With lots of detail and clever story ideas, this is a very funny short comedy that also shows a good handle on the standard film-making techniques of its era. The characters are humorous and slightly exaggerated, yet believable, and the story combines humor with a few light but worthwhile observations on human nature.
The story starts at the offices of "The Totville Eye", a local newspaper, and shows what happens to the paper when its stodgy editor is called away, leaving the printer and a young assistant to run everything. The results are quite amusing, with the young assistant being sent out as a cub reporter and completely changing the kinds of stories that the paper runs. Besides being funny, it is also sympathetic to its characters, and while very light in nature, it is not without some value as social commentary.
Yale Boss shows why he was a popular child star of the era, with several good scenes. He makes good use of his facial expressions, and provides some good moments with his imitation of the editor and with his reactions to the subjects of his stories. The cast as a whole does a good job, behaving in comic fashion without overdoing it too much. Robert Brower plays the grouchy editor to good effect.
Many of the scenes also contain some interesting details, and there is a good variety of settings. The whole thing works quite well, and it is still enjoyable to watch.