The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
Superior Theater
Sunerior Movie Plots.

Monday-"A Hot Finish" VIII E.
Ketcham, a drummer for patent
hand grenade fire extinguisher, arrives
In Squedunk and proceeds to win the
hearts OF all the village beauties. This
maddens the young town cut-ups and
when they lear that he Is goin to give
a demonstration OF his extinguisher In
the square they sneak to his room and
substitute gasoline for the patent COM
pound. A large crowd of farmers and
their wives and daughters congregate
to see tho result OF the famed fire.
killer. They are astounded when the
grenades on being thrown into the
flames explode and sets the village
afire. They chase him through the
woods He gets on horse and rides
away astounded at the result OF his
experiment
Two children have seen the cut-ups
substitute the explosives for the COM
pound and they, upon being slipped
by the conspirators, tell the girls. The
girls get an auto and find the run
away drummer. who is a wandering,
perplexed fugitive. They bring him
back and denounce the rube conspir-
ators. who are severely thrashed by
the citizens and the girls. The drum
rner is again the idol OF the girls.
Tuesday-"In the Fall of ga" At a
military ball in a Southern mansion
the Confederate officers are amusing
themselves. Captain Ford is the Of
ficer in charge and Virginia. the young
hostess. is his sweetheart. At the
height of their fun the sentries out
sede report the approach OF Union
soldiers. All officers hurry to their
commands. At first the Confederates.
| having less men, attempt to outmarch
the Federals. However. after a short
time. they change plans and entrench
| themselves on the surrounding hills
There Is a deadly battle and the Fed
erals are driven back to Virginia
estate. Ford Is detailed to enter the
Union lines and ascertain the strength
Of the enemy. Once within the lines
conceals him under her bed and wher
the Union men enter she Is found
quietly sleeping. The Union men with.
draw after she awakens and rebukes
them. She follows them and holds
their attention while Ford escapes b,
the window. Virginia, after taking III
her abode with the slaves, disguised az
an idiotic boy and collects valuable
information. Ford Is taken anc
brought back to her home. When he
enters the room she knocks over tht
lamp and her lover escapes by the
window and she escapes to her room
and puts on feminine wearing apparel
The Union officer in command dis.
covers her masquerade. but in the
thick of battle she escapes to the Con.
federate ranks. The Information
which Ford and the girl have collected
turns the tide OF battle and the UnioI
forces are defeated.
/ Wednesday-''A Race With Death.
The child OF an automobile mechanic
is stricken with a malady which ma,
require an Immediate operation. The
attending physician instructs the
mechanic and hts wife to notify hin
at once in case complications set in
A big automobile race, for a prize o,
| $1,000, Is to be held the following
week. The mechanic Is to accompan.
the driver Of racing car No. 10. The
race course stretches between the
small town in which the mechanic lives
and Los Angeles, fifty miles distant
The mechanic is on hand the morn.
comes with the announcement tina
their child is worse. Together the,
hurry to the physicians house. onl,
to find that he has been called to {
hospital in Los Angeles. Back at thu
race course the time for starting hai
almost arrived and the driver of No
| 10 Ia frantic because he cannot find hi!
mechanic. The signal for start !.
given and the racers begin. An IN
slant later, the mechanic and his wife
carrying the sick child. run up, ge
into No. 10 and speed away toward.
| Los Angeles and the doctor.
/ No. 10 is the last to start but the
nerve Of father lighting for the lif,
of his child Is OF steel. Without Civ
| ing q thought to the fact that his cal