Moving Picture News (Jan-Jun 1913)

THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS 27 little cabin in the hills. Phil Carey, a mountaineer, is in love with Tess, who returns his affection but delights in teasing him. Kingston Ford, a handsome stranger, comes to the hills to hunt and, overtaken by a storm in the woods, asks shelter at the cabin. Tess immediately loses her heart to the stranger, and he, tempted with the chance of flirtation with a pretty girl, makes ardent love to her. She believes his intentions to be honest and neglects Phil, her true sweetheart. But the sweet, serious face of Xell, the elder sister, attracts his fickle fancy also, and one day, finding her asleep in a leafy bower, he plays the part of Prince Charming and stoops over and kisses her. Xell is fascinated by his manner and allows him to caress her. "Tess happens upon the tryst and is heartbroken at his perfidy. The lover happening along also sees the two together and, in a rage, confronts the stranger, accusing him of abusing the girl's hospitality in a despicable way. He raises his gun to shoot but the agile young Easterner quickly disarms him and he is hurled to the ground, his head hitting a sharp rock. He is unconscious. Believing him dead, Ford becomes terrified, and while Xell goes for help he flees to the woods. At the cabin he comes upon Tess weeping. Terrified at his own danger he gives no thought to her tears but gives her an account of the quarrel and then asks her to save him. In the meantime, Xell finds the sheriff and her father and they start out to find Ford. They first restore Phil to consciousness and then in a rage go after the stranger. Tess at first refuses to help him, but the sight of the approaching posse and her lover's plight softens her and she hides him. When the men arrive she acts in an unconcerned manner and feigns surprise at the news of Phil's being wounded. They ask her whether she has seen Ford, and she says no. Thej depart. Tess then liberates her lover and when he tries to embrace her she bids him go, having given him some of her father's clothes in which to escape. He changes them under a tree in the woods. A few weeks later Tess comes upon them and, taking them up, she accidentally drops a letter out from his coat and her curiosity overcoming her, she picks it up and reads it. It is a letter from another girl begging him to return to her. She then realizes the baseness of the man and. thoroughly disgusted at the thought of him, she takes the clothes and walks to the stream to throw them into the water. Phil, now entirely recovered from the wound, had followed her and has seen all that has happened. He thinks she has gone to the water to end it all and rushes after her to save her. He begs her not to take her life and she laughingly reassures him that she hadn't intended to do anything of the sort. Phil's love overcoming him, he cannot resist and again declares his love for her. And Tess now willingly accepts the man who has so truly loved her. THANHOUSER THE CAGED BIRD (June 6).— The beautiful young princess was weary of the formality and ceremony that encompassed her. She had read mam books and from them had gained the idea that she would be far happier as a simple peasant than as the daughter of a king. Even when it came to her marriage she sadly reflected there was no romance, for her father had arbitrarily contracted an alliance for her with a neighboring prince. The princess was taking her drive one day and was sadder than ever. She saw a wedding procession issue from a neighboring cottage and pityingly watched the mother of the bride as she turned into her lonely house. In a field the princess noticed a young farmer, and she thought that the romance which had been denied her might come into her life. By the time she had returned to the castle she was pitying herself exceedingly, and had decided to be a caged bird no longer. The princess secured a peasant's gown and, well supplied with monev, stole away from the palace, as she thought, forever. Before going she opened the cage of her pet canary and watched him fly away, happy at his new-found liberty. In the life outside t'-e castle the princess found she was handicapped by her ignorance. She gave alms to a crippled man. and he scandalized the communitv by spending it in riotous living. She met the young farmer and he horrified her by roughly kissing her. She procured a home with tue mother of the bride and her money was stolen by that depraved old woman. Disillusioned, the princess returned to her castle. Just outside its gates she came upon the little bird she had set at liberty. It, too, had found itself unfitted for an adventurous life. Strange, fierce birds had at tacked it, and the little canary was feebly trying to return to the castle when its mistress came along. The bird was glad to be placed in its gilded cage again. The princess was glad to return to her old life, marry the prince, who was really a very decent young chap, and retain the place which her birth and breeding entitled her to fill. MAJESTIC THE FRATERNITY PIN (June 1).— The president of the fraternity in the girls' college was very pretty and her family was rich, but the reason why she was the most popular girl in college was not the possession of wealth or good looks, but because she was instinctively the protector of the friendless. There was one shy little country girl who regarded the college idol with mingled awe and admiration. She was timid and retiring, and her lot in college would have been a very lonely one if the fraternity's president had not taken pity on her. A firm friendship sprang up between the two. The college leader helped her protege with her studies and even was instrumental in securing the girl's election to the fraternity. The country girl left college and married a rich man, who died a few years later, leaving her independently wealthy. The widow had man)' handsome jewels, but the one she prized most was a little gold pin, the emblem of her membership in the college fraternity. The pin was missing one day and the widow, thinking that she might have lost it in the street, telephoned to the police. Soon word came that the pin had been found, and she hastened to the police station to claim it. The lost pin was not hers, but it was the emblem of the same college fraternity-. The woman who had been arrested when she attempted to pawn it stood nearby in the custody of a policeman, her face averted. The widow, anxious to know who the owner of the pin could be, stepped forward and gazed into the prisoner's face. Their eyes met and the wealthy woman recognized in the unfortunate the college favorite of years gone by, the fraternity president who had been her friend. Misfortune had come upon her her parents and fortune had been swent away, and she had failed in the battle of life. The ragged woman and the lady of fashion left the station together and the ''most popular girl in college" found a home and loving care with her former protege. She was proud and did not want to accept any favors, but her protests were silenced by a loving kiss from her benefactor and a reminder that they were both sisters of the same fraternity and sworn to aid one another. And so the friendship which had begun in college ripened in after years into lasting love. THE QUEEN OF THE SEA NYMPHS (June 3). — The young guest of the summer hotel decided that it would be easy to acquire a reputation as a hero. He did it through the aid of a poverty-stricken newspaper man who agreed to act as his press agent. In this way he became famous as a life saver when the fact was t'-at he could hardly swim at all. His ruse was so successful that all young women admired him. Among them was a girl admired by a young college boy, who resented his boastful rival. And he vanquished him, too, through the aid of "The Queen of the Sea Xymphs." Did you ever hear of this fairy creature? She demonstrated that the "hero" was very much overrated as a life saver, and made him such an object of mirth that he was driven from the hotel, leaving the field clear to the college boy. When you see "The Queen of the Sea Xymphs" you will at once realize why it is a laughable disgrace to be beaten in a water race with her, even though one is not a life saver. SOLAX MATRIMONY'S SPEED LIMIT (June 11). — Bilh' Brown is a broker. He has lost his fortune and is ruined. He decides to break off his coming marriage to h;s wealthy sweetheart. He leaves his office and goes to her home. Tells her his circumstances. She offers him money; he refuses; she returns him his engagement ring. Billy leaves; she is heartbroken. Suddenly she thinks of an idea to make Billy marry her and recuperate his fortune. She sends him the following telegram: "Your aunt died out West, leaving you a fortune, provided you are married by 12 o'clock on Wednesday, Tune ISth. "Clay Lambert, "Attorn ey-at-law." His sweetheart sends the telegram by messenger, who takes it to Billy's office and finds him completely broken up, with his head on his desk. He receives the telegram and reads it. Grabs messenger, kisses him, lights a cigar, turns to wall, sees big calendar on wall, showing date of June 18th. Cigar drops from mouth; he turns slowly to look at large clock over calendar, finds it 15 minutes to 12. He has only 15 minutes to marry or lose a fortune. He dashes away after looking at his watch. In the meantime his sweetheart has gone to a clergyman's house and they get into an auto and speed away to Billy's office, only to find when arriving there that he has left. Billy, in the meantime, meets a lady acquaintance, drops on his knees and starts proposing to her. She runs away. He has five minutes to get married. He rushes down the street, looking for a woman. Billy's sweetheart is shown after coming from his office in her auto jumping up and down urging the chauffeur to speed faster to find Billy. Billy sees a veiled woman on the street. He stops her, gets on his knees, starts to propose. She lifts her veil, showing her to be a negro. He decides he can't get married by 12 and win the fortune, and so will commit suicide. He gets in the middle of the street and, an auto coming in his path, he turns his back and waits. The auto stops against him; he turns, and his sweetheart and clergyman are in it. He dashes to auto, gets in, shows telegram. They are married one minute to 12. His sweetheart confesses she sent the telegram. Billy at first is angry, but finally gives in to a happy ending. HER MOTHER'S PICTURE (June 13).— Mr. Joseph Bleeker, a hardy, honest, rural type, lives with his daughter in a home rather unhappy by the absence of a mother. The death of Mrs. Bleeker has made her husband downcast in spirit and all his daughter's attempts to liven him up are unavailing. About the picture of his wife, which is prominently hung in the center of the living room wall, crystallize all his thoughts and dreams. In some intangible way this picture guides the destiny of the family. This is forcibly illustrated by a little love affair of his daughter, Marian, who elopes with a metropolitan actor. She comes back after she is deserted and only the spirit of the picture of her mother prevents her unforgiving father from turning her away. The story is dainty, human and pathetic, and has an unusual climax. It is forcibly emphasized by striking characterizations. PATHE PATHE'S WEEKLY NO. 23 (June 2). DREDGES AND FARM IMPLEMENTS IN THE WEST (June 3).— The problem of settling the arid wastes of the Far West was solved with the success of the first irrigation Droject. but there arose a demand for machinery that would lessen the undertaking of irrigating immense tracts of land which could be made available for farming purposes. The result was the elimination of the horse entirely, and in this film we see canals being dug by traveling dredges and engines. Also there is a dredge, conceived by a genius, which digs up the beds of dried up creeks, extracts whatever gold the dirt contains and drops the refuse behind it. On the same reel: A MARKET IN KABYLIA (ALGERIA).— A film that is a personally conducted tour through a far-off land, showing everything of interest therein. THE SAVING LIE (June 4).— Cyril Jackson, an author, is so intensely occupied with his art that he takes his wife's love as a matter of course, paying her none of the little attentions which make a woman happy. Willard Martin, a friend of Jackson, becomes infatuated with Mrs. Jackson and jilts Mabel Wallace, whom he was engaged to marry, because of his new fancy. Mrs. Jackson repulses Martin, but the latter persists in his attentions until finally Jackson learns of his friend's double dealing. Armed with a revolver and a desire for revenge, Jackson calls on Martin for an explanat'on. Martin is at a loss for an answer, but his jilted sweetheart tells a lie to save his life, and after Jackson and his wife are reconciled, Mabel tells Martin how glad she is to be rid of him. WHAT THE GOOD BOOK TAUGHT (June 5). — A girl journeying to a more suitable climate with her sick mother, is seized by a band of bad men. While held captive by them she finds a dusty copy of the Bible which was given to Joe, the leader of the band, by his mother. In a particularly affecting scene