- Tom Jones, a poor laboring man, is out of employment and aspires to a city job, to secure good pay and not too hard work for the rest of his life. He notices announcements posted on the walls of the town hall, stating that there are some vacant positions for street cleaners. He makes a personal application. There he is given a printed statement of the requisite qualifications for the job in question, which he takes home and studies. He finds that he must have a wife and four children. With all possible speed he marries and raises a family of the required number. Next, he must be able to show a school certificate of proficiency in his studies. This necessitates his attending school with his own children as fellow pupils. He shows great aptitude and graduates with honors. Then he must have been a noncommissioned officer in the army. This entails enlistment and long service, but he gets there all right. Finally, he must prove that he is a good Republican, which he does by parading the streets with his wife and children on Independence Day, waving flags and shouting lustily. After all this course of preparation he succeeds in passing the examination successfully, and we then see him seated at a table "celebrating" his appointment with some other successful candidates.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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