Betty in the Lions' Den (1913) Online

Betty in the Lions' Den (1913) Online

As a hero-worshiper, especially of the long-haired, silk-tied, eccentric kind, Mrs. Kate Long has no comparison. They congregate at her house and are lionized to their hearts' content. There is the bent, stoop-shouldered, white-haired scientist; the longhaired, saucer-eyed musical genius; the long-haired poet; the Hamlet-like tragedian: the artist with flowing tie and Parisian style, together with the dapper French count and the Lord knows who. To this throng of celebrities, Mrs. Long introduces her pretty country niece, Betty, who loves and is engaged to Tom, her manly country sweetheart. Mrs. Long insists that Betty shall marry a celebrity. "No country bumpkin," says she. So Betty, dressed in the latest and most expensive gowns, mischievously agrees. All the celebrities fall in love with her, to the great displeasure of Miss Zigger, a skinny old maid. Betty wires to Tom that her aunt needs a coachman and to come on. Tom gets the place. Betty reads in a newspaper about some Brazilian...