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- In Part Two of Louis Feuillade's 5 1/2-hour epic follows Fantômas, the criminal lord of Paris, master of disguise, the creeping assassin in black, as he is pursued by the equally resourceful Inspector Juve.
- Mr. Burton, a manufacturer, has arranged to entertain Charles Groves, a young engineer. Upon his arrival he is greeted by the two daughters of the manufacturer. Doris is a pretty and engaging girl and her sister Ruth is of the more modern type, fond of athletics and mannish in her attire and demeanor. Groves admired her spirit and grit for the time being, but his thoughts soon returned to the less demonstrative sister. But the latter is not in love with Groves and simply seeks to cure her girl graduate sister of her mannish ways. At a ball which is given a week later. Groves and Doris pretend to be deeply attached to each other and the mannish Ruth acts the part of a "wallflower." The plan works out excellently and instead of attending a meeting of the "Women's Protective Society" she consents to accompany Groves on a boat ride. During the short excursion on the river Ruth decides that she will renounce the ranks of "man haters." That evening, in her own home, she is discovered by her fond parents sewing a button on Groyes' coat. A prick from a needle and a kiss on the injured finger completed the cure.
- Brendan O'Malley is a Robin Hood like bandit, who repeatedly escapes from jail, survives attempts to kill him, and eventually manages to sail to safety on a ship with the lady of his heart who helped him in his latest escape.
- A man must marry by noon or lose his inheritance. It's 11:50 a.m. and he can't find his fiancée.
- A young woman's sweetheart fights for the Union, while her brother fights for the Confederates, in the pivotal 1863 battle of the U.S. Civil War.
- A married couple decide to "live separately together."
- Bout de Zan is a very precocious young man! When the circus comes to town, he does what any kid might do in this situation--he steals the circus' elephant!!! Later, he sits on the curb with the elephant and begs coins off people--with a sign saying 'blind since birth'...
- The first story begins with a young and pretty girl named Isabelle sitting upon a hill. It is then that she is attacked by Pedro. And following the common thematic trajectory of the time, Isabelle is then rescued by the kind and brave medical student who spends his time as a minister for the poor, Alonzo. Pedro is insistent on revenge and applies to the local monastery where Alonzo works in order to frame him. He hopes to frame him for the mysterious and sudden disappearance of the church's jewels. The frame ends immediately after Pedro plants the jewels in Alonzo's home and the monks are quick to punish Alonzo and Isabelle.
- Reluctant to believe that his brother has committed suicide, Gerhard Bern travels to Rotterdam with a detective, and helped by the consul and his charming daughter Ilse he'll try to find the truth about a secret society his brother was connected with. When another member is found dead his suspicions grow even stronger. Both men had insurance policies.
- A young boy hears wondrous tales of London, where the streets are paced with gold. He leaves his country home to see his fortune in London.
- Mr. and Mrs. Brown, going out for the evening, leave their daughter, Vinnie, alone in the house. Later, her brother, Darwin, comes home unexpectedly. Having no door key, and ringing in vain (as Vinnie is afraid to answer the bell), he climbs in the window. Hearing noises downstairs, Mary thinks it is a burglar. Very much frightened, she locks her door and prepares to let herself down out of the window on bedclothes tied together. Tom comes upstairs and finds the door locked. Then, hearing her open the window, he in turn thinks her a burglar, and goes out of another window in pursuit. Mr. and Mrs. Brown return, and all kind of complications ensue, and they all finish up in the prison cell, charged with being burglars.
- An heiress is saved from the predations of a gang of gentleman crooks by a female detective and her father.
- No man is absolutely perfect, not even Pat. His chief failing is, however, a very plausible one, namely, a weakness for the ladies. After having tried many callings without having attained eminence in any one, Pat takes a situation in a boot shop, where he is soon instructed in the mystery of tootsy measuring. Among those who submit their pedal extremities to his handling is a particularly sweet damsel, and he falls a victim to her charms. When she leaves the shop Pat decides that she is now, henceforth and forever, the "one and only," and is in despair till he remembers that he possesses her foot measurements and has therefore a certain means of discovering the whereabouts of his would-be inamorata. Armed with his ruler he files through the street, seizing everyone he meets and measuring their "daisies," likewise their "beetle crushers," as the case may be. Eventually, after passing through some fierce experiences, Pat locates the lady's abode and waits outside with patience for her to reappear. Presently he sights the captivating "shoesles." He rises to his feet and clasps the wearer in a wild embrace. But he has reckoned without his hostess, for the wearer is not the lady of his soul, but her maid, who has appropriated her mistress's footgear, and is out for a stroll. She turns indignantly upon the little counterjumper and brings him to his knees, and likewise his senses, by a deft application of her hands to his aural appendages, in a manner both abrupt and vigorous, and Pat's dream is at an end.
- That dog was a very wise dog. Snap was her name, and everywhere Tim Babcock went, Snap was sure to go. Tim was a farmer and one evening about seven o'clock, he suggested to his wife that he go and get some matches from the village. Mary consented on the condition that he would not be gone more than an hour, so off he went to the village with Snap. At the village tavern and store, however, he met a number of old friends and the time glided smoothly and pleasantly away, and when the hour was up, Snap, who as before mentioned, was a very wise dog, looked at his master's watch, and decided that his time was up, and went in to fetch him. After some argument with her master, she failed to overcome the persuasion of his friends; then he decided to remain just a little longer. This disgusted Snap, who besides being a very wise dog, was a very honest and truthful dog, and she therefore decided to drive the buggy home and tell her mistress all about it. Mary is astonished and wrathful on finding that her husband did not come home with the buggy and Snap and she therefore awaited him on the porch with a rolling pin. All went well until about twelve o'clock, when Tim finally came home and found his wife and Snap asleep on the doorstep. Carefully, he wended his way to the kitchen window and entered his home in this way, in order not to disturb the repose of his wife. Snap, however, hears a noise and wakes Mary, who, hearing strange noises proceeding from the kitchen, concludes that a tramp has entered through the window. She picks up Snap and sends her to arrest the tramp, and Snap being a very obedient dog. proceeds to arrest him. Tim passes a very disagreeable and painful five minutes with Snap hanging on behind, but is finally rescued by his wife, and promises that he will never stay out late at night again.
- Little Jack, orphaned by the death of his mother, is taken into the humble home of the Simpsons. Jack and Sue grow up together childhood sweethearts. When Jack has grown to manhood they take a comfortable little farm and it is taken for granted by everyone that the two young people will some day marry. Helen Morrison, the beautiful petted daughter of a New York financier, is injured in an auto accident in company with her fiancé and father, who escape practically uninjured. She is brought to the Simpson cottage nearby and not permitted to be moved. Sue sees Jack falling in love with the beauty and her gentle heart mourns in silence. But the girl's pretty ways win her friendship in spite of herself. Helen finds herself growing to care for the handsome youth, but when she learns by accident the unhappiness her coming has brought into the life of tender-hearted Sue, she remembers the duty she owes her benefactors as well as her father and fiancé and crushes the growing love in her heart. She confides in Sue her coming marriage to Dick and returns to the city during Jack's temporary absence, leaving no message for him. Dick's true devotion makes her ashamed of cherishing thoughts of another in her breast on the eve of her marriage and she resolves to be worthy of his love and trust. Lonely and lovelorn, Jack follows her to the city only to learn of her marriage to another. At home the gentle-hearted Sue waits and prays for his return, and one day he does come back and the realization of her true-hearted devotion brings back the old love to his heart and Sue forgives and forgets.
- In Casgar, on the utmost boundary of Tartary, lived a tailor and his pretty wife. One day a little hunchback seated himself at the shop door and began to sing and play on a tabor. The tailor invited the hunchback in to entertain his wife. The hospitable wife immediately placed a dish of fish before the men. The hunchback swallows a bone and chokes to death. The accident greatly alarms the tailor, who fearing the magistrate will hear of it, plans to get rid of the corpse. They carry the body to the house of the Jewish doctor and put it at the bottom of a steep flight of stairs, then hastily run away. The doctor, coming down the stairs without a light, falls upon the corpse. He thinks he has killed a poor, sick fellow coming for treatment. Stealthily, the doctor and his wife carry the body to the terrace of their house and throw it down the chimney of their Mussulman neighbor. The Mussulman is one of the Sultan's purveyors; coming into tho room, sees a man at his chimney. Thinking he is a robber, he strikes him a good blow with a stick. The corpse falls on the floor, and he thinks he has killed the man. In great distress and fear he carries the body to the end of the street and places it in an upright position against a shop. A rich Christian merchant, coming home from a night's festivities, jostles into the corpse, which falls upon him. Thinking he is being attacked by a thief he throws him down, calling "Thief." The outcry alarms the watch, and finding a Christian beating a Mussulman, they arrest the merchant and bring him to the magistrate. The magistrate recognizes the hunchback as the Sultan's buffoon, and orders death to the merchant. Just as he is about to be hanged, the purveyor comes along proclaiming himself the guilty party. The executioner releases the merchant and puts the rope around the purveyor's neck. Just then the voice of the Jewish doctor calls for the execution to be suspended. The Jewish doctor tells his story and is condemned in the place of the purveyor. The rope is just about to go around the doctor's neck when the tailor rushes in to tell his story. The Sultan, hearing of the mix-up, commands them all to his presence, and though he grieves for his buffoon, he pardons all concerned in his favorite's death.
- Colonel Vernon meets an old sweetheart whom he had not seen for twenty years, Madame Rosa Alba. Memories of old are revived and they are married. While they are on their honeymoon the Colonel's mother dies, having cursed in silence she who held her son away from her deathbed. When they returned the old lady had been buried and Rosa felt she was in some measure to blame for the blow that had fallen on Colonel Vernon. Sgt. Michael, of the Colonel's regiment, wishes to marry Mignon, a singer at a café. The Colonel forbids the marriage, and the lovers are terribly upset. Mignon interviews the Colonel, but cannot change his decision. Madame Vernon comes into the room as the interview concludes. Mignon appeals to her, but she can do nothing. Following the death of her husband's mother and the undeserved censure showered upon her, the interview has a serious effect upon Rosa, who leaves her husband and shortly afterward dies in Venice.
- A break in the mundane round of an actor's life causes considerable perturbation to Jean Loupin, a vaudeville artist. Having purchased a second-hand coat, Jean proceeds to try it on, and while so engaged he feels something in the lining of the coat. Upon closer investigation it proves to be a note calling for help. William Burgon and his sister are prisoners in "The Retreat" at Arkeli. Romantic feelings are aroused in the breast of the actor, and he sets forth on what he feels may prove a very interesting and exciting adventure. Arrived at "The Retreat" Jean sends in a note craving an interview, but although the interview is granted, Loupin is everywhere regarded with deep suspicion, and looks of grave distrust are leveled at him. He goes away apparently satisfied, but in the dead of night secretes himself in the spacious grounds of "The Retreat" and effects an entrance to the house. A slight mishap in failing to draw the library curtains proves the cause of his undoing, and the intrepid Jean Loupin soon finds himself in a most unpleasant position, bound like a trussed fowl and condemned to die by the nauseating and asphyxiating odors of coal gas. He struggles to burst his bonds, ineffectually at first, but eventually smashes a window and uses the broken glass wherewith to cut the ropes that bind him. And then Jean takes his revenge. Striking a match he applies it to the gas-laden air at the moment his would-be murderers rush into the room, and the instantaneous explosion exterminates the whole vile gang. It is only a matter of moments before Jean has the unhappy William and Ethel Burgon freed from their position of danger in the burning house, and the subsequent interrogatory at the police office leaves us convinced that the erstwhile hapless pair will soon come into their own again, now that their cousins' evil machinations have been effectually squelched.
- The whole history of the Ottoman Turks is a romance. The Thirteenth Century had half run its course when a Seljuk Sultan was one day bar beset near Angora by a Mongol host. Ertoghrul, a member of the Oghuz family of Turks, was journeying from the banks of the Euphrates, when he unexpectedly came upon the battlefield of Angora. Loving a scrimmage and seeing that the weaker side was getting the worst of it, he led his four hundred riders into the fray and won the day. Thus was the foundation of "Turkey in Europe" laid. Little did the impulsive Turk think that by his chivalrous act he had taken the first step towards founding an empire which in the later centuries, has been, and still is, in an intense political problem. In two generations the little body of shepherds had possessed themselves of the whole of the northwest corner of Asia Minor. Before Orkhan, the new Sultan, lay a valuable prize. The wealthy provinces of the Byzantine Empire were falling to pieces. Constantinople was the goal of his ambition, and the value of the firm and equitable government of the Turk was known to the Greeks who contrasted it with the persistent and perfidious intrigues of the Byzantine Emperor. Good and impartial government under the conditions obtaining, was out of the question. Civil war had reduced the Empire, and the advent of the Turk would have been welcomed. Slowly but persistently the Turks pushed further into Europe, and by the middle of the Fifteenth Century were masters of all the country round Constantinople save the city itself. All attempts to win it had failed, and this film, "The Fall of Constantinople," beautifully hand-colored, shows how Mohammed II succeeded in wresting the city from Constantine XIII, the last Christian Emperor of Constantinople.
- Johnson is a young solicitor and with his wife Eva and their baby girl Dorothy occupy a town house. The wife and baby take a short vacation and during their absence, Johnson meets Lizzie, a former sweetheart. There is a visit to a café and the old love days are discussed. Upon the return of his wife, Johnson gives every outward evidence of being guilty of transgressing, and finally makes a confession to his wife. She leaves him and with her child and Jane, an old servant, takes up her abode elsewhere. When little Dorothy is stricken with illness, Jane informs her father and the latter makes an appointment to visit his former home at 11 o'clock at night. While kneeling at the bedside of the little one, the wife, who had been slumbering in an adjoining room is aroused, and thinking that a burglar has entered the house grasps a revolver and enters the sick chamber. There is a shot in the dark and Johnson is slightly wounded in the arm. But the shot brings about a reconciliation between husband and wife at the bedside of their child.
- A French Review: National troops are inspected at Versailles garrison. Youthful Farmers' Exhibit: Oregon pupils give a garden and pet livestock show in Portland. Launching a Dock: Government structure at Copenhagen, Denmark, is sent into commission. Marking the Trans-Continental Highway: Cross-continent tourists arrive at Lake Tahoe after record drive from San Francisco. Zeppelin Entertains Royalty: King Frederick of Saxony takes trip on the Count's latest airship. Cossacks Capture Pirates: Konghouses gang is routed out of its rendezvous at Kharbine, Siberia. Coney Island in the Summer Time: New York's greatest seaside resort draws thousands of merrymakers. Emperor Wilhelm Visits the "Imperator:" Gaumont Company of Berlin organizes fete in honor of German ruler. Carnegie Visits Paris: Great iron master poses in French metropolis with American minister and former president Loubet. Across Seven Countries by Aeroplane: Brindejonc De Moulinais travels at an elevation of three miles from Copenhagen to Paris. Outdoing William Tell: Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Topperwein give fancy shooting exhibition at South Shore Gun Club, Chicago. New Sports at Worcester: British naval schoolboys originate some new athletic feats.
- Bertie suddenly becomes rich, but the funny thing about it is that he is not rich enough to pay his railway fare to the place where he is to become rich. The difficulty is overcome by a friend, who packs him into a nice big bundle and sends him off as freight by rail. The bundle proves too big to be taken out of the door and so it is promptly thrown out of the window. Alas, poor Bertie. In the train Bert has a look around and discovers a luncheon basket full of good things. Alas, poor Bertie; he is obliged to get back to his hiding-place before he can make a good meal. The customs officer promptly pierces the bundle with a nice pointed sticker when it does arrive. Alas, poor Bertie; he simply gives a yelp, and rushes through the town in his parcel until he reaches the lawyer's office, where he becomes a man of means.
- Amongst the various "schools" of physical culture which have come into vogue during recent years, the system as organized by Swedish gymnasts holds an individual place, and has now come to be recognized as an ideal means of physical development, suitable to the delicate and strong alike. Swedish drill does not aim at the abnormal development of muscles, so much as the exercise of the body in a manner calculated to keep it perfectly "fit." There is no need to dwell upon a description of the various exercises, as the film illustrates these in a clear manner, and it will be seen that these, carried out by teams of well-knit and alert youths are distinctly novel and refreshing.
- Dolly Warley was left a fortune by her uncle on condition that she spent six months at Oakland Farm as a servant without divulging her identity. The farmer and his wife treated her badly and made life hard for her. Dolly met George Glass, an artist, and grew to like him. The farmer, however, wished George to marry his daughter, and Dolly's life became a harder burden than before. Thoroughly disheartened, she one evening put on an old favorite dress and went out for a walk. She met George, who immediately decided that be loved the farmer's maid and not the farmer's daughter. When the six months were over the solicitor appeared at the farm and read the will to the astonished family. Then the farmer and those of his household understood whom they bad been treating harshly for so many months and sought her pardon. Dolly forgave them, and left them happy in the knowledge that she was going to marry the man of her choice.
- James Warren, a poor artist, becomes desperate because his wife, Editha, is discontented with their poverty-stricken existence. During an excited scene he vows he would sell his soul to the devil for success. A gust of wind blows out the light and when he relights the lamp, the devil, in the guise of a stranger, immaculately clad, enters and inquires for a rich neighbor with whom he is to visit. Seeing one of Warren's pictures, he pretends enthusiasm and commissions him to paint a picture. James and Editha are overjoyed. The next day, the devil arranges a meeting between Editha and the rich neighbor's son, Lawrence. Editha and Lawrence become infatuated with each other at first sight. Lawrence invites Editha to attend a ball at his home, and she is about to refuse, not having suitable clothes and knowing her husband would not care to accompany her, when the devil offers her money, advanced on the picture James is to paint, and tells her she can secure a gown. He also contrives to make the way clear for Editha to accept the invitation by telling her that James must accompany him to the city on that evening to arrange a setting, and consequently would know nothing of her having gone. Urged on by the devil, Editha promises Lawrence to attend. As she reaches her door, a stranger (Conscience), in the guise of a crippled beggar, asks for food. They enter the house and Editha becomes conscience-stricken, but persuaded by the devil she does not tell James of her intentions. The evening of the ball, James and the devil start for the city, and a few minutes later Lawrence calls for Editha who is clad gorgeously. The devil, wishing to arouse the husband's jealousy, suggests that he 'phone his wife. Jack 'phones and finding his wife does not answer, believes what the devil has told him of Lawrence and Editha's infatuation, and in a fury starts for home. He arrives at home to find his wife absent. The devil insinuates that she may be found with Lawrence, and Jack believing her faithless goes with the devil to find Editha. They arrive at Lawrence's residence and the devil leads Jack to the conservatory from where they see Lawrence making violent love to Editha. Jack denounces Editha and returns home. The devil is overjoyed at his success. Conscience enters the room and leads Editha back home. She changes her gorgeous costume for clothes in keeping with her position and enters the room in time to see a struggle between Conscience and the Devil in which the Devil is vanquished. Conscience then affects a reconciliation between Editha and James.
- Order of the Garter Revived: England's King confers famous honor on numerous candidates. A "Y.M.C.A." Camp: San Francisco branch gives its youthful members a splendid outing at Cazadero, Cal. A Suffragette Funeral: Miss Emily Davidson, killed in throwing King's horse at Epsom Derby, is buried in London. A Day at Brighton: How New York enjoys itself at its famous bathing beach. King George at Eton: British monarch visits England's great school for boys. Submarine Visits Los Angeles: Largest underwater craft in United States Navy comes to San Pedro harbor. A Free Show in Central Park: Famous trainer, Bill Snyder, puts his favorite elephant through its paces. "Terra Nova" Returns: Captain Scott's historic vessel brought back to England under command of Lieutenant Evans. Berlin Honors Emperor Wilhelm: School children and workers appear at the jubilee in Berlin. President Neff: He is elected president of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League for the third time. Fire Sweeps Tamaulipas: Great mountain near San Francisco is visited by disastrous conflagration.
- Denise is an orphan and lives with her grandfather, who loves her dearly. Her beauty gives birth to a violent passion in the heart of the squire, but his advances are sternly rebuffed, and he swears that he win have revenge upon Denise. Some time later the squire ruins himself at the gaming tables. Without wealth and without friends he at last accepts a job as fireman on the railway. In this position he discovers that the engine-driver with whom he works is none other than Denise's husband. He remembers the insult of former days and awaits an opportunity to avenge himself. This comes when Denise travels up to town one day in the train driven by her husband. The squire sets fire to the train, which dashes along wrapped in flames. Denise and her husband have a narrow escape, but the squire meets with a dreadful end.
- This, the second of a series of the old-world quarters and historical monuments of Paris, should give a good insight into both French national history and the beauties of one of the most famous of the capitals of Europe. The film has an artistic as well as an educational value. The church of St. Eustace, one of the most beautiful in the city, was begun in 1532, and among the celebrities buried there are Colbert, Voiture, Benserade and Vaugelas. The Colonnade of the Louvre was built in the reign of Louis XIV, and the gates of St. Denis (1671) and St. Martin (1674) were both erected in honor of that monarch. In consequence of the rustic appearance of its little houses and gardens, Montmartre Hill has always been the rendezvous of artists, to whom St. Vincent Street and the "Jumping Rabbit" Inn are well known. We also see the Pantheon, where magnificent paintings and statues are housed, and the old street, Berthon à Passy, Balzac's house, etc.
- Opening with a general view of the town, the pictures show the busy bazaar quarter, where numerous kinds of trades are represented. Water-carriers and toy-makers jostle one another in the narrow streets, spice-merchants shout the merits of their goods and quarrel among themselves, while the boat-makers' insistent hammering adds to the clamor. An interesting sight is the changing of the guard, for strict surveillance about the city is still very necessary.
- The son of a bank messenger left home because his father interfered too much in his affairs. He rented a room in a flat and overheard two men planning an attack on a bank messenger. Informing the police, his assistance was accepted, and he was given the task of calling upon the two men when he had the money they hoped to get in his wallet. Aware of their plot, he was accompanied by the police, who arrested the two men.
- Colonel Cody's Funeral: American aviator killed in military service in England is burled in great honor. Poincare Goes Home: French President is welcomed to the scene of his childhood. Physical Culture in Spanish Schools: Castilian children are given thorough gymnasium instruction. Submerging the Subway: Section of New York's Underground. Sports Festival at Frohau: German city holds its annual gymnastic carnival. Ball Team Goes to China: University of Washington sends athletes to the Orient. "Buffalo Bill" Goes Hunting: He leads the Prince of Monaco into the good hunting grounds of the West. Gay Deauville: French society resort is the scene of an exciting horse race. "Southern Mammies" Entertain "Ole Massahs:" Ex-Slaves' Association holds interesting meeting in Birmingham, Ala.
- Simple Simon was smitten with a charming young lady and followed her home and indoors. He wrote her a note in which he said he was ready to consecrate his whole life to her. The note fell into the hands of the lady's husband, a celebrated surgeon, who determined to give Simon a fright. He had a patient who desired a good pair of legs and as Simple Simon had exhibited considerable agility. Dr. Corbett saw a way of supplying the unusual order. Simon was seized and placed on the operating table where his legs were amputated. It must have been a painless operation and Simple Simon declined to believe that his legs had been cut off until he saw the ten toes trying to dance a farango. Then he believed his eyes. Philosopher throughout, he bought another pair of legs for eighteen pence, but subsequently resolved that he would not walk again. He left the house propelling himself on a low truck, a scream.
- For one reason or the other, Leonce has a tendency to fickleness, and there is no doubt that on this occasion his wife had cause to be annoyed. Unmindful of his duties as a husband, he chose to leave the entertainment of their guests to his wife, whilst he flirted on the river with a lady friend. His denials were of no avail. Mrs. Leonce had kept watch upon him and had seen, with her own eyes, incidents which he strenuously denied. Of course such dreadful conduct could not continue. Mrs. Leonce firmly pointed out that she was his wife and he had no right to trifle with her affections and those of another woman. That evening they parted in anger, but in the calm watches of the night the anger of one cooled, and the other realized that his roving tendencies were leading to unhappiness. Matters were moving in the right direction when Leonce received a letter which he would not show to his wife. Concluding, and perhaps not without reason, that the letter was from a lady, when Leonce, with an armful of flowers drove away, she followed him in the car. Leonce, however, was only calling upon his mother, and his wife at once saw that her suspicions were unjustified. She was very glad such was the case, as she had a secret to confide. Her confidence brought joy both to Leonce and his mother. The last scene takes us to the following summer, when grandmother is nursing the baby, while Leonce takes his wife on the river.
- England's King Reviews Cadets: The British monarch watches exercises at Aldershot. These Bears Are Motor Fiends: They live in California and are creating excitement about Pasadena and Los Angeles. Adding to the New Spanish Navy: Battleship Alphonse XIII is launched at Le Ferrot. A Burning Oil Well: Great gusher at Trees, La., catches fire and makes spectacular blaze. General Montes: Arrival in Buenos Aires of man who will probably be next Bolivian president. The Royal German Wedding: The Prince of Cumberland weds the Princess Victoria Louise at Berlin. Open Air Drill: French gymnastic societies give public exhibition at Vichy. A Bad Marksman: A motion picture cartoon of a small boy attempting to capture a butterfly. Submarine H-2 is Launched: Union Iron Works, San Francisco, sends new craft into the water. In Luxembourg: Old custom of dancing through the streets is revived. Ducks: The Conner farm near Buffalo raises vast flocks of ducks for New York markets.
- The blacksmith's daughter is loved by a Bernard, a worker at her father's forge, but she casts him aside in favor of Count Collalto.
- There is an institute at Sao Paulo, Brazil, which does much valuable work in suppressing the fatal effects which often arise when a person or animal is struck by a snake. In view of the fact that Brazil is the home of many snakes whose poison is dangerous. It will be interesting to observe what measures are taken to secure protection from them. A party of men are seen exploring among the thick grass, the particularly venomous kinds of serpent being deftly caught by means of a "snake catcher." On arriving at the institute they are classified according to their species, afterward being placed in gardens surrounded with water and smooth walls to prevent their escape. The extraction of the poison takes place under the direction of a doctor, each serpent yielding about 30 centigrams of fluid. Now, bearing in mind that horses and mules are very liable to he struck, it is a peculiar circumstance that they are also the best subjects for treatment by injection. Consequently, when the animals are inoculated with the diluted poison extracted from the snake, they are practically free from the fatal effect which would otherwise follow, subsequently struck. The serum of such animals is also valuable as a remedy for snake-bite in the case of persons, and for vaccination. Apart from its great interest, the present film will have a considerable educational value.
- Gas Explosion in Paris: Three big buildings go up and numerous persons lose their lives. Columbus Discovers America: New York remembers the occasion with a splendid statue. A New Motor Plow: French inventor produces one that will go anywhere. St. Lawrence University Opens: Freshmen and Sophomores hold their annual contests. Types: An afternoon with the camera with the lowly in New York. Moski Kaiaze Wins at Baden Baden: Grand prize is captured by famous Russian horse. Oakland Celebrates Admission Day: California city school children re-enact scenes of the early days. A pioneer attacked by Indians. Back from the Autumn Parade: German soldiers return to Berlin from their annual maneuvers. A Lesson in Life-Saving: Throgg's Neck, N.Y., Life-Saving Service holds an outing. Cycling Still Popular in Europe: Berlin club recruits thousands in its annual contest. Fish Boat Feeding Contest, Brigham, England: Herring fleet in an animated race.
- Old Foster's son-in-law, Gunn, was a weakling, and unable to resist the bad influence of his brother. He got into difficulties with Mr. Hick, an old miser, who threatened him that he would sell him up if he did not pay him 1,180 pounds within a month. Hick told Gunn that he knew Old Foster had made a will in his favor, and Gunn plotted with his brother to remove the old man. Their plotting was overheard by Dolly, an orphan daughter of a son of Foster. She was the drudge of the farm, but loved the old man, and was very fond of Gunn's wife and the child. She heard the details of the vile plot and resolved to circumvent the two villains. The old man had long before realized that his life was not safe, and had taken the precaution to alter his will. When he returned to the farm in the evening, he left with Dolly.