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Three cavemen court Miss Araminta Rockface. She favors the one who apparently slew the Missing Link ... but a dinosaur did the deed.

A caveman falls victim to a prehistoric prankster, but he is avenged by his pet chicken.

Two prehistoric suitors, one a mailman, compete for the affections of a prehistoric maiden and a dinosaur.

Chris, a student, ambitious in his own way but resisting tutors, was always in trouble until, at an auction sale, he purchased an old Oriental lamp because of its odd design, not dreaming that it was possessed of magical powers which he discovered when he began polishing it. A huge slave appeared, told him the lamp was his master and that he was prepared to obey any command that its owner, Chris, might give. As a test Chris bade the slave to transform himself into another Chris. He then sent the double of himself to school, where he was made to take the thrashings intended for Chris and to serve as the butt of many jokes and experiences meant for the real Chris. When the genie finally decides that he does not relish serving as Chris' double, the real trouble and fun begins, involving Chris' father and mother, teachers, family doctor, and farcical mix-ups develop with great rapidity. The doings of "Chris and the Wonderful Lamp" in the days of the Twentieth Century rival the best of Arabian Night tales.

A Native Woman dies, and a town of men take in her orphaned daughter.

Jonah Morpheus liked his bed so well that it was almost impossible to get him up in the morning. The schemes utilized to get him out of bed provide a laugh in every foot of this film. In the finale Jonah is for once landed at his work on time, but in a most unusual unnatural manner.

Harry Burnhart, who has inherited the Eclipse Tool Company, leaves the running of the company to efficiency expert Carl Vibert. When Vibert gives Pop Grinell, the company's oldest employee, two weeks' notice because he is slowing down on the job, the firm's advertising manager, George Extell, appeals to Burnhart to reinstate Pop. For his efforts, George himself is dismissed. Bidding farewell to his sweetheart Muriel Clemm, George heads West where he secures a job in a competitor's tool company, soon becoming the star salesman. His success leads Burnhart to offer him complete charge of the Eclipse Tool Company, and the salesman returns triumphantly to exact revenge on Vibert by giving him "the customary two weeks." However, his conscience gets the better of him and George relents, rehires Vibert and marries Muriel.

Ellen likes the courage of Jimmy, a bankrupt inventor, who fails to get any money for his experiments in making matches from his cousin Charles. First she loses her purse so that Jimmy may find it, next she loans him money in a letter purporting to be from Charles. Jimmy is advised to heat the letter over sulfur after he succeeds in his invention of a safety match. He does so, and the invisible ink turns, disclosing a love note from Ellen.

After hearing a lecture by a war correspondent, Boy Scout Jimmy desires to be of service to his country.

Mulius Caesar, a great Roman Emperor, owes an odd number of millions to Liarus Bunko, the royal soothsayer and money-lender. He could pay off his debts by selling the royal garage, but this is too desperate a means to be given a moment's thought. Bunko is willing to content himself with Myria, the emperor's beautiful daughter, and call it "square." Myria hates Bunko, but is willing to sacrifice herself if she can save thereby the royal garage. At the betrothal banquet, Bunko presents her with a lazy slave, called Plento Morpheus. Plento falls at once in love with Myria, and flirts with her in the presence of Caesar and Bunko. He is sentenced to be eaten up by Leo, the terrible lion. Cast into the arena, he succeeds in outwitting his tormentors, and in substituting Bunko for himself as food for the lion. The lion offers no objection, as Morpheus is lean, while Bunko is fat. Caesar gets back his I.O.U.s, Myria and Morpheus are united and live happily ever after.

This historic and rare footage of Palestine focuses on the holy Christian and Jewish sites of Jerusalem.

Once in a country called Happyland there lived a good and wise King. To his beautiful daughter, Princess Loree, the King presents a priceless pearl necklace. A mysterious stranger arrives. He meets the Princess and they fall in love at first sight. He reveals to her that he comes from a country where the people are forever in gloom and he is here to learn the secret of happiness. He meets with a number of adventures which teach him some of the principles of happiness, but not its Master Secret. One day a goblin takes the necklace and brings it to his chief, who hides it in the wall of the Goblin's Cave. The Princess and the people are grief-stricken and the stranger decides to find it. He enters the Enchanted Woods and after a series of adventures reaches a secret passage which leads him into the Cave of the Goblins. The chief of the goblins promises to return the necklace if the stranger will brave any perils that may confront him. The latter consents and passes undaunted through them all. He obtains the necklace and returns it to the Princess, whose happiness is restored. The King is willing to give him half his kingdom as a reward, but all the stranger asks is to be allowed to speak to the Princess one hour every day for seven days. At the end of the seventh day he leaves, promising to return shortly. Weeks pass. The King informs the Princess the newly-crowned King of Roseland is coming to pay homage to Happyland and that she better don her finest apparel and help him entertain the illustrious guest. The King of Roseland arrives and the Princess is happy, for in him she recognizes the Stranger. She inquires if he has discovered the Master Secret. He answers in the affirmative, saving true happiness consists in deeds that bring happiness to others, and in the realization of one's ideals, love crowning all.

T. Haviland Hicks contracts an intimate friendship with Theophilus. They are freshmen. Hicks is saturated with good humor. Theophilus' main characteristic is timidity and the least excitement makes him faint. The sophomores, indignant at Hick's abuse of the banjo, prepare to haze him. Theophilus overhears their scheme and warns Hicks. Hicks hurls a defy at the sophomores to the effect that they are welcome to haze him, but if they fail to do so, Theophilus and himself are to be secure from hazing for all time. They accept the defy and on the appointed night repair to his room wrapped up in pillow cases. Hicks smashes the drop light against the wall and the room is steeped in darkness. When a light is secured, Hicks is not to be found and the sophomores conclude that he has dived through the window. In fact, he is right among them, wrapped up in a pillow case. The duped sophomores plan to avenge themselves. Hicks gets wind of their scheme and awaits developments with absolute calm. On the fated night the sophomores drag Hicks out of bed and carry him off to their lair. They proclaim him to be the original "missing link" and urge him to do an imitation of a monkey; but he dives through a window into a tennis net held ready for the purpose by a number of freshmen. The pursuing sophomores encounter a superior number of freshmen and are roughly handled. Thereupon the sophomores post a defy, daring Hicks and his class to substitute the freshman colors for the sophomore colors, which will be found floating from the flag pole at a stated hour. Hicks dons a coat of mail, disguises Theophilus as a gorilla and succeeds in routing the sophomores and hoisting the freshman colors. Hicks becomes the most famous man at college. Moving Picture World, September 1, 1917

This is a puzzle story arranged by Sam Loyd of a billboard or rather of the evolution of a word thereon from pants to nails. On the surface there seems to be no connection between pants and nails, yet it is as easy as eating pie to make nails out of pants if you know how. The first word advertises the product of a clothing man. But he has made his reckoning without the host, or rather a number of hosts. For a florist, a furrier, a jeweler, a plumber, a dry-goods man, a carpenter, a physician, a lawyer, a mason, a ship's chandler and a hardware man happen along one after the other, and by merely pasting over one letter of the word on the billboard with a different letter, each alters the word into an advertisement of his own product. The film is ingeniously arranged so as to give the onlooker a chance to use his wits in guessing the next word on the billboard. In the end a goat comes along and eats up the poster. This goat is a puzzle in itself. Is it a real goat? Who knows?

Two cavemen invent the wheel, but when they are frustrated in their attempts to have a dinosaur pull a cart, conclude that the device is useless.

Newspaper clerk wants to be a detective, uses a missing finger clue to catch a murderer.

A grotesque comedy of the prehistoric age. Mannikins are used with novel effect.

A duel in France in which the Chevalier de la Roche kills the Vicomte de Valdeterre, results in an ongoing feud between the two families. Years later, in New Orleans, Valdeterre's son Henri arranges a duel with the son of the Chevalier de la Roche, known as the Little Chevalier. Overwhelmed at the swordsmanship of the Little Chevalier, Henri faints and, upon regaining consciousness, leaves the de la Roche estate. Later, at a ball held at the governor's mansion, Henri meets Diane, the daughter of the late Chevalier and, smitten, begins to court her. This arouses the jealousy of Delaup, who is the governor's secretary and an ardent suitor of Diane's. Delaup discovers a royal proclamation sent to Henri, granting him the power to seize the de la Roche estate, and attempts to use the document to force Diane to marry him. In response, Diane sends for Henri, and when he arrives, he finds the Little Chevalier waiting to duel. Henri's refusal to fight is met with the Little Chevalier removing his cloak to reveal that he is really Diane. The long term feud between the two families is then ended with Diane and Henri's marriage.

Photographed at a New York aquarium under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society. Fish breathe oxygen from the water. If a fish is placed in a small amount of water he soon exhausts the oxygen and dies of suffocation. The New York Aquarium has solved the question of supplying the oxygen on long journeys even when fish are placed in small jars. The jar is first filled with pure sea water. The fish to be shipped are placed in it and the jar is inverted in a tank full of water. Sufficient oxygen is then admitted to force out one-third of the water. The jar is tightly corked under water and hermetically sealed with waxed linen. The jar is then packed in a barrelful of sawdust or excelsior, addressed and shipped to its destination. The fish will live for more than fourteen days in a jar of small size. It is therefore possible to ship them from New York to any part of the United States and to most parts of Europe.

The eggs of the silkworm, called graine, are hatched out by artificial heat at the period when the mulberry leaves are ready for the feeding of the larvae. The moth of the silkworm lays about two hundred eggs. A view of the eggs hatching is shown. The silkworm molts about four times. When the caterpillars are mature they cease eating and ascend the brushwood branches or echelletes provided for them, in which they set about spinning their cocoons. They complete their cocoons in from three to four days, and in two or three days thereafter the cocoons are collected and the pupae killed to prevent further progress. Such cocoons as are selected for the production of the graine are freed from the external floss, and preserved at a temperature of 66 to 72 degree Fahrenheit. In about two weeks the moths appear.

This picture depicts life in the U.S. Marine Corps. The scenes carry us through the various branches and phases of the daily jobs of a U.S. Marine. We see them in their barracks, at sea, and on the field of battle. We see them hard at play engaged in games of football, baseball and "Chinese boxing." Then comes the call to "business," and they embark on a man o' war bound for "somewhere." Close views are shown of gun practice and drills intended to keep them in perfect condition. Finally they land, and the various tasks which they perform on the water and on land, as cavalrymen, artillerymen and infantrymen are clearly pictured.

This film shows that many schools have complete courses in woodcraft for boys. Two-day canoe trips are part of the course. While out camping, the boys enjoy the simple life, living in tents, taking their daily swim and cooking their own meals. Matches are not needed, and it is a treat to watch the boys starting a fire without them. The flapjacks they turn out would arouse the envy of a Broadway chef. Their bodies are hardened by such sports as racing, swimming and spear throwing. In the evening they dance around the campfire and indulge in such simple games as knocking each other off the stool. The ending of this split reel shows a boy blowing the bugle and the camp breaking up.