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COMEDY.
of utensils, supplies and voluminous references at hand, and soon has the preparation safely stowed away in the oven.
At noon hubby returns, and when the cake is served she finds she cannot cut it, so her helpmeet tries, and, failing with the aid of the carving knife, he tries a chisel and hammer. Failing with these, he goes for a saw, but the wifey is so provoked now that she promptly throws the cake out of the window. A man passing is hit on the head, knocking off the silk hat, which rolls in the street. Stopping to pick up for inspection what hit him, he sees his hat demolished by a passing carriage. Angry at his loss, he enters the house and upbraids the occupants for their wanton carelessness. The cake is again left, and when a tramp politely requests something to eat, he is very benevolently given the whole cake. Happy at this display of generosity, our friend retires to the alley, and is about to take a bite, when he discovers that his grinders meet with strong resistance. He throws the loaf against a stone, but still no impression is made, and, disgusted, he throws it over a fence, where it hits a man carrying brick to the mason working on a new building. They try to cut the loaf with the mason's trowel, but are unsuccessful, and fit it into the brick wall as the keystone.
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THE ATHLETIC DUDE. Approximate Length, 500 feet.
Price, $60.00.
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This subject opens up with a parlor scene. A young man calls at the home of a lady, and wearing a monocule, also addicted to a manner decidedly effeminate, he wins little favor in the opinion of the object of his adoration, and is soon relegated to a corner seat as another suitor of better stature is ushered in and claims the attention of the lady.
Angered at this he goes, and passing a drug store enters it and secures treatment and a trainer for the physical development he requires.
Going to his apartment we find him using an exerciser vigorously, also a set of dumb bells. The trainer puts him through such vigorous work that considerable of the furniture and house is wrecked, whereupon they are evicted. He next receives a lesson in horsemanship, at which he cuts an especially ridiculous figure. The next treatment is a lesson in boxing, then some gymnastic work and finally a rowing exercise, at which the subject is tipped from the boat and forced to swim or drown. At various stages of the treatment the muscle expansion is measured and he is seen to progress nicely.
Finally he is pronounced a graduate athlete. He returns to the young lady and finds the victor at the time of his previous visit still engaged in conversation with the young lady. The page endeavors to restrain his entrance and is floored with a swing of his
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