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The Waif and the Wizard or The Home made Happy

A WELL-KNOWN conjurer is seen performing before an audience of ragged children, one of whom he invites on the stage to assist him in his tricks. To the astonishment and delight of the boy, he is magically loaded with flowers. At the conclusion of this trick, as he is returning to his seat, he recollects his sick sister at home, and asks the wizard if he cannot repeat the trick for her. Looking at his watch, the wizard decides that he has just time. Making a pass over the boy, he changes him into an umbrella, which enlarges until it fills the entire picture. The scene then changes to the home of the boy, where his mother is seen attending the sick child. While doing so, she is interrupted by the broker's man in possession who takes an inventory of the furniture ; before he has proceeded very far, the conjurer suddenly appears. He changes his umbrella once again into the boy, who explains the conjurer's appearance to his mother. The wizard first produces a spray of flowers for the little girl, and, turning to the broker's man, changes him to a waiter with a steaming hot supper. The wizard disappears as they are settling themselves to the feast. This film illustrates vividly the song of the above title, while at the same time forming, independently of the song, a striking picture.

PAUL 1903