Max in the Alps

• 1910
• Other, Comedy

Max has fallen in love with a pretty widow staying in the Alpine district. The widow is not at all certain that her light-hearted adorer will not soon turn to other loves. She proposes, therefore, as a test of his devotion, that he shall gather her a sprig of edelweiss, that rare flower that is only to be found on the tops of the mountains. Max starts out to execute his mission, and with his immaculate silk hat, light cane, and accurately creased trousers commences forthwith the ascent of an Alpine peak, evidently considering that the warmth of his passion will keep the cold out. He sights one of the blossoms through his telescope and heroically plunges through the snow, prodding his way with his stick and stumbling, slipping, and falling. Now he will disappear almost entirely beneath a mass of snow, with the top of his hat only to be seen, the next minute he has emerged and is struggling upwards. It is a hopeless task to attempt to describe the whole of the climb, which is rich in humor of the right sort. We will pass over the various incidents until the time when Max, having measurably decreased the distance between him and the longed-for flower, makes a false step and falls down the mountain. Luckily he is unhurt, but his spirits and his silk bat are both crushed. He screws his eye to the glass, takes a peep at the far-away flower which seems to mock at his misery, and decides to relinquish the task. He accordingly picks himself up and makes his way towards his hotel. On the way he meets an edelweiss seller, and in an instant makes up his mind what to do. He purchases a blossom, and bearing it away with great care, lays it in triumph at the feet of his enchantress.