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Learn more- The Bereaved Parents: The first view discloses a living room scene in the home of a well-to-do farmer. The good old farmer and his wife are well past the prime of life; living with that one sorrow in their otherwise happy unison; they are childless. But this regret is doubly intense in its significance. An old-fashioned oval frame, wreathed with Immortelles, sustains the pictured faces of two beautiful children; called to the great beyond years before our story opens. The mother is seen to look fondly at the retrospective likenesses, then sink sobbingly to a nearby chair. Her husband rushes in excitedly. He has noticed the advertisement regarding the children, which he reads to her. She at once decides he must obtain them for adoption. He barely has time to make the city train; so packs an old valise and is hurriedly off on his eager mission. A Salvation Lassie: The wearer of the blue bonnet is on an errand of mercy to the garret that the two little waifs call home. New clothes for the little boy and clean bedding for the dying mother are provided. Farmer Finds Homeless Children: Then we witness a meeting between the old farmer and the little girl. She tells the old gentleman of her mother's distress. He gives her money and bids her return to provide immediate necessities, while he goes to the Army Headquarters. Drunkard Tries to Rob His Child: The drunken father sees the child receive the money and attempts to rob her, but the little girl escapes to her protector. Farmer Interferes: The old farmer soon convinces the drunkard that he is going to defend the children and their sick mother, and when the toper becomes too aggressive the good old man justly beats him into submission. Drunkard Follows His Daughter: Then the coward thinks of an easier way to appropriate this charity money, and waits to follow his daughter. The little one returns to her sick mother, and, as she tells of her new friend, the brutal father enters and despoils them all. Drunken Brute Robs His Family: He strips the little boy of the clothes the Salvation Army lassie has given him, and then, so low has he fallen, he takes the clean bedding provided for his helpless wife. The Price of Liquor: Then we see him enter the pawn shop with his booty, and next, with money, into a low grog-shop. The Dawn of Hope: The following scene shows a meeting between the officers and the old farmer. He explains his wishes and is introduced to the members, who have the case in charge. During this meeting we see a Salvation Army parade, and the interior of their Belief Headquarters, where food is given to the poor. (Posed and arranged absolutely correct by staff captains and brigadiers of the regular army staff; themselves taking part.) The little girl arrives and tells her friend, the Salvation lassie, of the robbery just committed by her father. The Blue Bonnet to the Rescue: Another basket is filled, and, enlisting the services of the old farmer, the Salvation Army lassie takes the child along and returns to her dilapidated abode. The Mother Dies, Her Prayer: After making an earnest appeal to the farmer to care for the future of her children, the poverty-stricken mother pays her life as a sacrifice to sin. The lassie, the children and the farmer kneel in prayer. The Drunkard's Return: The father, now steeped in liquor, staggers in, stumbles, and falls exhausted over the kneeling farmer's feet. Justice Deals the Penalty: Without a seconds hesitation the old man seizes him and hurls him through the garret window. An old photograph gallery adjoins the attic, and we see the last of the brute as he disappears through the skylight. The farmer coolly returns and finishes his prayer. The Deliverance: Then we see the children arrive in their new country home, both the farmer and his wife vying with each other in showering attention upon them. The Salvation lassie stands framed in the open door thanking God for their rescue. "The Blue Bonnet" mission is ended. -- The Moving Picture World, May 2, 1908
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