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- A very interesting picture dealing with the subject which is likely to occur in any of our larger cities. Two disreputable "grafters," who live by their wits, are seen in consultation regarding the contents of their pocketbooks and the easiest way of filling them. A visiting country man appears and looks very good to them. One of them begins by making Reuben believe he knows him and ends by relieving him of his watch, but they have not done with him yet. The next scene shows a horse and buggy standing in front of a store. One of the men has run away quickly, comes up and puts a sign on the horse's head which reads, "For Sale, Cheap, $25.00;" he disappears. Soon the other grafter comes into view with the country man in tow. He, of course, attracts his attention to the horse and buggy and the $25 sign, and this price appears to the farmer such a bargain that he eagerly pays the money over to the "Con" man, who beats a hasty retreat. Our farmer friend then takes possession of his newly acquired purchase but is soon undeceived by the real owner, who ignominiously drags him from the buggy.
- Lively scene on a fine metropolitan boulevard after a heavy fall of snow. We see here a test of horse flesh between two rivals. Speeding up the boulevard at break-neck pace, scattering snow and slush in all directions. Full of excitement and action.
- Showing the interior of a dining room of a modest cottage, whereto enter a young couple to partake in their meal, which is being served up by the maid. Suddenly the legs of the table are extended to three times their height; the dinner being elevated to this extent; in order to reach same they climb into the chairs. The table suddenly vanishes, but makes its appearance in another section of the room. It is practically a chase between them and the table, this finally disappearing altogether, and in its place is seen a gigantic bottle of "Scotch." Further surprising tricks are introduced, making this subject one of unusual interest.
- Two little school girls are out for a walk, apparently so innocent that mischief is the last thing they would think of. However, appearances are deceptive, and our little friends are not as innocent as they look. An unsuspecting grocer places a barrel outside of his store and on it puts a sign, "Two for 5 cents." The girls see it and quickly change it to read, "Samples, take one," an invitation that appeals favorably to the passer-by. Finally a colored gentleman happens along who cannot content himself with one, but comes back repeatedly for further supplies until he is caught by the grocer, and in the fight which ensues the barrel is overturned and the remaining apples scattered far and wide to the delight of the children of the neighborhood, who scramble eagerly for the remaining apples.
- This picture shows Rube taking a quiet map on the banks of a stream. Several boys passing see him and getting a straw begin to tickle him. He makes several passes with his hand in his endeavor to brush away the imaginary fly. Finally he awakes and sees his tormentors, but before he can arise, they push him in the stream and run away.
- The story opens with a view of an old-fashioned southern mansion. The daughter of the house is seated upon the veranda, when her lover appears and a very interesting love scene occurs between the two young people, interrupted by the entrance of papa, who evidently does not approve of the intimacy. He orders the young man from the place never to return. Driven to desperation, the hero sends the girl a letter asking her to be at the old meeting place. She changes her dress for a riding habit and quickly rides off to meet her lover, when she consents to elope with him. Making her hurried preparations to leave, the young lady writes a note explaining that she is going to be married to the man of her choice and drives away with her lover, leaving her parents, whose sorrow at finding her letter is heartbreaking. Time flies, and two years later the young couple are seen in their humble home, but fortune apparently has not smiled upon them. A baby lies in the cradle, but the furniture is scant and old, while meager preparations for a meal await the coming of the husband with the means for purchasing it. He comes in, but is again compelled to tell her that he has been unsuccessful in finding work, but gives her his last nickel to go out and buy bread. While his wife is out, the young man resolves in desperation to leave his wife and child and goes away, first writing a note urging her to take the child and go back to her parents, leaving him free to go out and look for a fortune for both of them. On the wife's return she finds the note, and, having no alternative, takes the child and is next seen entering her old home, where she is affectionately received by the old folks, who are overjoyed to see her again. Grandparents, daughter and grandchildren are again together on the porch of the old home after a considerable interval from the last scene, when a prosperous-looking man approaches and is recognized as the son-in-law whom unmerited failure had driven away from the side of his wife and babe. Explanations follow and all is forgiven. The re-united family enjoys being together once more, and finally the old gentleman, in a burst of true southern hospitality, dispatches a messenger to the "quarters" to bring up the negroes and have them contribute to the general rejoicing. A very realistic scene next shows the negroes enjoying themselves in front of their cabins in their own characteristic fashion, when the messenger from the great house arrives and tells them all to hurry up to the Jubilee. The story ends with a scene of general festivity, the negroes vying with each other in contributing to the general merriment.
- Contains the following segments: COACH DRIVING THROUGH THE ROOSEVELT ARCH AT GARDINER STATION: The coach laden with tourists and drawn by four spirited horses is here seen coming under the archway and our trip through the Wonderland of Yellowstone Park has fairly commenced. HOODOO ROCKS, SILVER GATE AND GARDINER RIVER BRIDGE: Passing the terraces climbing to Golden Gate we reach and pass the Hoodoo Rocks, so-called. They form a strange and chaotic spectacle of limestone or calcareous formation standing inclined at all imaginable angles and the road winds through the heart of the mass. For nearly the entire distance to Mammoth Hot Springs-five miles--the route lies along the roaring, foaming Gardiner River, with Eagle Nest Crag towering above it. OLD FAITHFUL GEYSER PLAYING: Without any doubt the most wonderfully perfect representation of one of nature's strangest phenomena ever secured. "Old Faithful" has been alike the admiration and despair of photographers. Modern science and enterprise have now for the first time been successful in reproducing the spectacle in all its grandeur and originality. MAMMOTH PAINT POTS, FIRE HOLE BASIN AND RIVERSIDE GEYSER: Reaching the Lower Geyser Basin, we find a medley of pools, springs and geysers that call for study and admiration, the variety of color, of form, and of character to be seen among these beautiful expressions of nature being most wonderful, The "Paint Pots," so called, are objects of intense interest to the tourist and have been fairly nicknamed as "nature's mush pools," a strange, weird, boiling, plopping cauldron of beautifully colored clay that holds the onlooker with a peculiar fascination. We also show Riverside Geyser playing 100 feet in the air and one of the most beautiful of the wonderful group of geysers scattered along both sides of the Fire Hole River. DENIZENS OF YELLOWSTONE PARK (FISH, BUFFALO, ELK): Yellowstone Park is a paradise of wild animals and our picture shows one of the few, if not the only, herd of buffalo remaining on earth which roam through Yellowstone Park as unrestricted as they once roamed the boundless prairies of the west. It is the elk, however, that throng the park in countless numbers, and our picture shows a herd of these beautiful animals in the corral, next some of their number running and frightened at the appearance of the "camera man," flying over the surrounding fences with the utmost grace and agility. Finally one of the tamest of the herd follows a park warden and trustfully licks off some salt from his hand, advancing directly in front of the camera for the purpose. GRAND CANON AND FALLS: In viewing this greatest production of what we must consider one of the scenic wonders of nature we approach the Grand Canon of the Yellowstone. In magnitude there are greater canons, but none which surpass this in wonder and beauty. It is all told about twenty (20) miles long, 1,200 feet deep and 2,000 feet wide and abounds in profound sculpture and transcendent and glorified color and chiseling in which it has no equal. Every tower, buttress, recess, cliff, rampart and wall is shown and at the bottom is seen the magnificent river tearing over its rocky bottom. The Falls of the Yellowstone River rank first among the great mountain cataracts and our artist was fortunate to obtain two very perfect views.
- Oh, how are the mighty fallen. Here is a great Shakespearean actor on his uppers, actually broke; but he retains his valet and the two of them see the ghost walk. Ah, but then there is joy. What's that? It's a real ghost. Ah, what sorrow. Never mind. See this picture; something new, and we assure you if you carry our line of subjects you will never meet with the fate of this artist.
- This is a short film of a most inspiring subject; shows the sensation caused in the bunk-room where the men are asleep when the alarm first comes in. The speedy action and quick method of reaching the lower floors by sliding down the poles provided for that purpose, the hitching of the horses, and the start of the ponderous piece of machinery from the engine house, the men taking their places and putting on their helmets and outer coats all impatient to be off at a full gallop. An intensely realistic picture.
- Two honest working men, having put in a good morning's work, sit down at 12 o'clock to eat their luncheon and wet their whistles with a few from the can, when misfortune sends their way two mischievous girls just out of school, who forthwith proceed to make life miserable for these sons of Erin. While they try to eat their luncheon in peace, the little tomboys tickle them with a stick on a string, and the Irishmen, completely ignorant of the real trouble, accuse each other and nearly come to blows, being only prevented from doing so by the discovery of the miscreants. A very comical short chase is then enacted, ending in the girls eluding the Irishmen.
- The following films were made from the great pantomime Humpty Dumpty, and were posed for by one of the greatest European Pantomimist. These films are without doubt the finest ever made and will create no end of amusement to the little folks as well as the old folks, who in these films will recognize the familiar scenes of their childhood when they witnessed Humpty Dumpty.
- For many years the Mardi Gras held annually in New Orleans has formed articles for numerous magazines and newspapers -- and has made the City of New Orleans famous throughout the world, as it is attended annually by thousands of spectators from all over the country and the demand for moving picture films which would fittingly portray this celebration has been universal. We obtained last year special permits from the Mayor of New Orleans which enabled our artist to reproduce the principal scenes for the benefit of our customers.
- This film, as well as the others we have of the wonderful Pikes Peak Cog Railway, should be in the collection of every exhibitor. No more wonderful road exists in the world. The engines always push the cars up the mountain and precede them coming down, the rails serving only as a guide. In the center are two rack bars into which cogs fit and give a grasp for applying the power. All the pictures in the Pikes Peak series distinctly show these features. The arrival of the train at the summit is very interesting.
- We are the first in the field with a wonderfully accurate and realistic series showing the highly exciting conflicts between the Russians and Japanese. These films will be the most wonderful money earners of the century. The people of America are greatly excited over the doings of the little brown fellow and the big giant with whiskers. The battles are just far enough away to make business good in this country without causing the awful hardships of war. No war series offers the highly picturesque coloring and exciting action. Both sides are fierce and desperate fighters and the background of strange huts and villages is entrancing in the extreme. It is a series of motion war pictures that will live for years after peace follows death and carnage, and the accuracy and thrilling features can not be questioned. We are admirably situated for getting out the successive films of this series with the utmost promptness. With several correspondents in the field, arrangements for the reception of first copies of foreign made films, night-and-day arrangements here for getting out the positives, nobody can compete with us. Besides, we have on our staff a former naval expert who is thoroughly familiar with all the locations in the far East that will come under the focus of public vision during the war. His assistance and advice will be invaluable to assist in establishing the accuracy of details in our reproductions of the most thrilling and yet-to-be famous films. No series of war films has ever drawn the money that our new reproductions of the Japan-Russian struggles will. Not satisfied with their success of the day before, the Japanese returned the following day to Port Arthur, and the greatest and fiercest battle of the present war was fought. The action was commenced by the big guns of the land battery. The Japanese war ships steamed slowly past in line of battle, each vessel beginning to fire when opposite the Russian ships. The action then became general. There was no maneuvering, simply heavy, fast firing. The shells fell thick and fast. The people of the city fled to the hills. The streets were entirely deserted. During the action a number of Russian warships were destroyed. The Casualties on the Russian side were great. This picture shows the arrival of the Japanese fleet off Port Arthur. As they approached, the land Batteries on both sides opened a fierce fire on the fleet, while the warships poured out of the harbor, the Russians were firing with great rapidity and some accuracy, and supported by the guns of the forts gave promise of getting in some deadly work. The entire Russian fleet was pouring shell after shell into the Japanese fleet. The Japanese undaunted by the fierce fire of the Russians fought as they never fought before. Gun crews stripped to the waist shoved shells into the breeches of their guns till they glowed with heat. Fiercer and fiercer grows the battle until the Russians can no longer stand the fire from the Brownies and they try to get away but are blown up or beached to keep from sinking. This we consider a masterpiece, and a film without a peer.
- An old [black] auntie is trying the experiment of doing two things at once with poor success. Part of her attention is engaged in manipulating a tub full of suds and soiled clothes, while with the other hand she tries to keep off what she calls a "pestiferous bee." The film ends by Auntie upsetting the tub of suds all over herself.
- This is a new film, exhibiting a new subject. The automobile, although seldom seen in the smaller localities, has become a popular fad in the larger cities. Instead of the old style four-in-hand parades, the automobile owners unite in parading on some of the most fashionable boulevards. This film represents a scene of this description which occurred recently in New York City.
- Four little children are sitting on the edge of their bed dressed in their night robes. Three of them leave the room and in a moment appear with three fat little puppies, which they put down to a pan of milk. In their childish glee they are the picture of sweet innocent. This picture is a favorite with the public.
- Baby Lund is admittedly the most talented child artist of the stage at the present time. She has been carefully trained and her representation is most pleasing. During the course of this dance the little lady gives six different impersonations with six different costumes, all of which are shown in this film. A most interesting and enjoyable motion picture, always favorably received by the parents in the audience, particularly clear and bright, and a winner every time.
- Apparently there is no danger of race suicide in New Mexico. Our photographer was in Albuquerque at the time of the recent street carnival, one of the features of which was a fine baby show. Preparatory to the judging, the babies were paraded by their mothers (and fathers) before the camera and a very pretty and interesting picture was obtained. Babies large and babies small; babies fat and babies thin, but all pretty and dressed in their best. By actual count, there were eighty-five babies in procession, enough to appall the heart of the stoutest young husband.
- We were particularly fortunate in securing the co-operation of Captain Thomas Baldwin, brother of the Arctic explorer-and his companion, Captain Hudson, the famous aeronaut, in getting the best balloon picture ever made. The film shows the ascension, the monster bag, Old Glory, slowly passing out of the picture. Then the scene jumps, the camera is in the basket with lens pointed downward; the scene gradually widens as the balloon ascends. First the people waving hats and handkerchiefs are seen. Then the monster steam windlass that pulled the rope, then the bear pits and various pavilions and houses of Elitch's gardens, Denver, and finally at an elevation of about 2,000 feet, a charming panorama of the country immediately below.
- This very humorous scene shows two men incased in barrels fighting according to Marquis of Queensbury rules. The funny complication consequent upon the wooden armor they are compelled to wear would make a misanthrope laugh and the film is a great success wherever shown.
- This film shows a crowd of bathers at a natatorium, including high diving, somersaults in mid-air, etc., and is universally pronounced to be one of the most popular films ever shown. The most comical effect can be produced from this film by reversing and running it backwards. The bathers come up from the water feet first, and springing upwards through the air in this reversed position alight on the springboard. An illusion which never fails to bring down the house.
- One of the finest and most interesting films ever produced. The scene is one of the most noted training stables in the East. The horses are enjoying their "morning bath." A huge tank or bath, especially adapted for the purpose, is provuded into which the horses are driven for their swim. All unconscious of the camera, they are shown true to nature, and one of the most animated and enjoyable pictures ever thrown on a canvas is presented to the audience.
- "This is a very rare film showing an artillery battery charging. Unusual facilities were conceded to our artist in taking this picture which is the only one of its kind ever made. The galloping horses dragging the ponderous guns, riders urging their steeds to greater exertions and the wonderful speed attained at the time the picture was taken render this beyond any question the most exciting and thrilling of all military films. When shown in the largest Metropolitan theatres it has never failed to create furore."
- This film depicts a scene familiar not only during the recent Chinese Boxer uprising but at almost any time in China. The universal punishment for almost all offences, large and small, in China is the beheading of the culprits, and constant practice has made the executioner exceedingly expert in this gruesome work. Our picture shows a line of unfortunates on their knees awaiting the executioner's sword, and although it is somewhat horrible it shows truthfully the method of executing in this far-off country. In full view of the audience, and as the film progresses, the executioner is seen to approach each victim in turn and with one blow of his razor-like sword to sever the head from the body, which rolls into the basket prepared for its reception.
- A very pretty film which we class among the dances, although more strictly speaking it belongs to the order of Pantomime Tableaux. It shows seven beautiful children surrounding a giant lily with fancy dancing. The lily suddenly unfolds, revealing a beautiful child in the midst of a most gorgeous transformation scene, which takes the spectators back to the Christmas pantomimes which they have seen in their younger days. A complete entertainment in itself.
- This picture was taken on the Rock Island railroad at that picturesque spot. Black Rock. 100 miles west of Chicago, near La Salle. 111. The train approaches and passes through the tunnel: it has hardly passed through the tunnel and around the curve, when another train is seen rapidly approaching on the farther side of the tunnel. Clear and sharp it approaches closely and seems as if it would pass through the tunnel, but just as it is apparently about to do so it turns to the side and passes around it. The train is lost to sight for a moment behind the giant rocks and then appears again at full speed heading for the camera, passing it with lightning speed. Trains on the westbound tracks pass through the tunnel, eastbound trains on river bank around and outside the bluff.
- The most exciting sport in the world and we offer an exceptionally fine film made at the recent world's championship contest at Denver where Martin Thad Sowder was declared the best of them all. The film is made up of the very best features of three days' sport. It starts out with a dash and rush that sets an audience wild. The first rider is mounted on a fierce specimen of mankiller. The animal rears and bucks and finally falls on the rider in an effort to crush out his life. With the greatest of skill the rider manages to fall on one side and the horse tries to roll over him. But the cowboy is too quick. Getting up, he stands astride the horse and as soon as the latter arises the rider is on his back and the bucking continues. The film is full of this sort of excitement. At one place the notorious "Steamboat" with the champion on his back gets right in front of the camera and whirls around with fury for almost a full minute. Horse and rider are in full view and almost life size. In fact, the film shows about a dozen of the worst bucking horses ever exhibited in public before. (NOTE--This film was made for the Festival of Mountain and Plain Association of Denver--the givers of the championship belt. Our photographer was honored by being made the official photographer of the entire show and he alone was permitted within the enclosure. The making of the negative was attended with the greatest risks of life and limb for the animals bucked and jumped directly at the camera several times. The film was shown the festival board a few days ago and it received their unqualified indorsement with the comment that it was really the most exciting and accurate picture of a bucking broncho contest ever made and should not be confounded with others made in inclosures and posed by riders and horses that were commonplace and tame.)
- Nobody who has not actually seen a real bucking broncho on the western plains can have any idea of the amount--the number of devils that can be contained inside the skin of one horse. The bucking broncho has no eastern cousins. The mankiller and terror of eastern farms is a toy and household pet compared with the real article and woe be unto the tenderfoot who tries to get astride this bunch of terror from Sheol. The cowboys--those picturesque denizens of the boundless ranges--are fast disappearing. The wire fence and the steam cars have driven them farther and farther from the vast plains and the settlers have cut up the ranges so that their vocation will soon be no more. But they are still the honest, generous, untamed, rough yet tender lords of the saddle. They maintain a supreme contempt for the man who can't ride anything that moves on four legs. A man may win their friendship by being a good shot, by sharing their hardships and perils, but if he can't ride the worst mankiller on the plains he does not get into their inner circle. Periodically the cowboys get together the worst examples of vicious horseflesh in the world and hold tournaments--as the men in Sir Walter Scott's novels--and then the champion of the world is selected. At Sheridan, Wyo., Cheyenne, Wyo., and Denver, Colo., the great championship contests are pulled off. Our photographers were at Sheridan at the last contest and they got a wonderfully good picture of Harry Brennan winning on the worst mankilling horse ever known. The picture shows every buck and twist of the fierce beast who tried to get his rider to the ground that he might stamp and kick him to death in an instant. Once he almost succeeded--the picture shows it. A dozen cowboys were around with lariats ready to lasso the beast should he get Brennan down but they were not needed. The plucky rider finally wore the horse into submission and won the day. A few weeks later he went to Cheyenne and won the championship there. Then he went to Denver and won the preliminary contest at that place and now is entered in the grand contests where he may be called the champion broncho buster of the world. How can you run a moving picture show without this film? It seems incredible that any exhibitor should overlook this. At Cheyenne when it was shown the cowboys almost mobbed the town when they learned it would be exhibited and after they had seen it once they demanded several encores, punctuating their demands with gun arguments. It's a winner.
- Circus parades are of great interest and this is the most successful film of the kind ever obtained. The parade is lead by Buffalo Bill (The Honorable Wm. Cody) himself, mounted on his famous white steed said to be the most beautiful equine ever seen in public. It may be of interest to our patrons to know the fact that every horse in this parade, with one exception, was killed shortly afterwards in a disastrous railway wreck. The parade is varied in character, showing mounted Indians, Cowboys, Arabs, English troopers, Boer cavalry and our own famous Rough Riders, the rear being brought up by the mounted Cowboy Band.
- The buffalo, or bison, once so numerous on the plains of the Great West, is rapidly becoming an almost extinct species, and so far as known there are no wild herds left. Some years ago the United States Government placed a herd in the Yellowstone National Park, and the efforts to increase it by outside purchases and to corral them where they can be fed and protected is meeting with considerable success. They are corralled in an enormous pasture at Mammoth Hot Springs and appear to take kindly to the situation. Our artist succeeded in getting a splendid picture of these most interesting animals, from which a fair idea may be gained of the appearance presented in times past by a herd of buffalo grazing on the plains of the Far West.
- Just made by our operators at the big fight in old Mexico. The film is 600 feet long, and a thriller from start to finish. It is perfect photographically, and fully protected by copyright. All the exciting events in plain sight and very close to the camera. One of the freaks of fortune that comes only once in a life time was responsible for our getting the most wonderful and vivid bull fight ever made on a motion picture film. Our operator was in Mexico, where he received the most flattering attentions from dignitaries of all sorts. When the big bull fight was announced for the week before Christmas he was invited to be the especial guest of the leading fighters and manager, and a substantial platform was erected from which a clear view of the entire ring was obtained. Every possible facility was offered for getting the finest picture ever made, and the result fully justified the elaborate preparations. The fight was the most exciting ever held on this continent and the most famous fighters under Castilian emblems were in the ring, fully alive to their opportunities. They maneuvered the fights so that all the exciting and bloody encounters were very close to the camera. They took chances in teasing and nagging the bulls that were foolhardy in the extreme. Everybody connected with the affair was spurred to the highest pitch to make the day one that will be talked about for years and years. And all for our benefit--for your benefit, if you please. Just think of it! Three of the fiercest and most vicious bulls ever taken into a bull ring, killed right before your eyes. Five or six horses disemboweled and killed in almost as many instants of time. Murderous charges and assaults of men and beasts by the enraged horned beasts. Nothing so fierce ever seen before. And all this caught on six hundred feet of film--just enough to make the most exciting and popular film ever thrown on a screen. You simply must have it, for the new bull fight will draw dollars for any exhibitor. This film absolutely shows with most wonderful fidelity even the expressions on the faces of the fighters, the snorts of rage of the bulls, the wild eyed rushes of the horses to get out of danger and the final thrust of the sword that ended the lives of the vicious, man-killing animals. Thrilling from start to finish and blood curdling enough for anybody. Just the thing for a show that needs a "thriller" to set people talking. A brand new subject and a perfect film. One that will get press notices enough to fill any theatre and one that will not disappoint. Don't waste time. This film will create a wonderful amount of talk. Get if before the rush and be one of the first in the field to coin easy money.
- One of the fastest trains in the world runs between Denver and Chicago over the Burlington Route. Our photographers were especially lucky in catching the train as it passed Riverside cemetery, near Denver. According to the engineer, the train was running more than sixty miles an hour when it passed the camera, although on the screen it seems to be running scarcely more than forty.
- Shows a man on the corner of one of Chicago's prominent streets whistling for a newsboy. Well, before he called no boys were in sight, but before he can lower his hands he wonders where they sprang from. Such pulling and tossing for the job for the paper. The poor man is sorry he needed a paper. Makes a great picture. Nothing in sight but boys and papers. Try this and make y9our audience smile at an everyday Chicago street merchant scene.
- This film is one of the finest of its kind, portraying a number of swell darkies engaged in the popular pastime of walking for the cake. The dance is well executed by people who have a reputation in this line, and the scene is a winner, and brings applause wherever exhibited.
- The Santa Fe's great transcontinental limited was photographed just out of La Junta, Colo. The picture shows, first, the "Hibernian Express" or the section men and their hand car. The car comes into the picture while the limited is still several miles away in the distance. The "express" is stopped a few hundred feet down the road, the men alight and begin work on the track. The limited with a monster mountain-climbing engine, comes rushing up amid great excitement and seems to jump out into the audience.
- "This is an exceptionally fine subject and is hailed with delight by all who see it. The horses are ridden to the edge of the stream into which they immediately plunge, and almost disappear under the water; only the horse's heads and the upper part of the riders can be seen as they swim to the other bank of the river, and when they emerge with the water dripping from their sides, the applause is enthusiastic."
- This film shows a street car progressing with a full load of passengers, ladies and gentlemen, when the conductor opens the door and assists a lady who has evidently been doing her week's marketing, as her arms are filled with parcels of groceries. The car being full, she has to undergo the usual strap-hangers' fate, and as the car lurches around the difficult corners, it seems that she is in great danger of dropping her bundles, which, at last, actually happens, and one of them unfortunately contains cayenne pepper. The pepper being sprinkled over the car floor causes an epidemic of sneezing among the passengers, which is more easily imagined than described. Suffice it to say that the result soon clears the car of all its passengers, and the lady is left alone.
- There have been many attempts at taking motion pictures of horse races, but it remained for us to take the first perfect picture of a Derby Day race showing the start, the horses at the first half, the horses at the second half and the finish; also the great, swaying and jerking mass of humanity at the finish and in honor of the Derby winner.
- Parade of fat cattle.
- This picture is one of the most novel ever presented in motion photography. The film shows the fire boat at work with all of the nozzles in full play and the effects of the columns of water rising from the bow of the boat is grand. The action of the wind causes the columns to spray out until they look like bunches of feathers blowing in the wind.
- Chicago's finest out on parade; 2,400 strong, 3 full military bands; shows all the great leaders in front; fine body of drilled men, most of whom are over six feet; all in command of that great Chief of Police, Joe Kipley. Full of action. This picture also shows the famous Police Artillery and Ambulance Corps.
- Chicago's finest out on parade; 2,400 strong, 3 full military bands; shows all the great leaders in front; fine body of drilled men, most of whom are over six feet; all in command of that great Chief of Police, Joe Ripley. This picture also shows the famous Police Artillery and Ambulance Corps.
- This scene showing the fast flyer, The Chicago Portland Special, on the O. R. N. R'y. as it passes Rooster Rock on the Columbia River. It is one of the best train scenes ever made, sharp and clear, the train can be seen as it passes between the rocks in the distance, and as it emerges from Rooster Rocks the reflection can be plainly seen in the water, making this a scene of more than special interest to the exhibitor.
- New Year's Day witnessed the first official act in connection with the coming Christian Endeavor convention at Denver. Governor James B. Orman of Colorado met Field Secretary Dr. C. E. Eberman of the Endeavors and warmly complimented him on the great gathering that will take place at Denver next summer. Thirty thousand persons interested in Endeavor work will be present. Gov. Orman met Dr. Eberman on the steps of the Colorado capitol. The city and state officers of the society were also present and received with cordiality. It was a most notable affair for Endeavorers. After the few minutes of pleasantries Dr. Eberman walked toward the camera and bowed to the operator. In the picture he grows more than life size and his pleasant smile and cheery face will be easily recognized for this worker in the good cause is known all over the world and his election to the office of president of the C.E. bodies will probably occur next summer. This film is a wonderful feature to add to a Colorado or church lecture series. It is not expensive but its drawing power is most phenomenal.
- Panorama of an interesting portion of this narrow gorge in the mountains. The picture was made about half a mile from hanging rock and shows the constricted gorge through which millions of dollars in gold, silver and lead are carried each year. Persons who have taken a trip over the Georgetown loop will remember this portion very readily, for the train swings around so many curves the engineer can almost reach the outstretched hands of those in the rear coach.
- A wonderful picture showing a train climbing one of the most difficult pieces of track in the world. Hagerman Pass is on the Colorado Midland Railway, west of Leadville, and it is necessary for the trains to climb almost 12,000 feet, over two miles high, to cross the backbone of the continent. This picture is startling in several respects. First a pretty piece of scenery in the heart of the Rockies is shown. The sturdy, rugged mountains make a strong background. Apparently from away down below the whirling puffs of smoke are first seen. They come nearer and nearer and the top of the engines comes into view; it develops into a monster mountain climber. Then another, for the train is a double header, although consisting of only four cars. After the engine comes the baggage, day coach, chair car and Pullman, people being at the windows and on the platform waving handkerchiefs. This film is so good photographically that faces can be recognized as they pass by.
- The ascent of Mount Cutler cannot be made on horseback or by carriage, but the sleepy looking burro provides means of transportation. The trail was built and is managed by H. J. O'Brien of Colorado Springs, who has donated it to the public without cost. No charge is made for going to the top of the mountain and looking at the famous Seven Falls, Helen Hunt's grave and the hundred other attractions. But the ride up the trail is one that will never be forgotten. This picture shows a zig-zag in the trail where the narrow pathway winds between the rocks and trees. A burro loaded with tourists is seen coming down the steep declivity, and a very fair idea of the sport can be gained from looking at the picture.
- This wonderful film belongs to the class known as mystifying or illusion films. A magician produces before the audience a small automaton figure of a clown, which he places upon a pedestal, whereupon the figure begins to grow, as he passes his hand in front of it, until it is full life size; when it at once comes to life and endeavors to quarrel with the magician. He, however, with the aid of a heavy sledge hammer, gradually reduces the figure to its original size. One of the most interesting films ever presented.
- This is without a doubt one of the most interesting subjects, showing a great commercial enterprise in existence; it shows the great ovens, the flames bursting out, the workmen, stripped to the waist, the wonderful smoke effects, the open ovens, the helpers; in fact, it is a wonderfully instructive as well as an interesting and lively picture; lots of action.