26 THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS

self, and mutters that he will have his re• W0rk Among the Workers," also somewhat venge at the price of Ruth and Ehouse. In order to fit herself to be­ Repenting, Bud sets out to find them. After come the wife of the sociologist, the girl de• a search lasting two years, he finally locates cides to do as he has done, study the workers them in time to save their bab:y's life and by being one of them. She disguises herself bring all three home to the waiting father. as a maid and goes out to service in a wealthy This much done, the poor, half-witted boy, ask­ woman's house. A love affair springs up be­ ing forgiveness, dies, worn out by the strain tween herself and the chauffeur at the house of the past few years. unbidden. Young Travis, whose mother's house it is, refused mbney by the mother, ITHEl JUDGE'S V liNDICATION (2,reel ) steals a pearl pin. He also tnes to kiss the (April 2 ) .- Judge Harris, one of the most new maid, who slaps his face and decides to upright judges in the country, refuses to de­ leave. As she is going the theft of the chain cide a case in favor of a certam powerful trust. is discovered. Her suit case is opened, and The head of this trust vows he will break the while the chain is not found, the diamond judge and immediately sets about for some which the gambler gave her is discovered. It way to do it. proves to be Mrs. T'ravis'. The chain is de­ Not long afterward, at the instigation of the manded from the girl and as she cannot pro­ trust magnate, the judge is impeached. duce it, she is arrested. Mrs. Travis, her son His wife and daughter are heartbroken, but and an officer are getting into the car to go to believe firmly in him. He goes to the mag­ the police station and enter the complaint. The nate and pleads with him to no avail. He re­ chauffeur drives the car off before the officer turns home broken in body and spirit. can get in and speeds it into the country, the His daughter Rose, seeing her father's con~ rich old woman, her son and the butler bang­ dition, decides to see the tyrant herself. She ing on the glass of the limousine in protest. does so but is only laughed at. On a country road the car breaks down, the She goes to the courtroom and there meets son and the butler go for the chauffeur, who March 12-"The Better Way," a young reporter, who listens to her trouble. fights them both. In the fight the son's coat March 19-"The Dividing Line," He has seen a package of letters pass from the is torn and the chain drops from his pocket. March 26-"The Grip of Jealousy," secretary of the trust to the president and W hile his mother is denouncing him, the chauf­ knows they are relative to her father's case. feur grabs the girl's suit case and bids her The thing is to get these letters. follow him. He takes her to a country sta­ He wants a story for his paper-and also t ion, and, as she .has no money, gives her what room and some music, and so the youngsters wants to help the pretty girl-so he starts off he has and a ring of his. She goes. Return­ began to enjoy things and failed to bring home with her. They drive to the president's house. ing to her former life she finds herself pursued their tardy dad. Eight o'clock and no father The reporter enters, revolver in hand. Seeing by the memory of the young workman. She and no children. So mother sent Muriel; 8:30 the letters on the table, he grabs them, keeping dismisses the gambler and sends to the em­ and no Muriel, no father and no children, so tne president at bay with his revolver. The ployment office to see if they can find the grandpa was sent. president's lawyer, entering, tries to overpower chauffeur. They do. When he comes she dis­ As each one arrived the gay little gathering the reporter, but in the struggle he gets away guises herself as a maid, and, overjoyed at in the sitting-room invited them to become and dashes out of the house and into the meeting her, he proposes. 'l"'hey are married, members of the party, and they began to have waiting car. thus losing the fortune by the will. The rich such a pleasant time that they forgot about The president orders his car and follows relatives gather to dispoil the house and enjoy supper being ready. them but is unable to catch the smaller car. their triumph. The bride and bridegroom The soup began to boil over, and so grandma The reporter and the girl get to the Senate enter and are bidden to take themselves off. was sent. But when grandma arrived there chamber in time to produce the letters and The bride shows them a picture of her husband were some traveling musicians playing in the change t he verdict to a vote of unanimous in a newspaper and the headlines announcing sitting-room and she, too, j oined in the gaiety. acquittal. that: F inally mother herself decided to go and She hurries home to tell her father and "Parkman Dickerson, the noted sociologist, see what the trouble was, and put on her great j oy is the result. The reporter, in his marries an heiress. Both met while disguised shawl and headed for the sitting-room. office, finishes a stirring article on the methods as servants." A timid policeman heard the uproar when of a certain well-known trust. When this is As this complies with the will, the relatives mother found the whole family having such a safely on the press, he goes to the judge's retreat and happiness advances to take pos­ good time, and began to give them a piece of house where much -::hanks and warm welcome session of the home. her mind. Mr. Cop thought it was a riot and, await him. calling some assistance, the entire family was arrested. MAJESTIC EXCELSIOR On the way to the police station they saw DECEPTION (March TE MPERAMENTAL ALICE (April 7),­ great clouds of smoke coming out of their A WELL-MEANT A lice's father, a rather lonely invalid, ad• home, and everyone went to the rescue t o put 30) .- Bell, an amateur artist, who is financed studies, falls in love vertises for a companion and secretary. out the fire. After fighting their way through by his uncle in his art Young Ralph Finn answers the ad in per­ the dense smoke into . the kitchen, they dis­ and marries a singer in a cafe. Uncle finds and, thinking that any son and gets the position. He has just brought covered that it was only the soup that had out about the marriage, his mother South for her health and is very boiled over, and nothing else had been dam• woman in such a position must necessarily his nephew and cuts glad of the work. aged, and so, supperless, the whole family was be bad, he quarrels with Alice, a great favorite with the bqys, tries put to bed. · off his allowance. ,Eel! at first imagines that without to break the new secretary's heart. But it is On the same reel: he can sell his pictures and get along no one but the assistance. He finds that his stuff no use. Ralph has eyes for his uncle's invalid and, despite her various couquetries, THE OCTOPUS,-On the same reel with is unsalable, the wolf is at the door, when whatever. offers to go back to the cafe. Bell pays no attention to her this clever comedy will be found one of those his wife She is angered at this unusual treatment very fine scientific subj ects. won't hear of it. The wife deceives him by outdoors in a shower, him that she got a position as a and one day while caught This time it is the Octopus which is shown. telling she stays there to make Ralph call for her and as the animal has been so often pictured teacher in a music school when in reality she to the cafe. She earns good with umbrella and raincoat. in cartoons, where it is shown in this country goes back But Ralph merely sends the gardener for the as representing one of the great trusts, t his money and instructs an art dealer to buy some This time she makes husband's pictures. Bell immediately girl and she is furious. subject is unusually interesting. of her up her mind that she vO'ill get even. The octopus is found on the coasts of the gets a swelled head and tells his wife there is some money into of her to work any more, but she, of Seeing her father give tropical zones, frequenting the rocky shores, no need Ralph's hands, she manages to get it and hide ana it is exceptionally active. coarse, knows better and insists on returning disappearance of Meantime the uncle accidentally it. Ralph is horrified at the They are regularly placed on sale in the to , work. the money, but he is not believed and Alice's markets of Smyrna and Naples and the meets the art dealer and finds out who the was of the neohew's pictures. He father discharges him at once. bazaars of India. purchaser A few days later as he is wheeling his gees to interview the girl and is pleased with invalid chair, and sacrifice. A small fire starts mother along the street in her h~r goodness Alice's motorcar crashes into them. The RELIANCE i". the music school where Bell thinks his wife HALF-WIT (March 29) .-Bud John­ mother is hurt, but recovers. Alice t ells her THE is working. He enters the school to find his in his son, a poor, half-witted youth, is in love with wif.e never worked there at a11 and has been father the truth and Ralph is reinstalled of the village, who, old position. Ruth Bradley, the belle dece,dng him. Full of jealous rage, he finds wins through sympathy, has been very kind to him his wife in the cafe and is about to attack her, The girl's devotion to his mother many ways. Ralph's heart, and before long the past is in hut is prevented by uncle and the dealer, who looms Ed Moore, a young farmer, who has been later explain the situation, and Bell, recog­ entirely forgotten and a bright future courting the girl, proposes and is accepted. nizing t-.ts wife's sacrifice and that he lacks the before them. Bud hears of t',is and is heartbroken. He true llenius to make a successful artist, accepts goes to the girl and learns that she never cared a position in his uncle's business. for him. He is wild with brief and anger and THANHOUSER plans some way in which he can revenge him• A STUDY IN SOCIOLOGY (April 1),- THE WOMAN WHO DID NOT CARE self. To protect his daui,hter from fortune-hunters, (April 1) .-She was beautiful, but heartless Ruth and Ed, finding a little objection at the old millionaire leaves a will directing that and ambitious, and in the end she was 'de- home, elope to the next village and are mar· if she does not marry a man of good reputa- servedly punished. ried. She writes home to her father, begging tion and prominence, his fortune ls to ~o to The girl was the daughter of a poor miner forgiveness. He softens and answers her let• his relatives. An old roue relation of the and was devotedly loved by a man in her own ter, bidding her come home at once. When heiress introduces a professional gambler to station of life. She accepted his attentions he mails it, however, it falls out of the chute lier as Parkman Dickerson. the author of a willingly until a young engineer came along and is found by the half-witted boy, who, hoo k on socioloi,v, which she much admires. an d paid court to her. She then dismissed her s eein g it is addressed to Ruth, opens and Disgusted wit, the prominent men that have first suitor, not caring what became of him. reads it. He tears it into bits, laughs to him• courted her and admiring the author of "My Her father · made a lucky strike, and th..,- re- In writing to advertisers please mention " MOVING P ICTUR E NEWS"