racter he played, but he was always "looking for trouble." Even in
the simple character of a country farmer he was apprehensive.

"I don't know how to use a hoe," he protested. "I'm sure to do the
wrong thing with it. I know something will happen!"

"How can something happen?" asked Mr. Pertell. "All you have to do is
to stand in a row of corn, and dig up the dirt with the hoe. You're
only in the scene about two minutes. Surely you can hill corn!"

"I never did it."

"I'll show you," offered Sandy, good-naturedly.

"Say!" cried Russ, "why not put Sandy in the picture, too?"

"Good idea!" exclaimed Mr. Pertell. "Sandy, get a hoe!"

"What! Me in movin' pictures? Why, I never acted in my life."

"So much the better. You'll be all the more natural!" said the
manager. "Get in the focus, Sandy!"

And the young farmer did. The scene seemed to be going very well, and
Paul and Alice in the role of country sweethearts made an effective
picture in the green cornfield.

In the background Mr. Bunn, Mr. Sneed and Sandy were industriously
hoeing corn. Suddenly the "grouchy" actor dropped his hoe, and
pulling up one foot so that he could hold it in his hands, he cried
out:

"There! I knew something would happen! I cut my foot with that old
hoe!"

"Cut that out, Russ!" called the manager, sharply. "We don't want
that in the scene."

"I stopped the camera," answered the operator.

An examination disclosed the fact that Mr. Sneed was not hurt at all.
His shoe had not even been cut by the hoe, which had slipped off a
stone because of his clumsiness.

"Go on with the play," ordered Mr. Pertell. "And let's have no more
nonsense."

Paul and Alice resumed their places. They assumed as nearly as
possible the pose they had when the break occurred. Russ began to
turn the handle of the camera. Sandy had to be excused for a time to
look after some farm work.

Later, when the pictures would be developed and printed, enough of
the film could be cut out so that the audience, looking at the
screen, would know nothing of what had occurred.

There are many trick pictures made, and many times little accidents
occur in filming a play. But by the judicious use of the knife, and
the fitting together of the severed film, all pictures not wanted are
eliminated.

In the case of trick pictures, or when some accident scene is shown,
the camera takes views up to a certain point with real persons
posing before it. Then the mechanism is sto