Universal Weekly (1914-1915)

24 THE UNIVERSAL WEEKLY "THE STAR GAZER". {Continued from Page 21.) oil, a fire breaks out in the room. Its furnishings are burned. A fireman, after putting out the blaze, discovers a charred rag, saturated with kerosene. He becomes suspicious. So the next day when the old man comes to collect his fire insurance, he is accused of arson and arrested. The reporter visits the house and finds a fireman on watch. A fresh fire breaks out and the reporter, on looking for the cause, discovers a ray of sun. reflected through the telescope, focused at a small spot on the dry floor. It smoulders and ignites, thus proving that the original fire was caused in the same manner. The old man is released. He secures his fire insurance and the daughter thus gets her trousseau. Took More Than Wall To Separate Lovers "THE WALL BETWEEN". Sterling Juvenile Comedy — Released Nov. 2. Girl '. Carmen DeRue Boy Chandler House Father Carl Farmes The Aunt Miss O'Connor The estates of Miss Jones and Mr. Smith are divided by an English brick wall. Mr. Smith's nephew arrives from a boarding school. After Mr. Smith has had some words with Miss Jones concerning some chickens which he chased over the wall into her back yard, the nephew carries on a desperate flirtation with Mrs. Smith's niece. They start to climb over the wall, but are caught by their respective guardians and are warned never to attempt it again. However, they find a way to get n< gether. When in the midst of their little flirtation they are caught by the guardians, who soften at this picture of childish bliss and decide to be friends. Universal Boy Saves Girl from Slavery THE UNIVERSAL BOY IN "THE MYSTERY OP THE NEW YORK DOCKS". Imp Juvenile Drama — Released Nov. 5. Featuring Little Matty Roubert. Matty goes to the docks to view the ships tied up as a result of the war. Being just a boy, he gets into mischief and is roughly handled by the brutal mate of a foreign steamer. Matty vows to be revenged : picking up a ripe tomato he steals toward the mate, who is now talking to the captain of another ship, an over-dressed swell, and a mysterious Hindu. .Matty becomes interested in the whispered conversation and forgets to throw the tomato. He hears them make plans to met at the same place that night at twelve. Matty is on hand when the meeting takes place. He observes the Hindu leave the steamer with a long bundle. He follows him to a deserted house, climbs the fire escape and descends the chimney. Matty finds himself in a darkened room : he feels around and touches a bundle on the floor. This bundle turns out to be a beautiful girl. Matty is frightened. He escapes from the place to seek aid. Meantime, the Hindu returns to the room with his companions. He sees the tracks left by the boy and the black finger prints ; he starts in terror at the thought that some one is following him. Accusing his companions of betraying him. he takes the girl and leaves. Matty sees him leave the house. Matty hurries to the Navy Yard and secures the aid of an officer and two sailors. They pursue the Hindu, who has taken to a boat. In the chase, the Hindu's boat is upset. The girl, now recovered from her hypnotic trance, screams. The officer dives after her. There is a fight in the water between the officer and the Hindu. In the end. the gang is rounded up and the girl is res cued . man, they are merely homesick. And all of this because of a five-pound monkey and a 105-pound Italian. As the office force was leaving the studio recently a swarthy little man hove around the corner, and, halting, started to grind out of a rusty looking box "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" and "On the Sidewalks of New York", and a score of other one-time popular airs whistled hy every newsboy in the metropolis. At first the music and the antics of the little monkey were greeted with a laugh, but as the familiar chords poured forth, the smiles left the faces of the exiles and. with visions of side streets in their home town before them, willing hands reached deep into their pockets and a shower of silver fell on and around the little Simian as he twisted and cavorted for their edification . MONKEY MADE THEM HOMESICK. AN ACROSTIC ON "THE TREY O' HEARTS". T for the Thrills in it all the way through. R for the Rivals of tchich it has few. E for the Energy endlessly spent. V xtands for You for whom it was meant. O' About the Universal Hollywood Studios there may be seen, moping around with a far-away look in their eyes, a dozen men who hail from New York. Among them is General Manager Isadoiv Bernstein. To physicians the malady is known as "an epidemic of nostalgia". To the lay H for the Houses it packs when it's run. E for Excitement afforded each one, A for Abundance of action throughout. R's Revelation, that's it. there's no doubt. T stands for Trial, just give it one — do' S for Success which will then come to you. Stanley F. Weiner. LUDWKr, cone By papa Q0V1CK IM DER 5HA DE 1 " Interesting Cartoon from the Animated Weekly Work of the Famous Cartoonist, Hy. Mayer. Editor of Puck.