Illustrated Catalogue Of Magic Lanterns (after November 1889, probably 1890)

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162 MCINTOSH BATTERY AND OPTICAL CO., CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A. Father, Dear Father, Come Home. 1 Father, dear Father, come home with me now, The clock in the steeple strikes one. 2 With poor brother Benny so sick in her arms, And no one to help her but me. 3 Father, dear Father, come home with me now. The clock in the steeple strikes two. 4 The night hasgrowncolder, and Benn\ is worse. But he has been calling for you. 5 Father,*dear Father, come home with me now, The clock in the steeple strikes three. 6 Yes, we are alone, poor Benny is dead And gone with the angels of light. The Gambler's Career. 1 The first seed of passion planted in the young mind. 2 The development of the passion with higher stakes. 3 Finding himself always the loser, he resorts to false play. 4 He is detected and roughly handled by his friends. 5 Having finally lost all, he leaves the gaming house in despair and madness. 6 He ends his life in a mad- house, still occupied with his ruling passion. Buy Your OwnGoosc. 1 Excuse me interrupting your harmony, gentle- men, but the Goose Club has commenced. 2 I’ll play Lizzy a trick! Here, my lad, take this basket to No. 6, opposite. 3 I’ve been a goose long enough, Lizzy, now I’ve bought my own goose. 4 Eli fetches his old mother from the workhouse to spend Christmas Day with them. 5 Grandmother wishes to hear Lizzy read out of her father’s old Bible. 6 Eli’s old companions leav- ing the Golden Fleece on Christmas Eve. Buy Your Own Cher- ries. 1 John Lewis told to buy his own cherries. 2 John Lewis buys his own cherries. 3 John Lewis enjoying them in his workshop. 4 John Lewis giving his wife his week’s earnings. 5 John Lewis bargaining for a leg of mutton. 6 John Lewis builds a nice row of houses. 7 John Lewis and family in their own freehold house. The Drunkard’s Chil- dren. 1 Neglected by their parents, they are led to the gin shop. 2 Between the gin shop and the beer shop, the boy thief squanders away his ill-gotten gains. 3 From the gin shop to the dancing rooms, the poor girl is driven on to mis- ery. 4 Urged on by his compan- ions and drink, he com- mits a desperate robbery. 5 From the bar of the gin shop to the bar of the Old Bailey is but one step. 6 He is sentenced to transpor- tation for life, the girl is acquitted. The brother and sister part for ever in this world. 7 The wretched convict droops and dies. 8 The poor girl, homeless, destitute, and gin-mad, commits self-murder. The Whisky Demon ; or. Dream of the Reveler. 1 The Whisky Demon. 2 The reveler. 3 The demon cask o’ whisky. 4 The demon's home. 5 The five drops. 6 The drunkard’s home. 7 The three roads. 8 The demon’s first house. 9 The demon’s second house. 10 The demon’s third house. 11 The demon’s hour glass. 12 The end. The Gin Shop. 1 This is the gin shop all glittering and gay. 2 These are the drinks that are sold night and day. 3 This is the landlord who coins his bright gold. 4 This is the landlady, all jewels and lace. 5 These are the customers, youthful and old. 6 This is the drunkard in rags and disgrace. 7 This is the woman with woe-begone face. 8 This is the pastor, so noble and kind. 9 This is the pledge the poor drunkard signed. 10 There is the church, to which, one Sabbath-day. 11 This is text which the good pastor chose. 12 This is the cottage, the home of delight. The Travels of the Sultan of Ragobaga in Grogolflaml. 1 Arrival of the Sultan in his Aerial Chariot. 2 Procession and introduc- tion to the Princess Bar- bouda. 3 Grand Banquet. 4 Outside of Fire Water Temple. 5 Inside of Fire Water Temple. 6 The Vision, Woman and Dying Child—the Sui- cide. 7 In the Auction Room—the Poison and the Price. 8 Railway Station, Acci- dent. 9 Court Scene, Girl in Dock. 10 Temperance Lighthouse. 11 Condemned Cell. 12 Expenditure and Mis- expenditure. 13 Abode of All-Goul. 14 St. Giles’—Misery. 15 St. James’—Happiness. Progress of Intemper- ance. 1 Invitation to drink. 2 Sickness and Repentance. 3 The Relapse. 4 The Ruined Family. 5 The Expectant Wile. 6 The Robber. John Ham pel en’s Home. 1 The Gin Shop. 2 The Wretched Home. 3 The Happy Home. 4 The Home of God. 5 The call to Repentance. 6 The Happy Death. An Old Story. 1 Introduction, with Por- trait ofjAuthor. 2 Watching and Waiting. (Millais.) 3 And called the picture “Innocence.” 'B. Foster.) 4 In the bleak wind unshel- tered. (G. Dor6.) 5 Taught their children thus. (Alma Tadema.) 6 The glory days of devils. (L. J. Pott.) 7 Alas for desolated homes. (N. Chevalier.) 8 A stout fisher wife. (Thos. Faed.) 9 To my home come. (Mar- cus Stone.) 10 A girl self-drowned. (E. Sherard Kennedy.) 11 What are these women doing? (P. R. Morris.) 12 The Guiding Angel heard their song. (W. C. Thomas.) 13 The prayer was heard. (Sant.) 14 Outside the women and the children. (Mont- bard.) 15 Both whisky mad. (E. Nicol.) 16 I sent my daughter out to beg. (R. Lehman.) 17 A poor street stray. (W. Macduff.) 18 At break of day. (John Tenniel.) 19 On the battle field I lay. (Elizabeth Thompson.)