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- A gypsy woman with a basket of wares endeavors to persuade the young lady of the house to make a purchase, but failing to do so, offers a charm stone that possesses the power, on being rubbed, of bringing into effect any wish of the owner. The gypsy gives evidence of this by rubbing the stone and instantly bringing from space a little girl who appears at her side. The young lady immediately covets the wondrous pebble and a bargain being struck, she becomes its owner and is seen to at once to test its powers by bringing to her side her lover. Decorating him with a "buttonhole" plucked in the grounds of the mansion, she is embraced in an affectionate manner, but is no sooner released from her lover's arms than she causes the "buttonhole" to change into a large rhubarb leaf, which the lover flings to the ground in a fit of disgust, the leaf vanishing amidst a volume of smoke. She continues to practice upon the pebble with astonishing results, and from changing her lover into a black man, and converting him into a master magician with broom for a wand, she finally affects the disappearance of both her swain and herself amidst a cloud of smoke which completely envelops them.
- Made for use during a Covent Garden opera performance.
- A bearded labourer is shaved for a job, is unrecognized by his wife, and has the beard replaced.
- A girl weds a rich gambler who loses everything and kills himself.
- Two rabbit poachers are chased by keepers. One of each is shot.
- A discarded box of explosive cigars causes trouble for its finders.
- A wife catches her flirtatious husband.
- A Scots soldier changes clothes with a tramp to elude pursuing girls.
- A showman uses a magnifying glass to search for an escaped flea.
- Drunks drink milk laced with epsom salts as a trap for a thief.
- A pursued girl is given a lift by a curate.
- The first scene shows us a gambling den, where two men sit playing. One of them is a sharper and succeeds in getting all the money from his companion. The ruined man goes home and steals his wife's necklace, upon which he succeeds in raising some money and with this he plays and wins back the money he has lost. When he gets home with this he finds his wife has left, and believing she has gone off with the villain, he gets out a revolver with the intention of revenging his wrongs. The wife returns disguised as the villain and discloses her identity as her husband is about to shoot. A little later the real villain arrives and after a severe struggle is overcome by the husband. The interest is well maintained through the many exciting scenes in which this subject abounds, and it should prove acceptable to a wide circle of showmen.
- A bad fish is passed off on an unsuspecting lodger.
- Boys tie a pram behind a horse cart. The pram contains a doll.
- A man takes a drink of whisky instead of cutting his throat.
- Man compared to animals.