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- Countess Anna Karenina is torn between her lover Vronsky, and her husband, Count Karenin. Anna's love to Vronsky causes her much pain and social pressure. Her passion to Vronsky drives Anna to leave her husband, but Vronsky goes to war, leaving her helpless. Anna feels so meaningless and lonely, that she becomes suicidal and throws herself under a train.
- Princess Bibulova decides to go fishing along the river, while not far away, a musician leaves his two companions to go for a swim. Soon afterwards, the princess also goes swimming. While neither swimmer is looking, two thieves lurking on the riverbank steal their clothes, leaving the musician and the princess in a puzzling and embarrassing situation.
- While in India, Colonel Burns, a well-known curio collector, appropriates priceless jewels from an idol in one of the Sacred Temples. In a secret vault in the mantel of his home he keeps the jewels. The East Indian sect relentlessly pursue the Colonel and threatens his life. He engages a detective to protect his daughter, Alice. The High Priest in India has demanded summary action against the Colonel, and Mr. Yosara takes an oath to return the jewels or forfeit his life. Ozada, a brother member, accompanies him, posing as a valet. Dr. Yosara becomes a guest at Colonel Burns' home by means of a letter of introduction from a friend of Colonel Burns. The letter states that Yosara is interested in curios and relics and wants to study Burns' collection. Mutual love between Alice and Yosara makes his mission unpleasant. While at tea in the arbor an arrow alights on the table and a note attached reads, "We will wait no longer. The next time you will be the target." Colonel Burns calls a detective to his assistance. Ozada secures a drawing of the secret vault, by watching Burns through the keyhole and that night, while he and Yosara are attempting to locate the vault, Alice enters the room. Failing to allay Alice's suspicion, Yosara practices the art of hypnotism. The Colonel unexpectedly returns, accuses Yosara of being a traitor, and upon finding the drawing of the vault flays Yosara with a riding crop. Ozada springs into the fray, and as he is about to thrust a knife into the Colonel's back when Detective Smith pounces on him, and the arriving police arrest Yosara. Ozada has escaped. Yozara is taken to prison, and his friends come to his rescue. The prison overlooks a river and when Yosara sights his friends in a row boat, he unravels his sock, ties a spoon to the end of the yarn and lowers the line. His friends attach a hack saw to the line. Yosara stuffs the keyhole of his cell door with a collar button and, after sawing the bars of the prison window, escapes down the rope. He is taken away in the rowboat, but his escape has been discovered and the police boat gives chase. Yosara's friends elude the police boat by running into shallow water and Yosara and Ozada. After leaving the row boat, make for Colonel Burns' home. The Colonel has been in a hospital since the fray with Yosara. Alice receives a note from her father telling her to return the sacred relic as it only brings misfortune. While she is looking at the jewels, Yosara dashes into the room and she gives him the relic. Ozada comes running into the room crying, "The police are here." Yosara carries Alice into an adjoining room. To escape the police, he sets fire to the room by dashing a kerosene lamp into a waste paper basket. The fire gets beyond control and, after a terrific struggle, he rescues Alice and carries her to a bench in the garden. Yosara is tempted to throw away the troublesome jewels but Ozada prevents the action. Detective Smith jumps over the garden wall and sees Yosara. Yosara runs away as Smith fires, hitting him in the back. Yosara makes his way to the sect room where the members are kneeling in prayer before the image of God. He enters saying, "I have kept my word, here are the jewels," and drops dead.
- The scenes were photographed in Moscow and the picture play is adapted from an old folk-song. Mareha, a beautiful peasant girl, is the daughter of a disreputable old drunkard whose sole object in life seems to be to get enough to drink. In the first scene we see Mareha begging her mother to take her to the village fair, and after considerable entreaty the old woman consents and accompanied by her husband and daughter she leads the way to the fair grounds. Here we see the peasant girls and the stalwart sons of Russia dancing the quaint country dances and Mareha dances the best and seems to take the greatest delight in the rhythmic motions. She embodies all the grace and beauty of perfect youth in her movements. Soon there comes an interruption. A wagon is seen approaching and word is passed from mouth to mouth that Ouchard, the wealthy merchant, is coming to show his wares. Selling, however, in such surroundings soon tires Ouchard, who would rather make love, dance and drink than work, and so many pretty girls entice him away from his goods into the circle of the dance. Seeing Mareha, the merchant tries to embrace her, but is repulsed by the old mother to whom the honor of the family is still dear. The offer of money has no effect upon the old woman but to bring a look of scorn to her wrinkled face. Mareha's father, however, who has drunk all the wine for which he can pay and is in search of more money to buy still more wine, overhears the offer of money for the mere relaxation of parental vigilance and he strikes a bargain with Ouchard in which his daughter is the chattel. Frightened, the simple villagers run away and poor Mareha is left alone with this terrible man who tries again and again to get her to drink enough of the native wine to stupefy her, but she resists until, having led her protesting to his hut, he makes her drink the insidious liquor by means of threats. In a moment the wine has its effect. The senses are dulled and the caresses of Ouchard are less abhorrent indeed almost welcome. In the meantime Mareha's father has spent all he had in wine and is thrown out of the tavern where he has at last become unwelcome because he has no money, and has wandered home. His wife is sitting alone wailing in forlorn despair the return of her beautiful daughter. The father falls in a drunken stupor on the floor of the rude but ornate hut and thus the night is passed. In the next scene we see Mareha with her head bowed on her arms, stupefied by the wine she has taken. Her long black hair hangs in two lustrous braids across her shoulders and Ouchard, who realized its value, steals behind her and feigning a caress, cuts her hair off short. In Russia it is considered a disgrace for a young woman to have short hair, and so the poor girl starts to her feet in dismay, but Ouchard, who now has what he wants, thrusts the unhappy girl out into the road. Homeward the miserable girl drags her leaden feet, and after stumbling across the prostrate body of her drunken and oblivious father, she scatters the few pieces of money Ouchard has given her over the floor and casting herself at her mother's feet sobs out the story of her experience. The patient mother caresses the bowed head, but nothing can assuage poor Mareha's grief, for with her as with us "a woman's crowning glory is her hair."
- Rukhele's parents make her marry rich Matteus, but she loves poor Shlomo. In two years Rukhele has a child but she can't forget Shlomo and so she leaves Matteus to be with her lover.
- During the reign of Russia's Empress Ekaterina II (Catherine the Great), Count Orlov writes a letter to the Empress, denouncing Princess Tarakanova as a traitor and a would-be usurper. On the Empress's orders, Tarakanova is led into a trap and arrested. Because the Princess continues to insist that she is the only true heir to the throne, she quickly finds herself in great danger.