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- Baby Peggy as the mischievous child of doting and fussy parents.
- Weazel Tail Bend was so crooked it couldn't see straight. The sheriff and his deputy had the habits of Jesse James, and he also robbed the country by teaching school. The weekly train was the town's only sport. The engineer knew Weazel Bend- so he didn't even hesitated. They had a nice soft mattress on the station platform to catch the passengers that chanced that way. But one day the town was brightened considerably by the arrival of Miss Betsy Beautiful, whom the School Trustee sent to relieve the sheriff of one of his duties-teaching school. Her sweetheart Hiram Biff, had followed her, how ever, riding on his nerve and the engine rod. "Big Kick Kitchen," was the place where society mixed soft drinks with hard fists. Even the bad guy, Pineapple Pete, didn't look so hard, sipping a soft drink. However, looks are not everything. Pineapple decided to pay the bank an unofficial visit to draw out some cash he had never deposited, but he was interrupted by our friend the Sheriff, who demanded half of the loot. Everything was going lovely, when who should appear but Hiram. He rounded up the crooks in fine shape, grabbed the money with one hand, his girl with the other and they both grabbed the first train going the other way.
- Baby Peggy is first seen traveling to Universal City in a hammock slung under a freight car from which she emerges dressed like a little Bill Hart. The first thing she does is throw a brick at what she thinks is a thief, thus spoiling a perfectly good scene that a director is making. After many troubles she finally gets her "chance" and telling the director "you ain't seen nothing yet," proceeds to go all the vamps of moviedom one better in the famous "Fool There Was."
- This is the story of the heartless mother whose burdens are such that she would be rid of her two children. The henpecked father is compelled to take them to the woods and there lose them. Gretel drops bread-crumbs to find her way home, but wild-fowl eat the crumbs and they are truly lost. The babes wander to the home of a witch, who would fatten them up to make ginger-bread of them. As they are about to be thrown into the blazing furnace Peggy outwits the witch, and, in turn, the witch is thrust into the roaring flames, as the mother, repentant, heads the neighbors in the work of rescue.
- A spoof of Bizet's Carmen. Somewhere in Spain, a young girl gets the better of the neighborhood boys, then, dressed as a fashionable senorita, visits a club where a boy is demonstrating a tango. She joins him to the enjoyment of the spectators. In act 2, she's dressed as a matador and presents herself at the arena to General della Bambinodi Carradavadoves, a man who knows bulls. She fights one and finds that her sword isn't strong enough to stab him. In the excitement, the General falls from the stands, and he and the child must face the brute. Is there an escape?
- The heroine lavishes affection upon a dog whom she believes to be her reincarnated husband.
- Edna, a winsome country lassie, leaves home to seek her fortune in the big city. Her plump sweetie takes her to the train, tying his horse to the rear coach. When he returns he finds his horse has been jerked out of the harness. Edna discovers the horse in town and mails it back to him. He gets a flivver and goes to town. She, meanwhile, gets a job in a jazzy cabaret. Her sweetie tries to enter in his countrified clothes and is bounced. He repeats the attempt and is repeatedly bounced. Suddenly he beholds his sweetie doing a feature dance. He makes for her. The proprietor chases him around the pool. Edna appears and refuses to leave with him, telling him that she is married to the proprietor.
- The tale of a bachelor's last party before he takes the marriage vow. With some of his young married neighbors he goes on a wild tear that ends when they take possession of a hansom cab. The usual incidents mark the cab ride when the horse refuses to go any further. Some of the party are hitched to the shafts, while others assume undignified attitudes within the cab. It ends when the cab goes over a bridge and Billy falls into the seat of Beth's auto. He is eventually forgiven and the marriage ceremony is proceeded with.
- The story of a little bellhop and her adventures in a big hotel.
- Hippopotamus Hank the leader of a band of gypsies, travels around the country in his gypsy wagon and has for a passenger- among others - one Jazzarina Jipp. Now, Jazzarina is always getting into trouble of all sorts, and during one of her playful combats with Hippopotamus Hank he throws her down a hill right into the arms of Algernon Alligator, the artistic artist who is out to paint the beauties of Nature. Now, Algernon takes a fancy to Jazzarina and takes her home to his father, who is struck by the wild beauty of the poor little gypsy girl. Daddy becomes interested in the wild eyed beauty to such an extent that he plans to make her a society belle. The debutante party follows, as does also the stealing of Mrs. Greeze Z. Soop's (one of the fashionable guests) necklace. Mrs. Greeze Z. Soop, upon accusing Jazzarina of stealing the necklace, is politely informed by the infuriated Algernon that she is to be his wife. Hippopotamus Hank and Gypsy Jake have meanwhile located the escaped Jazzarina and decide to kidnap her back, so Gypsy Jake dons ministerial garb and enters the peaceful household to perform the wedding ceremony. He makes himself known to Jazzarina, and here follows a lively little chase, which ends with the restoration of Jazzarina to her artistic lover, Algernon.
- The heroine promises to marry the bravest hunter among her men acquaintances.
- A pair of destitute artists are in arrears in their rent and bound by necessity to get themselves out of hock. They endeavor to accomplish this indirectly through the rescue of a maiden from a bunch of villains on her father's yacht. She poses for them and father becomes interested in a number of pictures they have "borrowed."' The rightful owner puts in an appearance just at the wrong time and the pair are captured after the characteristic chase of the short comedy.
- Al, whose wife has just departed, is admonished to be good. He immediately becomes involved with a traffic cop for speeding and puts forth the subterfuge that he is a doctor rushing to the bedside of a sick mother and baby. He is made to prove his statement when the cop accompanies him. This he does when he persuades a passing girl to enact the sick role to outwit the cop. The plot succeeds, but the confusion is added to when the wife unexpectedly returns to find the fair visitor in the home. However, they prove to be old friends and the difficulty is straightened out until the cop overhears the entire plot unraveled and rushes the culprits off to jail.
- The adventures of an escaped convict.
- Peggy and her father are thrown out on the street by a heartless landlord. They go to the park and find a nice, hard bench to lie on. Pal, their dog, tramps along with them. The park officer does everything in his power to get Peggy and her father to move away, but Peggy is always frustrating his heartless plans. In the park two robbers are looking over their spoils. Peggy, who has been dodging the cop, chances upon them. They throw the spoils over in the comer of a bush when they see the officer, and Peggy picks up the bag and walks off with it. The cop follows the crooks, who are following Peggy - and before they know it they all have walked into the station-house. The crooks are arrested, the jewels are found and Peggy receives a worthy reward.
- Tomboy Mary is uninvited to a party given by her boyfriend's parents--but his sister has an idea. They gals conspire for Mary to disguise herself as a man to crash the party. Hijinks ensue.
- Buddy's parents are poor, so he decides to go out and make the family fortune. He takes with him his friend Bubbles and they start out. They travel in a boxcar and when the baggage-man sees them there is a chase. From the boxcar they jump into a van and after they are chased by the van driver they jump on an automobile in which a moving picture star is driving to the studio. They get inside the studio and after the gateman finds out that the star doesn't know them, there is another chase and they are thrown out of the studio. They pose as dummies and are taken in the studio. They get into a lot of trouble as they interfere with the different directors on the sets. One of the directors is in need of a colored boy as the one he has been using can't do the work, so when he sees Bubbles he puts him to work and Bubbles does his part so well that they want to sign him up immediately. Buddy acts as his manager and at times gets temperamental as to letting Bubbles do certain things. Bubbles finally becomes a big star with Buddy as his manager and the family fortune is made.
- When Baby Peggy closed her little eyes, little did she realize that the same night she would capture a bold, bad burglar. Her toys and balloons met the burglar every way he turned until at last he ran into the wall, stunned. A passing policeman took him with him, and Baby Peggy closed her eyes to sleep her Beauty Sleep. The next day her suitors called - one at a time. When Harry called he was thrust into the closet when James rang the front bell. James, too, was thrown into one of the obscure corners of the house. This continued in turn as Henry and David each paid their respects with a call on their little "sweetie." But when Chauncey called in his Packard car Peggy was ready to go out, and she did. Then the rivals discovered each other - and then the fun began. When Peggy's folks returned home they found their place looking like - well, you know. Peggy's return home was far from triumphant, but she was saved from a sound spanking by the return of the officer who had Peggy's reward for capturing the burglar.
- Because his modest goat cart can't compete with the village dude's baby automobile, he loses his pretty sweetheart. He encounters the sheriff after stealing some flowers, but manages to lose him by a cunning ruse. How he catches his sister's beau who has robbed a safe, and how his bravery wins back the affections of his girl is the rest of the story.
- Alice is the daughter of a fisherman. She gathers herring to support her family. Alice's folks are worshipers of the cuckoo clock. Even the dog bows his head in prayer when the cuckoo cuckoos. Joe, a sailor, loves Alice. He calls on her at midnight, and takes her to a cabaret. While there, a sea captain falls in love with Alice, and strange things come to pass when Alice sees the hula hula dancers. Joe takes Alice home under great difficulties Alice and Joe are happily married and are proprietors of a lunch room. Undaunted by his previously unsuccessful attempts the sea captain is still bent on possessing Alice, and lays his plans to kidnap her. Alice is kidnapped, and is placed on a sea going vessel. Just as Joe comes home. He pursues the yacht with his billowy sail boat. Just as he is about to catch the vessel he is lassoed and left mercilessly to drown. Instead, Joe pulls himself up on the rope and outs his way in through the boat. Meanwhile, Alice is having her troubles trying to keep the captain out of her stateroom. Joe rescues Alice, and there follows a lively boat chase with marines, patrol boats, etc. Alice and Joe manage to destroy the lighthouse in which the captain and his crew sought to shelter themselves. A novel ending follows.
- Lige is courting Ena, and Bud tries to steal her away from him.
- Beth is a modern flapper with a high-powered auto who does not care how she ignores traffic laws or smashes things or bowls over pedestrians, knowing that her good-natured and wealthy father will straighten matters out. The worm turns, however, and papa sends Beth to a fashionable boarding school, where she is hazed by the other girls. Finally her sweetheart "kidnaps" her and they elope and win father's forgiveness.
- A street urchin is trying to survive on her own, getting into mischief along the way.
- The love affairs of a fat garage proprietor who finally wins the tiny lady of his choice in a reckless automobile race.
- Buster Brown gets upset when Mary Jane invites him to a party and gives all her attention to a new boy. Mary Jane is upset because Buster got upset. Tige sets out to get Buster back in Mary Jane's good graces. A piece of tobacco in a candy sack seems like a good idea.
- Harry bets that placing a crook in a proper environment can reform him. Wanda, arrested for a theft she did not commit, is chosen for the experiment and Harry gives her a job as a maid. She insists on making love to him, is exonerated when a necklace is stolen and finally wins Harry's heart.
- Alice is the scullion in a kitchen and around the house. Although loved by the fat cook and the iceman, she elopes with the son of the house. Action becomes faster and soon furious after the marriage. The cook gets into a balloon, whose anchor picks up folks and drops them without regard to their dignity or anatomy. Then the hook-anchor picks up the house containing the bride and groom. The house and its contents fly all over the countryside to a whirlwind finish.
- After making all the mischief that she can, Baby Peggy runs away from home. All this because of jealousy. A new baby brother has made his appearance in her home and is taking away a good deal of attention from her. Out in the cruel world she is captured by a junk dealer and set to work. She manages to fill her wagon with junk by going into the yards at night and meowing like a cat. Windows are thrown open and all kinds of things are thrown at her. At the end she escapes and returns home.
- Harry has had a tiff with his wife, and in despair because she has had the last word, he decides to end it all. He employs flivvers, cars, trains, roughnecks, and divers and sundry other methods, all to no avail. He seems to have a charmed life because something always happens to prevent the suicide. Finally Harry gives up in disgust. And to show the way of fickle nature, it is when he resolves to let well enough alone that a car comes along and hits him.
- Two flirtatious young fellows meet a girl who invites them to a party where all dress like kids.
- Baby Peggy is a little homeless girl living in the streets of Paris. She makes her living by selling little flowers, and her only companion is Buddy, the dog. Peggy and Buddy make many friends on their routes through Paris and while walking through the fields of a nearby meadow they make the acquaintance of a famous Parisian artist. He invites Peggy over to his studio and promptly the next morning Baby Peggy makes her appearance there. The artist is painting the picture of one of his models and, after he is through, he paints Peggy's portrait. This wins the commendation of every critic who sees it and together Peggy and this artist win fame.
- Lee accidentally gets into the clubroom of a baseball team, and is forced to go out on the field and play for them. He steals the bases literally and when told to run home does so.
- Pal is the companion of Spec in his father's grocery store.
- Buster and his dog Tige go on a dangerous destructive joy ride in a toy fire truck. Later, they find themselves in danger on a high-rise construction site.
- Harry, on his way to see his girl, gets caught in the busy traffic jam at the crossing of the main street and after trying many times in vain to get across he hires a big ball-shaped steel cage designed for getting one across the street in safety. After rolling around quite a bit, Harry bumps into his rival's car and puts it on the bum. He then rolls his merry way to see his girl and while he is there the rival bursts through the wall, car and all. Unable to control it, the rival lets the car run wild and everybody in the house has a merry chase keeping out of its way. Finally it gets out again and Harry and his girl go after it on a tandem bicycle. The car and the tandem are eventually wrecked, but Harry gets his girl and the rival gets the gate.
- Lee manages to find plenty of apartments but none would take children. At last he gets a janitor's job so that he can make some of the tenants move. He tries to frighten them out with a mouse but his wife does not like the apartment. He then creates a lot of smoke and calls "fire." This brings them a good sized apartment but also lands them all in jail. The jail is fitted up with the latest improvements and they are just about beginning to enjoy their home when the horrid jailer appears and informs them that their time is up and they will have to get out.
- Harry loses his hat. In searching for it he becomes entangled in one of the girders of a tall building that is being hoisted in the air, and is seemingly carried with it up into the clouds.
- Of course brothers and sisters are likely to be jealous of each other, but Buddy seemed to be inordinately jealous of his brother John, and Susie of sister Jane. John and Jane being older than Buddy and Susie and having something per week to live on, decided to get married. Buddy and Susie got jealous. They didn't stop with hurling shoes and rice, either. When John and Jane got settled, they took it into their heads to start a couple of fictitious romances by the anonymous letter method, which convinced John that Jane had a "line-forms-on-this-side" string of other Johns, and convinced Jane that poor, fat John had spent his entire young life and patrimony in playing Don Juan to all the pretty girls of the county. This climaxed into a shooting affray and a battle royal in which John gave black eyes to four friends of Susie, who were assisting in the plot by dressing up in men's clothes and the only excuse that Buddy could offer after apologies had been made was they seemed altogether too happy.
- Brownie the dog goes about his work with a lot of pep, and apparently enjoys everything he does. He sets a table, fries an egg, warms up the baby's milk, and then serves the kid's meal.
- Lee and Fred are the best of pals. Their wives are the best of comrades. The two families live in the same rooms, the same house, and share fifty-fifty on all the furniture. One day they have a quarrel, at least the wives do, and the two families split. One-half of the house belongs to one family, and one to the other. This continues for some time, even going as far as cutting the Ford in half. One fine day after the two husbands get all smashed up they go to their homes, and they find their wives embracing each other. This is too much, and they leave for Reno.
- One of a pair of twins gets lost and leads a rough life as assistant to a railroad engineer, while the other one enjoys luxury and ease. They get mixed up of course, but eventually both twins are restored to their parents.