New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13

old the money to pay of the Mortgage on the auto
-,hile and she forgives him. Which shows now IN
erring is womans intuition
Tbe Heroine goes into action in happy, caretree
so-t If way Either she Is giving orders TO an eight-
drIar.aeek Maid in the Drawing Room OF her Father
Mansion on Fifth avenue, she setting the taDle
Or breakfast in the two-room Cabin on her Father
Ranch.
But it makes no difference 10 her. She can be as
hrtbe in q calico dress doing all the domestic work
round the place as when luxury is so thick that II
cutters up the environment So tar as she Is conCeeu
a Heroine q Heroine for a that.
Resides which it is only for the first I'VE hundred
,at or SD. ANYWAY After that she finds 1t about as
comfortable TO mount a Mustang and gallop over the
Prairie to notify the Sheriff that the Indians are on
their way as % be dnappe the Park and Snae"eh
from the Villains Taxicab by graphing irons let down
from the Hcro's Aeropane.
when II is neither Of these incidents she IS usually
hcino carried TO the roof of the Blazing House and
Iropped overheard % the Lie Net twenty or ury
stories below-although HeroinSm IS developing al
such rate that presently she may be carrying the nero
to the Roof and dropping him down TO the SaietyFst
Crew.
Rein, carried through the Flames is a commonplace
for the Heroine She is so used to it that she often tor
gets TO close her eyes and shudder. The Fimule
Chamber Of Commerce is now considering the demand
for at least one shuidc per holocaust 20 maintain the
towns reputation
Between adventures the Heroine SPENDS ioSO "i Ic'
t;,,e writing letters which She does with amazing rapid
t She has To write because the Hero is far far away,
and after the first few hundred feet Of Film she ISM
snealinq to the Villain any Her reward for TINS
ranstaing correspondence consists IN seeing her ms
sives flashed on the Screen Some women might object
to having their Love Letters exposed to the gaze OF
more or less irresponsible Public; but the Heroine mas
learned never to blush over trtieS.
She would write oftener 1t not for the Telephone
This keeps her busy when excitement IS on the way
Usually the message is from her Fathers Once, where
the Trial Balance is several dollars out OF the way ana
the Hero has been arrested suspicion Sometimes II
Is, from the Police Station where the Night Sergeant mas
lust sentenced the Hero to the Death Char tor project
inc Poor Girl from insult in the Street.
It makes little difference what the Message happens
to be In any case the Heroine quickly clutches the
Heavy Draperies which are furnished as part OF the
equipment Of all Filmyle Residence Telephones, and
Starts her ewes round the Circuit When this is com
leed she clenches her fist and with hurried glance at
the Ceiling dashe for the Taxi which IS always waiting
outside.
Her appearance at the Police Station IS the signal
for the Hero who has just been condemned To- shame
fl death. 10 be released parole, whercupon the
Heroine kisses the Night Sergeant. II happens % be
her Fathers Office the Detective in front Is forced 20
auoloeize for wearing Badge without her permission
The suddenness with which the Flmvle Heroine
can shift the course Of events by taXcabbng violently
into their midst would be great convenience IN other
,lace, provided the Heroine the Girl we know best