El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13
Marion Leonard In
Drama of Power
"a Leaf In The Storm" A
Warmers Features Play
Emotional in Effect.

Presents "PrOtea", A Five Reel
Thriller" That Thrills, Grips, Fas-
cinates, Amazes And Astounds The
SpeIlbOund Spectators Who Behold It.
Warmers Features, Inc, presents
Miss Marion Leonard in "a Leaf in the
Storm" a photoplay feature in three
parts. This is a powerful, dramatic
story, strong and logical in its plot,
vivid in its contrasts Of life, running the
whole gamut of the emotions.
It opens in a New York tenement,
where Miss Leonard is living in hopes
of finding the means to support herself
and little baby. A month before her
husband had been killed in a mine acct
dent and Miss Leonard sought the city,
leaving her child in the care Of a neigh
Dor family Tired, Tretched and weak,
she is aroused by a knock on the door,
A youth of the underworld, struck with
her beauty, has followed her home.
Suavely he tells her where she can Sc
cure work When he offers her money
to pay for new dress, she understands
and drives him from the room Another
knock. 1t is her landlord She must
pay her rent in the morning.
Her eye falls on the card left by the
cadet" That night she answers It and
appears at the dance hall Once within,
her soul revOlts. The cadet endeavors
to restrain her, but the proprietor elects
him. At this moment a woman in
evening dress arrives on a stunning
tour. There is a pistol duel between
two gangsters and the woman IS in
jured, but not seriously She cOn6des
lin Miss Leonard. According to her
story, she is married to a young English
man, sole heir to his fathers fortune,
and IS on her way abroad. She en-
cages Miss Leonard as nurse cOmpan-
ion On board ship the woman proves
to be a drunkard and worse.
a storm arises. The life-bOats are
wrecked. The two women are washed
ashore on a desert island and are shell
tered by sailor, himself a victim Of
a previous shipWreck- The sailor and
the Englishman's wife begin a drunken
carOuse on rum that has washed ashore.
Miss Leonard fails to arouse them from
their stupOr when a sailing vessel comes
to take them of Swiftly she gathers
the wOman's proofs together, exchanges
wedding rings and a month later lands
ElLElauu duQ Is dGGEDlEu d. the SUI
wife. After a time the true wife ap-
pears but is turned away In the mo-
ment of her triumph she realizes the
futility of It all, and leaving a note Of
confession, disappears A nephew, who
has fallen IN love with her, follows her
to America Just as she Is about to
leave with her baby for the city. he
finds her and there IS a joyful reunion.
The World Special Films Corporation
Announce the release Of the Eclair FIVE
reel thriller. "PrOtea." Two nations are
about to enter into a treaty and the
third nation is anxious to learn the
terms thereof. To secure the desired in
formation a charming adventures IS en-
gagged She undertakes the task pro-
vided she can have the assistance Of a
certain man who IS at the time serving
Ia prison sentence His release IS or
dered and the pair start on their task
From this point we are treated to q sue
ceSsiOn of changes of costume. rapid
and startling. until one begins to won
der what can possibly be the next By
means of DISCUSSES and impersonatiOns
without number. the two spies manage
who has the copy Of the treaty for
safe keeping. and secure possession OF
the coveted document They are closely
pursued by secret service sleuths, who
succeed in cOrnering her. with the only
avenue of escape a rustic bridge over a
stream. The span Is about thirty feet
in length and the banks are high. so
the sleuths burn the bridge and wait to
see what PrOtea viii do next. Presently
she Is seen to ride toward the bridge on
a bicycle and then "leap the gap" in
true dare devil style. describing a high
arc and landing safely on the other side.
much to the discontinue Of the waiting
sleuths.
Thrills follow one another IN such
rapid succession as to hold the audience
spellboUnd.
John Hardin. for several years one
of the most efficient members Of the Edi-
son Motion Picture COmpany's forces.
has resigned from that organization and
has now joined the AmbrosiO American
Company. where he viii occupy a post
that carries with It much responsibility
Among Mr.. Hardin's many other accom-
plishments is an expert knowledge OF
photography in all its details. He is
widely known and very popular among
motion picture men and IS a prominent
member of the New York Screen Club.