Motography (Apr-Dec 1911)

October, 1911. MOTOGRAPHY 187 In the second reel, Danny, grieving to see his young master so worried, suggests sending Eily out of the country. Hardress then explains to him how ineffectual that would be as long as she possessed her certificate. Danny then offered to make way with the girl, asking Hardress' glove as a token of his acceptance of this offer, but Danny's brutal suggestion aroused Hardress to a storm of indignation. Danny then engaged Hardress' mother in conversation and told her of his offer to get Eily out of the way Anne Chute Pays Off the Mortgage on the Cregan Home. and how Hardress had spurned it, refusing his glove as a token. She at once left the room and returned with a glove which she gave to him and which he, in his simple minded way, took as a token that Hardress had changed his mind. So he set out to get the marriage certificate or, failing in that, to take Eily's life. That night he rowed Eily to an island where he had told her Hardress was awaiting her. But no sooner had they landed than he demanded that she give up certificate, and when she refused he threw her, with a mighty effort, into the dark waters of the lake. Almost immediately he himself reeled and fell, a thin trail of red tinging his wake as he was carried by the current to a rock, where he lapsed into unconsciousness. With this dramatic ending, Reel II is finished. When Danny recovered consciousness, he painfully crawled away and late that night staggered into his own hut. He did not know that he had been accidently shot by Myles and that Myles had appeared just in time to rescue Eily. In the delirium of fever which followed, Danny unburdened his soul of the whole matter, as he knew it, to the priest, confessing that he had killed Eily. Father Tom felt that Myles knew something of the shot which had wounded Danny, so he hunted him up and learned that he had shot Danny accidently, also that Eily was alive and well and in his hut, but constantly begging to be taken away so that Hardress might continue to think her dead and feel free to marry Anne. Now the scene changes to the stately halls wherein the marriage of Hardress and Anne is about to be solemnized. In the midst of all the festivity, the prospective bride and groom are sad, Anne because she wanted to marry Kyrle and Hardress because of the tragic death of Eily, whom he really loved. Suddenly a file of sol diers break in at the doors and arrest Hardress, charging him with having employed Danny to get Eily out of the way, to all of which Danny had confessed. They also declared that Danny possessed the glove which had been given him as a token. Seeing Hardress about to be led away, charged with murder, his mother confessed her part in the crime and begged to be allowed to take his place. And then Myles projected himself into the scene and begged leave to introduce a witness. To the amazement of all Eily entered and Squire Corrigan, who had planned the arrest, was forced to retire. Before allthe admiring guests, Hardress clasped the Colleen Bawn to his breast and declared her his wife before all the world. And then his mother drew her from him, begging her forgiveness and offering her a mother's love. Poor Anne, who had been standing unnoticed, now began to bewail the fact that her wedding finery had been wasted for she had been left bridegroomless. A score af admirers volunteered to fill the place but she beckoned Kyrle to her side, promising him the reward that his constancy deserved. At the end, we can almost hear the blustery Myles say: "It's a shamrock itself ye got, sir, and we're all glad." And if Eily could speak down from the screen we might hear her say: "Oh, if I could only hope to establish myself in a little corner of your hearts, there wouldn't be a happier girl alive than the Colleen Bawn." Ohio Theaters Must he Fireproof "No more frame picture show buildings in Ohio," is the ultimatum of the Ohio factory and shop inspector. This ultimatum is the outcome of those provisions of the new state building code relating to theaters and amusement places. The law does not compel the tearing down of present frame structures, in which picture shows are given, but it does prevent the erection of new shows in any but brick or fireproof buildings. The state inspector has received many requests from various parts of Ohio asking permission to construct frame theaters. The answer is that the day of the frame show building is about over. Even in the case of expensive repairs on present frame structures, the department of workshops and factories compels the use of fireproof material. For example, .if a frame building is to be arranged for the placing of a new balcony in it, the entire balcony would have to b_£ fireproof. Educator Endorses Moving Pictures Moving pictures as an adjunct of the social center work in school buildings were endorsed by George H. Elwell, president of the Minneapolis Board of Education, in an address before the Eleventh Ward Improvement association. He said that moving pictures of the proper kind, given at social center meetings, would do much to cultivate a taste for better things and tend to bring a higher standard of films to moving picture theaters. Mr. Elwell stated he had visited many of the moving picture shows that are now attracting pupils. In some of these places he found nothing to condemn and much to praise, while in others some suggestive pictures were shown. He recommended that all dark, sequestered corners in the playhouses should be done away with.