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The confusion ends when Charlie notices that the other is carrying a satchel instead of a cane.
The floorwalker bribes Charlie to change places with him only to fall into the cop's hands and get a billy over the head as Charlie, just in time, doffs his derby. When Charlie picks up the satchel of money he gets a scare as a dummy's hand falls on it.
The stunned manager comes to and rushes at Charlie but stops as the detectives turn to see and his lunge changes to an affable handshake with the surprised Charlie. But the assault resumes upstairs where Charlie's efforts to fend off his assailant with some exquisite ballet steps go unappreciated. He is picked up by the neck and given a shaking. Managing to slip out of the other's grip Charlie dives under his legs and a minor chase goes into a major one as the police swarm in.
The chase proceeds down the "up" escalator. Charlie slipping when he reaches bottom is pulled up again. Then another mechanical monster, the store elevator, joins in the free-for-all. It cracks the crooked store manager on the head and brings the comedy to an end.
The ''Floorwalker's" mirror and ballet scenes are its high points.
"The Fireman" is perhaps the least interesting of the Mutuals since it depends most on violence and slapstick. But it is redeemed by several outstanding touches to which George Jean Nathan, no lover of the movies, has paid tribute.
Fireman Charlie, still abed, mistakes a drill bell for a fire alarm, slides down the pole and upsets the whole fire company by driving the engine out, single-handed. The tough fire chief administers heavy-handed punishment. Ordered to serve breakfast, the coffee and cream for which are extracted from the engine boiler, Charlie's