- A father and daughter each enjoy their printed "Grouch Chaser" cartoons, which come to life for the audience. Meanwhile, the daughter is secretly planning to elope.
- Bob is giving Lucille Higgins a ride in his automobile when they pass old Mr. Higgins, Lucille's father, who asks for a ride. Bob explains that he has some important business to attend to. Little does Mr. Higgins guess that Bob and his daughter are on their way to the church to get married. Meanwhile, father and daughter each enjoy their printed "Grouch Chaser" cartoons, which come to life for the audience. In "The Tales of Silas Bunkum" the title character tells a tall tale about a sneezing elephant. In "The Kelly Kids' Kite" the title object lifts a toddler into the air. In "Mr. Hicks in Nightmareland" a little man dreams of a fountain of a youth that turns him into a squalling infant. Finally, "The Pleasure of Being a Grandpa" shows a lonely old man dreaming of being a happy old grandfather.—J. Spurlin
- This animated cartoon picture by Raoul Barre depicts the elopement, right under the eyes of the stern father, of a young and loving couple. After the girl and her lover have enjoyed the cartoons, they hand the book over to "Pop," and he is so convulsed with laughter that they are able to drive to the parson's house with him and actually go through the ceremony while he is enjoying the "Grouch Chaser." The first cartoon, "Tales of Silas Bunkum," illustrates how Silas was wrecked on a desert island, fed an elephant snuff, and was then literally "sneezed" through the air by the elephant, and landed safely on the deck of a passing vessel. This is followed by "The Kelly Kids' Kite," in which little Billy is carried up into the air hanging to the cord of Bob's kite. He enjoys it until he is attracted by a crow, to which he gives battle. After kicking out most of the bird's feathers he separates it from its head, whereupon it falls into the waiting hands of a hungry negro boy. Billy makes a spectacular descent, his skirts acting as a parachute, and ends his aeronautical career by falling in a haystack of a sleeping farmer's whiskers and rudely awakening him. "Mr. Hicks in Nightmareland" shows our friend Hercules transformed into an angel, seated on a beautiful white cloud. He looks through a telescope, handed to him by an exceedingly comely angel, and observes his beloved (?) wife perspiring over a washtub. Then the bottom drops out of heaven, and Hercules awakes to face his stern spouse. In the fourth cartoon, "The Joy of Being a Grandpa," we see the old man and the child enjoying themselves in an amusing manner, this picture being the one that decides the case in favor of the young couple. Papa gives his consent and all ends happily.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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