THE INTRUSIONS OF THE CINEMA.
[Jones, secretary to the South Sea Islanders' Regeneration Society, who is suffering from nerves, is recommended a very remote sea-coast retreat for his summer holiday. With his wife and family he tries it. The manager of a certain cinema company likewise chooses this particular spot for his company to rehearse their powerful new drama, "Down among the Dead Men.">[
Miss Jones. "wake up, Dad, we're going to bathe."
First Act of the Drama.—After the wreck: Desmond and Rosemary washed ashore on the Cannibal Island.
Jones (to the rescue). "Devils! fiends! Untie that white man!"
The Cinema Manager explains. "Sorry to have caused you any inconvenience, Sir—merely rehearsing 'Down among the Dead Men'—dam fine drama, Sir—we produce same at the Opera 'Ouse, Croydon, on the 16th."
Surf-rider. "I'm almost sure this isn't a bit the way it's done in those illustrated papers!"
Early Tripper. "Makes yer feel like ole Napoleon at what's-its-name!"
