Moving Picture World (April 1912 - June 1912)

THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1267 RELIANCE. VOTES FOR WOMEN (June 26).— Tbe suffrage workers are vainly endeavoring to win over Senator Herman to tbeir cause as his vote on a certain bill they favor means its passage. May Fillmore, one of the most ardent of the workers, discovers that the father of a little motherless tenement brood has died of tuberculosis, after having vainly importuned the owner. Senator Herman, to make building alterations thftt will remedy unsatisfactory conditions. She goes to the Senator's fiancee, Jane Wadsworth, and succeeds in securing her help. Jane accompanies May to tbe poor bereaved family, and she is shocked at the terrible lack of sanitation. Tbey find three little girls and a baby left to fight the world alone. Elsie, tbe eldest, is doing embroidery sweat-shop work at home, and minding the baby, while Hester works in a department store. The other tot is a half-time scholar, and in the afternoons assists her sister working on corset covers for another shop. All these fearful conditions are pointed out by May and have their desired effect upon Jane. She Is further shocked upon learning that her fiance is the negligent owner. Jane goes to him and pleads that he do something in the matter. He waves her away and treats her like a child. Angered, she joins the suffragists and assists in bringing both her father and the Senator to terms. Hester is insulted by a floorwalker in her father's shop, which proves another shock to Jane, when her father does nothing in the matter. Later she Is stricken with scarlet fever, which she contracted from tbe embroidery on one of her trousseau gowns, which came from her father's store. The father and Senator, upon learning that they were in part guilty, as tbe embroidery was made in tbe Senator's unsanitary tenement, gives In and most enthusiastically joins the suffrage movement. They are seen with the girls at suffrage headquarters, at the Men's League, and finally in the parade. BEFORE THE WHITE MAN CAME (June 29).— This story deals with the lives of the Indians who ruled primeval North America for centuries before the white man came. Meene-o-Wa, the fairest maiden of all the tribes of tbe Utes. was called ' 'The Yel low Rose, ' ' bacause of her beauty. Wathuma, tbe leopard, loved her, but her heart was not given to him. One day in the forest she came upon a handsome young stranger. They looked into each other's eyes and Meene-O-Wa knew that she loved him. Leaving him there she ran away, but be followed her back to her father's camp. He went to the old chief and asked her band in marriage. But the chief, looking upon his headdress of a single feather, told him that tbe man who won his daughter must be a chief. Then, considering, he told the stranger that if he could vanquish the famous warrior, Wahtuma, in a wrestling match, he might claim as his reward. "The Yellow Rose." Wahtuma, full of hate for his rival, put forth his best effort in the fight that followed, while MeeneO-Wa stood by, her heart torn with the fear that Waheta, tbe stranger, might lose. But the straight and supple stranger soon had the masterhand, and slowly forced his foe to his knees, amid the plaudits of the tribe. So Meene-O-Wa was given to Waheta, and Wahtuma left them, vowing vengeance. A few days later Meene-O-Wa. while waiting in the woods for her husband, is thrown from the rocks by Wahtuma. And there it is that her husband finds her, dead. The bereaved hushand carried his wife's body back to the camp, and, after handing her to tbe old chief, he begs one boon of the great spirit that he be able to kill Wahtuma. Rushing out into the woods, he comes upon the leopard, and he gives him just one chance to defend himself. Before the fury of the maddened husband the other man's weapons are powerless, and he is overcome and killed. Waheta then returns to tbe camp to mourn over Meene-O-Wa's body. NESTOR. THE DAWN OF NETTA (June 24).— Will Barton has gone to the mountains in search of health. He learns from the doctor that he is dying and is distracted at the thought of leaving his beloved daughter, Netta, a girl of seventeen, alone and unprotected in the world. He telegraphs to Jack Gordon, his best friend, and upon bis arrival. Barton asks him to marry Netta. Jack is a popular man and hesitates between his present method of living and his desire to gratify the dying wish of a man who has been his benefactor. Gratitude and pity conquer and he acquiesces. Barton places the hand of Netta in Jack's. Later, Jack sends Netta to a school In Paris, and as time passes, he gradually ceases to think of his promise to Barton and his engagement to Netta, and becomes attached to Mrs. Smith Douglas, an attractive widow. The time for Netta's return arrives and Jack pursuades Mrs. Douglas to take care of Netta for a few days In order that he may have time to provide suitably for her. Jack neglects to teli Mrs. Douglas that he Is engaged to Netta. Netta arrives, and, instead of the forlorn little maid in black that Jack had parted with, he sees a developed and beautiful woman and falls madly In love with her. Seeing how popular Netta Is with the young men who pay her great attention, Jack has a mental struggle between his love and a desire to be unselfish. He finally decides to give Netta her freedom that she may marry a man of her own choosing and nearer her own age. He does this gently, not knowing that Netta Is genuinely in love with hi in, and always has been. She is heartbroken, but consents, thinking that Jack does not love her. Netta seeks a secluded spot in a window seat and finds refuge in tears. Mrs. Douglas, who has grown fond of the girl and who is at heart a kindly woman, finds Netta, comforts her, and extracts her secret. She seeks out Jack and takes him to Netta. where tc%y renew their troth in the soft light of tbe moon, whilst Mrs. Douglas, seeing their undoubted affection, draws the curtain gently that they may be alone. REAPING THE WHIRLWIND (June 26).— Tom Ainslee has a charming wife and a dear little baby. Still he is a discontented husband, only too ready to see as much as possible of Nina Harrington, the flirtatious wife of kind-hearted, good-natured Jim Harrington, who had but recently arrived in the West and rented a cozy shack near the Alnslees. Of course, the inevitable happens; Martha Aaislee comes Into a room unexpectedly and discovers her husband embracing his neighbor's wife. As soon as the woman goes, Martha pleads with her husband, but to no avail, for no sooner is his wife's back turned, than he follows Nina and again tells ber of his love. Martha, when she discovers his absence, takes tbe baby and follows him. This time she pleads with Nina, who merely laughs at her misrey and turns gayly away. The next day, as soon as Tom leaves the house to meet Nina, which fact Martha has learned from a note which she had deftly extracted from her husband's pocket, Martha takes her rifle and follows Tom. From the other side, Jim, who had the day before witnessed Martha pleading with his wife, carefully loads bis revolver and keeps Nina In sight. Martha is taking careful aim when Jim comes upon them with his revolver. Quickly Nina springs hefore Tom, pleading with her husband not to shoot. Tom endeavors to run and It was this which decides Jim — the other man is not worth shooting; so commanding them to go, the outraged husband returns to pack his belongings and leave forever. No sooner is Nina's husband out of sight, than Nina upbraids Tom for running. Tom, feeling assured of Martha, frankly tells Nina that she means nothing to him and returns home to find, instead of the patient Martha, this note pinned to the door: "Tom — It is all over between us. I have taken the baby and gone, forever. Martha." YOUNG WILD WEST LEADING A RAID (June 28). — Young Wild West arrives in the town of Big Echo with bis party and makes an enemy of the Mayor of the town, because be will not buy drinks for tbe crowd. The Mayor and Wild West fight and Wild West shoots the gun from the Mayor's band to teach him a lesson. A short while after. Wild saves his cook, a Chinaman, from the clutches of the sheriff, who had arrested him in mistake for a thieving Chinaman. This action of Will's Incurs the enmity of the Sheriff. The Mayor and Sheriff, with two accomplices, have been robbing the town and been letting tbeir positions shield them. They had planned to rob the Golden Giant mine on the day that Wild West and his party arrived in the town. The Chinese cook overhears the plot in the saloon and hurries back to the camp to tell Wild West. They decide to lay low and capture them later. Meanwhile, the robbers, headed by the Mayor and the Sheriff, make their way to the mine and, with the help of the night watchman, who belongs to their gang, they carry the gold away and hide it in an old shack in the canyon below. The next morning the news spreads that the mine has been robbed and the superintendent of the mine, hearing that Wild West is in town, sends for him. The Mayor and Sheriff arrive at his office at the same time that Wild West puts in his appearance. The superintendent gives them what information he can and tells them he will take them to the scene of the robbery. The Sheriff and Mayor object to Wild West going, but the superintendent's suspicions have been aroused and their objections are useless. They arrive at the scene of the robbery and question the night watchman, who breaks down and confesses all. In the meantime, the Sheriff and Mayor have sneaked off and are making their way to tbe shack. Wild and two of his men, with the superintendent and his sweetheart, follow them and Wild, climbing to the top of a high cliff, sees Jack in the distance and knows he is on the right track. He and one of his men go to the canyon, while one man goes to town for help, leaving the superintendent and his sweetheart behind. The Mayor and Sheriff, who have been hiding close by, hold up the remaining two. Outside, the posse joins Wild and he leads them toward the shack. The men inside realize their safety lays in flight, but after a few short chases, the four are captured. Wild returns the gold to the superintendent and receives his thanks. and Nell to his assistance. The girl nurses him at her home and completely wins bis heart. A week passes and Haven is about on crutches. Holmes goes to the settlement for supplies and the thieves seize this opportunity to carry out their scheme. As they are forcing an entrance, Nell escapes through a back window and makes a desperate ride to the settlement for help. With the ^old. Haven, by means of a table and a chair, reaches the attic. He then knocks a bole in the roof, and crippled as be is, slides to the ground. The thieves pursue him and mortally wound him. He continues his flight to the edge of the river where he falls dying on a rock, throwing the gold into the water. The thieves come up and not finding tbe gold turn back. Haven, feeling himself passing away, laboriously writes a message on the rock with his own blood: "The gold is in the water." Accompanied by a score of men from the settlement, Nell is hurrying back at break-neck speed. The thieves are captured and Haven's body Is found, and the gold recovered. THE COLONEL'S PERIL (June 29).— Tom Norman, the son of the colonel, falls In love with pretty Nell, the daughter of a corporal. The colonel frowns upon the match and sends his son to college. Six months completely tire Tom of college life and he enlists in the army. Tbe colonel is hurt over Tom's conduct and refuses to communicate with him. Two years later, Tom, who has won his sergeant's stripes, is assigned to his father's post. The colonel refuses to recognize him as his son. Nell and her father, however, welcome him back. A sudden uprising of the Indians sends the emigrants and settlers scampering for safety. Blazing cabins dot the surrounding country. At the head of a squadron of cavalry Colonel Norman sallies forth, confident in the belief that short work would be made of the redskins. He Is surprised and ambushed, however, by a horde of redskins who outnumber the soldiers ten to one, and is himself shot from his horse. Tom picks up the unconscious body of his father, and carries it away, pursued by the relentless foe. Down a precipitous cliff Tom slides with his burden, and concealing his father behind a huge rock, makes every shot count. A score of wounded and frenzied soldiers escape and gallop back to the fort. The sad story is quickly told and the second division Is called out, riding like the wind to save their comrades. The Indians are routed and Tom and his father rescued from their perilous situation. The next day, propped up in bed, the colonel is visited by Tom and Nell, and he smiles bis forgiveness as he tenderly draws them to him. AMBROSIO. THE ACTOR'S TEST (June 28),— Brown watches a picture on the screen of a theater and decides that acting is easy work. He applies for a position at a studio and his ability is tested in various strenuous ways. He is thrown through a window, ducked into a pond, compelled to ride a horse which throws him, etc. At the end of the day, swathed in bandages and walking on crutches, he goes to tbe office to receive his pay and is handed the "munificent" sum of two dollars. BENARES, THE SACRED CITY (June 28).— This subject shows Benares, the Sacred City on the Ganges River, India, with its thousands of bathers, the quaint structures centuries old, etc. It is a beautiful scenic picture. BISON. HIS MESSAGE (June 25). — Holmes and his daughter, Nell, live in a cabin, while he works his claim. Haven, a young prospector, has pitched bis tent in the vicinity and the three become friends. Haven is fortunate in his quest for gold, and the pile of yellow metal accumulates until he has a goodly fortune In his possession. The mining operations have been secretly watched by a trio of desperadoes, who await a favorable opportunity to steal it. One day Haven Is severely wounded by a landslide, and his cries bring Holmes ITALA. THE GREAT BANK FAILURE (June 29).— Helen Gordon is the adored daughter of a banker, and is engaged to a Captain Blake. She is gifted with a wonderful soprano voice, and at a reception at her home Garrett, a music composer, falls desperately in love with her, but conceals his affection. The cashier of the bank absconds with the bank's funds, and In the crash that follows, the Gordons are deserted by their friends. Even Captain Blake turns from tbe prospect of marrying a penniless girl, and father and daughter are dropped from affluence to lonesome poverty. Helen utilizes her musical education to earn a living for herself and her father. Garrett, who has remained loyal to the girl, has been perplexed to find a way In which he could assist her without wounding her pride, and, having written an opera which is being produced he persuades the theatrical manager to offer Helen the leading role. A creditor of Gordon's has harassed the broken old man and threatens to bring criminal proceedings against him. Helen knows that he would never consent to have her appear on the stage so she assumes a stage name. She secures an advance sufficient to take up ber father's notes, removing the specter which has been hovering over their humble home, but fearing to tell her father of her action. The first performance Is given, and Helen makes her triumphant debut. An Immense theater Is shown, with the audience wildly applauding Helen, who is supported by a large company on tbe stage. Radiant with her success, Helen goes to her dressing room and is visited by the manager, who forces his attentions upon her. As she is struggling in his embrace Garrett enters and hurls him aside, and orders him away. In revenge the manager writes an anonymous letter to Gordon, telllDg him to come to the Lyric