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COMEDY.
and — incidentally — the china merchant's head. The box is, however, apparently uninjured, and the maid bears it away.
On the way home, the maid recognizes a crony resting up<3n a wayside seat near a waiting cab. Room is made on the bench, and the two women indulge in gossip.
A mischievous boy chains the coffee set box to the axle of the cab, and retires to await events.
Cabby secures a fare and drives off, innocently dragging the unfortunate box behind his vehicle. The bench is upset, as bodily and mentally are the gossips, who follow the disappearing cab.
The chase is very humorous; the box bounding along in the wake of the vehicle, still pursued by the irate women, who cling to the treasure, but the cab still proceeds, dragging the unfortunate pursuers along in undignified fashion.
The cab is eventually stopped by a constable, who demands an explanation from the innocent Jarvey, who cannot, of course, satisfy the representative of law and order. In fact, an explanation is impossible, for the two bedraggled women pounce upon poor cabby and soundly belabor him, while the mischievous boy grins.
Finally, the driver is carried to the police station by the constable, and the maid once more resumes her journey with the rescued coffee set.
On arrival in a disheveled condition at her master's house, she triumphantly produces the box, which her employer unpacks. Exhibition of debris and disgust. The set is broken into a thousand pieces.
The exasperated employer hurls the box and contents out of the window, and, in his anger, picks up the maid and serves her in the same fashion.
The final scene depicts the howling maid seated in the back yard amid the remnants of the wrecked coffee service 'which has caused all the trouble.
An exhilarating subject, full of ingenious and novel situations.
TJ. D. 1842.
THE "VACUUM CLEANER" NIGHTMARE.
Approximate Length, 294 feet.
Price, $35.28.
The new ideas embodied in this picture are of a ludicrous and startling nature. This is not an advertisement film, although in order to carry out the idea it was necessary to utilize (in animated form) the conception of a famous poster. Order of Pictures
Mr. Jones, with house cleaning tendencies, stops his cab in
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