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the head and hust of a beautiful girl. The countryman is about to compliment her on her beauty, when suddenly she is changed into a demon who jumps from the Sowers which vanish in smoke. After a fight with the countryman, the demon disappears.
445 THE MARVELLOUS HOOP 4 Lengths
A very interesting and entirely new scries of startling effects. A conjuror in costume of the olden time, comes in and divests himself of his clothes, throwing tliem against the walls where they remain hanging; his boots follow likewise. He then appears as a "troubadour," and begins by producing in a novel manner a quantity of flowers which lie forms into a garland. By dissolving means he produces a you! g lady who disappears in the same manner. He then transforms the garland into a hoop of flowers. Two servants then appear with a large sheet of white paper. The conjuror throws the hoop through the paper thus cutting out a circle from its centre. He then suspends the hoop covered with paper, procured in this unique manner, during which time a devil jumps therefrom followed by the appearance of the face of a clown greatly magnified. The devil jumps through the clown's face which explodes. To complete the performance, the conjuror throws one servant after the other into the air; in their fall they transform themselves into clothes which bedeck the conj mm . Very amusing. Excellent coloured.
449 ... THE WOMEN OF FIRE 2 Lengths
A very startling sketch, in which a demon, after having produced some flames from his hands, increase their volume to an extraordinary size. In the midst of the flames thus produced, gradually appear three young women. Other flames appear, the mystic maidens dancing around the fire, and gradually dissolve themselves into it. A beautiful new trick, special for colouring purposes.
451 ACCIDENTS NEVER HAPPEN SINGLY 2.1 Lengths
This is a very funny sketch, in which a young soldier is seen on guard at the barracks. Being weary of keeping guard, he dozes off to sleep. A joker seeing him leaning against the wall asleep, takes his gun from his hands and replaces it with a hose-pipe. A lamp cleaner, ascending a ladder in order to reach a lantern immediately over the soldier, proceeds with his work. At the same time, an officer passing notices the soldier asleep ; he begins to rate him. The soldier awakens, and presents arms. The hose-nozzle which he presents, thinking it is his gun, is pointed upwards, and the stream of water catches the lamp-cleaner who falls over with his ladder, the lantern falling over the head of the officer. The lamp-cleaner in his tussel with the soldier, breaks the windows of an adjoining office ; the clerks pop their heads through the broken window and remonstrate with the lamp-cleaner, who picks up the hose-pipe and gives them a bath in turn. Arrival of the police ; the officer, clerks and policemen start in pursuit of the lamp-cleaner. • In his endeavour to escape, he runs against a newspaper kiosk which topples over on to the head of the policemen, smashing the glasses, while the water-pipe which is still in full play, continues to wet down the soldier on guard, who does not as yet realize what all the excitement is about.