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the hungry girl but ends by sharing his meal with her. In pantomime he chides her for eating so fast — bad for the stomach! Take it easy! When she has hiccups, he reminds her of his warning. But, overcome by hiccups himself, he gives the girl the rest of his meal.
At his tryout, the tramp's repertoire, a flip of his feet, gets no response. He is told to watch a team of clowns in the William Tell act and see if he can do it. The lesson starts with a mishap when Charlie pulls up a chair. It happens to be the one from which the boss has momentarily risen and seeks to sit down on again — with disastrous results.
In the course of the elaborately pantomimed William Tell act, the old clown and his victim each take bites of the target-apple until there is nothing left to shoot at. Charlie, first taught how to gesture floridly and smile, then reviews the act. After he bites the apple, he crooks his finger to indicate a worm, then spits it out. The apple gone, Charlie substitutes a banana and juggles it on his head, only to win the circus owner's disapproval.
Next the "barber-shop act" is put on. Charlie replaces the owner's chair just in time to avoid another fall. Two barbers compete for a customer who, when finally seated, is submerged in lather applied with a painter's brush from a pail. Following this the two barbers plaster each other to a messy finish. Charlie, in his tryout, vainly dodging the brush, gets well lathered and staggers around "blind." He ends by plastering the owner — and getting the boot.
Outside Merna helps him wash the suds off his face. As the signal is given for the start of the show, Charlie explains his departure as a failure to agree on terms. Merna's fond goodbye makes Charlie change his direction; he hops after her, only to return with a donkey at his heels.
When the unpaid property men quit, the frantic Head Property Man hires Charlie and hands him a pile of