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- 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.
- A police officer attempts to steal a go-cart from a child.
- Two country kids decide to scare the city chap who has won their sweetheart. One dresses up in a bear skin. While the other joins the group of children, a real bear happens along and nearly scares the life out of the bogus bear, who immediately takes refuge in a tree, the real bear following. After an exciting chase, the bogus bear dashes into the group of children, followed by the real bear. A stampede follows, in which the girl is lost. Later, the boys meet and a search for the girl starts, which results in their finding her feeding the bear sugar. She then refuses to have anything to do with the boys, who have proven themselves to be cowards.
- Billy, arriving in the morning at the studio, greets Mr. Thornby, his director. Going to his dressing room, he gets ready and walks around kidding with the other boys. Ford Sterling arriving, greets Billy, who follows Sterling to his dressing room, peppering him with questions. Sterling asks him to vacate. Billy being a gentleman, does so. Deciding to visit some old friends, he parades over to the Universal studio; meeting them, he has a good time and goes home. Seeing the new cameraman putting candy in his plate case, Billy watches him and backs into a scene directed by Ford Sterling, spoiling several feet of film. Owing to Billy's wonderful smile, Mr. Sterling forgives. Billy going over to the case when the cameraman is not looking, opens it. Observing the cameraman turning, he quickly shuts it. In opening it to get a plate, the cameraman discovers the plate is spoiled. Taking the case, he goes to the vault to get a new supply, Billy following him. When the cameraman comes out of the vault, Billy notices he forgot the case, so he walks in to get the candy. By this time the watchman is making his rounds. Noticing that the vault door has been left open, he locks it. Imprisoning Little Billy. Mr. Thornby, needing Billy for a scene notices his absence and starts on a hunt. Every available person on the grounds is made to help search for lost Billy. They look everywhere and cause a general riot in and around the place. The vault is the only place left. On opening it, Little Billy comes out crying.
- 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.
- Billy, Olive and other children are playing on the lawn when the picture opens. Billy is unusually downhearted; he is muchly smitten with Olive and she, on the other hand, will have none of him. The other children have sweethearts; Billy has none. About this time an old soldier, who has seen service in the war, observes Billy and wonders at the close resemblance of the child to his own who has just died. His old heart softens to Billy and, giving the children some sweets, he takes Billy to his home, where he shows him the toys which belonged to his dead son. He gives Billy the toy rifle and drills him to become a soldier. Billy's mother, looking for him, meets the other children and they inform her that Billy was taken away by an old man. The mother becomes frantic and she seeks the assistance of the neighbors to find the boy. Meantime the old soldier arranges the toy soldiers on the floor and commences the story of his life, how, when he was a boy, he was stationed at a small fort on the plains when it was attacked by Indians. He was in love with his Colonel's daughter, but it was not until he had shown his heroism by going for assistance when the fort seemed doomed that the Colonel consented to the match. Billy listened to this story with eyes and mouth wide open. During this time the mother and neighbors have been hunting furiously for Billy. The old soldier and Billy, tiring of the play, finally drop off to sleep. Billy dreams of what the old soldier has related. He sees himself arrive at the fort and become smitten with the Colonel's daughter, and the same incidents which the old man experienced the boy goes through in his dream. The mother has located the house belonging to the soldier and dashes in. What she finds is her son fast asleep in the lap of the old man with his arms fast around the old man's neck. She understands and tiptoes out of the scene as it fades.
- 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.
- 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.
- Looie is forced to accompany his wife to the beach. He misses the car. He is running after it when another car picks him up on the fender and carries him away. Mrs. Myer, arriving at the beach, sees Looie come in on the fender. She instructs him to wait on the sand while she changes into her bathing suit. He observes a shapely leg sticking out from under a parasol. When he tries to move towards it he is stopped by his wife. The leg belongs to a beautiful bather. Looie tries to flirt. He is repulsed. She enters her bath house, which is next to Mrs. Myer's. Looie decides to kidnap her. He leaves to get a horse to pull the bath house away, first tying a handkerchief to the wheel. Looie returns, hitches the horse to the bath house which he thinks belongs to the fair bather, and drives away with it. On reaching a secluded spot, he discovers his wife to be in the house. He shuts and locks it. Meanwhile, the other wagon has floated out to sea; the bather, on top, yells for help. Looie runs to save her, but her real sweetheart comes along and makes the rescue. She points out Myer to him and he immediately beats him up. The horses take fright and dash away with Mrs. Myer's wagon. It is smashed and Mrs. Myer is thrown out. However, she rescues her husband and they take the trolley home.
- The comedy commences when Schlitz enters the living-room and prepares to play a game of cards. His wife, trying to get dinner, grows disgusted with her husband and they commence to quarrel and fight. They move to the window and are seen by neighbors; their fighting turns to love making. Mr. Schlitz invites a Mr. Mulligan over to play cards. Mrs. Schlitz goes over to visit with Mrs. Mulligan. The card game starts and Schlitz wins game after game. Then Mulligan discovers that he is being cheated and the battle starts. The two women observe their husbands fighting and they commence. There is a wild scramble, throwing of various articles and a chase; a chase which continues through hotels and alley-ways until at last the police come in with an attempt to stop the fight. But in the end Schlitz gets his needs with a water hose.
- 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.
- 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.
- Dot and her family are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Snitz, the groom, but he fails to appear. Her father phones to him and awakens him from a long sleep. Snitz, worried over his failure to be prompt runs from his home half dressed and hurries to keep his appointment at his sweetheart's home. On the way he encounters several other pedestrians who are in a hurry and after bumping into several is chased by a vengeful mob After much excitement he arrives at his sweetheart's home. They find they have forgotten the most important part of the wedding, the minister. Snitz calms the waiting guests and hurries off to find one. He finally overtakes the minister on the road and puts him in the hack. The horse suddenly rejuvenates and runs away. Snitz falls from the hack while the minister remains inside getting the roughest ride of his life. Horse, hack, minister and all go over a steep cliff. Snitz leaps over after him, and after much hard work finally reaches his bride's home with the minister, only to find that his rival, a milkman, has eloped with her. The guests and Snitz chase them wildly to the depot, just in time to see the train swiftly pull out with the happy milkman and Dot waving a jaunty farewell from the rear platform.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- Heinze, a bakery foreman, is put in charge of the bakery when his employer leaves on business. Heinze assumes the duty of clerk, and as fast as lady customers appear he dates them for a four o'clock meeting on a nearby corner. In his excitement, however, he makes the dates for three of the ladies at the same hour and when he goes to meet them they conclude he is a heartless flirt and start to avenge their outraged dignities. In the chase that follows Heinze rushes back to the bakery shop, where he attempts to hide. He is pursued by the three irate young women and dodges from box to barrel till he is finally lost when he takes refuge in the huge baking oven. In the meantime the other bakers have got into the mix-up with the same three ladies and come out the worse for the encounter till, scrambling to the shop above, they drop a barrel of flour down the stairway which swamps the pursuing women, while Heinze. sadly mixed with pies and tarts, remains in the oven.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Billy's mama leaves him in charge of the baby, after giving each a slice of bread and jam. Billy leaves the baby to take a stroll with Carmen and Chandler through the woods. The baby wanders off to the edge of the lake. Meanwhile, Billy and Chandler find a bird's nest, which they steal. When they show it to Carmen, she becomes angry and demands that they replace the nest in the tree; God is not pleased that they've stolen it. Chandler, knowing he has displeased Carmen, tries to win her favor by placing the nest back in the tree, pretending he is hurt in falling down. The plan works well and all are happy again. Billy suddenly remembers the baby and goes back, and can't find her. Later, finding her shoe at the edge of the lake, he becomes terribly frightened and falls into deep despair. The baby has been saved from falling into the water by a strange dog; Billy finally finds the dog guarding the baby. Filled with joy, he succeeds in getting her back home just as his mother comes to look for them. After mama takes the baby, Billy wipes the perspiration from his brow and resolves never to leave that kid alone again.
- 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.
- 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.
- Snoopy and his wife go shopping. They enter a shoe store where a young lady is purchasing a pair of shoes. Mrs. Snoopy wants a pair but the clerk sells them to the young girl. Mrs. Snoopy is angered and cleans out the store. The Snoopys then start home but are caught in a shower and Mrs. Snoopy waits while Snoopy goes for an umbrella. He finds one in a nearby saloon, and getting away with it starts back for his wife. He comes upon the young lady of the shoe store adventure, however, and gallantly carries her across a water puddle, which act is seen by his wife. He is made to perform a like gallantry for her. He drops her in the puddle, however, and both get soaked while Mrs. Snoopy loses her hat. Snoopy, thinking to "square" it, takes her to a hat store and while making her selection, they come upon the lady of the shoes again. Snoopy starts a flirtation while his wife watches him with one eye. She soon gets "on" and in the battle that follows the store is completely wrecked and the Snoopy family knocked out.
- 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.
- 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.
- The villagers and village boob prepare to see the circus which has just arrived in town. While one of the elephants is taking his bath the boob annoys him. Bill, the trainer, warns the boob, but too late; the elephant has taken a quantity of water in his trunk and gives the boob a bath. The boob tells the manager, who is a rival of Bill for the love of one of the performers. They get into an argument. Bill throws the manager into the water. The manager swears revenge and exits. Bill ties one end of a rope to the elephant's harness and the other end to the lemonade stand outside the circus tent. When the elephant walks off, he pulls down the stand and throws lemonade over the manager. Meantime the show is going on in the tent. The audience is disgusted and commence to throw rotten vegetables at the performers. Then the fire-eater appears. Everything seems well until he takes a drink out of a bottle which he supposed to be filled with water. His assistant. when filling the bottles, made a mistake and poured gasoline into the bottle. The fire-eater spits the gasoline out. It ignites the flames of hot coals which he uses in his act, setting fire to the stage. The rural fire department arrives and in attempting to put out the fire nearly drowns the audience. Bill and the manager are fighting on the stage and as the people run out, they get the water from both sides.
- Tin Ear Charlie learned from old Colonel Bunk that none but a hero might marry his daughter, Dot. And forthwith Charlie enlisted under the pea-green banner. He had no idea that war would be declared when he enlisted and Tin Ear Charlie was ordered to the front. In Lieut. Wampus, Tin Ear Charlie had a rival. Fed from infancy on cream puffs and charlotte russes, Lieut. Wampus had grown to an awe-inspiring size around the waist line. When he learned that Tin Ear Charlie was to be a private in his company, Lieut. Wampus immediately set the new recruit to digging sink holes for the kitchen squad and when he was doing guard duty in the rain Tin Ear Charlie had lots of sport marching around in the mud with Lieut. Wampus at his heels. The steady diet of canned Chicago meat and stockyards stew threatened to put him in the hospital. The Pea-Green Army to which Tin Ear Charlie and Lieut. Wampus were assigned was as fine a body of cripples as a grape-juice government could rake together from the Bowery. Dot felt mighty proud of Tin Ear Charlie the first time she saw him in a uniform. On several occasions, out of pure pity, she saved Charlie from bayonetting himself with the business end of his rifle and taught him the rudiments of warfare in her father's back yard, showing him how to seek cover behind chicken coops and other natural points of vantage. The pea-green regular army, when it went to war in the backyards of Long Island numbered about a hundred thousand. Each member of it, however, felt himself quite capable of driving the invading enemy into the sea, despite the fact that the latter had eight million men at its disposal. The pea-green fleet, with a half dozen serviceable submarines, most of which, made in 1893, were in dry-dock at the outbreak of war, was quickly disposed of by the enemy from over sea and then came the eight million soldiers in transports guarded by the unsinkable submarines of the enemy. The over-seas army landed in Long Island and at once commenced their attack on New York. Back of the enemy's lines at Montauk Point, the enemy put up their .42 centimeter Croup guns at a trajectory angle of 45 degrees and as Charlie ran back toward New York a big shell filled with poisonous asafetida fell to the ground near him. The enemy were close behind so Charlie picked up the shell to save his own hide and threw it among them. The entire army was wiped out, but Charley was hit by a stray chunk of asafetida and taken to the base hospital. Lieut. Wampus tried to make it appear that Charlie was a coward but Dot and Col. Bunk wouldn't hear of it and soon after the daughter of the regiment and her hero were married.
- 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.
- Dot, who is Mrs. Jones' maid, has an infatuation for brass buttons and flirts with ail the policemen in the neighborhood. Charles learns of her preference for a uniform and determines to borrow or steal one at the first opportunity. He soon finds one belonging to a police sergeant and exchanges his clothes for the uniform coat and helmet and returns to see Dot. Dot is entertaining Ernest, her policeman admirer, when Charley appears, and Ernest takes him for his own sergeant and runs away, leaving his rival a fair field. The imitation policeman's wooing is interrupted, however, and he is forced to take refuge in a clothes closet. On the arrival of the sergeant, looking for his uniform, Mrs. Jones mistakes Charley for a burglar. Mr. Jones' sudden plunge into the situation and the policeman's mad desire for vengeance, makes it too hot for Charley. He cannot leave the wardrobe, so he takes it with him, and in the chase that follows the wardrobe leaves the house, with Charley's feet protruding from the bottom. It continues a zig-zag course till at length it falls blindly over a cliff, leaving Charley a much shattered but wiser man, with a determination to forswear brass buttons and uniforms in the future.
- 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.
- A gentleman sneak thief has for an accomplice a trick dog which enters the room of the guests by the way of the fire escape, bringing back all the valuables he may find to his master. While at work the dog comes upon a second burglar who has lighted a stick of dynamite and placed it upon the safe. The dog takes the stick of dynamite and brings it back to his master, driving the second crook ahead of him. The crooks flee, panic-stricken, over the roof tops, followed by the dog, which still carries the dynamite. They find their only way of escape is by the chimney which brings them into the police station. The dog follows with the stick of dynamite and creates a panic. Police and crooks make a quick exit. After an exciting chase they arrive at the river and are forced to jump overboard. The dog, arriving at the bridge, drops the lighted stick of dynamite into the river, causing an explosion. After all danger is over the police capture the crooks and march them to the station house.
- 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.
- The locale of the story is laid around a trap shooting club, and while burlesquing the various incidents and manners that are common to the aristocratic shooting club and its members. Snitz and Hans are members of a trap shooting club. Snitz and Hans are rivals in love; each seeks the hand of pretty Emma. Emma is undecided which one she loves best and so finally, after many funny situations, proposes a shooting contest between the two men. the winner to secure her hand in marriage. Snitz and Hans agree. They retire to secretly practice with their shotguns in preparation. The day of the contest arrives. During the contest Hans, who is the best shot, runs far ahead in the scoring. Snitz conceives the idea of bribing Louie, who manages the shoot, to extract the shot from Hans' gun. This is done. Hans, thereafter, does not shoot a bird, while Snitz kills every one in sight. He beats Hans by one point. In the meantime Emma becomes smitten with Louie. Louie demands payment from Snitz. Snitz is too busy with the girl, and so ignores him entirely. Louie becomes angry, and exposes the plot to Hans. Hans vows to kill Snitz, and with his shotgun he starts in pursuit. This is the signal for war between the factions, ending in a general fight among the contestants and many ridiculous incidents and situations.
- 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.
- Noodles' wife rules their home with an iron hand. Her one ambition seems to be to make her husband's life miserable, he being a meek dismal sort of a being. After standing as much abuse as any person possibly could, he decides to run away. Taking advantage of his wife's absence he musters up enough courage to write her a note, informing her that he has decided to leave her for good. He then hurriedly leaves. Mrs. Noodles returns home, and after reading her husband s note, she is heartbroken, realizing that he was a good husband after all, and now that she has lost him, she returns to her mother, after renting the house to a newly-married couple, who take possession immediately. Noodles, upon leaving home, goes to a saloon to drown his sorrow. After many rounds of drinks he then sees him troubles in a different light and decides that his wife is a pretty good woman after all, and as there is no place like home he starts for there and arrives after the new couple have retired. Noodles quietly sneaks into bed beside a form which he thinks is his wife. All is well until he goes to pat his wife's face and finds a face with whiskers. Brown rolls over, and getting a whiff of Noodles' breath, becomes conscious immediately; both sit up in bed and the two strangers face each other. A fight starts. Mrs. Noodles having missed her train returns home just in time to get a few hard bumps, but she does not mind just as long as she has her hubby back with her again.
- 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.
- Snooks is a musical conductor with ambitions. When tired practicing he goes for a walk and on his way steals a rose from a bush. A policeman catches him just as he drops it and soon Snooks is on his way. He comes upon a couple making love in a park and soon manages to steal the girl from the other fellow. Of course, this is resented and the result is a tremendous fight, during which the Boob is thrown overboard. Snooks then is chased by two friends of the Boob and an exciting chase through the town and country on foot and in an auto results in Snooks going right through the lockup and breaking through the walls. The convicts escape and soon the police are chasing not only Snooks, but the escaped prisoners, too. After a hot fight and a chase the convicts are caught and Snooks runs away with the girl.