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- Mlle. De Loir, a pretty actress, has her jewels stolen out of her dressing room in some unaccountable manner. She cannot be consoled until her maid suggests they send for Tom, Dick and Harry, three famous detectives who have never gone astray on any case. The three arrive with numerous disguises and make-ups and get to work at once digging out clues and asking questions. Little Tom finds the footprints of a rat in the talcum powder on the actress's dressing table. He needs no further clue. I will disguise myself as a cat and catch the thief. Donning the paraphernalia of a cat he watches at a hole in the floor until he sees the guilty rat going through. He follows it to its home and there sure enough are the missing jewels. Gathering them up he seeks his confreres and together they wait upon Mlle. De Loir and present her with her gems, restored through the sagacity and intelligence of those past masters of the detective's art, Tom, Dick and Harry.
- Jacques and Jules, rival chefs, are rivals in love as well as in business, and Jeanette, their buxom idol, is torn between the two. Jacques has the ascendancy, because of the student patronage he holds by virtue of a marvelous sauce for chicken which he prepares from an inherited recipe, kept profoundly secret. Success spoils Jacques, however, and Jeanette, becoming jealous of a little singer who is mocking Jacques' airs, steals the famous recipe, knowing its secret hiding place, and gives it to Jules. Thereupon all of the students flock over to Jules, and Jeanette, with many shrugs, follows the crowd. The darkest hour has arrived for Jacques. Jules, however, is ungrateful, and does not trust Jeanette with the secret of his hiding place, which, of course, makes her angry. So one day, while Jules is preparing the sauce, she brings Jacques to the kitchen, and in the struggle which ensues for possession of the precious document it falls into the fire and burns. Both are desolated. Jules begins at once to berate Jeanette, whereupon Jacques, by his gallantry in protecting her, wins Jeanette back to himself and bears her off in triumph to his own kitchen. There, under the inspiration of her presence, he regains heart and, being persuaded by her, decides to try to make the marvelous sauce without the recipe. Monsieur Gerome passes upon the sauce's verity for the students, and success comes again to stay forever with Jacques, who thus triumphs doubly over his hated rival, Jules.
- Finney, a boob, loves Marion Dean, but she cannot he bothered with him. Seeing that Finney annoys his sister, little Billy decides to play a trick on him. He lines Finney's hat with limburger cheese. The victim of the joke has a bad cold and cannot smell a thing. But everybody else can. He goes up on a Fifth Avenue bus, and is immediately left in sole possession. Everybody avoids him and he cannot understand why. Finally his hat is lifted from his head and wafted down a sewer. He buys a new one and meets Marion at the lake. She is with a young Lieutenant, whom she presents to Finney as her fiancé. Overcome with emotion poor Finney dives overboard and is last seen at the bottom of the ocean petting the fish and hoping that they, at least, will love him.
- Young Doctor Green's village practice is small and he finds himself in straightened circumstances. One morning the landlord calls for his rent and states that the doctor must pay up or vacate. The doctor has a fertile brain, however, and hits upon a scheme that he thinks will raise the wherewithal. He writes a note: "I am a poor outcast, afflicted with small-pox. I die, rather than contaminate others. Despairingly, Jos. Smith," Placing this note in the pocket of an old suit of clothes, borrowed from his gardener, he lays the clothes on the bank of the local river and awaits developments. An old fisherman discovers the clothes, alarms the neighbors, and in a twinkling half the population of the village is eagerly examining the clothes of the supposed suicide for a mark of identification. They do not find the note, as it is tucked in the small watch pocket of the trousers. At this point Dr. Green appears and finds the note, which he reads. Of course all are thrown into a panic through fear of contamination and rush the doctor off to his office, where he vaccinates all hands at one dollar per vaccination. When the landlord appears again for his rent he is paid instantly and also submits to a vaccination operation at the doctor's own rate.
- The trouble starts when the parents of little Herbert Rice leave him and his tiny sister in full possession of the house while they go to a matinee. Sis wants to play "lady" but her mother's new evening gown is so long that it is necessary to cut a few feet of the skirt off to make it fit. Rice finds that his father's silk hat and grandmother's glasses make him look like a first class doctor, so it is necessary for Sis to he taken desperately ill so that little Doc Rice can perform an operation. It takes a large bottle of red ink to furnish the requisite amount of blood and when the children hear their parents returning, the bedroom looks like a slaughterhouse. Fearing a whipping, Rice and Sis hides behind the portieres, and their unhappy parents think that they have been murdered. A famous detective backed by the police department finds some wonderful clues and is making a name for himself when the kids appear and solve the most horrible crime.
- Count "No Account" borrows enough money to come to the land of heiresses and meets the "Queen of the Human Race" who is struggling along on a few paltry million dollars a year. The "Queen" falls for the Count's accent and her poor sweetheart finds himself relegated to the side lines with the rest of the substitutes. But the "Queen" has a kid brother who is a throwback to the ancestor who collected the change. The kid knows a "bunk" Count by instinct and sides with the rejected sweetheart. He helps him secrete himself in a suit of armor where he can watch the Count and the Queen say sweet nothings to each other, and incidentally make things unpleasant for his foreign rival. With the Kid's active aid, made more active by the promise of a ten dollar bill, the "No Account" Count counts for very little, especially in the police station where the last act but one is enacted. The last act shows little Herbert Rice trying to put ten pounds of candy into a two pound capacity stomach.
- The domestic peace of the Hallowells, a young couple living in a small town, is disturbed by a poorly cooked breakfast and Dick, the husband, leaves the house angrily after his wife has threatened to return to her mother. She starts packing her trunks and he proceeds to the quarries of which he is the manager. Rowdy, the family bulldog, follows his master. Reaching the quarry, Hallowell is told by his foreman that the supply of dynamite is in the hut where the explosives are kept. Rowdy seizes a stick of the highly dangerous dynamite in his mouth and startles Dick and the foreman by appearing before them with it. Fearing every moment that the dog will cause it to explode by biting or dropping it, the two men scatter in terror. At his wits' end Dick hurries home followed by the dog, who scatters fear on every side. Rowdy, unable to understand the excitement he is causing, reaches the house only to find it locked and the family barricaded inside. He gains entrance, however, through an open window and rushes into the sitting room with the dynamite still in his mouth. The Hallowells' child calls the dog and but for the sudden entrance of the nurse might have seized the stick. But, upon seeing the the dog and hearing the shouts of the Hallowells, the nurse flees from the house pursued by Rowdy. Dick calls upon the police who hurry to the house. Tired of pursuing the nurse, the dog has returned to his kennel, and when the police and Dick find him, is sitting comfortably before it with the stick before him. They surround the kennel but he routs them and drives them over the back fence, grabbing up the stick and following his master who now flies wildly down the street. Dick attempts to board a street car but Rowdy follows and empties it of all its passengers, even the motorman deserting his post. Into the country Dick flies with the dog behind him, stumbling over a camp of tramps and almost ruffling the happiness of a pair of young lovers. In attempting to cross a stone wall, the dynamite explodes, and all danger now over, Dick hurries to the nearest telephone and informs his agonized wife that he is safe. As he turns from the phone, Rowdy, covered with dust, etc., comes in. Like a cat he seems to have nine lives, and as Dick sinks thunderstruck and weak upon a box, the dog covers his face with kisses.
- May and Dick, a young couple, have a baby whom they think a wonder. They decide to relieve the maid for once and take their child out for the first time. Along the avenue they regard everyone to see if the baby is receiving proper admiration. When they meet a friend, Dick's pride in his son knows no bounds. They stop before a shop, for May has some things to buy. Will hubby watch baby for a while? Certainly hubby will be glad to do so. So May goes into the shop. Left alone with dad, the child commences to weep. Dick looks into the window; but May is still at the glove counter and he can catch no glimpse of her. The baby's roars increase. Dick is in despair. He goes to the door of the shop, but returns at an extra loud roar from baby. Afraid lest the baby die on his hands he grabs him out of the carriage and starts on a run to the doctor. An interfering gossip sees this, and thinks that Dick is a kidnapper. She follows and informs a boob cop who arrests Dick. Meantime May has come out of the store to find baby and husband missing. She nearly faints. She is attended by some ladies. She calls up the station and is told her baby is safe, but the bold, bad kidnapper is secure in a cell. Followed by the ladies, May hurries to the station where baby is placed in her arms. The ladies demand to see the kidnapper. Poor Dick is dragged out of his cell and at once all the ladies angrily fall upon him tooth and nail. May happens to look up a second from the baby, sees who it is and rushes to his defense. Dick is released and the pair start off with their baby, while the captain rates the boob cop, and the ladies look at one another in disgust because there was no scandal involved after all.
- Little Mr. Grey and his still "littler" wife, are surprised to receive a letter from their sister saying she is sending her dear little girl to spend a month with them. They prepare a room with dainty, doll-like furniture, but when little Mary arrives, it is found she will not even fit in the door. She is so tall and so broad that she can take both uncle and aunt up in one arm. And the poor postman who brought this precious package by parcel post, thinks it the worst ever, even worse than chickens, monkeys, dancing bears and other impediments he has been loaded down with.
- Finney's luck turns from good to bad and back again so fast that he can't keep track of it. His wife wants to go to the theater on the very evening that Finney is playing so close to the cloth that he can't buy tickets. Thoroughly discouraged, he is walking along the street when a crook bumps into him and drops two theater tickets at his very feet. He picks them up and runs home to bid his wife prepare for the glorious evening, while the woman from whom the tickets were stolen is putting the whole Burn's Detective Agency on the track of the thief. Finney and his wife are enjoying the performance and Finney is standing ace high in his wife's regard when the detectives succeed in tracing the numbers of the seats for which the stolen tickets call. Luck changes again when Mr. Finney and his good wife find themselves lodged in a cell with excellent chances of spending the night there. But luck changes once more and Finney comes into his own.
- Tom Long and Billy Short are two friends in hard luck. Billy is so very small that Tom conceives the idea of dressing him in baby's clothes and leaving him on the doorstep of a handsome residence, so that he will be taken into the bosom of a wealthy family, where he will be in a position to at least get enough to eat to relieve their immediate healthy appetites. Billy is left upon Mrs. Love's doorstep, where he is found and received with joy by the family. He has a hard time keeping from making love to the maid, and at night admits Tom to the house and entertains him in lavish style with the aid of Mr. Love's cigars and champagne. The maid takes Billy out for an airing in the baby carriage. She meets her sweetheart and Billy has a hard time controlling his jealousy, especially when the Frenchman takes a violent dislike to the baby (?). Finally Billy forgets himself and starts a fight, which proves him to be the most remarkable baby on record.
- After her first husband died, Mrs. Murphy decided to find one that she can boss, as she is tired of being told what to do. She advertises for a small, frail man with matrimonial inclinations, and is delighted when Herbert Rice applies for the job. Rice is made to walk the chalk line, and Mrs. Murphy-Rice makes up for all the abuse she received from her first husband by abusing husband No. 2. But a diet ordered by her doctor to reduce her weight has a wonderful effect upon her size, and she continues to shrink until her husband, who is taking a special course in physical culture, becomes the "Bull Moose" of his own pasture and the real fun begins.
- Handsome Harry is deeply in love with Mabel, who is very fond of flowers. He buys her presents and spends money so freely that he finds himself financially embarrassed. But Mabel must have flowers, so Harry takes his dress suit, which is his joy and pride, and pawns it. With the proceeds he buys a beautiful bunch of flowers and takes them to Mabel's house. She is delighted, and Harry is very satisfied until he learns that he cannot attend her party that evening unless he has a dress suit. Harry is visited by joy and gloom so often that the little fellows become quite friendly with him.
- This picture shows Tom, Dick and Harry, the now famous comedy sleuths, on another case, requiring their gravest attention. They assume their various disguises and follow a notorious criminal to Florida, finally capturing him with their usual cleverness.
- A harmless inmate of an insane asylum escapes from his keepers and meets Algernon Rich on his way from a costumer with a "devil" costume under his arm. He appropriates the costume and, dressed as his Satanic majesty, starts on a series of adventures that lead to all kinds of amusing complications. He spends a pleasant evening in the home of Jack Sprat and his wife (unknown to both of them), and by hiding under the dining room table and alternately pulling Mrs. Sprat's hair and slapping Mr. Sprat on his bald pate he succeeds in starting a record-breaking family quarrel. The climax is reached when Mr. Sprat slams the bedroom door in his wife's face, only to find the devil in his bed.
- A salesman passing through a western town, sells safety razors to all the miners, much to the dissatisfaction of the one barber. Some saleswomen visit the town a few weeks later, selling barber supplies, and the owner of the shop contracts to take a great quantity of material if the girls will pose in his place as "Lady Barbers." They consent for the sake of the sale, and the next day as the men pass the store, they read a placard announcing "Lady Barbers in Attendance." One and all flock into the shop. The girls ask what razors they have been using. The safety razors are displayed, but the girls refuse to shave them unless they throw the safety razors away. This is done in short order, and as each man takes his place in the chair, a girl presides, but only for a second. The barber deftly executes the shave, but the victim leaves, content, positive that he has been shaved by the girl. That evening, after taking a big order, the girls board an east-bound train, leaving a crowd of miners mourning their loss. Next day, they all stroll sadly into the old shop, minus their safety, and realizing how badly they were stung.
- Hawley, a famous author, takes the road as a tramp to get local color for his new book. He leaves a letter for his wife, acquainting her of the fact. A reporter learns of Hawley 's scheme by questioning Mrs. Hawley and publishes a picture of Hawley and the story in the newspaper. A real tramp takes the same road as Hawley and gets into trouble by helping himself to a pie, that is cooling on the window-sill of a farm house. The farmer mistakes Hawley for the offending tramp and sets him to work on the wood pile while he keeps watch over him with a gun. Meanwhile the real tramp makes good his escape and is mistaken by the good folks of the town for Hawley, the noted author. Weary Willie is dined and wined and treated like a king. Even Hawley's wife joins in the festivities to do him honor, and when Hawley returns after having spent a long hard day making little sticks out of big ones he is taken for a genuine hobo and his troubles are numerous until he is recognized by his wife and friends.
- Mrs. Brown thinks that she has the prettiest baby in the world, but everybody knows that it is a poor puny little girl with no claim to beauty. A doctor makes a great discovery in the form of a tonic to he placed in the baby's milk. Mrs. Brown gives the tonic to her baby and it starts to grow at a wonderful rate. The nurse takes baby out for an airing and while she is having a little flirtation it grows to be a plump three-hundred pound wonder and gets lost in the park. A diminutive policeman finds it and has his own troubles getting it home to its surprised mother and relatives.
- Bobby's father buys a large bowling ball, which interests his son very much. The boy manages to steal it and after inserting a piece of rope to make it look like a fuse, he has a great deal of fun, frightening the neighbors with the supposed bomb. After he has scared the cook out of her wits and stolen the pies, chased a tramp off the grounds and reduced the minister to a hopeless state, he is caught by father, who soon transfers the bomb to a harmless ball. But when he threatens Bobby with a spanking, the wise little boy says he will tell his mother about the pretty ladies father flirted with; so instead of a whipping, be receives a dollar to keep quiet.