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- The boob is working in a country grocery store. One day, a farmer gets in an argument with him. Words lead to a fight and the farmer chases the boob out and up the street. In his endeavor to escape be jumps into an auto driven by a girl from the city who lives near the store. The girl assists him to escape. In the girl the boob sees the girl of his dreams, but in him the girl sees merely a boob. A traveling show comes to town and advertises for extra people for their show. The boob applies and gets the job. After several blunders he gets his part and comes out on the stage. The girl and her father are in the audience and see the boob make an ass of himself. A fire breaks out in the theater during which there is a stampede for the exits. The girl is left in the burning theater. Her father tries to save her but cannot face the flames. The boob rushes in and saves the girl's life. Shortly afterward, the girl and her father leave for the city and leave a note for the boob. The girl tells him that if he ever comes to the city to be sure and call upon her. Enclosed in the note he finds a check from her father telling him to use his own judgment in disposing of the money, but he would suggest that he use it in getting an education. The girl in the city grows tired of society life and longs for a real man. The shallow life and selfishness of the people she comes in contact with disgusts her. The boob has taken the girls advice and secured a college education. He returns to her rejuvenated and she is very much surprised at the change in him. The boob has indeed become another man. With the development of his mind, his character and even looks have changed. In him the girl sees all that she has been wishing for.
- With the help of futuristic technical inventions, a private detective investigates a bizarre murder case involving mysterious messages delivered in a small black box by the killer.
- A woman is in love with a dashing Army lieutenant, but her father refuses to consent to give him her hand. The daughter appeals to her father's patriotism, but when he fails to relent, declares her own independence.
- He was skinny and awkward, this hero, and he dressed as only a farmer boy without clothes can dress, but she loved him. And then appeared the villain shadowed by two villainous hirelings. And the villain saw pretty Nell and determined to have her, but our hero, single handed, held him until re-enforced by the constable. Arriving home, Nell finds the villain with her mother. The mortgage must be paid, or out they go. Then, realizing that Nell is the daughter, he offers to take her in place of the money due, giving them five minutes to decide. Then comes the hero. They tell him their trouble. Off he rushes and digs for his buried savings. Deeper gets the hole but fast passes the five minutes; they are up and she must pay the price to the villain, but just in time comes the hero with his savings and the villain is foiled. The lovers go forth, but he leaves her for a moment to gather a flower, when again appears the villain, and kidnaps Nell. But our hero follows and just as she is lowered on a rope over the edge of a precipice he grabs the rope and pulls her up, but the villain knocks him senseless. Tying his feet to the rope they drag him to a tree, telling him that the weight that drags on him is the weight of his sweetheart, and when his arms clutching the tree give out. She will drop to the bottom of the precipice. But, as his strength goes, help comes. Feeling the rope slack, our hero stands erect, resting his aching arms, but Nell slips back again and, as he is dragged along the ground, he clutches the long legs of the villain and drags him with him. The villain, however, has the upper hand and proceeds to pummel our hero, who is finally rescued. Torn and dirty, but every inch a hero, he finds joy in his sweetheart's arms.
- Plunged into the depth of mysticism and led by the ever-beckoning finger of science, the mirage of an Eleventh Dimension is always before the old professor's eyes. His concealed laboratory is filled with the latest chemical appliances and, in spite of his daughter's pleadings, his days and most of his nights are spent vainly searching for the unknown. Betty's joy in the love of young Lloyd Chambers is interwoven with anxiety for the state of her father's mind, especially as, for some unknown reason, he disapproves of her union with her lover and at the same time countenances the suit of his elderly friend, Dr. Lovejoy. Betty having retired for the night, the old man prepares to spend the hours in his beloved experiments. The electric furnace is at white heat. All the test tubes are laid out and retorts cast their reflections around. He transfers a few drops of liquor from one tube into another and a pale blue smoke arises, a flash, and to his distorted brain appears the image of a large cat. His hoarse cry of "success at last" is heard by Betty, who has crept from her bed and now stands at the open door of the laboratory. The terrible light in his eyes tells her that his brain has at last given way, and frightened, she closes the door. Dr. Lovejoy, interested in the old man's work, to a certain point, offers to bring one of his patients for experimental work, one whose life is despaired of. However, the sight of the laboratory quenches all desire for martyrdom in the visitor and he promptly refuses to lend himself. Foiled by his departure, the professor's twisted mind prompts him to chloroform the doctor and in an unwary moment the latter is drugged and strapped to the chair. Recovering consciousness, he pleads for mercy and the professor agrees to play a game of chess, the loser to give up his life, in order that he, the professor, may prove his theory that one lives after death. Beaten in the game, the doctor cheats and the old man turns the gun on himself and fires. A moment passes and he finds that he is still alive. Quickly he grabs the paper and writes, "This proves existence after death." Meanwhile, Betty, sensing something is wrong, tells Lloyd that her father and Lovejoy have been for hours in the laboratory. The police are called and the door is burst open. The wild exclamations of triumph from the professor are cut short by the discovery that the bullet has been deflected by his watch. The fact that he was not dead, not even hurt, is a sore blow to the old man's pride, but his sorrow is short-lived, however, for the sight of his daughter being embraced by young Lloyd restores his reason.
- The husband was suspicious when his new wife introduced an attractive-looking stranger as her cousin. He went out to think it over and entered a moving-picture theater. Wife and "cousin" also craved the movies, and entered a theater--the same one where husband was. The drama unfolded on the screen was an exact reproduction of the trio's lives, and troubled the conscience of wife and "cousin" exceedingly. It was also the spark which ignited the suppressed doubt and suspicion in the husband's mind. He started working with his Krupps. "Cousin" started playing hide-and-seek, and wife started bawling. As usual, her tears softened him, and after husband had worked off his ill temper, he forgave her. "Cousin" disappeared, and the only one who was inconvenienced was a nondescript gentleman who was thrown through the screen.
- "Fatty" is in love with a dainty little miss who is somewhat of a coquette, for she shares her affections with one Johnny Boston Beans, much to the chagrin of "Fatty." "Fatty" is given a dollar with which to pay the gas bill, but on the way to the office of the gas company he meets the idol of his dreams gazing wistfully at the goodies displayed in the window of a confectionery store. "Fatty" is sorely tempted, but resists manfully. It is too much however, when Johnny Boston Beans butts in and monopolizes the lady's conversation. "Fatty" falls, and, flashing his dollar bill, he proceeds to treat the fair one. Then to heap coals of fire upon the head of his rival he invites Johnny Boston Beans to accompany them. The dollar is soon spent for ice cream and candy, but poor "Fatty" is up against it for the dollar. When he returns home he feigns sickness to avoid any possible questioning on the part of his mother, and is put to bed. It is then that remorse sets in and he sees terrible visions of himself in a felon's cell. The next morning he sets out to earn an honest dollar to repay the one he has stolen. At the end of a day of toil, however, he has only fifteen cents to show for his efforts. His mother starts to prepare the evening meal and finds that the gas company has shut off the gas. His mother and father force from "Fatty" an explanation and he is forced to confess, adding that he "did it all fer love." This is too much for his parents. "Fatty" hears them chuckling and looks up wonderingly, only to be hugged to his father's breast and to receive his parents' hearty forgiveness.
- A framed inventor flees to England and catches a spy at Epsom.
- Vera, an heiress, while on a trip to the seaside, sees and admires Jack, an oyster dredger. She takes a fancy to his mode of living and through her lawyer proposes to change places and life with him for a time, placing all her property in trust with her lawyer. Jack finally agrees to the proposition and is installed in the wealthy girl's home, while she takes up the work of an oyster dredger. Vera's lawyer plots to force the girl to marry him as he has absolute control of all her property and she cannot gain possession without his consent. Vera is indignant at the lawyer's presumption. Jack tires of the life which is so different from that to which he is accustomed and decides to go back to his dredger. In a saloon, he overhears the lawyer make an insulting remark about the wealthy girl helping the oyster dredger and is about to attack him, when the crooked lawyer steps backward and falls into the sea. Jack and Vera are reunited as the story ends.
- A squire's son and a miner's son join the Scouts and foil a gypsy spy supplying petrol to U-boats.
- Nan Brenner is a toiler in one of the large department stores. Her mother, built on a large scale physically, virtually overawes the household. Her husband, failing to make a living in the past, she has taken in washing and forces him to do the labor. As a compensation for his work she gives him ten cents on every dollar that she makes. This sum immediately goes to swell the funds of the liquor trust. Jimmy Ford is a shipping clerk in a large wholesale house. Every evening he catches the car as it comes through the wholesale district and as the crowds usually get on downtown he always has a seat. He has noticed Nan many times and has offered his seat many times. She refuses each time. One rainy day he goes through the same routine and while waiting for Nan to take the seat, a laborer slips into it. Jimmy expostulates and a fight ensues, in which Jimmy throws the laborer out. Nan is weary and thankfully sinks into the disputed seat. When Nan goes to get off, she notices Jimmy has left his umbrella in the seat and takes it to him. He gets off with her and offers to share the umbrella with her. She at first refuses, and then reluctantly agrees. Jimmy gets a promise from Nan that she will go with him for a walk through the park the coming Sunday. At last the long awaited day arrives and the two lighthearted young folks set out. Passing several of her acquaintances. Nan hears them remark that she has a "steady." Near the zoo they see a poor drunken sot who is being baited by a crowd of boys. Nan, with horror, realizes it is her father. Jimmy, not knowing him, takes pity on him and runs the boys off and offers to take him home. Nan tells him it is her father and he tells to go on ahead that he will bring him home. Nan thinks her newly-found romance is over, for when they arrive home, Jimmy will see her home life as it really is. When Jimmy arrives home with the old man, his wife abruptly jerks him out of Jim's hands without even a word of thanks for his kindness. Nan has gone to her room and thrown herself sobbing upon the bed. As Jimmy starts to leave, he hears her and timidly knocks on her door. She bids him enter and he bashfully tells her that they had better go back and finish the rest of the peanuts he purchased. Out in the park later is found a young couple. The girl is shaking with sobs, while her protector has his arms around her vainly trying to soothe her. At last she raises her head and looks searchingly at him. Satisfied with her scrutiny, she surrenders into his eager embarrassed arms and as the story ends Jimmy takes his toll of kisses.
- The pair are staying at a summer resort at the beach. They both "spot" the arrival of the "peach." Eddie attempts to flirt with her, and she is coy but willing. Lee, too, cannot make his eyes behave, and a breach is beginning to appear in their friendship. Eddie finds that the girl is in her room and 'phones up to her, inviting her to take a stroll on the beach. She asks him if he is the one with "the winning smile" and he tells her he sure is. She agrees to meet him outside. Lee, meanwhile, has bribed the bellboy to spy on the girl, discovers the arrangement and beats Eddie to the girl. When Eddie comes in looking for the girl he sees her and Lee strolling on the beach. He hires a boy to feign drowning and when Lee bravely tries to rescue him, the kid jeeringly swims off. While Lee is playing the brave rescuer, Eddie gets the girl and takes her off for a stroll. Both the boys try to get the girl to marry, but she holds off and finally leaves for home, each of the pair getting identical letters, telling them that the boy that arrives at her house first will receive good news. There is a dash for the station, Eddie getting the lead by hiring the only auto in sight. Lee gets a motorcycle. There is a hot race between the two. Both catch the train and start on their journey glaring at each other. In a convict camp there is a row and convict 325 makes his getaway, catching the same train as the love-struck twins. The guards, seeing the convict catch the train, wire ahead to have him stopped. In the train, the convict removes the clothes of the sleeping Eddie and eludes the officers, while Eddie is taken for the crook. He escapes and in turn gets Lee's clothes. Lee is mistaken for the convict and Eddie haughtily denies that he is Eddie's friend. The melee ends by both getting free of the officer and with an even chance to reach the girl's house. Through a ruse, Eddie gets there first and is asking for the girl when Lee dashes up. The maid tells them that the girl has gone, and on seeing the woebegone expressions of the faces of the "pair," hands Eddie a letter saying her mistress left it for the young man that arrived first: Eddie gloatingly looks at his rival while he opens it to read the blissful news, but his expression quickly changes when he receives a curt note saying she has gone to marry "a real man."
- Vera Ronceval has been brought up in seclusion by her father, Amos Ronceval, a recluse. One day she meets Orthen Owen, an artist, and they fall in love. When Amos learns of this, he forbids Arthen to see his daughter, and in his rage suffers an attack of heart disease. Dying, he commits Vera to the care of her cousin, Mr. Ronceval, a lawyer. Mr. Ronceval takes Vera away with him to his city home. Arthen, unable to find further trace of Vera, falls upon evil ways, neglecting his art and finding forgetfulness in dissipation. Reduced to poverty, he makes a contract with Lee Varick, famous as an artist, whereby Arthen is to paint pictures, signing Varick's name to them. Varick has acquired his reputation by this traffic in the work of others. In the meantime, Vera has been living with her cousin, Mr. Ronceval, who is a friend of Varick's, and who greatly desires a match between Varick and Vera, Although Vera has never forgotten Arthen, she has, to please her cousin, conditionally consented to an engagement with Varick. One day Vera meets Arthen in his fallen condition, and learning the story of his fall, she tells him that she still loves him, and that she will break off her engagement with Varick. At the same time Arthen, obtaining a new lease upon his manhood, seeks Varick out to return the check just given him for the sale of his name and work to Varick. Vera calls upon Varick, tells him that she knows of his mode of obtaining fame and that she will not marry him. Varick, believing that he has her in his power, attempts to commit an assault upon her. Just then, Arthen, on his way to return Varick's check, hears Vera's cries for help and breaks into Varick's studio. He knocks Varick down and rescues Vera. He then takes her to her cousin, who, upon learning the whole story, gives his consent to the marriage of Vera and Arthen.
- An artist is blamed when her drunkard father shoots her brutal husband.
- Robert Granville and his bride return from their honeymoon and take up their residence at Granville's large town house. Before her marriage, Edna, the wife, was employed in a factory. Granville knows of this and Edna has promised him that she will try her best to learn the ways of the society in which they will move. Edna gives an afternoon tea to her husband's friends and among the guests is Marie, a former sweetheart of Granville's who is still in love with him. Edna also meets Herbert Conroy, a bachelor, who falls in love with her and begins paying her attentions. Shortly after this Edna attends a bridge party given by Marie and when the game is over finds that she has lost several hundred dollars. Not knowing that she was playing for money, Edna is greatly alarmed and is afraid to ask her husband for the money. Conroy asks that he be allowed to pay the amount and Edna accepts. She hides the score of the game which contains a notation of the amount she lost, in a locket that Granville has given her. She attempts to give the locket to Conroy for security for the money due him, but he refuses to accept it. Granville sees the affair between Edna and Conroy and believes that his wife is losing her love for him. He begins paying attention to Marie, while Edna receives the visits of Conroy. Finally Edna saves enough out of her allowance to repay Conroy and sends a servant with it. Granville sees the address on the envelope and is further estranged from Edna. Later they have drifted apart and Edna agrees to leave with Conroy. Marie attempts to get Granville to give up his wife and he is on the point of doing so when he realizes that he loves only Edna. He leaves Marie and starts home. As he arrives he finds Conroy waiting for Edna to meet him. Granville watches. Edna comes out and in the act of getting in Conroy's car changes her mind and tells Conroy that she loves her husband and that she will not desert him. Conroy attempts to force her into the car. Granville runs into the scene and after a struggle knocks Conroy down. The latter rises and, drawing a gun, fires at Granville, but Edna throws herself in front of him and is struck by the bullet. Conroy flees. Granville finds that the bullet has struck the locket, forcing it open, disclosing the hidden paper, the bridge score. Edna is not injured and she and Granville return to the house determined to begin their lives anew.
- Obscured by modesty and the ethics of the old school, old Doctor Jones, a master of his profession, pursues his practice in the village of Condon. A shunner of publicity and fame, his wife's work is wrapped up in promoting the welfare of his fellow-beings. Blackie, Jones' old horse, occupies a warm spot in the old man's heart. Richard Carleton, a young doctor, just starting out on a career, arrives in Condon with a view to locating there. He bears a letter to John Emerson, Condon's most influential citizen. Carleton meets Enid, Emerson's daughter, and a mutual affection springs up between them. The advent of a brother doctor is welcome news to Jones, as the increasing practice has become too much for one of his years. Jones pledges his friendship and assistance to the young doctor, a snobbish type, believing himself above all, and curbs his good intentions. In order that the outside world may benefit by his genius, Jones is a contributor to the leading medical journals, but will not permit the use of his name, using the non de plume of "Old School," and Carleton little realizes that the man whom he regards as a "has been" is the author of articles which have startled the medical world, and which the leading specialists have learned to look to for solution of knotty medical problems. Emerson takes a liking to Carleton and establishes him in an elaborate office. Slowly the remunerative patients, impressed by Carleton's fine office and up-to-date methods, go over to him, while to Jones falls the lot of caring for the non-payers, who are not welcome at Carleton's office. Poverty descends upon the old doctor but he is too proud to admit it. By self-denial, Jones manages to keep his wife and Blackie from want, and this is his contentment. The friendship of Carleton and Enid ripens into love and they become engaged. To Emerson, the happiness of his daughter means everything, and as he has always looked to Jones for council on weighty matters, goes to him to ask his opinion as to Carleton's worthiness. Even though he has been ridiculed and insulted by Carleton, Jones, who can think badly of no one, gives him a clean slate. In the midst of a reception attendant upon the announcement of her engagement to Carleton, Enid is suddenly stricken. Carleton's petty skill is inadequate to combat the case, but he is unwilling to admit his incompetence. He scorns Jones' offer of assistance, and as Enid steadily grows worse, and he is forced to admit his helplessness, he sends to Cleveland for two eminent specialists. A consultation discloses that an operation is the only hope, but the case puzzles even the specialists and they hesitate. Happening to rest his eyes on one of the "Old School" articles in the medical journal, Warren, one of the specialists, advises, as a last recourse, that they attempt to secure the aid of the contributor. Emerson places his wealth at their disposal, to take any steps in order to save his daughter. A telegram is sent to the editor of the journal, who, in answer, refers them to Jones. The master hand of the old doctor is successful in staving off death and the incident is the means of joining together the practices of the old and the young doctors.
- Because of the extravagance of his wife, Jim Mason's home is broken up and he becomes a thief. His first attempt at burglary nets him the famous Allison pearls and a most unexpected acquaintance with Florence Allison, whose home is about to be broken up through the neglect of her husband. Jim recalls his own lost happiness, and prompted by deep sympathy, he suggests a plan to restore her husband's love. In gratitude, Florence insists that Jim shall keep the pearls, which he does, only on condition that he shall return them in six months in case his plan shall have failed. The husband, upon returning after a night out with the boys, finds Florence bound and unconscious, and realizes that his neglect has placed her life in jeopardy. The shock rekindles his dormant love and Florence regains her happiness. The trust makes Jim face life from a new angle. To protect the pearls and make good his word of honor to a trusting woman becomes the ruling passion of his life. He faces and overcomes temptations to dispose of the pearls. Down on his luck, he drifts back to the old rendezvous, where one of the gang who has long suspected Jim has the pearls, determines to have them. In a fight which ensues Jim is injured and drags himself to the Allison home to redeem his pledge, as he believes his plan has failed. He finds Florence happy in the possession of her husband's love and receives from her his just reward.
- Helen Wright receives a note from her editor, saying he would like her to write a story, telling how two young people, thrown together, can fall in love within a month. Knowing nothing of love, Helen decides to make it a real story, so inserts an ad in the paper: Wanted, a nice young man as secretary to young brunette, first month as a trial. Helen Wright, 25 Fallon Street. Harry Smith, while passing Helen's house, becomes very much infatuated. The next day his valet desires to quit in order to apply for the other position. He gives the newspaper to his master, who decides, as a lark, to answer it himself. He does and is accepted. As the month goes along, very little work is being done, for they are both much in love. One morning Helen's maid complains of her jaw hurting. A doctor is called, who informs them that she has the mumps and the house must be quarantined for at least a month. Two policemen are stationed at the house. No one can enter or leave. The last day is up, the manuscript finished, but they cannot leave the house. The same day, a burglar enters the house. The maid pleads with him, in fact even goes so far as to kiss him, if he will leave. He insists that she hand over the jewels; she leads him to Helen, who is much more frightened of the mumps than the burglar. Harry enters, struggling with the burglar, sends the maid upstairs, tells Helen to call the policemen, gives her the revolver, takes the manuscript, and as the policemen enter, Harry dashes past them out of the house to the editor's office. The policemen take charge of the burglar, and leave. Harry finds it impossible to enter the house, but he does the same thing the burglar does, enters the window at the side of the house. Helen now has quite a sore throat. Harry enthusiastically enters and kisses her. She implores him not to, telling him that she has the mumps. That night, Harry hits upon a plan to elope with Helen. He goes to her room, throws a blanket over her head, leads her to his house, where he 'phones the minster. After the ceremony is performed, the minister insists, upon kissing the bride. She objects, but he insists. He does. Next day finds the minister with the mumps, the burglar in jail, suffering. The officer watching the house, also has a swollen jaw, and Helen and Harry cannot find room to even kiss, their faces are so swollen.
- The café oven, the proprietor's watch, the cashier, and the chef's irritable temper were among the things that made life unpleasant for the waiter. He and the chef were roommates, but the chef weighed 300 pounds and had a weakness for all the blankets on the bed, so the waiter usually found himself sleeping out where the breeze blew. Both the chef and the waiter loved the cashier. Neither realized his heart affair would interfere with business, but it did to the annoyance of patrons and the displeasure of the proprietor. The climax came when the proprietor's watch wandered into the chef's pocket and the waiter tried to put his mitts into the cash register. On top of this the waiter tried to talk to the cashier when the chef wasn't looking. The latter saw this from among his choppers and saws and started throwing instruments about. He did not realize these things cut until he thought he had killed a man and proceeded to put the body in a barrel. Proprietor, patrons, and waiters all start chasing the chef. All of them fall down cellar except the waiter. He seeks safety in the oven, and is almost incinerated before he is rescued.
- Young husband and wifey had a quarrel right after the honeymoon. Hubby went out in the park and flirted with a lady who had black eyes. The lady was his mother-in-law, but he didn't know it. For spite, wifey also indulged in a flirtation and landed a doubtful-looking fellow by the name of Hank. Hank's wife also got into the flirting fest and picked up wifey's father. The whole crowd went to dine, but unfortunately picked out the same cabaret. In cabarets the logical place to hide is under the table, but when the six of them attempted to hide from one another under the same table, the result can be imagined. Patrons, waiters, and proprietor, with other innocent parties, get mixed in the shuffle and four cops are required to straighten things out.
- Little Gwendolyn was just sixteen years old. Her disposition also resembled a young calf's and she loved to romp with father, who unfortunately was inclined towards anemia and only weighed ninety pounds. Father couldn't stand these gambolings and went out in the park to look for a mother for his child. Not being particularly attractive, he attempted to win by wits what he couldn't by beauty, and wrote a note to a lady sitting on a bench. This note contained belittling remarks about Hank, her escort. Hank unluckily got the note, but threw it away. It lit on the next bench where a prize fighter was talking with his lady friend. The prize fighter naturally thought the disparaging remarks were intended for him and went over to remonstrate with Hank. Meantime, little Gwendolyn went out in the park to look for a mate. Hank was the first specimen she encountered and she then and there decided he was her ideal. Hank tried to shake her but she wouldn't shake. Also her new-found love made her frisky and she wanted to gambol about with Hank. Meantime, her papa had nearly landed a wife, when daughter came in with her 300 pounds, and ruined the match. Hank now decided this mastodon must be painlessly although surely murdered. In making the attempt everything went wrong. The cops were involved, papa also was involved, and Hank got dissolved. After the unpleasantness had subsided, papa found he had no wife, Gwendolyn had no mamma or no Hank, and Hank had no girl. In fact, no one accomplished anything they had started out to do.
- Pedro is a violin maker. One day while his talented ward, Marguerita, is playing on a new violin that Pedro has made, Maurice Puello, director of a theater, comes in with a violin of his own to have repaired. He hears the girl play and is enraptured. He persuades her to come to his theatre and give a rehearsal. She is shy at first, but Pedro, too, urges her to accept, and she agrees. Her first appearance is a great success, and Pedro in the audience, wildly applauds her. Pedro decides to make a special violin for her and lavishes his love and experience in the work of art for his sweetheart. At last the work is completed and he goes to the theater to give it to her. Waiting at the stage door, he sees Marguerita and Maurice come out arm in arm. He is overcome with jealousy and disguises himself as a blind beggar in order to watch the girl. One night as he is playing, Maurice and Marguerita come by and are attracted by the music. The girl immediately falls in love with the violin and they try to buy it, but he tells them he has made it for his sweetheart and refuses to sell. He shows it to them and they see an inscription on the back "to my Marguerita.'' Pedro, in anger, discloses his identity and furiously breaks the violin across his knees, throwing the pieces aside. One night Pedro wanders into a café in the Latin Quarter and while sitting at one of the tables, sees Marguerita come on the performers' stage and give a rehearsal. He calls one of the waiters to him and, giving him a coin, tells him to take it to the girl and request another performance. The girl asks who sent the coin and Pedro is pointed out to her. She is surprised, but consents and renders a very touching melody. She goes to the table where Pedro sits, still playing and asks for forgiveness. He is about to turn her aside when he notices that she has the violin he had made for her and then broken. He is overcome by the evidence of the girl's devotion to him and the two unhappy hearts are once more full of gladness.
- Harry finds a wallet stuffed with bills in the park. The "fat beauty" is seen in the distance and Harry drops his wallet when she is near and pretends it is hers. She pockets the money. Later, she carries on a similar flirtation with two other admirers and then goes home. One of them has presented her with a valuable necklace which he attempts to secure. He follows her to her room and then sees her disrobe. She has a false wig. Henry writes a note to Harry saying that if he disguises as a burglar he may recover the necklace. However, before he has an opportunity of sending the note, Miss Jane, the fat beauty, discovers him and he runs away. A real burglar then attempts to steal the necklace, the police follow him and the shots blow off the fat beauty's wig amidst much excitement.
- Jeanne Doré's profligate husband is hopelessly addicted to gambling, and is threatened with expulsion from his club because of his heavy indebtedness to another gambler member. Confessing his disgrace to his wife (Mme. Bernhardt), she offers to save him from disgrace by selling her jewels. With the money thus obtained he goes to his club, determined to pay his debts and live up to the pledge he has made to his wife to gamble no more. However, the lure of the roulette wheel overcomes his resolve; he loses all his money on "just one more turn of the wheel," and rather than face his disgrace, commits suicide. Left with her young son to support, Jeanne Doré is forced to sell her remaining possessions and live as best she can until her husband's uncle takes pity upon her and buys for her a small stationery shop in Paris. Here mother and son prosper until the boy reaches early manhood. One day he falls suddenly and violently in love with a married woman, who comes to his mother's shop to make purchases. An intrigue with the unscrupulous female leads the young man to murder the same uncle who had befriended himself and mother. The youth, with the assistance of Jeanne Doré, makes good his escape. Well clear of immediate capture, the boy comes back to the scene of his crime and succeeds in his efforts to once more affect a liaison with his mistress. By accident he is discovered and captured, thrown into jail, is tried and convicted of the murder and sentenced to the guillotine. Even in these desperate straits he seeks to gain some response to his affection for the woman, who promptly spurned and repudiated him. He prevails upon his devoted mother to become a messenger in his service and her appeals, likewise, fall upon deaf ears. Instead of telling the boy that her quest has been fruitless, Jeanne Doré goes to the prison herself, on the evening before the boy's neck is to be given to the knife, and poses as the woman he had expressed himself, to his own mother, as the one he most wished to see. The boy goes to the guillotine, and the final scene depicts the devoted mother in the extreme agony of watching, from a window across the street, the execution of her son.
- Senor La Bullio was a fierce, wild lover and also the village barber. He made the big hit with Senorita Hitchey Koo, until Mr. Perkins, the globe trotter, appeared. The latter made an easy conquest of Senorita, but made the mistake of talking about it when he went in to get a shave. Senor Bullia had him conveniently in the chair with an assortment of razors within reach. Mr. Perkins cursed bis glib tongue and the Senor reached for them. Perkins' regrets didn't appease La Bullio, and he tried to get out. The Senor was a better runner than he, however. Other rivals had this fact impressed on them when they got in the way of the sprinters. The Senorita turned out to be a fickle jade and shook the bunch.
- Before Madge married, Dr. Carr had been her family's physician for years. To Madge, a sensitive, high-strung girl, he was more than a physician; he was much the same as a father. Jim Rothwell, Madge's husband, is a rising young attorney, a fighter, who has been nominated by the reform party for Court Attorney. The political machine fears his election and its results. They search his private life for campaign material. There is nothing. In desperation they determine to compromise him, and to create a scandal that will attract the ill-favor of the public. Mrs. Wiley is brought from another city for the purpose. According to the plan, she visits Jim at his office, to consult him relative to purchasing some real estate. In preparation for the denouement of their scheme, a confederate has established himself in a neighboring office as a broker. Mrs. Wiley lays down a liberal fee and Jim, unsuspecting, gladly accepts it. As the woman leaves the office, Jim bids her a temporary adieu with marked politeness. Madge, who has been out on a shopping tour, approaches in the hall. She is inclined to treat the incident lightly. She secures the necessary shopping money from Jim and departs. Jim leaves a bit late that evening; the janitor has entered to start work. As Jim throws on his coat, the janitor calls his attention to a lady's handbag on the chair. Examination shows that it contains money. Jim decides to take it home and call Mrs. Wiley on the phone to inform her of her loss. That evening a member of Jim's party, who in reality has been secretly bought over by the crooked politicians, finds an excuse to visit him. He is there when Jim calls Mrs. Wiley over the phone about the pocket-book. Madge has stepped into the room adjoining. As the phone message is about finished the friend knocks a vase to the floor to attract Madge's attention. Madge enters in time to hear her husband's closing sentence, which, in itself, sounds compromising. At sight of the pocket-book her first suspicions are aroused. After the friend's departure, Jim turns her inquiries aside with the characteristic remark of a busy man. Several days later, Jim complies with Mrs. Wiley's request to accompany her to the real estate in question to appraise it. On the way to the place in a taxi, the pair are observed by Madge coming from a matinee. She hurries to her old doctor, Carr, and confesses her fears to him He is inclined to laugh them aside, but lightly tells her that if she is suspicious she should watch her husband. Madge leaves, taking the advice to heart. While Jim is looking over the vacant house he first becomes suspicious that some sort of trap is being laid for him. He catches a glimpse of a man lurking near the house and observes Mrs. Wiley in a suspicious attempt to signal him. Once back at his office Jim gets in touch with the campaign chairman. Two detectives are sent to consult with Jim. He explains his suspicions and it is decided that the detectives shall keep a close watch to forestall any attempt to compromise him. Returning home, Jim is about to tell his wife of the affair, but he decides not to cause her any unnecessary worry. It may all be a mistake. Next morning Jim leaves the house to be followed shortly by his wife. At the office Jim receives Mrs. Wiley. Madge has observed her enter the building and has followed, pausing in the hall. Mrs. Wiley, her back to the door, has quietly slipped the lock. She approaches Jim. Madge tries the door, and finds it closed against her. Mrs. Wiley plays her card on the instant; she rushes to Jim's arms and embraces him. Madge looking through the keyhole, sees enough to convince her of her husband's perfidy. She staggers from the building and rushes home. Jim, meanwhile, has tried to fight off the woman. Mostly as the result of her own efforts, her hair is torn down, and her dress badly disarranged. The confederate from the adjoining office, breaks in the door and throttles him. And then Jim's detectives, waiting nearby, rush in. Mrs. Wiley and her companion are arrested. Jim leaves for home to tell his wife of the whole affair, as a huge joke to be laughed over now at the politicians' expense. Meanwhile, Madge has called up Doctor Carr. Over the phone she says, "I took your advice; good-bye." She writes a hurried note: "Jim, how could you do it? I saw it all, the other woman, the kiss. God be kind, it is the end for me." When Jim reaches home, he finds it empty. Doctor Carr. now fearful his advice has gone amiss, makes for Jim's residence. He arrives as Jim finishes reading the note found on the table. He sees the haunting, fearful, questioning look in Jim's eyes and, his lips trembling, the doctor confesses. The old doctor is heart-broken. Madge, after all, was like an own child to him. Now she may be dead. Jim jumps to action. Hailing an auto, he makes inquiries and learns that his wife went in a certain direction, toward the lake. Jim follows with the doctor, crushed and broken. They race for the country. They arrive in time. Madge, her face turned toward the sunset wades, like one in a dream, out into deeper water. Jim calls her, rushes to her aid, and in the final scene matters are explained with the old doctor sorely repentant.
- Desire, Goody Margin's ward, is a waif from one of the French colonies. She is distrusted by the stern Puritans of old Salem. Goody Martin dies leaving her herb lore secrets to the girl who practices them. The old governor meets her and, being struck by her beauty, tries to kiss her. She slaps him and he never forgets. Later the fear of witchery spreads through the colonies. Desire's hut is burned and she is pursued and stoned until saved by Margaret Maiden, for whom she becomes a maid. Here Margaret's fiancée, John, meets and falls in love with the little maid whom he calls a very witch in all truth. Later he sees her dancing wildly and freely in the wood and his love cannot be repressed. He catches her in his arms and kisses her. She admits her love for him, too, but then remembers Margaret. Fearing to spoil the love of one who has been so good to her, she goes back to the woods. It is forbidden for any woman to practice what is called black magic in Salem. Desire, on a visit to the town, sees a woman burned and is horrified. Margaret falls ill. The doctor cannot help her. Desire comes back to see her. She knows the herb that will make her well, and despite all protest, goes ahead. Margaret recovers, but Desire is arrested as a witch. In her cell she is sentenced to death as a witch. John and Margaret visit her and say good-bye. Later the old governor comes in. He says good-bye and taunts her. Finally he offers her freedom if she will yield to his love. She laughs in his face. Later she is led out to execution. John comforts Margaret, but he thinks of the other girl, who goes to her martyrdom in that hour. And, as the flames creep about her, Desire bows her head in prayer.
- The Pokes and Jabbs families, neighbors, live across the hall from each other in the same apartment house. The fearless Mr. Pokes is very much bossed by his wife, a suffragette, while Mr. Jabbs is the ruler in his own home. Mrs. Jabbs has just been presented with a new coat by her husband, and. meeting Mr. Pokes in the hall, asks his opinion of it. While Pokes is admiring the coat, his wife, hearing his voice in the hall, peers through the keyhole and mistakes his admiration of the coat for affection for Mrs. Jabbs. Jabbs, at the same time, also hearing voices in the hall, looks through the keyhole and decides to punish Pokes for his familiarity with his wife. Jealousy is aroused in both families and Jabbs and his wife quarrel, the result of which is that she leaves to go to her mother. Mrs. Pokes leaves home to attend a suffragette meeting and Jabbs, learning of a mask ball, persuades Pokes to go as his escort. Jabbs dresses as a woman. Arriving at the ball, they learn that the ball has been postponed. Disgustedly, they start toward home. A policeman gives them quite a chase, but they elude him by dodging into a saloon. The kindly bartender gets in wrong by offering his services and when they beat a hasty exit through the side door, they are confronted by another policeman. Pokes gets rid of him in a peculiar fashion. after several mishaps they arrive home. Jabbs has forgotten his keys. Pokes, becoming brave immediately, offers to put him up for the night. They proceed to retire without removing their clothes. The suffragette meeting being over, Mrs. Pokes returns. A horrible discovery meets her gaze upon entering her bedroom. Jabbs, in female attire, occupies her bed. Wild with rage, she rushes to the Jabbs apartment to inform Mr. Jabbs of his wife's actions. Jabbs, hearing the clatter on the door, beats it out the window to the fire escape. About this time. Mrs. Jabbs returns repentant. Entering her own apartment, she sees a woman lying on the couch and fails to recognize it as her husband. With a piercing shriek, she rushes to the hallway and faints. Jabbs again aroused, makes his exit through the window, and for the fire escape to the Pokes' apartment, begging Mr. Pokes to hide and protect him. Mrs. Pokes arrives on the scene and Jabbs makes for the hallway, but in so doing leaves his skirt clutched in the hand of Mrs. Pokes. Explanations follow, and what at first appeared to be a horrible catastrophe, turns out an innocent prank.
- Hubby is insanely jealous of his wife. One day she is taken ill and Hubby hurriedly takes her to the hospital. She is assigned to the ward which is in charge of Dr. Watt. The doctor is interested in the patient only in a professional way, but Wifie admires his looks and Hubby's jealousy comes to the front. He takes her back home. Wifie has left her purse at the hospital accidentally and the doctor, feeling that she will be worried, goes out of his way to return it. Hubby leaves the office early to be with his wife, and coming in, finds the hated doctor with her. Angrily he orders him out and tells Wifie that the next time he will kill the doctor. Wifie decides to spend a day with a friend and as she is going up the steps of the friend's house, she sprains her ankle. The doctor who is accidentally passing, sees the accident and decides to take her to the hospital for treatment. Hubby is worried over his wife's prolonged absence, and, 'phoning to the friend's home, finds that she is in the care of Dr. Watt. He fears the worst has happened, and getting a large revolver, goes to the hospital and demands to see his wife. The attendant tells him that she is in the care of Dr. Watt and that no one can see her. Hubby pushes him aside and rushes into the hospital. There is a lively chase before he finds her but at last he breaks into the room just as the doctor is holding her hand to test her temperature. Hubby is caught and put in a straight jacket and put to bed. The doctor feels his pulse, which is above normal on account of his anger and orders him strapped up. Hubby escapes, however, and eluding his pursuers, gets home. Wifie and the doctor arrive and the doctor tells Hubby he has had a good example of what jealousy will lead him to and cautions him to control himself. Hubby agrees that the advice is good and as the picture closes all is serene.
- A clumsy maid entertains her ex-employers on her legacy.
- Both crooks, on the pleading of the girl, determine to turn square but with the provision of turning just one more trick. The first could not foresee that the second had placed a time bomb in the safe when he went to rob it. Likewise, the second could not foresee the other was going to pay a visit to the booty after he had planted the explosive. But worse, neither could foresee that a gang of burglars were contemplating carrying off the safe and that there were police loitering nearby. All this leads to events whereby the safe is suspended from a twenty story skyscraper with a man locked inside and a time bomb threatening to go off in five minutes. The burglars on the roof did not realize they were defying the law of gravity when they attempted to pull the safe over the eaves. This was impressed on them, however, when the safe exploded. The man inside the vault also learned a lesson on the laws of gravity, and the same thing was impressed on the other crook and the girl when they least expected it.
- A newlywed's wife mistakes her glove for another woman.
- Archibald Bait, while visiting with an old chum in a north woods town, goes out on a big time with him and refuses to be taken home when his friend thinks he has had enough. Bait, in a struggle, to free himself from his friend's detaining hand, strikes him down with his cane. Thinking that he has killed him, Bait flees in terror. The next morning, still running away, he meets an Indian chief in the woods. Bait, in full evening dress, is a strange object to the Indian, as is the Indian to him. Each runs from the other, badly frightened. Bait comes to a lumber camp and seeks rest. The boss is in love with his foreman's daughter and the cook is extremely jealous, and on seeing them making love, faints and falls under the table. Dinner time comes and the cook is missing. Bait is made the cook. A sheriff arrives during dinner and talks of the escape of a convict murderer. Bait thinks he means him and hides in the girl's room, frightening her. She shouts for help. The boss runs in. They fight and in the struggle bump against a curtained corner. The escaped convict-murderer jumps out from his hiding place and after a struggle, escapes into the dinner hall where the lumber jacks capture and bind him. Bait returns to his cooking. The fire is low. Bait pours oil into the stove. It blows up and he is knocked down. The hands run in and find him speckled with soot. Thinking he has smallpox they run him out of the camp. He runs to town and finds his chum uninjured.
- A factory girl makes use of the National Baby Week Council while a slut's baby dies.
- Dr. Harvey Beldon is in love with Aida Dale, the daughter of Prof. Dale, with whom Beldon is associated. While friendly with Dr. Beldon, Aida's heart is in the keeping of Dr. Dyer, a specialist on diseases of the nerves. Prof. Dale decides to spend some time at a certain observatory. Dr. Beldon, realizing the hopelessness of his attempt to win the hand of Aida, decides to apply to the girl his new method of auto suggestion. To this end, he brings into play his whirling disk. Aida succumbs and falls into a state of hypnosis, and Dr. Beldon gives her his suggestions: viz: that every hour of her twenty-four, whether asleep or awake, she will both see and feel his personality near her; that she will forget the personality of Dr. Dyer, and in the end, surrenders herself to him, Dr. Beldon. The suggestions having been given, Beldon awakens Aida, apologizes for the presence of the whirling disk, and bids her good-bye. In the mountains, Aida is left to her own resources, for Prof. Dade's time is given to work in the observatory. She takes to wandering about the hills, meets the villagers, and listens to tales that amuse and at times frighten her. But always she is conscious of thoughts of Dr. Beldon. She endeavors to throw these thoughts off, but is unsuccessful. One day while ministering to an aged crone, she hears a tale, which has to do with the presence on the mountain of a mysterious dog. Later Aida is startled at the presence of a huge dog which drinks at the stream, then starts off. Curiosity overcoming fear, Aida calls to the animal. The dog comes to her, evinces a friendly disposition and then runs away. Again she comes in contact with the animal, and to her great joy, succeeds in keeping him near her for a considerable time, finally coaxing him to accompany her home, but failing to coax him into the house. Later Aida and the dog are together upon the mountain when the animal, in an excess of affection, suddenly rises upon its hind legs and rests its fore feet upon her shoulders, gazes into her eyes. Instantly the form of the dog merges into the personality of Dr. Beldon. Time and again this hallucination asserts itself, until, as Aida's mind weakens, she comes to encourage the dog's original action, each time metamorphosing the dog's personality into that of Dr. Beldon. Ere long, Prof. Dale comes to realize that his daughter is not herself. Following her into the mountains, he witnesses her actions with the dog, real to Aida, but alarmingly significant of an unbalanced mind in the eyes of her father. Alarmed, he sends for Dr. Dyer. Together they question Aida, who laughingly tells them of the materialization of her canine playfellow. Dr. Dyer draws from her the story of the whirling disk, suspects that his rival used it upon Aida and hastens to bring Dr. Beldon to the scene. He then forces his rival to undo the damage he has done to the innocent girl. Dr. Beldon slinks away. Aida recovers her mental equilibrium, and Dr. Dyer loses no time in making himself her life-long protector.
- Mary Grey, a young working girl, is in love with Chip Malone, a young fellow, who, while not bad at heart, has, through evil associates, learned to shirk work and spend in drink what money he is able to obtain. Discouraged by her failure to reform him and hopeless when Mary loses her position, she can see no way out of her troubles but suicide. An item in a newspaper to the effect that a man has swallowed bichloride of mercury, and is awaiting the slow death which that poison brings, suggests to her the means to carry out her plan. She goes to a drug store, asks for the same poison and takes the box to her room, where she swallows the contents. Meanwhile in the room next to Mary's another tragedy is about to be enacted. Rorie Graves is the son of the district attorney of the city, a boy weak in the face of temptation, who has sunk lower and lower until he has become the member of a gang of thugs, which is being prosecuted by his own father. When the gang decide to do away with the district attorney and the lot falls to Rorie to carry out the crime he realizes the error of his ways and shrinks from the gang, who proceed to deal with the traitor. Mary hears the struggle, and, only conscious of the fact that someone is in danger, hurries into the presence of the gang and denounces them. Rorie grasps the opportunity to escape and when Mary returns to her room she finds him hiding there. He tells his story to Mary and she decides to save him. Together they hasten out to go to Rorie's father. On the way there they learn that Rorie's father has been shot by a member of the gang. This upsets Rorie so that he enters a saloon with Mary to brace himself with a drink. There a moment later detectives, who recognize Rorie as a member of the gang, arrest them, but as they lead their prisoners out Chip, who happened to witness the arrest, stands them off with his gun and Mary and Rorie escape to Mary's room. There Chip, who has also made a getaway, joins them. Leaving Rorie in her room, Mary hastens to the district attorney's residence and fetches Rorie's mother, who is overjoyed to clasp her wayward boy in her arms again. Meanwhile, the detectives have located the building where Rorie is hiding, but Mary, by a clever ruse, decoys them to the gang's room instead, and the thugs, as well as Mary, are handcuffed and led off to the police station. There Mary awaits the approach of death. When Chip arrives with the doctor, who has examined the box which Mary believed would be her death, he brings the news that the contents of the box was harmless and that the wrong label was used. Surrounded by the laughing policemen, Chip, who has also learned his lesson, pledges his love for Mary anew.
- Jane and her brother live in the north woods. Jim, a ne'er-do-well, is in love with Jane and she reciprocates his affections. Jane's brother, Tom is a member of the Northwestern Mounted Police, and while on a furlough, notes the growing change in Jane. One day he surprises her while in Jim's arms. Tom recognizes Jim as a card shark and drunkard and warns his sister of the man. Jane, lover like, refuses to believe any ill of her sweetheart. Tom goes back to his patrol and one day receives a summons to arrest a murderer. Jim has engaged in a card game, is caught cheating, and kills his accuser. He escapes and goes to the girl's home. While he is trying to get her to help him get away her brother Tom comes on the scene. He tells Jane of the man's record and she tells him she knows it and that he must help Jim escape Tom thinks of his oath and refuses. He and Jim engage in a fight. Jane gets Tom's gun and is going to hold him while Jim escapes. The murderer gets a knife and is about to attack Tom when the call of her blood rises within Jane and she shoots her former lover thus saving the life of her own blood brother.
- Billie was playing a cornet and thought he was the only fellow making a noise. Oscar, his rival, however, was blowing a trombone in the near vicinity and the girl evidently preferred sonorous notes to light airy ones, as she picked Oscar and left Billie blowing flat notes. This made him sore and he attempted to throw Oscar into the creek. They both fell into a sand pile. Her ill feeling was not helped when Oscar got a job playing solos in the village meeting house which Billie had been trying to land for a month. Billie took a lemon to the concert, however, and when Oscar commenced his solo, Billie sat in the front row and squeezed the sour fruit. This so puckered Oscar's tonsils that he couldn't blow a note. The concert was upset and Oscar chased Billie onto the roof. Billie thought he was going to escape in the bell, but he didn't know Oscar was going to ring it from below. Neither did Oscar realize the roof was going to collapse when he chased Billie out on it. Also the girl did not realize the roof was going to fall on her, nor did the congregation want to get hit with plaster. But they all did.
- Daughter liked the plumber, but father couldn't see the pipe twister as a husband for his only child. When he made a visit, father was rude and requested him to leave. He came back, but had to stand outside in the cold and talk to his sweetheart through the second-story window. He was not there long as daughter plugged up the sink with some of her own blonde hair. The sink overflowed, and father was forced to holler for the plumber. Of course the plumber who responded was daughter's sweetheart. All would have gone well had he not gotten the pipes mixed up and connected the gas pipe to the water pipe and vice-versa. Meanwhile father had guests to dinner. They got water when they wanted gas and gas when they wanted water. Finally, someone who failed to realize that gas and matches were uncongenial caused an unexpected explosion. Fire departments, life nets, thrills, police, excitement, and a canvas net in which a fat man got stuck, come on in rapid succession. The plumber saves the family, but himself falls into the cellar in five feet of cold water.
- Robert Fuller is a grain broker with a beautiful daughter, Hilda. The old broker discovers that his confidential man, John Sherwin, is in love with his daughter and that this love is returned. He objects to the union, informing Sherwin that he aspires higher than a clerk as a son-in-law. The two men have an argument. Sherwin remarks that with modern business methods he can go out on the market and whip Fuller. Fuller challenges him to do it and discharges Sherwin. Sherwin goes into business for himself as an operator and corners the wheat market, ruining the old man. Hilda is angry, as she thinks that Sherwin has ruined her father merely through vindictiveness. She cleverly tricks him, causing a fall in the wheat market, and buys in all his holdings while her father is sick in bed from shock. She later learns through a letter from Sherwin that his action has only been perpetrated to convince the father that he (Sherwin) could make good, and with the hope of finally winning the hand of Hilda. The girl is sorry for what she has done. She is appalled to learn later that Sherwin had been shot by a crank who heard of the operator's amassing a million dollars in one day and who had demanded ten thousand dollars. Hilda had cleverly bought in all of Sherwin's holdings when the market fell. She has an interview with her father and tells him of Sherwin's intentions. Both go to the hospital to see Sherwin. where Hilda makes a clean confession of her act. Sherwin takes the matter good naturedly, congratulating her on her cleverness. The story ends happily by old man Fuller remarking that no harm has been done as the money still remains in the family. He gives his consent to his daughter's marriage, telling Sherwin that the firm will now be Fuller and Sherwin.
- Mr. Rawsberry imagined he was getting away with a little flirtation when another park pest appeared and attempted to horn in on the affair. The lady was not paying any attention to either of them and she walked off quickly. They also walked off quickly after her. but Mr. Rawsberry made a mistake and walked into the police station where a hard-looking judge was sitting. He managed to walk out again but met another lady and followed her home. She lived in an apartment house and her husband had an ill temper. A sharpshooter lived next door and a lady was taking a bath across the hall. Mr. Rawsberry would have liked to walk out of this, but this was impossible and instead he walked into the sharpshooter's room. The sharpshooter didn't like company and Mr. Rawsberry was forced to walk out again and into the bath room where the lady was. More unpleasantness arose when the park pest got into the same house and antagonized the sharpshooter. Everybody walked out again but back into the police station, where the hard-looking judge got good and sore at so many interruptions. A cop went through the wall. Mr. Rawsberry hit the judge on the stomach with a mallet, and the sharpshooter outstripped all his previous records as a marksman. Mr. Rawsberry was cured of flirtation.
- Prosperous young brokers Bill and Bert are rivals for the hand of Florence, the daughter of wealthy, socially-prominent parents; each seems to have an equal chance. Bert employs a stenographer, Violet, the sole support of her mother and small brother and sister. One day Bert realizes how beautiful she is and makes advances to her, which she scornfully rejects; he discharges her soon afterward. The following Sunday when she has the children in the park, they wander away during their play and Billy, also walking in the park, sees one fall. He takes the child to its sister and an acquaintance begins. Bill, being in need of a stenographer, advertises, in the paper for one and Violet, seeing the ad, applies for the position, among other girls. When she is taken in to see Bill he recognizes her and gives her the position. Bert, calling a few days later, finds Violet, taunts her and attempts to kiss her. Bill hears the struggle and comes from his private office; he and Bert quarrel and fight. Bill gets the better of Bert and drives him from the office. Bert, smarting under his defeat and anxious for revenge, goes to Brown, the proprietor of a bucket shop and a mutual friend of both, and induces him to help him ruin Bill financially. Florence calls at Bill's office with a wealthy woman friend who wishes to invest a large amount of money. She places it with Bill for that purpose. At that moment Brown, accompanied by Bert, calls Bill on the phone. Brown tells Bill he has the chance of a lifetime to make a fortune by buying copper, as it is going up fast. Bill struggles with what to do, as the money left to him to Invest tempts him, and he finally yields to the temptation. Violet, the stenographer, sees that something is wrong, and when Bill comes to her to write the letter enclosing the check to Brown and telling him to buy copper, she, after he has gone, changes the word copper to steel, and the order goes through that way. Bert and Brown, thinking Bill has invested heavily in copper, drive the stock down and down. Steel continues going up. When steel has reached a high figure the manager of the brokerage concern calls Bill on the phone and tells him he ought to sell. Bill cannot understand, as he believes he bought copper and not steel. When he goes to Violet to find out about the letter, she is gone, having left at once, as she thinks she is betraying his trust. Bill sells out at an enormous profit. He realizes what Violet has done for him and goes to hunt her up at her home. Bert meantime goes to Florence and tells her Bill is ruined. She consents to marry him. Bill finds Violet at her home and they both realize that they love each other. The story ends as they are about to embrace, watched and laughed at by the kids.
- Billie was a groom, but he had a secret hankering to be a social lion and when the baron was absent he posed as the latter gentleman. The affair started well, but the maid he had promised to marry recognized him making love to the heiress and told her brother, who had a nasty temper and carried weapons. Billie had to take back the maid, but only temporarily, as he got away and attended a reception in his honor at the heiress's home. The vendetta, however, mistook him for the real baron they wished to assassinate and threw bombs at him. These had a disturbing effect on the dinner party and everybody tries to get away gracefully, but with haste. Billie ran into a shed, but a bomb followed and exploded in his rear. Billie immediately went up. His descent was much more rapid than his rise, and several unpleasant obstacles were met with on the way down. Another man got the maid and the baron got Billie.
- Among the various freaks of the side show are the strong man, Herculo, and the beautiful Circassian maid, Yum Yum. Herculo showers his attentions on Yum Yum, and she, greatly admiring his handsome figure, accepts his ardent wooing. Their spooning during business hours, however, conflicts with the notions of the show manager. He is forced to give strict orders for the regulation of their conduct in public. Now, Hamus, a broken-down actor, whose acting days are plainly all over, arrives via the railroad ties with his grip. He is awfully hungry. Spotting the mess tent of the side show, he tries to steal a handout, but is discovered by the irritated chef. Poor Hamus is roughly handled until the manager, arriving to straighten matters out, sees how skinny Hamus is. He immediately recognizes Hamus' value as a living skeleton, if added to his collection of freaks, and makes a proposition. Yum Yum, attracted by pity for poor Hamus, urges him to accept, so they shake hands on it. Yum Yum's actions arouse fierce jealousy in Herculo. But these actions of his only cause the Circassian maid to turn all her attentions to Hamus and Hamus, in his seventh heaven, reciprocates. Then Herculo, enraged, starts a riot, in which he decidedly gets the worst of it, and which the manager has a hard time quelling. Finally Herculo, recognizing that he must use other tactics to win back the heart of Yum Yum, places a photo of a woman inscribed "Your loving wife" among the effects of Hamus. Yum Yum finds the photo, and sure that Hamus is false, throws him over and returns to the exultant Herculo again. Humas' protests of innocence are useless. He pines away at a great rate, becoming thinner every day. The manager sees this and doubles his salary, making the other freaks sore. Then a woman with ten children come to see the show. It is the woman of the fatal photo. She sees Herculo and recognizes him as her long lost husband. The kids clamor about him yelling "Papa." Yum Yum, in disgust, collapses in the arms of the happy Hamus.
- The four young married folks were all cursed with the artistic temperament, but unfortunately, in humoring it, they all got into the same studio unknown to each other. Bill's wife went to look at paintings. Bill went because he saw a swell-looking model going thither, and the latter's husband went because he imagined himself a connoisseur. Bill got confused at so much art and tried to tickle a lady's toes. She turned out to be his own wife and Bill made a quick exit back to the next room where the other model was. Her husband entered at this moment and didn't like to see his wife in draperies and a pleasant smile. He showed his displeasure so strongly that Bill put on a gladiator's suit to avoid the smoke and excitement. This didn't help him as a policeman tried to arrest him for indecency. Bill tried hard to escape. His wife also ran. The other husband and wife also got into the running, followed by two persistent cops who attempted to shield the ladies from the public's gaze with their coats. Everybody fell into a big ditch except Bill, who got out and covered the rest up with wet sand.
- The story opens with blind beggar Peter von Helm seated on the street corner, playing a battered old violin and reviewing his life in memory. He is shown first on the eve of his triumph, in a large hall, playing to fashionable guests who applaud him wildly. A Miss Winton comes to meet him with her mother and asks him to their home. He refuses and rushes home to his expectant wife. Arriving,, he finds that a daughter has been born, but her mother is dying. He holds his wife in his arms as she passes away. A few weeks elapse and Miss Winton and her mother call upon him. The girl finds him in a receptive mood for sympathy and by a clever ruse forces him to hold her in his arms. Later he marries her. 18 years elapse. He lives in a beautiful home, run much too wildly by his wife. He sits alone in his study, reading a note from his daughter Margaret, telling of her proposed visit home, while his wife entertains lavishly in the gambling hall below, and flirts with Franklin. Von Helm, descending at length to his guests, finds her in Franklin's arms. At that moment his daughter arrives and he forgets all in the happiness of their meeting. Norton, his scheming friend, makes a play for her and the wife, to further her plans, decides to throw them together. Later, as she is planning for them to run away together, Von Helm enters in time to stop them. He turns in a fury on his wife and Margaret, and Norton escapes. He follows his wife to her boudoir and as he turns on her, she throws a lighted alcohol lamp in his face. When the doctors take off the bandages, they find he is blind. All is lost to him and he starts on the downward path. His vision ends and he rattles the little tin cup, begging for coins. 'Frisco Mag', who is his daughter Margaret, the lowest type of woman of the streets, comes along and seeing the beggar, gives him a few coins and speaks to him. Instantly he recognizes his daughter's voice and clutches her by the arm, finds that it is true. Overjoyed, the two cling to each other and she takes him home to his little tenement room. Then she walks to a corner of the room, smooths her hair, and takes off her cheap jewelry. When she kneels at his feet, he runs his hands over her smoothly parted hair and smiles a sigh of relief. He takes her in his arms and offers up a silent prayer.
- Shultz stops at a sea-side hotel. His eyes are attracted by a widow who is also a guest. She reciprocates and welcomes his advances. Lillian and Tom are staying at the same hotel. They are engaged. This rollicking young couple make great sport of Shultz and the widow. These happy conditions are suddenly and rudely upset by the arrival of a royal Duke. He has come to America in search of a wife. His highness is accompanied by his faithful flunkey. Things are upset because Lillian and the widow immediately lose their hearts to the handsome Duke, and the Duke loses his heart to them. Shultz and Tom are mighty mad. At last Shultz and Tom take things into their own hands. Lillian receives a note informing her that the flunkey is the real Duke, incognito. Thinking she is putting one over on the widow, Lillian switches her attentions to the flunkey. Tom and Shultz then capture the Duke and flunkey, Shultz disguises himself in the Duke's clothes and Tom follows his example, donning the flunkey's regalia. They then shave off the royal beards, which they glue on their faces. The unfortunate Duke and his flunkey are then crammed into a trunk. The trunk is shipped over a rough route to the wharf, where it is ordered sent back to England. Meanwhile, Shultz and Tom impersonating royalty undetected, carry things on with a high hand. Shultz, as the Duke, proposes to the widow and is accepted. Tom, as the flunkey whom Lillian thinks is the real Duke, incognito, is also accepted by Lillian. The trunk containing the two miserable men flops into the water from the wharf. Its occupants have a fearful time getting to shore. They arrive back at the hotel just in time to witness the wedding of Shultz and Tom. The impostors are unmasked. The brides are horrified and resentful until they see the dreadful sights presented by the Duke and his flunkey. They are then mighty glad they married real men after all.
- Lizzie is the household drudge. One day she sees a notice in the paper that one of the inmates of the Royal Harem of the Sultan of Turkey has escaped from her luxurious home. Lizzie resolves to pack her belongings and get a place in that harem, where she will be kept in the "lap of luxury." The keeper of the Royal Harem of the Sultan is having his troubles, too. His master is angered that his wives are escaping and notifies the keeper that the next time a woman escapes off goes the keeper's head. Lizzie arrives at this strenuous time and finds her way to the harem. She tells them that she wants to be one of the harem girls and tries to break her way in. when they attempt to keep her out of the harem. She finally wins her way in and is amazed at the luxurious sights that meet her eyes. She is determined to meet the Sultan, and asks to be taken in. but all in vain, for the keeper of the harem throws her out. Just at this time another of the Sultan's wives escapes and the keeper is in despair for, if he can't capture her, off will go his head. Meanwhile. Lizzie has gone dejectedly on her way. She is accosted by the escaped woman, who is still in her harem costume and she tells of her ambition to become a harem girl. The woman gladly exchanges clothes with her, in order to assist in her own escape. Lizzie comes on arrayed in the harem clothes and is pounced on by the keeper and his guard, who are searching the town for the fugitive, and taken to the harem, believing she is the one they seek. Lizzie is brought in and thrown among the other women. They see she is a stranger and ply her with questions. Lizzie tells them she has come to be the favorite of the Sultan. Lizzie is taken before the Sultan and her ruse discovered. She is about to be thrown out, when the Sultan's favorite wife halts them and questions Lizzie. Back at home Jed has been pining for his Lizzie and sells his possessions and sets out. He arrives in the Turkish capital and immediately sets out looking for Lizzie. He slips into the harem and wins his way into the Royal Baths, where the women are taking their ablutions. There is consternation and Lizzie is brought on during the excitement. It had been decided to make a slave out of Lizzie and have her wait on the other women. This was quite a blow to her as she had expected to hold the highest place among all the women. She rebels and sadly thinks of the home she has left. When she sees Jed she is more than glad to join him in an attempt to escape. There is a chase around the baths, which results in Jed and Lizzie breaking out of the harem safely. They make all speed for the boat, and, as the picture fades, they bid a heartfelt farewell to the land of the harem.
- Mr. Crabb has a wife who is addicted to flirting. A young novelist receives a letter from a woman admirer who signs herself Alice R., and who makes an appointment with him in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. The novelist and Alice R. start out to keep the appointment. As a stranger passes the apartment house of Mr. and Mrs. Crabb, the latter flirts with him; whereupon Mr. Crabb who has seen the action, sets out with his wife to make an example of the stranger. Meanwhile, Alice R. has arrived at the park with the novelist. Mr. Crabb has a fight with the stranger and is knocked down for his pains. The Crabbs continue on and go for a stroll in the park. The novelist mistakes the wife of Mr. Crabb for Alice R. and speaks to her. Mrs. Crabb in the meantime has been flirting with another man and her husband goes for a policeman. The novelist and Mrs. Crabb chat for a few moments and then the latter suddenly leaves him on seeing her husband in the distance. Alice R., who has been taking a glass of soda, leaves the fountain and comes upon the novelist. The latter is doubly surprised to meet her. Mr. and Mrs. Crabb become separated and Mr. Crabb mistakes Alice R. for his wife. Several amusing situations follow in rapid succession, in which Mr. Crabb is nearly arrested. Husband and wife return home, while the novelist again meets Alice R. and tells her that she was the inspiration for his novel.