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- In the jungles of Africa a naturalist photographs a wild beast in its native state. Later his wife accidentally breaks the negative just as it is to be developed. The naturalist upbraids his wife and despite her pleadings he leaves the house in a rage. In his absence a wild beast attacks the wife and takes her life. The naturalist returns to his home in another land. However, his conscience will not permit him to rest. Always he is thinking of and having visions of the faithful wife whose life ended in the jungles. Later he falls in love with the counterpart of his dead wife. However, the marriage is never performed, for his conscience will not permit him to wed the girl. He finally resolves to live only for his mother, and then the terrible burden on his mind is lifted.
- A young man is about to marry; it is the dawn of his wedding morn. The bride-to-be is also present; but while she eagerly pursues preparations for the wedding, the bridegroom is kidnapped by a jealous cousin who is envious of his position as heir of a fortune. An amusing chase and final escape from a sanitarium where he has been taken brings the picture to a close in a pretty wedding scene.
- An argument ensues whether man is or is not superior to woman. It results in the men folks remaining at home to prepare the evening meal. They fail of course and engage a caterer. At the theater Uncle Todie and Benton Holmes discover Helena Wrangle, leading lady. When four irate landlords from four small towns arrive and threaten to tie up the show, Uncle Todie proves an easy victim, and, with Helena Wrangel, hurries to rob his penny bank. But Aunt Jim arrives and there is a terrible time trying to stall her and get Helena out by disguising her as a chair. When success comes and Uncle Todie is giving Aunt Jim the lecture of her life about the superiority of man, the caterer comes in with the dinner and spoils the situation.
- A young newlywed couple make frequent changes in their place of abode. At last taking quarters at a hotel, they feel that they are peaceably settled when a shadow crosses their sky: the husband's foolish jealousy. He goes out one morning with the key of their door, leaving his pretty wife, attired in a negligee, in the corridor. Unable to get into her own apartment, the young wife accepts the kind offer of the man across the hall to step into his apartment for shelter while he hunts for the janitor. In the meantime the husband returns with the key and discovers his wife in another man's room.
- Mrs. Cramp sends her husband to the foot of a hill to get her a glass of water. As he nears the fountain a woman's handbag is stuffed into his hand, and the giver disappears. Mr. Cramp gets the water, and as be is bringing it to his wife, he trips over a lady's foot. It is Josie Jones, sitting under her beach parasol. "Oh, my bag. Have you seen it?" cries Josie. "Is this it?" says Mr. Cramp. It is, and Josie's beaming eyes reward him. He has spilled the water, however, so he goes back to the fountain. Again a man approaches and slips a bag into his hand. It is the same bag. Josie sees him returning to his wife, and snatches the bag from him, accusing him of stealing it. He apologizes, but the water is spilled again, so back he goes to the fountain. The next man who approaches warns him to look out for the cops, and dashes away. Cramp follows, and is led into the pickpocket's den. One of the crooks rushes in and says he has lost his elephant. Cramp had found a little elephant stickpin, and he innocently hands it to the man. The next minute he is out of the door with the band after him. The police get the crooks, but Cramp just manages to get back to his wife. "Where's my drink of water? Heavens, what a time you've been!" says Mrs. Cramp. And back he goes to the fountain.
- In a fishing hamlet Captain Peters and Captain Hankins, retired sea captains, are old cronies. Mrs. Scribbler, a widow and writer of sea stories, comes to the town to get atmosphere. On her arrival both old captains fall in love with her and a strong rivalry springs up between them. Captain Hankins proposes a sail down the bay and the widow accepts. Captain Peters bribes Clarence, a hoodlum, to bore a hole in the boat. He then makes a daring rescue of the widow from the sinking yawl, to the discomfiture of his rival. Captain Hankins learns that Captain Peters is responsible for the leaky yawl and determines to get even. Learning that Captain Peters is to take the widow out driving he fixes it with the liveryman to give them a balky horse and later relieves Captain Peters of his prize and turns the tables. That night a duel is proposed, the choice of weapons being harpoons at twenty paces. Just before the signal to begin is given the widow and Jack Martin, who has been trying to induce the lady to marry him, rush in and matters are explained. The two captains make up and Jack leads his widow away.
- Vic is a "busy bee" at his office, and he is working so hard that his office staff becomes alarmed for fear he may overwork. They all impress this strongly upon him. Needless to say he laughs at them, for he never was sick a day in his life. On his arrival home, his wife greets him with great concern over the way he looks and insists upon sending for the doctor. She 'phones him, and he tells her to put Vic to bed at once, that he will be over with a nurse. She does. The fact that Vic has been put to bed sick becomes the talk of the neighborhood and each neighbor comes over to do their "bit." Each one suggests a different doctor, and "Mrs. Vic" has them all. One doctor says it's his heart, the other his chest, and another says it's his throat. However, after a final consultation, they all decide that he should be operated on for appendicitis. Vic is alarmed and wants to know what caused this, and the doctors tell him he does not get enough exercise. Vic announces that he will get some right away, and he ends up by "walloping" the life out of all the doctors.
- Vic is discharged from the sanitarium where he was staying for the 'cure', but he has the delusion he is being followed.
- A. Wall Nut and his wife, Hazel, are a happy young people, but the specter of gray hair threatens to mar their happiness. The young husband is sent to Europe by his firm and cautions his wife not to dye her hair in his absence or he will divorce her. But the sight of fresh gray hairs is too much for her and she goes to the hairdresser to have her locks retouched. Falling asleep, she is frantic to find on awakening that her hair has been dyed a deep and lasting black, and decides to go to California with her sister until the dye wears off. A Wall Nut is recalled by his firm and wires his wife that he is returning. The Swedish servant receives the message and answers it, cutting down the cable until it reads: "Your wife died. It was terrible. Her sister has taken her to California." Wall Nut receives the message and is overcome. He writes a letter enclosing some money and gives it to a loiterer in the hotel lobby to mail. The latter is a thief and is run down while making off with the letter and money and mistaken for A. Wall Nut. Word is sent to Hazel that her husband has been killed. On the way home Nut tells Mrs. Winslow, a friend, of his wife's death. In the meantime Hazel, waiting at the dock to receive her husband's body, meets Mr. Winslow. Through glasses they see Nut and Mrs. Winslow apparently in close embrace. The boat docks, mutual explanations follow and the reunited Nuts wend their way home.
- Nourmalie, only daughter of Colonel Warren, loses her heart to John Morris and thus Morris wins the enmity of Major Goe, who is infatuated with Warren's daughter. The regiment is quartered in a distant land, and Goe becomes the more infuriated when Nourmalie continues to treat his courtship with disdain. In a fight with the savages, Morris saves Major Goe's life, which but increases Goes bitterness. Goe plots with natives, who capture young Morris and plan to put him to the torture. Goe brags to the girl who had spurned him of the fact that Morris is to meet death at the hands of the savages. He is unwise to divulge this information, for the girl through her resourcefulness liberates Morris and brings about the punishment of the villainous major.
- "Send up the statue this afternoon, so I can have it in the garden for my party," said Mrs. Claribell Lotsadough as she pressed a roll of bills into the outstretched hand of Julep Jasbo, the sculptor. Jasbo hadn't made a sale in months, and he rushed downstairs as hard as he could go, and called the expressmen to the job. It certainly was hard luck for Jasbo that Jake and Joe should have been within hearing, for after boxing up his work of art, and carrying it safely down six or seven stories, they dropped the whole thing down the last flight of stairs. Panic-stricken, Jasbo forced the two expressmen to don the garb of ancient Roman warriors, while he prepared a whitewash bath for them. Then he jammed them into the box, and sent them off to the garden party. Claribell was awaiting her work of art. Jasbo had to lure her away while the two gladiators clambered out of the box and set themselves up on the pedestal at the head of the refreshment table. Jake and Joe made beautiful statues until the eats were passed. Then they could not resist trying for their share of the spoils. They are discovered, and Claribell's guests, thinking that she has been making game of them, all leave in a huff. When she returns to wreak vengeance on the statues, they are not to be seen. Before she reappears, Jasbo has arrived and set up the real statue in their places; he meanwhile having repaired them. She doesn't know what to think, while down in the corner of the garden the pseudo-gladiators are feasting on chicken and champagne.
- Jabs runs a female gymnasium and his motto is, "Get all the trust you can and pay no one." His landlord notifies him that if he does not pay the back rent it will be collected by force. Numerous collectors try but all fail. Pokes finally gets the job and starts out to collect. Whether it is his winning ways, his dogged persistence, or his bulletproof armor that caused his success is unknown, but the landlord is telephoned for, and when he arrives at the gymnasium he finds Pokes calmly sitting on Jabs' chest, with Jabs' sweetheart on his lap counting the roll to see if it will cover the amount owed.
- Mrs. Gotrox, an enthusiast over the civilization of the Indian, has contributed liberally toward their education, and after the graduation exercises at the agency the commissioner decides to send two chiefs, "Rolling Thunder" and "Tossing Ball," to thank her in person. Mrs. Gotrox plans a novel reception for them. All the decorations are to be Indian, and the guests are to wear Indian costumes. Pokes and Jabs are seated on a freight car enjoying their scant morning repast, when the Indians arrive and ask to be directed to the Gotrox mansion. Pokes and Jabs, mistaking their actions for threats, take to their heels, followed by the two Indians. Finally they find two coupling pins, and when the Indians come up they quickly overpower them. Finding the introductions to Mrs. Gotrox, they decide to become Indians. At least long enough to satisfy the cravings of the inner man. The reception is in full blast when Pokes and Jabs arrive. As a bit of realism, Jabs proceeds to scalp the colored butler. Pokes, not to be outdone, drains the punch bowl and chases the guests and ends by scalping his hostess, exposing her bald head to the company. The two chiefs, hearing the women scream, rush in. A wild fight follows, and Pokes and Jabs flee, followed by the trusty arrows of the Indians.
- Jabs, who is suffering from an attack of speeditis, is hustled off to Dr. Dippy's sanitarium, while Pokes, another auto enthusiast, wanders at large without a car. On the day of the world's championship auto race between Oldfield and DePalma, Jabs escapes and follows the crowds to the race. Pokes goes also and invites himself to ride in Lotta Wealth's speedster, but is ejected. Just then Jabs happens along and with his aid Pokes gains admittance to the race track, but Jabs is left outside. Seeing the guards on his trail he beats it back to the sanitarium. The race takes place and after many incidents Oldfield wins. Lotta Wealth remarks that she could beat Oldfield's record. Pokes doubts it, so off they went, through fences, over hills, through valleys and over bridges, until they finally run through an open draw. As they are swimming for shore Pokes remarks to Lotta, "I knew when we started you couldn't do it," but her reply is lost in the noise of the waves.
- Tub's mother turns abruptly from her doughnut-frying and the big wooden spoon finds its way to Tub's head; almost the same scene is in progress over on Skinny's back porch. The two fathers make their appearance on their way to work, and Tub's mother takes a plate of hot doughnuts over to Skinny's house. As soon as her back is turned, Tub deserts the churn, crams his pockets, shirt, and mouth with doughnuts, and climbs out the kitchen window. Skinny and Tub have plenty of time to meet behind the barn and start to dig worms while the two mothers discuss the weather over the back fence. Skinny is on his knees digging hard, when Tub pulls a doughnut out of his pocket and starts to eat it in front of Skinny. This starts a fight. "The Village News," the worst gossip in the county, is on his way to town when he hears the rumpus. He rushes to their mothers with the news. The two ladies run to their sons' rescue. They become involved in the fray, and the "News" rushes to get the two fathers. Very soon three fights are raging: the boys', the mothers', and the fathers'. The "News" then goes for the militia. Suddenly Tub says "Let's quit" to Skinny; Skinny agrees and they sign peace terms on the spot. When the "News" arrives with the sheriff, he finds two boys eating the same doughnut, two fathers smoking in perfect amity, and two mothers crying on each other's shoulders.