May Clark is trying to read a book at the beach, when three men aproach and attempt to woo her. A chase ensues.
This short comedy from Hepworth is notable mostly for the rather eccentric means of pursuit. Not only does Miss Clark climb on a roof, take a carriage and bicycle to elude her her pursuers (one of whom uses a pedicab), but she makes use of a bathing machine.
For those of you who have not studied Gilbert & Sullivan, a bathing machine was a cabana on wheels. To preserve the modesty of seaside bathers, one entered the contraption on land. It was wheeled into the water. The occupant changed to swimming gear in privacy and thence entered the water. This prevented anyone from seeing a young woman's revealing swim suit .... "revealing", that is, by Victorian standards, an era when ladies had no legs, merely limbs, and furniture's "limbs" were covered.
This short comedy from Hepworth is notable mostly for the rather eccentric means of pursuit. Not only does Miss Clark climb on a roof, take a carriage and bicycle to elude her her pursuers (one of whom uses a pedicab), but she makes use of a bathing machine.
For those of you who have not studied Gilbert & Sullivan, a bathing machine was a cabana on wheels. To preserve the modesty of seaside bathers, one entered the contraption on land. It was wheeled into the water. The occupant changed to swimming gear in privacy and thence entered the water. This prevented anyone from seeing a young woman's revealing swim suit .... "revealing", that is, by Victorian standards, an era when ladies had no legs, merely limbs, and furniture's "limbs" were covered.