Moving Picture World (Sep 1916)

2160 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD September 30, 1916 The broadening process, as far as May Belle was concerned, consisted in attending muslcales, parties and teas and at last Aunt. Marion introduced her to the son of her most particular friend and implied that here indeed was an opportunity to broaden out her life, for she told little May Belle thai it was her duty to marry this man. May Belle, being a conscientious person and, knowing how much her mother and she owed Aunt Marion for her kindness to them when they had been in trouble after her father's death, believed it was her duty to give her consent. She wrote to her mother ; but she advised that she had better not tell Billy until it was over with. Billy, who brought the letter from the postoffice, thought it meant that May Belle would soon be coming home. Mother was grief-stricken when she read the letter and handed it to Billy, who smothered his sorrow and agreed to bring the wedding dress which mother had finished to May Belle. On the dress was a note which read : "My dear little May Belle. This was to be a surprise for my little girl when she stood up with good faithful Billy on her wedding day. Every stitch means love, dear, and a happy life with a good honest man. Momzie." The dress came while May Belle was In the height of enjoying the new trousseau that her aunt had prepared for her. Later, called down, into the drawing room to meet her fiance, she withdrew unexpectedly after telling him that she did not know whether she cared to be married to him or not. There in her room she found her aunt's friends making fun of the dress her mother had sent. Marion showed them the letter and they retired in shame, while Aunt Marion took aside the young man and told him not to be troubled, that May Belle would soon get over her tantrum. But May Belle was soon stealing out of the house with the plain wedding gown in her suitcase. That night she crept back into the farmhouse where Billy and mother, good old pals, were waiting by the fireside. She was welcomely received, and everything ended as it should. KNICKERBOCKER STAR FEATURES. FOR THE GOVERNOR'S CHAIR (Three Parts — Sept. 29). — Tobias Meeker, an accountant who has been in the employ of the state for years, is dying at his home. Meekers' daughter, Arline, is a stenographer in the governor's office. Ray Sanger, star reporter of "The Globe," on his way to see his sweetheart, Arline, notices the governor of the state, Henry Croft, and his secretary, Mark Ralston, entering the Meeker cottage.Scenting a news story, Sanger remains outside, watching. Within the cottage Governor Croft, through a threat of discharging Arline, persuades the dying Meeker to write and sign a fake confession that Malcolm Ru.ch, Croft's opponent for governor, tried to bribe Meeker to change state records. Ralston signs the confession as witness. Arline overhears the plot. When the governor and Ralston leave, Arline tells Sanger of the scheme, while Meeker passes away. Sanger at once warns his friend, Rush, of the conspiracy. Governor Croft controls the police and the District Attorney, so that it is impossible to seek relief through the law. Sanger and Rush realize that if the fake confession is published the next morning it will be impossible to counteract it, as the following day is election day. At the governor's office, Croft orders his secretary to make an appointment with the newspaper men for the next morning, then locks the confession in the safe after having a number of copies made. That night a masked man enters the governor's office and takes a paper from the safe. He wears a pair of white gloves so that he will leave no finger prints. The stranger safely climbs out of the window, but as he is standing taking off his gloves he Is seen by the watchman. A chase follows, during which the pursued drops the gloves. The watchman loses the trail at the rear entrance to the Hotel Mitchell. Convinced that the prowler has done no harm the watchman forgets about the incident, although he keeps the gloves, which show the initials "M. R." within the wrist. Next morning Sanger and other newspapermen meet the governor. They are given copies of the confession, but cannot publish it until they have seen the original. The governor discovers the original missing. The night watchman tells his story and shows the white gloves to the governor. The governor sees the initials, realizes that they fit Ralston and that the latter lives at the Hotel Mitchell. Governor Croft accuses At Liberty COLIN REID MANAGING DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER 3848 N. Oakley Ave., Chicago A Seeburg Pipe Organ will lolve your music problems. J. P. SEEBURG PIANO CO. Republic Building. Cbieas;* WATCH FOR E. & R. Jungle Film Comedies EAR JUNGLE . FILM CO. Los Angeles , Cal. L. A. MOTION PICTURE CO. 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The chief and the governor go to the latter's office where Ralston is searched and put through a third degree, but in vain. Croft suggests that Ralston be locked up until after the election, reminding Ralston that if he says anything of the obtaining of the fake confession, he (Ralston) will face prison as an accomplice. RaNtou la arrested, but manages to escape. He hurries to Sanger's "room and confronts the latter, saying: "Look here, Sanger, you borrowed those white gloves of mine last week." Sanger laughs, tells him to forget the gloves, and working on Ralston's spite against the governor, persuades him to write a statement Implicating the governor in the fake confession, Sanger promising to obtain immunity for Ralston in case Rush wins the election. Election day comes, and the Croft men resort to "repeater" methods at the polls Many bitter fights result, but in spite of these tactics, Rush is elected. On inauguration day, Sanger confronts the retiring governor in his office in company with Ralston. Sanger asks Croft to give him an envelope labeled "Petition from Anti-Vice Society." Sanger tears open the envelope and reveals the Meeker confession. The morning after the robbery Sanger, in the governor's office with other newspapermen, had dropped this envelope on the floor while the governor was frantically searching the safe. Sanger had picked up this envelope and handed it to the governor, saying : "You dropped this out of that bunch of papers." Croft had glanced at the inscription on the envelope, then tossed it into the safe. Sanger, who was the burglar, had figured that this would be the safest place for the confession, so that he might have it later to convict Croft. It comes out at this point that Sanger is the new chief of police and his first duty is to arrest Croft on a charge of conspiracy. Sanger also introduces Arline as his future wife. Universal Film Corporation. NESTOR. MODEL 46 (Sept. 25). — The cast: A Romantic Actress (Gretchen Lederer) ; Her Physician (Lee Moran) ; Eddie (Eddie Lyons) ; Betty (Priscilla Dean) ; Her Father (Fred Gamble). Written by Tom Gibson and Chas. J. Wilson, Jr. Produced by L. W. Chaudet. An actress is recuperating at the beach, and is attended by her doctor who is in love with her. Eddie bids Betty, his sweetheart, goodby, as she is going to the beach. Back at the store Eddie is told to take wax model No. 46 to the same hotel, to a salesman there. Betty and her father see him arrive at the hotel and think that the model is another woman. In the meanwhile Eddie takes the mode) to the salesman's room which is next to the actress's, and, after leaving it there, he hastens down to Betty. She at once asks for an explanation, so he goes up to get the model. But the poor fellow gets in the wrong room and is detained there so long that Betty comes up and finds him in the arms of the actress. Of course the whole mixup is explained away in the end, and Betty and Eddie as well as the actress and the doctor are all reconciled. VICTOR. IN THE LAPS OF THE GODS (Oct. 1). — The cast: A Girl (Madge Kirkby Jack (Lee Hill) : Henry Dent (E. P. Evers) ; Amy Dent (Alice Hastings) ; Jane Frances (Marguerite Foss). Scenario by Constance Crawley and Arthur Maude. Produced by Donald MacDonald. Jack is to inherit a million dollars provided he marries Jane Frances, an authoress, in three days. She is visiting Amy Dent, Jack's sister, whose husband is his very close friend ; he informs Jack that his wife and Jane are planning to call that very afternoon, and he gives Jack an unfavorable description of Jane. As Jack is sitting in front of his fireplace, he hears a knock on the window. He opens II and a small girl dripping from the rain comes timidly In, tells him a hard luck story and begs Jack to shield her ; this he promises to do. 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