- Charlie Hart, a young ribbon clerk earning about seven dollars a week, invites Helen Vaughan to luncheon. He possesses just two dollars and as he is about to leave his room, his laundry is delivered to him, for which he has to pay one dollar and fifty cents of his total, leaving him but fifty cents with which to entertain his guest. He is compelled to carry out his invitations, however, so he calls on Miss Vaughan, and she, in delightful anticipation of a pleasant afternoon, leaves with him for the luncheon. Knowing that his bankroll amounts to but 50c, he tries to guide her into a very cheap restaurant, where the prices range from 5c to 35c. She absolutely refuses, and she brings him to a real café. They enter, and Helen immediately orders a dinner that amounts to almost $5.00. Charlie is dumbfounded, and to add to his embarrassment, two young lady friends of Helen enter and she invites them to join Charlie and herself at their table. They accept and at once order two sumptuous repasts, which adds another $10.00 to Charlie's bill. An hour or two elapses and the young ladies decide to have fruit, cake and wine for a fitting climax to a splendid dinner. Poor Charlie is almost prostrated and at his wits' end how to get out of his predicament. He at last decides his only chance is to excuse himself, hustle out and borrow the money from some friend. He hits on a Dr. Sykes to help him out. He calls at his office, and after many funny incidents, manages to procure $20.00. In the meantime the ladies are in a state of hysteria. The waiter had demanded the payment of the cheques, they have but small change and are held in durance vile, awaiting the arrival of the lost Charlie. After moments of awful suspense Charlie comes on the scene. The waiter gives him a bill amounting to $20.50, which he pays, it taking every cent he possesses. The girls leave in anger. The waiter demands a tip. Charlie hasn't it and runs out. The ladies leave in an auto with an obliging friend. Charlie is soundly thrashed by the waiter and a patient from the dentist's whom Charlie had made miserable during his visit to Dr. Sykes.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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