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COMEDY.
to afford the desired opportunity, and our friend loses no time in entering into conversation with the fair one, who is by no means averse, but when his attentions become too pressing she repulses him and leaves him in the lurch to look for other opportunities.
Another nurse maid, but this time with two babies instead of one, appears, and taking the other end of the seat proceeds to give the infants what they need from a large nursing bottle. Mr. Masher has been getting near the scene of operation in order to ingratiate himself with the lady, but she slyly directs the contents of the bottle in his direction and the unfortunate fellow gets it "in the neck" and is only too glad to be rid of the "heavenly twins" as quickly as possible.
Another charmer appears on the scene, apparently with every grace of form and figure, but heavily veiled, and this time the masher appears to make a good impression, and is soon carrying on a vigorous flirtation with the veiled stranger. The lovemaking get
ting warmer, the lady is persuaded to remove the veil which hides her charms, but, horrible to relate, it transpires that the dude has been pressing his ardent attentions on a lady of very decided color, and he makes a getaway, seeming to have had enough of flirtation for a time at least.
The animal house is the next scene of Mr. Masher's adventures, where he is seen lingering, Caruso like, and dividing his attention between the caged animals and the ladies who come to inspect them, when, by a strange coincidence, he encounters his various lady friends whose acquaintance he made on the park seat, and from whom he endeavors to escape. They pursue him, and a lively chase is on. Out of the animal house and through the park, running, jumping, rolling and all but flying, now on foot, now in a pony carriage which he "borrows" for the occasion, and for some time evading all pursuers, but at last his wild career is brought to a full stop by a "cop," who arrests him, and who, after listening to the various accusations of the pursuing ladies, leads him off to durance vile, there to reflect at his leisure on the undesirability of "Mashing in Lincoln Park."
S. P. 2593-2600. WHAT A PIPE DID. Price, $55.80.
Approximate length, 465 feet.
For mirth-making possibilities the subject, "What a Pipe Did," sets a new record, and the film itself is so entirely different from the ordinary comic chase production that it cannot fail to prove
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