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Albert and Ethel are their names, and it happened one day that they left their respective clubs, forgetting their respective purses, and it happened also that they went for lunch to the ... See full summary
Albert and Ethel are their names, and it happened one day that they left their respective clubs, forgetting their respective purses, and it happened also that they went for lunch to the same restaurant and happened to sit at the same table. When it came time to pay for their respective lunches they discovered that they had forgotten their respective purses. Each tried to explain to the proprietor, but he had been "stung" by that little story before, and he turned them over to the police. The scene now shifts to a saloon where Bob, a half-witted fellow, found a roll of greenbacks. He immediately decided to celebrate, but when he offered one of the bills to the bartender, that functionary declared it a counterfeit and handed poor Bob over to the police. Albert, Ethel and Bob were brought up for trial in the same batch and Bob, hearing that they had no money, offered his roll in payment of the restaurateur's claim, for which they thanked him and were released. A short time later the ...

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    • Author: Hidden Winter
    The girl at the "Man Haters' " club and the man at his club each left their money beside the respective telephones. They happen to sit at the same table at a restaurant a few moments later. Meanwhile, another man has been arrested for passing counterfeit money; he had picked up a suspicious looking roll. The two at the restaurant finish at the same time, have no money, and are taken to the station-house, where the man with the roll makes a loan, and the two are freed, but, and fate can be cussed mean sometimes, the two meet a little later in a very amusing way, and are taken up again. Club friends come to the rescue. It is certainly a laughable picture, and while not all of it is as good as its best, it is a good film. - The Moving Picture World, October 14, 1911
  • Cast overview:
    Albert McGovern Albert McGovern - Albert
    Ethel Elder Ethel Elder - Ethel
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