But, as to the other side of the cardboard, the sieve has its place in higher symbolism.

It has been recorded by many a sage and singer that the Almighty Powers sift men like wheat.
Here is the picture of a bowl: [Illustration] Roman equivalent, the letter K.A bowl seen through the photoplay window on the cottage table suggests Johnny's early supper of bread and milk.

But as to the white side of the cardboard, out of a bowl of kindred form Omar may take his moonlit wine, or the higher gods may lift up the very wine of time to the lips of men, as Swinburne sings in Atalanta in Calydon.
Here is a lioness: [Illustration] Roman equivalent, the letter L.The lion or lioness creeps through the photoplay jungle to give the primary picture-word of terror in this new universal alphabet.

The present writer has seen several valuable lions unmistakably shot and killed in the motion pictures, and charged up to profit and loss, just as steam-engines or houses are sometimes blown up or burned down.

But of late there is a disposition to use the trained lion (or lioness) for all sorts of effects.