When the movies were young (1925)

Embryo Stars 203 in "The White Rose of the Wilds." And he was on to the maneuvers of the "steak" actors and so resentful of the partiality shown that he finally could contain himself no longer, and in bitter tones, subdued though audible, he spoke: "Steaks that way," with a nod of his head indicating Griffith and the leading people, "and sandwiches this way" — himself and the supers. And though Mack sat off on the side, and from his point of vantage continued to throw hungry glances, they brought him no steak that day. This winter it was that Mr. Sennett invested in a "tux" and went over to the Alexandria Hotel night after night, where he decorated the lobby's leather benches in a determined effort to interest Messrs. Kessel and Bauman. (The Kay Bee Company.) His watchful waiting got him a job. "The Battle of Elderberry Gulch" was a famous picture of those days. The star was a pioneer baby all of whose relatives had been killed by Indians. During the time the baby's folks were being murdered another party of pioneers, led by Dell Henderson, was dying of thirst near by. With just enough life left in them to do it, they rescued the baby from its dead relations, staggered on a few miles, and then they, too, sank exhausted in the sand and cacti. Another cornucopia sand-storm blew up. Kind-hearted Dell Henderson, now sunk to earth, had protectingly tucked the baby's head under his coat. But the tiny baby hand (in the story, and it was good business) had to be pictured waving above the prostrate figures of the defunct pioneers, to show she still lived. Otherwise, she might not have been saved by the second rescuing party, and saved she had to be for the later chapters of the story. For though in the end of the story the baby became