The Moving Picture World (October 1907)

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The table is made of oak and before being varnished is fire proofened to re- move all danger of fire. The steel tube keys are adjustable and give the table a steady support. The whole outfit is one of great compact- ness and being of light weight its adjust- ment may be done by even an inexperienced operator. AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY Film Review. I 5 Cents Per Copy $ I.SO per Year The biggest and best photographic monthly. Special clubbing rate with Moving Picture world for the next thirty days. S2.76 FOR BOTH WORLD PHOTO PUBLISHING- CO., Ml BfMiway. New Yark CHINESE SLAVE SMUGGLING. KALEM. The Chinese Slave Smuggling scene opens up in the midst of a wood in which a shanty is hid; there appears upon the scene a Chinese Potentate, who is stealth- ily drawing nearer to the door of the shanty, and knocks in a peculiar manner. Lieu- tenant Manly, who has had his suspicions aroused, appears at this moment, peering around the corner of the shanty, and sees the Chinaman admitted by the captain of the sloop, after which Lieutenant Manly comes forward and looks through an aper- ture, and, seeing them about to reappear, he hides again. The door then opens, with the captain of the sloop and the China- man 'dragging a Chinese girl between them. At this point a controversy takes place be- tween the Chinaman and the captain of the sloop, about the money to be paid for smuggling the girl, but the captain refuses to allow the girl to go unless he is paid in full. They re-enter the shanty and settle this matter, leaving the girl alone. At this point the lieutenant, seeing the coast clear, runs up to the girl and informs her that he will render her assistance. The two captors then re-appear upon the scene, and- Lieu- tenant Manly again hides. They now drag the girl away, but they are followed at a distance by the lieutenant. The scene is now changed to the Coast Guard Station, with a coast guard performing sentry-go. The lieutenant rushes up and explains to the sentry his errand, and goes into the station, and, calling his comrades, he ex- plains to them what he has discovered, and soon re-appears in the disguise of a com- mon seaman. The next scene is aboard the sloop, and the men are seen quarreling amongst them- selves. The captain and the Chinaman are seen coming along with the Chinese girl between them, and the sailors assist in get- ting the girl aboard. Just as they are about to sail, the disguised lieutenant springs aboard, and after a little parley is engaged as one of the crew. As soon as this matter .is settled, orders are given to sail. While they are busily engaged, the lieutenant advances to the girl, tells her to be of good courage, but in thii act he is observed and is felled by the marline spike of the captain; he lies on the deck in a swoon while the girl is beaten. The in- formation given at the Revenue Station has caused the officers to" bring out the cutter and they give chase to the sloop. We see them gradually drawinsr nearer, but -s yet they are not observed by those on the sloop. The girl, turning to her rescuer, tries to revive him with cold water, bath- ing hjs face; this soon revives him from his swoon. Hearing steps, he feigns uncon- sciousness again, and the girl assumes her attitude of dejection. The Chinaman then appears and offers his attentions to the girl, but she repulses him, but he calmly smokes his pipe and puts his arm around her waist At this moment the revived lieutenant strikes the Chinaman, and gives him a dig in the arm with his knife, and then lies back in a supposed swoon. The Chinaman then calls the captain of the sloop, and, with his marline spike, attempts to strike the prostrate form of the lieu- tenant, but the girl interferes and prevents the blow. The revenue cutter is now seen drawing nearer and nearer to the sloop, and the revenue men are seen training their guns upon the sloop. This takes the attention away from the couple, and they prepare to fight off the onslaught of the revenue men, but the men on the sloop are soon over-powered by the revenue men, who take charge of the sloop and rescue the girl and Lieutenant Manly. THE BLACKMAILER. MILES BROS. The scene opens in a well-equipped office, where a young girl is engaged in putting