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... FIGHTING HIS BATTLES OYER AGAIN. Scene in a Canteen in Barracks
Young soldiers amusing themselves in the usual fashion : one examining a rifle. Enter old Chelsea pensioner, evidently a favourite visitor as he is warmly welcomed, a chair placed for him and a drink called for. lie enters into conversation with the man with the rifle who has recently returned from active service, and is soon giving the old man an animated description of how he used his rifle. " But, the old man asks where is your bayonet ? " "Let me show you how we used our muskets in the old days with bayonets fixed," and the old man taking the title in his hands goes through the exercise until his infirmities remind him that he is no longer young, and he sinks hack in his chair exhausted, very heartily cheered by his audience.
" Length 145 feet
.. THE LITTLE MATCH SELLER
From Hans Anderson's Fairy Tales. A little girl in thin and ragged garments, and with only one shoe on, stands on the snow-covered ground at the end of a wintry afternoon, trying to sell matches. She dare not go home as she has no money to give to her cruel father and drunken mother. The opening scene shows the shivering child offering her matches to a warmly clad gentleman who passes brushing her aside. A boy now runs on dodging a snowball which hits him ; he picks up some snow and throws it at his assailant, then seeing the child in the corner, picks up some snow and throws it at her, and seeing her one shoe he takes it .away from her and runs off. The child cries at her loss and crouches down in the corner trying to cover her naked feet with her scanty clothing, while snow begins to fill. A lamplighter comes to turn out the street lamp ; snow now falls heavily. To warm herself she strikes some matches, and in the glow on the wall she thinks she sees what she most needs — a nice cosy fire-place and brightly burning fire, but dropping her match and holding out her hands to warm, the fire vanishes. After a while she strikes another match and this time sees a dinner table with a roast goose and spread for a feast; she remembers that it is Christinas time, to her surprise the goose comes slowly towards her and then vanishes as the match goes out. At the next match she sees a Christmas tree and at the top a brilliant star, which falls to the ground. She has been told that when a star falls a soul goes to heaven, and she prays that she may be that soul and go to her grandmother, who was the only one who has loved her. When she strikes her next match her grandmother gradually appears to her, but fearing that when her match goes out this vision will also disappear, she hastily strikes a handful of matches, the vision stretches out her band towards the child and vanishes, at the same time the child drops her matches and falls back dead. An angel now appears, and stooping over the dead child, her spirit in white garments rises from the spot and slowly ascends witli the angel, the body remaining. An extremely effective picture, now being shown at several halls, accompanied by the singing of a verse of the " Star of Bethlehem." Length 200 feet.