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COMEDY.
to indulge in liquid refreshment is immediately taken advantage of, but while thus acquiring a new supply of vigor a cyclist as unfortunate enough to collide with the roller and totally demolish his bicycle. This soon draws a crowd, and after the excitement subsides we see our new friends trudging along the street with their hand roller in tow.
Many somewhat similar experiences are encountered along the route, all of which are ludicrous in the extreme to the observers, but which for the time being cause moments of deepest anxiety to our friends. In due time the destination is reached, and the spirits of our friends are high at the thought of the reward that awaits them at the conclusion of their wearisome and difficult task. However, they are doomed to disappointment, as the gateway through which they are obliged to pass with the roller is too narrow, and as the weight of the roller prohibits their lifting it over the entrance they see no other way than to force one of the brick pillars. They pull the roller to the entrance, but the force of the impact totally demolishes the pillar and a portion of the fence. Undismayed they tow their burden through the grounds, but before they can realize it they have collided with the pedestal and cast of a sculptor, which is destroyed. The sculptor, after a moment of absence, returns and views with dismay the wreck before him, seeks the owner, and together they go in pursuit of the guilty culprits. They are soon joined by an irate horticulturist, upon whose domain they have been trespassing with a vengeanee. The final scene is a climax to the trying experiences of our friends, who, trying to pass over the structure fording a mire on the premises, are precipitated with the ill-fated hand roller into the depths of the mire, from which they with difficulty extricate themselves. They now seek their would-be benefactor empty-banded. This individual coming upon them about the same time, is without ceremony thrown into the mire, and our friends now make their escape. All hands lend aid to rescue the old man and the roller as well. The roller, however, is now again for sale at the home of its recent purchaser.
The photographic qualities of the film are good, and the subject depicted is undoubtedly humorous.
G. D. 1693 A RED HOT DAY. Price, $56.04
Approximate Length, 467 feet.
This is a film depicting very vividly the unadulterated bliss of a sweltering hot day in a large city. Pedestrians are seen on all thoroughfares with scarcely enough vigor to retain themselves intact and with absolutely no ambition to follow their regular vocations. So oppressing are the conditions that in one instance a poor mortal, blessed with an over abundance of avoirdupois, is completely liquified, leaving the garments on the sidewalk in front of a refreshment parlor. The other patrons are horrified, but the quick wit of the waiter comes to the fore, and he immediately produces a large tub, with a sponge dips up the water from the walk, throws into the tub the garments and then brings into play an electric fan
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