- Smith casts his wife as a sluttish housewife who is mutilated by lighting her oven with paraffin.
- Merry housewife Mary Jane starts her day early in the morning by doing her myriad domestic chores. After using pitch-black boot polish as makeshift makeup, the reckless servant sets her mind on starting a fire--and when all else fails, she grabs a paraffin can, pours liberally on the seemingly extinguished fire, and out the chimney she goes. Will her untimely demise be a warning to all kerosene lovers?—Nick Riganas
- Mary Jane tries to light the oven. When she's unsuccessful, she plays around, getting black boot polish on her face. She mugs before a mirror. Then, it's back to work. When the stove still won't light, she pours in paraffin, winks at the camera, and lights a match. Kaboom! Is there any rest for the foolish, even in the grave?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
- Mary Jane is a typical Hinglish girl. She is seen scurrying about in her kitchen after oversleeping, now trying to do a number of things at one time. She blackens the Master's boots, puts the kettle on, builds the fire, etc. While engaged in shoe-blacking, she scratches her nose with the blacking brush and leaves a large black mark on her face which makes her appear to have a mustache. She goes on with her work, but the fire will not come up. Mary runs for the paraffin can and proceeds to pour about a quart of the fluid on the apparently extinguished fire, after which she kneels on the floor to blow some life into the old kitchen range. She evidently succeed: suddenly an awful explosion occurs and Mary is seen traveling heavenward. The picture changes to an exterior view. The housetops continue her flight toward angel land. Shortly after, she descends piecemeal, and when the last piece has fallen, the picture dissolves into a scene laid in a graveyard where poor Mary was interred. The inscription on the tombstone is to effect that Mary had gone to heaven by the aid of paraffin. An old lady accompanied by three younger ones visits the grave but they are frightened off by the ghost of the departed kitchen maid who is seen in ghostly form tightly hugging the paraffin can. Exceedingly fine.—Lubin Catalog
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