Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1915)

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382 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD July 10, 1915 surprise comes, however, when, in the presence of Victoria, the friend of Eddie's father explains that the marriage was really binding, as he was an ex-minister with full authority to perform the marriage. After a few moments of perplexity the young people decide to make the best of it'and Victoria finds that her father is not averse to the marriage. IMP. HIS NEW AUTOMOBILE (July 13).— King Drake has the automobile craze, and announces to his fellow-boarders that he is about to buy a car. He tells his sweetheart, Jane Gallup, that he will invite her to drive with him down Fifth avenue, and, left alone in the parlor, they take an imaginary joy-ride, King using a stool as a steering wheel. Ned Roarer, the floorwalker, is trying to sleep in his room above the parlor and bangs his shot on the floor. In spite of this protest and a further protest on the part of the landlady. King and Jane kept right on with their "automobiling" and making lots of noise. After bidding Jane good night, King goes to his room and writes a letter to an automobile manufacturer, ordering a new car on time payments and enclosing $1.00. The new auto arrives a few days later. King looks it over, and tries to regulate and start it according to the instructions in the book of rules provided by the manufacturer. The car starts unexpectedly and King and Jane run after it. During the preliminary try-out, the car comes to a dead stop and King gets underneath to see what the trouble is. After righting matters, he rides off with Jane to meet with all sorts of trouble before he gets the hang of manipulating the steering apparatus. . Getting too confident of his newly acquired skill as a chauffeur, he is warned by Jane that he will be arrested for speeding. But his speeding doesn't last long, as he loses control and the car, owing to his faulty steering, begins to skid backwards. After managing to stop the car, King and Jane consult the book of rules to ascertain the cause of the reverse action. King inspects the feed tank, but something goes wrong in the works, resulting in a terriffc explosion. After a while, King picks himself up, looking like a tramp and aching from head to foot. He looks around for Jane and picks her up on the adjacent rocks in a most woe-begone condition. Giving Jane a sympathetic kiss, he looks up and spies the remains of the auto smouldering in the branches of a tree. THE ELEVENTH DIMENSION (Two Parts— July 10).— Plunged into the depth of mysticism and led by the ever-beckoning finger of science, the mirage of an Eleventh Dimension is always before the old professor's eyes. His concealed laboratory is filled with the latest chemical appliances and, in spite of his daughter's pleadings, his days and most of his nights are spent vainly searching for the unknown. Betty's joy in the love of young Lloyd Chambers is interwoven with anxiety for the state of her father's mind, especially as, for some unknown reason, he disapproves of her union With her lover and at the same time countenances the suit of his elderly friend. Dr. Lovejoy. Betty having retired 'for the night, the old man prepares to spend the hours in his beloved experiments. The electric furnace is at white heat. All the test tubes are laid out and retorts cast their reflections around. He transfers a few drops of liquor from one tube into another and a pale blue smoke arises — a flash — and to his distorted brain appears the image of a large cat. His hoarse cry of "success at last" is heard by Betty, who has crept from her bed and now stands at the open door of the laboratory. The terrible light in his eyes tells her that his brain has at last given way and, frightened, she closes the door. Dr. Lovejoy, interested in the old' man's work, to a certain point, offers to bring one of his patients for experimental work, one whose life is despaired of. However, the sight, of the laboratory quenches all desire for martyrdom in the visitor and he promptly refuses to lend himself. Foiled by his departure, the professor's twisted mind prompts him to chloroform the doctor and in an unwary moment the latter is drugged and strapped to the chair. Recovering consciousness, he pleads for mercy and the professor agrees to play a game of chess, the loser to give up his life, in order that he, the professor, may prove his theory that one lives after death. Beaten in the game, the doctor cheats and the old man turns the gun on himself and fires. A moment passes and he finds that he is still alive. Quickly he grabs the paper and writes : "This proves existence after death." Meanwhile. Betty, sensing something is wrong, tells Lloyd that her father and Lovejoy have been for hours in the laboratory. The police are called and the door is burst open. The wild exclamations of triumph from the professor are cut short by the discovery that the bullet has been deflected by his watch. The fact that he was not dead — not even hurt — is a sore blow to the old man's " IM E \A/ IVI A IM " Brass Frames and Rails DO YOU KNOW? that 90% of all the brass frames used in the moving picture houses throughout the country are "NEWMANS?" WHY? Because we steadily have refused to cheapen or lower the quality of our goods, even though others have sought to undermine our prestige by underselling with cheapened products. That is one of the reasons why nine out of every ten frames sold bear the name "NEWMAN." Insist on that name and save money. Our new 1915 catalog will be sent to you for the asking — get one quick. The Newman Mfg. Co. 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Their spooning during business hours, however, conflicts with the notions of the show manager. He is forced to give strict orders for the regulation of their conduct in public. Now, Hamus, a broken-down actor, whose acting days are plainly all over, arrives via the railroad ties with his grip. He is awfully hungry. Spotting the mess tent of the side show, he tries to steal a handout, but is discovered by the irritated chef. Poor Hamus is roughly handled until the manager, arriving to straighten matters out, sees how skinny Hamus is. He immediately recognizes Hamus' value as a living skeleton, if added to his collection of freaks, and makes a proposition. Yum Yum, attracted by pity for poor Hamus, urges him to accept So they shake hands on it. Yum Yum's actions arouse fierce jealousy in Herculo. But these actions of his only cause the Circassian maid to turn all her attentions to Hamus and Hamus, in his seventh heaven, reciprocates. Then Herculo, enraged, starts a riot, in which he decidedly gets the worst of it, and which the manager has a hard time quelling. Finally Herculo, recognizing that he must use other tactics to win back the heart of \um Yum. places a photo of a woman inscribed "Your loving wife" among the effects of Hamus. Yum Yum finds the photo and, sure that Hamus is false, throws him over and returns to the exultant Herculo again. Humas' protests of innocence are useless. He pines away at a great rate, becoming thinner every day. The manager sees this and doubles his salary, making the other freaks sore. Then a woman with ten children come to see the show. It is the woman of the fatal photo. She sees Herculo and recognizes him as her long lost husband. The kids clamor about him yelling "Papa." Yum Yum, in disgust, collapses in the arms of the happy Hamus. L-KO. A DOOMED HERO (Two Parts— July 18).— Billie was a groom, but he had a secret hankering to be a social lion and when the baron was absent he posed as the latter gentleman. The affair started well, but the maid he had promised to marry recognized him making love to the heiress and told her brother, who had a nasty temper and carried weapons. Billie had to take back the maid, but only temporarily, as he got away and attended a reception in his honor at the heiress's home. The vendetta, however, mistook him for the real baron they wished to assassinate and threw bombs at him. These had a disturbing effect on the dinner party and everybody trie's to get away gracefully, but with haste. Billie ran into a shed, but a bomb followed and exploded in his rear. Billie immediately went up. His descent was much more rapid than his rise, and several unpleasant obstacles were met with on the way down. Another man got the maid and the baron got Billie. BISON. THE TOLL OF THE SEA (Two Parts— July 1"). — Captain Xelson, in the employ of John Mendon, owner of a ship company, is in love with Virginia Mendon. John Randall, a secret service officer in the employ of the Board of Marine Underwriters, is also in love with Virginia. Captain Nelson, in command of the sailing vessel "Aggie Norde," is about to leave San Francisco for a European port, but before leaving, determines to state his affection to Virginia and is overwhelmed when he alights from his taxicab to see Virginia kissing Randall good-bye. Nelson waits until Randall leaves, then seeks Virginia and tells her of his love. She tells him she is engaged to Randall. He pleads with her for an engagement that evening, but she tells him that she has a supper engagement at Captain Robinson's home. Nelson, depressed, leaves and, to quiet his unsteady nerves, tries to drown his troubles in drink. Two saliors of his crew meet him in the saloon and Nelson tells them of his trouble. One sailor suggests that he capture Virginia and take her aboard the ship, where she will belong to him and him only. Although a good man. Nelson, in a fit of anger and passion, decides to have Virginia kidnapped and assigns the two sailors to the task. She is kidnapped on her way home from Captain Robinson's, and taken aboard the sailing vessel. The following morning her father discovers her absence and is heart broken. Randall, in the meantime, has been put on the trail of a gang of salvage pirates and is busy on the