They eloped and the new Mrs. Snookums telephones her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lampem, and Ma says "Lucille has just married a man we have never seen. Isn't it scandalous?" To which Pa answers: "Well, you did the same thing and you didn't pick such a lemon." That is the start of a quarrel, and Mrs. Lampem goes out in a huff. The bride soon finds evidences that her hubby had a lovely time before his marriage. She resolves to flirt, too, since that is his taste, and she tries it on the butler, and then goes to the park. Out in the park, Mr. and Mrs. Spifflegoofer are also having a spat, during which Mr. S. absorbs the family roll. Mrs. Lampem strolls by, and Phil Spifflegoofer follows her, she appeals to the bridegroom, Bill, who also happens to be in the park, and Bill punches Phil. Pa Lampem also seeks the fresh air, and meets Mrs. Phil, with whom he starts a flirtation. Lucille joins the party, and starts flirting with a strange man, who turns out to be a detective. He threatens and she flees, scared of cops from that moment on. In the meantime Pa Lampem has taken Mrs. Spifflegoofer to a café for some refreshment, and Bill has done the same with Miss Lampem. Phil and Lucille find themselves on the same bench in the park, and make eyes at each other. He invites her to the same café. When the three couples, all matched up wrong, meet in the same place, there is a general rush for cover. Ma gets under one table. Bill under another. Pa under a third, and Mrs. Spifflegoofer under a fourth. The detective comes crawling in seeking evidence and Phil dives under a fifth table. They shift, and meet each other, and there are general introductions all round. The proper husbands sort out their proper wives, and poor Phil ends his adventure in the café fountain.

Motography, November 3, 1917