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- The restaurant is crowded with hungry patrons and the proprietor is frantic at the absence of his chief chef, Debean, who is late as usual. Soon Debean arrives and after affectionately bidding the pretty cashier good morning he slowly draws off his kid gloves and majestically surveys the hungry crowd. The proprietor greets him like a long-lost brother and proudly escorts Debean to the kitchen, where the army of helpers await their chief's arrival and things soon start to hum. Soon Mr. Millions, a millionaire grouch, who is very particular about his meals, enters the café. The proprietor to show his great esteem for Mr. Millions decides that the millionaire shall give his order direct to the chief chef. Debean is called and on getting the order he retires to the kitchen and alter many mishaps the steak is garnished, fit for a king. Debean is so pleased with his work that he decides he will serve the meal himself. Debean waits on the millionaire in grand style, loads the table with good things to eat, then retires to the kitchen with the idea that he is the greatest chef in the world. His dream does not last long, for Millions having a peevish grouch that morning finds fault with everything, which results in a fight between himself and the proprietor in which the steak is used as a deadly weapon, people being knocked right and left with it. After much damage is done, Millions is finally ejected. The proprietor then scolds the chef, which results in the chef and his force quitting their jobs. Later the chef sees the proprietor make love to the cashier; the chef in a jealous rage sneaks into the kitchen and plants a bomb in the broiler and in his mad haste to get away he becomes locked in the kitchen, which results in an explosion blowing the chef, pots and pans in all directions.
- Father and mother await their son for dinner. Son is busy with his companions, fighting over a pie. The pie lands in a policeman's face, and son beats it home. Now son loves blackberry jam and so does father. Father is sparing with his son, but generous with himself. Naturally the son resents; and that starts the trouble. Mother, meanwhile, is having her troubles in the kitchen with the cook and the steak. The steak catches fire and mother calls for help. Father runs out to assist. Billy goes for the jam. When father returns the jam is gone and so is Billy. Billy retires to the back yard to flirt with the little lady across the way. Later, he makes a raid on the cupboard, while father sleeps, to get jam with which to satisfy his lady-love. During his absence a rival arrives; Billy and the rival, George, decide to fight it out. And while the lads fight, the girl makes off to share her jam with another boy. The two fighters discover her cruel deception and shake hands in their sorrow. Father, well, that is the finish, and it is side-splitting.
- Jiggs is informed that he will win a large fortune if he marries a certain girl, the choice of a dead relative, whom he has never seen. He is called away on business, however, and carelessly leaves the letter lying on a table. Even while he is on the way to the station to answer a business call, a wire arrives, stating the young lady is on her way. The butler, finding the "fortune" letter, also gets the telegram, and decides to impersonate his master, and cop the heiress. The young lady arrives and the butler gets busy at once. He has figured without reckoning, however, for the cook, a lady of proportions, is deeply in love with him, and she promises to interfere with his love making. He dumps her into the coal bin with little ceremony. The chauffeur, finding the note, also gets "wise," and attempts to get the heiress for himself. A terrible mixup follows when the cook frees herself from the coal bin and proceeds to vent her wrath on the chauffeur, the butler and the wealthy young lady, as well. After various desperate combats, Jiggs arrives in time to save his affianced bride from a very embarrassing situation, and to kick his three faithless servants out into the cold world, where they land in a still colder water fountain, their ardor sadly dampened, and their longing for an heiress completely drowned.
- 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.
- John Smith, farmer, has two daughters, one pretty and the other fat and unattractive. The farmer wishes to marry off the fat daughter to Reuben, a neighbor. Lizzie and Reuben think well of the match until the pretty daughter, May, returns from a visit. Reuben throws over Lizzie and bestows his attentions on May. Lizzie complains to her father who kicks Reuben out. Reuben hires two ruffians to kidnap his lady love. The kidnappers become confused and kidnap the wrong girl. Meantime May's real lover arrives and urges her to go auto riding with him. Reuben is waiting at the justice's office. The kidnappers are pursued by the farmer. Funny situations pile up during the chase. Arriving, Lizzie recognizes Reuben and makes a dive for him. Reuben realizes that something is wrong and attempts to escape. Father and the neighbors arrive, but when the father discovers it is Lizzie that has been carried off and not May, he holds the crowd back to allow the marriage to take place. Reuben throws Lizzie out of the window, the father shoves her back again. There is a wild scramble until Reuben makes his escape and bikes it down the road.
- Snitz is asleep, dreaming of extreme wealth. He awakens to observe the sergeant of police making love to a pretty girl. He is immediately smitten and watches his opportunity to make the girl's acquaintance. In due course of time he declares his love for her, but she expresses her preference for brass buttons and a blue uniform. After consideration, Snitz decides to become a policeman. He is appointed to his rival's precinct a place that has been over-run with gangsters. The sergeant discovers Snitz making love to his girl and in order to get rid of him, he sends Snitz out, single-handed, to capture the gangsters. But instead of pursuing, Snitz is pursued by the gangsters. There are hair-raising chases through streets and over roofs. At the top of a chimney Snitz and a gangster have a struggle; they fall down the chimney into the police station. Snitz, realizing where he is, turns his man over to the captain as though he had captured him. The captain immediately strips the sergeant of his badge, and places it on Snitz to the anger and jealousy of the sergeant.
- Andy is very strong for the landlady's daughter, who likes him, although the landlady objects. Upon the count's arrival on the scene, the landlady picks him out as a possible suitor for her daughter. Andy, for revenge, picks up Snitz, who works in the park, and introduces him to the landlady as the Baron von Glutz. He dresses him beforehand in the count's uniform, so that he will look the part. He has an understanding with Snitz that when the latter cuts out the count he will retire in Andy's favor. Snitz, however, likes the new title so well that he refuses to retire when the proper time comes. Andy, in revenge, tells the count that Snitz is wearing his uniform, which arouses him to fury, with disastrous results to Snitz.
- After his sweetheart leaves him, a man decides to commit suicide. Unable to do it, he joins a suicide club, where, for a fee of $5, someone agrees to assassinate him at three o'clock.
- Reuben catches his wife flirting with the farmhand. Sore, he leaves for business. Arriving at the store, he finds his clerk flirting with the customers. He calls the clerk down and tries to wait on the customers himself. In comes a traveling salesman. Reuben's wife finds she needs something at the store. When she arrives she finds her husband too busy to wait on her. She looks around and flirts with the traveling salesman. When the customers leave, Reuben sees the salesman and his wife flirting. He kicks the salesman out. The wife naturally feels sorry for the salesman. He apologizes for the trouble he has caused her. The constable sees them talking and informs Reuben. Reuben shoots the place up. The salesman escapes. In the meantime, a burglar, dressed similar to the salesman comes out of the window. The constable starts on his trail. He rung into the salesman who is about to take a swim. The constable takes the salesman's clothes. The salesman escapes. Running to the house he jumps through a window and sneaks under the bed. Reuben comes home and starts talking to his wife about her past doings. To his surprise he feels hands on his foot. Pulling the salesman out from under the bed, he starts shooting. The salesman escapes, but is pursued.
- Gus and Arthur are rivals for the hand of the fair Emma. Both propose at different times and are accepted. Arthur returns and finds his rival with Emma. A fight ensues which results in Emma's father ordering his daughter to choose one or the other of her lovers. This being too much of a mental effort, her father decides that the first lover to bring the Justice of Peace may claim Emma as his bride. The lovers dash off. Gus gains possession of an ancient hack and, arriving at the cross roads, changes the signs, thereby confusing his rival, who takes the wrong road. Gus finds the Justice, loads him into the hack and starts madly back, which results in the carriage breaking in half, depositing the Justice in the road. Gus, not hearing the calls of the Justice, continues madly back to the house. Arthur, on arriving in the wrong town, is mistaken for a horse thief and is thrown into jail, but in time, by a supreme effort, he tears the bars apart and escapes, followed by the Justice who arrested him. They arrive at Emma's home and the Justice finds that Arthur is the wrong man and makes amends by performing the ceremony. Gus arrives in time to hear the final words pronounced. The other Justice, enraged by the treatment received, follows close on his trail.
- Olive and her sweetheart leave school. Olive's mother, giving her some bread and jam, makes her mind the baby on the porch. Her sweetheart comes for her. They go away and leave the baby. They play around the corner and the baby creeps away. She makes the acquaintance of a bulldog and creeps on toward a cliff on top of which she sits and plays. The mother, now anxious, discovers that the baby is missing. She arouses the neighbors to help her look for her. Meanwhile, the dog decides that he wants some jam. He runs to the baby, follows him off to the base of a tree. After feeding him jam, she falls asleep. The mother, finding the shoe which the baby left on top of the cliff, imagines that she has fallen over. The neighbors help her climb down the cliff. After a series of mishaps, they discover the baby.
- This comedy picture has, in addition to several other big features in the story, a terrific explosion when a house and barn are destroyed. Another main feature will be an automobile dashing over a cliff, tumbling headlong down the mountainside and crashing to pieces at the bottom. Immediately after this, a motorcycle, which is madly pursuing this automobile, follows in its wake, landing in the middle of the wreckage at the bottom.
- Snookee, to revenge himself on his hated rival, invokes the aid of the instructor in hypnotism. He uses his new-found powers with great success. He runs for the preacher and hastens the preparations for the wedding. All goes well until the hypnotist encounters the rival and releases him from the spell. The rival comes on the scene just as the minister is tying the knot for Snookee and the girl. Then real trouble starts with fast and furious fun in evidence every moment.
- Snitz is so ardent an admirer of the stage that he overlooks such small trifles as rent. The landlady asks his wife for the rent. After strong persuasion from the landlady's husband, who is also too strong to work. Snitz starts in search of a job. Naturally he turns to the stage as an appropriate vocation. He applies at the local temple of Thespis, but in spite of his showing samples of applied histrionics, he is cruelly turned down. He returns home discouraged. In the meantime the leading man of the troupe, which is about to play Virginius, becomes incapacitated through too frequent visits with John Barleycorn. The stage manager is in desperation and takes the costume and part to Snitz with instructions to prepare for the matinee performance at once. Snitz rehearses with so much enthusiasm that the people of the house decide that a murder is being committed and call in the police. Snitz escapes and runs to the theater, where the audience is impatiently waiting for the arrival of Virginius. Virginius arrives, followed by the police, with exciting results both to Snitz and the audience.
- Springtime. Everything in nature is awakening. A pretty girl in a boat is drifting. Sterling sees the girl and becomes infatuated. At the same time another man sees the girl and he, too, falls in love. They pursue her in boats, each unaware of the other. The girl escapes on shore, where the two men meet and the rivalry begins. By a peculiar ruse Sterling manages to best the other rival and win the girl. He brings her to a lawn dance and makes a hit with the guests by bringing such a pretty girl. The other man in the meantime makes the acquaintance of a Salome dancer and surprises the party by appearing with her. The shapely form and grace of the beautiful dancer completely unbalances Sterling's mind and he rushes madly to her. The rival naturally objects and a sword duel is the result. The rivals turn out to be terrible cowards, and the affair of honor turns out to be a fiasco. In the mix-up that results the Salome dancer escapes into a public park, with the park police in hot pursuit, trying to cover her up. They are chased to a bridge where the rivals, in mortal combat, pitch headlong into the water sixty feet below. The efforts to save the rivals from drowning result in the most comical incidents imaginable.
- The widow, Lizzie Prune, a boarding house keeper, has three lazy boarders, who, though short on money, are long on the eats, never failing to appear at meal time. Lizzie is in love with Arthur, the handsome boarder, who repulses her advances at every turn, she being despised by all three of the boarders, who merely tolerate her on account of the easy living gained at her house. After grumbling about the dinner, the three boarders seek a comfortable spot in the garden, where they may pass the time until the next meal, leaving Lizzie to wash the dishes, chop wood, scrub, etc. While strolling in the garden, Arthur discovers a little boy playing with a torn letter, which is addressed to Lizzie Prune, stating that she has fallen heir to $50,000. Upon reading this part of the note, Arthur dashes off to where Lizzie is washing dishes and surprises her by making violent love and insists upon washing the dishes for her. Meantime Gus and Max, the other boarders, see the note, which causes rivalry between all three of them; they chop wood, sweep floors, each trying to outdo the other, and win the widow. After a fight all three propose. Arthur is Lizzie's choice and they are married, much to the disgust of the other rivals. After the ceremony the newlyweds take a stroll in the garden, where they meet the child with the torn letter. Arthur's dream of wealth vanishes, when they match the pieces of letter together and find it reads that Lizzie's uncle left her $50,000, but owing to the uncle marrying since the will, the money would all revert to his widow. Arthur, upon learning this, makes one grand dash to escape, but his newly-made wife will not let him get away so easy. The chase leads to the river, where Arthur, seeing no escape, jumps overboard followed by his wife, who captures him in the water and plants an affectionate kiss upon his brow.
- Two hallroom boys decide to attend a dance in their hotel. They possess but a single suit each and get busy "fixing" up. Harold sends his suit to be pressed, but Percy presses his own, and while so doing burns a hole in the seat of his trousers. He sees a bellboy returning with Harold's suit and at once "cops" it Harold, in the meantime waiting for his suit, grows impatient and sneaking into the hallway learns of Percy's theft. He grabs the first cover at hand and sneaks down near the ballroom, trying to regain his suit. Percy is having troubles of his own in the ballroom, however, for a hurriedly discarded cigarette causes a hole to burn in the suit he is wearing and his efforts to put it out cause him to seek seclusion in a corner, where he is found by Harold. The rightful owner of the suit demands it, for he is clad in his underwear and a portier, but Percy objects to return it. A fight for possession of the suit follows and in it both young men lose their coverings, and are carried into the ballroom where the fright and fight grows till both boys forswear dancing and ballrooms forever.
- Expedition leaves Key West, Fla., for Bermuda. Encounter huge crocodile, which is captured, after big fight. Then is shown another big fight with porpoise, which is also captured and hoisted on to ship. Bait is thrown out later to catch shark. Shark bites and is captured.
- Billy and Bob love Olive, but the dainty Miss prefers Billy. One day Bob comes upon her as she is embroidering Billy's initial on a handkerchief, which she presents to him later. Bob is angered by her open preference for Billy and he shows it. She, undaunted, runs him from her presence with the point of her sewing needle, and a short time later is content to find her true lover. Billy, basking in her smiles. To revenge himself upon her, Bob steals her unguarded doll, and with true villainous intent, casts it into the waters of a nearby cave. Then, in his exultation, he sends her a note by a boy telling her what he has done. The note is intercepted by Billy, however, who dismisses the messenger and sets out to rescue the doll himself. The messenger returns to Bob and tells him everything is all right, and the young villain smilingly awaits results. Meantime Billy, with his constant companion, hip dog, arrives at the cave, but in his anxiety slips and falls into it. He finds himself upon a ledge just above the water, in which the doll is floating and, in a quandary, he at last decides to send his dog for help. He throws the handkerchief up out of the cave, and the waiting dog gets it and takes it to Olive. She follows the dog back to the cave, but is unable to help Billy. Olive then sends the dog for a rope which he gets and after some severe pulling and tugging by both the dog and Olive, Billy is pulled from the cave. He has the rescued doll with him which he secured with the aid of those above and the rope, and Olive once again smiles as she hugs her wet treasure to her breast. Bob, smiling in anticipation of his revenge nearby, is seen by the lovers, and Billy sends his dog who chases the young villain away, which leaves the sweethearts happy and contented.
- Heinze and Meyer are neighbors, a delicatessen owner and a grocer, respectively, and one day Meyer visits Heinze's grocery store where the old cronies sit and drink hard cider, while they discuss the probabilities of a treasure chart, one of them has accidentally discovered. As they sit sipping the cider they fall asleep and dream. They find themselves on board of a ship bound for the cannibal islands to hunt for the treasure. After a series of mishaps they land upon the island and are captured by the cannibals. Meyer is at once selected to fill the cannibal menu, and is immediately made ready for the feast. The cannibal queen falls in love with him, however, and saves him for the time being. The cannibals thereupon grab Heinze and place him in the pot. Meyer cannot desert his old friend, however, and prevails upon the queen to help him rescue his friend. One of the cannibals seeking driftwood for the fire, unconsciously picks up some dynamite that has drifted ashore and dried on the beach and when it is placed under the pot an explosion occurs which shatters Meyer's contemplated rescue and hurls the two adventurers from the land of dreams to the floor of the grocery store where a fire started from Heinze's cigar and which adds heated realism to their sudden awakening and causes them both to forswear hard cider in the future.
- Bill and his wife, a happy (?) couple, get along like a couple of hungry lions together. Bill, on his way to the office, sees an old-fashioned closet which he buys and sends home. In the meantime wifie has gone to market. Two prowling burglars enter the house and pack everything in sight that isn't nailed down. The closet is delivered and on wifie's return the burglars secrete themselves in the same. Wifie orders the closet closed and returned to the store, then notices, after same is removed, that all her silverware has been stolen; telephones the police. Mounted (on mules) the force arrive and gives chase to the furniture men, who are removing the closet, with the burglars on a truck. The police force give chase, and when they run out of ammunition, seize a piece of field artillery in order to stop the retreating furniture movers. The field artillery, of antiquated design, is fired at the closet, after, however, the furniture movers and burglars have made their escape from the truck. Truck and closet, including the spoils that the burglars had acquired, are all blown to atoms.
- Pedro, the park sweeper, is eating his mid-day lunch which his wife has brought him. She leaves him to return home. Dot, a young lady of leisure, is rowing on the park lake, when she is seen from the shore by a young man of flirtatious temperament. He at once hires a boat and rows out to get a closer view of Dot, but in his eagerness, he is careless, and upsets not only her boat but his own as well. Struggling in the water they become separated and Pedro rescues Dot while a like act is performed by Pedro's wife for the young man. While Dot is thanking Pedro for his heroic act, Pedro looks about in his embarrassment and sees the young man, who is, in gratitude, kissing Pedro's wife, and rescuer. Pedro, angered by what he thinks is his wife's faithlessness, draws his stiletto and starts out to revenge himself. The young man sees the infuriated Italian coming for him with a gleaming blade, and at once runs to insure his own safety. Dot, in the excitement of the moment, follows Pedro. The chase leads to the lake shore, where pursued and pursuer meet and clash in a combat, which results in all concerned being precipitated into the waters of the lake.
- Billy's mother finishes making pies and sets them in the window to cool. Observing this, Billy decides to steal one. He offers his friend Chandler part of it. Walking along, the pair observe Carmen, who has just finished a ride with Gordon. Chandler offers Carmen part of his pie; Gordon, jealous, knocks it from her hands. For this Carmen is angry. While Gordon and Chandler fight, Billy pushes his suit with the girl. Later, Billy's mother discovers one of her pies missing, finds the guilty Billy, takes him home, and puts him to bed. That night Billy dreams of Gordon trying to force his attentions upon Carmen, of Chandler rebuking him, and of Gordon's threat to secure the girl at all costs. In his dream he sees Gordon abduct the girl, carry her away on a handcar, and tie her to the track when she refuses to marry the villain. Billy, enlisting the help of a friend and his racing car, starts to the rescue. There is a wild ride, a race between engine and motorcar. Billy, in the car, dashes before the onrushing train and saves Carmen and restores her to Chandler. Then Billy awakens.
- Carmen and Buster are country sweethearts. All goes well until city chap Chandler arrives and cops Carmen, which enrages Buster to such an extent that he challenges Chandler to a fight, which results in Chandler giving him a sound thrashing. Later Chandler leaves Carmen in the garden and goes to the well to get a drink and is seen by Buster. Buster waits until he sees Chandler peering down into the well, then he sneaks up and hits Chandler with a stick, which accidentally knocks him into the depths below. Buster is terrified and in trying to rescue Chandler he also falls into the well. Both boys in the well call for help; Carmen hears and dashes to their rescue, but she finds hat she hasn't enough strength to lift them to the top by means of the windlass. Carmen hurries off in search of help. She finds Billy, and with their combined effort they finally rescue the boys Billy scolds Buster for his wrongdoing and takes him off the set, leaving Carmen and Chandler to enjoy themselves together.
- Jim, a gangster, asks Lena to attend the Dutch picnic with him. It so happens the gang, holding forth in Lena's neighborhood, are at outs with Jim; he has stolen their "crap" money. When they observe him asking Lena they rush off to tell Heinie, who is also smitten with Lena. Heinie rushes to the scene to start trouble with Jim. Result, he is knocked down. Lena resents the brutality of Jim and promises to accompany Heinie to the picnic. On the following day Heinie and Lena start for the picnic grounds. As they are about to enter Heinie discovers that his hands need washing. Excusing himself and leaving the money with Lena, he makes for the river. Meantime, Jim, on his way to the grounds, is hit by a croquet ball. He pursues a man in a checkered suit as the guilty party. The chase fails. Jim returns, meets Lena and enters into a conversation. Heinie, while washing, falls in. Looking for something dry to put on, be finds a checkered suit left by someone in bathing. He puts it on and starts hack. As he approaches Jim and Lena he hears him declare he will kill every man wearing a checkered suit. Heinie takes refuge behind a tree. Jim catches sight of him and commences firing. There is great excitement; the ambulance is called in. Then Jim runs out of bullets. Heinie, by this time, discovers two revolvers in the pocket of the checkered suit and commences shooting. A chase follows with Heinie coming forth as the hero of the day.
- Mr. Heim has a daughter engaged to marry Schultz, the baker. Miss Heim, getting ready for the marriage, finds her slippers need repairing. Going to the cobbler shop she is admired by Mier, the cobbler, who forces his love on her. She resents and leaves. During this time Schultz finds his shoes need mending. Going over to Mier he tells him of the wedding, and inviting him, shows the picture of the girl. Mier is sore, and swears revenge. Finished fixing Schultz's shoes, he goes into the side room to polish them. He discovers an idea smelling his Limburger cheese. He puts it in Schultz's shoes. When Schultz arrives at the wedding everything goes lovely till the minister drops his book at Schultz's feet. Getting the smell from the shoes the minister looks Schultz over. Mier, arriving, takes this all in from the other room. Miss Heim, excited and nervous, drops her handkerchief at her lover's feet. In picking it up she smells and then the trouble starts. She stops the minister, telling him she can't marry the man. The father grabs Schultz and throws him out. Schultz takes his shoes off and finds the trouble. Going to the window he sees Mier, the cobbler, getting married to his sweetheart. He takes the cheese and throws it, starting a general fight. The minister runs out and calls the police. But the smell is too great for them. They retreat and seek refuge in a wagon with a sign "Limburger Cheese" on it.
- Carmen is washing her doll-baby's clothes. Radcliff, a gunman, approaches her, teases her, and tries to kiss her. She slaps his face with the wet clothes; he angrily plans revenge. Carmen goes into the house. Radcliff sneaks up and throws mud at the clean clothes. Carmen returns and finds her day's work spoiled. She begins to cry. Chandler, who has been watching, comes over to console her. He offers to wash the clothes over. Radcliff makes fun of Chandler. A fight commences. Radcliff shoots at Chandler. The bullet misses its mark and crashes through a window, hitting a servant girl. She looks out of the window and observes a man with a gun. Thinking he fired the shot, she throws a rolling pin at him and knocks him down. The gun is exploded. The bullet hits a painter and knocks him from his ladder. The painter, sore, throws his paint just as the servant girl rushes in. She gets the paint in the face. A fight ensues among the neighbors. The children run off and later make up.
- Tiny Olive has just been presented with the most wonderful kewpie in the world. She fondles it and kisses it. Suddenly she remembers that she has an engagement with her beau and commences to primp up, first slipping kewpie in her belt. Soon little Jimmy arrives and she shows him her wonderful kewpie. He admires it and stands it against a tree. In another part of the orchard, Skinny is trying hard to win the heart of beautiful Rose, but she will have none of him. He sees the beautiful kewpie reclining against the tree and determines to steal it and present it to Rose to gain her favor. Olive is brokenhearted and asks her "hero" to rescue her kewpie. There is a merry chase after Skinny, who finally is cornered on a bridge. He spitefully throws the kewpie in the river. Jimmy finds a rope and rescues the dolly and soon they are on their merry way. But the villain still pursued them. And before they know it, the kewpie is resting peacefully on the waves of the lake. Nothing daunted, our "hero" hastily slips off his outer clothing and before you can say Jack Robinson is in the water. But he soon finds that he cannot swim and just in the nick of time Skinny appears on the scene and rescues both kewpie and Jimmy. All are happy.
- Mrs. Murphy, the wife of a butcher, and Mrs. Schultz, the wife of a grocer, gossip across the way. Mrs. Schultz invites Mrs. Murphy over; they get into a friendly conversation which develops into a quarrel. Their husbands have a card game in back of the store. Schultz finds Murphy cheating. This starts a fight, the neighbors getting articles thrown. They send in a riot call to the mounted police. The Schultz's and Murphy's throw eggs and meat back and forth while the police are on a mad chase to reach them. When they arrive, instead of stopping the fight, they find themselves between a storm of eggs and ham and make a hasty retreat, letting the bunch fight it out.
- Olive and Margie are playmates. They are at the breakfast table and mother allows them to go out and play marbles, telling them first to be sure to keep clean. While playing, they spy three of their friends on the other side of the street also playing marbles. "Tough guy" Jack, Harry, and tiny Billy run across the street and soon they are all playing an animated game. They throw the marbles which they have won in a cigar box at one side and little Billy cautiously helps himself to as many as he can get into his chubby hands. He has a deal of fun throwing them one by one in a hole in the fence and pretty soon no marbles are left in the box. So that ends that game. Then someone suggests that they "make boats." So they run along and stop by the wayside and take off their shoes and stockings. They jump into a dirty pond and come out bespattered with mud from head to toes. Of course, they are afraid to go home looking like that, so they creep into the bathroom without mother seeing them. Soon the bathroom and bath tub are black and dirty from their clothes and grimy bodies. They manage to get into their bedroom and then ensues a pillow fight. One of the pillow cases bursts and soon the room is filled with feathers. Mother, however, comes to the rescue and everything ends well.
- Arthur and Papa, who are spending a day at the beach become separated; Papa becomes hungry and enters a café where he has an argument with a husky waiter which results in a fight and Papa, much frightened, hides under a table. At this moment Arthur enters accompanied by a beautiful girl whom he has become acquainted with through a flirtation on the boardwalk. Arthur and his friend take seats at the table under which Papa is hiding and are served by the husky waiter, Papa thereby getting no chance to escape. In the meantime the girl's sweetheart, who is a villainous looking character, starts in search for her and becomes a raving maniac when he is told she has entered the café with Arthur. He draws his gun and dashes into the café. Arthur, seeing him coming, quickly disappears. Papa now sees his chance to escape and in making his getaway carries table and all with him. He is seen by the sweetheart, who, thinking he is Arthur, gives chase, taking shots at him. Papa seeks to escape by swimming out in the water and climbing the mast of a sunken ship. The lover, foiled, makes use of an old cannon which he finds on the beach and takes shots at Papa, who still clings to the mast. About the third shot the cannon explodes, blowing the sweetheart through the air. After a flight through the clouds he falls on Papa. Both fall off the mast and finish their fight in the water.
- Mabel, a new arrival at the hotel, is annoyed by the attention of Arthur, a flirt, and Mr. Stue, both guests at the same place. Deciding to leave, she goes to her room to pack her trunk. Mr. Stue follows. She takes refuge in the room across the hall. Hearing footsteps, she hides under the bed; the owner of the room, who happens to be Arthur, enters. Noodles, the porter, is sent up to Mabel's room to bring down her trunk. Upon finding Mr. Stue in possession, a fight starts. Mr. Stue is thrown into Arthur's room. He rolls under the bed and is delighted to find Mabel there. He is dragged forth and in the free-for-all fight Mabel escapes and Stue falls into her trunk and is made a prisoner by Noodles, who performs his mission by falling down the steps with the trunk. The trunk bursts open and Mr. Stue pops out decorated with different pieces of lingerie. It winds up with Stue and Noodles falling into the fountain, where Stue falls peacefully to sleep.
- Chandler and Jimmie are rivals for Charlotte's hand. Chandler takes her out for a walk of an evening. Jimmie calls to serenade is chased by Charlotte's mother. Jimmie meets the couple in the park and the two youngsters arrange for a fight, Billy to be Chandler's second. Jimmie is beaten and seeks refuge behind his lady love's skirts. Chandler and Billy carry the girl off and start a game of hide and seek. Jimmie approaches the girl when she is alone and offers her ice cream as a solace. Charlotte's stomach gets the best of her and she accepts Jimmie's offer. Chandler approaches and denounces her for her duplicity as well as the worthy rival. Chandler picks up a handful of mud and throws it at Jimmie, but it strikes Charlotte in the face. Jimmie washes the face and the two go for a ride in a boat. Chandler pushes them into the stream without oars. Then, realizing the danger he has placed them in, he rushes for help. Billy rushes to tell Charlotte's mother. After passing through a series of novel adventures, the children are rescued and everything ends well.
- Three hoboes arrive in a box car. They demand that the little tramp ask for a handout. He refuses, and the other two beat him up, leaving him. A collector, demanding payment on a furniture mortgage from extravagant Mrs. Jones, leaves, threatening to bring the sheriff. Mr. Jones, coming upon the scene at this moment, hears the squabble, and tells his wife that he will draw the last of his savings out of the bank and will pay the claim. The two tramps hear this and follow him. Mr. Jones draws the money in the shape of a thousand dollar bill, which he puts in his hatband for safe keeping. As he gets outside the tramps attack him, and he starts to run. His hat blows off, striking the hoboes. They throw it to one side and the little tramp, who has been in the background, puts it on. Mr. Jones falls exhausted as the tramps come up, and he tells them the money is in the hat. They make a break for the little fellow, who gets on a handcar to escape them. They pursue on another handcar. Jones runs into a parade of police, and when he explains the situation, the cops chase after the tramps, using a wagon. The little tramp comes to a drawbridge, which he passes over safely, but his pursuing companions fall into the river. The hat flies through the air, the tramps still chasing it. It finally flies right into Mrs. Jones' hands, just as the sheriff is threatening her. He starts his men moving the furniture out, when she observes the money and pays off the mortgage. The tramps come upon the scene, and start tearing the hat up in a vain quest for the money. The police arrive and arrest them. Then hubby demands that the furniture be again moved into the house, and peace reigns.
- Dot and Gus are much in love. Gus asks Dot's father for her hand, but is told that he is too far beneath her station, father's choice being Max, who holds a mortgage over him. Gus returns home heartbroken and is surprised to find a letter stating that he has fallen heir to $50,000. He immediately informs Dot and they mount a sprinkling cart nearby and dash to the minister's. They are seen by Max who, in a rage, tells Dot's parents, who dash after them in their machine, followed by Max, but the pursuers are baffled by the elopers, who sprinkle the street, thereby causing much skidding by the pursuers' machines. In the wild ride Gus loses his letter, which is found by the father who, upon reading it, finds that Gus is the wealthier of the two suitors, settles the question by beating up Max and tearing up the mortgage. Father and mother then dash into the minister's and Gus, on hearing them coming, prepares to defend his bride with his life, but is much surprised when his father-in-law greets him like a long lost brother.
- Billie is flirting with Olive when he sees Carmen. He leaves Olive to go with Carmen. Carmen tells him she wants a doll, so Billie steals Olive's and gives it to Carmen. Olive gets angry and Billie is forced to procure a doll for her, so he looks about for one until he comes upon some Black children; he steals a doll from one and gives it to Olive, who is not satisfied with it and throws it away. The Black children chase Billie to a place where Olive disposed of the doll, and he returns it to the Black children. He then returns to Carmen, lures her from her sweetheart, and takes her to an ice-cream stand, where he treats her. He finds he has no money to pay for the ice cream, but quite undaunted he goes to the sweetheart he stole from and borrows a dime, with which he returns to the stand and pays for the sodas. The sweetheart, watching him, sees his nervy trick and gets angry. He at once rushes upon the young gallant and proceeds to "mix" this in a lively fashion. Billie comes out of the encounter much the worse for wear and now scorned by both Carmen and Olive.
- The proud and haughty police chief of Pumpkin Center rules his force with an iron hand. After much drilling he departs for home intent on signing some valuable papers. While doing this, one of the papers is blown into the room of a girl, whose sweetheart is one of the Chief's Lieutenants. The only way to recover the paper is to crawl into the girl's room by the window, which the Chief does. While there the girl returns and the Chief takes refuge in a folding couch. The girl, hearing the noise, mistakes the Chief for a burglar, and her screams soon bring her policeman sweetheart. The Chief is roped on the couch, bundled into the patrol wagon and is taken to the police station. They finally arrive and the couch bursts open. The policemen are all horrified at discovering their prisoner is no other than their Chief. He immediately takes revenge on all concerned in the affair.
- Grousmeyer, a lazy bowling "nut," loafs around the house reading bowling news, while his wife visits a neighbor. The neighbor's husband, Schmaltz, visits Grousmeyer, and the fans immediately get into an argument concerning methods of bowling. The argument develops into a scrap and the house is wrecked. Both belligerents rush to the nearest bowling alleys to prove their individual contentions. Schmaltz demonstrates successfully his superiority over his rival. Grousmeyer resolves to get revenge, and succeeds in smearing soft soap on the alleys. Schmaltz, discovering the deception, goes tor Grousmeyer and a fight ensues in which everyone present, including the spectators, takes part. In the meantime, Mrs. Grousmeyer returns, and finding her house wrecked, starts a fight with Mrs. Schmaltz on whose husband she puts the blame for the state of her home. The fight carries them over to the bowling alleys, where they are caught in the big royal battle.