- Jack goes from business to business, trying to sell ad space in his newspaper. At each stop he catches the boss in a compromising position with a secretary. He writes an editorial about the practice, hinting that he could expose prominent businessmen. Suddenly everyone wants to buy ads in his paper.—Anonymous
- Jack Kenwood, editor of the Clarion, had business perspicacity and his paper, hanging on to life by a few thin threads, recovered fully. The advertisements in the Clarion have become fewer and fewer. The advertising manager is discouraged. Into the editor he goes, and the latter immediately has a plan to replenish the Clarion exchequer and rout all worry. Taking his paper, he makes the rounds of the offices in the town. As he enters the office of Jinks & Company, the senior member of the firm happens to be in a compromising position with his stenographer. Not taking any notice of this, he approaches Jinks, and solicits an advertisement. Jinks believes his goods are the best advertisement and refuses to buy even a half inch in the Clarion. Into the office of Mr. Hall goes Kenwood and a similar situation meets his gaze. Hall also decries newspaper advertising. Various offices are visited with practically the same result. Back to the office goes Kenwood, admitting to himself that Lillian, his sweetheart, was right when she advised him to quit a losing game. He decides to go and see her and ascertain whether she has a suggestion to make as to his future. Arriving at the office where she is employed, he catches Lillian in a position which, to him, is indicative of undue familiarity with her employer. He excuses himself, leaving the office chagrined and resentful. Based on his observations in Lillian's office, he writes a squib to the effect that the Clarion regards lovemaking between employers and stenographers morally degrading, and that an instance of this condition of affairs has come to the personal attention of the editor of the Clarion. He threatens to expose the guilty employer. The article appears in the issue of the following morning, and the various men who had been paying more attention to their stenographers than to their work cannot get to the Clarion office soon enough. Each wants his advertisement run for a solid year and contracts are promptly signed. Bankers, merchants and professional men flock to the office, each thinking the article was directed at him. Result: new lease of life for the Clarion. Lillian explains to Kenwood's satisfaction that she had dropped her pencil, and her employer was in the act of picking it up for her when Jack entered the office. As they are embracing, one of the guilty employers enters, but exits quickly, leaving Kenwood in a quandary as to why the former looked so surprised.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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