Aunt Jane's Nieces out West
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Baum Lyman Frank. Aunt Jane's Nieces out West
CHAPTER I. CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA
CHAPTER II. AN OBJECT LESSON
CHAPTER III. AN ATTRACTIVE GIRL
CHAPTER IV. AUNT JANE'S NIECES
CHAPTER V. A THRILLING RESCUE
CHAPTER VI. A. JONES
CHAPTER VII. THE INVALID
CHAPTER VIII. THE MAGIC OF A NAME
CHAPTER IX. DOCTOR PATSY
CHAPTER X. STILL A MYSTERY
CHAPTER XI. A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS
CHAPTER XII. PICTURES, GIRLS AND NONSENSE
CHAPTER XIII. A FOOLISH BOY
CHAPTER XIV. ISIDORE LE DRIEUX
CHAPTER XV. A FEW PEARLS
CHAPTER XVI. TROUBLE
CHAPTER XVII. UNCLE JOHN IS PUZZLED
CHAPTER XVIII. DOUBTS AND DIFFICULTIES
CHAPTER XIX. MAUD MAKES A MEMORANDUM
CHAPTER XX. A GIRLISH NOTION
CHAPTER XXI. THE YACHT "ARABELLA"
CHAPTER XXII. MASCULINE AND FEMININE
CHAPTER XXIII. THE ADVANTAGE OF A DAY
CHAPTER XXIV. PICTURE NUMBER NINETEEN
CHAPTER XXV. JUDGMENT
CHAPTER XXVI. SUNSHINE AFTER RAIN
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It was the following afternoon when Uncle John captured his casual acquaintance, Mr. Otis Werner, in the office of the hotel and dragged the motion picture man away to his rooms to be introduced to his nieces.
"Here, my dears, is Mr. Werner," he began, as he threw open the door of their apartment and escorted his companion in. "He is one of those picture makers, you'll remember, and – and – "
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"So do I," said Uncle John. "They'll combine the phonograph with the pictures, for one thing, so that the players, instead of being silent, will speak as clearly as in real life. Then we'll have the grand operas, by all the most famous singers, elaborately staged; and we'll be able to see and hear them for ten cents, instead of ten dollars. It will be the same with the plays of the greatest actors."
"That would open up a curious complication," asserted Louise. "The operas would only be given once, before the camera and the recorder. Then what would happen to all the high-priced opera singers?"
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