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COMEDY.
of fireworks. After an inspection of this part the party goes to a table and lawn seat and are enjoying a social drink. Several boys sneak up to the fireworks, and purloining a number of parts they cautiously advance and tie them to the coat tails of the men and start them off. As all the parties are old men, one of whom is even troubled with gout, this joke is not only an awful scare to them, but causes complete exhaustion. Returning to the fireworks the men find the unsuspecting boys seated near the barrel and proceed to administer a well deserved thrashing. The men now depart, and the host, much provoked, takes his supply of fireworks into the house and returns with a rawhide to vent his anger on the mischievous boys.
Putting the boys to bed the old man secretes the fireworks in the clothes press and retires.
Directly, we see the boys slink into the room, unearth the object of their search and repair to their room. They open a can of powder and pour it in a straight line across the room, then, standing on the bed, set it off with a sky rocket. After a loud explosion the place is in a blaze, and soon the ceiling crashes through and the old man is precipitated to the floor below. The fire department is called and effect a grand rescue of the boys and the old man. The fire run and subsequent fire scenes are very good, and the scenes conclude with an enlarged view of the victims all bandaged as they appear in the hospital ward.
G. D. 1675. STOLEN SHOES. Price, $50.04.
Approximate Length, 417 feet.
The scene opens with a heavy set man, oppressed by the heat, slowly wending his way along a lane in the woods. Seating himself at the foot of a tree he removes his shoes to relieve his tired and aching feet. Soon he is sound asleep. Two boys coming along the way tickle him under the nose and amuse themselves at his antics. They conclude to steal his shoes and play a practical joke with them.
Reaching the river we see them take two long poles and, getting into a boat, they row to the opposite shore. Here the poles are stuck into the mud of the river bed and one shoe mounted on each, giving the appearance of a human body being caught in the river bed, with the feet protruding from the water. They row back and look up an officer and give the alarm of some one having been drowned. A rescue is immediately undertaken, and as the boat approaches the other side the officer has divested himself of his coat and is preparing to grasp the luckless one by the feet. Catching hold of the feet he gives a terrific jerk, and yanking the shoes off the poles he falls back into the boat. Vexed at the hu
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