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- Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the cruelty of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on Terje's beneficence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.
- A comet, passing by Earth, causes rioting, social unrest, and major disasters that destroy the world.
- 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.
- The story of the enmity of two manufacturers-competitors. In the fight against his competitor, one of them shows such diabolical sophistication that the tempter serpent himself would envy him.
- A pretty farm yard scene opens this subject. The farmer's daughter has two admirers, one a farm laborer, employed by her father, and the other, a young man neighbor farmer of good financial standing. The father is in arrears with his rent, and the rich young suitor to his daughter offers to get him out of the difficulty, providing he will give him his daughter's hand in marriage. The father consents, hut the girl soon shows her objection, preferring the love of the laborer. The rejected suitor, in anger, enters the farmer's barn, intent upon revenge, and accidentally sets fire to the structure. He tries to throw suspicion upon the farmer, but two tramps point out the real culprit, having seen him enter the barn. The young laborer re-enters the employ of the farmer, whom he assists financially with the winnings of a large lottery and later marries the daughter.
- When the actress Asta Leonhard and two friends visit the princess Spinarosa to persuade her to sponsor a charity event for a sick artist, the prince himself opens his eyes to the beautiful Asta. He does not know that she is allied with the dangerous player Thomas Buckle.
- Sherlock Holmes is in make-up a lifelike presentment of Conan Doyle's famous character. A Count, who feels that his end is near, makes a will in favor of his wife, and it is deposited in a safe. The noted criminal, "Dr." Morse, is masquerading as the Count's medical attendant, and determines to get possession of the will. He therefore takes a wax impression of the keyhole of the safe, sending the skeleton key to a woman accomplice who is nursing the Count. When the Count's death occurs, the nurse quickly secures the will and hands it to "Dr." Morse when he arrives in response to an urgent message. The loss of the will is soon discovered, and Sherlock Holmes is consulted. He observes an emissary of "Dr." Morse's outside his chambers, so gets a friend to go out dressed as himself (Holmes), thus throwing the watcher off the scent. The Countess meanwhile drives away in her carriage; she is pursued in a motor car by Morse and his confederates, captured after a valiant defense by her coachman, and taken to a lonely cottage. Here she is bound and placed in charge of a horrible little hunchback, whom Morse tells to kill her on the stroke of midnight unless other instructions are received. Then Morse goes to Sherlock Holmes' chambers, and makes a forcible entry. Holmes is there and holds him up. Morse laughs, and says if he is not back at the cottage in half an hour, the Countess will be killed. So Holmes lets him go, and accompanies him. A trap to kill him fails, and the Countess is saved from death. Morse escapes by throwing pepper in two police constables' eyes, but is captured eventually, through going out of bravado to Holmes' rooms.
- On either side of a central partition, two life histories are given. One is toasted by his friends as he enters manhood and finishes the night in a state of intoxication. The other spends this solemn evening in his career with his mother, reading Holy Writ. So through life the contrast continues; one man rapidly sinks from bad to worse, the other rises steadily. The first, on leaving prison, where he has been placed for his share in a drunken brawl, has to appeal to the second, as an old school friend, for assistance. Met soon after by his old companions, the ex-prisoner has a drinking bout, and ends in delirium tremens. Fighting with a policeman he is arrested and transported, and in a highly effective concluding scene, we are shown "the ocean between two human lives."
- Beyond the Arctic circle, far away towards the mystical magnet which we call the North Pole, is a wonderland of eternal snow, and the witness of this great film is a traveler in these glorious regions who experiences all the glory of Arctic expedition but never tastes its hardship. It is a fine trip, this through the picture's agency, and one which all should see. The glories of perpetual day, the solemn grandeur of perpetual night and the soft, sweet radiance of the beams of the midnight sun. The spectator is conducted to Lofoten and Tromso and through the most beautiful fjords, shielded by massive rocks, always covered with snow. We thus pass through the Lyngenfjord, the Trollfjord and the Baierenfjord, and can observe from there the Birdrocks and Torghatten with a peculiar hole, the Nigermouth and the Lopsrock at Bodo, with the most northern promontory in the world, " Northcape." On shore, the hole in Torghatten is passed and an acquaintance with the Laplanders in Lyngenfjord made, and the glorious midnight sun is seen in all its splendour.
- Claire Esmarck is a woman of charm, but she is headstrong and filled with caprice and brings trouble into the lives of those about her. In the story she is first seen at a reception and here she comes face to face with Jacques Ramm, her first husband, from whom she had been divorced. She scorns him at first, but relents when told of the cunning ways of the child of their union. Ramm grants her permission to see the child, but the couple is observed by Dr. Esmarck, who is jealous and unaware that his wife is a divorced woman. On the following day Claire accompanies Ramm to his home and holds her child in her arms with maternal delight. While she is with Ramm, Dr. Esmarck is visiting his avaricious old uncle, who is making his will, but who declares that he will cut his nephew off unless he repays the money he has borrowed from him. Next day Ramm's child is taken ill and he hastens to Claire, urging her to plead with her husband to attend the child. Dr. Esmarck is jealous of Ramm and at first refuses, but when Claire drops to her knees and confesses that she is the mother of the child and reveals her past, he relents and visits the little one. This duty performed he sells his wife's favorite horse in order to meet the demands of his greedy old uncle. He leaves the latter's house, but the financial transaction is observed by a tramp. The latter enters the room and the shock of his sudden appearance causes the old man to die of heart failure. The housekeeper finds him on the floor and noting that Dr. Esmarck had been with him a few minutes before, causes his arrest on a charge of murder. By a strange kink of fate, Jacques Ramm, the lawyer, is selected to prosecute the doctor and during the ordeal Claire sits beside her husband and listens to the burning denunciations by the father of her child. The jury returns a verdict of guilty. Being left thus alone she engages herself as a nurse in a nearby hospital. She is assigned to attend a patient who had been injured in an explosion. It is the tramp who was responsible for the death of the old uncle. During his convalescence he reads of the conviction of Dr. Esmarck on a charge of murder and confesses the truth to Claire. The latter hastens to place the matter before the authorities and in due time her husband is released. Realizing her great devotion, he forgives her for her secret past and they go forth together to enjoy the inheritance which comes to them through the old man's will.
- A charming selection of views of scenes by sea and land. Most remarkable are the series of wave pictures, which show what great strides have been made in presenting the restless ocean on the kinematograph. Views of yachts in full sail, of cliffs, and inland hills and valleys are included, and finally is given a picture of an aeroplane and sunset.
- Yvonne accepts one of two lovers, but the man she accepts is entangled in another love affair. He decides to break off the secret entanglement, and does so, in spite of the entreaties of the woman. Afterwards she is taken to the hospital with her child, and on her deathbed sends a note to her former admirer to come to see her. After much hesitation and a terrible inward struggle he goes. Before she dies, the woman he has wronged commends their child to his care, and, after closing her eyes, he bears the infant homeward to his bride, to whom he tells the whole story. She forgives all, and treats the child with every kindness.
- James incurs the enmity of his uncle. The reason for this is because the young man hesitates to marry Olive von Silberstein. He loves a distant cousin, Edith, but Uncle Richard is adamant and insists upon having his way. In his dilemma, James consults his friend Horne, of the detective department, and the latter frames up a scheme to clear the atmosphere. The detective borrows a photograph of James and places it in the rogues' gallery. Then he instructs a sergeant of police to carry to a reception on that same evening the police hook and it is shown to Olive, who is greatly shocked when she recognizes her intended as the handsome young gentleman designated as Convict 337. An added shock is supplied to the assembled company when James is identified as the perpetrator of a capital offense. Horne, the detective, has arranged all this, and he does not confide in James until matters begin to look serious. At a dinner party he is prompted how to play his part and he gives the impression to the guests that he is a madman and bent upon doing away with Olive and many other diners at the table. The ruse works so splendidly that James is looked upon as a gloomy criminal and in the garden he chases her in the guise of a bloodthirsty monster. In the meantime the love affair of James and Edith is progressing favorably and when the Silbersteins decide that James is an undesirable citizen, they make a hurried departure with their daughter and all ends happily.
- This is another drama of Indian life. It shows Young Deer and Red Moon playing cards, and because of cheating, a quarrel follows, which leaves Young Deer the victor, but a sentence is passed by the Chief, who is Red Moon's father, that Young Deer be tied to a wild horse and the animal let loose. The horse and his burden are seen by some cowboys and girls, and one of the latter rescues Young Deer. The Indians then manage to capture the girl. When her horse returns to the ranch minus its rider, much distress is shown, but Young Deer promises to bring her back. He comes to the spot where the Indians took their prisoner and sees there a knife, which he leaves and conceals himself. One of the Indians has returned for the weapon, but Young Deer overcomes him, and after attiring himself in in the Indian's garments goes to their camp. Here he finds the girl, stuns the guard and starts away with her. They are followed, however, by the Indians and a most exciting struggle takes place on a cliff. Just at the right minute when things look pretty dark for Young Deer, the cowboys come to his aid, the Indians are repulsed and everyone made happy through Young Deer's bravery.
- Fred decides to become a soldier, but as a matter of fact he lacks most of the requirements necessary to stand as a bulwark against his country's foes. He is stout and healthy enough and for this reason he is admitted to the army, but he lacks courage and in the end this proves to be his downfall. The story is built around wholesome comedy lines and the fun is calculated to keep the average audience in the best of good humor from the moment the film is shown until its conclusion. Fred first makes himself the laughing stock of the army by failing to make good at the trials of strength and agility. In jumping the horses of the gymnasium he is a positive failure and when called upon to climb a rope he calls for assistance before being able to meet the requirements. But in spite of his failings he is admitted to the ranks of the privates and carries himself with dignity until he is ordered to take his turn at target practice. On the rifle range he tries to perform the almost impossible feat of shooting at the target with his back turned from the bullseye and he retires from the field in disgrace. But it remains for Fred to further humiliate himself when during the army maneuvers he retreats from the field under fire and proceeds to take a little nap at the side of a tree, after removing one of his boots in order to give the impression that he has been wounded. When he is carried to the barracks, the commanding officers decide that he is not a fit person for active service in the army and in consequence he is dismissed. Then he rejoins his wife and comes to a realization that marital relations are more to his liking than martial occupation.
- The successful results which have been achieved in color cinematography by our process are strikingly shown in this film. A clear impression is conveyed by the delicate tints of the warmth of color of this semi-tropical region, and the scenes depicted are full of interest. The Corinthian Canal is an unusual sight, and the views of Greece from Corfu Harbor are pretty. The German Emperor's villa there is included.
- A number of boon companions are discussing the low state of their finances. They are seated in a cafe and John, the guiding spirit of the party, decides that they may be able to "raise the wind" at an auction sale which is in progress. When the auction room is visited job lots are being disposed of, and John puts himself on the list. There is an unusual gathering of expectant maiden ladies present at the sale. When the last of the antiques has been disposed of, "A modern piece of furniture" is announced, and lot No. 94 finds John Spoofer on the auction block before a crowd of astonished bidders. A spirited contest follows the auctioneer's description of this "piece of modern furniture," and the object is knocked down to Miss Passee, a robust and rather elderly female. John has the shock of his life, but determines to brave it out and is taken home to pa and ma, the former being a peppery army officer. John is obliged to observe military discipline in the house, and at last, when formalities have been fulfilled, John is allowed a "leave of absence," and he hies himself to the auctioneer's to draw his part of the proceeds of the sale. A merry scene follows at the old cafe in which the plot was hatched. How John got out of his fix, his flirtations with serving maids and his many amusing adventures.
- In the early scenes, the work at the mines is in progress, and one day one of the miners, performing his laborious toil, discovers a passage leading through a rich vein of ore to the surface. The mine engineer at this time makes improper suggestions to the wife of the miner who made the discovery. She repels them, and a few hours later is surprised and taken away by masked men. They leave a note telling the husband that she left him willingly. She is imprisoned in a lonely cottage. The husband meanwhile is being questioned about his discovery, and as he cannot get sufficiently high terms he refuses to disclose his secret. There is an explosion in the mine, and as the ordinary entrance was closed by the fallen debris, the miner reveals his knowledge in order to save those who are entombed. The first person he meets is the mine engineer, who with his dying breath confesses that he is responsible for the wife's absence from home. The husband hurries to the cottage, and is in time to save his wife from further indignities.
- After months of secret toil by day and by night, Gar El Hama perfects a means by which to escape from prison. He succeeds at last in removing a slab from the floor of his cell and drops through a shaft to the engine room below. There he overpowers the engineer, dons the latter's clothing and is passed by the guard at the door on the pretense of going for oil. Free again, he sets out for a new adventure. Disguising himself, he attends a reception given by Consul Johanna. Meeting the Consul's daughter, he decides to abduct her and demand ransom. During the reception he examines her apartments, unlocking a window, and returns in the night, entering through this window with his assistants, and takes her aboard the schooner owned by him and his pirate gang. He then sends an unsigned letter to the Consul, stating that his daughter, Katherine, will be held until a ransom of $25,000 is placed at the foot of Victoria Monument, naming a time when it should be placed there. Katherine's fiancé, Lieutenant Erskin, sets out to find her. He is told by pilots that a girl was taken aboard a mysterious schooner the night before, so he charters a tug and goes in pursuit of the schooner. Gar El Hama and his gang arrive at Snake Island and take Katherine to their headquarters there. She escapes from the headquarters but is recaptured on the island and taken on board Gar El Hama's private yacht. Lieutenant Erskin and his friends arrive at the island, attacking the pirate gang. Gar El Hama escapes through an underground passage and Erskin, as he gropes his way through the dark tunnel in search of Gar El Hama, is captured by the latter and taken to the yacht also, and is bound and locked in a stateroom. He finds a lighted lamp with which he burns the ropes, and forcing the door, sets himself free. The pirates neglected to take his revolver, so he goes down to the engine room, locks the engineers in a closet at the point of his revolver and overpowers the fireman. He pours water on the fire and removes parts of the engines, disabling them, which brings the yacht to a standstill. He does this, knowing that his friends are in pursuit, in order that they may overtake the yacht. He steals up behind Gar El Hama, overpowers him, and then finds Katherine in the cabin. He seeks to defend her and himself from the pirates, but when Gar El Hama recovers, he and his men recapture and make prisoners of them both. Soon, however, Erskin's friends arrive, attacking and capturing Gar El Hama and the pirates, rescuing Erskin and his fiancée. The yacht is towed back by the tug, Katherine is restored to her home, and Gar El Hama is thrown into prison again.
- Prince Heinrich and Herbert Prince, a journalist, are very similar in build and facial resemblance, although neither is aware of the fact. Therein lies the secret of the memorable day the journalist enjoyed. Prince Heinrich, bored over billiards in the officer's quarters of his regiment, discards the game to take a brief nap, the journalist was involuntarily (at first) feted in his stead. Herbert has been granted leave of absence, and, before departing from his duties, persuades his friend. Bob Garrick, to accompany him. While Bob is busy packing, Herbert shaves off his moustache. It is then that the resemblance to Prince Heinrich is most marked, particularly as both Prince and journalist affect monocles. But neither Herbert nor Bob is aware of the resemblance and do not reckon when en route for the distant city of Waldeck that they are marked out for the distinction that awaits them. The solitary passenger who shares their compartment, a tubby smiling little individual, is the first to mistake the identity of the journalist. Seeing a photograph of Prince Heinrich in his newspaper, he promptly concludes that he is facing the prince traveling incognito. Elated over his discovery he notifies all passengers and soon the journalist and his companion are the object of many courtly bows and courtesies. For some time they both imagine they are surrounded by lunatics, but when Herbert is addressed as the Prince, it at length brings enlightenment to their understanding. Councilor Hall, their little associate, wires the mayor of Waldeck of the impending arrival of the Prince and counseling an official reception. When Herbert and Bob observe all the civic dignitaries awaiting them, and entering into the spirit of the jest of mistaken identity, they decide to go through with what has been thrust upon them without seeking. Herbert acts as though of manner born; his majestic mien and urbane courtliness impressing all with whom he comes in contact, albeit Bob, for the nonce acting as his valet, has occasionally to resort to strong measures to keep the Prince up to concert pitch in maintaining his august position. From the railway station, Herbert and Bob proceed with ceremony to the hotel, where apartments have been arranged for their reception and where everyone, from proprietor to call boy, shows the greatest deference to the pair. They manage to retain their gravity till they reach their apartments and then they can contain themselves no longer. Their merriment is suddenly checked. A deputation headed by the be-whiskered mayor enters upon them, soliciting the honor of their presence at a banquet. The pair accept and have a gay time, although Bob's enjoyment is tinged with a little bitterness in that he has to act throughout as the Prince's private valet. Herbert shows strong partiality for the corpulent mayor's winsome little daughter, and while the company is enjoying the wine and walnuts, he makes the most of his opportunities to improve his acquaintance. He is caught in the act of a kiss and as a compensation to the mayor for his injured feelings, promises to confer upon him and his companion. Councilor Hall, the coveted order of the Golden Eagle. While their enjoyment is at its height the real Prince Heinrich reads in his paper of his own visit to a nearby town and the cordial reception given by its inhabitants. At a loss to understand what it means, he telephones to the hotel Waldeck and is told the Prince is still there. Eager to learn the facts of the case, he summons his aide-de-camp and they speed to Waldeck. Upon reaching the hotel he finds the room to which the Prince has returned and proceeds thither. The mayor and Councilor Hall are wakened from their maudlin state at the sight of Prince Heinrich and at a respectable distance follow in his wake, expecting dire consequences will be the outcome of the masquerade on the part of the men they feted. Herbert, too, is aghast at the appearance of the Prince, but when he explains that he entered involuntarily into them through being mistaken for the Prince, with the view of getting excellent copy for his paper, the Prince joins in Herbert's laughter to the discomfiture of the two officials. To save the dignity of the civic pair, the Prince endorses the gift of the order of the Golden Eagle, and after saying a kindly word to the mayor's daughter (whose faith in Herbert is still unshattered) he also confers a decoration upon Herbert, conditionally he says with a laugh, that Herbert, in future, wear a moustache.
- A newly married wife is in great grief at the death of her only child. One day she and her husband call at a cottage for refreshment during a walk and there see a child whose features bring back to the mother's recollection the child she has lost. The peasant woman is persuaded to allow the visitors to adopt the child, first making a tattoo mark on its arm. Twenty years elapse, the peasant woman dies, and one of her daughters by chance gets a situation in the house where her adopted brother is living with his foster parents. There has been staying in the cottage home another brother, who is the scapegrace of the family. He enters the house where his sister is employed for burglarious purposes. His brother whom he does not know has just come in and grapples with the intruder. The burglar is just about to shoot when he sees the mark of the other man's arm, and knows that they must be brothers. Gratitude that he has been saved from committing fratricide overcomes him, and the brothers embrace, after which there is a general reconciliation.
- The love affair of two young people is roughly interrupted by the girl's father, who wants her to marry a wealthy suitor. The girl at first rebels, but at last gives way to her father's entreaties. An effective scene shows the departure of the pair from the church on the wedding morning, and the rejected lover's disconsolate grief. In despair he drinks heavily for a long period, and brings himself to poverty. The husband of the woman he loves takes pity on him and helps him to regain his self-respect. A few years later the husband is killed in an accident, and not long afterwards the young fellow, now in a good position, learns from the widow that "love can never die."
- In the hope of becoming rich and famous, Walter Fabre, a medical student, devotes all his time to study and refuses the invitation of his fellow-students to join them in merry-making. Walter falls asleep and dreams that Mephistopheles appears and tells him that he can make his fame and fortune by giving him the power to foretell the death or recovery of a patient; in the event of death Mephisto will appear at the head, and in case of recovery he will appear at the feet of the patient. To prove his superhuman power he tells Walter that he will save the life of the King, who has been given up by all authorities. Walter gains admission to the King's bedside and while diagnosing the case. Mephistopheles appears at the foot. The King recovers and Walter becomes famous. Sometime later a beautiful young Baroness and her mother are out driving and the latter is fatally injured in an accident. The young Baroness, Ida Shinting, summons Walter and when he arrives at the bedside he sees Mephisto at the head, and knows the meaning thereof. He is so charmed with Ida's beauty that he beseeches his master to spare the Baroness's life. Mephisto agrees, but warns Walter that in return he will someday take from him his dearest. Ida and Walter are married; five years later their little daughter is taken seriously ill. Finding Mephisto at her head Walter tries to thwart him by turning the child around. Again Mephisto takes his place at the head. Then the father, trying to cheat him again, places his daughter in a chair. She dies, however, and shortly after the funeral Walter himself becomes sick; he discovers by his head Mephisto, who says that he has come to exact punishment for the attempts Walter made to deceive him. Walter awakes with a start, and realizing that fame and wealth are not the only things in life, merrily joins his colleagues.
- Jack and a party of his chums are enjoying luncheon at a quiet summer resort not far distant from a young ladies' seminary. In a spirit of fun a wager is made, and Jack departs with the avowed purpose of gaining entrance to the seminary under the pretext that he is the country cousin of one of the fair students. During the temporary absence of the stern principal, Jack manages to explain the nature of his wager to the students and they at once enter the spirit of the fun. Jack is clad in female attire and all goes well until the principal returns. She is introduced to Jack as a country cousin, but Jack is unaccustomed to the wearing of corsets and skirts, and makes several serious blunders in trying to act his chosen role. Everyone is in the secret but the stern maiden lady who presides over the destinies of the school. The blunders of Jack become so numerous, however, that the principal cannot help but notice that he is wearing trousers under his gaudy skirt. Then it is that he beats a hasty retreat and rejoins his friends, still clad in female garb, and tells the humorous story of his adventure.
- Kitty Bey, a dashing young woman, is the cause of all the trouble. She thinks she loves Miller, the first officer of the Nina, and with the consent of the owners of the vessel accompanies him on one of the trips. While on board Kitty attracts the attention of the captain, and she loses no time in playing her arts upon him. Old Graves, the boatswain, is a man with an eagle eye and when he locates Kitty in the captain's cabin, Miller is notified and there is a sensational scene, in which the first officer attempts to shoot his fiancée and his commanding officer. Miller is placed under arrest and upon arrival at the nearest port is sentenced to a long term. In the meantime Kitty Bey has married Captain Fisher and all goes well until she is introduced to Henry Brandt, the ship owner. Her arts of witchery again come to the surface and she accompanies the ship owner on board a launch moored to the wharf in the rear of Captain Fisher's residence. Boatswain Graves is on the job again and notifies Miller, who has just been released from imprisonment. The latter boards the launch without attracting attention and turning on the power, heads out for sea. When the couple emerge from the cabin they are confronted by Miller, with one hand on the wheel and the other holding a revolver. He has removed the plugs from the bottom of the craft and she is slowly filling with water. It is not the life of Brandt that he is after, but that of the faithless Kitty. The ship owner, however, is doomed to share the general fate and the three sink into the deep just as the launch containing Captain Fisher and his friends reaches the spot.
- Mr. Stribolt is a stout old party who has accumulated a fortune in the motion picture business and likewise he is the proud father of a beautiful daughter, for whom he has great hopes in the matrimonial market. Again, the young woman in question, is in love with Jack Wormold, a young actor who has made a distinct hit as a film actor and who returns the affection of Stribolt's daughter. All goes well until Count von Swindlestone appears upon the scene, and, learning that Stribolt has accumulated a fortune, decides to win the hand of the daughter. The Count is impecunious, like many other of his fellow noblemen, but he puts up a bold front and proposes for the hand of Agathe. The latter detests him, but the will of her father prevails and she unwillingly consents to become the wife of the adventurer. Jack is furious, but that avails little with Stribolt, who has his mind set upon having his daughter shine in society as a full-fledged Countess. The Count is all attention and when he places an engagement ring upon the finger of the bride to be, his happiness seems to be supreme. But the Count is not all that he appears to be on the surface and Jack decides to play the part of an amateur detective. He urges Agathe to play her part and in the course of time. Jack finds an opportunity to catch the nobleman in a trap. The latter boards a train with a music hall actress, and Jack disguised with whiskers and carrying a motion picture camera, is on hand to make a picture of the departure. He even accompanies them on the train to their destination and makes a series of excellent pictures. On one eventful evening, some time later, the Count, Stribolt and Agathe are seated in the old gentleman's picture theater, when to the surprise of the little group the screen is adorned by the picture of the Count and the strange lady. The finale may easily be imagined.
- Major Kurt was a bachelor and devoted his time to tending his roses and paying his respects to the members of the Officers' Club. One pleasant afternoon he received a note saying: "Dear Major, When my father made me marry I swore to remember you. I am now free again and will call to see you. -Marie" An old love dream was revived and once more the Major saw his first sweetheart of eighteen. He sends a telegram and at once sets out to visit the home of his former loved one. He has grown stout and there is little hair remaining on his head, but he dons his uniform and sallies forth to renew his old friendship. He calls at the club and confides in Adjutant Biff and then sets forth on his journey. At Marie's home the mistress had caused herself to be dressed after the fashion of the forties, and her daughter Margerita was amused beyond limit. When the Major arrived at the house he espied Margerita on one of the upper balconies and, forgetting the lapse of time, mused "Marie is as beautiful as ever." It took some time to convince the old fellow of his mistake, but Margerita's fiance soon convinces him. Then Marie appears on the scene and he becomes completely disillusioned. He was taken aback at her faded beauty, and after he had left the house without saying farewell, Marie in turn finds him asleep in the railway waiting room, and decides that he is not the hero she pictured him in her girlhood days.