- Muggsy buys a new suit. The pants are too long and he asks his wife to shorten them. His wife, taken up with society plans, cannot take time for this domestic duty. Likewise Helen, the daughter, has other things to do and Muggsy finally has the cook shorten the trousers. The mother and Helen decide to cut the trousers too, and they each cut a generous slice from the now well-cut pants. When Muggsy puts them on they are fit only for a small boy. It is a day of happenings for the unfortunate owner of the mutilated suiting. A delivery boy steals his cigar, only to become sick from the effects of the weed. A policeman tries it and also falls a victim. They return the smoke to Muggsy and on puffing he finds a herring embedded in the tobacco and he joins the "invalided." In company with his wife and daughter they proceed to a department store to view a display of lingerie, while Muggsy wanders about the emporium seeking adventure. At the candy counter he buys some brandied drops which have a marked effect upon him. He gets into several mix-ups with the employees of the store. After wandering through several departments leaving a wake of disaster after him, the inebriated one finally gets to the toy department. When he sets off a fine fireworks display the limit is reached, and the attachés of the place make a rush to eject the troublemaker. They are forestalled by Muggsy, who cuts the strings attached to many toy balloons, and he joyfully floats upward beyond the reach of the angry mob, seeking new fields of adventure.—Moving Picture World synopsis
- Muggsy buys a new suit. The pants are too long and he asks his wife to shorten them. His wife, taken up with society plans, cannot take time for this domestic duty. Likewise Helen, the daughter, has other things to do and Muggsy finally has the colored cook shorten the trousers. The mother and Helen decide to cut the trousers too, and they each cut a generous slice from the now well cut pants. When Muggsy puts them on they are fit only for a small boy. It is a day of happenings for the unfortunate owner of the mutilated suiting. A delivery boy steals his cigar, only to become sick from the effects of the weed. A policeman tries it and also falls victim. They return the smoke to Muggsy and on puffing he finds a herring embedded in the tobacco and he joins the "in-valided." In company with his wife and daughter they proceed to a department store to view a display of lingerie, while Muggsy wanders about the emporium seeking adventure. At the candy counter he buys some brandied drops which have a marked effect upon him. He gets into several mix-ups with the employees of the store. After wandering through several departments leaving a wake of disaster after him, the inebriated one finally gets to the toy department. When he sets off a fine fireworks display the limit is reached, and the attaches of the place make a rush to eject the trouble maker. They are forestalled by Muggsy, who cuts the strings attached to many toy balloons, and he joyfully floats upward beyond the reach of the angry mob, seeking new fields of adventure.
Moving Picture World, July 14, 1917
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