Gay Nineties Live Again

[Music] old Dobbin starts out for the Russian are in the good old days of horse cars this is the way they hurried to the office and that two horsepower speed was considered the last word in progress a Marvel of its day as was the motion picture Flicker and all a rare piece of the earliest Motion Picture news photography steam locomotives Hall New York's elevated trains housewives in secondstory dwellings enjoyed all the advantages of a steam bath grand for curtains and things from the looks of this scene at 42nd Street and fth Avenue the automobile has come to stay and the Derby too here's one of the busiest Corners in the world the mad rush of a metropolis Horatio aler News Boys shouting their Wares horse cars streaking down the street and do you believe those comedy cops appeared only in early Hollywood here's the real [Music] thing Bertha the sewing machine girl hard at work but the day is over and Bertha and her sisters leave all decked out in the latest style yay night's fashions for the poor Working Girl [Music] the pride of the will dressed woman and man appearing in The Season's new Fashions on Old Fifth Avenue here are those police again hurting the first Subway crowd the day New York Subway open it's all a hustle and a bustle imagine those dresses in a rush hour today now it's to the field of sports in the good old ' 90s a bit of strenuous exercise sport clothes have their points as well as their stripes it's a he-man's game as one can readily see score is L all why doesn't she take that hat off what action what speed what stamina better look in the mirror before laughing at these [Music] hats crowds greet the greatest of modern actresses the Divine Sarah on one of our American tours a rare picture indeed of the great tragedian classic [Music] features it is given to few people to cause as much mert as America's lovable comedian John bunny one Twist of his face and a nation roared besides inventing the telephone the Scottish American scientist was devoted to research and experiment to Aid the death Teddy ruselt and his rough writers triumphantly returned from San Juan Hill and the Spanish American War truly remarkable early movie they hadn't started the use of ticker tape and confetti for Heroes in those days but probably Teddy would not have liked it there's TR himself riding with his [Music] men in 99 he became New York's governor and again the Rough Riders are with him a great leader a strenuous American benefactress of a world Madame cury discoverer of radium Nobel Prize winner and first woman elected to the French Academy the wizard of Meno Park America's greatest inventive [Music] genius the beginning of a great public career friends gather around Professor woodro Wilson as do the well-dressed cameramen he's receiving election returns in his race for the New Jersey [Music] governorship Chicago's Michigan Boulevard teamed with activity near the turn of the century Motorcars compete with horsedrawn vehicles for the right of way tandems like these rushed many a passenger in station buses along Lal Street and Market Street in San Francisco seem to have everything too except traffic regulations with these new fangled automobiles caring in every direction a man's life isn't safe street cars are surely accommodating right side left side they stop anywhere for a fair lady [Music] passenger the Golden Gate City is up to date too with its fairy [Music] bus nothing can ever take the place of this oldtime thrill fire horses rushing to position at the sound of the Bell straining at the bits in their Mad Dash through the streets a noble animal specialized and devoted in his task now gone forever in the saving of men's life and property Neptune's Fair daughters gossiping before the dip in the Deep or are they just modeling these new bathing suits here they come down the line my she has a originality or something greatest Bevy of blushing Beauties ever to face a judge of stand was there ever such a conglomerate aggregation of vated costumes such an array of champion glamour what Supreme confidence what Poise what Grace everyone a winner in her own opinion all the dash of it the youthful Spirit the UT bravado like fairy Queens with parasols for magic wands how winsomely they smile how proudly they model their own ideas of what a bathing costume should be how cly they strive to charm the deciding judges May the best girl win then next year maybe she can ride lady good ia's White [Music] Horse they did it then as they are doing it now only they had more hair to do then there's nothing so new about the up off the face [Music] haird as for fashion models we'll back up the girls of yester year against those of today plume coinness and [Music] all now now we're really seeing something we never witnessed a better team in the shsh no that isn't the shsh it's the v no it's the wal no it's the twostep well take your choice anyway we call that real [Music] teamwork things certainly were on the up and up at corny Island puppet twinkles his toes on the tight rope and then mama with equal nerve and grit amazes the gaping crowd with with a few demonstrations of how she leads a balanced existence it's a heavy responsibility for the tight R anyway the crowd likes it Sweet Apple Blossom time and a gliding ride back home smooth sailing these spring days with the birds chirping everything vibrant with life the leisurely way of yesterday is over a new has taken its place another era starts a faster life and the wheels of the world move on [Applause] [Music]