets it, as well as his horse. Observing the horse's plight, the cabby jumps off his seat and taking out his handkerchiefs, dries his as well as the horse's eyes. The party finally pull up be- fore the unfortunate man's home, and the moment he leaves the party their tear-shed- ding comes to an end, not one of them sus- pecting the cause of their late affliction. The next scene shows the man staggering blindly into his apartment with his pur- chases still under his arms. Dropping them on the table, he leaves the room, and now his wife and children are the victims. Returning with eyes dried to his family, he observes their condition and is mysti- fied as to the cause, when the idea dawns on him that the onions are at the bottom of all the tear-shedding; whereupon he grabs the bunch and fires it out of the room, and all resume their normal condi- tion. One of the little girls dries the rab- bit's eyes and wrings out her handkerchief, making the finish very laughable. rvice We are pioneers in the business and have in ser- vice from one to several of every desirable subject in both Films and Song Slides that have been pro- duced, and yet, without the use of either large advertising space or circus talk, we have most of the time bad all the customers we could supply and sometimes have many on our waiting list. The quality of our service does our advertising. We are increasing our facilities and itronage ll you where to =, but, we want If you need a machine we. can tell get the right one at-the right price, to furnish your films and slides. You prefer a specialist in medicine or in law, so let us snow you what a specialist can do for the bank account of a five cent theatre. ft >pssiaS Offer a Room £ FiLH SERWiGE ©©HflPAWY 123, 85- Dearborn St., Chicago THE IRRESISTIBLE PIANO. An amusing comedy by L. Gaumont & Co. The first scene is that of a music teacher, with the ajd of two men, moving his worldly belongings into a new apart- ment No sooner is the piano rolled into the room' than he sits down to play. The* » music so exhilarates the two helpers that* they keep time with their limbs to the re- frain of the music as they carry in. the several remaining pieces of furniture. Another apartment in the same building is the scene of the next series of views. In it, is shown a dining room, a man and woman at the table and a maid serving. Suddenly the three become conscious of martial strains of music which have floated out of the music master's room. It has an irresistible effect upon them, for they soon begin to dance, and then decide to investigate from where the music emanates. They locate the professor, enter his room and finding him still at the piano, involun- tarily resume their dancing duties. Another apartment is now shown, where- in a man is tilted back in a chair, taking a nap, and his wife is busily engaged in mending some clothes. There, too, th# sound waves emanating from their new neighbor, the professor, penetrate,the room. It has a magic effect, livens them up; they begin to dance, and also seek the source of the music. The scene changes to the studio, the pro- fessor still at the piano, the first three peo- ple still dancing and making merry, are now joined by the new couple.