- A well-dressed hobo gets a job as "utility man" with a theater company, and winds up starring in the show.
- Things haven't gone just the way he wanted them to on the stock market so our hero is a gentleman of leisure--he has more time than money. In fact, he is bumming his way from town to town on freight trains. When he hits town, the first person he meets it a hard-boiled brakeman. He gets in bad with him. That isn't so bad, but he also antagonizes the constable. He finally gets work as a general utility man around the opera house. His job consists of everything-janitor, bill-poster, call boy, etc. His new boss, who is stage director and leading man of the troupe, helps him post bills. But the boss gives it up as a bad job when he makes a mess of things. At the theatre he meets Kathryn, a member of the theatrical troupe. When he is told that the company is one man short, he is glad to offer his services as an actor. In the Romeo and Juliet scene, he is great until he pulls down the scenery. As the third man in a team of acrobats he is funny but nearly wrecks the act. He stands up for Kathryn when the boss starts to bully her. and then the boss threatens to drop the pretty girl in their dance act. Rather than have this happen, our hero dresses as the ballet dancer and takes Kathryn's place, performing the dance to perfection until his wig comes off. When the boss discovers this deception, he starts out after the impostor. Our hero grabs Kathryn and makes a hurried exit, finally catching an outgoing freight train. He is telling Kathryn how much he loves her when he is knocked from the train by a rack of "tell-tales" suspended above the track. But he regains the train and the pair travel off together.—Press Sheet from Library of Congress
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