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

172 MCINTOSH B ATTERY AND OPTICAL CO., CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A. desses and then hung upon lines of fire sus- pended in the air, for thorough desiccation. Hebe marries Hercules, and we now see poor 10. Cupid a Beggar (Statuary).—Here we see our spunky little friend reduced to pen- ury. Under such trial, our sympathies go out toward him, despite the just vengeance of the petulant Hebe. Ten colored wood-mounted slides, plain and colored, *1150 Unframed colored and p ain slides, 87.00. THE CIRL AND THE BUTTERFLY-A FAIRY TALE. SPECIALLY FOR OLD AND YOUNG—GIRLS. LOVELY STATUARY AND COLORED VIEWS. 1. Statuary—Little Sunshine.—The pet of the household, sauntering out into the gar- den, discovers a butterfly, which she at- tempts to capture. It escapes her, and as it does so, a new desire to be free seizes her, and she sings: I’d be a butterfly; living a rover, Dying when fair things are fading away. 2. The Summer Clouds hide the gaudy in- sect from her sight, and she makes again 3. An Attempt to Capture (statuary with colored butterfly), and is led bv her ardent desires to follow it over liili and dale until, nigh approaching, she comes to 4. A Roaring Torrent in a Rocky Gorge, where the fickle insect escapes her, and is soon out of sight. In despair she sits down to collect her thoughts. She determines to continue the pursuit, and to have success. Befcire lying down for the night she asks the laines, who appear to her in the form of great, wise-looking owls, that she may be- come a butterfly herself in order to succeed. The morning sun awakens her, and she finds herself on the other side of the gorge, in the very 5. Home of the Butterfly, amid the most gorgeous flowers and the sweetest perfume, with the gaudy objects of her pursuit flut- tering about her on all sides. She is en- chanted, and a strange feeling comes over her. Catishefly? She must first have wings. She resolves to steal them from a splendid fellow who now tantalizes her, and a hun- dredth time attempts to seize him, but alas! how many efforts in this mortal world are like those of children playing 6. BlindmaiTs Buff.—They make many a fruitless effort, and, like them, she is again doomed to disappointment. The beauty and the freedom which she thought she now possessed, were only the grim shadows of hope traced upon the clouds of the distant future. Too gigantic to be real, and too sin- gular to be true, her hopes vanish. 7. The Blue Sky, now above her, typical of truth, still gives her renewed desire,'and she feels a still stranger spell coming over her. Her feet seem to be entangled, and there is a pleasurable flutter about her shoulders which fills her with renewed ecstasy. Her wishes are being granted, and behold! we look upon 8. The Girl as a Butterfly (Statuary).—As yet she is only partly fledged. Her body is scarce possessed of all its new functions, and tne golden feathers are yet needed by her beautiful wings. To obtain them she must make a journey into 9. The Golden Sea, when she reappears fully accoutred and 10. A Perfect Butterfly! with all the gor- geous coloring possible, and freedom to go at will, unless her lovely companion and her children restrain her. Six colored wood-mounted and four plain slides, *9.25. Untrained colored and plain slides, 86.50. THE SEVEN STACES OF MODERN CIRLHOOD. VERY FUNNY CHANGES AND BEAUTIFUL STATUARY 1. (1st stage.) Statuary Group.—We first find our little heroine in the very earliest stages of her existence, peacefully nestled in her mother’s arms. The mother now pro- ceeds to bathe her babe in the health-giving waters of the 2. Cascade.—Into this beautiful waterfall they entirely disappear amid the clouds of white spray. 3. (2d stage) Statuary.—The little one comes back to us in the second stage, and we see her just toddlin-r about in her uncer- tain baby way, pulling blossoms, herself the sweetest flower of them all. 4. Bouquet.—She now vanishes from sight, for she is transformed with her posies into a beautiful bouquet. 5. (3d stage) Statuary.—Again she appears to us a little older, and the first dawn of the mother instinct is shown by the way she hugs her dolly and sings her to sleep. But she soon passes on from this stage, and we again lose sight pf the little changeling amid the scenes of 6. The Beautiful World.—Into this charm- ing place she is lost again, and her little white dress melts away like the mist on the mountain. Meanwhile, she outgrows her taste for flowers, toys and dolls, and incipi- ent girlish vanities begin to rule in her little brain until she becomes 7. (4th stage.) Vanity Itself (Statuary.)— Here she comes, trailing her silken gown along the ground, with her little bare toes peeping from beneath the rich folds. She is sporting in borrowed plumage, and is so absorbed in gratified pride that she rushes blindly into her punishment and is lost 8. Amid the Rugged Rocks, in the solemn depths of which it is hoped she will learn wisdom from the good little fairies who live there, so that when she again comes forth we shall find her 9. (5th stage.) A Maiden Fair (Statuary), full of hope and courage, ready to take up her duties and boldly embark upon 10. The Sea of Life, fearless because ignor- ant of the troubles and dangers ahead. Hope is gone, and she 11. dith stage ) Rejected (Statuary), be- comes weary with the rough storms of exis- tence and the deceitfulness of the world. Her d-earns are dismal, and life a 12. Desert Scene—a long, dreary waste of cheerless deflation. 13. Rose Tint—Clouds.—But the little god